Summary
The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in small-size companies 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.
The process seeks to remove subjective and emotional influences from security selection and capitalize on market inefficiencies.
Next, the research team focuses on companies exhibiting growth characteristics.<
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Directors
Oct 11, 2023- J. Christopher Donahue
- John T. Collins
- G. Thomas Hough
- Maureen Lally-Green
- Thomas M. O'Neill
- P. Jerome Richey
- John S. Walsh
- Madelyn A. Reilly
- John B. Fisher
Chief Compliance Officer
- Stephen Van Meter
Fund Manager(s)
- Frederick Konopka
- Daniel Mahr
- John Lewicke
- Damien Zhang
Price
Company Name |
Holding |
| Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund | 2.11 % |
| GMS Inc | 2.04 % |
| Halozyme Therapeutics Inc | 1.81 % |
| CommVault Systems Inc | 1.42 % |
| Parsons Corp | 1.4 % |
| Cinemark Holdings Inc | 1.37 % |
| Omnicell Inc | 1.36 % |
| Sprinklr Inc | 1.34 % |
| Sprouts Farmers Market Inc | 1.31 % |
| Knife River Corp | 1.28 % |
| More |
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Performance
YTD
1%
3 Year
-31.38%
5 Year
16.53%
Best
29.26%
2020
Worst
-30.46%
2022
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 6.6% | 7.3% | -11% | 4.6% | -28.7% | 13.5% | 3.7% | 7.4% | - | - |
| Q2 | -4.7% | 5.8% | -22% | 6.8% | 33.8% | 2% | 11.1% | 4.2% | - | - |
| Q3 | - | -6.8% | -2.7% | -22.8% | 4% | -5.6% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 13.6% | - |
| Q4 | - | 14.3% | 3% | 4.7% | 30.4% | 9.5% | -19.3% | 3% | 5.3% | - |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.7% | 6.4% | 1.9% | -9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 12.5% | -0.5% | -4.1% | -1.9% | -0.7% | 8.5% | 4.3% | -6% | -5% | -8.4% | 10.5% | 11.7% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | 20% | -31% | -10% | 29% | 21% | -3% | 25% | 0% | 0% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QLSGX | 1% | 20% | -31% | -10% | 29% | 21% | -3% | 25% | - | - |
| Russell 2000 | - | - | -32% | 2% | 34% | 28% | -10% | 21% | 10% | -2% |
| Alpha | 1% | 20% | 1% | -12% | -5% | -6% | 7% | 4% | - | - |