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Ultimate Stocks Portfolio: performance review and company updates

30/01/2026

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2025 was a year of big winners from our portfolio of high-quality companies but unfortunately plenty of losers. 2026 has started brightly for many of our stocks, with one lesser-known holding seeing its shares climb to new highs. Read on here for some of the highlights from 2025 and our summary of recent updates from our portfolio companies.


Our Ultimate Stocks Portfolio climbed approximately 13% in 2025. 

This lagged its World Index benchmark, which returned approximately 22%, and is therefore somewhat disappointing given the portfolio’s strong performance over previous years.

You can download the full list of all our Ultimate Stocks Portfolio from the portfolio page here, while information on all our portfolios can be found on the main portfolio page here.

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