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1919 Financial Services Fund (SBFAX)
Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Dividends
Drawdowns
Volatility

Fund Info

ISIN

US89832P8793

CUSIP

89832P879

Issuer

Blackrock

Inception Date

Nov 16, 1998

Min. Investment

$1,000

Asset Class

Equity

Expense Ratio

SBFAX has a high expense ratio of 1.36%, indicating above-average management fees.


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1919 Financial Services Fund

Performance

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S&P 500

Returns By Period

1919 Financial Services Fund (SBFAX) returned 0.69% year-to-date (YTD) and 23.32% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, SBFAX returned 9.29% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.84%.


SBFAX

YTD

0.69%

1M

3.73%

6M

-6.38%

1Y

23.32%

3Y*

6.96%

5Y*

13.46%

10Y*

9.29%

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.52%

1M

6.32%

6M

-1.44%

1Y

12.25%

3Y*

12.45%

5Y*

14.20%

10Y*

10.84%

*Annualized

Monthly Returns

The table below presents the monthly returns of SBFAX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20254.38%1.29%-3.95%-4.65%3.99%0.69%
2024-0.39%1.65%4.82%-5.37%4.20%-0.26%9.28%2.88%-0.23%3.40%10.61%-6.75%24.86%
20234.76%-1.59%-14.48%-0.73%-5.77%5.99%8.50%-3.97%-4.06%-3.05%11.03%7.90%1.50%
2022-1.25%-1.48%-2.15%-8.25%2.46%-8.11%6.21%-2.05%-6.07%10.89%2.58%-5.90%-13.99%
2021-0.60%13.96%4.80%4.77%2.06%-4.19%-1.32%2.85%0.72%5.45%-3.78%3.63%30.74%
2020-3.18%-9.97%-22.97%10.22%3.30%0.05%-0.28%3.85%-5.18%6.12%15.98%8.35%0.14%
20198.65%4.77%-3.97%7.35%-5.99%5.49%3.62%-5.61%3.82%1.60%4.46%2.94%29.11%
20183.90%-2.02%-0.83%1.20%2.23%-1.62%1.61%2.05%-2.83%-9.03%2.03%-11.46%-14.91%
2017-0.13%3.68%-2.04%0.13%-2.45%4.77%0.81%-2.58%7.37%2.28%3.02%-0.59%14.65%
2016-6.79%-2.78%6.41%3.23%3.28%-4.09%3.26%4.13%-1.12%-0.05%14.16%5.71%26.43%
2015-6.80%5.86%0.68%-0.26%1.14%3.40%1.84%-3.91%0.05%4.62%3.74%-3.25%6.52%
2014-5.01%2.52%1.97%-2.63%-0.28%3.23%-2.79%3.25%-1.98%5.99%0.15%2.03%6.08%
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Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank

With an overall rank of 80, SBFAX is among the top 20% of 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.


The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of SBFAX is 8080
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of SBFAX is 8181
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of SBFAX is 7878
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of SBFAX is 8080
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of SBFAX is 8484
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of SBFAX is 7777
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators

The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for 1919 Financial Services Fund (SBFAX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.


The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

1919 Financial Services Fund Sharpe ratios as of May 30, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 1.18
  • 5-Year: 0.61
  • 10-Year: 0.40
  • All Time: 0.37

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of 1919 Financial Services Fund compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.


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Dividends

Dividend History

1919 Financial Services Fund provided a 10.53% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $3.08 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 2 consecutive years.


0.00%2.00%4.00%6.00%8.00%10.00%$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.5020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Dividend$3.08$3.08$2.80$0.68$1.62$1.37$1.09$0.36$0.00$0.69$1.40$0.50

Dividend yield

10.53%10.60%10.93%2.40%4.83%5.09%3.85%1.58%0.00%2.93%7.25%2.59%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for 1919 Financial Services Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
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$3.08$3.08
2023$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$2.80$2.80
2022$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.68$0.68
2021$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.62$1.62
2020$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.37$1.37
2019$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.09$1.09
2018$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.36$0.36
2017$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
2016$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.69$0.69
2015$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.40$1.40
2014$0.02$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.49$0.50

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 1919 Financial Services 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 1919 Financial Services Fund was 51.76%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 993 trading sessions.

The current 1919 Financial Services Fund drawdown is 6.38%.


Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-51.76%Jun 5, 2007442Mar 9, 2009993Feb 19, 20131435
-43.58%Feb 21, 202022Mar 23, 2020200Jan 6, 2021222
-33.94%Jan 13, 2022328May 4, 2023363Oct 14, 2024691
-31.6%Jan 4, 2001439Oct 9, 2002301Dec 19, 2003740
-25.86%Jun 11, 2018137Dec 24, 2018244Dec 12, 2019381
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Volatility

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The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.


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