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Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.

mutual fund
VLEOX
Payout Change
Suspended
Price as of:
$63.44 +0.04 +0.06%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Growth Equity
share class
VLEOX (Mutual Fund)

Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.

Payout Change
Suspended
Price as of:
$63.44 +0.04 +0.06%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Growth Equity
share class
VLEOX (Mutual Fund)

Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.

Payout Change
Suspended
Price as of:
$63.44 +0.04 +0.06%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Growth Equity
share class

Name

As of 11/07/2024

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

$63.44

$690 M

0.00%

1.18%

Vitals

YTD Return

22.0%

1 yr return

38.6%

3 Yr Avg Return

4.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

12.6%

Net Assets

$690 M

Holdings in Top 10

29.8%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$63.4
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.18%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 3.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$1,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 11/07/2024

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

$63.44

$690 M

0.00%

1.18%

VLEOX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 22.0%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 4.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 12.6%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.52%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.0%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.
  • Fund Family Name
    Value Line Funds
  • Inception Date
    Nov 01, 2015
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    Other
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Stephen Grant

Fund Description

Under normal circumstances, EULAV Asset Management (the “Adviser”) invests at least 80% of the Fund’s assets in stocks of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations (the “80% Policy”). The 80% Policy can be changed without shareholder approval upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice. A portion of the Fund’s assets may also be invested in stocks of U.S. mid-market capitalization companies.
The Fund defines “stocks of U.S. companies” as companies that do business in the U.S., are organized in the U.S. or whose stock is traded on a U.S. exchange or over-the-counter market. Although there is not a universal definition, the Fund considers a “small market capitalization company” to be a company with a market capitalization that is less than the value of the largest capitalization company in the Russell 2000 Index or $12 billion, whichever is greater. The market capitalizations of companies within the Russell 2000 Index change and, as of December 31, 2023, ranged from $15 million to $15.9 billion. Small-growth portfolios focus on faster- growing companies whose shares are at the lower end of the market-capitalization range. These portfolios tend to favor companies in up-and-coming industries or young firms in their early growth stages. Because these businesses are fast-growing and often richly valued, their stocks tend to be volatile. A company’s categorization is based on its market capitalization at the time of purchase by the Fund.
While the Fund is actively managed by the Adviser, the Adviser utilizes the rankings of companies by the Value Line Timeliness™ Ranking System or the Value Line Performance™ Ranking System (the “Ranking Systems”) to assist in selecting equity securities for purchase or sale. The Ranking Systems are proprietary quantitative systems that compare an estimate of the probable market performance of each stock within a universe during the next six to twelve months to that of all stocks within that universe and ranks stocks on a scale of 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest). The universe consists of approximately 1,700 stocks of large-, mid- and small-market capitalization companies for the Value Line Timeliness Ranking System and approximately 1,700 stocks of smaller and mid-sized capitalization companies for the Value Line Performance Ranking System. While the Adviser utilizes the rankings of companies by the Ranking Systems to assist in selecting stocks for the Fund, it has broad discretion in managing the Fund’s portfolio, including whether and which ranked stocks to include within the Fund’s portfolio, whether and when to buy or sell stocks based upon changes in their rankings, and the frequency and timing of rebalancing the Fund’s portfolio.
The Adviser will determine the percentage of the Fund’s assets invested in each stock based on the stock’s relative attractiveness taking into account the potential risk and reward of each investment. The Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.
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VLEOX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period VLEOX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.0% 3.6% 95.5% 32.85%
1 Yr 38.6% 14.9% 95.7% 65.51%
3 Yr 4.9%* -18.5% 59.3% 4.44%
5 Yr 12.6%* -2.3% 48.3% 20.16%
10 Yr 11.2%* 2.0% 25.3% 21.03%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period VLEOX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 21.0% -20.5% 54.6% 13.55%
2022 -21.2% -82.1% 32.2% 7.96%
2021 8.5% -90.6% 300.1% 13.08%
2020 16.8% -63.0% 127.9% 87.60%
2019 1.2% -7.7% 42.9% 99.40%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period VLEOX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.0% 3.6% 95.5% 32.85%
1 Yr 38.6% 14.9% 95.7% 65.51%
3 Yr 4.9%* -18.5% 59.3% 4.44%
5 Yr 12.6%* -2.3% 48.3% 20.16%
10 Yr 11.2%* 2.0% 25.3% 21.03%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period VLEOX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 22.0% -19.0% 136.8% 10.62%
2022 -19.1% -59.9% 44.3% 9.81%
2021 15.2% -22.7% 411.9% 28.04%
2020 26.6% 1.5% 150.8% 80.81%
2019 25.1% 5.5% 55.3% 72.91%

NAV & Total Return History


VLEOX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

VLEOX Category Low Category High VLEOX % Rank
Net Assets 690 M 214 K 34.3 B 46.72%
Number of Holdings 69 7 1226 76.82%
Net Assets in Top 10 185 M 53.8 K 3.24 B 46.17%
Weighting of Top 10 29.76% 7.5% 100.0% 26.14%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 3.94%
  2. SPS Commerce, Inc. 3.16%
  3. CACI International, Inc. 3.11%
  4. RLI Corp. 2.98%
  5. AAON, Inc. 2.92%
  6. State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund 2.87%
  7. Federal Signal Corp. 2.81%
  8. Fabrinet 2.76%
  9. Woodward, Inc. 2.61%
  10. ExlService Holdings, Inc. 2.59%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High VLEOX % Rank
Stocks
97.15% 85.75% 107.62% 67.52%
Cash
2.87% 0.00% 28.78% 36.13%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 4.63% 47.99%
Other
0.00% -0.26% 6.70% 57.66%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 1.57% 43.07%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 3.83% 42.88%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High VLEOX % Rank
Industrials
29.30% 0.00% 36.64% 1.82%
Technology
22.32% 2.91% 75.51% 67.70%
Healthcare
15.20% 0.00% 47.90% 82.30%
Consumer Cyclical
14.79% 0.00% 24.04% 27.19%
Financial Services
11.10% 0.00% 42.95% 20.44%
Consumer Defense
4.07% 0.00% 13.56% 47.26%
Basic Materials
2.06% 0.00% 9.24% 58.39%
Communication Services
0.84% 0.00% 15.31% 70.62%
Utilities
0.32% 0.00% 5.57% 29.01%
Real Estate
0.00% 0.00% 15.31% 84.31%
Energy
0.00% 0.00% 55.49% 86.50%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High VLEOX % Rank
US
97.15% 17.30% 107.62% 59.12%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 77.12% 54.56%

VLEOX - Expenses

Operational Fees

VLEOX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.18% 0.05% 23.20% 51.37%
Management Fee 0.74% 0.05% 1.62% 32.72%
12b-1 Fee 0.25% 0.00% 1.00% 45.33%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.40% N/A

Sales Fees

VLEOX 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

VLEOX 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.

VLEOX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 3.00% 3.00% 264.00% 1.04%

VLEOX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

VLEOX Category Low Category High VLEOX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.00% 0.00% 6.91% 52.74%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

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

Net Income Ratio Analysis

VLEOX Category Low Category High VLEOX % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.52% -2.47% 1.10% 33.58%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

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

Distributions History

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VLEOX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Stephen Grant


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 31, 1998

23.43

23.4%

Mr. Grant has been a portfolio manager with EULAV Asset Management or its predecessor since 1991.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.08 30.44 9.12 5.25