Summary
Disciplined Core Equity 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: 181. The ten largest make up 36% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $1.86B
- Positions
- 181
- Dividend yield
- 9.91%
- Running since
- 1991
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $1.86B under management.
- It has been running since 1991.
What to watch
- 97% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 46% 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
- +0.4%
- 3 months
- +4.7%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +7.3%
- 3 years
- +66%
- 5 years
- +6.1%
- 10 years
- +42%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.83T
- P/E
- 23.6x
- Forward P/E
- 20.4x
- P/S
- 3.2x
- P/B
- 6.4x
- P/FCF
- 22.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.4x
- Dividend yield
- 1.05%
- ROIC
- 28.2%
- ROE
- 60.0%
- Gross margin
- 56.5%
- Operating margin
- 31.2%
- Net margin
- 28.0%
- Payout ratio
- 24.8%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.3x
- Beta
- 0.97
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 78% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 7.9%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.1%
- 3 AMAmazon AMZN 3.3%
- 4 GOAlphabet GOOG 3.1%
- 5 MSMicrosoft MSFT 3.0%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.7%
- 7 MEMeta META 2.4%
- 8 LRLam Research LRCX 2.2%
- 9 MUMicron MU 2.1%
- 10 ABAbbVie ABBV 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 181. The ten largest make up 36% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 97%
- Ireland 1.7%
- Netherlands 0.8%
- United Kingdom 0.1%
- Other countries 0.8%
By company size
- Mega cap 61%
- Large cap 36%
- Mid cap 2.4%
- Small cap 0.2%
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 (97%). Largest size group: Mega cap (61%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- A year from $10,000
- $65.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,099
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 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 $3,099.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +3.6%
- Deepest drop
- -46%
- Yearly volatility
- 17%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 3.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 46% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.91%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $4.06 per share, which is 9.91% of today's price. The last payment was $0.04 on Sep 8, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 71 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 14%
- Fairly valued 15%
- Overvalued 72%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 72% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 78% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SG SGLC SGI U.S. Large Cap Core ETF | United States | 0.85% | $145.5M | +24% | Pays out | 56% |
QL QLC Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF | United States | 0.26% | $1.12B | +17% | Pays out | 54% |
PF PFDE Pathfinder Disciplined US Equity ETF | United States | 0.59% | $71.8M | - | Pays out | 54% |
EL EL4I.DE Deka MSCI USA LC UCITS ETF | Germany | 0.30% | $145.3M | +22% | Pays out | 54% |
VS VSP.TO Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-hedged) | Canada | 0.08% | $4.47B | +13% | Pays out | 54% |
XR XRSM.DE Xtrackers MSCI USA Screened UCITS ETF 1C | Ireland | 0.07% | $1.56B | +21% | Reinvests | 54% |