Aristotle
Aristotle Small Mid Cap Equity
US Mid-cap
Dec 2024 → Jun 2026
Our archive holds 6 letters from this strategy, behind 21 investment theses and positions in 26 companies. Every quote below is copied verbatim from the letter it came from.
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What it bought and sold
We exited the position after the loss of a significant customer contract materially changed our investment thesis, reducing confidence in the company’s long term earnings and growth outlook.
UMB Financial (UMBF), is a regional bank with a diversified business model spanning commercial banking, institutional asset servicing, private wealth management, healthcare payments, and specialty financial services.
WesBanco (WSBC), is a regional bank with a diversified franchise spanning commercial banking, consumer banking, wealth management, and trust services.
The position was liquidated due to deteriorating fundamentals.
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), is a leading global commercial real estate services firm positioned to benefit from a recovery in leasing, capital markets, and investment activity as commercial real estate fundamentals improve.
Also held
Its investment theses
- UMB FinancialJun 2026UMB Financial is a diversified regional bank held for its fee-based revenue mix, disciplined underwriting, strong credit quality, and long-term earnings growth potential.
- Mercury SystemsJun 2026Mercury Systems provides mission-critical aerospace and defense electronics and is held for its operational turnaround, expanding margins, lower leverage, and attractive valuation.
- Jones Lang LaSalleJun 2026Jones Lang LaSalle provides global commercial real estate services and is held for a recovery in transaction activity, recurring revenues, scale advantages, and long-term earnings growth.
- WesBancoJun 2026WesBanco is a diversified regional bank held for its attractive valuation, Premier Financial integration, improving efficiency, and loan growth.
- Atlantic Union BanksharesDec 2025Atlantic Union Bankshares is a regional bank with diversification, growing market share, a solid balance sheet, and strong management creating an attractive opportunity amid DOGE-related overhang.
- CienaDec 2025Ciena is an optical networking leader poised to benefit from AI-driven bandwidth demand and continued innovation supporting strong results and value creation.
- MACOM Technology SolutionsDec 2025MACOM Technology Solutions is a high-performance semiconductor company with data center and 5G exposure, acquisitions, and domestic manufacturing expected to drive shareholder value.
- NovantaDec 2025Novanta is a photonics and precision motion supplier with abating headwinds and new design wins expected to drive above-average growth and margin improvement.
- ItronDec 2025Itron is a smart metering provider expected to benefit from grid modernization despite temporary regulatory delays.
- Perella Weinberg PartnersDec 2025Perella Weinberg Partners is a boutique investment bank positioned to leverage an M&A recovery given added capacity, strong pipelines, and supportive market conditions.