American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund Ranking and Research

Ranking, Research and Recommendation of American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund

Last Trade: $9.72 on 5/23/2013, Change: +0.02 (0.21%)

 

Fund Manager - Benjamin Giele

Fund Manager Information

Fund Manager Tenure: 14.8 years
Fund Family: American Century Investments
Fund Category: Small Value
Fund Performance: Feb 27, 2013
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.57)     (What does this score mean?)
Giele is a portfolio manager with American Century Investments, his employer since May 1998. Previously, he was an investment analyst with USAA Investment Management from June 1995 to May 1998. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst with Texas Commerce Investment Management from July 1992 to June 1995. Giele holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Benjamin Giele

 

American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) Profile

Fund Profile and Description

American Century Small Cap Value A Fund seeks long-term capital growth; income is a secondary consideration. American Century Small Cap Value A Fund invests at least 80% of assets in small-cap companies. Equity securities include common stock, preferred stock, and equity-equivalent securities, such as convertible securities, stock futures contracts or stock index futures contracts. The portfolio managers consider small cap companies to include those with a market capitalization no larger than that of the largest company in the S&P Small Cap 600 Index or the Russell 2000 Index.

 

 What we like about American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund

Data for American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) as of Feb 27, 2013

• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) management has been with American Century Small Cap Value A Fund for 14.8 years
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 15.42% vs 13.83% Small Value category median performance)
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 9.21% vs 7.03% Small Value category median performance)
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Asset base in American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has been consistently increasing at a reasonable pace in the last 2 months. It shows investor confidence and market support
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 18.82, lower than category average of 19.8

 What we are cautious about American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund

Data for American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) as of Feb 27, 2013

• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return 12.14% vs 13.82% Small Value category median performance)
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) is less safe compared to its Small Value peers
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 120.00% that is higher than the Small Value average of 59.11%. This could mean American Century Small Cap Value A is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) has a higher expense ratio of 1.49% than its Small Value average of 1.41%
• American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) carries a 5.75% load

See American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) performance details as of Feb 27, 2013

 

Compare with other top Small Value category mutual funds

Aadditional top Small Value mutual funds for your consideration

Fund	Year to Date	1 Year	3 year	5 year
American Century Small Cap Value A	7.44	15.42	12.14	9.21
Fidelity Small Cap Value F (FSVFX)	10.74	21.96	16.76	10.94	Compare
Aegis Value (AVALX)	11.92	27.25	18.45	11.14	Compare
Robeco Small Cap Value II Instl (BPSIX)	6.13	18.59	13.41	9.40	Compare

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Compare with Small Value category ETFs

Some Small Value ETFs for your consideration

ETF	Year to Date	One Year	Three Year
Russell 2000 High Beta ETF (SHBT)	15.74%	35.03%	0
UBS E-TRACS Wells Fargo Bus Dev Comp ETN (BDCS)	6.46%	26.53%	0
Russell 2000 Low Volatility ETF (SLVY)	12.09%	22.88%	0
WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend (DES)	8.13%	19.19%	15.95%
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Sm (PXSV)	7.69%	18.40%	14.74%

 

American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund Net Asset

Track net asset change of American Century Small Cap Value A fund (ACSCX)

Date	Net Asset
02/2013	$1.92B
01/2013	$1.89B
12/2012	$1.79B

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American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of American Century Small Cap Value A fund (ACSCX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
12/2012	2.35%	96.65%	0%	0%
09/2012	1.79%	96.97%	0%	0.18%
06/2012	1.83%	96.86%	0%	0.15%

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Top 10 Holdings in American Century Small Cap Value A (ACSCX) Fund

Discover what American Century Small Cap Value A Fund (ACSCX) manager is buying

Dec 30, 2012 Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 5.625% Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Repl [1.47%] BankUnited, Inc. Common Stock [1.35%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.26%] HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Co [1.2%] Western Refining Inc. Western R [1.12%] Websense, Inc. [1.11%] iShares Russell 2000 Index [0.99%] DST Systems, Inc. Common Stock [0.98%] American Science and Engineerin [0.91%] Vera Bradley, Inc. [0.82%]

Sep 30, 2012 Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 5.625% Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Repl [1.37%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.32%] HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Co [1.24%] DST Systems, Inc. Common Stock [1.14%] BankUnited, Inc. Common Stock [1.01%] American Science and Engineerin [0.99%] iShares Russell 2000 Index [0.9%] Great Plains Energy Incorporate [0.81%] iShares Russell 2000 Value Index [0.79%] Websense, Inc. [0.7%]

Jun 30, 2012 iShares Russell 2000 Index [1.38%] Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 5.625% Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Repl [1.29%] HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Co [1.21%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.18%] American Science and Engineerin [1.14%] DST Systems, Inc. Common Stock [1.09%] BankUnited, Inc. Common Stock [0.88%] First Horizon National Corporat [0.82%] Quest Software, Inc. [0.78%] Great Plains Energy Incorporate [0.78%]

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