Soumya Eswaran
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Qualivian Investment Partners, an investment partnership focused on long-only public equities, released its Q1 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund outperformed the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) by 66.0% and 59.4% on a gross and net basis, since inception through March 31, 2025. It also exceeded the S&P 500 by 32.7% and 26.1% respectively, on a gross and net basis. In Q1 2025, the fund outperformed QUAL by 5.3% and 5.2% on a gross and net basis, and we outperformed the S&P 500 by 5.2% and 5.1% on a gross and net basis. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Qualivian Investment Partners highlighted stocks such as O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY). O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) is a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories. The one-month return of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) was -1.37%, and its shares gained 33.02% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On June 30, 2025, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) stock closed at $90.13 per share, with a market capitalization of $77.047 billion.
Qualivian Investment Partners stated the following regarding O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:
"In part as a result of this sector rotation, our top 3 contributors in the quarter were O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), and Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG).
A mechanic working on a car in an auto shop, skillfully replacing the aftermarket parts.
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 58 hedge fund portfolios held O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) at the end of the first quarter, which was 63 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) 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 undervalued AI stock set for massive gains.
