Here's Why Vulcan Value Partners Purchased TPG (TPG)

Investment management company Vulcan Value Partners recently released its first-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The first quarter experienced the return of volatility. The companies’ management teams expressed a more cautious view following the recent election. Optimism has given way to uncertainty about tariffs and potential impacts on earnings, inflation, and economic growth. In the quarter, the Large Cap Composite returned -2.1% net of fees and expenses, the Small Cap Composite returned -4.5% net, the Focus Composite returned -5.8% net, the Focus Plus composite returned -6.0% and the All-Cap Composite returned -4.1% net. For more information on the fund’s best picks in 2025, please check its top five holdings.

In its first quarter 2025 investor letter, Vulcan Value Partners emphasized stocks such as TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG). Based in Fort Worth, Texas, TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) is an alternative asset manager. The one-month return of TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) was -9.51%, and its shares gained 4.34% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On April 14, 2025, TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) stock closed at $44.52 per share with a market capitalization of $16.449 billion.

Vulcan Value Partners stated the following regarding TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

"We purchased three positions during the quarter: Medpace Holdings Inc., Stanley Black & Decker, and TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG). TPG is an alternative asset manager with a great reputation and proven track record. The alternative asset manager industry benefits from long-term capital, which leads to annuity-like fee streams. In addition, the industry continues to enjoy tailwinds from increasing capital flows into private markets. We have followed TPG since their IPO in 2022 and have been impressed with their execution. We expect TPG to continue to expand their market share in a growing industry, and we expect fundraising, fee revenue, and fee earnings to accelerate. TPG is in a great position to fundraise as the company consistently returns capital to LPs. Many in the industry struggle to return funds, and this differentiates TPG."

TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 33 hedge fund portfolios held TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) at the end of the fourth quarter which was 20 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

We covered TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) in another article, where we shared TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Focus Growth Strategy's views on the company in the previous quarter. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q1 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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