Brown Advisors Large-Cap Growth's Underweight to NVIDIA (NVDA) Affected the Performance

Brown Advisory, an investment management company, released its “Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth strategy has shown resilience this year amid heightened volatility, protecting investor capital during market declines and participating in the strong rebound since early April. The strategy returned 16% during the second quarter, slightly underperforming the benchmark, the Russell 1000® Growth Index. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.

In its second-quarter 2025 investor letter, Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks such as NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA). NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) offers graphics, compute, and networking solutions. The one-month return of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was -6.77%, and its shares gained 57.96% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On September 09, 2025, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock closed at $170.76 per share, with a market capitalization of $4.157 trillion.

Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:

Information Technology was the largest detractor from relative performance during the quarter. The strategy’s underweight to NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and not owning Broadcom (AVGO) were the two largest detractors during the period. NVIDIA (NVDA), a market leader in advanced graphics processing units, rebounded after a first quarter marked by a lower gross margin outlook, which was attributed to short-term complexities in ramping up Blackwell production, and a broad-based decline in AI infrastructure stocks. The company’s most recent quarterly earnings were modestly ahead of consensus expectations, and management expects gross margins to increase by year-end as yield and throughput on Blackwell racks continue to improve.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is in 5th position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 235 hedge fund portfolios held NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) at the end of the second quarter, which was 212 in the previous quarter. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported $46.7 billion in revenues, exceeding the expectations. While we acknowledge the potential of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.

In another article, we covered NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and shared the list of stocks Jim Cramer discussed. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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