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Name

As of 04/19/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$14.91

$229 M

0.00%

0.88%

Vitals

YTD Return

5.6%

1 yr return

33.8%

3 Yr Avg Return

6.9%

5 Yr Avg Return

14.3%

Net Assets

$229 M

Holdings in Top 10

54.4%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$15.2
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.88%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 17.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$2,500

IRA

$1,500


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 04/19/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$14.91

$229 M

0.00%

0.88%

FACEX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 5.6%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 6.9%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 14.3%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.31%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.0%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    FROST GROWTH EQUITY FUND
  • Fund Family Name
    Frost Funds
  • Inception Date
    Apr 25, 2008
  • Shares Outstanding
    3490608
  • Share Class
    Investor
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    John Lutz

Fund Description

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities. This investment policy may be changed by the Fund upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. The Fund intends to invest in companies of any market capitalization that Frost Investment Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Frost”) believes will have growing revenues and earnings. The Fund will generally invest in equity securities of domestic companies, but may also invest in equity securities of foreign companies and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”). The Adviser performs in-depth analyses of company fundamentals and factors affecting industries to identify companies displaying strong earnings and revenue growth relative to the overall market or relative to their peer group, improving returns on equity and a sustainable competitive advantage.

The Adviser focuses on a number of factors to assess the growth potential of individual companies, such as:

Historical and expected organic revenue growth rates;

Historical and expected earnings growth rates;

Signs of accelerating growth potential;

Positive earnings revisions;

Earnings momentum;

Improving margin and return on equity trends; and

Positive price momentum.

When an attractive growth opportunity is identified, the Adviser seeks to independently develop an intrinsic valuation for the stock. The Adviser believes that the value of a company is determined by discounting the company’s future cash flows or earnings. Valuation factors considered in identifying securities for the Fund’s portfolio include:

Price/earnings ratio;

Price/sales ratio;

Price/earnings to growth ratio;

Enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization;

Enterprise value/sales;

Price/cash flow;

Balance sheet strength; and

Returns on equity and returns on invested capital.

The Adviser also seeks to understand a firm’s competitive position and the industry dynamics in which the firm operates. The Adviser assesses industry growth potential, market share opportunities, cyclicality and pricing power. Further analysis focuses on corporate governance and management’s ability to create value for shareholders.

The Adviser augments its independent fundamental research process with quantitative screens and models. The models are derived from proprietary research or securities industry research studies and score companies based upon a number of fundamental factors. The Adviser uses quantitative analysis to provide an additional layer of objectivity, discipline and consistency to its equity research process. This quantitative analysis complements the fundamental analyses that the Adviser conducts on companies during its stock selection process.

The Fund seeks to buy and hold securities for the long term and seeks to keep portfolio turnover to a minimum. However, the Adviser may sell a security if its price exceeds the Adviser’s assessment of its fair value or in response to a negative company event, a change in management, poor relative price performance, achieved fair valuation, or a deterioration in a company’s business prospects, performance or financial strength.

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.

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FACEX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FACEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 5.6% -16.3% 19.3% 46.54%
1 Yr 33.8% -24.2% 56.3% 21.55%
3 Yr 6.9%* -31.3% 22.2% 20.30%
5 Yr 14.3%* -16.7% 28.7% 28.67%
10 Yr 14.1%* -5.9% 18.7% 22.37%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FACEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 23.5% -74.1% 72.4% 79.35%
2022 -39.4% -85.9% 4.7% 75.94%
2021 10.7% -52.4% 60.5% 40.27%
2020 27.8% -34.3% 145.0% 43.81%
2019 20.1% -21.8% 49.4% 76.23%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FACEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 5.6% -16.3% 19.3% 46.54%
1 Yr 33.8% -24.2% 56.3% 21.55%
3 Yr 6.9%* -31.3% 22.2% 20.30%
5 Yr 14.3%* -16.7% 28.7% 28.67%
10 Yr 14.1%* -5.9% 18.7% 22.37%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FACEX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 44.9% -4.6% 72.4% 18.67%
2022 -31.9% -61.7% 5.6% 59.76%
2021 25.2% -39.8% 118.1% 26.90%
2020 32.5% 2.8% 149.2% 60.95%
2019 33.0% -5.2% 49.4% 50.72%

