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Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund

mutual fund
KCSIX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$15.03 -0.16 -1.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
KCSIX (Mutual Fund)

Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$15.03 -0.16 -1.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
KCSIX (Mutual Fund)

Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$15.03 -0.16 -1.05%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class

Name

As of 12/12/2024

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

$15.03

$152 M

0.40%

$0.06

0.98%

Vitals

YTD Return

21.2%

1 yr return

21.7%

3 Yr Avg Return

5.3%

5 Yr Avg Return

9.8%

Net Assets

$152 M

Holdings in Top 10

19.1%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$15.2
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.98%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee 2.00%


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$25,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 12/12/2024

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

$15.03

$152 M

0.40%

$0.06

0.98%

KCSIX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 21.2%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 5.3%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 9.8%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.32%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.4%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency None

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    Catholic Investor
  • Inception Date
    Mar 02, 2015
  • Shares Outstanding
    10217524
  • Share Class
    I
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    James Gaul

Fund Description

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. This investment policy can be changed by the Fund upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. For purposes of this policy, a small-capitalization company is a company with a market capitalization within the range of the Bloomberg 2000 Total Return Index at the time of initial purchase. While the market capitalization range of the Bloomberg 2000 Total Return Index changes throughout the year, as of December 31, 2023, the market capitalization range of the Bloomberg 2000 Total Return Index was between approximately $20 million and $10.6 billion. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks of U.S. companies.

The Fund seeks to make investment decisions consistent with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines (the “USCCB Guidelines”), and therefore, the

Fund is designed to avoid investments in companies that are believed to be involved with abortion, contraception, pornography, stem cell research/human cloning, weapons of mass destruction, or other enterprises that conflict with the USCCB Guidelines. As part of the screening process for the Fund, the Adviser uses information from a third-party environmental, social, and governance research firm and consults with experts to assess the policies and practices of companies based on the criteria set forth in the USCCB Guidelines. Based on such assessments, the Adviser compiles and maintains a list of companies that it determines to be inconsistent with the USCCB Guidelines (the “Restricted Securities List”). The Fund seeks to avoid investments in companies identified through this process. The policies and practices of the companies selected for the Fund are monitored for various issues contemplated by the USCCB Guidelines. If the Adviser becomes aware that the Fund is invested in a company whose policies and practices are inconsistent with the USCCB Guidelines, the Adviser may sell the company’s securities or otherwise exclude future investments in such company. The criteria used to screen out companies for the Fund may be modified from time to time to seek to maintain alignment with any changes to the USCCB Guidelines.

In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser combines quantitative and qualitative analyses that together seek to identify companies that have above-average investment potential. The quantitative process begins with understanding the market regime or investment environment. Factor exposures used by the quantitative models are tilted to areas that are believed will perform best within a specific environment. Four “super-factors” (Valuation, Growth and Profitability, Quality and Investor Sentiment) are then applied to the broad universe. By combining these factors, the investable universe is ranked by decile (1 = attractive, 10 = unattractive). The “buyable” universe for the Fund generally includes the top three deciles, or the most statistically attractive companies, and the weighted average rank of securities held in the Fund are within the top three deciles.

Fundamental research is conducted on the buyable universe to assess criteria that are difficult to quantify. The portfolio management and fundamental analyst teams construct the portfolio with only highly ranked companies. Risk is measured and monitored throughout the research and portfolio management process in different ways, including active risk to the benchmark, individual stock contribution to that active risk and sector/industry group/individual stock exposure risks. The Adviser will generally sell a stock on behalf of the Fund if

the stock experiences a rankings decline or extreme price movements, or for risk management purposes.

