Sands Capital Select Growth Strategy’s Q1 2026 Investor Letter

Sands Capital Management, LLC released its Q1 2026 investor letter for its “Select Growth Strategy”. Select Growth mainly targets leading U.S. businesses, driving positive structural changes. U.S. large-cap growth stocks fell in the first quarter. Sharp dispersion driven by AI advances marked the quarter, but late in the quarter, geopolitical tensions with Iran caused a broad-based risk-off move across the market. AI continued to influence market behavior, with AI-related investments increasing dispersion and shifting capital to asset-heavy sectors benefiting from AI infrastructure demand, which faced less disruption risk. While equities struggled, corporate fundamentals remained strong. Select Growth underperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index, returning -12.9% vs. -9.8%, due to concerns about AI disruption affecting sector and stock choices. The Strategy’s focus on higher-growth, asset-light, service businesses faced challenges as markets rotated toward more capital-intensive, lower-risk sectors. Underweights in cyclical and defensive sectors slightly hurt relative results amid the broader market shift. In addition, please check the Strategy’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.

A copy of Sands Capital Select Growth Strategy’s Q1 2026 investor letter is available to download here.

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