NAV & Total Return History


FACEX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

FACEX Category Low Category High FACEX % Rank
Net Assets 229 M 242 K 269 B 74.49%
Number of Holdings 58 1 3217 54.73%
Net Assets in Top 10 117 M 104 K 111 B 75.00%
Weighting of Top 10 54.42% 0.7% 205.0% 30.48%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK 13.49%
  2. APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.15%
  3. AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK 7.06%
  4. NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 6.03%
  5. ALPHABET INC-CL A COMMON STOCK 3.55%
  6. ELI LILLY CO COMMON STOCK 3.42%
  7. VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES COMMON STOCK 3.39%
  8. META PLATFORMS INC COMMON STOCK 3.31%
  9. ALPHABET INC-CL C COMMON STOCK 3.11%
  10. MASTERCARD INC - A COMMON STOCK 2.90%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High FACEX % Rank
Stocks
98.91% 0.00% 130.05% 47.21%
Cash
1.09% -1.50% 173.52% 52.20%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 7.84% 66.30%
Other
0.00% -43.49% 50.04% 67.99%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 1.94% 61.17%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 104.15% 63.01%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FACEX % Rank
Technology
38.75% 0.00% 65.70% 35.79%
Consumer Cyclical
19.96% 0.00% 62.57% 19.20%
Healthcare
13.05% 0.00% 39.76% 43.06%
Communication Services
11.50% 0.00% 66.40% 40.44%
Financial Services
10.71% 0.00% 43.06% 35.53%
Industrials
2.73% 0.00% 30.65% 85.62%
Basic Materials
1.10% 0.00% 18.91% 52.88%
Consumer Defense
0.97% 0.00% 25.50% 81.39%
Energy
0.76% 0.00% 41.09% 44.25%
Real Estate
0.47% 0.00% 16.05% 59.48%
Utilities
0.00% 0.00% 16.07% 72.93%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FACEX % Rank
US
98.91% 0.00% 130.05% 36.15%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 78.10% 72.64%

FACEX - Expenses

Operational Fees

FACEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.88% 0.01% 19.54% 58.43%
Management Fee 0.50% 0.00% 1.50% 28.41%
12b-1 Fee 0.25% 0.00% 1.00% 46.30%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 1.02% N/A

Sales Fees

FACEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 2.25% 8.50% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

FACEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

FACEX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 17.00% 0.00% 316.74% 19.96%

FACEX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

FACEX Category Low Category High FACEX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.00% 0.00% 28.16% 80.29%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

FACEX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annual SemiAnnual Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

FACEX Category Low Category High FACEX % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.31% -6.13% 3.48% 49.31%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

FACEX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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FACEX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

John Lutz


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Apr 25, 2008

14.11

14.1%

John Lutz, CFA® Senior Fund Manager and Senior Research Analyst John joined Frost Bank, the parent company of Frost Investment Advisors, LLC, in 1995 as a research analyst and has over 20 years of investment experience. As the lead manager of the Frost Growth Equity team, he is directly responsible for stock selection and sector allocation.

Jonathan Waite


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

May 16, 2022

0.04

0.0%

Jonathan M. Waite, CFA, CPA, is the founder of McKay Capital Management, LLC, which manages a long-short, consumer discretionary focused equity fund. Since inception through the end of 2008, the fund beat the relevant consumer discretionary index by 64 percentage points with less than a third of the volatility (including a net performance of up 7.5% in 2008). Before McKay, Jonathan was the senior equity restaurant analyst at McDonald Investments/KeyBanc Capital Markets. Jonathan developed proprietary “grass roots” survey work to bring value-added industry insight and market leading investment recommendations to his institutional investor client base. This included developing relationships with franchisees, consultants, restaurant operators as well as executives from small, mid and large-cap companies. Jonathan was recognized twice by the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” for stock picking in his industry (ranked #1 in 2003 and #2 in 2005). In addition, he was highly ranked by Zachs and Starmine for his stock picking.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.04 54.45 8.21 3.08