Brad Headley

Brad Headley, CFA, is a Principal and Equity Analyst at Vulcan Value Partners based in Birmingham, Alabama. In his current role, he is responsible for conducting equity research and analysis as part of Vulcan's investment team, with a focus on identifying high-quality businesses offering stable intrinsic value and sustainable competitive advantages in the public equity markets.

At Vulcan Value Partners, Brad primarily focuses on long-only investments in publicly traded equities, adhering to a value-driven philosophy that emphasizes margin of safety and patient, benchmark-agnostic portfolio management. His sector coverage is consistent with Vulcan’s approach, concentrating on stable, competitively entrenched businesses across a range of industries with strong free cash flow, high returns on invested capital, and barriers to entry.

Brad joined Vulcan in 2019 as an Associate Analyst and advanced through roles as Equity Analyst and Principal. Before entering the investment field, he accrued five years of accounting experience, notably at Chubb Insurance in investment accounting. He is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from Columbia Business School—where he was part of the Value Investing Program—and earned a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Delaware.