Continue to site >
Trending ETFs

MFS Blended Research Growth Equity Fund

mutual fund
BRWSX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$24.43 +0.28 +1.16%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity
BRWSX (Mutual Fund)

MFS Blended Research Growth Equity Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$24.43 +0.28 +1.16%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity
BRWSX (Mutual Fund)

MFS Blended Research Growth Equity Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$24.43 +0.28 +1.16%
primary theme
U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity

Name

As of 10/04/2024

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

$24.43

$282 M

0.24%

$0.06

1.10%

Vitals

YTD Return

25.6%

1 yr return

39.6%

3 Yr Avg Return

10.5%

5 Yr Avg Return

18.0%

Net Assets

$282 M

Holdings in Top 10

55.1%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$24.2
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.10%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 71.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$0

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 10/04/2024

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

$24.43

$282 M

0.24%

$0.06

1.10%

BRWSX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 25.6%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 10.5%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 18.0%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.17%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.2%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    MFS Blended Research Growth Equity Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    MFS Funds
  • Inception Date
    Sep 15, 2015
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    R2
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    James Fallon

Fund Description

MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund's investment adviser) seeks to achieve the fund's objective by actively identifying potential investments based on fundamental and quantitative analysis and then constructing a portfolio from these potential investments while managing various risk factors (e.g., issuer, industry, and sector weightings, market capitalization, and volatility) compared to the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which represents the fund's investment universe.

MFS normally invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in equity securities.

Equity securities include common stocks, depositary receipts, and other securities that represent an ownership interest (or right to acquire an ownership interest) in a company or other issuer.

MFS focuses on investing the fund’s assets in the stocks of companies it believes to have above average earnings growth potential compared to other companies (growth companies).

While MFS may invest the fund’s assets in securities of companies of any size, MFS primarily invests in securities of companies with large capitalizations.

MFS may invest the fund’s assets in foreign securities.

MFS normally invests the fund's assets across different industries and sectors, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the fund's assets in issuers in a single industry or sector.

The fund is a non-diversified fund. This means that MFS may invest a significant percentage of the fund’s assets in a single issuer or a small number of issuers.

MFS uses an active bottom-up approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. Investments are selected primarily based on blending fundamental and quantitative research. MFS uses fundamental analysis of individual issuers to determine a fundamental rating for an issuer. MFS uses quantitative analysis to determine a quantitative rating for an issuer. MFS combines the fundamental rating with the quantitative rating to create a blended rating for an issuer. When the fundamental rating is not available, MFS treats the issuer as having a neutral fundamental rating.

MFS constructs the portfolio using a portfolio optimization process that considers the blended rating, as well as issuer, industry, and sector weightings, market capitalization, volatility, and other factors. The portfolio managers have the discretion to adjust the inputs and parameters used in the optimization process and the fund's portfolio holdings based on factors such as the desired portfolio characteristics and the portfolio managers’ qualitative assessment of the optimization results. MFS' goal is to construct an actively managed portfolio with a target predicted tracking error of approximately 2% compared to the Russell 1000® Growth Index. Tracking error generally measures how the differences between the fund's returns and the Russell 1000® Growth Index's returns have varied over a period of time.

For purposes of the fund's 80% policy, net assets include the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes.

Read More

BRWSX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period BRWSX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 25.6% -1.6% 39.4% 13.67%
1 Yr 39.6% 7.5% 58.1% 15.56%
3 Yr 10.5%* -27.6% 25.5% 10.40%
5 Yr 18.0%* -13.0% 30.0% 21.03%
10 Yr N/A* -4.5% 20.0% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period BRWSX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 39.9% -74.1% 72.4% 26.49%
2022 -31.6% -85.9% 4.7% 35.94%
2021 9.1% -52.4% 60.5% 49.35%
2020 22.1% -34.3% 145.0% 65.38%
2019 26.5% -6.9% 49.4% 40.71%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period BRWSX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 25.6% -1.6% 39.4% 13.67%
1 Yr 39.6% 7.5% 58.1% 15.56%
3 Yr 10.5%* -27.6% 25.5% 10.40%
5 Yr 18.0%* -13.0% 30.0% 21.03%
10 Yr N/A* -4.5% 20.0% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period BRWSX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 40.4% -4.6% 72.4% 38.07%
2022 -30.1% -61.7% 5.6% 45.22%
2021 28.4% -39.8% 118.1% 12.52%
2020 30.1% 2.8% 149.2% 71.15%
2019 31.7% -5.2% 49.4% 63.43%

