Summary
American Century Select 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: 53. The ten largest make up 64% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.98%
- Fund size
- $6.39B
- Positions
- 53
- Dividend yield
- 9.65%
- Running since
- 1971
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $6.39B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.5%.
- It has been running since 1971.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 64% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- High costs: 0.98% a year.
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 42% 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
- -4.9%
- 3 months
- +0.3%
- This year
- +1.4%
- 1 year
- -9.6%
- 3 years
- +40%
- 5 years
- +5.5%
- 10 years
- +126%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.39T
- P/E
- 25.8x
- Forward P/E
- 22.1x
- P/S
- 7.8x
- P/B
- 9.0x
- P/FCF
- 38.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.7x
- Dividend yield
- 0.50%
- ROIC
- 26.7%
- ROE
- 54.2%
- Gross margin
- 61.4%
- Operating margin
- 36.1%
- Net margin
- 28.8%
- Payout ratio
- 13.0%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.0x
- Beta
- 1.17
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 100% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 17%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.7%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 6.5%
- 4 GOAlphabet GOOGL 6.3%
- 5 AMAmazon AMZN 5.7%
- 6 MEMeta META 4.9%
- 7 GOAlphabet GOOG 4.7%
- 8 AVBroadcom AVGO 3.8%
- 9 LLEli Lilly LLY 3.5%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 3.5%
Positions in the fund: 53. The ten largest make up 64% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 94%
- Switzerland 0.3%
- Netherlands 0.09%
- Other countries 5.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 86%
- Large cap 12%
- Mid cap 1.2%
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 (94%). Largest size group: Mega cap (86%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- Yearly costs
- 0.98%
- A year from $10,000
- $98.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,537
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $98.00 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 $4,537.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.5%
- Deepest drop
- -42%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 42% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.65%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $12.93
Over the last 12 months it paid $12.93 per share, which is 9.65% of today's price. The last payment was $12.93 on Dec 16, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 25.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 1.3%
- Fairly valued 8.3%
- Overvalued 90%
On average the companies inside trade for 25.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 90% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 100% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HE HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF | United States | 0.58% | $36.6M | - | Pays out | 67% |
MG MGK Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.05% | $35.0B | +3.2% | Pays out | 65% |
IW IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | United States | 0.20% | $15.1B | -2.6% | Pays out | 63% |
PJ PJFG PGIM Jennison Focused Growth ETF | United States | 0.75% | $135.1M | -0.3% | Reinvests | 63% |
VU VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $380.6B | +2.3% | Pays out | 63% |
LG LGDS JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Large Growth ETF | United States | 0.40% | $1.14B | - | Reinvests | 62% |
