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Aegis Financial Corp.

CIK:0001140753
Investment Adviser
$170M AUM
25 holdings
McLean, VA, United States
Founded:1994
10 employees
Latest filing:Jun 30, 2025

AEGIS Financial Corp is a McLean, Virginia-based deep-value oriented investment adviser founded in 1994. The firm serves as the investment advisor to the Aegis Value Fund (AVALX) and has a long track record of focusing on securities trading at substantial discounts to assessed fundamental value. The firm remains internally owned, emphasizes long-term growth over short-term asset accumulation, and has approximately 28 clients. Aegis Financial is known for its experienced investment team and rigorous, fundamental bottom-up research process targeting undervalued small-cap equities. Employee count is small, reflecting its specialized boutique nature.

Investment Strategy

Aegis Financial employs a deep-value, contrarian investment strategy focused on identifying equities—primarily in the small-cap segment—trading at sizable discounts to intrinsic value. The investment approach is rooted in rigorous fundamental and bottom-up research to uncover market inefficiencies, particularly where company valuations deviate from their true worth. The firm emphasizes patience, long-term holding periods, and robust downside protection by purchasing companies with attractive price-to-book ratios and strong asset bases. Aegis systematically seeks to exploit equity pricing volatility driven by investor emotion, buying when sentiment is poor and selling as valuations recover, always maintaining a dispassionate, fact-driven evaluation of company fundamentals.

Top Buys
P
PBFPBF ENERGY INC
+$13.4M
E
EQXEQUINOX GOLD CORP
+$10.2M
H
HNRGHALLADOR ENERGY COMPANY
+$7.0M
G
GAUGALIANO GOLD INC
+$5.2M
A
ASTLALGOMA STL GROUP INC
+$4.4M
Top Sells
M
MERCMERCER INTL INC
-$821.9K
G
GLDSPDR GOLD TR
-$63.7K
W
WHGWESTWOOD HLDGS GROUP INC
-$61.2K
S
SLVISHARES SILVER TR
-$48.5K
B
BTUPEABODY ENERGY CORP
-$32.6K

Top Holdings

H
HNRGHALLADOR ENERGY COMPANY
+18.7%$31.8M
E
EQXEQUINOX GOLD CORP
+16.4%$27.8M
N
NGSNATURAL GAS SVCS GROUP INC
+10.2%$17.3M
P
PBFPBF ENERGY INC
+7.9%$13.4M
T
TDWTIDEWATER INC NEW
+7.5%$12.8M

Equity Positions (24)

TickerSecurityWeightMarket ValueSharesAvg CostPriceChange (QoQ)
H
HNRG
HALLADOR ENERGY COMPANY18.74%$31.8M2,010,994$9.98$15.83+$7.0M
E
EQX
EQUINOX GOLD CORP16.37%$27.8M4,828,363$4.45$5.75+$10.2M
N
NGS
NATURAL GAS SVCS GROUP INC10.20%$17.3M671,112$9.90$25.81+$2.6M
P
PBF
PBF ENERGY INC7.91%$13.4M620,460$21.67$21.67+$13.4M
T
TDW
TIDEWATER INC NEW7.51%$12.8M276,529$43.31$46.13+$4.2M

Industry Allocation

GOLD AND SILVER ORES
+22.0%
SILVER ORES
+18.7%
OIL & GAS FIELD SERVICES, NEC
+10.2%
PETROLEUM REFINING
+7.9%
WATER TRANSPORTATION
+7.5%