Why choose this strategy?
- As a high active share, small cap growth equity allocation.
- As an alpha-generating small cap growth position based on strong bottom-up fundamental analysis.
- Diversification factors include traditional sector and industry as well as across the different stages of the growth life cycle.
Investment strategy
- The team seeks to evaluate management’s ability to allocate capital and expand the company’s balance sheet, in addition to the reinvestment opportunities for the capital being produced.
- The team looks for companies with emerging or expanding moats, as these moats improve cash flow return on investment (CFROI®) and increase the spread over the cost of capital.
- The portfolio is diversified across all stages of the growth life cycle.
- The managers use margin of safety analysis, stress testing, and multiple levels of diversification to mitigate risk.
- Above-average returns can only be achieved by structuring portfolios distinct from market indices. As a result, the strategy typically holds 55-75 companies, concentrated around the managers’ best ideas.
