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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 3, 2025 | Vltava Fund | - | - | AMAT, ARW, LRCX, URI, WSM | Currency, inflation, long-term, Quality, value, volatility | The fund emphasizes pricing over timing, focusing on buying stocks when they trade below intrinsic value with a margin of safety. They maintain a shopping list of about 100 companies and wait patiently for prices to fall convincingly below fundamental values. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 4, 2025 | Vltava Fund | - | - | ABG, AMAT, ATD, BMW.DE, BN, BRK-A, CVE, JPM, LRCX, MKL, NVR, OSB.L, QUCO.MX, STLA, URI, WSM | Berkshire, Capital Allocation, Intrinsic Value, long-term, Quality, Speculation, value | Manager emphasizes long-term value investing approach focused on companies trading below intrinsic value with high returns on capital. Portfolio demonstrates value principles through holdings like Berkshire Hathaway purchased at significant discount to book value. | URI BRK-A |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Equity Management Associates | 12.7% | 29.1% | AAPL, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, CSCO, DBX, DKS, ETSY, FANG, GOOGL, HUM, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, RHI, SMCI, TOL, UNH, WSM | AI, China, free cash flow, Quality, technology, valuation, value | NVIDIA has become the dominant AI beneficiary with market cap rising to $2.5 trillion from $350 billion. The manager draws parallels to Cisco during the tech bubble, noting similar valuations and warning of downside risks if AI expectations are not met. They emphasize the difficulty of predicting long-term winners in transformative technologies. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | AAPL, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, CSCO, DBX, DKS, ETSY, FANG, GOOGL, HUM, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, RHI, SMCI, TOL, UNH, WSM | AI, China, free cash flow, international, large cap, Quality, valuation, value | NVIDIA has become the dominant AI story with market cap rising to nearly $2.5 trillion from $350 billion. The manager compares NVIDIA's valuation to Cisco during the tech bubble, noting similar price-to-sales ratios but acknowledging NVIDIA's extraordinary growth in AI demand and pricing power. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | 1024.HK, AAPL, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, BIDU, CSCO, DKS, FANG, GOOGL, JD, LI, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, SMCI, STLA, TSM, WSM | AI, China, international, Quality, technology, valuation, value | NVIDIA has become the Magnificent 1 with market cap rising to $2.5 trillion from $350 billion, representing over 2% of global GDP. The AI boom has created extraordinary growth and pricing power for NVIDIA, with EBITDA margins rising from 33% to 55% and projected to reach 65%. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | 0.0% | 19.7% | AAPL, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, CSCO, DBX, DKS, ETSY, FANG, GOOGL, HUM, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, RHI, SMCI, TOL, UNH, WSM | AI, China, free cash flow, large cap, Quality, technology, Valuations, value | NVIDIA has become the dominant AI story with market cap rising to nearly $2.5 trillion from $350 billion. The manager draws parallels to Cisco during the tech bubble, noting similar valuations and warning of downside risks if AI expectations are not met. While optimistic about AI's transformative potential, they emphasize the difficulty of predicting long-term winners. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | AAPL, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, CSCO, DBX, DKS, ETSY, FANG, GOOGL, HUM, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, RHI, SMCI, TOL, UNH, WSM | AI, free cash flow, international, Quality, small caps, valuation, value | NVIDIA has become the dominant AI story with market cap rising to $2.5 trillion from $350 billion, creating valuation concerns. The manager draws parallels to Cisco's bubble peak, noting NVIDIA trades at 20x forward sales versus the S&P 500's 2.7x. While AI represents transformative technology, the manager emphasizes difficulty predicting long-term winners and prefers avoiding rich valuations. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | - | 12.8% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, COST, CSCO, CVS, DKS, GDDY, KO, META, MO, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, ORCL, TMUS, TSLA, WMT, WSM | AI, Concentration, large cap, Quality, technology, valuation, value | The S&P 500 has experienced significant valuation expansion with prices rising 43% while free cash flows increased only 9.6%. The most expensive 15 mega-cap stocks trade at an 83% premium to the rest of the market and account for nearly 40% of total market cap. Distillate's strategy offers a 5.8% free cash flow yield versus the S&P 500's 3.5%, representing a record premium. