Summary
The fund seeks total return including dividend income with a history that dates to 1931.
The disciplined investment process focuses on identifying companies with financial strength and long term growth prospects but with lagging stock prices. The research team then researches the long term growth for each potential investment and get a deeper understanding of the current problems or issues with the stock prices.
Companies with temporary issues that can be overcome and with long term growth prospects are favored for invest
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Directors
Mar 8, 2024- Cynthia E. Frost
- Anchal Pachnanda
- Scott E. Wennerholm
- George J. Gorman
- Alan C. Bowser
- Mark R. Fetting
- Nancy A. Wiser
- Keith Quinton
- Valerie A. Mosley
- Susan J. Sutherland
- Marcus L. Smith
Chief Compliance Officer
- Richard F. Froio
Fund Manager(s)
- Edward Perkin
- Aaron Dunn
- Bradley Galko
Price
Company Name |
Holding |
| NextEra Energy Inc | 3.04 % |
| Micron Technology Inc | 3.03 % |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 2.86 % |
| Reinsurance Group of America Inc | 2.75 % |
| Wells Fargo & Co | 2.71 % |
| 3M Co | 2.41 % |
| AbbVie Inc | 2.36 % |
| Zebra Technologies Corp | 2.26 % |
| Boston Scientific Corp | 2.03 % |
| Schlumberger NV | 1.61 % |
| More |
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Performance
YTD
4.1%
3 Year
9.88%
5 Year
33.67%
Best
28.37%
2013
Worst
-16.35%
2002
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 7.6% | -1.5% | 1.9% | 10.8% | -26.7% | 12.5% | -2.5% | 2.5% | -0.5% | 1.1% |
| Q2 | -3.2% | 3.4% | -11.4% | 4.4% | 13.6% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1.2% | 1.6% | -0.9% |
| Q3 | - | -3.4% | -4.1% | -7.5% | 4% | 0.5% | 7.5% | 3.2% | 1.6% | -7.9% |
| Q4 | - | 7.6% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 15.5% | 6.2% | -14.2% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.7% | 4.4% | 4.9% | -3.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -3.3% | -2.4% | 2.2% | -3.8% | 5.2% | 3.8% | -3.1% | -4% | -4.2% | 6.6% | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4% | 5% | -7% | 16% | 0% | 27% | -8% | 14% | 9% | -2% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECSTX | 4% | 5% | -7% | 16% | 0% | 27% | -8% | 14% | 9% | -2% |
| Russell 1000 | - | - | -14% | 23% | 0% | 23% | -11% | 11% | 14% | -6% |
| Alpha | 4% | 5% | 7% | -7% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 3% | -6% | 4% |