Alluvial Capital Management, an investment management firm, published its third-quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 8.5% was delivered by the fund for the third quarter of 2021, as small-cap and micro-cap stock indexes struggled. You can take a look at the fund’s top 5 holdings to have an idea about their best picks for 2021.
Alluvial Capital Management, in its Q3 2021 investor letter, mentioned P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX) and discussed its stance on the firm. P10, Inc. is a Dallas, Texas-based capital market company with a $1.5 billion market capitalization. PX delivered a 42.65% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month returns are up by 90.20%. The stock closed at $13.45 per share on November 12, 2010.
Here is what Alluvial Capital Management has to say about P10, Inc. in its Q3 2021 investor letter:
“And downs arrive in due course. For quite a while, I have been anticipating the day when our largest holding, P10 Inc., would conduct an IPO and up-list its shares to a major exchange. The day has come! Unfortunately, the company’s IPO has arrived with more of a dull thud than a splash, pricing below the indicated range.
I can think of multiple reasons why the IPO failed to live up to expectations. It was a small offering, with the company and insiders looking to raise only $300 million or so. The shares being offered have little voting power, meaning buyers will have no ability to affect the company’s governance or strategic direction. Despite P10’s success thus far, it remains a new and unproven company and a small one in the context of public companies. Whatever the reasons, this represents only a temporary set-back, not a change in narrative. I remind myself that at the IPO price of $12 (postreverse split) P10 shares have returned to where they traded just six weeks ago, before rumors of an IPO began to circulate. And compared to then, P10 is now better capitalized, more profitable, and an SEC-reporting NYSE company…” (Click here to see the full text)
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Based on our calculations, P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX) was not able to clinch a spot in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. P10, Inc. delivered a 21.48% return in the past 3 months.
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