Vulcan Value Partners, an exclusive investment vehicle for all public equity investments, published its ‘Small Cap Composite’ third-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A gross return of 0.1% was recorded by the fund for the Q3 of 2020, below its Russel 2000 Value Index benchmark that returned 2.6% and Russel 2000 index that returned 4.9%. You can view the fund’s top 10 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Vulcan Value Partners, in their Q3 2020 Investor Letter said that Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) consistently generates positive returns and so they are glad to acquire the company again. Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a global diversified product manufacturer and service provider that currently has a $4.8 billion market cap. For the past 3 months, Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered a 23.76% return and settled at $116.01 per share at the closing of January 15th.
Here is what Vulcan Value Partners has to say about Curtiss-Wright Corporation in their Investor Letter:
“Curtiss-Wright makes highly engineered systems that perform critical functions in complex industrial applications. Its products include pumps, actuators, valves, and sensors and controls for avionics and landing systems. Curtiss-Wright specializes in making advanced systems designed to operate in harsh conditions. COVID-19 has negatively impacted its commercial aerospace and industrial markets; however, this decline is being offset by its defense business. The company is a leader in most of its end markets, generates consistently high levels of free cash flow, and has a strong balance sheet. Curtiss-Wright is a company we have owned in the past, and we are pleased to have it back in the portfolio.”
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Last September 2020, we published an article telling that Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) was in 26 hedge funds’ portfolio, its all time high statistics. CW delivered a -0.29% return YTD.
As of September 2020, Vulcan Value Partners had a 347k share position in CW that amounted to $32 million. However, our calculations showed that Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) does not belong to the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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