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Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value Fund

mutual fund
AVUVX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$18.85 +0.01 +0.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Value Equity
share class
AVUVX (Mutual Fund)

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$18.85 +0.01 +0.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Value Equity
share class
AVUVX (Mutual Fund)

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$18.85 +0.01 +0.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Value Equity
share class

Name

As of 11/08/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$18.85

$861 M

1.36%

$0.26

0.25%

Vitals

YTD Return

15.9%

1 yr return

38.4%

3 Yr Avg Return

9.2%

5 Yr Avg Return

N/A

Net Assets

$861 M

Holdings in Top 10

8.7%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$18.8
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.25%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 37.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$5,000,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 11/08/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$18.85

$861 M

1.36%

$0.26

0.25%

AVUVX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 15.9%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 9.2%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio 1.81%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 1.4%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    American Century Investments
  • Inception Date
    Dec 04, 2019
  • Shares Outstanding
    23258315
  • Share Class
    Instl
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Mitchell Firestein

Fund Description

The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of U.S. small cap companies across market sectors and industry groups.
The fund seeks to achieve higher expected returns by selecting securities of companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, as well as smaller market capitalizations relative to others within the fund's small cap investment universe. To identify the desired market capitalization companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, the portfolio managers use reported and/or estimated company financials and market data including, but not limited to, shares outstanding, book value and its components, cash flows from operations, and accruals. The portfolio managers define “value characteristics” mainly as adjusted book/price ratio (though other price to fundamental ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers define “profitability” mainly as adjusted cash from operations to book value ratio (though other ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers may also consider other factors when selecting a security, including industry classification, the past performance of the security relative to other securities, its liquidity, its float, and tax, governance or cost considerations, among others. When portfolio managers identify securities with the desired capitalization, profitability, value, and past performance characteristics, they seek to include these securities in the broadly diversified portfolio. To determine the weight of a security within the portfolio, the portfolio managers use the market capitalization of the security relative to that of other eligible securities as a baseline, then overweight or underweight the security based on the characteristics described above. The portfolio managers may dispose of a security if it no longer has the desired market capitalization, profitability, or value characteristics. When determining whether to dispose of a security, the portfolio managers will also consider, among other things, relative past performance, costs, and taxes. The portfolio managers review the criteria for inclusion in the portfolio on a regular basis to maintain a focus on the desired broad set of small capitalization companies.
Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of small capitalization companies located in the United States. To determine whether a company is a U.S. company, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the company’s principal operations are located, where a majority of the company’s revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the fund’s benchmark—the Russell 2000® Value Index. The portfolio managers consider the following to be small capitalization companies: (i) companies smaller than the largest 1000 U.S. companies; (ii) companies representing the bottom 10% of the market capitalization of all U.S. listed companies; and (iii) companies in the fund’s benchmark. Though market capitalizations will change from time to time, as of September 30, 2023, the largest company that could be considered a small capitalization company for purposes of this 80% test had a total market capitalization of approximately $7.58 billion.
The fund also may invest in derivative instruments such as futures contracts, currency forwards, and swap agreements. For example, the fund may use futures on securities and U.S. indices to gain exposure to equities to manage cash flows. The fund may also engage in securities lending and invest its collateral in eligible securities.
The portfolio managers continually analyze market and financial data to make buy, sell, and hold decisions. When buying or selling a security, the portfolio managers may consider the trade-off between expected returns of the security and implementation or tax costs of the trade in an attempt to gain trading efficiencies, avoid unnecessary risk, and enhance fund performance.
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AVUVX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period AVUVX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 15.9% -6.3% 30.2% 41.45%
1 Yr 38.4% 6.4% 52.0% 20.14%
3 Yr 9.2%* -12.6% 68.9% 6.05%
5 Yr N/A* -3.0% 52.8% N/A
10 Yr N/A* -3.1% 28.2% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period AVUVX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 20.9% -6.0% 33.6% 6.32%
2022 -11.7% -36.7% 212.9% 21.53%
2021 32.4% -62.0% 147.6% 13.58%
2020 9.8% -24.8% 31.3% 12.41%
2019 N/A -21.7% 34.0% N/A

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period AVUVX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 15.9% -6.3% 30.2% 41.45%
1 Yr 38.4% 6.4% 52.0% 20.14%
3 Yr 9.2%* -12.6% 68.9% 6.05%
5 Yr N/A* -3.0% 52.8% N/A
10 Yr N/A* -3.1% 28.2% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period AVUVX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 23.0% 1.8% 35.4% 8.67%
2022 -4.7% -36.7% 250.0% 12.68%
2021 40.2% -3.0% 157.9% 6.91%
2020 10.6% -13.5% 33.4% 11.65%
2019 N/A -1.5% 34.3% N/A

