Flying Under the Radar: Strategies for Creating a Private Equity Portfolio with Publicly Traded Stocks
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 25 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Private Equity Myths: The allure of private equity is often overstated; successful investments rely on buying small, undervalued companies with debt, not on any magical strategy.
Key Traits for Success: High-performing companies in private equity share traits such as paying down debt, improving asset turnover, and strong profitability, which align with deep value investing principles.
Public Market Opportunities: Individual investors can replicate private equity strategies in public markets by targeting smaller companies with improving fundamentals and favorable valuations, without the associated fees and restrictions.
Candidate Companies: Five companies—Sun Country Airlines, Heritage Insurance, Malibu Boats, Core Molding Technologies, and John Wiley & Sons—exemplify the characteristics of private equity replication candidates, offering potential for significant returns through operational improvements and financial leverage.
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Analyst Views on SNCY
Wall Street analysts forecast SNCY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SNCY is 19.43 USD with a low forecast of 18.00 USD and a high forecast of 21.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Analyst Rating
5 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 17.190
Low
18.00
Averages
19.43
High
21.00
Current: 17.190
Low
18.00
Averages
19.43
High
21.00
About SNCY
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. operates Sun Country Airlines, a hybrid low-cost air carrier that deploys shared resources across its scheduled service, charter, and cargo businesses. The Company focuses on serving leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) passengers, charter customers, and providing crew, maintenance, and insurance (CMI) service to Amazon.com Services, LLC (Amazon), with flights throughout the United States and to destinations in Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Its Passenger segment consists of two businesses: Scheduled Service and Charter. These businesses both utilize the Company's passenger fleet. Its Cargo segment provides air cargo services. It flies a single-family fleet of mid-life Boeing 737-NG aircraft. Its fleet consists of about 63 Boeing 737-NG aircraft. This includes 45 aircraft in the passenger fleet, 12 cargo operated aircraft through the A&R ATSA with Amazon, and six aircraft that are on lease to unaffiliated airlines.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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