BNY Mellon Appreciation Y (DGYGX)

Fund Assets	1.89B
Expense Ratio	0.605%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	13.42%
Dividend (ttm)	0.21
Dividend Yield	0.56%
Dividend Growth	-13.86%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Sep 30, 2026

Previous Close	38.12
YTD Return	9.21%
1-Year Return	11.66%
5-Year Return	45.99%
52-Week Low	31.93
52-Week High	42.29
Beta (5Y)	0.92
Holdings	43
Inception Date	Jul 1, 2013

About DGYGX

BNY Mellon Appreciation Fund, Inc. - Class Y is a large-cap equity mutual fund designed to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in blue chip companies. The fund targets firms with market capitalizations exceeding $5 billion, including both U.S. and multinational corporations, placing particular emphasis on industry leaders with proven track records and dominant market positions. Managed with a disciplined, research-driven process, the fund’s portfolio managers prioritize economic sectors they expect to grow over the next three to five years and utilize in-depth fundamental analysis to select individual stocks. The fund maintains a buy-and-hold strategy, resulting in low annual portfolio turnover rates, typically below 15%, which can help reduce trading costs and tax liabilities. While its core holdings are in common stocks, the fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated American Depositary Receipts for exposure to foreign companies. BNY Mellon Appreciation Fund, Inc. - Class Y is structured primarily for institutional investors and is classified within the large growth category, reflecting its focus on established, growth-oriented enterprises that play significant roles in the broader financial market.

• Fund Family: BNY Mellon
• Category: Large-Cap Core
• Performance Rating: Below Average
• Risk Rating: Low
• Stock Exchange: Nasdaq
• Ticker Symbol: DGYGX
• Share Class: Class Y
• Index: S&P 500 TR

Performance

DGYGX had a total return of 11.66% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 11.32%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
DGIGX	Class I	0.64%
DGAGX	Investor Shares	0.88%

Top 10 Holdings

57.55% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	10.25%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	8.40%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOG	7.80%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	7.13%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	6.66%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	TSM	4.21%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	3.63%
ASML Holding N.V.	ASML	3.60%
Visa Inc.	V	3.00%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	2.86%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Sep 30, 2026	$0.028	Sep 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026	$0.0504	Jun 30, 2026
Mar 31, 2026	$0.5292	Mar 31, 2026
Dec 16, 2025	$6.5056	Dec 16, 2025
Sep 30, 2025	$0.0354	Sep 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025	$0.0776	Jun 30, 2025

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Last checked:

Oct 16, 2026

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