NAV & Total Return History


AVUVX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

AVUVX Category Low Category High AVUVX % Rank
Net Assets 861 M 5.95 M 54 B 37.15%
Number of Holdings 695 10 1599 6.31%
Net Assets in Top 10 74.7 M 762 K 3.2 B 54.21%
Weighting of Top 10 8.68% 5.2% 92.2% 94.85%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Jackson Financial Inc 1.01%
  2. SM Energy Co 0.98%
  3. MDU Resources Group Inc 0.90%
  4. Air Lease Corp 0.86%
  5. Cabot Corp 0.84%
  6. State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio 0.83%
  7. GATX Corp 0.83%
  8. KB Home 0.82%
  9. Magnolia Oil Gas Corp 0.81%
  10. Abercrombie Fitch Co 0.79%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High AVUVX % Rank
Stocks
99.12% 7.22% 105.88% 39.02%
Cash
1.60% 0.00% 39.68% 46.26%
Other
0.01% -1.83% 31.19% 36.45%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 1.71% 98.36%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 2.63% 98.10%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 79.66% 98.13%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High AVUVX % Rank
Financial Services
28.27% 0.00% 35.71% 16.51%
Energy
18.94% 0.00% 29.42% 2.87%
Industrials
16.41% 0.65% 48.61% 54.55%
Consumer Cyclical
14.11% 0.00% 51.62% 28.71%
Basic Materials
6.98% 0.00% 67.30% 21.77%
Consumer Defense
4.87% 0.00% 13.22% 33.01%
Technology
4.27% 0.00% 34.03% 94.74%
Healthcare
4.03% 0.00% 25.76% 73.92%
Communication Services
1.49% 0.00% 24.90% 71.29%
Real Estate
0.63% 0.00% 44.41% 92.82%
Utilities
0.00% 0.00% 13.86% 99.52%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High AVUVX % Rank
US
99.12% 7.22% 105.88% 28.50%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 76.17% 99.30%

AVUVX - Expenses

Operational Fees

AVUVX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.25% 0.05% 37.04% 96.96%
Management Fee 0.25% 0.00% 1.50% 3.98%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.35% N/A

Sales Fees

AVUVX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 4.00% N/A

Trading Fees

AVUVX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 0.50% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

AVUVX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 37.00% 7.00% 252.00% 25.81%

AVUVX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

AVUVX Category Low Category High AVUVX % Rank
Dividend Yield 1.36% 0.00% 14.14% 56.54%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

AVUVX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annual Quarterly Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

AVUVX Category Low Category High AVUVX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.81% -1.43% 4.13% 2.63%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

AVUVX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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AVUVX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Mitchell Firestein


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 04, 2019

2.49

2.5%

Mitchell is a senior portfolio manager at Avantis Investors®. Prior to Avantis Investors, he served as vice president and senior portfolio manager at Dimensional Fund Advisors. In his role, he led a team of investment professionals managing emerging market portfolios and was responsible for strategy and portfolio oversight, implementation, and performance analysis. In addition, he regularly met with clients, including institutional investors, consultants, and financial advisors. Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from the Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Daniel Ong


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 04, 2019

2.49

2.5%

Daniel is a senior portfolio manager at Avantis Investors®. Before coming to Avantis, he was a senior portfolio manager and vice president at DFA for 14 years. His responsibilities included managing international developed and emerging markets equity strategies, leading the EM equity desk, and engaging with clients. Prior to that, he was an account manager at Metropolitan West Asset Mgt. and a structure analyst at PIMCO. Daniel holds the CFA designation. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Univ. of Cal and master's in finance & accounting from the Univ of Chicago Booth School

Eduardo Repetto


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 04, 2019

2.49

2.5%

As Chief Investment Officer of Avantis Investors®, Eduardo is responsible for directing the research, design and implementation of investment strategies, providing oversight of the investment team, and interacting with clients. Prior to Avantis Investors' establishment in 2019, Eduardo was Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Director at Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ("DFA") until 2017. Dr. Repetto earned a Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology, an MSc degree in Engineering from Brown University,

Ted Randall


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 04, 2019

2.49

2.5%

Ted is a senior portfolio manager at Avantis Investors®. Prior to Avantis Investors' establishment in 2019, Ted served as vice president and portfolio manager for domestic and international equity strategies at Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA). In this role, Ted served as portfolio manager and portfolio advocate for 11 U.S. and non-U.S. developed, emerging market and blended asset allocation mutual funds and separately managed accounts. Ted earned a MBA from the University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management and a BS in business administration from USC.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.08 37.45 8.25 3.58