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: 186. The ten largest make up 37% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $1.86B
- Positions
- 186
- Dividend yield
- 10.53%
- Running since
- 1991
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $1.86B under management.
- It has been running since 1991.
What to watch
- 98% 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
- -6.0%
- 3 months
- -4.5%
- This year
- +8.4%
- 1 year
- +0.6%
- 3 years
- +56%
- 5 years
- -3.5%
- 10 years
- +34%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.82T
- P/E
- 20.6x
- Forward P/E
- 17.7x
- P/S
- 3.0x
- P/B
- 5.4x
- P/FCF
- 19.9x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.6x
- Dividend yield
- 1.08%
- ROIC
- 27.8%
- ROE
- 56.2%
- Gross margin
- 56.7%
- Operating margin
- 31.1%
- Net margin
- 27.7%
- Payout ratio
- 22.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.6x
- Beta
- 0.97
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 77% 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 8.8%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 8.0%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.2%
- 4 MEMeta META 3.5%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOG 2.8%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.5%
- 7 AMAmazon AMZN 2.2%
- 8 GOAlphabet GOOGL 1.8%
- 9 ABAbbVie ABBV 1.8%
- 10 MRMerck & Co. MRK 1.7%
Positions in the fund: 186. The ten largest make up 37% of it.
Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 98%
- Ireland 0.9%
- Netherlands 0.7%
- Sweden 0.2%
- Other countries 0.7%
By company size
- Mega cap 60%
- Large cap 38%
- Mid cap 2.1%
- Small cap 0.06%
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 (98%). Largest size group: Mega cap (60%).
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
- +3.0%
- Deepest drop
- -46%
- Yearly volatility
- 18%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 3.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 46% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 10.53%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $4.06 per share, which is 10.53% 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
- 20.6
- Average Bulios Score
- 73 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 9.9%
- Fairly valued 19%
- Overvalued 71%
On average the companies inside trade for 20.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 71% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 77% 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.
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