Needham Aggressive Growth Fund Institutional Class (NEAIX)
| Fund Assets | 1.98B |
| Expense Ratio | 1.19% |
| Min. Investment | $100,000 |
| Turnover | 16.00% |
| Dividend (ttm) | 1.22 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.43% |
| Dividend Growth | n/a |
| Payout Frequency | n/a |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Previous Close | 85.92 |
| YTD Return | 41.36% |
| 1-Year Return | 74.17% |
| 5-Year Return | 175.98% |
| 52-Week Low | 48.80 |
| 52-Week High | 90.57 |
| Beta (5Y) | n/a |
| Holdings | 110 |
| Inception Date | Dec 30, 2016 |
About NEAIX
The Needham Aggressive Growth Fund Institutional Class is an open-end mutual fund that primarily targets long-term, tax-efficient capital appreciation. The fund focuses on investing in small- and mid-cap domestic growth equities, emphasizing sectors such as technology, industrials, healthcare, and specialty services. With a strategy designed to uncover companies demonstrating high returns on capital—particularly those led by founders or experienced management teams—the fund seeks to identify overlooked or undervalued growth opportunities with the potential for significant compounding over multiple years. Its portfolio typically exhibits a concentrated structure, with a substantial percentage allocated to its top holdings and a notable bias toward the technology and industrials sectors. The fund benchmarks its performance against the Russell 2000 Growth Index and may invest in venture-backed, post-IPO opportunities as well as engage in selective short sales and cash holdings. This institutional share class is tailored for investors with a higher minimum investment requirement and seeks to deliver long-term capital growth through disciplined bottom-up research and active portfolio management.
Performance
NEAIX had a total return of 74.17% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 20.91%.
Other Share Classes
These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.
| Symbol | Share Class | Expense Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| NEAGX | Retail Class | 1.64% |
Top 10 Holdings
39.18% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management | DIRXX | 6.91% |
| nLIGHT, Inc. | LASR | 6.02% |
| Vicor Corporation | VICR | 4.83% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co | VRT | 4.13% |
| Lincoln Educational Services Corporation | LINC | 3.28% |
| PDF Solutions, Inc. | PDFS | 3.28% |
| Arteris, Inc. | AIP | 3.25% |
| Oil-Dri Corporation of America | ODC | 2.79% |
| Universal Technical Institute, Inc. | UTI | 2.35% |
| Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | VSH | 2.34% |
Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2025 | $1.22446 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | $2.87971 | Nov 10, 2021 |
| Nov 11, 2020 | $1.23353 | Nov 11, 2020 |
| Nov 8, 2019 | $2.31728 | Nov 8, 2019 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | $2.79289 | Nov 9, 2018 |
| Nov 10, 2017 | $1.19313 | Nov 10, 2017 |