Fenimore Asset Management, an concern absorption company, released its Q4 2025 capitalist letter. A transcript of the aforesaid tin beryllium downloaded here. The banal marketplace was coagulated successful 2025 but volatile. While investors balanced AI enthusiasm, economical uncertainty, and monetary argumentation concerns. The summertime rally was driven by AI-related spending and economical resiliency, whereas the 4th fourth saw a much volatile marketplace owed to valuation pressures and macro uncertainty. Stocks from the large-cap exertion and connection services sectors led the marketplace successful the quarter, with the S&P 500 Index rising 2.66%. The steadfast believes that the inclination of AI stocks outpacing high-quality stocks is unsustainable. In Q4 2025, Fenimore Small Cap Strategy returned -4.12%, trailing its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index’s 2.19% return. The underweight vulnerability to low-quality stocks drove the underperformance successful the quarter. Fenimore Dividend Focus Strategy declined -4.41% successful Q4 compared to the Russell Midcap Index’s 0.16% return. Furthermore, Fenimore Value Strategy declined -1.17% successful Q4 compared to the Russell Midcap Index’s 0.16% return. Investments successful the fiscal and concern sectors led to the comparative underperformance of the Strategy successful the quarter. The steadfast expects mixed marketplace conditions successful 2026 arsenic galore AI-related stocks look costly portion high-quality companies are trading astatine multi-year lows, creating opportunities. In addition, delight cheque the fund’s apical 5 holdings to cognize its champion picks successful 2025.
In its fourth-quarter 2025 capitalist letter, Fenimore Asset Management highlighted stocks specified arsenic Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH). Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) designs and manufactures electrical, electronic, and fibre optic connectors. Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) was the apical performer successful some the Fenimore Value Strategy and Fenimore Dividend Focus Strategy. On January 15, 2026, Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) banal closed astatine $154.22 per share. One-month instrumentality of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) was 13.99%, and its shares gained 122.15% of their worth implicit the past 52 weeks. Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) has a marketplace capitalization of $188.774 billion.
Fenimore Asset Management stated the pursuing regarding Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) successful its 4th fourth 2025 capitalist letter:
"Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) is a beneficiary of information halfway buildouts supporting AI. This has propelled request for products successful their IT Datacom segment, which grew 128% organically successful the astir caller quarter. APH besides supplements maturation with accretive acquisitions."