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Dorfman Value Investments LLC

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Client AUM

$32,423,446

Clients

46

Advisors

2

of 2 employees

About

Dorfman Value Investments LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments and other institutional clients. The firm primarily manages equity-focused portfolios for individual investors using asset-based billing, and it also serves as the general partner and adviser to a private investment partnership (a pooled vehicle).

The firm applies a value-oriented, fundamental stock-selection process that weighs valuation metrics, insider trading, balance-sheet strength, profitability, growth and management quality, and typically constructs portfolios of about 20–40 long positions tailored to client risk, tax and restriction needs. Dorfman Value may also hold warrants, options and occasional short positions in client portfolios and provides regular performance reporting; it manages both separately managed accounts and pooled vehicles under the same investment framework.

Compared with many peers of similar size, the firm’s business mix is distinctive: it acts as a private fund adviser and has at times employed performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients (the Brochure notes one hedge-fund client on such terms as of March 2026). The firm’s principals also publish a syndicated stock-market column that issues a large volume of public stock recommendations—recommendations that intentionally differ from individualized client portfolios—making its combination of public publishing, pooled-vehicle management, and occasional use of derivatives less common among supported firms.

Client services

Portfolio management

Expertise

Active portfolio management

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Fee options

Percentage

1.5% per year, billed quarterly in advance at 0.375% per quarter

Performance-based

Performance-based fees charged to accredited and qualified clients; percentages vary by client; typically charged in arrears after calendar year, subject to high-water mark

Other

Account minimum: $250,000

Main office

101 Federal Street, Suite 1900

Boston MA 02110, United States

Most active in

Massachusetts · New York · North Carolina · Texas

Also doing business as

Dorfman Investments LLC · Dorfman Value Investments LLC · Thunderstorm Capital LLC

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Advisors at this firm

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Katharine D

Series 65

Newton, MA

Dorfman Value Investments LLC

Katharine Davidge is a financial advisor at Dorfman Value Investments LLC in Newton, MA, holding a Series 65 designation with 14 years of industry experience. She has worked at Dorfman Value Investments since 2012. Dorfman Value Investments LLC is a state-registered investment adviser that manages equity-focused portfolios for individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, and other institutional clients. The firm uses a value-oriented, fundamental stock-selection process and manages both separately managed accounts and pooled vehicles, including a private investment partnership.

Active portfolio management
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John D

Series 65

Newton, MA

Dorfman Value Investments LLC

John Dorfman is the principal of Dorfman Value Investments LLC and holds a Series 65 designation with 24 years of industry experience. He founded Dorfman Value Investments in 2014 and has been a syndicated stock market columnist since 1997. Dorfman also serves as a director of an offshore hedge fund in the process of closing and writes a self-syndicated investment column published in multiple national outlets. Dorfman Value Investments LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, and institutional clients, primarily focusing on equity portfolios through a value-oriented, fundamental stock-selection strategy. The firm manages both separately managed accounts and pooled investment vehicles, incorporating a distinctive combination of public publishing, private fund advising, and use of derivatives.

Active portfolio management
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