Focused Value Opportunities Strategy

Focused Value Opportunities Strategy

Focused Value Opportunities Strategy

 
 
Summary

The Morgan Stanley Focused Value Opportunities Strategy is a concentrated U.S. value equity portfolio of 25 – 45 leading companies trading at a discount to their intrinsic value. The investment process is driven by bottom-up fundamental research from an experienced, dedicated team of value investors. The result is a highly-active portfolio with low tracking error, as returns are primarily driven by security selection.

 
 
Investment Approach
 
Differentiators
Opportunistic Value Approach

The Eaton Vance Equity Value Team employs this differentiated approach, focused on building a portfolio that is comprised of leading companies that are mispriced, out of favor, or generally misunderstood by the market. The team approaches valuation by having a deep understanding of a company’s fundamentals, industry, and management team. The team performs >1,000 company meetings annually. 

Proven Success Factors

The Eaton Vance Equity Value Team has honed in on company metrics that they have found generate alpha over time: high return on invested capital, strong free cash flow yield, and low debt to capital ratio.

Culture of Ownership & Debate

The Team has consciously created a team-based culture that encourages diverse opinions, enables experienced investment professionals (investment team has an average of >25 years of experience) & aligns them with clients, emphasizes dynamic debate, and embraces a multi-faceted approach to combatting common investment biases. To stimulate this culture of debating and vetting of investment ideas, the Team has developed 30+ portfolio exercises, performed regularly during weekly team meetings.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment Process
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Portfolio Managers  
Brad Galko
Managing Director, Co-Head of Value Team
34 years industry experience
Jason Kritzer
Managing Director, Co-Head of Value Team
26 years industry experience
 
 
 
 

RISK CONSIDERATIONS

The value of investments may increase or decrease in response to economic, and financial events (whether real, expected or perceived) in the U.S. and global markets. The value of equity securities is sensitive to stock market volatility. Investments in foreign instruments or currencies can involve greater risk and volatility than U.S. investments because of adverse market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical, currency exchange rates or other conditions. The Strategy is exposed to liquidity risk when trading volume, lack of a market maker or trading partner, large position size, market conditions, or legal restrictions impair its ability to sell particular investments or to sell them at advantageous market prices. The impact of the coronavirus on global markets could last for an extended period and could adversely affect performance. There is no assurance strategies that incorporate ESG factors will result in more favorable investment performance. Investors should be aware that this strategy may be subject to additional risks, which should be carefully considered prior to any investment decision.

There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will work under all market conditions, and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for the long-term, especially during periods of downturn in the market.

This communication is only intended for and will be only distributed to persons resident in jurisdictions where such distribution or availability would not be contrary to local laws or regulations.

There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will work under all market conditions, and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for the long-term, especially during periods of downturn in the market. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

A separately managed account may not be appropriate for all investors. Separate accounts managed according to the Strategy include a number of securities and will not necessarily track the performance of any index. Please consider the investment objectives, risks and fees of the Strategy carefully before investing. A minimum asset level is required. For important information about the investment manager, please refer to Form ADV Part 2.

The views and opinions and/or analysis expressed are those of the author or the investment team as of the date of preparation of this material and are subject to change at any time without notice due to market or economic conditions and may not necessarily come to pass. Furthermore, the views will not be updated or otherwise revised to reflect information that subsequently becomes available or circumstances existing, or changes occurring, after the date of publication. The views expressed do not reflect the opinions of all investment personnel at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “the Firm”), and may not be reflected in all the strategies and products that the Firm offers.

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