Dean Small Cap Value Fund (DASCX)

Fund Assets	193.18M
Expense Ratio	1.16%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	160.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.38
Dividend Yield	1.61%
Dividend Growth	-46.20%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 11, 2025

Previous Close	23.73
YTD Return	23.26%
1-Year Return	25.76%
5-Year Return	48.81%
52-Week Low	18.09
52-Week High	24.24
Beta (5Y)	0.73
Holdings	59
Inception Date	May 28, 1997

About DASCX

Dean Small Cap Value Fund is a mutual fund focused on investing in equity securities of small-cap companies predominantly within the United States. The fund targets businesses with market capitalizations generally less than $4 billion, in alignment with the Russell 2000 Value Index, which serves as its benchmark. Through a fundamental, bottom-up research approach, the fund aims to identify high-quality companies perceived to be undervalued for temporary or cyclical reasons. Its portfolio typically holds 60 to 80 stocks, maintaining sector and individual security diversification guidelines to manage risk. Notably, the fund employs a value-oriented strategy, seeking businesses out of favor in the market and holding these investments until their prices more accurately reflect intrinsic value. Dean Small Cap Value Fund plays a key role in providing investors with access to the potential growth and recovery of overlooked or undervalued small-cap companies, contributing to market efficiency and capital allocation in the small-cap value segment.

• Fund Family: Dean Fund
• Category: Small Value
• Performance Rating: Below Average
• Risk Rating: Below Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: DASCX
• Index: Russell 2000 Value TR

Performance

DASCX had a total return of 25.76% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.73%.

Top 10 Holdings

35.19% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Aitc-Bank Deposit	n/a	4.64%
American States Water Company	AWR	3.57%
Heartland Express, Inc.	HTLD	3.55%
Employers Holdings, Inc.	EIG	3.51%
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.	SIGI	3.49%
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.	JBSS	3.43%
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.	BNL	3.39%
Portland General Electric Company	POR	3.38%
Werner Enterprises, Inc.	WERN	3.23%
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.	REYN	3.00%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 11, 2025	$0.3834	Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2024	$0.7127	Dec 12, 2024
Dec 12, 2023	$0.3257	Dec 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2022	$0.2364	Dec 14, 2022
Dec 13, 2021	$0.1804	Dec 14, 2021
Dec 11, 2020	$0.22709	Dec 11, 2020

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Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

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