Key Stats

Expense Ratio Total Assets Under Management Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio
2.32% 54.45M 0.00% 90.00%
1 Year Fund Level Flows 1 Year Total Returns (Daily) Annualized All Time Total Returns (Daily) Max Drawdown (All)
-9.493M -13.99% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund pursues long-term capital appreciation in the small capitalization market while seeking to incur less risk than the small capitalization market. It invests in a select group of small market capitalization companies believed by the fund’s subadviser to possess sustainable competitive advantages at prices the subadviser deems attractive. The fund invests in U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of net assets in common stocks of global small-capitalization companies.
General
Security Type Mutual Fund
Oldest Share Symbol DGSCX
Equity Style Small Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class International Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Global Small/Mid Stock
Category Index MSCI ACWI SMID NR USD
Global Category Name Global Equity Mid/Small Cap
YCharts Categorization Global Equity Mid/Small Cap
YCharts Benchmark MSCI ACWI Mid Cap (^MSACWIMCAP)
Prospectus Objective World Stock
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI ACWI Small NR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSACXUSNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Craig Thrasher 0.60 yrs
Todd Beiley 0.60 yrs

Net Fund Flows Versus Category

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1M
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6M
YTD
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5Y
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1 Year
% Rank: 63
-9.493M
-1.089B Category Low
726.57M Category High
3 Months
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3 Years
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6 Months
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5 Years
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YTD
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10 Years
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As of February 28, 2023

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of March 27, 2023. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
YTD
0.58%
25.92%
-17.38%
21.64%
28.31%
10.52%
-24.94%
3.75%
4.50%
27.19%
-14.20%
21.51%
10.65%
7.82%
-16.00%
3.57%
17.71%
23.11%
-12.05%
23.51%
9.23%
20.53%
-25.33%
1.09%
0.93%
18.54%
-22.54%
21.08%
15.81%
13.82%
-25.35%
2.57%
9.53%
24.76%
-18.55%
23.46%
12.36%
14.24%
-24.55%
3.84%
5.80%
28.45%
-9.29%
29.31%
22.65%
11.07%
-27.63%
3.96%
As of March 27, 2023.

Fundamentals

General
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Dividend Yield TTM (3-27-23) 0.00%
30-Day SEC Yield --
7-Day SEC Yield (1-29-21) Upgrade
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Stock
Weighted Average PE Ratio 19.23
Weighted Average Price to Sales Ratio Upgrade
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As of December 31, 2022

Growth Estimates

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As of December 31, 2022

Asset Allocation

As of December 31, 2022.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 1.82% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 98.18% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Top 10 Holdings

Name % Weight Price % Change
Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc Class A 7.69% 38.75 0.26%
Primerica Inc 4.74% 165.61 0.68%
Rightmove PLC 4.70% 6.31 0.00%
Haitian International Holdings Ltd
4.34% -- --
FTI Consulting Inc 4.32% 194.73 -0.64%
Auto Trader Group PLC
4.01% -- --
Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc 3.59% 105.28 -0.04%
Landstar System Inc 3.56% 175.93 0.29%
First Hawaiian Inc 3.47% 21.19 1.19%
MarkLines Co Ltd
3.44% -- --

Fees & Availability

Fees
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Performance Fee --
Switching Fee --
Transaction Fee --
Maximum Front Load --
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Maximum Redemption Fee --
General Availability
Available for Insurance Product No
Available for Retirement Plan No
Available for RRSP No
Purchase Details
Open to New Investors Yes
Open to Existing Investors Yes
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Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund pursues long-term capital appreciation in the small capitalization market while seeking to incur less risk than the small capitalization market. It invests in a select group of small market capitalization companies believed by the fund’s subadviser to possess sustainable competitive advantages at prices the subadviser deems attractive. The fund invests in U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of net assets in common stocks of global small-capitalization companies.
General
Security Type Mutual Fund
Oldest Share Symbol DGSCX
Equity Style Small Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class International Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Global Small/Mid Stock
Category Index MSCI ACWI SMID NR USD
Global Category Name Global Equity Mid/Small Cap
YCharts Categorization Global Equity Mid/Small Cap
YCharts Benchmark MSCI ACWI Mid Cap (^MSACWIMCAP)
Prospectus Objective World Stock
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus
Prospectus Benchmark Index
MSCI ACWI Small NR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^MSACXUSNTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Craig Thrasher 0.60 yrs
Todd Beiley 0.60 yrs

Fundamentals

General
Distribution Yield Upgrade
Dividend Yield TTM (3-27-23) 0.00%
30-Day SEC Yield --
7-Day SEC Yield (1-29-21) Upgrade
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Stock
Weighted Average PE Ratio 19.23
Weighted Average Price to Sales Ratio Upgrade
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As of December 31, 2022

Growth Estimates

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As of December 31, 2022

Fund Details

Key Dates
Inception Date 2/5/2002
Last Annual Report Date 6/30/2022
Last Prospectus Date 10/28/2022
Share Classes
ARSPX Other
DGSCX Inst
RGSAX A
Attributes
Index Fund No
Inverse Fund No
Leveraged Fund No
Fund of Funds No
Currency Hedged Fund No
Synthetic Replication Fund No
Has Dividend Investment Plan No
Socially Responsible Fund No

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