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SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND

mutual fund
GSCYX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.2 -0.99 -4.9%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
GSCYX (Mutual Fund)

SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.2 -0.99 -4.9%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
GSCYX (Mutual Fund)

SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$19.2 -0.99 -4.9%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class

Name

As of 12/06/2024

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.

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SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND

GSCYX | Fund

$19.20

$729 M

0.64%

$0.12

0.94%

Vitals

YTD Return

12.3%

1 yr return

20.4%

3 Yr Avg Return

2.0%

5 Yr Avg Return

9.3%

Net Assets

$729 M

Holdings in Top 10

12.9%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$20.2
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.94%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 54.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$1,000,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 12/06/2024

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.

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SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND

GSCYX | Fund

$19.20

$729 M

0.64%

$0.12

0.94%

GSCYX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 12.3%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 2.0%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 9.3%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 0.08%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.6%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND
  • Fund Family Name
    GuideStone Funds
  • Inception Date
    Sep 13, 2005
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    Instl
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Grant Babyak

Fund Description

The Fund invests mainly (at least, and typically more than, 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in equity securities, which may include stock, stock futures, rights, warrants or securities convertible into stock, of U.S. companies that, at the time of purchase, are in the small capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market, generally consistent with the capitalization range of companies comprising the Russell 2000® Index. The market capitalization range of the Russell 2000® Index changes with market conditions and due to modifications in its member composition. As of April 28, 2023, the market capitalization in the Russell 2000® Index ranged from $159.5 million to $6.0 billion. The Fund’s portfolio is not limited to the companies listed in the Russell 2000® Index and, as such, is diversified among a large number of companies across different industries and economic sectors, such as the financial services sector. Because the Fund may continue to hold a security whose market capitalization increases or decreases over time, a portion of the Fund’s holdings may have market capitalizations outside the range of the Russell 2000® Index at any given time.The Fund is diversified with respect to equity securities possessing attractive fundamental values and strong growth prospects. Many of the companies in which the Fund invests retain their earnings to finance current and future growth.In pursuing its investment strategy, the Fund may at times focus its investments in one or a few particular economic sectors.The Fund may invest in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which represent ownership of underlying foreign securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars, and regular shares of foreign companies traded and settled on U.S. exchanges and over-the-counter markets. The Fund may invest in sponsored or unsponsored depositary receipts.The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities issued by other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).The Fund uses a multi-manager approach, using two or more Sub-Advisers that each manages a portion of the Fund's portfolio under the oversight of the Adviser. The Sub-Advisers, using fundamental research and quantitative analysis, select securities that they believe have favorable investment characteristics but may make investment decisions for the Fund based on an analysis of differing factors, such as revenue and earnings growth, relative valuation, business catalysts or quality of management. The Adviser recommends sub-adviser selections to the Board of Directors of GuideStone Funds and determines allocations of Fund assets among Sub-Advisers based on a variety of qualitative and quantitative factors in an attempt to maximize return across the entire portfolio while minimizing risk to the extent possible. Buy and sell decisions are made at the discretion of each individual Sub-Adviser with regard to the portion of the Fund’s portfolio that it manages in accordance with its investment strategies and processes.In accordance with the Adviser’s Christian values, the Fund does not invest in any company that is publicly recognized(as determined by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (“GuideStone Financial Resources”)) for offering products or services that are incompatible with the Christian values of GuideStone Financial Resources, including,but not limited to, those involving abortion, sexual immorality,alcohol, tobaccoorgambling.The Fund maynot be able to takeadvantage of certain investment opportunities due to these restrictions.
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GSCYX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period GSCYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 12.3% -1.0% 29.9% 90.48%
1 Yr 20.4% 0.0% 40.0% 92.38%
3 Yr 2.0%* -11.1% 45.3% 94.41%
5 Yr 9.3%* -12.4% 34.8% 68.67%
10 Yr 7.9%* -2.9% 18.5% 70.85%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period GSCYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 11.8% -19.9% 29.0% 63.48%
2022 -21.8% -59.3% 118.2% 61.15%
2021 4.7% -31.6% 39.3% 69.14%
2020 18.8% -51.0% 39.5% 10.82%
2019 20.6% -5.6% 37.8% 54.81%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period GSCYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 12.3% -1.0% 29.9% 90.48%
1 Yr 20.4% 0.0% 40.0% 92.38%
3 Yr 2.0%* -11.1% 45.3% 94.41%
5 Yr 9.3%* -12.4% 34.8% 68.67%
10 Yr 7.9%* -2.9% 18.5% 70.85%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period GSCYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 12.6% -11.7% 31.8% 82.03%
2022 -17.8% -45.2% 123.7% 62.69%
2021 22.1% 0.0% 45.6% 57.42%
2020 20.1% -50.5% 46.9% 12.42%
2019 25.3% 2.2% 40.9% 42.68%

