Marquette AIM Students Have Added 650 Basis Point of Alpha in the Past 12 Months! Classes of 2017 and 2018 Make Smooth Transaction.
The Marquette AIM Class of 2018 has added over 550 basis points of excess returns since
April 1, 2017. Numerous sectors (i.e healthcare, financial services and technology) have outperformed the Russell 2000 Indes (benchmark).
The following table indicates that over the past 12 months that the AIM Small Cap Fund has exceed the Russell 2000 Index by 650 basis points. Active management is back!
AIM Small Cap Holdings as of 7/31/2017
| AIM Small Cap Fund | Ticker | Industry |
Weight
(%)
|
| Achaogen Inc | AKAO | Biotechnology | 1.94 |
| Agree Realty Corp | ADC | REIT - Retail | 2.13 |
| AMERISAFE Inc | AMSF | Insurance - Property & Casualty | 0.71 |
| AMN Healthcare Services Inc | AMN | Medical Care | 0.72 |
| Anika Therapeutics Inc | ANIK | Biotechnology | 1.22 |
| Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc | ARI | REIT - Diversified | 1.18 |
| Astec Industries Inc | ASTE | Farm & Construction Equipment | 0.96 |
| Astronics Corp Class B | ATROB | Aerospace & Defense | 0.16 |
| ATN International Inc | ATNI | Telecom Services | 0.40 |
| AxoGen Inc | AXGN | Medical Devices | 1.52 |
| AZZ Inc | AZZ | Diversified Industrials | 0.69 |
| Balchem Corp | BCPC | Chemicals | 0.86 |
| Bank of the Ozarks Inc | OZRK | Banks - Regional - US | 0.98 |
| Beacon Roofing Supply Inc | BECN | Building Materials | 1.52 |
| Berry Global Group Inc | BERY | Packaging & Containers | 1.48 |
| BlackLine Inc | BL | Software - Infrastructure | 1.20 |
| BofI Holding Inc | BOFI | Savings & Cooperative Banks | 2.27 |
| Bojangles Inc | BOJA | Restaurants | 0.87 |
| CalAmp Corp | CAMP | Communication Equipment | 1.80 |
| Calavo Growers Inc | CVGW | Farm Products | 0.89 |
| Callon Petroleum Co | CPE | Oil & Gas E&P | 0.34 |
| Carriage Services Inc | CSV | Personal Services | 0.74 |
| Columbia Banking System Inc | COLB | Banks - Regional - US | 1.23 |
| Comfort Systems USA Inc | FIX | Engineering & Construction | 1.74 |
| Connecticut Water Service Inc | CTWS | Utilities - Regulated Water | 1.39 |
| ConnectOne Bancorp Inc | CNOB | Banks - Regional - US | 0.74 |
| Control4 Corp | CTRL | Electronic Components | 1.30 |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc | CBRL | Restaurants | 0.68 |
| Cryolife Inc | CRY | Medical Devices | 1.40 |
| Editas Medicine Inc | EDIT | Biotechnology | 0.67 |
| Envestnet Inc | ENV | Capital Markets | 2.16 |
| Exact Sciences Corp | EXAS | Diagnostics & Research | 4.06 |
| Farmer Bros Co | FARM | Packaged Foods | 1.23 |
| Flotek Industries Inc | FTK | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | 0.24 |
| Fogo de Chao Inc | FOGO | Restaurants | 0.66 |
| FormFactor Inc | FORM | Semiconductors | 1.49 |
| Franklin Electric Co Inc | FELE | Diversified Industrials | 1.26 |
| Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc | FDP | Farm Products | 0.37 |
| Gentherm Inc | THRM | Auto Parts | 1.10 |
| Golub Capital BDC Inc Class B | GBDC | Asset Management | 0.74 |
| GTT Communications Inc | GTT | Telecom Services | 1.23 |
| Home BancShares Inc | HOMB | Banks - Regional - US | 1.21 |
| Inogen Inc | INGN | Medical Devices | 1.89 |
| Insteel Industries Inc | IIIN | Steel | 0.74 |
| Johnson Outdoors Inc Class A | JOUT | Leisure | 1.25 |
| Landec Corp | LNDC | Farm Products | 1.02 |
| Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP | LMRK | Real Estate Services | 1.10 |
| LeMaitre Vascular Inc | LMAT | Medical Instruments & Supplies | 1.90 |
| LendingTree Inc | TREE | Specialty Finance | 4.60 |
| Malibu Boats Inc Class A | MBUU | Recreational Vehicles | 1.42 |
| MARSHALL GOVT MONEY MARKET | MGNXX | 0.37 | |
| MDU Resources Group Inc | MDU | Building Materials | 0.71 |
| Mercury Systems Inc | MRCY | Computer Systems | 2.83 |
| Methode Electronics Inc Class A | MEI | Electronic Components | 1.30 |
| Multi-Color Corp | LABL | Business Services | 1.05 |
| Nautilus Inc | NLS | Leisure | 1.09 |
| Netgear Inc | NTGR | Communication Equipment | 0.69 |
| NewStar Financial Inc | NEWS | Credit Services | 0.70 |
| NIC Inc | EGOV | Software - Application | 1.07 |
| Northern Technologies International Corp | NTIC | Specialty Chemicals | 1.29 |
| Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc | OLLI | Discount Stores | 1.11 |
| Omega Flex Inc | OFLX | Diversified Industrials | 0.56 |
| Omeros Corp | OMER | Biotechnology | 0.54 |
| Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc | PPBI | Banks - Regional - US | 0.81 |
| PCTEL Inc | PCTI | Communication Equipment | 0.70 |
| PGT Innovations Inc | PGTI | Building Materials | 1.04 |
| Physicians Realty Trust | DOC | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 1.34 |
| PNM Resources Inc | PNM | Utilities - Regulated Electric | 1.11 |
| PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy ETF | PSCE | 0.64 | |
| RSP Permian Inc | RSPP | Oil & Gas Drilling | 0.41 |
| Shenandoah Telecommunications Co | SHEN | Telecom Services | 0.49 |
| Stamps.com Inc | STMP | Software - Application | 2.25 |
| Standex International Corp | SXI | Diversified Industrials | 1.24 |
| Superior Uniform Group Inc | SGC | Apparel Manufacturing | 1.44 |
| Synnex Corp | SNX | Business Services | 1.87 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | TCMD | Medical Devices | 1.72 |
| The Hackett Group Inc | HCKT | Business Services | 0.71 |
| Tronox Ltd | TROX | Chemicals | 0.96 |
| Universal Insurance Holdings Inc | UVE | Insurance - Property & Casualty | 0.84 |
| US Concrete Inc | USCR | Building Materials | 1.03 |
| Verint Systems Inc | VRNT | Software - Application | 0.65 |
| Web.com Group Inc | WEB | Internet Content & Information | 1.30 |
| Wintrust Financial Corp | WTFC | Banks - Regional - US | 1.91 |
| World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Class A | WWE | Media - Diversified | 0.86 |
