American Century Small Company Fund Investor Class (ASQIX) Stock

ASQIX

American Century Small Company Fund Investor Class ASQIX · NASDAQ

$21.27 +0.09% (+$0.02)

Summary

American Century Small Company 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: 334. The ten largest make up 11% of the fund.

Yearly costs: 0.85%
Fund size: $177.4M
Positions: 334
Dividend yield: 2.02%
Running since: 1998

What speaks for it

Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 11% of the fund.
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.1%.
It has been running since 1998.

What to watch

92% of the fund is in one country (United States).
High costs: 0.85% a year.
In the last five years its price once dropped by 43% 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.

1 month: +1.3%
3 months: -1.1%
This year: +20%
1 year: +18%
3 years: +65%
5 years: +8.8%
10 years: +65%

Avg. market cap: $5.27B
P/E: 19.8x
Forward P/E: 14.5x
P/S: 0.8x
P/B: 3.2x
P/FCF: 8.9x
EV/EBITDA: 14.5x
Dividend yield: 0.67%
ROIC: 8.7%
ROE: 26.7%
Gross margin: 49.9%
Operating margin: 9.6%
Net margin: 10.9%
Payout ratio: 13.2%
Net debt/EBITDA: -0.8x
Beta: 1.02

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 37% 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
TX
10x Genomics, Inc. TXG 1.9%
2
AL
Alkermes ALKS 1.2%
3
FT
Frontdoor FTDR 1.2%
4
EN
Enova International, Inc. ENVA 1.1%
5
EN
EnerSys ENS 1.0%
6
RH
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. RHP 1.0%
7
SN
StoneX Group Inc. SNEX 1.0%
8
GF
Griffon Corporation GFF 0.9%
9
CD
CareDx, Inc CDNA 0.9%
10
SI
Signet Jewelers Limited SIG 0.9%

Positions in the fund: 334. The ten largest make up 11% of it.

Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By country

United States 92%
Ireland 2.1%
Bermuda 1.6%
Canada 0.7%
Other countries 3.2%

By company size

Large cap 5.0%
Mid cap 72%
Small cap 23%

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.

Largest country: United States (92%). Largest size group: Mid cap (72%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive

Yearly costs: 0.85%
A year from $10,000: $85.00
Over 20 years: $3,981

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $85.00 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 $3,981.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run

+1.5%

-22%

+21%

+4.1%

+10%

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A year on average, 10 years: +5.1%
Deepest drop: -43%
Yearly volatility: 18%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 43% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out

0.00

0.06

0.08

0.05

0.46

20212022202320242025

Yield: 2.02%
Payments a year: 4
Last payment: $0.42

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.43 per share, which is 2.02% of today's price. The last payment was $0.42 on Dec 16, 2025.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation

P/E of the companies inside: 19.8
Average Bulios Score: 64 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

Undervalued 22%
Fairly valued 13%
Overvalued 64%

On average the companies inside trade for 19.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 64% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 37% 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
PS PSC Principal U.S. Small-Cap Multi-Factor ETF	United States	0.38%	$1.19B	+17%	Pays out	30%
SE SEIS SEI Exchange Traded Funds - SEI Select Small Cap ETF	United States	0.55%	$611.9M	+11%	Pays out	29%
OM OMFS Invesco Russell 2000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF	United States	0.39%	$264.4M	+11%	Pays out	26%
SL SLYG State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF	United States	0.15%	$4.62B	+12%	Pays out	25%
FS FSEG Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap Growth ETF	United States	0.28%	$5.10M	-	Pays out	25%
IJ IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF	United States	0.18%	$7.53B	+12%	Pays out	24%