Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund (BRUSX)
The investment seeks to provide a long-term total return on capital, primarily through capital appreciation. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of ultra-small companies. It invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in ultra-small company stocks based on company size at the time of purchase. The fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in foreign securities. It may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities.
Fund Info
US1087473047
108747304
Aug 5, 1994
$2,000
Small-Cap
Value
Expense Ratio
BRUSX has a high expense ratio of 1.26%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund (BRUSX) returned -8.95% year-to-date (YTD) and 8.33% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, BRUSX returned 6.32% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.84%.
BRUSX
-8.95%
7.75%
-8.77%
8.33%
6.59%
19.13%
6.32%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.52%
6.32%
-1.44%
12.25%
12.45%
14.20%
10.84%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of BRUSX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | 1.58% | -5.34% | -9.25% | -3.73% | 8.37% | -8.95% | |||||||
2024 | -1.75% | 6.26% | 2.81% | -8.08% | 1.49% | -4.50% | 11.66% | -2.23% | 0.34% | -1.20% | 14.70% | -0.96% | 17.57% |
2023 | 9.27% | -0.90% | -4.05% | -1.02% | -2.02% | 5.86% | 5.79% | -8.35% | -5.75% | -4.09% | 7.61% | 17.47% | 18.21% |
2022 | -7.27% | 4.86% | 1.79% | -4.31% | -2.05% | -6.95% | 7.81% | -1.61% | -11.45% | 9.92% | 3.21% | -3.20% | -10.98% |
2021 | 12.58% | 9.95% | 3.19% | 2.70% | 8.51% | 2.38% | -4.05% | -0.22% | -2.20% | 1.45% | -4.76% | 1.22% | 33.46% |
2020 | -3.79% | -5.31% | -28.72% | 23.98% | 3.84% | 8.72% | 5.44% | 3.05% | -1.21% | -0.93% | 23.96% | 11.36% | 33.43% |
2019 | 12.40% | 5.44% | -4.06% | 0.24% | -9.75% | 4.77% | -2.73% | -4.68% | 3.79% | -1.59% | 3.41% | 3.78% | 9.52% |
2018 | 1.29% | -3.07% | 1.72% | -1.23% | 3.92% | 3.65% | 3.86% | 2.97% | -4.07% | -8.28% | -4.37% | -11.89% | -15.77% |
2017 | 0.44% | -0.81% | 0.78% | -0.13% | -2.96% | 3.94% | -1.27% | -2.02% | 6.23% | 0.03% | -1.78% | 1.70% | 3.86% |
2016 | -9.72% | 1.39% | 7.47% | 3.01% | -2.70% | 0.12% | 3.42% | -2.05% | 3.61% | -6.82% | 12.35% | 5.17% | 14.07% |
2015 | -3.94% | 6.27% | -0.09% | 0.77% | -2.98% | -3.98% | -5.53% | -2.96% | -7.72% | 8.68% | 1.25% | -5.88% | -16.12% |
2014 | -1.77% | 6.47% | -1.41% | -3.01% | -0.15% | 3.18% | -5.67% | 4.59% | -6.88% | 3.28% | -0.40% | 2.13% | -0.56% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of BRUSX is 25, meaning it’s performing worse than 75% of other mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund (BRUSX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
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Dividends
Dividend History
Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund provided a 2.70% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.81 per share.
Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Dividend | $0.81 | $0.81 | $1.42 | $4.71 | $8.23 | $0.49 | $0.28 | $3.11 | $0.60 | $0.33 | $0.27 | $8.17 |
Dividend yield | 2.70% | 2.46% | 4.97% | 18.41% | 24.24% | 1.53% | 1.14% | 13.87% | 1.99% | 1.12% | 1.03% | 25.75% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||||||
2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.81 | $0.81 |
2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.42 | $1.42 |
2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $4.71 | $4.71 |
2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $8.23 | $8.23 |
2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.49 | $0.49 |
2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.28 | $0.28 |
2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $3.11 | $3.11 |
2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.33 | $0.33 |
2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.27 | $0.27 |
2014 | $8.17 | $8.17 |
Drawdowns
Drawdowns Chart
The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.
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Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund was 68.22%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 1045 trading sessions.
The current Bridgeway Ultra Small Company Fund drawdown is 12.73%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-68.22% | Dec 15, 2006 | 557 | Mar 9, 2009 | 1045 | May 3, 2013 | 1602 |
-55.77% | Sep 5, 2018 | 386 | Mar 18, 2020 | 182 | Dec 4, 2020 | 568 |
-49.4% | Apr 23, 1998 | 121 | Oct 8, 1998 | 320 | Dec 30, 1999 | 441 |
-34.22% | Mar 5, 2014 | 490 | Feb 11, 2016 | 603 | Jul 5, 2018 | 1093 |
-30.56% | May 21, 2002 | 89 | Sep 26, 2002 | 140 | Apr 17, 2003 | 229 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
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