Artisan Partners, an investment management company, released its “Artisan Mid Cap Fund” fourth quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the fourth quarter, the fund’s Investor Class fund ARTMX returned 5.11%, Advisor Class fund APDMX posted a return of 5.14%, and Institutional Class fund APHMX returned 5.14%, compared to an 8.14% return for the Russell Midcap Growth Index. US equities achieved solid Q4 gains, concluding a strong year. Following Donald Trump’s election win, optimism surged over deregulation and tax cuts. However, concerns about inflation from proposed tariffs and immigration policies emerged in December, introducing market volatility. Despite this, markets ended 2024 with strong gains, marking one of the best two-year performance stretches in decades. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2024.
In its fourth quarter 2024 investor letter, Artisan Mid Cap Fund emphasized stocks such as Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR). Headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) is a mission-critical air, fluid, energy, specialty vehicle, and medical technologies providing company. The one-month return of Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) was -11.93%, and its shares lost 9.76% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On March 4, 2025, Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) stock closed at $81.45 per share with a market capitalization of $32.831 billion.
Artisan Mid Cap Fund stated the following regarding Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
“Along with Exact Sciences, notable trims in the quarter included Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) and NVR. Ingersoll Rand is a global market leader in several mission-critical flow creation technologies for industrial and medical applications, including pumps and compressors. Recent earnings results displayed slowing organic growth due to cyclical industrial pressures causing customers to delay orders and weakness in China. We continue to be impressed by management’s handling of acquisition integration, marketing lead generation and new product development. We also believe Ingersoll’s compressed air technologies will remain in demand in the long term as customers seek to reduce energy and water usage and generate fewer emissions. However, given the slowing organic growth and the stock’s elevated valuation, we reduced the position.”
A close-up view of a mission-critical communication device in action.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 39 hedge fund portfolios held Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) at the end of the fourth quarter which was 30 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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