Tieton Capital Management 13F annual report

Tieton Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $180 million ran by William Dezellem. There are currently 39 companies in Mr. Dezellem’s portfolio. The largest investments include Customers Bancorp Inc and Civitas Resources, together worth $22.3 million.

$180 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 2nd August 2024, Tieton Capital Management’s top holding is 236,953 shares of Customers Bancorp Inc currently worth over $11.4 million and making up 6.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Customers Bancorp Inc, Tieton Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 158,727 shares of Civitas Resources worth $11 million. The third-largest holding is American Coastal Insurance Corp worth $10.6 million and the next is Enova International worth $10.1 million, with 162,023 shares owned.

Currently, Tieton Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $180 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Tieton Capital Management

The Tieton Capital Management office and employees reside in Yakima, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, William Dezellem serves as the President at Tieton Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Tieton Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Shutterstock Inc and bought 137,455 shares worth $5.32 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Shutterstock Inc makes up 34.6% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 14.0% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Barrett Business Services by buying 152,544 additional shares. This makes their stake in Barrett Business Services total 204,791 shares worth $6.71 million. Barrett Business Services dropped 63.0% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Tieton Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Tieton Capital Management closed its position in NMI Inc on 9th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 94,619 shares for $3.06 million. William Dezellem also disclosed a decreased stake in Customers Bancorp Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $11.4 million and 236,953 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Tieton Capital Management are Elm Advisors and Shen Neil Nanpeng. They manage $180 million and $180 million respectively.


William Dezellem investment strategy

Tieton Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 8 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 22.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 71.8% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are small-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $100 million in market cap make up 15% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, large-cap stocks make up only 5.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $2.85 billion.

The complete list of Tieton Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 9th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Customers Bancorp Inc
1.33%
236,953
$11,369,000 6.31%
Civitas Resources
1.61%
158,727
$10,952,000 6.08%
American Coastal Insurance Corp
1.41%
1,000,921
$10,560,000 5.87%
Enova International Inc.
1.73%
162,023
$10,086,000 5.60%
VAALCO Energy, Inc.
1.63%
1,471,404
$9,226,000 5.12%
Chromadex Corp
1.78%
2,968,060
$8,103,000 4.50%
Climb Global Solutions
0.90%
123,135
$7,734,000 4.30%
Newpark Resources, Inc.
1.25%
826,545
$6,869,000 3.82%
Barrett Business Services Inc.
291.97%
204,791
$6,711,000 3.73%
Primoris Services Corp
32.13%
130,445
$6,508,000 3.61%
Geospace Technologies Corp
1.86%
723,307
$6,495,000 3.61%
Medallion Financial Corp.
1.01%
805,281
$6,185,000 3.44%
Motorcar Parts of America Inc.
0.05%
979,046
$6,041,000 3.36%
Regional Management Corp
94.13%
207,390
$5,960,000 3.31%
Texas Capital Bancshrs
1.64%
91,740
$5,609,000 3.12%
Veritex Holdings Inc
2.46%
264,638
$5,581,000 3.10%
Shutterstock Inc
Opened
137,455
$5,320,000 2.95%
DHI Group Inc
25.11%
2,441,485
$5,103,000 2.83%
ADTRAN Holdings Inc
0.16%
967,884
$5,091,000 2.83%
Guess Inc.
1.60%
237,846
$4,852,000 2.70%
Resources Connection Inc
Opened
403,250
$4,452,000 2.47%
BGSF Inc
15.91%
500,095
$4,276,000 2.38%
Zumiez Inc
1.57%
209,640
$4,084,000 2.27%
Fluent Inc
Opened
848,698
$3,064,000 1.70%
NMI Holdings Inc
Closed
94,619
$3,060,000
Core Molding Technology
151.87%
177,521
$2,830,000 1.57%
First Western Financial Inc
0.17%
151,405
$2,574,000 1.43%
Key Tronic Corp.
0.96%
619,023
$2,507,000 1.39%
Myers Industries Inc.
1.29%
186,925
$2,501,000 1.39%
Orion Energy Systems Inc
2.52%
2,186,931
$2,427,000 1.35%
Duluth Holdings Inc
2.26%
592,720
$2,187,000 1.21%
Fluent Inc
Closed
4,387,995
$2,162,000
Vishay Precision Group Inc
1.87%
46,271
$1,408,000 0.78%
Bm Technologies
0.14%
488,890
$1,100,000 0.61%
Stabilis Solutions
2.30%
167,925
$647,000 0.36%
Nature's Sunshine Products
5.76%
39,702
$598,000 0.33%
Amazon.com Inc.
No change
2,000
$386,000 0.21%
Ceco Environmental Corp.
95.36%
10,333
$298,000 0.17%
Hon Hai Precision Co
No change
29,200
$192,000 0.11%
Rolls Royce Hldgs Plc
No change
19,765
$113,000 0.06%
Nokia Corp
No change
10,000
$38,000 0.02%
No transactions found
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