Mutual Fund Insights: Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX)

In-depth Analysis of Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX)

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Last Trade: $11.68 on 3/11/2010, Change: +0.07 (0.6%)

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Fund Manager - Christopher J. Retzler

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.75)     (What does this score mean?)

Retzler is the Manager and Executive VP of the Small Cap Growth Fund. Prior to joining Needham, Retzler worked with Merrill Lynch Investment Banking (1994-2002) and Winterkorn, a privately owned company (2002-2005). Retzler?s past duties at Needham included examining and conducting due diligence on both existing and new investment opportunities for the Needham Funds. He currently engages in portfolio management-related activities, including stock selection, research, company visits and market analysis.  Get more insights on Christopher J. Retzler

  

 What we like about Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX)

Data for Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) as of January 31, 2010

• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) is a new fund and has been performing well against its peers for both three-month and 1-year performance
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 44.50% vs 39.62% Small Growth category average)
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 0.09% vs -6.96% Small Growth category average)
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 3.72% vs 0.25% Small Growth category average)
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 19.29, lower than category average of 24.84

  

 What we are cautious about Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX)

Data for Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) as of January 31, 2010

• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) management has been with Needham Small Cap Growth Fund for only 2.2 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund is a focused fund with 38.64% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 219.00% that is higher than the Small Growth average of 131.92%. This could mean Needham Small Cap Growth is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) has a higher management fee of 2.55% than its Small Growth average of 1.60%
• Even though Needham Small Cap Growth Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$12.06M
11/2009	$9.89M
10/2009	$11.06M

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Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	28.45%	71.55%	0%	0%
06/2009	34.49%	65.51%	0%	0%
03/2009	52.81%	47.19%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX)

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30-Sep-09 Dreyfus Treasury Pr Cash Mgmt Inst [28.45%] MKS Instruments, Inc. [3.22%] VARIAN MED SYS INC [2.64%] Express Scripts, Inc. [2.59%] ICx Technologies, Inc. [2.47%] CONMED Corporation [2.4%] Semitool, Inc. [2.18%] EMS Technologies, Inc. [2.17%] Super Micro Computer, Inc. [2.12%] Entegris, Inc. [2.06%]

30-Jun-09 Dreyfus Treasury Pr Cash Mgmt Inst [34.49%] Express Scripts, Inc. [3.21%] CONMED Corporation [2.72%] MKS Instruments, Inc. [2.62%] Aruba Networks, Inc. [2.55%] ICx Technologies, Inc. [2.45%] Cognex Corporation [2.31%] iRobot Corporation [2.28%] Airvana, Inc. [2.23%] Eclipsys Corporation [2.13%]

31-Mar-09 MKS Instruments, Inc. [3.53%] ViaSat, Inc. [3.34%] Express Scripts, Inc. [2.96%] Seagate Technology [2.89%] Airvana, Inc. [2.81%] Aspen Technology, Inc. [2.8%] STEC, Inc. [2.36%] CONMED Corporation [2.31%] ICx Technologies, Inc. [2.27%] Cognex Corporation [2.14%]

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