Schneider Capital Management Corp 13F annual report

Schneider Capital Management Corp is an investment fund managing more than $175 million ran by Mark Ruck. There are currently 34 companies in Mr. Ruck’s portfolio. The largest investments include Brighthouse and Herc, together worth $28.1 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$175 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Schneider Capital Management Corp’s top holding is 591,761 shares of Brighthouse currently worth over $14.3 million and making up 8.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Brighthouse, Schneider Capital Management Corp owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 672,364 shares of Herc worth $13.8 million, whose value grew 101.5% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Univar Solutions worth $13.6 million and the next is Adient plc worth $11.6 million, with 1,281,742 shares owned.

Currently, Schneider Capital Management Corp's portfolio is worth at least $175 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 Schneider Capital Management Corp

The Schneider Capital Management Corp office and employees reside in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Mark Ruck serves as the Assistant Vice President at Schneider Capital Management Corp.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Schneider Capital Management Corp revealed that it had opened a new position in United Rentals and bought 34,100 shares worth $3.51 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. United Rentals makes up 12.6% of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 63.7% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Herc by buying 11,979 additional shares. This makes their stake in Herc total 672,364 shares worth $13.8 million. Herc soared 1.8% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Schneider Capital Management Corp is getting rid of from its portfolio. Schneider Capital Management Corp closed its position in Whiting Petroleum on 12th May 2020. It sold the previously owned 2,427,080 shares for $17.8 million. Mark Ruck also disclosed a decreased stake in Brighthouse by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $14.3 million and 591,761 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Schneider Capital Management Corp are Independence Bank Of Kentucky and Antara Capital L.P.. They manage $175 million and $175 million respectively.

Mark Ruck investment strategy

Schneider Capital Management Corp’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 24.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 64.7% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are small-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $100 million in market cap make up 9% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, large-cap stocks make up only 5.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $4.97 billion.

The complete list of Schneider Capital Management Corp trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 12th 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
Whiting Petroleum Corp.	Closed 2,427,080	$17,815,000
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.	23.65% 591,761	$14,303,000	8.15%
Herc Holdings, Inc.	1.81% 672,364	$13,757,000	7.84%
Univar Solutions, Inc.	69.94% 1,272,614	$13,642,000	7.78%
Adient plc	11.42% 1,281,742	$11,625,000	6.63%
Olin Corp.	99.61% 981,178	$11,450,000	6.53%
Synovus Financial Corp.	122.22% 646,433	$11,351,000	6.47%
Citigroup, Inc.	33.40% 246,587	$10,386,000	5.92%
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.	35.19% 516,734	$9,880,000	5.63%
Koppers Holdings, Inc.	22.19% 609,683	$7,542,000	4.30%
Newell Brands Inc.	22.38% 527,926	$7,011,000	4.00%
Cadence Bancorporation	459.87% 1,025,313	$6,716,000	3.83%
Venator Materials, Plc	3.41% 3,886,015	$6,684,000	3.81%
Assured Guaranty Limited	12.14% 239,442	$6,175,000	3.52%
SM Energy Co.	376.10% 4,547,429	$5,548,000	3.16%
Kulicke & Soffa Inds Inc	56.97% 224,953	$4,695,000	2.68%
The Manitowoc Co., Inc.	1.41% 549,911	$4,674,000	2.66%
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.	22.18% 395,765	$4,440,000	2.53%
Diamond S Shipping, Inc.	124.09% 339,838	$4,013,000	2.29%
United Rentals, Inc.	Opened 34,100	$3,509,000	2.00%
Transocean Ltd.	36.26% 2,982,781	$3,460,000	1.97%
Nextier Oilfield Solutions, In	29.85% 2,853,558	$3,339,000	1.90%
First Horizon National Corp	Closed 172,079	$2,850,000
Cameco Corp.	3.66% 259,739	$1,984,000	1.13%
Aviat Networks, Inc.	7.63% 218,636	$1,858,000	1.06%
Mylan NV	0.69% 115,200	$1,718,000	0.98%
REV Group, Inc.	33.93% 406,593	$1,695,000	0.97%
Modine Manufacturing Co.	Opened 371,599	$1,208,000	0.69%
Intevac, Inc.	28.84% 279,358	$1,143,000	0.65%
Oriental Financial Grp Inc	1.93% 50,736	$567,000	0.32%
Battalion Oil Corporation	Opened 64,111	$300,000	0.17%
Hudson Global, Inc.	No change 29,914	$256,000	0.15%
Intrepid Potash, Inc.	No change 301,085	$241,000	0.14%
Kingstone Companies, Inc.	28.78% 40,947	$209,000	0.12%
Midwestone Financial Group I	Closed 5,615	$203,000
Tuesday Morning Corp.	Closed 40,060	$74,000
Steel Connect, Inc.	Closed 36,487	$53,000
US Xpress Enterprises, Inc.	Opened 12,460	$42,000	0.02%
UTStarcom Holdings Corp.	No change 15,755	$27,000	0.02%
McDermott International, Inc.	Closed 21,158	$14,000
No transactions found
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