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Gator Capital

Investment Adviser

Portfolio manager Derek Pilecki at Gator Capital spent 11 years covering the Financials sector for major buyside investment management firms including Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He has a strong passion for investing and only builds portfolios that he would invest in himself.

Investment process

Gator Capital believes in bottom-up, fundamental investing. Derek Pilecki focuses on companies with strong business franchises. His due diligence includes reading earnings releases and conference call transcripts, reviewing recent investment presentations and listening to other investors' reasoning about a potential investment. He often talks with a company's senior management before he invests in any given stock.

Company background

Gator Capital was founded in 2008 by Derek Pilecki. He launched the long-only investment strategies in 2008. The firm is based in downtown Tampa.

Investment models

  • Gator Capital Small Cap

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    • Allocation Strategy Long-Only
    • Approach Fundamental
    • Asset Class Equity
    • Cap Bias Small Cap
    • Geography US
    Performance
    • 10.8%
      90 day
    • 51.5%
      365 day
    Avg. Sub.
    • 9.7%
      90 day
    Monthly vs S&P500
    gator capital - small cap
    10.1% 12 months
    4
    1.5% fee

Model commentary

  1. Publicly Traded PE Firms: Business Franchises Not as Volatile as Their Stock Prices

    13 October 2011

    The current sell-off in the stock market is presenting a second opportunity to buy the publicly traded private equity firms.

  2. Citigroup's collateral damage from Bank of America 29 September 2011
  3. Value investors tend to both buy too early and sell too early 6 September 2011
  4. The fight to buy Southern Union (ETP, SUG, WMB) 7 July 2011
  5. 5 things I'm looking for in a oil stock investment - Derek Pilecki, Gator Capital (BEXP, DEN, MRO) 30 June 2011

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