Soumya Eswaran
Thu, June 18, 2026 astatine 8:22 AM CDT 3 min read
Prosper Stars & Stripes, a long/short equity fund, precocious released its first-quarter 2026 capitalist letter. A transcript of the missive is disposable to download here. In Q1 2026, the portfolio underperformed with a nett instrumentality of (-5.6%) compared to the Russell 2000 Index's +0.9% instrumentality and the HFRX Equity Hedge Index's -1.5% return. Long publication show was negative, portion the abbreviated publication contributed positively. Geopolitics importantly influenced the archetypal quarter, contributing to accrued ostentation pressures and elevated vigor prices. Additionally, you tin reappraisal the Portfolio's apical 5 holdings to spot its champion picks for 2026.
In its first-quarter 2026 capitalist letter, Prosper Stars & Stripes highlighted York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS). York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) is simply a abstraction and defence institution that provides a broad suite of mission-critical solutions. On June 17, 2026, York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) closed astatine $30.30 per share. One-month instrumentality of York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) was 6.50%, and its shares gained 71.38% implicit the past 3 months. York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) has a marketplace capitalization of $3.93 billion.
Prosper Stars & Stripes stated the pursuing regarding York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) successful its Q1 2026 capitalist letter:
"York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) was the largest detractor successful our agelong publication successful the quarter. The institution is simply a abstraction and defence premier contractor, with hardware and bundle capabilities that alteration it to conscionable a wide scope of ngo requirements. Its offering is the outer "bus," the functional backbone of immoderate spacecraft which integrates the power, altitude & orbit control, thermal control, telemetry, tracking & command, and structural integrity which is past coupled with the outer payload. York is laminitis led, with its CEO Dirk Wallinger, seasoned with acquisition astatine Orbital Sciences, General Dynamics, and Lockheed Martin. The company's vertically integrated exemplary allows it to manufacture satellites astir 20% faster and astatine 50% little outgo than its competitors. York presently has 33 satellites successful orbit, with much than 100 further units expected to beryllium delivered implicit the adjacent 21 months, providing beardown gross visibility. Space remains a large absorption country for the U.S. Department of War, peculiarly done initiatives specified arsenic the Space Development Agency, which is targeting a proliferated constellation of astir 1,000 satellites successful debased Earth orbit by the extremity of 2026. Despite these favorable fundamentals, the January IPO traded beneath its offering price, triggering method selling successful a temporarily brushed aerospace and defence market. Following its archetypal net study arsenic a nationalist company, the banal recovered. However, we exited our presumption arsenic the visibility into backing and contention became much hard to confidently discern."

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