Diamond Hill Capital, an investment management company, released its “Small Cap Fund” third-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q3, markets contributed to strong year-to-date gains, though not without some volatility. As shown by the Russell 2000 Index, small-cap equities increased by 9%, while the broad market Russell 3000 Index increased by slightly more than 6%. Against this backdrop, the strategy trailed the index and returned 8.43% in the quarter compared to 9.27% for the Russell 2000 Index. For more information on the fund’s top picks in 2024, please check its top five holdings.
Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund highlighted stocks like FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) in the third quarter 2024 investor letter. FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) acquires and manages aviation and offshore energy equipment for transportation. The one-month return of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) was -0.64%, and its shares gained 235.95% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On October 30, 2024, FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) stock closed at $145.30 per share with a market capitalization of $13.533 billion.
Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund stated the following regarding FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“Other top Q3 contributors included Astrana Health and FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI). Transportation infrastructure company FTAI Aviation is benefiting from solid demand for its module swap business. FTAI also acquired Lockheed Martin’s Canada maintenance facility during the quarter, solidifying its capacity. We believe the company’s long-term fundamentals remain underappreciated by the broader market.”
A team of airline employees surrounded by flight deck controls, with a variety of aircraft outside.
FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 33 hedge fund portfolios held FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) at the end of the second quarter which was 30 in the previous quarter. FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) continued its good start to the year and reported adjusted EBITDA of $213.9 million in Q2 2024, up 30% from Q1 2024 and 40% from Q2 2023. While we acknowledge the potential of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) 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 FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) and shared the list of best-performing NASDAQ stocks in 2024. FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ:FTAI) contributed to Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund’s performance in the previous quarter as well. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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