Soumya Eswaran
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RF Capital Management, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. RF Capital returned -2.43% net of all fees in the first quarter compared to -4.59%, -9.48%, and -0.94% returns for the S&P 500, Russell 2000, and MSCI ACWI for the same period. As of the first quarter of 2025, the portfolio’s cash position has decreased to 14.13%. However, there were variations in cash positions across the managed accounts due to differences in trading and timing. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2025.
In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, RF Capital Management highlighted stocks such as Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM). Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) is a retailer of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand. The one-month return of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) was 3.21%, and its shares gained 112.98% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On May 7, 2025, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) stock closed at $167.69 per share with a market capitalization of $16.41 billion.
RF Capital Management stated the following regarding Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:
“Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) continues to perform well and has posted strong Q1 2025 results. QoQ, SFM’s net sales, comp store sales, and diluted EPS growth increased by 18.7%, 11.7%, and 61.6%, respectively.
A bright, colorful display of fresh produce in a grocery store.
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 47 hedge fund portfolios held Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) at the end of the fourth quarter which was 37 in the previous quarter. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:SFM) sales rose 19% to $2.2 billion in Q1 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) 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 cheapest AI stock.
