Performance
Trailing returns
| 1 day |
| -0.68% | |||
| 1 week |
| -0.70% | |||
| 4 week | +1.05% |
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| 3 month | +6.82% |
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| YTD | +17.32% |
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| 1 year | +29.33% |
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| 3 years* | +14.21% |
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| 5 years* | +7.78% |
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| *annualized | |||||
| Best 3 month return | +61.65% | |
| Worst 3 month return | -35.26% |
Morningstar statistics
Morningstar category: Mid-Cap Growth
| Return | Risk | Rating | |
| 3 years | Average | High |
 
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| 5 years | Above Average | Above Average |
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| 10 years | Average | Above Average |
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| Overall | Average | Above Average |
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Morningstar style Learn more
| Large | |||
| Mid | |||
| Small | |||
| Value | Blend | Growth |
Key statistics
| Total assets | 133.82M | |
| Front load | - | |
| Deferred load | - | |
| Expense ratio | 1.83% | |
| Management fee | - | |
| Fund family | Needham |
Asset allocation
| Cash | 11.75% | |
| Stocks | 88.25% | |
| Bonds | 0.00% | |
| Other | 0.00% |
Purchase information
| Initial | US$2,000 | |
| Additional | US$100 | |
| IRA Initial | US$1,000 | |
| AIP Initial | US$2,000 | |
| AIP Additional | US$100 |
39.79+0.30(0.76%)
Jun 17, 4:00PM EDT
Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Description
The investment seeks long-term, tax-efficient capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 65% of its total assets in equity securities of domestic issuers listed on a nationally recognized securities exchange or traded on the NASDAQ System. It invests, in general, in stocks from a variety of industries included in the healthcare, technology, specialty retailing, oil services and industrial, media/leisure/cable/entertainment and business and consumer services sectors.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset managers:
Chris Retzler (Started: Jan 22, 2009)
John Barr (Started: Jan 1, 2010)
Chris Retzler (Started: Jan 22, 2009)
John Barr (Started: Jan 1, 2010)
Risk
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||
| Alpha* | 0.76 | -8.00 | 1.75 | 1.53 | |
| Beta* | 1.06 | 1.41 | 1.16 | 1.18 | |
| Mean annual return | 2.24 | 1.28 | 0.83 | 0.93 | |
| R-squared* | 54.81 | 86.42 | 85.82 | 79.77 | |
| Standard deviation | 9.12 | 21.24 | 23.53 | 19.23 | |
| Sharpe ratio | 2.94 | 0.72 | 0.41 | 0.49 | |
| * Against standard index | |||||
Top 10 holdings
| Security | Net Assets | |
| Express Scripts (ESRX) | 9.92% | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO) | 7.57% | |
| Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD) | 5.90% | |
| CarMax, Inc. (KMX) | 5.56% | |
| Viasat Inc (VSAT) | 4.69% | |
| Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) | 3.70% | |
| PDF Solutions, Inc. (PDFS) | 3.31% | |
| Hess Corp (HES) | 3.08% | |
| Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) | 2.75% | |
| Emulex Corporation (ELX) | 2.69% |