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- Objective: Outperform the benchmark over the longer term
All Cap Value
Quarter 1 2017
Equity Composite Performance
- Cooke & Bieler - Gross of Fees
- Cooke & Bieler - Net of Fees
- Russell 3000® Value Index
Quality Characteristics1
- C&B All Cap Value†
- Russell 3000® Value Index*
ROC 5 Year Avg. | Cash Interest Coverage | Debt/EBITDA | Forecasted P/E** | P/Normalized Earnings** |
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8.6% | 10.3x | 2.3x | 15.8x | 13.7x |
3.7% | 6.5x | 2.8x | 16.9x |
ROC 5 Year Avg. | 8.6% | 3.7% |
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Cash Interest Coverage | 10.3x | 6.5x |
Debt/EBITDA | 2.3x | 2.8x |
Forecasted P/E** | 15.8x | 16.9x |
P/Normalized Earnings** | 13.7x |
Portfolio Attributes1
- C&B All Cap Value
- Russell 3000® Value Index
# Holdings | Market Cap ($B) Range | Market Cap ($B) WTD Avg. | Turnover |
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49 | 0.7 - 411.1 | 63.4 | 34% |
2,044 | 0.04 - 753.7 | 111.6 |
# Holdings | 49 | 2,044 |
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Market Cap ($B) Range | 0.7 - 411.1 | 0.04 - 753.7 |
Market Cap ($B) WTD Avg. | 63.4 | 111.6 |
Turnover | 34% |
Top 10 Holdings1
Mednax Inc. | 3.0% |
Abbott Laboratories | 2.9% |
AerCap Holdings NV | 2.9% |
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. | 2.9% |
FirstCash Inc. | 2.8% |
Unilever NV | 2.6% |
Omnicom Group Inc. | 2.6% |
Gildan Activewear Inc. | 2.5% |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.5% |
Progressive Corp. | 2.5% |
Top 10 Holdings1
Mednax Inc. | 3.0% |
Abbott Laboratories | 2.9% |
AerCap Holdings NV | 2.9% |
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. | 2.9% |
FirstCash Inc. | 2.8% |
Unilever NV | 2.6% |
Omnicom Group Inc. | 2.6% |
Gildan Activewear Inc. | 2.5% |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.5% |
Progressive Corp. | 2.5% |
Sector Weights1
- C&B All Cap Value
- Russell 3000® Value Index
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Consumer Discretionary
C&B All Cap Value 16.4% Russell 3000® Value Index 5.0% -
Consumer Staples
C&B All Cap Value 6.3% Russell 3000® Value Index 8.0% -
Energy
C&B All Cap Value 2.9% Russell 3000® Value Index 11.6% -
Financials
C&B All Cap Value 28.3% Russell 3000® Value Index 26.9% -
Health Care
C&B All Cap Value 15.4% Russell 3000® Value Index 10.3% -
Industrials
C&B All Cap Value 17.2% Russell 3000® Value Index 10.4% -
Information Technology
C&B All Cap Value 5.6% Russell 3000® Value Index 10.0% -
Materials
C&B All Cap Value 6.6% Russell 3000® Value Index 3.1% -
Real Estate
C&B All Cap Value — Russell 3000® Value Index 5.1% -
Telecommunication Services
C&B All Cap Value — Russell 3000® Value Index 3.4% -
Utilities
C&B All Cap Value — Russell 3000® Value Index 6.2% -
Cash
C&B All Cap Value 1.3% Russell 3000® Value Index —
Additional Cooke & Bieler All Cap Value Disclosures
All Cap Value Equity Composite
Year | Total Return Gross of Fees (%) | Total Return Net of Fees (%) | Russell 3000 Value Index (%) | Russell 3000 Value Index 3-Yr Std. Dev (%) | Composite 3-Yr Std. Dev (%) | Composite Dispersion (%) | Market Value ($Millions) | Total Firm Assets ($Millions) | # of Portofilios |
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2007 | (1.54) | (2.28) | (1.01) | - | - | 0.46 | 120.1 | 7,854.3 | 23 |
2008 | (35.15) | (35.69) | (36.25) | - | - | 1.53 | 108.6 | 3,910.4 | 24 |
2009 | 25.28 | 24.39 | 19.76 | - | - | 0.78 | 152.7 | 5,004.0 | 24 |
2010 | 16.16 | 15.32 | 16.23 | - | - | 0.16 | 154.5 | 4,841.5 | 20 |
2011 | (0.39) | (1.14) | (0.10) | 21.04 | 20.79 | 0.50 | 166.2 | 4,471.6 | 21 |
2012 | 15.82 | 14.99 | 17.55 | 15.81 | 15.80 | 0.28 | 180.6 | 4,434.6 | 20 |
2013 | 35.34 | 34.40 | 32.69 | 12.90 | 12.31 | 0.64 | 224.9 | 4,724.5 | 25 |
2014 | 9.12 | 8.32 | 12.70 | 9.36 | 9.65 | 0.48 | 245.2 | 4,921.9 | 31 |
2015 | (1.44) | (2.18) | (4.13) | 10.74 | 10.69 | 0.32 | 227.4 | 4,804.9 | 32 |
2016 | 20.84 | 19.98 | 18.40 | 10.97 | 11.34 | 0.44 | 281.5 | 5,303.4 | 37 |
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The Cooke & Bieler All Cap Value Equity Composite (Composite), whose inception date is May 1, 2001, currently includes all fully discretionary, fee paying and non-fee paying all cap value equity portfolios managed for more than one month. During 2012, the minimum market value for inclusion in the composite was $1 million. Prior to 2012, the minimum market value for inclusion was $2,500. For investment purposes, all cap investing is generally defined as investing in securities of companies whose market capitalization is within the range of the Russell 3000® Index at time of purchase. All Cap portfolio holdings are chosen from securities held in the firm’s large, mid and small cap portfolios. The investment team regularly reviews these portfolios to determine which securities are to be held in the All Cap portfolio. Typically, those stocks that have higher portfolio weights in the large, mid and small cap portfolios represent a substantial portion of the All Cap portfolio. As part of the inclusion process, the investment team also considers the impact a security has on the portfolio’s sector and market cap diversification profile. Portfolios are more concentrated, typically holding approximately 40-50 securities. The Composite was created in May 2001.
Rates of return are expressed in U.S. dollars. Portfolios are valued monthly on a trade date basis. Portfolio returns reflect the reinvestment of dividend and interest income and are calculated using the Modified Dietz method. Composite returns are calculated monthly by weighting portfolio returns according to the size of each portfolio at the beginning of the month.
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Strategy Commentary
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U.S. stocks continued their upward path in the first quarter, though the drivers of these gains differed from those of late 2016. Markets struggled to process and predict the impact of legislative outcomes across a variety of industries. As a result, sectors that did well in the post-election surge took a step back, and others, particularly Health Care and Information Technology, advanced. The style characteristics that propelled equities higher in November and December also shifted. Unlike last quarter, size was not a factor. Growth outperformed value, also standing in clear contrast to the trend observed in Q4 2016.
As economic cycles mature, divergence in operating results and stock price performance increases, providing opportunities for active managers. Such opportunities can be harder to find in early portions of market cycles, when stock prices tend to be driven by a single factor, such as Quantitative Easing in the most recent case. In our view, great businesses with strong balance sheets, the ability to reinvest for growth, and that are not reliant on policy decisions are the best starting point for a successful investment strategy. These types of companies go in and out of market favor, but they also tend to quietly and steadily compound value.