We're Enacting Part One of Our EPS Diplomats Model Reconstitution

Symbol	Transaction Type	# Shares Traded	Recent Price $	Shares Owned After Trade	% Portfolio
B	Sell	368	44	0	0
CLS	Sell	44	298	0	0
FIX	Sell	15	944	0	0
KGC	Sell	49	28.50	486	0.25
PGR	Sell	60	230	0	0
STX	Sell	53	280	0	0
VRT	Sell	79	163	0	0

After you receive this Alert, the Portfolio will make the following trades:

-- Sell 368 shares of Barrick Mining (B) at or near $44. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in B shares, which returned roughly 20%.

-- Sell 44 shares of Celestica (CLS) at or near $298. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in CLS shares, which returned a loss of roughly 4%.

-- Sell 15 shares of Comfort Systems (FIX) at or near $944. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in FIX shares, which returned a gain of ~4%.

-- Sell 49 shares of Kinross Gold (KGC) at or near $28.50. Following the trade, the Pro Portfolio will retain 486 KGC shares, or roughly 0.25% of its assets.

-- Sell 60 shares of The Progressive Corp. (PGR) at or near $230. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in PGR shares, which returned just over 1%.

-- Sell 53 shares of Seagate Technology (STX) at or near $280. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in STX shares, which returned more than 7%.

-- Sell 79 shares of Vertiv Holdings (VRT) at or near $163. This will close out the Pro Portfolio’s holding in VRT shares, which returned a loss near 4%.

As the December-quarter ends, we are closing out the Pro Portfolio’s holdings in six constituents of the EPS Diplomats model as we reconstitute the underlying basket. The strategy’s return since we initiated it on November 17 was ~4.6%, a more than a 90% gain compared to the analogous move in the S&P 500.

We will carry over exposure to Credo Technology (CRDO) and Kinross Gold (KGC) , but given the gain in KGC shares, we are locking in some gains as we reset that position size back to 0.25% of the Portfolio’s assets. Because the Portfolio’s position in CRDO was largely unchanged for the initial duration of the EPS Diplomats basket and Credo’s EPS growth prospects over the 2025-2027 period are among the highest, we are carrying that position through the year-end reconstitution and rebalance. However, if we need to true up its position size to 0.25% of the Portfolio’s assets on Friday, we will do so.

Before the market opens on Friday, January 2, we will issue a trade Alert that will incorporate the other six holdings that will comprise the balance of the EPS Diplomats basket for Q1 2026. As a reminder, the Portfolio will hold this basket for the duration of Q1 2026, which means the next round of activity will occur on Tuesday, March 31.

We will also share with folks that Progressive Corp. (PGR) will pay an annual dividend of $13.50 per share, as well as its regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share on January 8 to shareholders of record as of January 2. We would not begrudge members for holding PGR shares to capture that annual dividend payment, but when it comes to the Portfolio, we will follow the reconstitution rules for the model to the letter.

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(Please note that we are looking to execute these trades at or near the share price mentioned above. Once the trade is completed, subscribers can see the trade's executed price here. Be sure to toggle the chart to sort by Purchase Date.)

At the time of publication, TheStreet Pro Portfolio was long B, CLS, FIX, KGC, PGR, STX, VRT and CRDO.