Best- and worst-performing equity funds

By category, ranked by three-year total returns

Dec 23, 2012 @ 12:01 am (Updated 9:37 pm) EST

Large-cap growth

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Touchstone Sands Capital Institutional Growth Fund$2,109.615.6%16.5%6.3%0.8%
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund Z$3,321.015.0%15.6%5.6%1.4%
Saratoga Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio I$21.912.1%15.0%1.2%1.5%
GMO US Growth Fund III$2.617.0%15.0%5.5%0.5%
MassMutual Select Growth Opportunities Fund S$534.615.2%14.8%4.5%1.0%
Shelton Nasdaq-100 Index Fund Direct$46.113.2%14.3%5.6%0.5%
USAA Nasdaq-100 Index Fund$321.812.3%13.7%5.0%0.7%
Delaware Pooled Large-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio$220.815.3%13.5%3.0%0.6%
Burnham Fund A$160.111.9%13.2%3.4%1.4%
Rydex Nasdaq-100 Fund Investor$727.711.8%13.2%4.6%1.3%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Barrett Growth Fund$13.65.0%3.4%-3.7%1.3%
Leeb Focus Fund$7.54.9%4.0%-2.5%1.5%
Quaker Strategic Growth Fund A$172.15.2%4.1%-6.4%2.2%
Chesapeake Core Growth Fund$29.89.4%4.2%-4.7%1.6%
Putnam Voyager Fund A$3,646.24.5%4.3%2.7%1.2%
S&P 500 Growth Total Return Index13.4%11.2%3.3%

 

Large-cap value

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
ING Corporate Leaders Trust Fund$930.016.0%13.8%3.8% N/A
Delaware Large-Cap Value Equity Portfolio$8.515.9%13.2%2.3%0.7%
Delaware Value Fund A$1,800.814.9%12.1%1.6%1.1%
Commerce Value Fund$98.515.4%12.1%1.1%0.7%
Hennessy Total Return Fund Investor$78.410.6%11.2%1.1%1.3%
Columbia Large Value Quantitative Fund A$258.314.8%10.8% N/A1.1%
Edgar Lomax Value Fund$36.19.1%10.0%0.6%1.0%
Cullen High Dividend Equity Fund Retail$2,203.012.6%10.0%0.7%1.1%
John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund I$3,021.218.6%9.9%2.2%0.9%
American Funds Mutual Fund A$22,623.013.6%9.8%2.5%0.6%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Matrix Advisors Value Fund$57.95.6%2.4%-2.9%1.0%
Valley Forge Fund$17.01.2%3.8%2.4%1.6%
Nuveen NWQ Large-Cap Value Fund I$1,142.65.2%4.3%-2.1%1.0%
Cambiar Opportunity Fund Investor$1,041.22.1%4.6%-1.3%1.2%
Frost Dividend Value Equity Fund Institutional$284.25.8%4.6% N/A1.0%
S&P 500 Value Total Return Index16.5%9.6%-1.0%

 

Midcap growth

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Delaware Focus Smid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio$17.56.6%19.2%9.5%0.9%
AllianceBernstein Discovery Growth Fund A$968.210.4%18.8%3.0%1.2%
Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Fund Investor$1,527.410.6%16.4%3.5%1.3%
RBC SMID Cap Growth Fund A$64.512.6%15.8%2.9%1.4%
Baird MidCap Fund Institutional$179.114.3%15.1%5.4%0.9%
Timothy Plan Aggressive Growth Fund A$16.69.0%14.9%0.2%1.8%
Rydex S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund H$270.58.3%14.5%7.6%1.5%
Chase Mid-Cap Growth Fund N$32.55.8%14.5%2.9%1.5%
American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund Investor$56.39.5%14.2%2.1%1.4%
Value Line Emerging Opportunities Fund$281.814.9%14.2%2.2%1.3%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Apex Mid Cap Growth Fund$0.2-15.2%-14.6%-8.7%7.7%
Westcore Select Fund Retail$308.5-15.5%0.8%-2.1%1.0%
Columbia Mid Cap Growth Opportunity Fund A$687.24.8%4.8%0.1%1.3%
John Hancock Mid Cap Equity Fund A$26.93.4%5.9%-1.4%1.5%
TCW Growth Equities Fund I$91.1-1.0%6.7%-1.3%1.2%
S&P MidCap 400 Growth Total Return Index 11.6%14.4%5.1% 

 

