Best- and worst-performing equity funds

JUN 04, 2012
  

Large-cap growth

Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
GMO U.S. Growth Fund III $1.9 14.7% 23.5% 25.6% 0.5%
Touchstone Sands Capital Institutional Growth Fund $1,942.7 24.2% 21.5% 37.8% 0.8%
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund Z $1,455.6 23.8% 20.8% 36.9% 1.4%
Polen Growth Fund Institutional $195.6 15.8% 20.1% N/A 1.0%
MassMutual Select Growth Opportunities Fund A $67.5 19.9% 19.1% 31.6% 1.4%
Nasdaq-100 Index Fund Direct $24.9 21.0% 19.1% 31.3% 0.5%
Delaware Pooled Large-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio $209.1 16.1% 18.3% 27.2% 0.6%
PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 $35,676.6 21.2% 18.2% 31.1% 0.2%
RiverPark/Wedgewood Fund Institutional $116.5 18.2% 18.1% N/A 1.0%
USAA Nasdaq-100 Index Fund $279.9 21.0% 18.1% 30.6% 0.8%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
BNY Mellon Focused Equity Opportunities Fund Investor $0.1 17.9% -0.4% N/A 1.1%
RBS U.S. Large Cap Trendpilot Exchange Traded Notes $70.0 12.3% -0.6% N/A 1.0%
Putnam Voyager Fund A $3,467.2 20.9% -4.0% 25.5% 1.2%
Profit Opportunity Fund $0.3 12.3% -8.6% N/A 1.6%
CGM Focus Fund $1,876.9 16.4% -11.3% 10.0% 1.0%
S&P 500 Growth Total Return Index   12.3% 11.8% 23.8%  
 

Large-cap value

Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
PowerShares Active Mega Cap Fund $10.3 12.4% 11.9% 22.5% 0.8%
Hennessy Total Return Fund Original $68.7 3.7% 10.8% 21.0% 1.3%
Edgar Lomax Value Fund $36.7 6.5% 10.6% 24.3% 1.0%
Delaware Large-Cap Value Equity Portfolio $7.5 8.3% 10.6% 22.6% 0.7%
Commerce Value Fund $88.5 7.0% 10.3% 23.8% 0.7%
Artisan Value Fund Investor $664.1 11.6% 9.8% 25.2% 1.1%
Huntington Rotating Markets Fund Trust $39.2 9.7% 9.7% 22.3% 1.4%
American Century Income & Growth Fund Investor $1,370.0 12.4% 9.4% 22.1% 0.7%
Legg Mason BW Diversified Large Cap Value A $0.3 10.8% 9.2% N/A 1.3%
Delaware Value Fund A $309.7 8.1% 9.2% 21.5% 1.1%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Wilmington Large Cap Value Fund A $6.2 12.0% -2.5% 19.4% 1.3%
Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund A $16.4 12.3% -2.8% 18.8% 1.2%
Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund $326.4 12.3% -2.9% 18.9% 0.8%
Matrix Advisors Value Fund $84.7 16.0% -3.5% 19.9% 1.0%
Barrett Opportunity Fund $63.3 5.2% -6.9% 15.3% 1.2%
S&P 500 Value Total Return Index   13.0% 5.3% 23.2%  
 

Midcap growth

Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Baird MidCap Fund Institutional $69.0 15.9% 13.5% 31.2% 0.9%
Delaware Focus Smid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio $17.3 17.6% 10.7% 43.5% 0.9%
Dreyfus/Boston Company Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund A $141.7 15.1% 10.5% 26.3% 1.1%
RS Mid Cap Growth Fund A $58.5 18.5% 9.9% 28.1% 1.5%
Legg Mason ClearBridge Mid Cap Growth Fund A $3.3 17.5% 9.9% N/A 1.4%
Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Growth Fund Institutional $164.4 14.8% 9.4% 26.9% 0.8%
American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund Investor $23.6 15.1% 9.2% 28.5% 1.4%
Chase Mid-Cap Growth Fund N $26.7 12.5% 9.2% 25.9% 1.5%
HighMark Geneva Mid Cap Growth Fund A $263.4 13.2% 8.7% 28.4% 1.4%
Value Line Emerging Opportunities Fund $299.0 10.5% 8.7% 25.9% 1.2%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Huntington New Economy Fund Trust $14.4 18.0% -9.0% 16.9% 1.6%
RBS U.S. Mid Cap Trendpilot Exchange Traded Notes $33.0 7.7% -10.3% N/A 1.0%
Brandywine Advisors Midcap Growth Fund $135.0 12.8% -11.1% 10.3% 1.3%
Brandywine Fund $1,301.0 15.3% -11.3% 11.2% 1.1%
Auer Growth Fund $119.2 10.0% -16.4% 15.5% 1.7%
S&P MidCap 400 Growth Total Return Index   14.1% 2.9% 30.0%  
 

