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Large Cap Concentrated Strategy

We are long-term, intrinsic value investors who treat each share of stock as a true ownership interest. We look to buy what we believe are good businesses we can understand at a discount to our estimate of intrinsic value.

Team

Group Item Count: 3
set at runtime

Chuck Bath, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Group Item Count: 3
set at runtime

Austin Hawley, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Group Item Count: 3
set at runtime

Brian Fontanella, CFA

Portfolio Specialist

Philosophy and process highlights

Under our intrinsic value philosophy, we:

Treat every investment as a partial ownership interest in that company

Seek to invest at a discount to intrinsic value

Possess a long-term investment temperament

Recognize that market price and intrinsic value tend to converge over a reasonable period of time

Our approach to sustainability

Related insights

Returns

Period and Annualized Total Returns (%) As of 31 Mar 2022
Since Inception
(31 Dec 2011)		 10Y5Y3Y1YYTD1Q22
Gross of Fees 14.21 13.84 13.10 16.08 9.18 -5.06 -5.06
Net of Fees 13.79 13.41 12.57 15.58 8.72 -5.17 -5.17
Russell 1000 Index 15.51 14.53 15.82 18.71 13.27 -5.13 -5.13
Russell 1000 Value Index 12.55 11.70 10.29 13.02 11.67 -0.74 -0.74
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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. To view a GIPS Report for all composites, click here.

Calendar Year Returns (%)

Year Gross of Fees Net of FeesRussell 1000 IndexRussell 1000 Value Index
2021 27.42 26.90 26.45 25.16
2020 10.52 10.03 20.96 2.80
2019 31.76 31.18 31.43 26.54
2018 -7.16 -7.63 -4.78 -8.27
2017 19.27 18.56 21.69 13.66
2016 19.17 19.15 12.05 17.34
2015 -0.59 -0.46 0.92 -3.83
2014 10.70 10.62 13.24 13.45
2013 38.75 37.22 33.11 32.53
2012 10.00 9.74 16.42 17.51

Peer Group Quartile Rankings1 As of 31 Mar 2022

Diamond
Hill
Percentile
14th
28th
36th
87th

Statistics

Portfolio Characteristics vs Benchmark2 As of 31 Mar 2022

  Large Cap Concentrated Composite Russell 1000 IndexRussell 1000 Value Index
Inception 31 Dec 2011 ——
Status Open ——
Median Forward P/E 16.6x 19.4x18.0x
Median Trailing P/E 17.0x 22.9x21.0x
Weighted Average Dividend Yield 1.5% 1.3%1.9%
Median Price/Book 4.2x 3.6x3.0x
Median Price/Sales 2.9x 3.2x2.8x
Median Market Cap. $124.8B $14.3B$13.2B
Weighted Average Market Cap. $245.6B $564.4B$153.9B
Portfolio Turnover (5-Year) 40% ——
Active Share vs Core/Value Benchmark 90%/89% ——
Upside/Downside Capture Ratio vs Core Benchmark 97%/103% ——
Upside/Downside Capture Ratio vs Value Benchmark 107%/100% ——

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Portfolio

Portfolio Guidelines

  • Typically 20 positions
  • Maximum position size is 10%
  • Top 10 holdings are typically greater than 50% of net assets
  • Maximum industry exposure is 25%
  • Maximum sector exposure is 35%

Market Capitalization

Holdings are derived from holdings in the Diamond Hill Large Cap portfolio. The Large Cap Concentrated portfolio typically invests in companies with a market capitalization of $15 billion or greater.

Top Ten Equity Holdings As of 31 Mar 2022

  Sector % of Net Assets
American International Group, Inc. Financials 8.7
ConocoPhillips Energy 6.4
Abbott Laboratories Health Care 6.2
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Cl B) Financials 5.8
PepsiCo, Inc. Consumer Staples 5.3
Bank of America Corp. Financials 4.9
Walt Disney Co. Communication Services 4.7
General Motors Co. Cons. Discretionary 4.6
KKR & Co., Inc. (Cl A) Financials 4.5
Pfizer, Inc. Health Care 4.5
Total as % of Net Assets 55.6%
Total number of equity holdings 20

Sector Allocation3 (%) As of 31 Mar 2022

Russell 1000 Index
Russell 1000 Value Index

Documents

1 Source: eVestment Analytics. Ranking within eVestment US Large Cap Value Equity universe based on monthly returns gross of fees. Ranking data calculated on 18 Apr 2022 (as of 31 Mar 2022) and is subject to change as additional firms within the category submit data.

2 Active Share: Source: FactSet. Active share measures the difference between portfolio holdings and the benchmark. The higher the active share, the greater the difference. The Russell 1000 Index is the core benchmark. The Russell 1000 Value Index is the value benchmark. Upside/Downside Capture: Source: eVestment Analytics based on monthly returns (gross of fees) from 1 Jan 2012– 31 Mar 2022.

3 Cash & Other may include cash, treasuries, money market funds and short duration fixed income funds.

Index data source: London Stock Exchange Group PLC. See diamond-hill.com/disclosures for a full copy of the disclaimer.

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