Artisan Value Fund Sold Dollar General (DG) Due to Sustainability Concerns

Artisan Partners, an investment management company, released its “Artisan Value Fund” third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The equity market rally persisted in the third quarter as investors ignored tariffs, buoyed by strong corporate earnings, rising AI investment, and prospects of economic support from US fiscal policy and lower interest rates. Against this backdrop, the fund’s Investor Class ARTLX, Advisor Class APDLX, and Institutional Class APHLX returned 0.83%, 0.91%, and 0.90%, respectively, in the third quarter compared to a 5.33% return for the Russell 1000 Value Index. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2025.

In its third-quarter 2025 investor letter, Artisan Value Fund highlighted stocks such as Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG). Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) is a discount retailer that provides various merchandise products. The one-month return of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) was 24.98%, and its shares gained 81.38% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 29, 2025, Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) stock closed at $137.52 per share, with a market capitalization of $30.27 billion.

Artisan Value Fund stated the following regarding Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) in its third quarter 2025 investor letter:

“In addition to selling Cigna, we exited Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG), a discount retailer, in favor of better opportunities. While Dollar General is showing progress on improving its business, we still have concerns about the sustainability of its turnaround in the face of tough competition and a weak lower income consumer.”

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In another article, we covered Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) and shared the list of stocks Jim Cramer discussed. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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