Summary
American Century Utilities 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: 38. The ten largest make up 50% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $312.8M
- Positions
- 38
- Dividend yield
- 11.34%
- Running since
- 1993
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 1993.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 50% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 32% 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
- +3.7%
- 3 months
- -8.8%
- This year
- -0.3%
- 1 year
- -13%
- 3 years
- +39%
- 5 years
- +0.9%
- 10 years
- +2.1%
- Avg. market cap
- $56.1B
- P/E
- 16.9x
- Forward P/E
- 16.5x
- P/S
- 2.3x
- P/B
- 2.0x
- P/FCF
- -
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.1x
- Dividend yield
- 3.16%
- ROIC
- 4.0%
- ROE
- 13.2%
- Gross margin
- 51.9%
- Operating margin
- 22.2%
- Net margin
- 15.4%
- Payout ratio
- 53.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 5.5x
- Beta
- 0.49
Weighted average of the 35 largest companies, which make up 99% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 NENextEra Energy NEE 11%
- 2 DUDuke Energy Corporation DUK 7.6%
- 3 SOThe Southern Company SO 4.6%
- 4 VSVistra Corp. VST 4.5%
- 5 EXExelon EXC 4.5%
- 6 PEPublic Service Enterprise Group PEG 4.0%
- 7 EDConsolidated Edison, Inc. ED 4.0%
- 8 DTDTE Energy Company DTE 3.6%
- 9 DDominion Energy D 3.4%
- 10 EIEdison International EIX 3.4%
Positions in the fund: 38. The ten largest make up 50% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 99%
- Other countries 0.7%
By company size
- Large cap 90%
- Mid cap 9.9%
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 (99%). Largest size group: Large cap (90%).
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
- +0.2%
- Deepest drop
- -32%
- Yearly volatility
- 18%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 0.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 32% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 11.34%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.13
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.07 per share, which is 11.34% of today's price. The last payment was $0.13 on Sep 8, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 16.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 65 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 46%
- Fairly valued 14%
- Overvalued 40%
On average the companies inside trade for 16.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 46% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (35), which make up 99% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZP ZPDU.DE State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) | Ireland | 0.15% | $203.9M | -1.6% | Reinvests | 72% |
TR TRUU VanEck Utilities TruSector ETF | United States | 0.10% | $231.1K | - | Pays out | 72% |
XL XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund | United States | 0.08% | $24.7B | -54% | Pays out | 72% |
2B 2B7A.DE iShares S&P 500 Utilities Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.15% | $1.34B | -1.8% | Reinvests | 72% |
FU FUTY Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF | United States | 0.08% | $2.03B | -7.1% | Pays out | 72% |
VP VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund | United States | 0.09% | $9.50B | -7.1% | Pays out | 72% |