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Distillate Capital International | - | -0.3% | ABT, ADBE, AMGN, AVGO, BMY, CRM, CSCO, CVS, DKS, ELV, GDDY, HCA, HII, MO, NVDA, PG, QRVO, TMUS, UNH, WSM | AI, Concentration, Quality, risk management, small caps, valuation, value | Large U.S. equities are up 43% since October 2023 while underlying free cash flows increased only 9.6%, creating significant valuation risk. The most expensive 15 mega-cap stocks trade at an 83% premium to the rest of the market and account for almost 40% of total market capitalization. Distillate's strategies offer attractive valuations with free cash flow yields well above market levels. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | - | 13.3% | ABT, ADBE, AMGN, AVGO, BKNG, BMY, CI, CRM, CSCO, CVS, DKS, ELV, GDDY, HCA, HII, MO, PG, QRVO, TMUS, UNH, WSM | cash flow, fundamentals, large cap, Quality, risk, valuation, value | The letter extensively discusses valuation disparities between expensive mega-cap stocks and the rest of the market. Distillate's strategy focuses on high-quality companies at attractive valuations, with their portfolio offering a 5.8% free cash flow yield versus the S&P 500's 3.5%. The firm emphasizes being disciplined on valuation and avoiding expensive stocks. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | - | 2.9% | ABT, ADBE, AMGN, AVGO, BKNG, BMY, CI, CRM, CSCO, CVS, DKS, ELV, GDDY, HCA, HII, MO, PG, QRVO, TMUS, UNH, WSM | free cash flow, fundamentals, Quality, small caps, valuation, value | The letter extensively discusses valuation disparities between large expensive mega-cap stocks and smaller companies. Distillate's strategies focus on attractive valuations with their Small/Mid QV offering 9.1% free cash to enterprise value yield compared to expensive broader markets. The firm emphasizes being disciplined on valuation and finding high quality companies at attractive prices. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 20, 2024 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | ABBV, ABNB, AMAT, AVGO, BMY, CSCO, CVS, ETSY, FDX, FISV, HD, HUM, LMT, MCK, PH, QCOM, TMUS, TOL, UNH, WSM | large cap, Quality, risk management, small cap, valuation, value | The market shows extreme valuation risk with the S&P 500 trading at just the 13th percentile of historical free cash flow yields. Over 40% of the S&P 500 trades at NTM P/E ratios above 30x, similar to 2000 bubble conditions. The most expensive 15 megacap stocks account for 40% of market cap while trading at a 72% premium to the rest of the market. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 20, 2024 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | 0.0% | 19.7% | ABBV, ABNB, AMAT, AVGO, BMY, CSCO, CVS, ETSY, FIS, HD, HUM, LMT, MCK, PH, PYPL, QCOM, TMUS, TOL, UNH, WSM | free cash flow, large cap, Quality, risk management, valuation, value | The market shows extreme valuation risk with the S&P 500 trading at expensive levels historically. Current trailing free cash flow yield of 3.2% ranks in just the 13th percentile of history. Over 40% of the S&P 500 trades at NTM P/E over 30x, similar to 2000 bubble conditions. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 20, 2024 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | AAPL, ABBV, AMD, AMZN, AVGO, COST, KO, LLY, MA, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, ORCL, QCOM, TMUS, TOL, TSLA, WMT, WSM | cash flow, Leverage, Quality, risk management, small caps, valuation, value | The letter extensively discusses valuation risk in the current market, comparing current conditions to the 2000 TMT bubble. Over 40% of the S&P 500 now trades at NTM P/E ratios over 30x, similar to 2000 levels. The most expensive 15 megacap stocks trade at a 72% premium to the rest of the market and account for almost 40% of total S&P 500 market cap. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 10, 2024 | O’Keefe Stevens Advisory, Inc | 0.0% | 0.0% | ABBV, ABNB, AMAT, AVGO, BMY, CSCO, CVS, ETSY, FDX, FI, HD, HUM, LMT, MCK, PH, QCOM, TMUS, TOL, UNH, WSM | large cap, Quality, risk management, small caps, valuation, value | The market shows extreme valuation risk with the S&P 500 trading at expensive levels historically. Over 40% of the S&P 500 trades at NTM P/E over 30x, similar to 2000 bubble conditions. The most expensive 15 megacap stocks trade at a 72% premium to the rest of the market and account for almost 40% of total market cap. