Loomis Sayles, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter for “Small Cap Growth Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The small caps’ earnings are reaccelerating in 2025, as the firm forecasted a year ago. The market also experienced a low-quality rally within the small-cap space. Against this backdrop, the Small Cap Growth Fund underperformed the Russell 2000 Growth Index benchmark in the quarter, returning 0.51% vs. 1.22% for the benchmark. Heading into 2026, there are many reasons to feel positive about the economy, earnings growth, and the stock market. Please review the Fund’s top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2025.
In its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter, Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund highlighted stocks like Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT). Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) is a leading cybersecurity and data protection software company. On March 24, 2026, Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) stock closed at $78.30 per share. One-month return of Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) was -9.54%, and its shares lost 52.61% over the past 52 weeks. Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) has a market capitalization of $3.101 billion.
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund stated the following regarding Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:
“Varonis Systems, Stride and Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) were the bottom individual detractors overall. Commvault Systems helps customers protect their data and be cyber resilient in a multi cloud environment. The stock triggered our stop loss following its Q2 earning release as its term license revenue fell short with customers anticipating to migrate to the cloud.”
Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) is not on our list of 40 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds Heading Into 2026. According to our database, 35 hedge fund portfolios held Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) at the end of the fourth quarter, up from 29 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) 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 Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we covered Commvault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) and shared a list of best software application stocks to buy. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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