Is it Still Safe to Invest in Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI)?

Wasatch Global Investors, an investment management firm, published its “Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund” fourth quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. The Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund—Investor Class gained 6.60% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and outperformed its benchmark. For the one-year period ended December 31, 2021, the Fund gained 25.38%. Spare some time to check the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a clue about their top bets for 2022.

Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund, in its Q4 2021 investor letter, mentioned Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLLI) and discussed its stance on the firm. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. is a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based discount store company with a $2.6 billion market capitalization. OLLI delivered a -16.96% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month returns are down by -53.34%. The stock closed at $42.51 per share on March 07, 2022.

Here is what Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund has to say about Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. in its Q4 2021 investor letter:

“A common theme across our key detractors was the impact of larger macro issues including inflation, supply-chain disruptions and the Omicron variant. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (OLLI) was among those affected by supply challenges. With that said, it’s important to note that we seek balance in the portfolio through investments in companies we believe are less vulnerable to these factors, such as the quarter’s contributors mentioned above. Positions in secular growers also provide ballast against broader trends, as do companies with steady, recurring revenues.”

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Our calculations show that Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLLI) failed to obtain a mark on our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. OLLI was in 23 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to 18 funds in the previous quarter. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLLI) delivered a -20.81% return in the past 3 months.

In March 2022, we also shared another hedge fund’s views on OLLI in another article. You can find other letters from hedge funds and prominent investors on our hedge fund investor letters 2021 Q4 page.

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