BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund MDFGX NASDAQ · Financials · United States
$28.52 +0.00% +$0.00
Summary
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund is a mutual fund run by BlackRock. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 45. The ten largest make up 47% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.92%
- Fund size
- $3.21B
- Positions
- 45
- Dividend yield
- 39.33%
- Running since
- 1997
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $3.21B under management.
- It has been running since 1997.
What to watch
- 54% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.92% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- 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
- -9.5%
- 3 months
- -12%
- This year
- -18%
- 1 year
- -25%
- 3 years
- -7.3%
- 5 years
- -31%
- 10 years
- +28%
- Avg. market cap
- $675.9B
- P/E
- 31.4x
- Forward P/E
- 24.5x
- P/S
- 4.1x
- P/B
- 8.9x
- P/FCF
- 21.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 22.3x
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
- ROIC
- 15.7%
- ROE
- 33.8%
- Gross margin
- 44.0%
- Operating margin
- 24.3%
- Net margin
- 16.9%
- Payout ratio
- 12.8%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.0x
- Beta
- 1.27
Weighted average of the 27 largest companies, which make up 56% 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 NVIDIA 13%
- 2 MICROSOFT 5.0%
- 3 AAApple AAPL 4.7%
- 4 ALPHABET CLASS A 4.6%
- 5 AMAmazon.com, Inc. AMZN.TO 4.1%
- 6 ALPHABET CLASS C 3.7%
- 7 MUMicron Technology, Inc. MU.TO 3.7%
- 8 ELI LILLY 2.9%
- 9 PAPalo Alto Networks PANW 2.6%
- 10 WPWheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM.TO 2.6%
Positions in the fund: 45. The ten largest make up 47% of it.
Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 54%
- Communication services 13%
- Industrials 12%
- Basic materials 4.6%
- Consumer cyclical 4.4%
- Other 12%
By country
- United States 94%
- Canada 4.1%
- Mexico 1.5%
By company size
- Mega cap 47%
- Large cap 50%
- Mid cap 2.7%
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 56% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (54%). Largest country: United States (94%). Largest size group: Large cap (50%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $92.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,282
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $92.00 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 $4,282.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +2.5%
- Deepest drop
- -49%
- Yearly volatility
- 33%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 2.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 49% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 39.33%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $7.47
Over the last 12 months it paid $11.22 per share, which is 39.33% of today's price. The last payment was $7.47 on Jul 22, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 31.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 23%
- Fairly valued 24%
- Overvalued 54%
On average the companies inside trade for 31.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 54% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (27), which make up 56% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BG BGRO iShares Large Cap Growth Active ETF | United States | 0.55% | $8.78M | +1.0% | Pays out | 22% |