Having trouble finding a Mutual Fund Equity Report fund? AB Discovery Growth A (CHCLX) is a potential starting point. CHCLX carries a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 1 (Strong Buy), which is based on nine forecasting factors like size, cost, and past performance.
History of Fund/Manager
CHCLX is a part of the AllianceBernstein family of funds, a company based out of New York, NY. AB Discovery Growth A debuted in July of 1938. Since then, CHCLX has accumulated assets of about $639.46 million, according to the most recently available information. The fund is currently managed by a team of investment professionals.
Performance
Investors naturally seek funds with strong performance. This fund in particular has delivered a 5-year annualized total return of 10.31%, and it sits in the middle third among its category peers. Investors who prefer analyzing shorter time frames should look at its 3-year annualized total return of 6.38%, which places it in the bottom third during this time-frame.
When looking at a fund's performance, it is also important to note the standard deviation of the returns. The lower the standard deviation, the less volatility the fund experiences. Over the past three years, CHCLX's standard deviation comes in at 25.55%, compared to the category average of 16.88%. Over the past 5 years, the standard deviation of the fund is 23.96% compared to the category average of 14.98%. This makes the fund more volatile than its peers over the past half-decade.
Risk Factors
Investors should note that the fund has a 5-year beta of 1.15, which means it is hypothetically more volatile than the market at large. Another factor to consider is alpha, as it reflects a portfolio's performance on a risk-adjusted basis relative to a benchmark-in this case, the S&P 500. The fund has produced a negative alpha over the past 5 years of -1.82, which shows that managers in this portfolio find it difficult to pick securities that generate better-than-benchmark returns.
Holdings
Exploring the equity holdings of a mutual fund is also a valuable exercise. This can show us how the manager is applying their stated methodology, as well as if there are any inherent biases in their approach. For this particular fund, the focus is mostly on equities that are traded in the United States.
This fund is currently holding about 97.07% stock in stocks, with an average market capitalization of $8.80 billion. The fund has the heaviest exposure to the following market sectors:
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Technology
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Industrial Cyclical
With turnover at about 64%, this fund makes more trades in a given year than the average of comparable funds.