Alger Focus Equity Fund Class A (ALAFX)

Fund Assets	4.98B
Expense Ratio	0.95%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	134.46%
Dividend (ttm)	8.09
Dividend Yield	7.86%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a

Previous Close	97.22
YTD Return	-4.61%
1-Year Return	26.34%
5-Year Return	106.36%
52-Week Low	61.66
52-Week High	113.47
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	52
Inception Date	Dec 31, 2012

About ALAFX

Alger Focus Equity Fund Class A is an actively managed mutual fund that targets long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in large-cap growth stocks. Managed by Fred Alger Management, LLC since its inception in 1993, the fund typically maintains a concentrated portfolio of around 50 holdings, focusing its assets on a select group of companies with strong growth prospects. Its investment approach emphasizes high-conviction positions, with over half of the fund's assets often allocated to its top ten holdings. The fund's largest exposures are generally in the technology and communication services sectors, featuring leading companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms. With a turnover rate of approximately 92% and assets totaling over $2.6 billion, Alger Focus Equity Fund Class A plays a notable role in the large growth mutual fund category, benchmarking its performance against major indices like the Russell 1000 Growth Index and the S&P 500 Index. This focused strategy seeks to capitalize on outsized opportunities in select market leaders across diversified industries, contributing to its prominence among growth-oriented equity funds.

• Fund Family: Alger
• Category: Large Growth
• Performance Rating: High
• Risk Rating: Above Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: ALAFX
• Share Class: Class A
• Index: Russell 1000 Growth TR

Performance

ALAFX had a total return of 26.34% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 22.61%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FBCGX	Fidelity	Fidelity Blue Chip Growth K6 Fund	0.46%
FHOFX	Fidelity	Fidelity Series Large Cap Growth Index Fund	n/a
LGILX	Schwab	Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund	0.75%
FBGRX	Fidelity	Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund	0.69%
FBGKX	Fidelity	Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund - Class K	0.59%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
ALGYX	Class Y	0.58%
ALZFX	Class Z	0.63%
ALGRX	Class I	0.94%
ALCFX	Class C	1.72%

Top 10 Holdings

61.66% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	11.08%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	9.78%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	7.14%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOG	5.59%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	5.26%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	5.08%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	5.01%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	TSM	4.77%
AppLovin Corporation	APP	4.29%
Nebius Group N.V.	NBIS	3.67%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 17, 2025	$8.0851	Dec 17, 2025
Dec 14, 2023	$0.0498	Dec 14, 2023
Dec 15, 2022	$0.0234	Dec 15, 2022
Dec 16, 2021	$7.9638	Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2020	$3.3888	Dec 16, 2020
Dec 18, 2019	$0.7814	Dec 18, 2019