ClearBridge Investments, an funding administration firm, launched its “ClearBridge Small Cap Technique” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A replica of the letter may be downloaded right here. The small-cap shares skilled volatility within the second quarter. The Russell 2000 Index rebounded 10% of its November 2024 report highs simply 55 days after the “Liberation Day” decline. It was pushed by development, momentum, high-beta, and low-quality shares. Although small-cap shares rose, they didn’t outpace the larger-cap friends attributable to perceived sensitivity to macroeconomic shocks. The Russell 2000 returned 8.5% for the quarter in comparison with the 11.1% of the Russell 1000 Index. The technique underperformed the benchmark on this backdrop. As well as, please test the fund’s high 5 holdings to know its finest picks in 2025.
In its second-quarter 2025 investor letter, ClearBridge Small Cap Technique highlighted shares equivalent to AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO). AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) is a world producer of agricultural tools and alternative elements. The one-month return of AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) was -3.07%, and its shares gained 18.34% of their worth over the past 52 weeks. On September 15, 2025, AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) inventory closed at $109.71 per share, with a market capitalization of $8.187 billion.
ClearBridge Small Cap Technique acknowledged the next concerning AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
“We additionally added a brand new holding in AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO), within the industrials sector, which manufactures and distributes agricultural tools and alternative elements. With a diversified manufacturing footprint globally and roughly 80% of the corporate’s gross sales outdoors of the U.S., we consider AGCO stands to profit versus extra domestically oriented friends, like John Deere, given the brand new commerce and tariff insurance policies below the Trump administration.”
AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) just isn’t on our listing of 30 Most Common Shares Amongst Hedge Funds. In response to our database, 27 hedge fund portfolios held AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) on the finish of the second quarter, in comparison with 27 within the earlier quarter. Whereas we acknowledge the potential of AGCO Company (NYSE:AGCO) as an funding, we consider sure AI shares provide higher upside potential and carry much less draw back danger. Should you’re searching for a particularly undervalued AI inventory that additionally stands to profit considerably from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring pattern, see our free report on the finest short-term AI inventory.