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KCSIX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period KCSIX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 21.2% -1.5% 40.1% 15.43%
1 Yr 21.7% 0.0% 49.5% 20.76%
3 Yr 5.3%* -11.3% 45.7% 46.44%
5 Yr 9.8%* -12.3% 38.2% 44.18%
10 Yr N/A* -2.8% 18.6% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period KCSIX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 13.8% -19.9% 29.0% 49.52%
2022 -21.7% -59.3% 118.2% 58.65%
2021 10.9% -31.6% 39.3% 47.46%
2020 13.7% -51.0% 39.5% 38.68%
2019 24.1% -5.6% 37.8% 21.97%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period KCSIX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 21.2% -1.5% 40.1% 15.43%
1 Yr 21.7% 0.0% 49.5% 20.76%
3 Yr 5.3%* -11.3% 45.7% 46.44%
5 Yr 9.8%* -12.3% 38.2% 44.18%
10 Yr N/A* -2.8% 18.6% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period KCSIX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 16.2% -11.7% 31.8% 51.82%
2022 -20.5% -45.2% 123.7% 84.23%
2021 23.8% 0.0% 45.6% 46.88%
2020 13.7% -50.5% 46.9% 45.69%
2019 24.2% 2.2% 40.9% 56.07%

NAV & Total Return History


KCSIX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

KCSIX Category Low Category High KCSIX % Rank
Net Assets 152 M 555 K 145 B 78.33%
Number of Holdings 98 2 2445 66.54%
Net Assets in Top 10 33.3 M 124 K 10.3 B 74.14%
Weighting of Top 10 19.12% 3.1% 100.1% 39.50%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN SWEEP INTEREST 3.67%
  2. SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC COMMON STOCK 2.15%
  3. KB HOME COMMON STOCK 1.81%
  4. ATI Inc COMMON STOCK 1.77%
  5. BRINK'S CO/THE COMMON STOCK 1.71%
  6. BOOT BARN HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK 1.71%
  7. TRI POINTE HOMES INC COMMON STOCK 1.65%
  8. RADNET INC COMMON STOCK 1.61%
  9. TANGER INC REIT 1.56%
  10. MAXIMUS INC COMMON STOCK 1.48%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High KCSIX % Rank
Stocks
96.35% 4.44% 107.74% 82.51%
Cash
3.67% 0.00% 27.02% 24.52%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 5.13% 80.04%
Other
0.00% -0.07% 49.08% 87.26%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 3.17% 79.81%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 102.81% 81.75%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High KCSIX % Rank
Financial Services
15.98% 0.00% 35.52% 41.92%
Industrials
14.79% 2.46% 37.42% 81.54%
Technology
14.52% 0.00% 43.95% 44.23%
Healthcare
13.88% 0.00% 26.53% 45.00%
Consumer Cyclical
11.94% 0.99% 47.79% 30.96%
Real Estate
9.35% 0.00% 29.43% 22.69%
Energy
7.45% 0.00% 37.72% 23.27%
Consumer Defense
5.26% 0.00% 18.87% 20.00%
Utilities
2.79% 0.00% 18.58% 42.69%
Basic Materials
2.79% 0.00% 18.66% 89.42%
Communication Services
1.25% 0.00% 14.85% 83.65%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High KCSIX % Rank
US
96.35% 2.58% 107.74% 76.43%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 97.07% 81.94%

KCSIX - Expenses

Operational Fees

KCSIX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.98% 0.01% 38.30% 58.02%
Management Fee 0.73% 0.00% 1.50% 48.28%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.45% N/A

Sales Fees

KCSIX 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

KCSIX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee 2.00% 1.00% 2.00% 42.22%

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.

KCSIX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 1.00% 314.00% 84.12%

KCSIX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

KCSIX Category Low Category High KCSIX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.40% 0.00% 42.47% 50.57%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

KCSIX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency None Annual SemiAnnual SemiAnnual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

KCSIX Category Low Category High KCSIX % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.32% -2.40% 2.49% 81.15%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

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

Distributions History

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KCSIX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

James Gaul


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 27, 2015

7.26

7.3%

Mr. Gaul is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Boston Advisors. As a member of the Institutional Equity Team, he is lead portfolio manager on the firm’s Small Cap Growth and Large Cap Core strategies. He is also responsible for management and oversight of the fundamental research analyst team. Mr. Gaul has more than twenty years of industry-related experience, including investment banking, sales and trading, and investment management. Prior to joining Boston Advisors in 2005, Mr. Gaul was an institutional fixed income sales professional with Commerce Capital Markets, Inc. and Advest, Inc. Previously, he worked closely with non-profit and municipal borrowers structuring tax-exempt bond issues for Advest, Inc.'s Public Finance Investment Banking department. Mr. Gaul earned a B.S. degree in investments from Babson College, an M.S. degree in investment management with High Honors at the Boston University Questrom School of Business and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society. He is an active supporter of Babson’s academic community, including guest lecturing for graduate-level courses. Mr. Gaul holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. .

