Investment Process

The investment team seeks to invest in companies with franchise characteristics that are benefiting from an accelerating profit cycle and are trading at a discount to private market value.

Security Selection

  • Identify companies with franchise characteristics and defensible competitive positions
  • Invest in emerging profit cycles
  • Purchase stocks at a discount to private market value
  • Assess key environmental, social and governance issues that could impact future stock returns

Capital Allocation—Garden, Crop, Harvest® Investing

  • Build position size according to conviction
  • GardenSM — Smaller position sizes in companies that are early on in the profit cycle
  • CropSM — Larger position sizes in companies where profit cycle is being realized
  • HarvestSM — Reduced or sold positions as stock approaches full valuation or profit cycle begins to decelerate

Broad Knowledge

  • Invest opportunistically across entire global economy
  • Find growth wherever growth occurs

In-depth Investment Process

 

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Investment Results (%)

As of 30 November 2024 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Investor Class: APFDX 7.04 21.08 31.54 0.57 11.14 13.05
MSCI All Country World Small Mid Index 1.89 14.59 23.42 3.90 8.45 7.91
MSCI All Country World Index 1.41 20.34 26.12 7.68 11.36 10.57
As of 30 September 2024 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Investor Class: APFDX 7.57 13.12 24.68 -1.24 11.11 12.30
MSCI All Country World Small Mid Index 9.37 12.47 25.55 3.09 9.20 7.82
MSCI All Country World Index 6.61 18.66 31.76 8.09 12.19 10.61

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Investor Class: APFDX 42.57 45.70 12.12 -31.14 20.66
MSCI All Country World Small Mid Index 25.37 15.67 16.24 -18.72 16.02
MSCI All Country World Index 26.60 16.25 18.54 -18.36 22.20
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. Performance may reflect agreements to limit a Fund’s expenses, which would reduce performance if not in effect. 

Ratings

Morningstar Overall RatingTM
As of 31 October 2024
    
Morningstar Medalist RatingTM
As of 31 October 2024
Bronze

Analyst-Driven: 100%
Data Coverage: 100%

Morningstar 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. 140 funds in the overall Global Small/Mid Stock category. View full Fund ratings.

View Important Disclosures below for further details on Morningstar Medalist Rating™. 

Expense Ratio

  Gross Net
Annual Report 30 September 2024 1.44% 1.40%
Prospectus 30 September 2023 1.44% 1.41%

Expense Ratio Disclosure

Net expenses reflect a contractual expense limitation agreement in effect through 31 Jan 2026. See prospectus for further details. 

Top 10 Holdings
(% of total portfolio as of 30 November 2024)
Argenx SE (Belgium) 4.4
Tyler Technologies Inc (United States) 3.7
London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 3.4
Ascendis Pharma A/S (Denmark) 2.8
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc (United States) 2.8
adidas AG (Germany) 2.6
Spotify Technology SA (Sweden) 2.4
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (United States) 2.4
Melrose Industries PLC (United Kingdom) 2.3
Techtronic Industries Co Ltd (Hong Kong) 2.3
Total 29.0%
View Full Holdings Historical Holdings
Portfolio Statistics
(as of 30 November 2024)
Median Market Cap (Billions) $16.1
Weighted Avg. Market Cap (Billions) $26.1
Weighted Harmonic Avg. P/E (FY1) 35.6X
Weighted Harmonic Avg. P/E (FY2) 30.0X
Weighted Avg. LT EPS Growth Rate (3-5 Yr) 21.8%
Weighted Avg. LT Debt/Capital 31.2%
Active Share 96.7%
Annual Turnover 58.2%
Number of Securities 66
Number of Countries 14
Cash (% of total portfolio) 3.8%

Region Allocation
(% of portfolio securities as of 30 November 2024)

Top 10 Countries
(% of portfolio securities as of 30 November 2024)
United States 55.6
United Kingdom 10.9
Germany 8.5
Belgium 4.6
Denmark 4.3
Sweden 3.8
Switzerland 3.2
Hong Kong 2.3
Singapore 1.8
Canada 1.8

Sector Diversification
(% of portfolio securities as of 30 November 2024)



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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. 

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. 

Median is the data's midpoint value. Market Cap (USD) is the aggregate value of all of a company's outstanding equity securities. Weighted Average is the average of values weighted to the data set's composition. Weighted Harmonic Average is a calculation of weighted average commonly used for rates or ratios. Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) measures how expensive a stock is. Earnings figures used for FY1 and FY2 are estimates for the current and next unreported fiscal years. LT EPS Growth Rate is the average of the 3-5 year forecasted EPS growth rate of a company. LT Debt/Capital is the long-term debt to total capital relationship of each company within the portfolio. Active Share is defined as the percentage of a portfolio that differs from its benchmark index. Active Share can range from 0% for an index fund that perfectly mirrors its benchmark to 100% for a portfolio with no overlap with an index. Annual Turnover is a measure of the trading activity in an investment portfolio—how often securities are bought and sold by a portfolio. 

MSCI All Country World Small Mid Index measures the performance of small- and mid-cap companies in developed and emerging markets. MSCI All Country World Index measures the performance of developed and emerging markets. The index(es) are unmanaged; include net reinvested dividends; do not reflect fees or expenses; and are not available for direct investment. 

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