Patience serves as the core of our corporate philosophy.  We believe that the most successful investors proceed, not by sudden leaps and bounds, but by the steady, painstaking work of research, stock selection and investment monitoring.  More than an adage, patience sums up our way of evaluating companies, making investment decisions and even running our firm. 

 

By concentrating on the long-term, our patient approach allows us to take advantage of buying opportunities that frequently arise from Wall Street’s excessive focus on the short term.  We invest in quality companies in industries where we have proven expertise.  And we only buy when these quality businesses are selling at an excellent value.

In 1983, Ariel began as little more than an idea that wealth can be created by investing in great companies at bargain prices, whose true value would be realized over time.  Although we have grown significantly, we remain true to our original philosophy of patient, bottom-up value investing anchored in focus and fundamentals.