microcap funds--snapshot
posted on
Feb 24, 2010 10:53AM
Snapshot : Aug 2009
Microcap Funds are mutual funds which invests primarily in equity securities of firms with a market-capitalization of $250 million or less. The share price of these companies stocks are highly volatile but usually have exceptional growth potential. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund Name | Investment Advisor | Fund Type | Class 'A' shares Ticker | Class 'C' shares Ticker | Total Stocks | Expense Ratio | Primary Sector | Median Market Cap(million) | PE Ratio | Turnover Rate | Inception | 2009 YTD Returns | 2008 Performance | Min. Investment | #1 Top Holding | #2 Top Holding | #3 Top Holding | ||
Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market Fund | Bridgeway Capital Management, Inc. | BRSIX | 467 | 0.66% | $164 | 11.4 | 29.3% | 7/31/1997 | 9.03% | -41.74 | $2,000. | Spartan Motors Inc | Immunogen Inc | HMS Holdings Corp | |||||
iShares Russell Microcap Index | Barclay's Global Fund Advisors | IWC | 1,583 | 0.68% | Financial Services | 23.5 | 8/12/2005 | 4.08% | VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC | VIVUS INC | ARVINMERITOR INC | ||||||||
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap ETF | First Trust Advisors L.P. | FDM | 248 | 1.05% | Consumer Discretionary | $238 | 11.59 | 9/27/2005 | -2.09% | Insituform Technologies, Inc | Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. | Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | |||||||
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap ETF | Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC | Closed-end | PZI | 400 | 0.77% | Consumer Discretionary | $348 | 20.58 | 8/18/2005 | -33.03% | Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc. | Wintrust Financial Corp. | QLT Inc. | ||||||
Wasatch Microcap | |||||||||||||||||||
Wasatch Microcap Value | No-Load | WAMVX | 92 | 2.25% | Information Technology | $289.3 | 12.7 | 161% | 7/28/2003 | -18.22% | Zhongpin, Inc. | Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. | Orion Marine Group, Inc. | ||||||
Royce Micro-Cap | RYOTX | ||||||||||||||||||
DFA U.S. Micro Cap | DFSCX | ||||||||||||||||||
Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | OBMCX | ||||||||||||||||||
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities | PRCGX | Star Gas Partners LP (SGU) | Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) | Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC) | |||||||||||||||
Bruce Fund | BRUFX | ||||||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Mutual | PENNX | ||||||||||||||||||
Royce Value Plus | RYVPX | ||||||||||||||||||
Micro-cap Trust | OTCM | ||||||||||||||||||
AncoraMicroCap Fund | ANCCX | ||||||||||||||||||
Westcore Micro-Cap Opportunity Fund | WTMIX | ||||||||||||||||||
Fremont Micro-Cap Fund | MMCFX | ||||||||||||||||||
Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth Fund | MBRSX | MBRCX | |||||||||||||||||
Gartmore Micro Cap Equity Fund | GMEIX | ||||||||||||||||||
Rice Hall James Micro Cap Portfolio | RHJSX | ||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo Micro Cap Fund | BUFOX | Consumer Discretionary | Marketaxess Hldgs Inc | Dts Inc | Align Technology Inc | ||||||||||||||
Barron Partners LP | Alternative Energy | ||||||||||||||||||
Tamarack Microcap Value Fund | TMVAX | TMVCX | 17.7 |