Summary
American Century Small Cap Growth Fund - Investor Class is a mutual fund run by American Century. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 142. The ten largest make up 19% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 1.13%
- Fund size
- $5.06B
- Positions
- 142
- Dividend yield
- 7.33%
- Running since
- 2001
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 19% of the fund.
- A large fund with $5.06B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.4%.
- It has been running since 2001.
What to watch
- 87% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- High costs: 1.13% a year.
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 49% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -6.0%
- 3 months
- -9.9%
- This year
- +3.7%
- 1 year
- -2.3%
- 3 years
- +42%
- 5 years
- -16%
- 10 years
- +69%
- Avg. market cap
- $6.28B
- P/E
- 31.1x
- Forward P/E
- 23.8x
- P/S
- 2.7x
- P/B
- 3.6x
- P/FCF
- 19.9x
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.5x
- Dividend yield
- 0.29%
- ROIC
- 7.7%
- ROE
- 10.5%
- Gross margin
- 42.3%
- Operating margin
- 8.4%
- Net margin
- -4.5%
- Payout ratio
- 9.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.2x
- Beta
- 1.22
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 53% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 US DOLLARS 4.6%
- 2 CECECO Environmental Corp. CECO 1.9%
- 3 PLPlexus Corp. PLXS 1.9%
- 4 AGArgan, Inc. AGX 1.9%
- 5 HXHexcel Corporation HXL 1.5%
- 6 ESESCO Technologies Inc. ESE 1.5%
- 7 AIAAR Corp. AIR 1.4%
- 8 RIRiot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT 1.4%
- 9 HAHayward Holdings, Inc. HAYW 1.4%
- 10 OPOPENLANE, Inc. OPLN 1.3%
Positions in the fund: 142. The ten largest make up 19% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 87%
- Canada 3.8%
- Netherlands 1.5%
- Ireland 0.9%
- Other countries 6.9%
By company size
- Large cap 14%
- Mid cap 78%
- Small cap 8.5%
- Micro cap 0.1%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 93% of the fund.
Largest country: United States (87%). Largest size group: Mid cap (78%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- Yearly costs
- 1.13%
- A year from $10,000
- $113
- Over 20 years
- $5,163
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $113 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $5,163.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +5.4%
- Deepest drop
- -49%
- Yearly volatility
- 22%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 49% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 7.33%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $1.65
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.65 per share, which is 7.33% of today's price. The last payment was $1.65 on Dec 16, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 31.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 55 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 22%
- Fairly valued 1.5%
- Overvalued 76%
On average the companies inside trade for 31.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 76% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 53% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC ACSG American Century Small Cap Growth Insights ETF | United States | 0.49% | $6.98M | +8.3% | Pays out | 53% |