NAV & Total Return History


BRWSX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

BRWSX Category Low Category High BRWSX % Rank
Net Assets 282 M 292 K 287 B 74.53%
Number of Holdings 78 2 3143 33.75%
Net Assets in Top 10 187 M 109 K 151 B 71.54%
Weighting of Top 10 55.07% 0.7% 205.0% 44.28%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. NVIDIA Corp 11.14%
  2. Microsoft Corp 10.31%
  3. Apple Inc 9.52%
  4. Amazon.com Inc 6.87%
  5. Meta Platforms Inc 4.84%
  6. Alphabet Inc 3.64%
  7. Alphabet Inc 3.59%
  8. Applied Materials Inc 1.80%
  9. Eli Lilly Co 1.70%
  10. Booking Holdings Inc 1.67%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High BRWSX % Rank
Stocks
99.36% 0.00% 115.30% 29.89%
Cash
0.64% 0.00% 173.52% 61.58%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 10.69% 28.64%
Other
0.00% -31.50% 50.35% 36.09%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 1.94% 17.36%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 103.97% 20.38%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High BRWSX % Rank
Technology
43.98% 0.00% 65.70% 11.51%
Consumer Cyclical
17.95% 0.00% 62.57% 32.73%
Communication Services
10.31% 0.00% 66.40% 51.62%
Healthcare
8.18% 0.00% 39.76% 88.13%
Financial Services
6.14% 0.00% 43.06% 78.06%
Industrials
5.30% 0.00% 30.65% 60.70%
Consumer Defense
3.85% 0.00% 25.50% 47.75%
Real Estate
2.78% 0.00% 16.05% 18.79%
Energy
1.50% 0.00% 41.09% 32.01%
Utilities
0.00% 0.00% 16.07% 40.38%
Basic Materials
0.00% 0.00% 18.91% 77.61%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High BRWSX % Rank
US
99.36% 0.00% 115.30% 22.17%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 75.51% 42.46%

BRWSX - Expenses

Operational Fees

BRWSX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.10% 0.01% 28.71% 36.76%
Management Fee 0.40% 0.00% 1.50% 13.38%
12b-1 Fee 0.50% 0.00% 1.00% 65.10%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 1.02% N/A

Sales Fees

BRWSX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 2.25% 8.50% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

BRWSX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 0.75% 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.

BRWSX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 71.00% 0.00% 316.74% 79.86%

BRWSX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

BRWSX Category Low Category High BRWSX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.24% 0.00% 27.58% 35.31%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

BRWSX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annual Annual Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

BRWSX Category Low Category High BRWSX % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.17% -6.13% 3.48% 37.61%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

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

Distributions History

View More +

BRWSX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

James Fallon


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2015

6.71

6.7%

James C. Fallon - Investment Officer - Portfolio Manager - As a Portfolio Manager, responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk and cash management. Participates in the research process and strategy discussions. - Joined MFS in 1999; previous positions include Equity Research Associate; Securities Lending Administrator. - Previous experience includes 1 year as Mutual Fund Custody Accountant at Investors Bank & Trust; 1 year as Financial Analyst at Bardon Trimount. - Affiliations include CFA Institute, CFA Society of Boston

John (Jed) Stocks


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2015

6.71

6.7%

As a Portfolio Manager, responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk and cash management. Participates in the research process and strategy discussions. - Joined MFS in 2001; previous positions include Quantitative Research Analyst; Quantitative Research Associate; Teleservices Representative. - Previous experience includes 1 year as Client Service Specialist and Order Desk Specialist at Patagon.com Securities.- John re-joined the firm in 2001. His original start date was February 1999.

Jonathan Sage


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2015

6.71

6.7%

Jonathan W. Sage, CFA, is an investment officer and a portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management. He manages blended research equity strategies utilized by the firm's mutual funds and institutional accounts. He joined MFS in 2000 as a quantitative equity research analyst and was named a portfolio manager in 2005. Prior to joining MFS, Jonathan spent two years as a supervisor of portfolio administration for Santander Global Advisors, Inc. and three years as a senior mutual fund accountant for First Data Investor Services Group.

Matthew Krummell


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 15, 2015

6.71

6.7%

Lead Portfolio Manager As a Portfolio Manager, responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk and cash management. Participates in the research process and strategy discussions. Joined MFS in 2001 Previous experience includes 3 years as Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Pioneer Investments; 2 years as Assistant Vice President at Putnam Investments; 3 years as Associate at Mellon Capital Management. Affiliations include Boston Security Analysts Society, Inc., CFA Institute. University of Chicago, MBA University of California, Berkeley, BA, Phi Beta Kappa

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.04 54.45 8.24 3.08