SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P

Snyder Capital Management LP is an investment management firm based out of San Francisco, California. The company as originally established in 1984 and is currently headed by Peter A. Eisele, who acts as the Chairman and CEO of the company. Snyder Capital Management operates as a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. The company conducts its research internally and externally, utilizing a fundamental methodology to make its investment decisions. The company invests in the value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations, allocating its assets in the public equity markets within the United States with a bottom up approach. Snyder Capital Management invests most heavily in the industrials sector, which alone makes up over half of its total asset allocations, and also invests in the information technology, finance, materials, and consumer discretionary sectors, among other sectors to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. The company holds its allocations for 18.1 quarters on average and holds its top 10 allocations, which makes up over a third of its total holdings, for 14 quarters on average. In the most recent quarter, Snyder Capital Management had a turnover rate of approximately 14.5%. Snyder Capital Management currently operates with 13 employees of which 6 are investment professionals. The company oversees over $1.5 billion in total assets under management spread across 65 total accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts. The firm’s total number of accounts has been decreasing in recent years, with its accounts amount having once been as high as 85 in 2010, and its total assets under management has been volatile, having been as high as $2.2 billion back in 2011. Snyder Capital Management caters to a variety of clients including corporations, charities, pension and profit sharing plans, and pooled investment vehicles, among others. The company currently offers its Small Cap, Small/Mid Cap, and Concentrated All Cap strategies.