John B. Buford

Southeastern uses a value-oriented, long-term, bottom-up stock selection process. Research is driven internally by the firm’s global investment team. The firm seeks to achieve superior long-term performance by acquiring equity securities of financially strong, well-managed companies run by capable management teams, at market prices significantly below their assessment of their business value. It sells stocks when they approach their appraisal. They consider companies of all sizes, although most of their assets are invested in mid-size and larger companies. Southeastern is an activist firm and is included in the SharkWatch50 as one of the 50 most prominent and impactful activist investors.