Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund (WMGAX)
The investment seeks to provide growth of capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in common stocks of mid-capitalization companies that the manager believes are high quality and/or offer above-average growth potential. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization companies, which, for purposes of this fund typically are companies with market capitalizations similar to those of issuers included in the Russell Midcap Growth Index over the last 13 months at the time of acquisition.
Fund Info
US4660005772
466000577
Jun 30, 2000
$1,000
Mid-Cap
Growth
Expense Ratio
WMGAX has a high expense ratio of 1.12%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund (WMGAX) returned -4.02% year-to-date (YTD) and -6.60% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, WMGAX returned 8.96% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.68%.
WMGAX
-4.02%
6.82%
-11.83%
-6.60%
5.93%
6.13%
8.96%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
-1.34%
5.02%
-3.08%
9.39%
13.76%
14.45%
10.68%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of WMGAX, 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 | 4.58% | -5.56% | -7.54% | -1.66% | 6.87% | -4.02% | |||||||
| 2024 | -2.39% | 7.01% | 2.47% | -6.39% | 1.71% | -1.08% | 0.72% | 1.24% | 3.62% | -3.39% | 7.17% | -7.28% | 2.23% |
| 2023 | 10.64% | -1.15% | 1.71% | -2.95% | 0.36% | 9.15% | 1.94% | -6.25% | -7.00% | -6.72% | 11.37% | 9.87% | 19.97% |
| 2022 | -14.38% | -1.86% | 2.05% | -11.54% | -2.66% | -9.24% | 12.99% | -5.01% | -9.08% | 5.48% | 6.73% | -5.85% | -30.68% |
| 2021 | 1.06% | 2.24% | -1.42% | 5.53% | -1.42% | 4.93% | 3.43% | 1.04% | -4.38% | 5.71% | -3.71% | 2.76% | 16.22% |
| 2020 | 0.59% | -5.71% | -14.01% | 17.68% | 12.17% | 3.84% | 9.59% | 3.02% | -2.00% | -0.50% | 14.07% | 5.83% | 48.56% |
| 2019 | 11.17% | 7.46% | 1.48% | 3.16% | -6.59% | 8.74% | 3.32% | -3.32% | 0.34% | 2.15% | 4.46% | 1.58% | 38.01% |
| 2018 | 6.24% | -1.68% | 0.21% | 0.38% | 4.86% | 1.19% | 1.76% | 6.46% | 0.07% | -11.01% | 2.60% | -9.55% | -0.20% |
| 2017 | 3.39% | 2.53% | 0.68% | 2.40% | 1.08% | 2.14% | 1.32% | 1.03% | 2.62% | 2.51% | 3.93% | 0.55% | 26.95% |
| 2016 | -10.00% | 1.86% | 8.28% | 1.79% | 1.66% | -0.76% | 5.24% | 0.15% | -1.07% | -4.83% | 5.02% | -0.16% | 6.07% |
| 2015 | -2.04% | 5.75% | 0.30% | -0.09% | 0.56% | -1.06% | -0.69% | -7.18% | -4.19% | 4.62% | 1.02% | -2.53% | -6.03% |
| 2014 | -1.55% | 3.77% | -0.93% | -2.52% | 1.49% | 3.62% | -3.41% | 4.91% | -3.45% | 2.72% | 3.60% | -0.09% | 7.93% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of WMGAX is 4, meaning it’s performing worse than 96% 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 Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund (WMGAX) 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
Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund provided a 7.97% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $1.92 per share.
| Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $1.92 | $1.92 | $1.75 | $2.81 | $4.93 | $3.66 | $1.43 | $2.14 | $1.82 | $0.78 | $2.08 | $2.39 |
Dividend yield | 7.97% | 7.65% | 6.66% | 11.94% | 13.08% | 9.97% | 5.23% | 10.28% | 7.92% | 3.98% | 10.88% | 10.61% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Delaware Ivy Mid Cap 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 | $1.92 | $1.92 |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.75 | $1.75 |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.81 | $2.81 |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $4.93 | $4.93 |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $3.66 | $3.66 |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.43 | $1.43 |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.14 | $2.14 |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.82 | $1.82 |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.78 | $0.78 |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.08 | $2.08 |
| 2014 | $2.39 | $2.39 |
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 Delaware Ivy Mid Cap 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 Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund was 53.74%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 284 trading sessions.
The current Delaware Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund drawdown is 22.12%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -53.74% | Oct 11, 2007 | 353 | Mar 9, 2009 | 284 | Apr 23, 2010 | 637 |
| -46.62% | Dec 12, 2000 | 454 | Oct 9, 2002 | 692 | Jul 12, 2005 | 1146 |
| -39.41% | Nov 17, 2021 | 229 | Oct 14, 2022 | — | — | — |
| -33.48% | Feb 21, 2020 | 22 | Mar 23, 2020 | 47 | May 29, 2020 | 69 |
| -25.91% | Jun 24, 2015 | 161 | Feb 11, 2016 | 258 | Feb 21, 2017 | 419 |
Volatility
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