American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund A Class (SPWAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
12.08
+0.01 (0.08%)
Jul 10, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
4.68%
Fund Assets 384.42M
Expense Ratio 1.29%
Min. Investment $2,500
Turnover 37.00%
Dividend (ttm) 0.99
Dividend Yield 7.82%
Dividend Growth 482.26%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 20, 2024
Previous Close 12.07
YTD Return 3.16%
1-Year Return 12.87%
5-Year Return 44.78%
52-Week Low 9.54
52-Week High 13.62
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 102
Inception Date Feb 24, 2012

About SPWAX

The American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund A Class is a mutual fund designed to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations. The fund is managed by Stephens Investment Management Group, which applies a disciplined, bottom-up approach combining quantitative analysis and fundamental research to identify promising growth stocks within the small-cap segment. The fund focuses on sectors such as technology, health care, consumer goods, and industrials, seeking to capitalize on the faster earnings and sales growth often found among smaller companies. With a portfolio typically comprising over 100 holdings, the fund aims to diversify risk within this dynamic market segment. Its investment approach is grounded in the belief that small-cap markets are less efficient and can offer unique growth opportunities for patient investors. The fund benchmarks its performance against the Russell 2000 Growth Index, reflecting its targeted exposure to high-growth small-cap equities.

Fund Family American Beacon
Category Small Growth
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol SPWAX
Share Class A Class
Index Russell 2000 Growth TR

Performance

SPWAX had a total return of 12.87% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.98%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
FECGX Fidelity Fidelity Small Cap Growth Index Fund 0.05%
FCIGX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Growth Fund - Class I 1.07%
FCPGX Fidelity Fidelity Small Cap Growth Fund 1.05%
FCTGX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Growth Fund - Class M 1.58%
FCCGX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Growth Fund - Class C 2.08%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
STSRX R6 Class 0.97%
STSIX R5 Class 1.00%
SPWYX Y Class 1.06%
STSGX Investor Class 1.28%

Top 10 Holdings

20.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
U.S. Government Money Market S n/a 3.01%
Palomar Holdings, Inc. PLMR 2.21%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS 2.06%
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR 2.05%
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. FCFS 1.97%
EZCORP, Inc. EZPW 1.96%
BellRing Brands, Inc. BRBR 1.90%
RBC Bearings Incorporated RBC 1.89%
Leonardo DRS, Inc. DRS 1.87%
Exelixis, Inc. EXEL 1.72%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 20, 2024 $0.9945 Dec 23, 2024
Dec 21, 2023 $0.1708 Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2022 $1.4442 Dec 23, 2022
Dec 22, 2020 $1.9253 Dec 23, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $1.6108 Dec 23, 2019
Dec 20, 2018 $5.6482 Dec 21, 2018
Full Dividend History