Key Stats

Expense Ratio Total Assets Under Management Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio
1.23% 197.46M 0.10% 94.00%
1 Year Fund Level Flows 1 Year Total Returns (Daily) Annualized All Time Total Returns (Daily) Max Drawdown (All)
15.88M -9.83% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund primarily invests in common stocks and other equity securities of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations. The adviser seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued relative to the market or their historic valuations. Small-cap companies are considered to be companies with market capitalizations at the time of purchase similar to those in the range of the Russell 2000 Index. It will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in small-cap companies.
General
Security Type Mutual Fund
Oldest Share Symbol VSFAX
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class US Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Small Value
Category Index Russell 2000 Value TR USD
Global Category Name US Equity Small Cap
YCharts Categorization US Small Cap
YCharts Benchmark Russell 2000 Total Return (^RUTTR)
Prospectus Objective Small Company
Fund Owner Firm Name Federated
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Russell 2000 Value TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Stephen Gutch 17.09 yrs

Net Fund Flows Versus Category

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1 Year
% Rank: 22
15.88M
-1.719B Category Low
2.866B Category High
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As of February 28, 2023

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of March 20, 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
21.63%
12.08%
-18.38%
19.68%
9.09%
30.19%
-8.89%
-2.49%
11.96%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
3.33%
30.71%
6.83%
-11.26%
22.76%
-0.30%
32.56%
-14.09%
-2.00%
22.36%
3.83%
-12.05%
26.71%
-5.65%
26.35%
-10.20%
-0.71%
29.50%
2.58%
-14.48%
18.53%
5.58%
31.98%
-13.85%
-3.44%
33.31%
5.74%
-19.30%
18.31%
-3.63%
41.00%
-11.68%
-6.99%
As of March 20, 2023.

Fundamentals

General
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Dividend Yield TTM (3-20-23) 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield (2-28-23) Upgrade
7-Day SEC Yield --
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Weighted Average PE Ratio 10.74
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 3.70% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 96.30% 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
Federated Hermes Inst Prime Val Obl IS 3.71% 0.9999 0.00%
WNS (Holdings) Ltd ADR 2.27% 90.10 -0.11%
Portland General Electric Co 2.19% 46.94 -3.87%
SouthState Corp 2.18% 76.21 5.34%
Cadence Bank 2.17% 22.41 6.92%
Idacorp Inc 2.05% 104.03 -3.85%
Hancock Whitney Corp 1.95% 38.50 4.17%
Old National Bancorp 1.95% 15.24 2.94%
Wintrust Financial Corp 1.85% 77.94 6.55%
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co 1.81% 35.38 4.09%

Fees & Availability

Fees
Actual 12B-1 Fee Upgrade
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Performance Fee --
Switching Fee --
Transaction Fee --
Maximum Front Load --
Maximum Deferred Load --
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 capital appreciation. The fund primarily invests in common stocks and other equity securities of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations. The adviser seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued relative to the market or their historic valuations. Small-cap companies are considered to be companies with market capitalizations at the time of purchase similar to those in the range of the Russell 2000 Index. It will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in small-cap companies.
General
Security Type Mutual Fund
Oldest Share Symbol VSFAX
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class US Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Small Value
Category Index Russell 2000 Value TR USD
Global Category Name US Equity Small Cap
YCharts Categorization US Small Cap
YCharts Benchmark Russell 2000 Total Return (^RUTTR)
Prospectus Objective Small Company
Fund Owner Firm Name Federated
Prospectus Benchmark Index
Russell 2000 Value TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Stephen Gutch 17.09 yrs

Fundamentals

General
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Dividend Yield TTM (3-20-23) 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield (2-28-23) Upgrade
7-Day SEC Yield --
Number of Holdings Upgrade
Stock
Weighted Average PE Ratio 10.74
Weighted Average Price to Sales Ratio Upgrade
Weighted Average Price to Book Ratio Upgrade
Weighted Median ROE 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 12/1/2010
Last Annual Report Date 9/30/2022
Last Prospectus Date 11/30/2022
Share Classes
VSFAX A
VSFCX C
VSFIX Inst
VSFSX Retirement
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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