Ariel Fund Reports Q4 2025 Performance

Ariel Investments said in its fourth-quarter 2025 Ariel Fund investor letter (published March 6, 2026) that the fund returned +3.22% in Q4 and +14.15% over the trailing one-year, outperforming Russell 2500 and 2000 Value indices. Management credited resilient corporate earnings, easing inflation, and AI/cloud-driven market support, and reiterated a cautious 2026 outlook emphasizing bottom-up stock selection and valuation discipline.