Summary
American Century Ultra 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: 63. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.89%
- Fund size
- $26.6B
- Positions
- 63
- Dividend yield
- 10.90%
- Running since
- 1981
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $26.6B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%.
- It has been running since 1981.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- High costs: 0.89% a year.
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 44% 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
- -1.0%
- 3 months
- +1.6%
- This year
- +3.7%
- 1 year
- -5.7%
- 3 years
- +40%
- 5 years
- +6.8%
- 10 years
- +168%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.23T
- P/E
- 28.5x
- Forward P/E
- 25.3x
- P/S
- 8.3x
- P/B
- 9.7x
- P/FCF
- 35.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.7x
- Dividend yield
- 0.29%
- ROIC
- 25.8%
- ROE
- 59.2%
- Gross margin
- 59.7%
- Operating margin
- 34.1%
- Net margin
- 32.4%
- Payout ratio
- 8.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.3x
- Beta
- 1.25
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 97% 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 15%
- 2 GOAlphabet GOOGL 6.1%
- 3 AMAmazon AMZN 5.7%
- 4 AAApple AAPL 5.3%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOG 5.3%
- 6 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.8%
- 7 TSTesla TSLA 4.4%
- 8 LLEli Lilly LLY 3.5%
- 9 AMApplied Materials AMAT 3.4%
- 10 MAMastercard MA 2.9%
Positions in the fund: 63. The ten largest make up 57% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 95%
- Netherlands 1.7%
- Denmark 0.7%
- Bermuda 0.6%
- Other countries 1.7%
By company size
- Mega cap 72%
- Large cap 25%
- Mid cap 2.8%
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 (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (72%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- Yearly costs
- 0.89%
- A year from $10,000
- $89.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,154
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $89.00 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 $4,154.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +10%
- Deepest drop
- -44%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 44% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 10.90%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $10.89
Over the last 12 months it paid $10.89 per share, which is 10.90% of today's price. The last payment was $10.89 on Dec 16, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 28.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 7.8%
- Fairly valued 3.8%
- Overvalued 88%
On average the companies inside trade for 28.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 88% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 97% 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IW IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | United States | 0.20% | $16.1B | +4.7% | Pays out | 61% |
TC TCHP T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF | United States | 0.57% | $2.14B | +3.1% | Reinvests | 61% |
IW IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.18% | $124.8B | +4.0% | Pays out | 60% |
VO VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.06% | $54.4B | +4.0% | Pays out | 60% |
MG MGK Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.05% | $35.0B | +12% | Pays out | 59% |
NU NUGO Nuveen Growth Opportunities | United States | 0.49% | $2.37B | +7.7% | Reinvests | 59% |
