Summary
The fund seeks to appreciate capital by investing in small-size companies in the United States.
The fund is sub-advised by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC with a focus on investing in small-size companies.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the market cap range between $2 billion and $8 billion. Then the list is narrowed using quantitative screens including financial metrics return on capital, revenues and earnings growth and free cash flow rate.
Then the research team lo
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Performance
YTD
-1.9%
3 Year
-10.53%
5 Year
35.82%
Best
38.35%
2013
Worst
-31.65%
2008
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 3.6% | 2.4% | -14.4% | 11% | -22.3% | 10.6% | -2.9% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 2.8% |
| Q2 | -4.3% | 3.9% | -12.9% | 3.6% | 28.2% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 4.5% | -1.9% |
| Q3 | - | -3.2% | -5.6% | -3.6% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 0.8% | -8.1% |
| Q4 | - | 13.2% | 3.6% | 5% | 23.2% | 5.5% | -17.6% | 3.6% | 11% | 5.5% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -2.6% | 4.6% | 1.7% | -9.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 10.6% | -2.2% | -5.3% | -0.7% | -3.8% | 8.7% | 4.1% | -2.3% | -4.9% | -5% | 9.3% | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2% | 15% | -27% | 16% | 27% | 24% | -17% | 18% | 23% | -2% |
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PQSCX | -2% | 15% | -27% | 16% | 27% | 24% | -17% | 18% | 23% | -2% |
| Russell 2000 | - | - | -32% | 2% | 34% | 28% | -10% | 21% | 10% | -2% |
| Alpha | -2% | 15% | 5% | 14% | -7% | -4% | -7% | -3% | 13% | -0% |