Effective 5/1/19, the Fund changed its principal investment strategy and benchmark. Returns prior to 5/1/19 reflect the performance of the Fund's prior strategy. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for additional information.
Objective
Seeks capital appreciation.
Overview
A mid-cap fund that seeks companies with compelling business models, strong management teams, and attractive valuation levels.
The portfolio managers are supported by the full resources of Schroders.
Performance
Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
SI = Since Inception.
Fund Inception: 03/31/2006
Share Class Inception: 2/28/17.
Class F-shares performance prior to 2/28/17 reflects the performance and operating expenses of Class I-shares, and prior to 10/24/16, the performance and operating expenses of the Investor Class of the predecessor fund, Schroder US Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund. Performance for Class F-shares prior to its inception date would have differed if Class F- operating expenses had been reflected. Since Inception (SI) performance is calculated from 3/31/06.
Characteristics
# of Holdings | 67 |
---|---|
Beta (3 year) | 0.82 |
R Squared (3 year) | 0.96 |
Turnover | 34% |
Active Share | 91% |
% in Equities | 96 |
FUND | Russell MidCap Index | |
---|---|---|
Price/Earnings | 20.8x | 18.2x |
Price/Book | 5.2x | 5.7x |
Asset Weighted Market Cap (billions) | $19.9 | $26.3 |
Return on Equity | 15.2% | 13.8% |
Median Market Cap (billions) | $15.8 | $11.0 |
Aramark | 2.59 |
Assurant, Inc. | 2.37 |
AptarGroup, Inc. | 2.25 |
AppLovin Corp. | 2.25 |
Masimo Corp. | 2.17 |
Rentokil Initial PLC | 2.12 |
Match Group, Inc. | 2.10 |
BWX Technologies, Inc. | 2.07 |
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | 1.87 |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1.85 |
Total Portfolio % | 21.64 |
Less than $2 billion | 0 | |
$2 billion - $5 billion | 2 | |
$5 billion - $10 billion | 24 | |
Greater than $10 billion | 75 | |
Not Classified | 0 |
Alpha (5 Year)
|
0.00 |
Down Capture (5 Year)
|
85.42 |
Information Ratio (5 Year)
|
-0.22 |
Sharpe Ratio (5 Year)
|
0.49 |
Up Capture (5 Year)
|
87.00 |
FUND |
BENCHMARK | UNDERWEIGHT / OVERWEIGHT | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/30/24 | 10/31/24 | 10/31/24 | -4 0 4 | ||||
Industrials | 24 | 25 | 21 | ||||
Cash | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Telecommunications | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Technology | 13 | 13 | 12 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Health Care | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Financials | 13 | 13 | 15 | ||||
Real Estate | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Utilities | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Basic Materials | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Energy | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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