Summary
American Century Equity Income 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: 118. The ten largest make up 31% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.94%
- Fund size
- $6.45B
- Positions
- 118
- Dividend yield
- 9.31%
- Running since
- 1994
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $6.45B under management.
- It has been running since 1994.
What to watch
- High costs: 0.94% a year.
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
- +2.3%
- 3 months
- +1.9%
- This year
- +12%
- 1 year
- +4.9%
- 3 years
- +14%
- 5 years
- -6.7%
- 10 years
- +6.6%
- Avg. market cap
- $473.8B
- P/E
- 19.3x
- Forward P/E
- 16.8x
- P/S
- 2.3x
- P/B
- 3.3x
- P/FCF
- 17.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 13.7x
- Dividend yield
- 2.50%
- ROIC
- 62,071.8%
- ROE
- 25.8%
- Gross margin
- 46.1%
- Operating margin
- 21.1%
- Net margin
- 16.0%
- Payout ratio
- 48.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.9x
- Beta
- 0.45
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 64% 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 US DOLLARS 7.6%
- 2 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 3.3%
- 3 MRMarsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MRSH 3.2%
- 4 JPJPMorgan JPM 2.9%
- 5 EPEnterprise Products Partners L.P. EPD 2.7%
- 6 MSMicrosoft MSFT 2.6%
- 7 Becton Dickinson & Co 2.5%
- 8 Medtronic PLC 2.3%
- 9 KMKimberly-Clark Corporation KMB 2.3%
- 10 PEPepsiCo PEP 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 118. The ten largest make up 31% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy country
- United States 79%
- United Kingdom 4.0%
- Ireland 3.2%
- France 2.2%
- Other countries 12%
By company size
- Mega cap 33%
- Large cap 57%
- Mid cap 10%
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 73% of the fund.
Largest country: United States (79%). Largest size group: Large cap (57%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- Yearly costs
- 0.94%
- A year from $10,000
- $94.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,368
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $94.00 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 $4,368.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +0.6%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 12%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 0.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.31%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.05
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.88 per share, which is 9.31% of today's price. The last payment was $0.05 on Sep 8, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 19.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 67 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 23%
- Fairly valued 22%
- Overvalued 54%
On average the companies inside trade for 19.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 54% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 64% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FL FLV American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.42% | $386.4M | +17% | Pays out | 51% |
DV DVND Touchstone Dividend Select ETF | United States | 1.15% | $54.2M | +12% | Pays out | 29% |
DV DVVY Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust - Invesco Diversified Dividend Opportunities ETF | United States | 0.33% | $2.74M | - | Pays out | 24% |
PF PFM Invesco Dividend Achievers ETF | United States | 0.52% | $795.7M | +13% | Pays out | 24% |
IW IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF | United States | 0.20% | $3.38B | +29% | Pays out | 24% |
DG DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | United States | 0.08% | $44.0B | +16% | Pays out | 23% |