NAV & Total Return History


GSCYX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

GSCYX Category Low Category High GSCYX % Rank
Net Assets 729 M 555 K 145 B 43.16%
Number of Holdings 695 2 2445 15.59%
Net Assets in Top 10 112 M 124 K 10.3 B 39.73%
Weighting of Top 10 12.90% 3.1% 100.1% 66.98%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. FUT. CME EMINIRUS2K DEC24 3.18%
  2. Guidestone Funds MONEY MKT INSTL 2.15%
  3. Guidestone Funds MONEY MKT INSTL 1.42%
  4. Guidestone Funds MONEY MKT INSTL 1.26%
  5. Northern Institutional Funds LIQ ASET PORTF 0.95%
  6. Cyberark Software Ltd. COM ILS0.01 0.90%
  7. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. COM USD0.01 CL'A' 0.79%
  8. Vertex Inc CL A 0.78%
  9. Smartsheet Inc COM NPV CL A 0.76%
  10. Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. COM USD0.01 CL A 0.72%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High GSCYX % Rank
Stocks
94.57% 4.44% 107.74% 94.68%
Cash
6.73% 0.00% 27.02% 11.41%
Other
3.17% -0.07% 49.08% 6.08%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 5.13% 14.83%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 3.17% 14.10%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 102.81% 20.72%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High GSCYX % Rank
Financial Services
19.47% 0.00% 35.52% 17.12%
Industrials
17.53% 2.46% 37.42% 40.96%
Technology
15.61% 0.00% 43.95% 28.65%
Consumer Cyclical
12.37% 0.99% 47.79% 28.08%
Healthcare
12.01% 0.00% 26.53% 57.31%
Real Estate
6.70% 0.00% 29.43% 58.85%
Energy
4.70% 0.00% 37.72% 71.92%
Basic Materials
3.74% 0.00% 18.66% 74.81%
Consumer Defense
3.70% 0.00% 18.87% 66.73%
Communication Services
2.19% 0.00% 14.85% 65.38%
Utilities
1.98% 0.00% 18.58% 64.42%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High GSCYX % Rank
US
94.46% 2.58% 107.74% 90.49%
Non US
0.11% 0.00% 97.07% 15.40%

GSCYX - Expenses

Operational Fees

GSCYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.94% 0.01% 38.30% 61.45%
Management Fee 0.86% 0.00% 1.50% 80.34%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.45% N/A

Sales Fees

GSCYX 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% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

GSCYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 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.

GSCYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 54.00% 1.00% 314.00% 56.07%

GSCYX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

GSCYX Category Low Category High GSCYX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.64% 0.00% 42.47% 55.70%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

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

Net Income Ratio Analysis

GSCYX Category Low Category High GSCYX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 0.08% -2.40% 2.49% 56.54%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

GSCYX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Semi-Annually Annually

Distributions History

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GSCYX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Grant Babyak


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Aug 31, 2002

19.76

19.8%

Grant is a Senior Founding Partner, Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager in TimesSquare’s growth equity group. He is also a member of the three-person Management Committee that oversees TimesSquare. Prior to joining TimesSquare in 2000, Grant managed small cap and mid cap portfolios at Fiduciary Trust Company International. He previously worked for six years at Avatar Associates as an institutional portfolio manager and for two years at U.S. Trust Company of New York as an analyst covering the consumer and basic industrial sectors. Grant has a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Kenneth Duca


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 31, 2007

14.42

14.4%

Ken is a Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst in TimesSquare’s growth equity group, responsible for covering the business services, transaction processing, and energy sectors. Prior to joining TimesSquare in 2000, Ken held a similar position at Fiduciary Trust Company International. Before joining Fiduciary Trust, Ken spent 10 years with Prudential where, at the time of his departure, he was a senior equity analyst on the small cap growth team. Ken has a B.A. in Economics from Muhlenberg College and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Christopher Adams


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 30, 2018

3.67

3.7%

Christopher S. Adams, CFA Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager Christopher S. Adams is a senior portfolio manager on the firm’s US Core Equity team and performs analysis and research to support the portfolio management function. He joined the team in 2000 and became a portfolio manager in November 2004. Prior to joining Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in 1995 as assistant vice president of strategic planning, Adams had approximately 10 years of experience in the financial services industry in the United States and United Kingdom, including positions with Coopers & Lybrand, The Sumitomo Bank, Bank of America, and Lloyds Bank. Adams holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history and economics from the University of Oxford, England, and received an MBA with dual concentrations in finance and insurance/risk management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a past president of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