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 6, 2025 | Vltava Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 8035.T, AMAT, ASML, BRK-A, KLAC, LRCX, MU, TSM, WSM | Concentration, Equipment, semiconductors, technology, value | The fund added Applied Materials and Lam Research to join existing holding KLA Corporation, creating exposure to three companies that operate as oligopolies in semiconductor equipment manufacturing. These companies have dominant global positions with net margins around 27% and ROCE of 30%, manufacturing equipment essential for advanced chip production. The manager views this as one collective investment into a critical segment of the global economy with high barriers to entry and sustainable competitive advantages. | LRCX AMAT |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 6, 2025 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | AAPL, ABG, BURL, CGNX, CHE, CIGI, COP, DECK, DINO, EXPO, FIX, GPN, IESC, PRI, RLI, TSLA, TSM, WH, WMT, WSM | AI, fundamentals, Long/Short, momentum, Overvaluation, Systematic, value | Manager criticizes momentum-driven markets where fundamentals have been ignored for three years. Value factor declined 17% in 2024 while momentum returned 57%. The fund maintains a fundamentals-based approach despite challenging environment for value investing. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 25, 2024 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, COST, CVS, DKS, ETSY, GOOGL, HD, LLY, META, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, ORCL, QCOM, TSLA, WMT, WSM | AI, Concentration, large cap, Quality, small cap, valuation, value | AI enthusiasm has driven extraordinary concentration in market returns, with just 7 stocks accounting for two-thirds of the S&P 500's gains. The manager draws parallels to the late 1990s internet bubble, noting that while AI could be transformational like the internet, business models must develop to support the capital deployed and share prices. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 25, 2024 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, COST, CVS, DKS, ETSY, GOOGL, HD, LLY, META, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, ORCL, QCOM, TSLA, WMT, WSM | AI, Concentration, international, Quality, small caps, valuation, value | AI enthusiasm has driven extraordinary concentration in market returns, with just 7 stocks accounting for two-thirds of the S&P 500's gains. The manager draws parallels to the late 1990s internet bubble, noting that while AI could be transformational like the internet, business models must develop to support the capital deployed and share prices. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 25, 2024 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | 0.0% | 19.7% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, COST, CVS, DKS, ETSY, GOOGL, HD, LLY, META, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, ORCL, QCOM, TSLA, WMT, WSM | AI, Concentration, free cash flow, large cap, Quality, valuation, value | AI enthusiasm has driven extraordinary concentration in market returns, with just 7 stocks accounting for two-thirds of the S&P 500's gains. The manager draws parallels to the late 1990s internet bubble, noting that while AI could be transformational like the internet, business models must develop to support the capital deployed and share prices the market is willing to pay. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 25, 2024 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, COST, CVS, DKS, ETSY, GOOGL, HD, LLY, META, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, ORCL, QCOM, TSLA, WMT, WSM | AI, Concentration, free cash flow, Quality, small caps, valuation, value | The letter extensively discusses valuation disparities across markets, with the S&P 500's expensive Big 12 stocks trading at 74% premium to the rest of the market. Distillate's strategies maintain valuation discipline while the broader market experiences significant valuation expansion driven by AI enthusiasm. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Apr 10, 2023 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ACGL, ALGN, AZPN, BALL, CCI, CHE, DINO, ELS, EME, FIX, JKHY, NOC, RLI, SSD, TPL, TSM, URI, WH, WSM | Hedging, Long/Short, Quality, SMID Cap, Systematic | The fund focuses on high quality, diversified, and liquid companies with economic moats. The strategy emphasizes businesses with strong competitive dynamics that are unlikely to be meaningfully affected by small changes in interest rates. