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Wasatch Global Value Strategy

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Strategy Overview

Objective

Capital appreciation and income

Highlights
  • A concentrated, yet diversified high-conviction portfolio of 25-40 stocks
  • Value-oriented – focus on buying stocks below their long-term intrinsic value
  • Truly active, collaborative, bottom-up, fundamental process
  • Disciplined portfolio construction and risk analysis
Investment Approach

Fundamentally driven, supported by a historically robust quantitative screen, exhaustive fundamental analysis and rigorous attention to portfolio construction and risk analysis

Key to our process is building in-depth financial models, including detailed segment analysis. This provides insight into company business drivers, growth and profitability characteristics, enabling a view into intrinsic value

At least 40% of the portfolio invested outside the U.S.

Primarily invests in companies with market caps over $5 billion

Approximately 25-40 positions

Portfolio Managers
David Powers David Powers Lead Portfolio Manager
5 years on strategy
9 years at wasatch
5 Cumulative PM years on strategy

We build in-depth financial models to gain insights into companies’ business drivers, likely growth rates and profitability characteristics. We are focused on buying companies below their long-term intrinsic value.”

—Dave Powers, Lead Portfolio Manager

Performance

Average Annual Total Returns AS OF 03/31/23 AS OF 05/31/23
Quarter-End Month-end
1 Month
3 Month
ytd
1 yr
3 yr
5 yr
10 yr
Since
Inception
Global Value Composite (Gross)
-4.40%
-2.58%
-2.08%
-3.23%
17.15%
8.01%
N/A
7.20%
Global Value Composite (Net)
-4.48%
-2.80%
-2.43%
-4.06%
16.17%
7.10%
N/A
6.30%
MSCI AC World Value Index
-4.29%
-2.96%
-1.42%
-4.94%
10.20%
3.83%
N/A
3.20%

Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Since inception performance is calculated from 11/30/2017.

Calendar Year Returns (%) NET OF FEES (AS OF 12/31/22)
Global Value Composite
MSCI AC World Value Index

Performance is preliminary and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Wasatch Global Investors is an independent registered investment advisor. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Wasatch claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®). GIPS® is a registered trademark of CFA Institute. CFA Institute does not endorse or promote this organization, nor does it warrant the accuracy or quality of content contained herein. To receive a complete list of composite descriptions of Wasatch composites and/or a GIPS Composite Report, e-mail inforequest@wasatchglobal.com. The U.S. Dollar is the currency used to express performance.

The Global Value Composite contains fully discretionary equity accounts following the Global Value style.  The composite primarily invests in equities in domestic and foreign markets with the goal of capital appreciation and income.  For comparison purposes the composite is measured against the MSCI AC World Net TR Index.

The MSCI AC World Value TR Net Index is an unmanaged index capturing large and mid-cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across 23 developed markets and 23 emerging markets.

The MSCI information may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form and may not be used as a basis for or a component of any financial instruments or products or indices. None of the MSCI information is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance analysis, forecast or prediction. The MSCI information is provided on an “as is” basis and the user of this information assumes the entire risk of any use made of this information. MSCI, each of its affiliates and each other person involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating any MSCI information (collectively, the “MSCI Parties”) expressly disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties or originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to this information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including, without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages. (www. msci.com). Indexes are unmanaged, and investors cannot invest directly in an index.

