Colliers International Group (CIGI) Lost Appeal Over Strategic Diversification Concerns

Artisan Partners, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Artisan Small Cap Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund reported strong absolute returns and modestly outperformed the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which gained 25.7%. Global equities rebounded as resilient US growth, moderating inflation, strong earnings and continued AI investment outweighed delayed rate cuts, rising bond yields and geopolitical uncertainty. Investor Class: ARTSX, Advisor Class: APDSX, and Institutional Class: APHSX returned 26.02%, 26.05%, and 26.11%, respectively, in the second quarter, compared to a 25.71% return for the index. Market leadership favored loss-making, highly leveraged companies, creating a difficult environment for quality-focused active managers. Health care was the strongest relative contributor, while energy, materials, financials and real estate also helped. Technology, industrials and consumer discretionary detracted, partly because the fund did not own oversized index contributors. Software holdings also weakened despite strong fundamentals. The fund remains positive on small-cap opportunities, AI infrastructure and health care, but has reduced software exposure and is staying selective as valuations rise and competitive risks increase.  In addition, please check the Fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.

In its second-quarter 2026 investor letter, Artisan Small Cap Fund highlighted Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI). Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) provides commercial real estate, engineering, and investment management solutions. On July 24, 2026, Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) closed at $97.49 per share. One-month return of Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) was 5.08% and its shares lost 30.16% over the past 52 weeks. Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) has a market capitalization of about $4.95 billion with a 52 week trading range between $88.38 – $171.51.

Artisan Small Cap Fund stated the following regarding Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:

Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm with the scale and brand to offer a full range of services. We became increasingly concerned about the company’s strategic diversification into the global engineering and design industry. While the core commercial real estate franchise continues to perform well, we questioned whether this strategy would create sufficient shareholder value and chose to redeploy capital into higher conviction opportunities.”

Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) is not on our list of the 40 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 20 hedge fund portfolios held Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) at the end of the first quarter which was 21 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) and shared Turtle Creek Asset Management’s insights on the company. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2026 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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