Ranger Micro Cap Growth Strategy Earns #2 Ranking as PSN Top Guns Manager of the Decade

DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ranger Investment Management, L.P. (Ranger Investments), a boutique investment manager specializing in small- and micro-cap U.S. growth strategies, has been named to the PSN Top Guns Manager of the Decade List of high-performing separate accounts, managed portfolios or managed ETF strategies for the 10-year period ended Dec. 31, 2024. The PSN Top Guns list ranks investment strategies in more than 75 asset class universes based on continued performance over time and is a widely used resource by investors, financial advisors, and asset managers.

Ranger Investments' Micro Cap Growth strategy was ranked second on the Manager of the Decade List, with an annualized return of 14.2% before fees for the 10 years ended Dec. 31, 2024. By contrast, the benchmark Russell Microcap Growth Index returned an annualized 5.3% for the 10 years through 2024. The PSN Top Guns micro cap universe contains 53 firms and 59 portfolios for the 10-year period through 2024.

"Being named a PSN Top Guns Manager of the Decade is a testament to our disciplined investment approach," said Conrad Doenges, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at Ranger Investments. "Our team remains focused on identifying high-quality, high-growth micro-cap companies with sustainable competitive advantages. This long-term perspective has enabled us to generate compelling risk-adjusted returns for our clients."

Launched Aug.1, 2014, Ranger Investments' Micro Cap Growth strategy focuses on U.S. micro-cap companies with strong growth potential, durable business models, and exceptional management teams. The strategy is available as a separate account, model portfolio, and mutual fund—the Ranger Micro Cap Fund (Institutional Class, RFIMX). Since inception, the strategy has generated a 15.0% annualized return before fees, and 13.6% net of fees, versus 6.3% for the Russell Microcap Growth Index. The annualized and cumulative since inception returns for the strategy have also exceeded those of the large cap S&P 500 Index over the same period.

The strategy, with assets of $442 million as of Dec. 31, 2024, is managed by portfolio managers Doenges, Andrew Hill, Joseph LaBate, and Brown McCullough and senior analysts Devin Holland, Kevin Zhu and Jeff Dalton.

Widely recognized as an industry benchmark, the PSN Top Guns ranking evaluates investment strategies based on rigorous quantitative criteria.

About Ranger Investment Management

Ranger Investment Management, L.P. is a boutique equity investment manager specializing in U.S. small- and micro-cap growth strategies. Established in 2003, Ranger Investments is employee-owned and registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental research process to identify high-quality growth companies trading at attractive valuations. As of Dec. 31, 2024, Ranger Investments manages and advises more than $1.9 billion in assets. For more information, visit www.rangerinvestments.com.

About PSN

For nearly four decades, PSN has been a top resource for investment professionals. Asset managers rely on Zephyr's PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 years of data including net and gross-of-fee returns. Visit PSN online to learn more.

Past performance is not indicative of future returns. The PSN awards should not be construed as a guarantee of future results. Ranger Investments did not pay a fee to participate in these awards and rankings. The PSN peer groups were created using data collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and are based on gross-of-fee returns. PSN Top Guns investment managers must claim GIPS compliance.

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