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Name

As of 03/21/2022

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.

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$27.58

$2.6 B

2.47%

$0.68

1.82%

Vitals

YTD Return

-7.4%

1 yr return

7.4%

3 Yr Avg Return

12.6%

5 Yr Avg Return

11.3%

Net Assets

$2.6 B

Holdings in Top 10

83.1%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$27.7
$25.89
$31.91

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.82%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load 1.00%

TRADING FEES

Turnover 7.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$250

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 03/21/2022

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

$27.58

$2.6 B

2.47%

$0.68

1.82%

ECAAX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return -7.4%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 12.6%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 11.3%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio -0.22%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 2.5%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annually

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    MFS Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    MFS
  • Inception Date
    Jul 31, 2002
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    C
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    United States
  • Manager
    Joseph Flaherty

Fund Description

The fund is designed to provide diversification among different asset classes by investing its assets in other mutual funds advised by MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund’s investment adviser), referred to as underlying funds. The underlying funds are selected following a two-stage asset allocation process.

The first stage is a strategic asset allocation to determine the percentage of the fund’s assets invested in the general asset classes of (1) Bond Funds, (2) International Stock Funds, and (3) U.S. Stock Funds, as well as (4) Specialty Funds (underlying funds that have less traditional investment strategies that MFS believes provide diversification benefits when added to a portfolio consisting of stock and bond funds) based on the risk/return potential of the different asset classes and the risk profile of the fund.

The second stage involves the actual selection of underlying funds to represent the asset classes based on underlying fund classifications, historical risk, performance, and other factors.

Within the stock fund allocations, MFS seeks to diversify by geography (by including domestic and international underlying funds), in terms of market capitalization (by including large, mid, and small capitalization underlying funds), and by style (by including both growth and value underlying funds).

MFS normally invests the underlying funds’ assets across different industries, sectors, countries, and regions, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the underlying funds’ assets in issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region.

As of September 1, 2022, the fund’s approximate target allocation among asset classes and the underlying funds was:

Bond Funds: 0.0 %
International Stock Funds: 30.0 %
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund 3.0 %
MFS International Growth Fund 5.0 %
MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund 5.0 %
MFS International Large Cap Value Fund 5.0 %
MFS International New Discovery Fund 4.0 %
MFS Research International Fund 8.0 %
U.S. Stock Funds: 60.0 %
MFS Growth Fund 12.0 %
MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund 10.0 %
MFS Mid Cap Value Fund 10.0 %
MFS New Discovery Fund 2.5 %
MFS New Discovery Value Fund 2.5 %
MFS Research Fund 11.0 %
MFS Value Fund 12.0 %
Specialty Funds: 10.0 %
MFS Commodity Strategy Fund 5.0 %
MFS Global Real Estate Fund 5.0 %

All percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. As a result, the sum of the target underlying fund allocations in each asset class may not equal the target asset class allocations for such asset class, and the target asset class and underlying fund allocations presented in the table may not total 100%.

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ECAAX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ECAAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -7.4% -31.0% 15.0% 9.95%
1 Yr 7.4% -6.4% 32.3% 11.92%
3 Yr 12.6%* 3.7% 23.7% 63.84%
5 Yr 11.3%* 3.5% 19.6% 39.53%
10 Yr 9.9%* 5.8% 18.9% 46.62%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ECAAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 11.1% -24.1% 22.7% 46.67%
2022 11.1% -20.4% 60.4% 56.47%
2021 23.6% -13.8% 32.8% 13.86%
2020 -12.2% -39.5% -6.5% 32.52%
2019 17.8% -4.9% 26.4% 38.00%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ECAAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -7.4% -31.0% 15.0% 9.42%
1 Yr 6.4% -11.1% 32.3% 17.44%
3 Yr 12.6%* 3.7% 23.7% 51.37%
5 Yr 11.3%* 3.5% 19.6% 33.15%
10 Yr 9.9%* 5.8% 18.9% 43.61%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ECAAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 11.1% -24.1% 22.7% 46.67%
2022 11.1% -20.4% 60.4% 56.47%
2021 23.6% -13.8% 32.8% 13.86%
2020 -7.7% -38.4% -6.3% 15.34%
2019 21.9% -0.6% 29.9% 30.67%

