Contrarius Investment Management, an investment management company, released its third-quarter investor letter for the “Contrarius Global Equity Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund’s investor class returned 30.9% in the September quarter compared to 7.3% for the benchmark MSCI World Index, including reinvested net income, and 5.5% for the Average Global Equity Fund. The fund’s investment philosophy is independent of benchmark considerations, so the portfolios typically deviate from the benchmark World Index. Additionally, please review the fund’s top five holdings to see its leading picks in 2025.
In its third-quarter 2025 investor letter, Contrarius Global Equity Fund highlighted stocks such as Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM). Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) is a biotechnology company, engages in the development of precision genetic medicines. The one-month return for Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) was 19.13%, and its shares gained 12.26% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 29, 2025, Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) stock closed at $27.84 per share, with a market capitalization of $2.83 billion.
Contrarius Global Equity Fund stated the following regarding Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) in its third quarter 2025 investor letter:
“Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM): There have been significant further scientific breakthroughs since CRISPR-Cas9 was first discovered approximately 13 years ago. Beam holds patents to one such breakthrough, ‘base editing’ a.k.a. CRISPR 2.0.
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