Bruce Jacobs


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 30, 2018

3.67

3.7%

Bruce I. Jacobs, Principal, co-founded Jacobs Levy Equity Management in 1986. He is co-chief investment officer, portfolio manager, and co-director of research. Dr. Jacobs’s articles on equity management have appeared in the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Investing, Journal of Financial Perspectives, Japanese Security Analysts Journal, Operations Research, and Journal of Impact and ESG Investing. He has received several Graham and Dodd Awards from Financial Analysts Journal, a Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award from the Journal of Portfolio Management, and an Outstanding Article Award from the Journal of Investing. Dr. Jacobs has spoken at many forums, including the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research at the Wharton School, the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, Berkeley Program in Finance, CFA Institute, Rutgers University, Society of Quantitative Analysts, and New York Society of Security Analysts, and he has given a Financial Analysts Journal Media Seminar and presented at conferences for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Formerly he was First Vice President of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, where he served as Senior Managing Director of a quantitative equity management affiliate of the Prudential Asset Management Company and Managing Director of the Pension Asset Management Group. Prior to that, he was on the finance faculty of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and consulted to the Rand Corporation. Dr. Jacobs has a B.A. from Columbia College, an M.S. in Operations Research and Computer Science from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, an M.S.I.A. from Carnegie Mellon University’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration, and an M.A. in Applied Economics and a Ph.D. in Finance from the Wharton School. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Journal of Financial Data Science, and is an Advisory Editor for the Journal of Impact and ESG Investing. He has served on the Financial Analysts Journal Advisory Council, and was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Trading. Dr. Jacobs also served on the Committee to Establish the National Institute of Finance and was a member of its successor, the Office of Financial Research Discussion Forum. He is Chair of the Advisory Board of the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research at the Wharton School, and helped create the new Quantitative Finance major at the Wharton School by establishing the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Professorship in Quantitative Finance and the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance.

Kenneth Levy


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 30, 2018

3.67

3.7%

Kenneth N. Levy, CFA, co-founded Jacobs Levy Equity Management in 1986. He is principal, co-chief investment officer, portfolio manager, and co-director of research of the firm. Previously, Mr. Jacobs was managing director of a quantitative equity management affiliate of the Prudential Asset Management Company. Prior to that, he was responsible for quantitative research at Prudential Equity Management Associates.

Brandon Pizzurro


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Apr 30, 2019

3.09

3.1%

Brandon Pizzurro is the Director of Public Investments and primary Portfolio Manager for all equity, fixed income, real asset, impact, target risk and target date funds within the GuideStone Funds lineup of registered mutual funds. In this capacity, he directs manager research, selection, ongoing monitoring and due diligence and is responsible for leading the analyst research team and investment process of GuideStone Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Pizzurro is also a member of the firm’s Committee on Faith-Based Investing. Mr. Pizzurro joined GuideStone in 2017 as a Senior Investment Analyst, where he performed quantitative and qualitative analysis, including research and recommendations regarding fund structure and composition, on GuideStone’s non-U.S. equity, target risk and target date funds. Prior to assuming his responsibilities at GuideStone, Mr. Pizzurro served as Senior Investment Analyst at First Command Financial Services, where he chaired the Investment Strategy and Research Committee and worked on the team responsible for the firm’s discretionary model portfolio flagship program. Prior to First Command, Mr. Pizzurro was a Financial Consulting Director at 1st Global, where he helped to develop the firm’s discretionary model portfolio program and led the group’s research efforts for alternative investments, including private and public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), hedge fund of funds and private equity fund of funds. Mr. Pizzurro holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a double major in Finance and Real Estate from Baylor University. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant and a member of both the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Dallas/Fort Worth.

Paul Bouchey


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 31, 2019

2.42

2.4%

Paul leads Parametric’s research and development activities across all strategies. He has authored numerous academic and practitioner articles in publications such as the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Wealth Management, and the Journal of Index Investing. Paul earned a BA in mathematics and physics from Whitman College and an MS in computational finance and risk management from the University of Washington. A CFA charterholder, he is a member of the CFA Society of Seattle.

Jeff John


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Oct 06, 2020

1.65

1.7%

Jeff John is the portfolio manager of American Century Investments. He has been a member of the team that manages the fund since he joined American Century Investments in 2008 as an analyst. He became a portfolio manager in 2012. Before joining American Century, he was an equity research analyst at Kornitzer Capital Management-Buffalo Funds Group. He has a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado in Boulder and an MBA in finance and accounting from Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder

Ryan Cope


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Oct 06, 2020

1.65

1.7%

Mr. Cope joined American Century in 2009, became a portfolio research analyst in 2010 and an investment analyst in 2012. He became a portfolio manager in April 2020. Mr. Cope has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Truman State University and an MBA from Kansas State University. He is a CFA charterholder.

David Spika


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 19, 2021

1.28

1.3%

David Spika leads the Investments line of business within GuideStone. In this capacity, he serves as the president of both GuideStone Capital Management, LLC, the investment adviser to GuideStone Funds, and GuideStone Investment Services, which provides investment advisory services to non-profit institutions. He also serves as chief investment officer over all investment-related lines of business. Mr. Spika is a member of the executive leadership team for the parent company, GuideStone Financial Resources, and chairs the firm’s Committee on Faith-Based Investing. Additionally, he makes frequent appearances on CNBC, Fox Business Network and other major business media outlets and is quoted in a variety of financial print media. Mr. Spika joined GuideStone in 2015 as the Global Investment Strategist, where he was responsible for developing and communicating the firm’s macroeconomic outlook while also leading the asset allocation efforts for the GuideStone retirement strategies. Prior to assuming his responsibilities at GuideStone, Mr. Spika served for 12 years as the Senior Vice President and Investment Strategist at Westwood Holdings Group. Before Westwood, he was with Bank of America and predecessor banks for 17 years, primarily as a Portfolio Manager and Investment Specialist. Mr. Spika holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Texas A&M University. He is a CFA® charterholder and a member of both the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Dallas/Fort Worth.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.08 49.61 7.17 2.58