August Recap:
The Caldwell Canadian Value Momentum Fund (“CCVMF”) gained 1.0% in August versus a gain of 0.4% for the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index (“Index”).
Top CCVMF performers in August were Kirkland Lake Gold (“KL”: +18.6%) and Cargojet ("CJT": +13.4%).
Kirkland participated with the broad-based rally in gold. Cargojet moved higher after announcing a strategic agreement, in which Amazon will take up to a 15% ownership in CargoJet, based on long-term delivery commitments. While growth in e-commerce was a key part of the Cargojet thesis, the agreement serves to de-risk the strategy and earnings outlook.
Two stocks were added to the portfolio in August: TMX Group ("X") and Real Matters ("REAL").
TMX Group operates global markets and provides analytic solutions that facilitate the funding, growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. With a new CEO joining 5 years ago, the company has shifted away from traditional exchange trading architecture to focus on becoming a solutions provider within capital formation, data & analytics and derivatives. The company has a clear goal to achieve mid-single-digit revenue growth and double-digit EPS growth, with M&A providing additional upside. Valuation remains compelling with the stock trading below the peer group.
Real Matters is a technology company that is disrupting the mortgage lending and insurance industries. The company has a long growth runway via market share gains given its technology platform and outsourced model result in significantly better outcomes to lenders. Underlying market growth has inflected positively as refinance activity responds to lower interest rates while attractive incremental margins are just starting to get appreciated by investors.
A quick comment on the market: sector leadership has rotated throughout the past twelve months as investor sentiment has shifted between bouts of risk-on and risk-off activity. With no clear leadership, the portfolio today is very balanced between defence (consumer staples, gold, cash) and offence (select industrial, financial and energy names), with the common thread being that there are company-specific catalysts to move share prices higher.
The Fund held a 12.9% cash weighting at month end. The CCVMF has generated substantial value to investors over its long-term history driven by the combination of strong company-specific catalysts and a concentrated portfolio. We continue to look forward to strong results as we progress through 2019 and beyond.
We thank you for your continued support.
The CCVMF Team
The Fund was not a reporting issuer offering its securities privately from August 8, 2011 until July 20, 2017, at which time it became a reporting issuer and subject to additional regulatory requirements and expenses associated therewith.
Unless otherwise specified, market and issuer data sourced from Capital IQ.
As the constituents in the Canadian Equity category largely focus on securities of a larger capitalization and CCVMF considers, and is invested, in all categories, including smaller and micro-cap securities, we have also shown how CCVMF ranks against constituents focused in the smaller cap category. The above list represents 6 of a total of 372 constituents in the Canadian Equity category and 5 of a total of 110 constituents in the Canadian Small/Mid Equity category.
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