Midcap value

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund I$1,330.525.8%15.4%5.3%1.1%
Hennessy Cornerstone Mid Cap 30 Fund Investor$193.514.6%14.4%4.5%1.4%
MFS Mid Cap Value Fund A$1,032.114.3%13.4%2.6%1.2%
Managed Account Series Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio$137.39.5%13.2%4.1%0.0%
Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value A$685.712.4%13.2%3.4%1.4%
Invesco American Value Fund A$1,205.917.6%12.5%2.6%1.3%
Invesco Endeavor Fund A$271.516.5%12.3%4.9%1.4%
Wells Fargo Advantage C&B Mid Cap Value Fund Investor$144.216.1%12.2%2.4%1.3%
MassMutual Select Mid Cap Value Fund S$157.213.0%12.0%2.6%0.8%
Fidelity Mid Cap Value Fund Mid Cap Value$591.115.9%11.9%1.8%0.9%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Tilson Focus Fund$10.5-6.6%-1.0%-4.2%1.7%
Legg Mason Capital Management Opportunity Trust C$931.922.5%1.0%-10.1%2.8%
PNC Mid Cap Value Fund I$34.85.4%5.8%-1.4%1.2%
Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund A$1,454.94.7%6.2%-3.3%1.2%
Nuveen Mid Cap Value Fund A$171.17.5%6.4%-0.9%1.3%
S&P 400 Value Total Return Index 15.5%12.1%2.9% 

 

Small-cap growth

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Hodges Small Cap Fund Retail$250.715.7%19.6% N/A1.4%
Buffalo Micro Cap Fund$58.329.0%19.1%3.1%1.5%
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio A$874.012.0%18.4%4.0%1.4%
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund$9,998.313.3%18.3%6.9%0.8%
RS Select Growth Fund A$243.812.1%17.6%4.1%1.4%
UBS US Small Cap Growth Fund Y$150.614.7%17.4%2.9%1.2%
Principal SmallCap Growth Fund I Institutional$1,444.311.1%16.5%3.0%1.1%
PNC Small Cap Fund I$157.220.7%16.4%3.2%1.2%
HighMark Geneva Small Cap Growth Fund Fiduciary$49.013.4%16.2% N/A1.4%
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund A$1,556.713.2%16.1%3.2%1.3%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Quaker Small-Cap Growth Tactical Allocation Fund A$6.02.5%2.1% N/A2.0%
Allianz AGIC Opportunity Fund C$162.7-4.5%2.4%-3.7%2.0%
Forward Small Cap Equity Fund Investor$38.76.8%3.5%-4.6%1.4%
SunAmerica Focused Small-Cap Growth Portfolio A$144.80.0%3.7%-3.2%1.5%
TCW Small Cap Growth Fund I$1,112.8-4.4%4.0%1.1%1.2%
S&P Small Cap 600 Growth Total Return 11.9%15.0%4.1% 

 

Small-cap value

Top 10Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Huber Capital Small Cap Value Fund Investor$40.022.4%17.9%8.1%1.9%
Hotchkis & Wiley Small Cap Value Fund I$364.618.0%15.6%5.8%1.1%
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund Institutional$54.819.1%15.5%5.3%1.4%
Small Cap Value Fund Inc. N/A14.1%14.8%3.3%1.0%
Aegis Value Fund$151.813.7%13.8%5.1%1.5%
HighMark Cognitive Value Fund M$86.513.0%13.6%2.2%1.1%
DFA Tax-Managed U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio Institutional$2,393.415.8%13.2%1.4%0.4%
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund A$33.619.1%13.0%0.7%1.4%
JPMorgan Small Cap Value Fund Select$616.016.3%12.8%3.1%1.0%
Nuveen Small Cap Value Fund I$80.412.0%12.8%2.3%1.3%

Bottom 5Portfolio net assets ($M)1-year return3-year return5-year returnExpense ratio*
Catalyst Value Fund A$50.00.8%1.5%2.2%1.6%
Ancora Special Opportunity Fund C$8.111.9%4.1%1.2%3.0%
Artisan Small Cap Value Fund Investor$2,655.5-0.2%5.4%3.6%1.2%
Rydex S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund H$15.312.1%6.0%-0.2%1.5%
Paradigm Micro-Cap Fund$16.32.8%6.7% N/A1.3%
S&P Small Cap 600 Value Total Return 16.4%12.9%2.9% 

Assets as of September 30, 2012; returns as of November 9, 2012. Distinct classes only. Funds closed to new investors have been omitted. Rankings are based on unrounded figures. Three-year and five-year returns are annualized. In case of multiple share classes, the oldest share class is listed. N/A = not available (fund has been in operation for less than five years). *Net prospectus

Source: Lipper