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 24, 2024 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | AAPL, AMGN, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, CSCO, GDDY, GOOGL, HRL, JBL, LRCX, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, PG, QCOM, TSLA, V, WSM | Concentration, free cash flow, large cap, Quality, selectivity, valuation, value | The manager emphasizes finding attractive value opportunities beneath the surface of expensive markets, with their U.S. FSV strategy achieving a 6.9% free cash flow yield versus 4.5% for the S&P 500. They focus on avoiding richly valued mega-cap stocks while maintaining quality standards through low debt levels and stable cash generation profiles. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 24, 2024 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | 6857.T, AAPL, AMGN, AMZN, AVGO, BABA, BMY, CNQ, CSCO, FMX, GOOGL, HRL, ITX.MC, JBL, LRCX, MC.PA, MSFT, NVDA, OC, PBR, PDD, PG, PNDORA.CO, QCOM, TSLA, V, WSM | Concentration, free cash flow, international, Mega-caps, Quality, value | The letter extensively discusses the extreme concentration in the S&P 500, where the largest five stocks now represent 24% of the index weight. This concentration creates significant risk for cap-weighted benchmarks and provides opportunities for active managers who can avoid overvalued mega-caps while finding value elsewhere in the market. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 24, 2024 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | 0.0% | 19.7% | AAPL, AMGN, AMZN, AVGO, BMY, CSCO, GDDY, GOOGL, HRL, JBL, LRCX, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, PG, QCOM, TSLA, V, WSM | Concentration, free cash flow, large cap, Quality, valuation, value | The fund emphasizes finding attractive valuations by avoiding richly valued mega-cap stocks and focusing on parts of the market with better free cash flow yields. Their U.S. FSV strategy achieves a 6.9% free cash flow yield versus 4.5% for the S&P 500, representing the largest premium since launch. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 24, 2024 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | AAP, AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, CSCO, CVS, GOOGL, HRL, IBM, JBLU, LRCX, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, PG, PYPL, TSLA, WMT, WSM | Concentration, free cash flow, Leverage, Quality, selectivity, small caps, value | Manager emphasizes finding attractive valuations through selectivity, avoiding richly valued mega-cap stocks while focusing on parts of the market that offer better free cash flow yields. The strategy achieves a 6.9% free cash flow yield versus 4.5% for the S&P 500. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Jan 4, 2023 | Vltava Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | ABG, ATD, BMW.DE, BRK-B, JUNGF, MGA, MKL, NVR, QCPOF, SUS.L, WSM | Buybacks, Capital Allocation, dividends, Switzerland, Tourism, value | Share buybacks are viewed as potentially the best use of capital when executed at prices below intrinsic value, creating wealth transfer from selling shareholders to remaining ones. The manager prioritizes companies that place buying back shares at attractive prices at the top of their capital allocation considerations, with about 80% of the portfolio comprised of such companies. | JUNGN.SW CMG.TO |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2026 | Substack | Voss Capital | Williams Sonoma | Retail | Retail | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | B2B Segment, e-commerce, furniture retailer, growth driver, market share, operating margins, return on invested capital, Share Buyback, valuation, Williams Sonoma | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Caffital Research | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Retail | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Tudor Jones | Tudor Investment Corp | $53.4B | $1.8M | 0.00% | 9,800 | -32,400 | -76.78% | 0.0069% |
| Steven A. Cohen | Point72 Asset Management | $86.8B | $3.9M | 0.00% | 22,100 | +1,700 | +283.33% | 0.0155% |
| Ray Dalio | Bridgewater Associates | $27.4B | $475,585 | 0.00% | 2,663 | -1,376 | -34.07% | 0.0019% |
| Dmitry Balyasny | Balyasny Asset Management | $76.6B | $1.4M | 0.00% | 7,970 | -201,043 | -96.19% | 0.0056% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $27.5M | 0.01% | 154,000 | +141,000 | +1084.62% | 0.1082% |
| Jeremy Grantham | GMO LLC | $39.1B | $1.0M | 0.00% | 5,854 | +343 | +6.22% | 0.0041% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $35.9M | 0.02% | 201,153 | +54,137 | +36.82% | 0.1413% |
| Rich Handler | Jefferies | $19.3B | $2.4M | 0.01% | 13,387 | -4,227 | -24.00% | 0.0094% |
| Richard Kayne & John Anderson | Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management | $37.3B | $1,072 | 0.00% | 6 | +0 | +0.00% | 0.0000% |