North Star Dividend Fund (NSDVX)
The investment seeks to generate dividend income and the secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in a diversified portfolio of dividend paying securities. In general, it invests within a potentially wide range of net exposures of companies that pay dividends, meaning that normally the adviser expects to invest approximately 80% to 100% of its net assets in net long positions in securities that the adviser deems to be underpriced. Target position sizes will range from 0% to 5% of the fund's net assets.
Fund Info
US66538A2657
66538A265
May 31, 2013
$5,000
Small-Cap
Value
Expense Ratio
NSDVX has a high expense ratio of 1.37%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
North Star Dividend Fund (NSDVX) returned -6.50% year-to-date (YTD) and -2.02% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, NSDVX returned 5.61% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.85%.
NSDVX
-6.50%
0.49%
-10.78%
-2.02%
2.24%
9.08%
5.61%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.51%
5.49%
-2.00%
12.02%
12.68%
14.19%
10.85%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of NSDVX, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.55% | -0.85% | -2.95% | -3.00% | -0.39% | -6.50% | |||||||
| 2024 | -2.28% | 2.09% | 3.59% | -4.99% | 4.00% | -3.83% | 9.14% | -1.55% | 0.94% | -1.73% | 7.14% | -4.58% | 7.01% |
| 2023 | 6.69% | -0.74% | -6.20% | -2.76% | -3.11% | 6.21% | 5.24% | -2.29% | -4.63% | -3.61% | 5.76% | 8.73% | 8.06% |
| 2022 | -2.28% | 0.27% | 0.87% | -5.68% | 1.62% | -5.71% | 4.40% | -2.22% | -9.31% | 9.60% | 5.98% | -2.51% | -6.36% |
| 2021 | 5.28% | 5.07% | 4.18% | 1.92% | 3.20% | -1.59% | -2.19% | 1.15% | -2.83% | 2.30% | -3.94% | 3.09% | 16.16% |
| 2020 | -3.18% | -7.38% | -17.52% | 11.04% | -1.26% | 5.89% | -0.79% | 5.60% | -2.86% | 1.50% | 13.99% | 5.35% | 6.51% |
| 2019 | 7.82% | 3.31% | -5.66% | 3.12% | -3.73% | 4.72% | 1.01% | -2.68% | 5.56% | 1.97% | 1.21% | -0.74% | 16.13% |
| 2018 | 1.29% | -3.33% | 2.11% | 0.89% | 2.07% | 4.54% | -2.43% | 2.62% | -2.81% | -7.86% | -2.01% | -7.31% | -12.35% |
| 2017 | -2.04% | 0.02% | 0.52% | 2.99% | -3.05% | 3.63% | 0.41% | -2.14% | 5.29% | 1.87% | 1.77% | -0.97% | 8.27% |
| 2016 | -1.00% | 0.71% | 3.08% | 0.78% | 1.21% | 4.16% | 2.82% | 0.63% | 2.93% | -2.36% | 5.60% | 3.09% | 23.59% |
| 2015 | -2.46% | 4.64% | -1.94% | -2.69% | -1.53% | 2.73% | -1.56% | -1.46% | -2.13% | 2.84% | 1.56% | -0.47% | -2.77% |
| 2014 | -0.75% | 3.56% | 1.93% | -2.14% | 0.95% | 1.54% | -2.89% | 2.93% | -3.72% | 4.40% | 0.53% | 3.51% | 9.89% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of NSDVX is 9, meaning it’s performing worse than 91% 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 North Star Dividend Fund (NSDVX) 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
North Star Dividend Fund provided a 5.52% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $1.14 per share.
| Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $1.14 | $1.09 | $0.55 | $1.37 | $0.78 | $0.32 | $0.53 | $1.22 | $0.54 | $0.96 | $0.62 | $0.82 |
Dividend yield | 5.52% | 4.89% | 2.52% | 6.57% | 3.31% | 1.52% | 2.64% | 6.87% | 2.48% | 4.67% | 3.53% | 4.43% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for North Star Dividend 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.05 | $0.05 | $0.07 | $0.02 | $0.08 | $0.27 | |||||||
| 2024 | $0.01 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.02 | $0.09 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.11 | $0.52 | $1.09 |
| 2023 | $0.05 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.02 | $0.07 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.23 | $0.55 |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.00 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.09 | $0.01 | $0.05 | $0.97 | $1.37 |
| 2021 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.47 | $0.78 |
| 2020 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.06 | $0.32 |
| 2019 | $0.05 | $0.03 | $0.07 | $0.02 | $0.08 | $0.05 | $0.00 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.00 | $0.07 | $0.06 | $0.53 |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.06 | $0.82 | $1.22 |
| 2017 | $0.07 | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.06 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.07 | $0.08 | $0.54 |
| 2016 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.05 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.58 | $0.96 |
| 2015 | $0.13 | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.17 | $0.62 |
| 2014 | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.13 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.06 | $0.00 | $0.03 | $0.40 | $0.82 |
Drawdowns
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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 North Star Dividend 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 North Star Dividend Fund was 38.64%, occurring on Mar 18, 2020. Recovery took 191 trading sessions.
The current North Star Dividend Fund drawdown is 11.23%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -38.64% | Jun 27, 2018 | 434 | Mar 18, 2020 | 191 | Dec 17, 2020 | 625 |
| -22.58% | Jun 9, 2021 | 332 | Sep 30, 2022 | 449 | Jul 17, 2024 | 781 |
| -16.61% | Dec 3, 2024 | 86 | Apr 8, 2025 | — | — | — |
| -10.6% | Mar 3, 2015 | 224 | Jan 20, 2016 | 94 | Jun 3, 2016 | 318 |
| -8.12% | Aug 1, 2024 | 5 | Aug 7, 2024 | 50 | Oct 17, 2024 | 55 |
Volatility
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