Copper Rock Capital Partners 13F annual report

Copper Rock Capital Partners is an investment fund managing more than $582 million ran by Michael Forrester. There are currently 54 companies in Mr. Forrester’s portfolio. The largest investments include Generac and Perficient, together worth $24.7 million.

$582 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 12th October 2020, Copper Rock Capital Partners’s top holding is 73,675 shares of Generac currently worth over $14.3 million and making up 4.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Generac, Copper Rock Capital Partners owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 244,896 shares of Perficient worth $10.5 million, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is R1 RCM worth $10.1 million and the next is LHC worth $9.79 million, with 46,077 shares owned.

Currently, Copper Rock Capital Partners's portfolio is worth at least $582 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Copper Rock Capital Partners

The Copper Rock Capital Partners office and employees reside in Boston, Massachusetts. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Forrester serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Copper Rock Capital Partners.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Copper Rock Capital Partners revealed that it had opened a new position in Hannon Armstrong Sust Infr Cap and bought 227,901 shares worth $9.63 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ero Copper Corp by buying 100,949 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ero Copper Corp total 201,442 shares worth $2.94 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Copper Rock Capital Partners is getting rid of from its portfolio. Copper Rock Capital Partners closed its position in Illumina on 19th October 2020. It sold the previously owned 32,013 shares for $11.9 million. Michael Forrester also disclosed a decreased stake in Generac by 0.5%. This leaves the value of the investment at $14.3 million and 73,675 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Copper Rock Capital Partners are Pwmco and Bluedrive Global Investors LL.P.. They manage $296 million and $296 million respectively.


Michael Forrester investment strategy

Copper Rock Capital Partners’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 16.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 70.4% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 20% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $97.7 billion.

The complete list of Copper Rock Capital Partners trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on October 19th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Generac Holdings, Inc.
46.12%
73,675
$14,266,000 4.82%
Illumina, Inc.
Closed
32,013
$11,856,000
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
Closed
170,417
$10,895,000
Perficient, Inc.
21.40%
244,896
$10,467,000 3.54%
R1 RCM, Inc.
32.82%
590,499
$10,127,000 3.42%
Phibro Animal Health Corp.
Closed
384,470
$10,100,000
LHC Group, Inc.
33.71%
46,077
$9,794,000 3.31%
Arcosa, Inc.
15.81%
221,552
$9,768,000 3.30%
Darling Ingredients, Inc.
32.30%
270,653
$9,752,000 3.29%
Quanta Svcs Inc Com
35.47%
182,786
$9,662,000 3.26%
Hannon Armstrong Sust Infr Cap
Opened
227,901
$9,633,000 3.25%
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
Closed
141,901
$9,619,000
Aecon Group Inc
Closed
873,726
$9,503,000
FirstService Corp.
31.94%
70,706
$9,336,000 3.15%
Ingredion, Inc.
Closed
112,228
$9,315,000
AutoNation, Inc.
32.49%
171,861
$9,097,000 3.07%
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
Opened
226,979
$9,020,000 3.05%
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.
19.60%
303,997
$9,007,000 3.04%
FTI Consulting, Inc.
48.39%
83,500
$8,848,000 2.99%
eHealth, Inc.
Opened
111,384
$8,799,000 2.97%
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
32.52%
134,939
$8,790,000 2.97%
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Npv
Closed
157,100
$8,774,000
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
22.19%
83,374
$8,615,000 2.91%
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
41.13%
73,078
$8,294,000 2.80%
Brooks Automation, Inc.
Opened
178,749
$8,269,000 2.79%
NuVasive, Inc.
Closed
148,296
$8,254,000
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
28.89%
37,200
$8,184,000 2.76%
Inphi Corp.
22.20%
71,756
$8,055,000 2.72%
Agree Realty Corp.
20.22%
126,568
$8,055,000 2.72%
Northland Power Inc
34.04%
265,822
$8,045,000 2.72%
CACI International, Inc.
Closed
35,403
$7,678,000
Acuity Brands, Inc.
Opened
74,964
$7,673,000 2.59%
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
Closed
97,514
$7,544,000
Chegg, Inc.
43.52%
105,431
$7,532,000 2.54%
NV5 Global, Inc.
32.80%
141,059
$7,444,000 2.51%
Charles River Labs Intl Inc
44.42%
32,269
$7,307,000 2.47%
BlackLine, Inc.
39.40%
81,223
$7,280,000 2.46%
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
32.64%
176,694
$6,948,000 2.35%
Parex Res Inc
23.60%
644,402
$6,793,000 2.29%
Repligen Corp.
40.39%
45,568
$6,723,000 2.27%
Element Solutions, Inc.
32.42%
614,492
$6,458,000 2.18%
Tmx Group Ltd
32.73%
61,856
$6,365,000 2.15%
Real Matters Inc
Closed
311,136
$6,071,000
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.
Closed
69,302
$5,643,000
Tcs Group Holding Gdr
Closed
254,975
$5,176,000
Ishares Tr Eafe Small Cap Etf
18.11%
86,402
$5,097,000 1.72%
Onex Corp Sub Vtg
Opened
78,462
$3,502,000 1.18%
Ero Copper Corp
100.45%
201,442
$2,938,000 0.99%
Wns Holdings Ltd Spon Adr
Opened
45,619
$2,918,000 0.99%
Capital Power Corp
46.89%
108,556
$2,397,000 0.81%
Altus Group Ltd
Opened
50,000
$2,079,000 0.70%
Ternium Sa Sponsored Ads
Opened
98,936
$1,863,000 0.63%
Adobe Systems Inc
99.62%
181
$89,000 0.03%
Electronic Arts, Inc.
99.46%
650
$85,000 0.03%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
99.47%
168
$74,000 0.02%
Zoetis, Inc.
99.61%
436
$72,000 0.02%
PTC, Inc.
99.52%
791
$65,000 0.02%
Microsoft Corp.
99.55%
289
$61,000 0.02%
Truist Financial Corp.
99.56%
1,551
$59,000 0.02%
Facebook, Inc.
99.65%
209
$55,000 0.02%
Alphabet, Inc.
99.55%
37
$54,000 0.02%
MasTec, Inc.
99.34%
1,232
$52,000 0.02%
Fiserv, Inc.
99.56%
471
$49,000 0.02%
Aspen Technology, Inc.
99.56%
373
$47,000 0.02%
Magna International, Inc.
Opened
937
$43,000 0.01%
The TJX Cos., Inc.
99.63%
686
$38,000 0.01%
Ciena Corp.
Opened
864
$34,000 0.01%
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