Performance
Trailing returns
| 1 day | +0.76% |
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| 1 week | +1.00% |
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| 4 week | +4.18% |
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| 3 month | +9.67% |
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| YTD | +14.70% |
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| 1 year | +30.32% |
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| 3 years* | +17.27% |
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| 5 years* | +4.92% |
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| *annualized | |||||
| Best 3 month return | +21.21% | |
| Worst 3 month return | -30.21% |
Morningstar statistics
Morningstar category: Utilities
| Return | Risk | Rating | |
| 3 years | Average | Above Average |
 
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| 5 years | Above Average | Above Average |
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| 10 years | High | Above Average |
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| Overall | Above Average | Above Average |
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| Value | Blend | Growth |
Key statistics
| Total assets | 5.18B | |
| Front load | - | |
| Deferred load | - | |
| Expense ratio | 1.27% | |
| Management fee | - | |
| Fund family | MFS |
Asset allocation
| Cash | 4.18% | |
| Stocks | 90.19% | |
| Bonds | 0.69% | |
| Preferred | 2.01% | |
| Convertible | 1.47% | |
| Other | 1.47% |
Purchase information
| Initial | US$0 |
21.180.00(0.00%)
May 20, 4:00PM EDT
Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Description
The investment seeks total return. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of issuers in the utilities industry. Issuers in the utilities industry include issuers engaged in the manufacture, production, generation, transmission, sale or distribution of electric, gas or other types of energy, and issuers engaged in telecommunications, including wireless, telephone, and cable (but not engaged in public broadcasting). It primarily invests its assets in equity securities, but may also invest in debt instruments, including less than investment grade quality debt instruments.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset managers:
Maura Shaughnessy (Started: Feb 14, 1992)
Robert Persons (Started: May 31, 2005)
Maura Shaughnessy (Started: Feb 14, 1992)
Robert Persons (Started: May 31, 2005)
Risk
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||
| Alpha* | 8.54 | 7.69 | 4.08 | 7.18 | |
| Beta* | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.80 | |
| Mean annual return | 1.76 | 1.28 | 0.60 | 1.25 | |
| R-squared* | 79.75 | 87.60 | 82.61 | 78.05 | |
| Standard deviation | 10.72 | 12.90 | 17.60 | 14.58 | |
| Sharpe ratio | 1.96 | 1.18 | 0.39 | 0.91 | |
| * Against standard index | |||||
Top 10 holdings
| Security | Net Assets | |
| Comcast Corp (CMCSK) | 3.74% | |
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) | 3.21% | |
| Edison International (EIX) | 2.92% | |
| CMS Energy Corp (CMS) | 2.76% | |
| Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC) | 2.63% | |
| EDP - Energias de Portugal SA (EDP) | 2.59% | |
| Virgin Media Inc (VMED) | 2.55% | |
| NRG Energy Inc (NRG) | 2.36% | |
| Williams Companies Inc (WMB) | 2.19% | |
| Calpine Corp (CPN) | 2.16% |