Accelerate Absolute Return Fund
About the Fund
The Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (TSX: HDGE) is a quantitative long-short equity hedge fund that seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to the broad equity markets.
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 Fund Explained:
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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:
$0.10 per quarter
Exchange:
TSX
Currency:
CAD
Risk Rating:
Medium
Track Record
Investment Process
- Value
- Quality
- Price Momentum
- Operating Momentum
- Trend
The Fund goes long a portfolio of the highest expected return stocks selected from the top decile ranking from the multi-factor model while going short a portfolio of the lowest expected return stocks selected from the bottom decile ranking. The portfolio is rebalanced on a monthly basis.
Performance as of 2024-Mar-31
1 Month | 3 Months | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Years | Since Inception | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HDGE | 2.1% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 20.1% | 20.9% | 8.2% |
Fund Characteristics as of 2024-Mar-31
Long | Short | |
---|---|---|
Number of Securities | 45 | 41 |
Average Market Cap ($mm) | $48,906 | $1,713 |
Beta | 1.0 | 1.4 |
EBITDA/EV | 11.9% | -4.9% |
FCF/EV | 8.9% | -11.4% |
Trailing Return | 75.0% | -36.9% |
Pct of 52 Week High | 95.8% | 50.2% |
Return on Capital | 21.7% | -13.9% |
Gross Profits/Assets | 7.3% | 2.9% |
50 DMA to 200 DMA | 119.5% | 83.6% |
EPS Revision | 5.3% | 0.0% |
Change In Shares | -3.7% | 7.0% |
Earnings Abnormal Return | 7.5% | -5.8% |
Sector Weightings as of 2024-Mar-31
Long | Short | |
---|---|---|
Communication Services | 2.6% | 0.0% |
Consumer Discretionary | 20.0% | -2.2% |
Consumer Staples | 4.8% | 0.0% |
Energy | 12.3% | -2.2% |
Financials | 14.5% | -3.3% |
Health Care | 12.1% | -10.7% |
Industrials | 24.7% | -8.5% |
Information Technology | 4.9% | -9.8% |
Materials | 12.1% | -6.6% |
Real Estate | 0.0% | -1.1% |
Utilities | 2.4% | 0.0% |
Equity Exposure | 110.5% | -44.3% |
Fund Holdings as of 2024-Mar-31
Long Security Name | Weight | |
---|---|---|
GigaCloud Technology Inc | 2.8% | |
Builders FirstSource Inc | 2.7% | |
Liberty Energy Inc | 2.6% | |
Meta Platforms Inc | 2.6% | |
Murphy USA Inc | 2.6% | |
KLA Corp | 2.5% | |
Powell Industries Inc | 2.5% | |
RCM Technologies Inc | 2.5% | |
CRH PLC | 2.5% | |
Stellantis NV | 2.5% | |
DaVita Inc | 2.5% | |
Definity Financial Corp | 2.5% | |
Williams-Sonoma Inc | 2.5% | |
Cadre Holdings Inc | 2.5% | |
Atkore Inc | 2.4% | |
Owens Corning | 2.4% | |
Toll Brothers Inc | 2.4% | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp | 2.4% | |
Cabot Corp | 2.4% | |
Scorpio Tankers Inc | 2.4% | |
Victory Capital Holdings Inc | 2.4% | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp | 2.4% | |
Expedia Group Inc | 2.4% | |
Loblaw Cos Ltd | 2.4% | |
Cardinal Health Inc | 2.4% | |
Medpace Holdings Inc | 2.4% | |
Progressive Corp/The | 2.4% | |
Taylor Morrison Home Corp | 2.4% | |
Sylvamo Corp | 2.4% | |
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc | 2.4% | |
CES Energy Solutions Corp | 2.4% | |
Grand Canyon Education Inc | 2.4% | |
American Woodmark Corp | 2.4% | |
Masterbrand Inc | 2.4% | |
HCI Group Inc | 2.4% | |
Bancorp Inc/The | 2.4% | |
Griffon Corp | 2.4% | |
Teekay Corp | 2.4% | |
NewMarket Corp | 2.4% | |
Nucor Corp | 2.4% | |
Constellation Energy Corp | 2.4% | |
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc | 2.4% | |
Encore Wire Corp | 2.4% | |
Mercury General Corp | 2.3% | |
AppLovin Corp | 2.3% |
Short Security Name | Weight | |
---|---|---|
Albemarle Corp | -1.2% | |
Wolfspeed Inc | -1.2% | |
indie Semiconductor Inc | -1.1% | |
AbCellera Biologics Inc | -1.1% | |
STAAR Surgical Co | -1.1% | |
CEVA Inc | -1.1% | |
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc | -1.1% | |
Alcoa Corp | -1.1% | |
Bloom Energy Corp | -1.1% | |
Compass Minerals International | -1.1% | |
Green Dot Corp | -1.1% | |
Fulgent Genetics Inc | -1.1% | |
QuantumScape Corp | -1.1% | |
NextDecade Corp | -1.1% | |
Ambarella Inc | -1.1% | |
Bridge Investment Group Holdin | -1.1% | |
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp | -1.1% | |
Ameresco Inc | -1.1% | |
Matterport Inc | -1.1% | |
Novagold Resources Inc | -1.1% | |
Mercury Systems Inc | -1.1% | |
MP Materials Corp | -1.1% | |
Kornit Digital Ltd | -1.1% | |
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc | -1.1% | |
MAG Silver Corp | -1.1% | |
ADTRAN Holdings Inc | -1.1% | |
JetBlue Airways Corp | -1.1% | |
Silk Road Medical Inc | -1.1% | |
GoPro Inc | -1.1% | |
BioLife Solutions Inc | -1.1% | |
Planet Labs PBC | -1.1% | |
Nevro Corp | -1.1% | |
3D Systems Corp | -1.1% | |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp | -1.0% | |
SolarEdge Technologies Inc | -1.0% | |
MaxLinear Inc | -1.0% | |
Methode Electronics Inc | -1.0% | |
Health Catalyst Inc | -1.0% | |
Novocure Ltd | -1.0% | |
Pacific Biosciences of Califor | -1.0% | |
Ballard Power Systems Inc | -1.0% | |
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