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Portfolio

Characteristics AS OF 03/31/23
Portfolio
Index
Number of Holdings
37
1753
Average Market Cap
($ Weighted)
$107.01B
$119.13B
Median Market Cap
$49.08B
$11.62B
EPS Growth (%, est. 5 yr)
9
9
P/E (Forward)
11
12
Portfolio Turnover (%)
48.55
N/A
Active Share (%)
90
N/A
Performance Statistics AS OF 03/31/23
5 yr
Alpha
4.28
Beta
1.03
R-Squared
0.95
Standard Deviation
18.70
Upside Capture
110.65
Downside Capture
91.82
Top 10 Holdings AS OF 03/31/23
Company
% of Net Assets
TotalEnergies SE (France)
4.8%
Johnson & Johnson
4.8%
Duke Energy Corp.
4.1%
Novartis AG (Switzerland)
4.0%
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany)
3.9%
Exelon Corp.
3.9%
Union Pacific Corp.
3.9%
KT&G Corp. (South Korea)
3.4%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands)
3.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
3.3%
37 Number of holdings
90% Active share
Sector Allocation AS OF 03/31/23
Sector
Portfolio
Index
Financials
20.3 %
22.6 %
Health Care
18.6 %
13.0 %
Consumer Staples
12.3 %
8.8 %
Energy
10.0 %
8.8 %
Industrials
8.2 %
10.5 %
Utilities
8.0 %
5.6 %
Communication Services
5.5 %
3.9 %
Cash & Cash Equivalents*
4.6 %
N/A
Information Technology
4.3 %
9.3 %
Real Estate
4.2 %
4.0 %
Consumer Discretionary
2.3 %
6.6 %
Materials
1.6 %
6.9 %
Country Allocation AS OF 03/31/23
Portfolio (%)
Developed
85.4%
United States
45.4%
France
10.0%
Singapore
5.4%
Netherlands
5.2%
Switzerland
4.0%
Germany
3.9%
Canada
3.6%
Other
7.8%
Emerging & Frontier
10.0%
South Korea
7.8%
Taiwan
2.2%
45.4% United States
85.4% Developed
10% Em and Frontier

Country weights are calculated as a percentage of total portfolio including cash & cash equivalents.

Commentary & Literature

Important Disclosures

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Performance results are net of transaction costs and reflect the reinvestment of dividend and other earnings. Net performance data was calculated using actual management fees. Actual fees may vary depending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. See Wasatch Global Investors Form ADV Part 2A for more information on fee schedules. Some portfolio net-of fees returns may be net of performance-based fees. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change. References to individual companies should not be construed as recommendations to buy or sell shares in those companies. Wasatch analysts closely monitor the companies held in the portfolio. If a company’s underlying fundamentals or valuation measures change, Wasatch will reevaluate its position and my sell part or all of its holdings.

Portfolio Characteristics, Allocations and Top Ten Holdings are derived from a representative account. A representative account is selected based on accounts with substantially similar investment policies, objectives, and strategies that closely resemble, or are most representative of, the strategy it represents.

Est. 5-year EPS Growth %: Estimated percentage increase in earnings per share (EPS) per year of the fund's holdings over the next 5 years. Returns are not guaranteed and may be higher or lower. Source: Wasatch and FactSet. P/E Ratio (forward and trailing): Sum of stock prices of the fund's holdings divided by the aggregate earnings per share of those holdings for the next 12 months (forward), or past 12 months (trailing), calculated as a weighted harmonic average. P/E to Growth Rate: Forward 12-month P/E ratio divided by the estimated 5-year EPS growth rate. Portfolios with a number less than 1.0 would be considered undervalued, around 1.0 would be considered fair valued and significantly greater than 1.0 would be considered overvalued. Weighted Average Market Cap: Average market capitalization of companies held by the fund, weighted by their percentage of fund net assets. Portfolio Turnover: A measure of trading activity in a fund's portfolio over the past 12 months expressed as a percentage of the fund's average total assets. Alpha measures a fund's risk/reward potential. A positive alpha means the fund outperformed the index. A negative alpha means the fund underperformed the index. Beta measures a fund's risk in relation to the market. A beta of 0.8 means the fund's total return is likely to move up or down 80% of the market change; 1.25 means total return is likely to move up or down 25% more than the market. R-Squared measures (from 0 to 1.0) how closely a fund's movements are correlated with movements of its benchmark. An R-squared of 1.0 would mean that the fund's movements are completely correlated with the movements of its benchmark. Active Share measures the difference between portfolio holdings and the benchmark. It is the sum of the absolute values of the different weightings of each holding in the fund versus each holding in the benchmark, divided by 2. Standard Deviation measures the degree to which a fund's performance has varied from its average performance over a particular time period. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a fund's volatility (risk). Upside Capture explains how well a fund performs in time periods where the benchmark's returns are greater than zero. Downside Capture explains how well a fund performs in time periods where the benchmark's returns are less than zero.

Wasatch Advisors LP, trading as Wasatch Global Investors ARBN 605 031 909, is regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under U.S. laws which differ from Australian laws. Wasatch Global Investors is exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence in accordance with class order 03/1100 in respect of the provision of financial services to wholesale clients in Australia.

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