Summary
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in small-size companies in the United States.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index. The research team then looks for companies with financial strength and out of favor with investors.
The process favors companies with fundamental strength to capitalize on internal or external change agents. Internal changes including management changes, financial restructuring, or merger and acquisition or new product cycles. External chang
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Directors
Dec 4, 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)
Price
Company Name |
Holding |
| Old National Bancorp/IN | 2.57 % |
| Kite Realty Group Trust | 2.48 % |
| PennyMac Financial Services Inc | 2.39 % |
| FNB Corp/PA | 2.32 % |
| IDACORP Inc | 2.08 % |
| Northern Oil & Gas Inc | 2.08 % |
| Commercial Metals Co | 2.03 % |
| First Commonwealth Financial Corp | 1.98 % |
| Cadence Bank | 1.8 % |
| Northwestern Energy Group Inc | 1.7 % |
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Performance
YTD
-1.2%
3 Year
-13.96%
5 Year
26.00%
Best
30.55%
2013
Worst
-19.02%
2018
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 5.1% | 0.6% | -1.5% | 19.3% | -35.4% | 11% | -4.3% | 1.5% | -1.5% | 1.1% |
| Q2 | -0.3% | 2.7% | -14.5% | 3.8% | 23.2% | 0.2% | 7.3% | 0.2% | 3.1% | -0.7% |
| Q3 | - | -5.6% | -1.4% | -8.7% | 2.9% | -3% | -0.1% | 5.6% | 7% | -7.5% |
| Q4 | - | 11% | -0.6% | 4.8% | 32.1% | 8.1% | -19.2% | 2.7% | 11.2% | -0.1% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.4% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 8.2% | -1.6% | -5.4% | -1.4% | -4.8% | 9.5% | 4.4% | -3.8% | -5.9% | -5.5% | 7.4% | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1% | 7% | -18% | 18% | 8% | 19% | -19% | 11% | 21% | -7% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSFCX | -1% | 7% | -18% | 18% | 8% | 19% | -19% | 11% | 21% | -7% |
| Russell 2000 | - | - | -15% | 26% | 2% | 20% | -15% | 6% | 29% | -9% |
| Alpha | -1% | 7% | -2% | -8% | 6% | -1% | -4% | 5% | -8% | 2% |