Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund (PBSIX)
The investment seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital. The fund typically invests in a focused portfolio of common stocks of small companies and, under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of U.S. issuers that are small companies. The Adviser considers small companies for this purpose to be those companies that, at the time of purchase, are generally within the range of the market capitalizations of companies in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index on a rolling three-year basis. The fund is non-diversified.
Fund Info
US3608751653
360875165
Nov 1, 2017
$100,000
Small-Cap
Growth
Expense Ratio
PBSIX 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
Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund (PBSIX) returned -7.83% year-to-date (YTD) and 1.85% over the past 12 months.
PBSIX
-7.83%
4.64%
-14.89%
1.85%
1.11%
2.12%
N/A
^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 PBSIX, 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 | 4.82% | -7.47% | -8.01% | -0.75% | 4.08% | -7.83% | |||||||
| 2024 | -2.57% | 2.00% | 1.75% | -8.38% | 2.25% | -2.49% | 10.38% | -2.52% | -0.35% | -0.21% | 13.84% | -7.78% | 3.75% |
| 2023 | 13.96% | -0.89% | -1.87% | -2.21% | -2.26% | 8.71% | 3.16% | -3.56% | -3.47% | -8.57% | 9.62% | 9.92% | 21.83% |
| 2022 | -15.85% | -5.51% | -2.00% | -16.37% | -3.71% | -7.85% | 10.69% | -4.83% | -9.20% | 8.47% | 4.19% | -8.66% | -42.90% |
| 2021 | 1.85% | 2.03% | -3.45% | 6.66% | -2.29% | 8.47% | 2.16% | 2.91% | -3.51% | 6.33% | -3.82% | -1.04% | 16.44% |
| 2020 | 2.28% | -5.81% | -19.44% | 17.21% | 15.04% | 7.47% | 6.95% | 4.20% | -6.89% | 3.49% | 11.26% | 11.65% | 50.02% |
| 2019 | 11.39% | 3.09% | -0.43% | 6.79% | -6.92% | 6.83% | 0.97% | -1.68% | -2.93% | 0.17% | 2.77% | 0.65% | 21.22% |
| 2018 | 4.10% | -2.59% | 0.89% | -0.20% | 5.48% | 3.06% | 1.44% | 10.66% | -3.05% | -12.00% | 5.36% | -8.96% | 1.96% |
| 2017 | 1.73% | 0.20% | 1.94% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of PBSIX is 12, meaning it’s performing worse than 88% 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 Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund (PBSIX) 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
Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund provided a 0.00% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.00 per share.
| Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.75 | $0.02 | $0.06 | $0.02 |
Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.60% | 0.11% | 0.48% | 0.17% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Polen U.S. Small Company Growth 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 | $0.00 | $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 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.75 | $0.75 |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.06 | $0.06 |
| 2018 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
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 Polen U.S. Small Company Growth 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 Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund was 52.49%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. The portfolio has not yet recovered.
The current Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Fund drawdown is 40.47%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -52.49% | Nov 10, 2021 | 234 | Oct 14, 2022 | — | — | — |
| -35.56% | Feb 21, 2020 | 22 | Mar 23, 2020 | 50 | Jun 3, 2020 | 72 |
| -24.34% | Sep 5, 2018 | 77 | Dec 24, 2018 | 84 | Apr 26, 2019 | 161 |
| -12.95% | Feb 10, 2021 | 64 | May 12, 2021 | 30 | Jun 24, 2021 | 94 |
| -12.06% | Sep 3, 2020 | 15 | Sep 24, 2020 | 13 | Oct 13, 2020 | 28 |
Volatility
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