Fairpointe Capital 13F annual report

Fairpointe Capital is an investment fund managing more than $66.3 million ran by Tony Smith. There are currently 76 companies in Mr. Smith’s portfolio. The largest investments include Icad Inc and SeaWorld Entertainment Inc, together worth $11 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$66.3 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th May 2021, Fairpointe Capital’s top holding is 273,976 shares of Icad Inc currently worth over $5.81 million and making up 8.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Icad Inc, Fairpointe Capital owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 104,967 shares of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc worth $5.21 million, whose value grew 89.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Mattel worth $4.17 million and the next is Unifirst worth $2.69 million, with 12,000 shares owned.

Currently, Fairpointe Capital's portfolio is worth at least $66.3 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Fairpointe Capital

The Fairpointe Capital office and employees reside in Chicago, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Tony Smith serves as the Head Trader at Fairpointe Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Fairpointe Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in Inotiv Inc and bought 50,331 shares worth $1.01 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Marrone Bio Innovations Inc by buying 47,200 additional shares. This makes their stake in Marrone Bio Innovations Inc total 661,100 shares worth $1.38 million. Marrone Bio Innovations Inc soared 38.5% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Fairpointe Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Fairpointe Capital closed its position in Cooper Tire & Rubber Co on 13th May 2021. It sold the previously owned 354,794 shares for $14.4 million. Tony Smith also disclosed a decreased stake in Icad Inc by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.81 million and 273,976 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Fairpointe Capital are Dougherty Wealth Advisers and Ariose Capital Management Ltd. They manage $66.3 million and $66.1 million respectively.


Tony Smith investment strategy

Fairpointe Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 33.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 80.3% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 36% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $43 billion.

The complete list of Fairpointe Capital trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 13th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Closed
354,794
$14,369,000
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Closed
79,397
$13,895,000
Waters Corp.
Closed
32,296
$7,990,000
Icad Inc
21.33%
273,976
$5,814,000 8.77%
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc
No change
104,967
$5,214,000 7.87%
Unisys Corp.
Closed
224,999
$4,428,000
Mattel, Inc.
81.49%
209,073
$4,165,000 6.28%
Whirlpool Corp.
Closed
21,961
$3,963,000
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Closed
245,241
$2,788,000
Unifirst Corp.
No change
12,000
$2,685,000 4.05%
PowerFleet Inc
No change
271,971
$2,236,000 3.37%
Hexcel Corp.
Closed
46,093
$2,235,000
Neogenomics Inc.
No change
45,000
$2,170,000 3.27%
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc
19.06%
105,335
$1,991,000 3.00%
S&W Seed Co
No change
488,405
$1,778,000 2.68%
Full House Resorts, Inc.
11.20%
198,232
$1,687,000 2.55%
Marrone Bio Innovations Inc
7.69%
661,100
$1,382,000 2.09%
Ranpak Holdings Corp
No change
67,087
$1,346,000 2.03%
Renewable Energy Group Inc
100.00%
20,000
$1,321,000 1.99%
TEGNA Inc
96.49%
60,092
$1,132,000 1.71%
Akerna Corp.
10.09%
218,223
$1,078,000 1.63%
Eyenovia Inc
No change
209,526
$1,071,000 1.62%
Clarus Corp
No change
61,294
$1,045,000 1.58%
Inotiv Inc
Opened
50,331
$1,007,000 1.52%
Corning, Inc.
95.97%
21,111
$919,000 1.39%
Meredith Corp.
Closed
47,171
$906,000
Magna International Inc.
96.04%
10,011
$881,000 1.33%
Audacy
Opened
165,895
$871,000 1.31%
Adtalem Global Education Inc
82.29%
21,160
$837,000 1.26%
Strategic Education Inc
No change
9,000
$827,000 1.25%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
93.46%
15,823
$810,000 1.22%
PLBY Group, Inc.
Opened
40,200
$788,000 1.19%
Pentair plc
95.42%
12,592
$785,000 1.18%
Akamai Technologies Inc
95.04%
7,565
$771,000 1.16%
LKQ Corp
95.35%
18,029
$763,000 1.15%
Danimer Scientific, Inc.
Opened
20,000
$755,000 1.14%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18.29%
11,619
$751,000 1.13%
Wabtec Corp
95.05%
9,114
$722,000 1.09%
Quidel Corp.
Opened
5,637
$721,000 1.09%
Western Digital Corp.
93.47%
10,719
$716,000 1.08%
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
93.48%
5,494
$705,000 1.06%
Check Point Software Technolog
95.26%
6,140
$688,000 1.04%
AquaBounty Technologies Inc
Opened
97,500
$653,000 0.99%
Tenneco, Inc.
Opened
60,000
$643,000 0.97%
Northern Trust Corp.
96.78%
6,108
$642,000 0.97%
Donaldson Co. Inc.
96.40%
10,412
$605,000 0.91%
Resmed Inc.
94.18%
3,098
$601,000 0.91%
Scholastic Corp.
94.41%
18,945
$570,000 0.86%
New York Times Co.
95.44%
11,069
$560,000 0.84%
Agilent Technologies Inc.
96.15%
4,157
$528,000 0.80%
Smith & Nephew
90.91%
13,666
$518,000 0.78%
National Instruments Corp.
94.19%
11,855
$512,000 0.77%
Juniper Networks Inc
97.80%
19,482
$494,000 0.75%
Idacorp, Inc.
Opened
4,597
$459,000 0.69%
Commercial Metals Co.
16.38%
14,853
$458,000 0.69%
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
97.73%
3,557
$436,000 0.66%
Entercom Communications Corp
Closed
160,895
$397,000
Cars.com
97.72%
30,613
$396,000 0.60%
Charles Schwab Corp.
98.29%
5,999
$391,000 0.59%
Nokia Corp
97.44%
92,199
$365,000 0.55%
Conmed Corp.
0.33%
2,715
$355,000 0.54%
Qiagen NV
Opened
7,247
$352,000 0.53%
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
94.93%
7,284
$344,000 0.52%
Varex Imaging Corp
96.38%
16,692
$342,000 0.52%
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
No change
5,258
$334,000 0.50%
Hormel Foods Corp.
97.34%
6,916
$331,000 0.50%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
98.04%
3,030
$312,000 0.47%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
31.66%
4,945
$312,000 0.47%
Biogen Inc
96.92%
1,104
$309,000 0.47%
Lear Corp.
98.34%
1,674
$304,000 0.46%
Microsoft Corporation
39.70%
1,285
$303,000 0.46%
Qualcomm, Inc.
11.32%
2,256
$299,000 0.45%
Bunge Ltd.
97.71%
3,669
$291,000 0.44%
Ovid Therapeutics Inc
41.08%
71,700
$288,000 0.43%
Federal Signal Corp.
0.42%
7,443
$285,000 0.43%
Perkin Elmer
Opened
2,073
$266,000 0.40%
Motorola Solutions Inc
0.43%
1,402
$264,000 0.40%
Jpmorgan Chase 6.1 Pfd
Closed
10,000
$257,000
Yield10 Bioscience Inc
Opened
20,000
$251,000 0.38%
Methode Electronics, Inc.
0.42%
5,949
$250,000 0.38%
Cree, Inc.
97.67%
2,255
$243,000 0.37%
Disney Walt Co
47.02%
1,296
$239,000 0.36%
Republic Services, Inc.
0.44%
2,277
$226,000 0.34%
Copa Holdings
98.20%
2,757
$223,000 0.34%
Owens Corning
Opened
2,245
$207,000 0.31%
Exicure Inc
No change
38,000
$83,000 0.13%
No transactions found
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