LC Sageone Select Stock Portfolio: A Long-Only Equity Fund
LC Sageone Select Stock Portfolio: A Long-Only Equity Fund
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Executive Summary : LC SageOne Select Stock Portfolio
• High conviction portfolio of 12-20 high growth stocks across multiple sectors
• Derived from SageOne’s flagship core and small/micro cap offering (SCP & SSP)
• Multi-cap portfolio with primary focus on INR 500cr – INR 30,000cr market cap range
• Buy & hold discipline based on multi-year view – repeatable investment process, low turnover
• Proven track record of outperformance with lower downside risk^
^ Based on performance of SageOne Core Portfolio since inception in April 2009 versus Nifty Index
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Investment Team : SageOne Investment Advisors
equity markets since 1999 and has experienced and studied many bull and bear cycles over the last two decades. Samit’s focus is on
building long term wealth for the clients even if it means sacrificing short term money making. He believes in risk management not by
seeking extreme diversification or buying sub-par businesses at low multiples, but by building a reasonably diversified portfolio of high
quality businesses having long term competitive advantages in attractive and high growth industries.
Samit returned to India in 2006 after spending a decade in the USA working initially in corporate strategy with Gap Inc. and PwC
Consulting, and then with Deloitte and Ernst & Young advising companies on business valuation and M&A. This experience forms the
backbone that helps him better understand businesses and their fair value. Samit is a CFA® charter holder, an MBA from Olin School of
Business, Washington University, US and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honors from Sardar Patel College of Engineering
(SPCE), Mumbai University.
Samit actively shares his knowledge through investor newsletters, lectures at CFA society/industry forums and media interviews.
INVESTMENT TEAM
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Fund : Structure
LC SageOne Select
Stock Portfolio
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WHY SAGEONE?
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Key Strengths
•Team with collective 50+ years of experience and across several cycles
•Bottoms-up research supported by scientific screening process for shortlisting right
Investment Management Team & sectors & stocks
Process •Extremely replicable process with proper back-end quantitative & qualitative
research
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Investment Philosophy : Filters for Selection
Objective : Build and maintain a portfolio in high conviction growth ideas available at prices at or below fair value
Portfolio Businesses that are strong and profitable with ROE > 20% to fund this growth
internally
Construct
Low
Efficiency Businesses with incremental ROE that is higher than existing ROE and which
leverage,
and Moat generally result in increasing margins and valuation multiples
high return
New ROE >
Existing
Most efficient players in industries we like; leaders or expected to be leaders
ROE
due to their superior strategy and positioning
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Risk Management Framework
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Proven Track Record : Consistent Outperformance
Period (Apr 1 - Mar 31) SCP NIFTY 50 TRI NSE Midcap 100 TRI NSE Smallcap 100 TRI BSE 500 Validation/Review
FY 2021 YTD (Dec'20) 91.1% 63.8% 79.0% 98.2% 64.9% SEBI Filed - PMS
FY 2020 -25.4% -25.02% -35.06% -45.30% -27.5% SEBI Filed - PMS
PMS
FY 2019 -9.8% 16.45% -1.86% -13.52% 8.3% SEBI Filed - PMS
FY 2018 31.2% 11.76% 10.25% 12.52% 11.8% SEBI Filed - PMS
FY 2017 28.5% 18.9% 35.5% 43.2% 24.0% KPMG - IA
Investment
FY 2016 -7.3% -8.9% -1.9% -13.1% -7.8% KPMG - IA
Advisory
FY 2015 111.0% 26.7% 51.0% 52.3% 33.2% KPMG - IA (KPMG
FY 2014 68.0% 18.0% 16.4% 17.8% 17.1% KPMG - IA Reviewed)
FY 2013 26.0% 7.3% -4.0% -7.5% 4.8% KPMG - IA
FY 2012 11.4% -9.2% -4.1% -5.5% -9.1% KPMG - IA CIO’s Personal
