Clearbridge Investments
ClearBridge Investments SMID Cap Growth Strategy
US Mid-cap Growth
Dec 2024 → Jun 2026
Our archive holds 4 letters from this strategy, behind 3 investment theses and positions in 36 companies. Every quote below is copied verbatim from the letter it came from.
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What it bought and sold
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
We profitably exited the name during the quarter.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
On the sell side, we exited specialty insurance distributor Ryan Specialty due to softer insurance conditions, margin pressure and AI- related uncertainty; Silicon Laboratories following its proposed acquisition by Texas Instruments; cosmetics and skin care maker e.l.f. Beauty as execution and innovation concerns weakened the thesis; and medical device company Penumbra following its announced acquisition by Boston Scientific.
Health care activity included a new position in Guardant Health.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
We exited positions in FTAI Aviation and Rocket Lab in the industrials sector, Colliers International in the real estate sector, Chime Financial in the financials sector, Doximity in the health care sector and IonQ in the IT sector.
We exited positions in FTAI Aviation and Rocket Lab in the industrials sector, Colliers International in the real estate sector, Chime Financial in the financials sector, Doximity in the health care sector and IonQ in the IT sector.
In IT, we added Fabrinet and MACOM Technology Solutions to increase exposure to AI networking and data connectivity growth.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
We exited positions in FTAI Aviation and Rocket Lab in the industrials sector, Colliers International in the real estate sector, Chime Financial in the financials sector, Doximity in the health care sector and IonQ in the IT sector.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
We exited positions in FTAI Aviation and Rocket Lab in the industrials sector, Colliers International in the real estate sector, Chime Financial in the financials sector, Doximity in the health care sector and IonQ in the IT sector.
On the sell side, we exited specialty insurance distributor Ryan Specialty due to softer insurance conditions, margin pressure and AI- related uncertainty; Silicon Laboratories following its proposed acquisition by Texas Instruments; cosmetics and skin care maker e.l.f. Beauty as execution and innovation concerns weakened the thesis; and medical device company Penumbra following its announced acquisition by Boston Scientific.
On the sell side, we exited specialty insurance distributor Ryan Specialty due to softer insurance conditions, margin pressure and AI- related uncertainty; Silicon Laboratories following its proposed acquisition by Texas Instruments; cosmetics and skin care maker e.l.f. Beauty as execution and innovation concerns weakened the thesis; and medical device company Penumbra following its announced acquisition by Boston Scientific.
Ensign Group, a skilled nursing facility operator, was pressured after regulatory and short-seller-related concerns emerged, reducing visibility and causing us to exit the position.
On the sell side, we exited specialty insurance distributor Ryan Specialty due to softer insurance conditions, margin pressure and AI- related uncertainty; Silicon Laboratories following its proposed acquisition by Texas Instruments; cosmetics and skin care maker e.l.f. Beauty as execution and innovation concerns weakened the thesis; and medical device company Penumbra following its announced acquisition by Boston Scientific.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
ATI is a vertically integrated specialty materials provider with strong pricing power exposed to the attractive growth dynamics in many subsegments of aerospace and defense.
In IT, we added Fabrinet and MACOM Technology Solutions to increase exposure to AI networking and data connectivity growth.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
we initiated positions in Arxis, Sterling Infrastructure, and Woodward in the industrials sector, SiTime, Cipher Digital, D-Wave Quantum and DigitalOcean in the IT sector, Liftoff Mobile in the communication services sector and Axsome Therapeutics, Vaxcyte and Kymera Therapeutics in the health care sector.
Also held
Its investment theses
- FabrinetJun 2026Fabrinet is a leading contract manufacturer of optical communications components, benefiting from AI-driven demand for data center and telecom networking.
- MACOM Technology SolutionsJun 2026MACOM Technology Solutions uses compound semiconductor expertise to provide differentiated exposure to AI, defense and satellite communications.
- RadNetDec 2024RadNet is a growing player in the health care sector, benefiting from a shift to freestanding diagnostic imaging centers, with growth potential through geographic expansion and AI applications.