Midcap value

Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Transamerica Mid Cap Value I2 $185.7 11.2% 7.3% 27.0% 0.9%
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund $25,975.5 14.0% 7.3% 27.6% 0.8%
WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund $346.0 9.1% 7.0% 31.8% 0.4%
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund Y $124.1 12.2% 5.4% 30.9% 1.0%
American Century NT Mid Cap Value Fund Institutional $301.6 10.1% 4.9% 25.1% 0.8%
Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund I $1,108.2 22.8% 4.7% 36.8% 1.1%
First Trust Multi Cap Value Alphadex Fund $51.3 12.9% 4.7% 33.0% 0.7%
Wells Fargo Advantage C&B Mid Cap Value Fund Investor $95.0 13.4% 4.6% 25.0% 1.3%
American Century Mid Cap Value Fund Investor $1,616.2 10.0% 4.5% 24.6% 1.0%
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund A $636.2 12.1% 4.3% 28.3% 1.3%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
IMS Capital Value Fund $50.7 15.1% -3.8% 19.1% 1.9%
MassMutual Premier Discovery Value Fund A $9.3 8.8% -5.1% 21.9% 1.4%
Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund A $1,213.5 8.7% -5.3% 21.8% 1.2%
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund $60.3 12.3% -5.8% 18.4% 0.7%
Legg Mason Capital Management Opportunity Trust C $691.0 25.5% -16.2% 24.8% 2.5%
S&P 400 Value Total Return Index   12.9% 1.1% 27.2%  
 

Small-cap growth

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Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Virtus Small-Cap Sustainable Growth Fund A $78.0 9.0% 17.8% 28.0% 1.7%
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund $9,459.0 16.0% 12.2% 35.6% 0.9%
Artisan Small Cap Fund Investor $497.7 17.0% 11.0% 34.3% 1.7%
Virtus Small-Cap Core Fund I $142.1 11.7% 10.5% 30.7% 1.2%
Legg Mason ClearBridge Small Cap Growth Fund A $525.7 18.2% 9.7% 30.0% 1.4%
RS Select Growth Fund A $124.4 14.3% 9.4% 31.6% 1.4%
Wasatch Core Growth Fund Investor $532.0 11.0% 9.4% 32.2% 1.3%
UBS U.S. Small Cap Growth Fund Y $112.7 18.6% 8.6% 34.1% 1.2%
DWS Small Cap Growth Fund A $32.0 13.9% 7.8% 33.5% 1.5%
AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio A $277.8 17.1% 7.6% 34.8% 1.4%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
TCW Small Cap Growth Fund I $1,046.2 13.9% -8.9% 27.0% 1.2%
Winslow Green Growth Fund Investor $154.9 13.8% -11.3% 20.7% 1.5%
Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund $65.7 12.5% -12.6% 27.4% 1.4%
Calamos Discovery Growth Fund A $27.4 13.3% -13.0% N/A 1.5%
Apex Mid Cap Growth Fund $0.2 20.4% -33.0% 0.3% 7.7%
S&P SC 600 Growth Total Return   11.2% 5.6% 30.5%  
 

Small-cap value

Top 10 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Clarity Fund Incorporated $5.1 8.7% 9.0% N/A 1.8%
James Advantage Small Cap Fund A $172.9 7.6% 8.0% 27.4% 1.5%
Huber Capital Small Cap Value Fund Investor $16.5 18.7% 7.5% 45.2% 1.9%
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund Institutional $12.9 17.5% 6.2% 36.6% 1.4%
Wells Fargo Advantage Special Small Cap Value Fund A $418.0 12.2% 5.5% 26.5% 1.4%
SouthernSun Small Cap Fund Investor $221.5 11.9% 5.3% 43.7% 1.4%
Royce Special Equity Fund Investment $1,964.8 10.9% 5.1% 23.0% 1.2%
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF $16.7 12.8% 4.5% N/A 0.2%
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund $2,269.8 12.8% 4.5% 27.8% 0.3%
SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF $143.4 12.8% 4.5% 30.7% 0.3%
Bottom 5 Net assets ($M) 3-month return 1-year return 3-year return Net prospectus expense ratio
Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund $61.5 15.8% -9.5% 33.3% 1.7%
Neuberger Berman Intrinsic Value Fund A $9.9 15.0% -9.6% N/A 1.4%
CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund Institutional $7.2 10.5% -9.7% N/A 1.4%
Schneider Small Cap Value Fund $74.0 18.7% -11.8% 31.9% 1.2%
Wegener Adaptive Growth Fund $2.4 -2.4% -27.9% -2.6% 2.0%
S&P SC 600 Value Total Return   12.9% 4.7% 28.1%  
As of March 31. Distinct classes only. Rankings are based on unrounded figures. Three-year returns are annualized. N/A = not available (fund has been in operation for less than three years). Source: Lipper

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