FY 2011 31.4% 11.1% 4.4% -1.0% 7.5% KPMG - IA Portfolio
(KPMG
FY 2010 175.3% 73.8% 126.1% 129.4% 96.4% KPMG - IA
Reviewed)
Annualized Returns 35.7% 14.4% 17.1% 14.0% 15.1%
Cumulative Returns 3512.9% 386.7% 537.6% 367.9% 419.4%
% Positive Months 66.0% 57.4% 60.3% 59.6% 58.9%
Annualized Stdev 35.9% 19.9% 24.5% 29.8% 20.9%
Sharpe (RFR 6.0%) 0.83 0.42 0.45 0.27 0.43
Performance/Return numbers mentioned are net of fees and costs. For period up to Feb 2017, portfolio returns and benchmark returns are excluding dividends; post Feb 2017, portfolio returns and benchmark returns (TRI -
Total Return Index) are including dividends. Performance numbers are based on KPMG’s report for financial years ended 31st Mar 2010 to 31st Mar 2017. Post Mar’17 they are based on SEBI PMS filings calculated using ’Time
Weighted Rate of Return’ method in terms of Regulation 22 of the SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 2020. Past performance is not an indication or promise of future performance. The performance related data has not
been verified by SEBI.; Source: SOIA estimates, ACE Equity.
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From Stock Picking to Disciplined Portfolio (Net Returns in INR)
NSE Midcap NSE Smallcap 100
Period (Apr'12 - Dec'20) SCP Nifty 50 TRI BSE 500
100 TRI TRI
Latest 8 Years 9 months 28.5% 12.4% 12.6% 9.3% 12.1%
Latest 8 Years &
Cumulative Returns 796.4% 177.7% 181.7% 118.0% 170.7% 9 Months
% Positive Months 66.7% 58.1% 60.0% 58.1% 59.0% (Formal funds
management)
Annualized Stdev 22.6% 17.0% 22.0% 27.2% 17.6%
Sharpe (RFR 6.0%) 1.00 0.38 0.30 0.12 0.34
Period (Apr '09 - Mar '12) SCP Nifty NSE Midcap 100 NSE Small cap 100 BSE 500
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From Stock Picking to Disciplined Portfolio (Net Returns in INR)
Since
Period (as of Dec 31, 2020) 1 month 3 months 6 months 1-year 2-year 3-year 5-year Inception
(Apr 1, 2009)
SageOne Core Port (SCP) 10.4% 24.3% 52.5% 38.3% 21.4% 7.0% 15.2% 35.7%
NSE Mid-cap 100 TRI 5.7% 22.9% 42.4% 23.0% 9.0% 0.5% 10.2% 17.1%
NSE Small-cap 100 TRI 7.8% 21.9% 54.3% 22.8% 6.0% -7.0% 5.5% 14.0%
BSE 500 7.7% 23.2% 36.2% 16.8% 12.2% 6.8% 11.5% 15.1%
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Quality Portfolio : Consistently High Earnings Growth
Jun-14
Jun-15
Jun-16
Jun-17
Jun-18
Jun-19
Jun-20
Dec-12
Dec-13
Dec-14
Dec-15
Dec-16
Dec-17
Dec-18
Dec-19
Sep-13
Sep-14
Sep-15
Sep-16
Sep-17
Sep-18
Sep-19
Sep-20
Mar-13
Mar-14
Mar-15
Mar-16
Mar-17
Mar-18
Mar-19
Mar-20
Source: SOIA estimates
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Historical Returns Driven by Earnings Growth Unlike the Market
12.00
• SCP returns have been consistent with the weighted Portfolio Earnings
average earnings growth of the portfolio companies (SCP)
10.00
2.00
Nifty Earnings
-
Growth in amount invested and earnings over 8 years assuming starting at the same base
of 1.0 as of March 31, 2012
Source: SOIA estimates and Bloomberg
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CURRENT
OPPORTUNITY
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Where are We Finding Attractive Opportunities
• Majority of institutional holding is in the top 100 Indian Listed Market Breakup
stocks which are quite fairly priced Cos. by Mcap Mcap Range
Median PEx
(As of Dec 31, 2020) (INR cr)
Top 100 >34.3K 40.6
• The size of these companies is large and hence >20%
101 - 200 15K-34.2K 33.9
earnings growth on sustainable basis very difficult
201 -300 7.6K-15K 37.8 Our
301 - 400 4.5K-7.6K 25.3 Hunting
• Given our targeted growth and requirement of 401 - 500 2.6K-4.5K 21.7 Ground at
attractive valuations, our hunting ground is generally 501 - 600 1.8K-2.6K 19.5 Entry
beyond the top 100 cos 601 - 700 1.2K-1.8K 19.8
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Quality Portfolio : Portfolio P/E Multiple at Attractive Levels
TTM PEx of the Subsequent Annualized
Current valuation is the lowest in 7 years Period
Portfolio Returns* (%)
Historically these valuation levels have delivered significant outperformance Dec-20 22.0 ??
