Mutual Fund Insights: Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX)

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Last Trade: $23.48 on 3/18/2010, Change: -0.09 (-0.38%)

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Fund Manager - Daniel S. Perkins

Fund Manager Tenure: 12.0 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.5)     (What does this score mean?)

Perkins is the son of Richard W. Perkins. He has served as the executive vice president of Perkins Capital Management, Inc. since 2005. Perkins has been the vice president for the past 21 years. Prior to that, he was employed as a financial analyst at Perkins and Partners, Inc. Perkins holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Daniel S. Perkins

  

 What we like about Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX)

Data for Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) as of January 31, 2010

• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) management has been with Perkins Discovery Fund for 12.0 years
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 64.04% vs 39.62% Small Growth category average)
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 1.92% vs 0.25% Small Growth category average)
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above

  

 What we are cautious about Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX)

Data for Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) as of January 31, 2010

• Perkins Discovery Fund is a focused fund with 56.38% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -7.01% vs -6.96% Small Growth category average)
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) is less safe compared to its Small Growth peers
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 1.68 is worse than category average of 2.43, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.24
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 25.05 that is higher than category average of 24.84
• Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) has a higher management fee of 2.03% than its Small Growth average of 1.60%
• Even though Perkins Discovery Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

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Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$11.89M
11/2009	$11.88M
10/2009	$12.22M

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Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	7.66%	92.34%	0%	0%
06/2009	8.84%	91.16%	0%	0%
03/2009	17.21%	82.63%	0%	0.16%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Perkins Discovery Fund (PDFDX)

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30-Sep-09 Insignia Systems, Inc. [12.38%] Ebix Inc [11.3%] Computer Task Group, Incorporat [5.3%] IntegraMed America, Inc. [5.04%] VERSO PAPER CORP [4.88%] AIM Short Term Inv Prime Instl [4.3%] NetScout Systems, Inc. [3.31%] Conexant Systems, Inc. [3.02%] HEALTH FITNESS CORP [2.74%] Virtual Radiologic Corporation [2.66%]

30-Jun-09 Insignia Systems, Inc. [13.01%] Ebix Inc [8.97%] HEALTH FITNESS CORP [6.21%] Computer Task Group, Incorporat [5.59%] IntegraMed America, Inc. [5.41%] Allion Healthcare, Inc. [3.41%] U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. [3.38%] Diamond Foods, Inc. [3.2%] Short Term Inv Prime Instl [2.9%] NetScout Systems, Inc. [2.69%]

31-Mar-09 Insignia Systems, Inc. [11.43%] Ebix Inc [9.06%] IntegraMed America, Inc. [5.77%] Matrixx Initiatives Inc. [4.78%] Diamond Foods, Inc. [4.07%] Computer Task Group, Incorporat [4.02%] COMPELLENT TECH INC [3.95%] Allion Healthcare, Inc. [3.35%] U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. [2.82%] HEALTH FITNESS CORP [2.74%]

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