MFS Commodity Strategy Fund Class A (MCSAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
3.740
-0.010 (-0.27%)
Aug 1, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
-0.27%
Fund Assets859.86M
Expense Ratio1.16%
Min. Investment$1,000
Turnover57.00%
Dividend (ttm)0.11
Dividend Yield2.66%
Dividend Growth64.52%
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Ex-Dividend Daten/a
Previous Close3.750
YTD Return5.95%
1-Year Return10.10%
5-Year Return48.12%
52-Week Low3.400
52-Week High3.930
Beta (5Y)n/a
Holdings388
Inception DateJun 2, 2010

About MCSAX

MFS Commodity Strategy Fund Class A is an open-end mutual fund that provides broad exposure to global commodity markets. Its primary function is to seek total return by investing primarily in commodity-linked derivatives and debt securities, enabling the fund to mirror the performance of physical commodities without holding the assets directly. This approach allows investors to participate in the price movements of a wide array of commodities, including energy products, precious and industrial metals, agricultural goods, and livestock. The fund’s allocation is managed using proprietary quantitative models, aiming to diversify risk across different sectors and market cycles. Within the financial market, the MFS Commodity Strategy Fund Class A plays a pivotal role as a diversification tool within a portfolio, providing investors access to an asset class with return characteristics typically uncorrelated to stocks and bonds. Its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index, underscores its broad-basket approach, spreading investment across numerous commodity future contracts. Launched in 2010, the fund is actively managed and suitable for those seeking exposure to commodity price trends and the potential inflation-hedging benefits that commodities can offer.

Fund Family MFS
Category Commodities Broad Basket
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol MCSAX
Share Class A
Index Bloomberg Commodity TR

Performance

MCSAX had a total return of 10.10% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -0.58%.

Equivalent Funds

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

SymbolProviderNameExpense Ratio
FCSSXFidelityFidelity Series Commodity Strategy Fund0.01%
FIFGXFidelityFidelity SAI Inflation-Focused Fund0.39%
FYHTXFidelityFidelity Commodity Strategy Fund0.64%

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
MCSRXR60.82%
MCSTXR40.91%
MCSIXI0.91%
MCSQXR31.16%

Top 10 Holdings

82.45% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
MLCILPRT Total Return Swapn/a14.67%
BCOM F0 Pre-Roll Total Return SWAPn/a13.82%
BBG Commodity F3 TR SWAPn/a11.63%
United States Treasury Notes 4.5%T.4.5 07.15.267.05%
Currency Cash CASH_USDn/a6.81%
United States Treasury Notes 4.88%T.4.875 11.30.256.15%
BBG Commodity F6 TR Swapsn/a6.02%
BBG Commodity TR Swapn/a5.83%
BBG Commodity F3 Total Return Swapn/a5.37%
BBG Commodity F3 Total Return Swapn/a5.11%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 10, 2024$0.10753Dec 11, 2024
Dec 19, 2023$0.06536Dec 20, 2023
Dec 8, 2022$1.03057Dec 9, 2022
Dec 9, 2021$2.39322Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2020$0.03815Dec 11, 2020
Dec 12, 2019$0.09098Dec 12, 2019
Full Dividend History