Summary
The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size in the United States.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Then the research team utilizes a fundamental approach to identify companies whose earnings growth rate exceeds that of their peer group.
The team relies on its proprietary 10-step research process to ass
Fund Manager(s)
- Kenneth Mertz
- Stacey Sears
- Joseph Garner
Price
Documents
Performance
YTD
-
3 Year
-4.29%
5 Year
-6.64%
Best
96.60%
1999
Worst
-30.3%
2022
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | - | 5.8% | 4.1% | -11% | 23.8% | -24.3% | 20.8% | -2.1% | 4.7% | -6.2% |
| Q2 | - | -3.6% | 8.7% | -20.3% | 3.3% | 32.1% | 2.2% | 11.8% | 6.3% | 2.3% |
| Q3 | - | - | -11.8% | -7.5% | -18.2% | 0.5% | -8.3% | 5.8% | 6.3% | 10.4% |
| Q4 | - | - | 13.1% | 6.2% | -1% | 5.8% | 10.4% | -20.9% | 6.7% | 4.4% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | -3.4% | 8.3% | 1.1% | -8.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 1% | 11% | -30% | -14% | 28% | 27% | -12% | 28% | 11% |
Alpha
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSPGX | - | 1% | 11% | -30% | -14% | 28% | 27% | -12% | 28% | 11% |
| Russell 3000 | - | - | - | -29% | 25% | 37% | 34% | -3% | 28% | 6% |
| Alpha | - | 1% | 11% | -2% | -39% | -9% | -8% | -9% | -0% | 5% |