Douglas Riley


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 27, 2015

7.26

7.3%

Mr. Riley is a Senior Vice President and portfolio manager and oversees the company’s growth investing strategies. He has primary responsibility for the firm’s Large Cap Growth strategy, which he has managed for more than a decade. Mr. Riley brings more than twenty-five years of industry-related experience to Boston Advisors managing Large Cap Core and Small Cap Growth products as well as asset allocation analysis and strategy. As a member of the Institutional Equity Team, Mr. Riley chairs the Asset Allocation Committee. Prior to joining Boston Advisors in 2002, Mr. Riley was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Babson-United Investment Advisors. In addition to serving as Vice Chairman of the Investment Committee, Mr. Riley managed private accounts for high net worth clients and institutional portfolios, and was instrumental in the development and implementation of a quantitatively-based stock selection process. Mr. Riley earned a Bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Emory University and received his M.B.A. degree from Northeastern University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Boston.

David Hanna


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 27, 2015

7.26

7.3%

Mr. Hanna is a Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Boston Advisors. In his role, Mr. Hanna oversees the firm’s equity activities. He also serves as lead portfolio manager for the firm’s international equity strategy and was a founding team member of the international product launch in 2008. Mr. Hanna has specific expertise in the areas of quantitative research and risk management. He contributes to the development of the firm’s proprietary quantitative stock selection models and risk assessment methodologies. Mr. Hanna has more than 30 years of industry-related experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, he was a senior portfolio manager in the Global Hedge Fund Strategies Group at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), where he managed US and European equity portfolios and travelled globally to support some of the world’s largest, most sophisticated institutions. He was with SSgA from 1997 to 2005, working in both the Boston and London offices. Prior to SSgA, he was Vice President, Quantitative Analysis, at Standish, Ayer & Wood from 1992-1997. Prior to that, he worked in proprietary trading, small cap portfolio management and portfolio insurance. Mr. Hanna earned a B.S. degree in finance from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987 and completed an honors degree with a thesis on derivatives hedging entitled, "Portfolio Insurance - A Simulation Using Binomial Option Pricing Theory." He also attended the Institut Universitaire de Technologie in Nice, France, focusing on European business. He is nearing completion of a MA at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, where his coursework has focused on faith-based economic development and social justice.

Eric Eaton


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Oct 01, 2019

2.67

2.7%

Mr. Eaton is a Portfolio Manager and Equity Analyst at Boston Advisors. As a member of the Institutional Equity Team, Mr. Eaton is the lead portfolio manager on the firm's Large Cap Value and Small Cap Value strategies. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, Mr. Eaton also contributes to the firm's fundamental research efforts. As an Equity Analyst, Mr. Eaton conducts fundamental research with primary coverage of the financials, real estate and energy sectors. He is responsible for doing deep research into individual companies along with identifying industry-level trends that generate actionable investment ideas. Mr. Eaton joined Boston Advisors in 2011 as an analyst for the Institutional Team. In this role, he was responsible for in-depth equity research and ad hoc research projects. In 2014, Mr. Eaton managed the Small Cap Growth strategy. After taking a brief hiatus for business school, Mr. Eaton rejoined the firm in 2016, leading the integration efforts for the acquisition of Weyland Capital Management. After merging the two firms, he was the lead portfolio manager for the Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) strategy; his role included research into macroeconomic and market trends and assisting in the asset allocation strategy for the firm. Mr. Eaton earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He also holds an MS in Finance from Bentley University and a BA in Economics and Accounting from Gordon College. Mr. Eaton holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Society Boston and the CFA Institute. He also holds a CPA license in the state of Massachusetts.

Tenure Analysis

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