NAV & Total Return History


ECAAX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

ECAAX Category Low Category High ECAAX % Rank
Net Assets 2.6 B 4.36 M 128 B 31.05%
Number of Holdings 16 4 10010 62.56%
Net Assets in Top 10 2.18 B 2.5 K 19.3 B 24.62%
Weighting of Top 10 83.05% 15.1% 100.0% 48.77%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. MFS Value R6 12.06%
  2. MFS Growth R6 11.74%
  3. MFS Research R6 10.96%
  4. MFS Mid Cap Value R6 10.23%
  5. MFS Mid Cap Growth R6 9.78%
  6. MFS Research International R6 7.85%
  7. MFS Commodity Strategy R6 5.49%
  8. MFS International Large Cap Value R6 5.04%
  9. MFS Global Real Estate R6 4.98%
  10. MFS International Intrinsic Value R6 4.92%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High ECAAX % Rank
Stocks
92.65% 42.74% 106.19% 56.41%
Other
6.67% 0.00% 7.25% 8.72%
Bonds
3.47% -1.06% 160.47% 40.51%
Convertible Bonds
0.19% 0.00% 4.03% 20.00%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 10.09% 86.67%
Cash
-2.98% -162.98% 21.50% 93.33%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ECAAX % Rank
Technology
17.59% 3.62% 26.13% 78.35%
Financial Services
15.69% 7.44% 30.04% 39.18%
Industrials
13.55% 0.00% 15.66% 7.73%
Healthcare
11.75% 8.64% 19.13% 86.08%
Consumer Cyclical
9.75% 0.00% 24.72% 91.24%
Real Estate
7.60% 0.00% 26.49% 11.86%
Consumer Defense
7.02% 1.17% 20.21% 30.41%
Communication Services
6.42% 1.95% 12.68% 74.74%
Basic Materials
5.46% 0.00% 7.18% 9.28%
Utilities
2.87% 0.00% 11.15% 25.77%
Energy
2.28% 0.20% 24.98% 78.87%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ECAAX % Rank
US
59.26% 27.55% 105.91% 81.54%
Non US
33.39% 0.00% 36.15% 15.38%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ECAAX % Rank
Cash & Equivalents
46.91% 0.00% 100.00% 54.87%
Corporate
27.16% 0.00% 100.00% 31.28%
Government
13.52% 0.00% 58.00% 34.87%
Securitized
10.85% 0.00% 25.35% 10.77%
Municipal
1.56% 0.00% 1.72% 1.54%
Derivative
0.00% 0.00% 49.12% 80.00%

Bond Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ECAAX % Rank
US
2.52% -8.82% 144.57% 42.05%
Non US
0.95% 0.00% 15.90% 37.44%

ECAAX - Expenses

Operational Fees

ECAAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.82% 0.10% 3.85% 10.20%
Management Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 23.16%
12b-1 Fee 1.00% 0.00% 1.00% 91.20%
Administrative Fee 0.05% 0.01% 0.28% 34.88%

Sales Fees

ECAAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 0.00% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load 1.00% 1.00% 5.00% 71.88%

Trading Fees

ECAAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A N/A N/A 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.

ECAAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 7.00% 0.18% 300.02% 24.43%

ECAAX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

ECAAX Category Low Category High ECAAX % Rank
Dividend Yield 2.47% 0.00% 8.40% 64.80%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

ECAAX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Monthly Monthly

Net Income Ratio Analysis

ECAAX Category Low Category High ECAAX % Rank
Net Income Ratio -0.22% -1.69% 6.07% 89.78%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

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

Distributions History

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ECAAX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Joseph Flaherty


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jun 28, 2002

19.68

19.7%

Joseph C. Flaherty, Jr., is an investment officer and chief investment risk officer at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He serves as the director of the MFS' Quantitative Solutions group and is a portfolio manager of the firm's asset allocation portfolios. Joe joined MFS as a fixed-income quantitative research associate in 1993 and was named quantitative research analyst in 1996. He became manager of the Quantitative Research Group and portfolio manager in 1999, director of Fixed Income Quantitative Research in 2004, and director of the Quantitative Solutions Team in 2005.

Natalie Shapiro


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 01, 2018

3.5

3.5%

Natalie I. Shapiro, Ph.D. is an Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Quantitative Fixed Income Research Analyst at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). Prior to joining MFS in 1997, Natalie served as a research associate for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Natalie has earned a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.02 26.43 6.48 2.25