as well as absolute returns Jun-20 15.0 52.5
P/E multiple and Returns have been inversely correlated Dec-19 15.4 38.3
Jun-19 18.4 25.4
80.0 PMS Closed
Dec-18 22.6 21.4
Portfolio PEx and for New
70.0 Jun-18 29.5 13.6 Subscriptions
Subsequent Annualized
60.0
Dec-17 32.5 7.0
Jun-17 26.0 4.1
50.0 Dec-16 25.4 10.6
40.0 Jun-16 29.7 14.1
Very limited
PEx Dec-15 31.3 14.0 fund raise
30.0
Jun-15 32.5 17.2
20.0 Dec-14 31.0 29.8
10.0 Returns Jun-14 24.3 34.0
Dec-13 19.1 41.5
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Jun-13 17.4 51.8
Jun-12
Jun-13
Jun-14
Jun-15
Jun-16
Jun-17
Jun-18
Jun-19
Jun-20
Dec-12 14.6 53.7
Jun-12 12.4 66.8
Source: SOIA, Ace Equity Database *Returns until Jun’17 are for 3 years annualized. Beyond that are annualized for the
subsequent period until Nov’20; Source: SOIA estimates and ACE Equity
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Fund Structure & Terms
Terms
Benchmark Avg of NSE Mid cap 100 TRI & NSE Small cap 100 TRI
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Our Fee Structure
No Catch-up
3 INR 10 cr to < INR 15 cr 2.00% Nil
* Charged on a quarterly basis; Plus GST and all statutory levies as applicable
** Variable fees for PMS strategies will be charged annually
Higher water-mark applicable
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Case Study: APL Apollo
Entry: INR 946 (USD 14) ; Market Cap INR 2,230 cr (USD 330m) in July 2016
utilizations 1,000
900
Focus on brand building and deeper 800 High PE of 29.9 and a lower
penetration of its distribution network 700 Low PE of 15.5 and a
revenue growth of 10.5%
casues sell off from
600 high revenue growth investors but business stays
Economies of scale providing it with a cost of 21.2% present as a strong with great future
500 great entry point
advantage in a highly fragmented market
400
200
Planned capacity expansion in the Middle east 100
39% Revenue CAGR over Covid-19
led fall
to boost exports last 5 years
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Apr-16 Oct-16 Apr-17 Oct-17 Apr-18 Oct-18 Apr-19 Oct-19 Apr-20 Oct-20
Wide range of product portfolio and new
product initiatives indicates holding period
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Case Study: Polycab India
Entry: INR 615 (USD 9) ; Market Cap INR 10,500 cr (USD 1.5bn) in June 2019
share.
Apr-19 Jun-19 Aug-19 Oct-19 Dec-19 Feb-20 Apr-20 Jun-20 Aug-20 Oct-20 Dec-20
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APPENDIX
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SageOne Investment Advisors – Organisational Chart
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Contact Details
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