Virtus Technology Fund (DRGTX)
The fund seeks to achieve its objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of U.S. companies and other U.S.-traded equity securities of technology companies. The fund's managers consider U.S.-traded equity securities to include ADRs, as well as securities that are traded in the U.S. that have been issued by companies established, domiciled or operating in foreign countries. It is non-diversified.
Fund Info
US92837Q8437
018919464
Dec 26, 1995
$1,000,000
Large-Cap
Growth
Expense Ratio
DRGTX has a high expense ratio of 1.16%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
Virtus Technology Fund (DRGTX) returned -0.33% year-to-date (YTD) and 19.35% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, DRGTX returned 3.65% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.78%.
DRGTX
-0.33%
19.73%
-0.75%
19.35%
4.51%
3.65%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.19%
9.00%
-1.55%
12.31%
15.59%
10.78%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of DRGTX, 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 | 3.19% | -7.62% | -10.55% | 3.56% | 12.87% | -0.33% | |||||||
2024 | 4.13% | 8.64% | 1.10% | -4.64% | 5.66% | 8.02% | -4.67% | 2.65% | 4.19% | -0.92% | 7.36% | 0.49% | 35.67% |
2023 | 13.91% | 0.63% | 9.14% | -1.69% | 12.10% | 7.81% | 4.94% | -2.46% | -5.95% | -3.29% | 14.01% | 4.95% | 65.59% |
2022 | -12.14% | -1.74% | 0.35% | -14.24% | -4.95% | -8.97% | 11.40% | -3.27% | -10.93% | 2.13% | 2.22% | -24.77% | -51.54% |
2021 | 0.28% | 3.27% | -5.54% | 6.22% | -1.83% | 4.79% | 0.44% | 4.27% | -4.55% | 8.02% | -0.47% | -23.87% | -12.52% |
2020 | 6.90% | -4.31% | -10.11% | 13.34% | 12.08% | 6.64% | 9.69% | 8.77% | -4.10% | -1.72% | 12.61% | -8.07% | 45.02% |
2019 | 11.44% | 5.48% | 2.48% | 6.61% | -8.00% | 5.86% | 2.65% | -3.55% | -6.00% | 2.58% | 7.31% | -13.88% | 10.35% |
2018 | 11.58% | -0.07% | -1.75% | 0.29% | 7.03% | -0.41% | 0.44% | 11.17% | -0.57% | -12.61% | -0.42% | -23.73% | -13.71% |
2017 | 6.56% | 4.42% | 3.27% | 3.31% | 6.65% | -2.29% | 4.96% | 3.29% | 1.79% | 8.60% | 0.52% | -14.87% | 26.87% |
2016 | -6.13% | -3.24% | 6.67% | -3.00% | 4.88% | -2.02% | 6.68% | 1.97% | 2.52% | -1.57% | -1.20% | -4.84% | -0.33% |
2015 | -3.41% | 7.84% | -1.81% | 1.23% | 3.72% | -2.13% | 1.90% | -8.73% | -1.63% | 9.36% | 2.21% | -15.04% | -8.69% |
2014 | 0.59% | 6.25% | -4.84% | -3.49% | 4.19% | 4.69% | -1.53% | 5.56% | -1.77% | 0.99% | 4.86% | -18.18% | -5.29% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of DRGTX is 59, indicating average performance compared to other mutual funds on our website. Here’s a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Virtus Technology Fund (DRGTX) 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
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 Virtus Technology 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 Virtus Technology Fund was 83.33%, occurring on Oct 9, 2002. Recovery took 4481 trading sessions.
The current Virtus Technology Fund drawdown is 22.42%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-83.33% | Mar 10, 2000 | 645 | Oct 9, 2002 | 4481 | Aug 5, 2020 | 5126 |
-66.46% | Nov 19, 2021 | 283 | Jan 5, 2023 | — | — | — |
-33.84% | Jul 21, 1998 | 58 | Oct 8, 1998 | 32 | Nov 23, 1998 | 90 |
-17.94% | Dec 17, 2020 | 100 | May 12, 2021 | 113 | Oct 21, 2021 | 213 |
-14.69% | Apr 12, 1999 | 7 | Apr 20, 1999 | 51 | Jun 30, 1999 | 58 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
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