On 5/10/23, the Board of Directors approved the Fund converting to an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF), while maintaining a substantially similar principal investment strategy, on 10/13/23. Please see the prospectus supplement for more information.
Effective 11/1/17, the Fund changed its objective and principal investment strategy. Returns prior to 11/1/17 reflect the performance of the Fund’s prior strategy. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for additional information.
Objective
Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Overview
A traditional large cap value fund that focuses on investing in high quality, undervalued companies believed to be in out-of-favor industries with less downside risk than the overall market.
The portfolio managers are supported by the full resources of Wellington.
Performance
Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
SI = Since Inception.
Fund Inception: 01/02/1996
Share Class Inception: 8/31/06.
Class I-share performance prior to its inception date reflects Class A-share performance (excluding sales charges) and operating expenses. SI performance is calculated from 2/19/02.
Characteristics
# of Holdings | 66 |
% in Equities | 98 |
% in Foreign Equities | 10 |
Beta (3 year) | 0.97 |
R Squared (3 year) | 0.97 |
Standard Deviation | 16.80% |
Turnover- (3/31/2023) | 26% |
Active Share | 76% |
Dividend Frequency | Annually |
FUND | Russell 1000 Value Index | |
---|---|---|
Price/Earnings | 12.5x | 13.4x |
Price/Book | 2.8x | 2.4x |
EPS Growth Rate | 9.8% | 9.1% |
Asset Weighted Market Cap (billions) | $166.3 | $164.7 |
Return on Equity | 24.4% | 17.8% |
Median Market Cap (billions) | $90.0 | $11.5 |
Less than $2 billion | 0 | |
$2 billion - $5 billion | 0 | |
$5 billion - $10 billion | 2 | |
Greater than $10 billion | 98 | |
Not Classified | 0 |
Alpha (5 Year)
|
0.78 |
Down Capture (5 Year)
|
94.94 |
Information Ratio (5 Year)
|
0.18 |
Sharpe Ratio (5 Year)
|
0.45 |
Up Capture (5 Year)
|
97.93 |
FUND |
BENCHMARK | UNDERWEIGHT / OVERWEIGHT | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/31/23 | 4/30/23 | 4/30/23 | -2 0 2 | ||||
Information Technology | 10 | 9 | 7 | ||||
Health Care | 17 | 17 | 16 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 8 | 9 | 8 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||||
Real Estate | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Energy | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Materials | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Industrials | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Utilities | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Financials | 18 | 18 | 20 | ||||
Communication Services | 8 | 7 | 9 |
Insights
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