Sycomore Asset Management

Equity investment process

Step 1 : Screening of the investment universe

  • We apply quantitative screens to our investment universe of more than 3000 listed companies
  • These screens identify potential investment targets

Step 2 : Company fundamentals analysis

  • We aim to understand companies by meeting one-on-one with their managers
  • This approach allows us to fully grasp the company’s strategy, its business model, and its environment and to measure its quality on the basis of fundamentals.

Step 3 : Valuation of companies

  • Our objective is to determine companies’ intrinsic valuation
  • We prefer the fundamental valuation methods developed using our proprietary tools
  • Our universe of eligible stocks is composed of companies trading at discounts to our target valuation

Step 4 : Portfolio construction

  • We invest in our strongest convictions from the list of eligible stocks, based on our portfolios’ targeted returns
  • To determine a stock’s target weighting, the investment team uses the multi-criteria scoring methodology that informs our buying discipline
  • Stocks that do not meet our standards on security and upside potential are sold immediately