Diamond Hill Capital, an investment management company, released its “Mid Cap Strategy” second-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q2, markets saw a modest increase, providing favorable results in most regions and nations. In the quarter the strategy lagged the Russell Midcap Index. The relative weakness was mostly concentrated in the industrial holdings, which underperformed their index counterparts. Another area of relative weakness came from holdings in utilities and consumer discretionary. On the other hand, holdings in health care and materials were comparatively strong. The strategy returned -4.39% (gross) and -4.56% (net) in the quarter vs -3.35% for the index. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the strategy to know its best picks in 2024.
Diamond Hill Mid Cap Strategy highlighted stocks like WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC), in the second quarter 2024 investor letter. WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) offers business-to-business distribution, logistics services, and supply chain solutions. The one-month return of WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) was -4.25%, and its shares gained 1.31% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On August 27, 2024, WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) stock closed at $163.53 per share with a market capitalization of $8.039 billion.
Diamond Hill Mid Cap Strategy stated the following regarding WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) in its Q2 2024 investor letter:
“Other bottom contributors included Parker-Hannifin, WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) and Regal Rexnord. Shares of leading industrial distributor WESCO (WCC) and electric motors and power transmission components manufacturer Regal Rexnord (RRX) were pressured against a backdrop of macroeconomic concerns which are seemingly making investors hesitant to own leveraged cyclical companies like WCC and RRX. However, we believe WCC remains well-positioned to capitalize on several secular tailwinds and to leverage its significant scale advantage to take market share and improve margins.”
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WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 51 hedge fund portfolios held WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) at the end of the second quarter which was 50 in the previous quarter. The second quarter results of WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) fell short of expectations (see the details here). While we acknowledge the potential of WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we discussed WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) and shared Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund’s views on the company. WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) was in the bottom contributors list of Diamond Hill Mid Cap Strategy in Q1 2024. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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