FAM Funds, an investment management firm, published its ‘FAM Small Cap Fund’ fourth-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 10.10% was recorded by the fund for the year end 2020, underperforming its Russell 2000 benchmark that returned 19.9%. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
FAM Funds, in their Q4 2020 Investor Letter said that they exited their position in Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALL), because of the problems thrown at the company. Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. is an insurance company that currently has a $64.7 million market cap. For the past 3 months, HALL delivered a decent 32.84% return and settled at $3.57 per share at the closing of January 28th.
Here is what FAM Funds has to say about Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. in their investor letter:
“Sadly, in the middle of the advancing storm, our longtime holding Hallmark Financial (HALL) reported they were having significant problems in their insurance line for small trucking operators. A series of massive jury verdicts threw the industry into turmoil. As a result, even for HALL’s small fleet customers, litigation is now more prevalent and costly. We decided the best move was to exit the position.”
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Last December 2020, we published an article telling that Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALL) was in 7 hedge fund portfolios. Its all time high statistics is 12. HALL delivered a -79.07% return in the past 12 months.
Our calculations show that Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALL) does not belong in our list of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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