Virtus Small-Cap Institutional (AZBIX)

Fund Assets	130.02M
Expense Ratio	0.82%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	95.00%
Dividend (ttm)	1.21
Dividend Yield	4.05%
Dividend Growth	-53.15%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 16, 2025

Previous Close	29.86
YTD Return	20.99%
1-Year Return	24.45%
5-Year Return	49.02%
52-Week Low	24.09
52-Week High	30.49
Beta (5Y)	1.19
Holdings	253
Inception Date	Jul 1, 2013

About AZBIX

Virtus Small-Cap Fund Institutional Class is a mutual fund that focuses on achieving long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in U.S. small-cap companies. It employs a diversified and actively managed approach by combining three distinct small-cap strategies: quantitative core, quantitative growth, and managed volatility. This multi-strategy structure allows the fund to provide exposure to rapidly growing small-cap companies while aiming to balance upside potential with risk mitigation and lower volatility relative to benchmarks. Managed by Virtus Systematic, which utilizes quantitative processes and artificial intelligence, the fund applies bottom-up portfolio management to create broadly diversified holdings across the small-cap sector. Since its inception in 2013, it has targeted investing at least 80% of its net assets in small-cap equities, positioning itself as a significant tool for investors seeking diversified exposure to the U.S. small-cap market segment with active risk management.

• Fund Family: Virtus
• Category: Small Blend
• Performance Rating: High
• Risk Rating: Below Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: AZBIX
• Share Class: Institutional Class
• Index: Russell 2000 TR

Performance

AZBIX had a total return of 24.45% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.94%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
ASCFX	R6	0.77%
AZBAX	Class A	1.17%
AZBCX	Class C	1.92%

Top 10 Holdings

15.39% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Us Dollar	n/a	2.31%
Encore Capital Group, Inc.	ECPG	1.89%
Moog Inc.	MOG.A	1.68%
Globe Life Inc.	GL	1.66%
Alkermes plc	ALKS	1.60%
CareDx, Inc.	CDNA	1.32%
NMI Holdings, Inc.	NMIH	1.28%
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.	INN	1.25%
Veracyte, Inc.	VCYT	1.24%
Brinker International, Inc.	EAT	1.17%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 16, 2025	$1.20943	Dec 16, 2025
Dec 18, 2024	$2.58163	Dec 18, 2024
Dec 20, 2023	$0.51029	Dec 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2022	$0.94723	Dec 21, 2022
Dec 16, 2021	$3.5046	Dec 16, 2021

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Twelve Data. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

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