Artisan Partners, an funding administration firm, launched its “Artisan Choose Fairness Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A replica of the letter could be downloaded here. The fund’s Investor Class ARTNX, Advisor Class APDNX, and Institutional Class APHNX returned 6.77%, 6.76%, and 6.80%, respectively, within the second quarter, in comparison with a ten.94% return for the S&P 500 Index. As well as, you may test the highest 5 holdings of the technique to know its finest picks in 2025.
In its second-quarter 2025 investor letter, Artisan Choose Fairness Fund highlighted shares corresponding to Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA). Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) manufactures, markets, and distributes coatings methods. On September 26, 2025, Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) inventory closed at $28.09 per share. One-month return of Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) was -10.14%, and its shares misplaced 22.38% of their worth over the past 52 weeks. Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) has a market capitalization of $6.084 billion.
Artisan Choose Fairness Fund said the next relating to Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
“Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) shares declined 10%. Q1 earnings have been wonderful, in our opinion. Gross sales declined 2% general. Within the efficiency coatings division, which is Axalta’s finest enterprise, gross sales have been impacted by basic market weak point. Insurance coverage premiums have gone up considerably over the previous few years. So have restore prices. And the automobile park continues to age. It seems that people are pocketing the insurance coverage proceeds when their automobile is broken relatively than getting an outdated automobile repainted. A basic lack of shopper confidence doesn’t assist both. Industrial gross sales are additionally weakish on account of sluggish industrial exercise. This has been a pattern for Axalta for some time. The mobility enterprise noticed a slight decline in income as a consequence of declines in unique gear producer (OEM) automobile manufacturing. Notably, nevertheless, Axalta grew income regardless of the anemic top-line efficiency. It is a operate of variable price declines and good expense administration. Axalta sells for a modest 11X earnings a number of versus the S&P 500® Index at greater than 20X, and we added to our place throughout the quarter.”
Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) just isn’t on our listing of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. Based on our database, 44 hedge fund portfolios held Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) on the finish of the second quarter, identical as 44 within the earlier quarter. Within the second quarter, Axalta Coating Programs Ltd.’s (NYSE:AXTA) net sales totaled $1.3 billion, down roughly 3% year-over-year. Whereas we acknowledge the potential of Axalta Coating Programs Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA) as an funding, we imagine sure AI shares provide higher upside potential and carry much less draw back danger. Should you’re searching for a particularly undervalued AI inventory that additionally stands to profit considerably from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring pattern, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
