SMID Cap Value Q2 2024


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40 to 50

companies in our fully invested, concentrated portfolio

$1.2 to $18.0

billion market capitalization range at initial purchase**

20

year track record

$506

million SMID Cap Value assets under management as of 6/30/2024

$1.7

billion AUM capacity, assuming no net inflows into other strategies

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SMID Cap Value

Quarter 2 2024

Equity Composite Performance

  • Cooke & Bieler - Gross of Fees
  • Cooke & Bieler - Net of Fees
  • Russell 2500™ Value Index
Returns as of 6.30.2024. Returns greater than one year are annualized. Source: FactSet and Russell® Past performance is not indicative of future results. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Taxable client returns may vary from the results above due to tax-efficient portfolio management and higher fee schedules that result from lower portfolio minimums. Click for additional C&B SMID Cap Value Performance Disclosures

Quality Characteristics1

  • C&B SMID Cap Value
  • Russell 2500™ Value Index*
ROC 5 Year Avg Cash Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA Forecasted P/E (Wtd. Harm. Avg.) P/Normalized Earnings (Wtd. Harm. Avg.)
11.8% 6.2x 2.4x 12.8x 10.6x
6.6% 4.5x 3.2x 17.5x -
ROC 5 Year Avg 11.8% 6.6%
Cash Interest Coverage 6.2x 4.5x
Debt/EBITDA 2.4x 3.2x
Forecasted P/E (Wtd. Harm. Avg.) 12.8x 17.5x
P/Normalized Earnings (Wtd. Harm. Avg.) 10.6x -
Period Ending: 6.30.2024 * Median ** Weighted Harmonic Mean Source: FactSet and Russell®

Portfolio Attributes1

  • C&B SMID Cap Value
  • Russell 2500™ Value Index
# Holdings Market Cap ($B) Range Market Cap ($B) (Wtd. Avg.) Annual Turnover
48 0.6 - 20.5 7.6 31%
1,836 0.0 - 32.4 7.9 -
# Holdings 48 1,836
Market Cap ($B) Range 0.6 - 20.5 0.0 - 32.4
Market Cap ($B) (Wtd. Avg.) 7.6 7.9
Annual Turnover 31% -
Source: FactSet and Russell®

Top 10 Holdings1

Gildan Activewear 4.0%
Woodward 3.5%
AerCap 3.0%
Teleflex 2.9%
RenaissanceRe 2.9%
American Woodmark 2.8%
Winnebago 2.7%
Fidelity National Financial 2.6%
Helen of Troy 2.6%
Open Text 2.6%

Top 10 Holdings1

Gildan Activewear 4.0%
Woodward 3.5%
AerCap 3.0%
Teleflex 2.9%
RenaissanceRe 2.9%
American Woodmark 2.8%
Winnebago 2.7%
Fidelity National Financial 2.6%
Helen of Troy 2.6%
Open Text 2.6%

Sector Weights1

  • C&B SMID Cap Value
  • Russell 2500™ Value Index
  • Communication Services

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    4.4%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    2.6%
  • Consumer Discretionary

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    23.1%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    12.3%
  • Consumer Staples

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    3.6%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    2.9%
  • Energy

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    1.5%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    5.9%
  • Financials

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    12.9%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    20.4%
  • Health Care

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    11.6%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    7.1%
  • Industrials

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    32.2%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    20.6%
  • Information Technology

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    6.0%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    8.7%
  • Materials

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    6.4%
  • Real Estate

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    9.3%
  • Utilities

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    2.2%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
    3.8%
  • Cash

    C&B SMID Cap Value
    2.6%
    Russell 2500™ Value Index
Source: FactSet and Russell®

Strategy Commentary

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As inflation showed itself to be stubbornly persistent and interest rates appeared to weigh more heavily on the economy, investors became less optimistic in the second quarter that the Federal Reserve would be able to engineer a soft landing. Expectations for rate cuts were pushed further out and 10-year interest rates fell slightly, deepening the yield curve inversion that has held for most of the last 12 months.

Cooke & Bieler’s SMID Cap Value Strategy underperformed the Russell 2500™ Value Index during the quarter, posting a -10.07% return gross of fees (-10.28% net of fees) against a -4.31% return for the benchmark.

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