High Hurdle Rate

“The vagaries of the market often serve to create fairly substantial compressions and expansions of business valuations.”

– Brian Barish, President and Chief Investment Officer

A key differentiator that has been a strong influence on product performance is Cambiar’s 50% return hurdle*.  All new purchases into the Cambiar portfolios must possess the potential for a 50% return over a 1-2 year time horizon, as calculated by Cambiar.  We typically achieve this target return hurdle through a variety of contributing factors - including multiple expansion, margin improvement and dividend yield.   This higher return target is also effective in focusing our research efforts on only those stocks which offer the most compelling risk/return tradeoffs, as well as helping to keep the portfolio out of value traps.  While the 50% return hurdle may result in portfolio sector weights that vary from the benchmark at times, our clients have been rewarded for such variance over time.


* Cambiar's objective of selecting stocks having a potential for 50% appreciation may or may not be realized.