William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund Class I (BESIX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
19.79
+0.19 (0.97%)
Apr 24, 2025, 8:05 AM EDT
-2.70%
Fund Assets 333.20M
Expense Ratio 1.15%
Min. Investment $500,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.05
Dividend Yield 0.23%
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 19.60
YTD Return -9.39%
1-Year Return -3.64%
5-Year Return 51.63%
52-Week Low 17.51
52-Week High 22.26
Beta (5Y) 0.57
Holdings 135
Inception Date Oct 25, 2011

About BESIX

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of emerging market small capitalization ("small cap") companies. The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities, including common stocks and other forms of equity investments (e.g., securities convertible into common stocks), issued by emerging market small cap companies, that the Adviser believes have above average growth, profitability and quality characteristics.

Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating High
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BESIX
Share Class Class I
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Small Cap NR USD

Performance

BESIX had a total return of -3.64% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.63%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
WESJX Class R6 1.10%
WESNX Class N 1.40%

Top 10 Holdings

17.53% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
BNK Financial Group Inc. 138930 1.90%
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. 2018 1.88%
Cencosud S.A. CENCOSUD 1.85%
BBB Foods Inc. TBBB 1.83%
JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. 175330 1.78%
Falabella S.A. FALABELLA 1.77%
PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk BRIS 1.70%
Meritz Financial Group Inc. 138040 1.63%
Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. 002837 1.59%
ADNOC Drilling Company P.J.S.C. ADNOCDRILL 1.59%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 14, 2023 $0.05091 Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022 $0.79206 Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2021 $2.02571 Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2020 $0.00966 Dec 18, 2020
Dec 12, 2019 $0.02774 Dec 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2018 $0.3263 Dec 14, 2018
Full Dividend History