Carillon Tower Advisers, an investment management company, released its “Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. After experiencing losses in the second quarter, small-cap stocks notably increased in the third quarter. The Russell 2000 Growth Index (up 8.41%) underperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index (up 10.11%). In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2024.
Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund highlighted stocks like Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) in the third quarter 2024 investor letter. Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. The one-month return of Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) was 6.02%, and its shares gained 77.61% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On November 26, 2024, Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) stock closed at $54.26 per share with a market capitalization of $10.223 billion.
Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund stated the following regarding Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) operates as an owner and acquirer of mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Permian Basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The stock has been a steady contributor recently and has been able to withstand the recent weakness in oil prices. Investors have appreciated Viper’s recent successful and accretive acquisitions and also have looked forward to what a potential attractive acquisition of a large minerals asset that Viper’s parent company has recently acquired in a larger transaction of its own could look like if the parent company chooses to divest the assets to Viper. The parent company has publicly commented on its desire for this type of transaction to take place in the near future.”
The sun rising over a sprawling network of oil & gas pipelines near Midland, Texas.
Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 28 hedge fund portfolios held Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) at the end of the third quarter which was 26 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) 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 Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) and shared the list of best performing energy stocks in 2024. 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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