News Summary

• Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, an investment management company, released its “Value Equity Fund’ first-quarter 2026 investor letter.
• For the first quarter of 2026, the Aristotle Value Equity Fund (Class I-2) recorded a total return of -2.23%, underperforming the Russell 1000 Value Index’s return of 2.10%.
• In this challenging environment, the firm remains focused on what it considers to be more assessable and sustainable: the long-term fundamentals of individual businesses.