Investment Process

The investment team seeks high-quality businesses exposed to structural growth themes.

Investing with Tailwinds

  • Identify structural themes at the intersection of growth and change
  • Invest in companies poised to be beneficiaries of those trends

High-Quality Businesses

  • Differentiated and defensible business model
  • Dynamic management team

A Contrarian Approach to Valuation

  • Market dislocations and mismatches between stock price and long-term business value create opportunity

Manage Unique Risks of International Small- and Mid-Cap Equities

  • Understand the direct and indirect security risk and the probability of permanent capital impairment

In-depth Investment Process

 

Investment
Results (%)

As of 28 February 2023 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Investor Class: ARTJX 4.62 4.62 -8.42 6.49 4.53 5.65 10.21
MSCI All Country World ex USA SMID Index 4.85 4.85 -9.00 5.69 1.01 4.65 7.84
MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Index 4.46 4.46 -9.67 7.03 1.39 5.20 8.64
As of 31 December 2022 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Investor Class: ARTJX 12.23 -23.79 -23.79 1.66 3.55 5.73 10.06
MSCI All Country World ex USA SMID Index 13.85 -19.49 -19.49 -0.22 0.16 4.56 7.66
MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Index 13.31 -19.97 -19.97 1.07 0.67 5.24 8.48

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Investor Class: ARTJX -16.84 36.25 33.00 3.66 -23.79
MSCI All Country World ex USA SMID Index -17.06 22.36 12.01 10.16 -19.49
MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Index -18.20 22.42 14.24 12.93 -19.97
Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. 

Past performance does not guarantee and is not a reliable indicator of future results. Investment returns and principal values will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than that shown. 

Ratings

Morningstar Overall RatingTM
As of 28 February 2023
    
Morningstar Analyst RatingTM
As of 28 February 2023
Bronze

Morningstar Rating and Analyst Rating Disclosure

Star ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year Morningstar Ratings metrics. 129 funds in the overall Foreign Small/Mid Growth category. View full Fund ratings.

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Expense Ratio

Annual Report 30 September 2022 1.28%
Prospectus 30 September 2022 1.29%

Expense Ratio Disclosure

See prospectus for further details. 

Top 10 Holdings
(% of total portfolio as of 28 February 2023)
Nice Ltd (Israel) 4.2
Metso Outotec Oyj (Finland) 2.3
ConvaTec Group PLC (United Kingdom) 2.2
JET2 PLC (United Kingdom) 2.0
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sweden) 1.8
Alcon Inc (Switzerland) 1.8
CAE Inc (Canada) 1.7
AIXTRON SE (Germany) 1.7
CyberArk Software Ltd (Israel) 1.7
WNS Holdings Ltd (India) 1.5
Total 21.0%
View Full Holdings Historical Holdings
Portfolio Statistics
(as of 28 February 2023)
Median Market Cap (Billions) $3.5
Weighted Avg. Market Cap (Billions) $7.3
Weighted Harmonic Avg. P/E (FY2) 20.2X
Weighted Avg. LT EPS Growth Rate (3-5 Yr) 15.3%
Median Return on Capital 7.2%
Weighted Avg. LT Debt/Capital 22.3%
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio 8.2X
Active Share 96.6%
Annual Turnover 22.1%
Number of Securities 120
Number of Countries 20
Cash (% of total portfolio) 4.2%
Region Allocation
(% of portfolio securities as of 28 February 2023)
Region Allocation chart
Europe 48.8
Americas 22.9
Pacific Basin 13.2
Middle East 9.5
Emerging Markets 5.6
Total 100.0%
Top 10 Countries
(% of portfolio securities as of 28 February 2023)
United States 16.8
United Kingdom 15.3
Japan 13.2
Israel 9.5
Denmark 6.7
Switzerland 6.4
Canada 6.1
Germany 5.9
Sweden 4.0
France 2.8
Sector Diversification
(% of portfolio securities as of 28 February 2023)
Communication Services 0.5
Consumer Discretionary 3.1
Consumer Staples 6.4
Energy 2.3
Financials 3.6
Health Care 24.7
Industrials 29.1
Information Technology 26.9
Materials 2.2
Real Estate 1.0
Utilities
Other
Total 100.0%
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Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. The value of portfolio securities selected by the investment team may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news, at times greater than the market or benchmark index. A portfolio’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations may limit the investment opportunities available and, as a result, the portfolio may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform portfolios that do not consider ESG factors. International investments involve special risks, including currency fluctuation, lower liquidity, different accounting methods and economic and political systems, and higher transaction costs. These risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including frontier markets. Securities of small- and medium-sized companies tend to have a shorter history of operations, be more volatile and less liquid and may have underperformed securities of large companies during some periods. Growth securities may underperform other asset types during a given period. These risks are discussed in the prospectus. Please read it carefully before you invest or send money. 

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Performance Source: Artisan Partners/MSCI. Data & Statistics Sources: Artisan Partners/MSCI/GICS. Sector exposure percentages reflect sector designations as currently classified by GICS. Annual turnover is reported as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Artisan Partners may exclude outlier data and certain securities which lack applicable attributes, such as private securities when calculating portfolio statistics. If information is unavailable for a particular security Artisan may use data from a related security to calculate portfolio statistics. For the purpose of determining the Fund's holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund. Cash weighting includes cash and cash equivalents. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 

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