Maran Capital Management LLC, a value-driven, concentrated, long-term investment management firm, published its fourth-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 14.8% was recorded by the fund for the Q4 of 2020, outperforming its S&P 500 benchmark that delivered a 12.15% return, but below its Russell 2000 index that returned 31.4%. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Maran Capital Management, in their Q4 2020 Investor Letter said that they continue to hold their position in American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: AOUT) and expects a great outcome from the company. American Outdoor Brands, Inc. is a premier provider of outdoor products and accessories, that has a $278.8 million market cap. For the past 3 months, AOUT delivered a decent 29.99% return and settled at $19.56 per share at the closing of February 2nd.
Here is what Maran Capital Management has to say about American Outdoor Brands, Inc. in their investor letter:
“In my last letter, I hinted at a new position: a cash-rich (although one had to scrutinize the footnotes to comprehend the balance sheet), growing consumer products company engaged in a buy and build strategy with insider buying that, as I wrote last quarter, “I believe has guided conservatively out of the gate.” The company is American Outdoor Brands (AOUT). Little did I know just how conservatively the company had indeed guided. Upon reporting its second fiscal quarter last month, AOUT raised its F21 guidance by 75% (!), from $20mm to $35mm of EBITDA. At the recent price of $19/sh, its enterprise value is $250mm. This means the business is trading at ~7x EBITDA. AOUT is asset-light and requires little capex, pays no interest expense, and has some tax shields in place, so its free cash flow conversion is very high.”
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Last December 2020, we published an article telling that American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: AOUT) was in 10 hedge fund portfolios, its all time high statistics. AOUT delivered a decent 17.09% return in the past 12 months.
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