Company Research Report: Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Company Overview
Name
Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Mission
We are an independent, employee-owned global investment manager dedicated to high-conviction, sustainable growth investing for over 60 years with a successful long-term track record of outperformance while taking lower risk.
Founded
August 1958
Founder
Fayez Sarofim
Key People
- Christopher Sarofim - Chairman
- William (“Gentry”) Lee, Jr. - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
- Alan Christensen - President and Head of Investment Risk
- Raye White - Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
- John Colucci - Chief Operating Officer
- Mitch Gibbons - General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
- Chase Robison - Chief Financial Officer
Headquarters
Two Houston Center, Suite 2907, 909 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77010
Number of Employees
89 employees
Revenue
No information is available
Known For
High-conviction, sustainable growth investing with a long-term approach. The firm is notable for its stability and consistent investment philosophy over multiple decades.
Products
Investment Strategies
Large Cap Equity Strategy
- Objective: Generate total return through long-term capital appreciation coupled with lower volatility and a growing stream of dividend income.
- Strategy: Invest in stocks of high-quality, financially sound industry leaders with an expanding global presence. Investment perspective of at least three-to-five-years, resulting in low portfolio turnover.
Global Equity Strategy
- Objective: Generate total return through long-term capital appreciation coupled with lower volatility and a growing stream of dividend income.
- Strategy: Invest in stocks of high-quality, financially sound industry leaders with an expanding global presence. At least 25% of assets are invested in U.S. companies, and at least 25% in non-U.S. companies.
Concentrated Equity Strategy
- Objective: Seek long-term appreciation.
- Strategy: Primarily invest in domestically traded common shares with large market capitalizations and high daily trading volumes. Portfolios are comprised of 15-30 stocks.
International Equity Strategy
- Objective: Seek long-term capital appreciation consistent with preservation of capital with current income as a secondary goal.
- Strategy: Invest in stocks of high-quality international companies with large market capitalizations. Focus on companies' total return potential over a three-to-five-year investment horizon.
Equity Income Strategy
- Objective: Seek income and long-term capital appreciation consistent with preservation of capital.
- Strategy: Invest in large capitalization domestic equities and other income-producing securities. Identifies companies capable of maintaining and growing earnings.
Core Fixed Income Strategy
- Objective: Achieve a rate of return in excess of notable market indices.
- Strategy: Invest in high-quality debt instruments focusing on preservation of capital, interest rate duration management, and sector and security selection.
Balanced Portfolio
- Objective: Blend of long-term capital appreciation, preservation of capital, and current income.
- Strategy: Combines fixed income and equity exposure, providing a balanced allocation consistent with clients' risk tolerance and income requirements.
Recent Developments
New Products
No information is available
New Features Added to Existing Products
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New Partnerships
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Leadership and Employees
Investment Professionals
- Douglas Alder - Vice President
- Matthew Altenau - Principal
- Joe Bailey - Associate
- Daniel Connally - Principal
- Nell Copeland - Research Associate
- Catherine Crain - Vice President
- S.E. Cody Dick - Principal
- Andrew Dickerman - Associate
- Anthony Gracely - Principal
- Phillip Greendyke - Associate
- Joe Li - Associate
- George Masterson - Vice President
- Lisa McEnery - Research Analyst
- Vernon Perry - Principal / Director of Fixed Income / Director of Investment Risk
- Reynaldo Reza - Senior Vice President
- David Searls - Vice President
- Charles Sheedy - Senior Vice President
- Nicholas Zdeblick - Principal
- Andrew Ziccardi - Principal
Executive Management
- John Colucci - Chief Operating Officer
- Mitch Gibbons - General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer
- Nancy Gilbert - Vice President, Human Resources
- Bill Hanna - Vice President, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer & Information Security Officer
- Clint Laechelin - Vice President, Finance
Business Professionals
- Whitney Bogardus - Wrap Trade Administrator
- Hannah Dickens - Research & Portfolio Support Analyst
- Andrew Fetzner - Trader, Equities & Fixed Income
- Mary Gutierrez - SMA Trading & Operations Manager
- Margaret Liu - Research & Portfolio Support Analyst
- Nam Nguyen - Client Services & Marketing Analyst
- Angela Vatankha - Research & Portfolio Support Analyst