Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund

About the Fund

The Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund (TSX: HDGE) is a diversified, liquid, and performance-oriented long-short equity hedge fund that seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and a superior risk-adjusted return relative to the broader U.S. equity market.

Investment Objectives

  • Target 10-15% annualized returns
  • Generate positive returns irrespective of market direction
  • Hedge downside risk
  • Manage volatility
  • Provide uncorrelated returns

Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund Explained:

HDGE TRADING DATA
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QUICK FACTS

Type:
Long-short equity

Structure:
Alternative ETF

Date Started:
May 10, 2019

Management Fee:
0.00%

Performance Fee:
20% of outperformance over high water mark

Investment Manager:
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

Distribution:
$0.10 per quarter

Exchange:
TSX

Currency:
CAD

Risk Rating:
Medium

Track Record

Investment Process

HDGE utilizes a systematic, proprietary multi-factor model to sort and rank all liquid North American stocks based on five principal factors:
  1. Value
  2. Quality
  3. Price Momentum
  4. Operating Momentum
  5. Trend

The Fund goes long a portfolio of the highest expected return stocks selected from the top decile ranking from the multi-factor model while going short a portfolio of the lowest expected return stocks selected from the bottom decile ranking. The portfolio is rebalanced on a monthly basis.

Performance as of 2023-Feb-28

1 Month3 MonthsYTD1 Year3 YearsSince Inception
HDGE5.2%-1.4%0.8%10.6%14.1%4.3%

Fund Characteristics as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Short
Number of Securities4646
Average Market Cap ($mm)$9,882$3,245
Beta1.11.6
EBITDA/EV19.1%-8.3%
FCF/EV8.6%-7.3%
Trailing Return25.4%-47.0%
Pct of 52 Week High88.9%49.0%
Return on Capital29.9%-19.8%
Gross Profits/Assets9.8%4.8%
50 DMA to 200 DMA107.3%86.4%
EPS Revision-3.5%-2.7%
Change In Shares-5.4%5.7%
Earnings Abnormal Return2.0%-0.8%

Sector Weightings as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Short
Communication Services6.8%-3.5%
Consumer Discretionary19.0%-4.2%
Consumer Staples7.2%0.0%
Energy18.7%0.0%
Financials9.3%-4.1%
Health Care4.7%-10.0%
Industrials16.1%-4.5%
Information Technology9.7%-13.3%
Materials13.9%-0.9%
Real Estate2.4%-1.8%
Utilities0.0%0.0%
Equity Exposure107.8%-42.3%

Fund Holdings as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Security NameWeight
Russel Metals Inc2.6%
Axcelis Technologies Inc2.5%
MasterCraft Boat Holdings Inc2.5%
CTS Corp2.5%
Murphy USA Inc2.5%
Crescent Energy Co2.4%
CES Energy Solutions Corp2.4%
International Petroleum Corp2.4%
George Weston Ltd2.4%
Loblaw Cos Ltd2.4%
NuVista Energy Ltd2.4%
CF Industries Holdings Inc2.4%
ARC Resources Ltd2.4%
PowerSchool Holdings Inc2.4%
Grand Canyon Education Inc2.4%
Choice Properties Real Estate2.4%
Uni-Select Inc2.4%
AutoNation Inc2.4%
Group 1 Automotive Inc2.4%
Intact Financial Corp2.3%
European Wax Center Inc2.3%
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc2.3%
Cardinal Health Inc2.3%
HP Inc2.3%
Jackson Financial Inc2.3%
ZipRecruiter Inc2.3%
Nucor Corp2.3%
Advantage Energy Ltd2.3%
McKesson Corp2.3%
Mullen Group Ltd2.3%
Steel Dynamics Inc2.3%
Principal Financial Group Inc2.3%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co2.3%
Commercial Metals Co2.3%
Donnelley Financial Solutions2.3%
Atkore Inc2.3%
Stagwell Inc2.3%
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd2.3%
Encore Wire Corp2.3%
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd2.3%
Mueller Industries Inc2.2%
Dillards Inc2.2%
Covenant Logistics Group Inc2.2%
Hudson Technologies Inc2.2%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc2.2%
CONSOL Energy Inc2.0%

 

Short Security NameWeight
Oscar Health Inc-1.3%
Kyndryl Holdings Inc-1.2%
Unity Software Inc-1.0%
Certara Inc-1.0%
SiTime Corp-1.0%
DoorDash Inc-1.0%
Xometry Inc-1.0%
Telos Corp-0.9%
Sumo Logic Inc-0.9%
SilverCrest Metals Inc-0.9%
Amplitude Inc-0.9%
Broadmark Realty Capital Inc-0.9%
Compass Inc-0.9%
Castle Biosciences Inc-0.9%
Radius Global Infrastructure I-0.9%
Outset Medical Inc-0.9%
SentinelOne Inc-0.9%
Signature Bank/New York NY-0.9%
Grab Holdings Ltd-0.9%
CareMax Inc-0.9%
Health Catalyst Inc-0.9%
AvidXchange Holdings Inc-0.9%
Hyliion Holdings Corp-0.9%
Paysafe Ltd-0.9%
IonQ Inc-0.9%
Archer Aviation Inc-0.9%
Lightspeed Commerce Inc-0.9%
NanoString Technologies Inc-0.9%
American Well Corp-0.9%
Plug Power Inc-0.9%
Cue Health Inc-0.9%
loanDepot Inc-0.9%
Navitas Semiconductor Corp-0.9%
SomaLogic Inc-0.9%
UiPath Inc-0.9%
Nextdoor Holdings Inc-0.9%
ROBLOX Corp-0.9%
SEMrush Holdings Inc-0.9%
Rush Street Interactive Inc-0.9%
CryoPort Inc-0.9%
Proterra Inc-0.8%
Opendoor Technologies Inc-0.8%
Invitae Corp-0.8%
Cardlytics Inc-0.8%
Purple Innovation Inc-0.8%
BARK Inc-0.7%
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