Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core Fund Class A (PKSAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
52.64
+0.27 (0.52%)
Jul 11, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
8.18%
Fund Assets 2.10B
Expense Ratio 1.27%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover 5.00%
Dividend (ttm) 2.23
Dividend Yield 4.07%
Dividend Growth 6.86%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 18, 2024
Previous Close 52.37
YTD Return 0.56%
1-Year Return 16.12%
5-Year Return 106.76%
52-Week Low 44.43
52-Week High 59.23
Beta (5Y) 1.02
Holdings 27
Inception Date Aug 30, 2002

About PKSAX

Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks of small market capitalization companies. It pursues long-term capital appreciation in the small capitalization market while seeking to incur less risk than the small capitalization market. The fund invests in a select group of small market capitalization companies believed by the fund's subadviser to possess sustainable competitive advantages at prices the subadviser deems attractive.

Fund Family Virtus
Category Small Blend
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol PKSAX
Share Class Class A
Index Russell 2000 TR

Performance

PKSAX had a total return of 16.12% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 11.48%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VSCRX Class R6 0.92%
PKSFX Class I 1.01%
PKSCX Class C 1.99%

Top 10 Holdings

49.60% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Primerica, Inc. PRI 6.71%
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. SSD 6.12%
CorVel Corporation CRVL 5.95%
The Toro Company TTC 4.85%
FTI Consulting, Inc. FCN 4.77%
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. WTS 4.32%
EMCOR Group, Inc. EME 4.26%
Acushnet Holdings Corp. GOLF 4.24%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund DGCXX 4.21%
Landstar System, Inc. LSTR 4.17%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024 $2.22977 Dec 18, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $2.0867 Dec 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2022 $2.6825 Dec 21, 2022
Dec 22, 2021 $5.8415 Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2020 $3.37256 Dec 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020 $0.01613 Jun 22, 2020
Full Dividend History