Virtus Westchester Event-Driven Fund Class A (WCERX)
NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
10.98
-0.01 (-0.09%)
Jul 16, 2025, 8:07 AM EDT
-0.27% (1Y)
| Fund Assets | 133.81M |
| Expense Ratio | 1.85% |
| Min. Investment | $2,000 |
| Turnover | n/a |
| Dividend (ttm) | 0.70 |
| Dividend Yield | 6.00% |
| Dividend Growth | n/a |
| Payout Frequency | n/a |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Dec 18, 2024 |
| Previous Close | 10.99 |
| YTD Return | 4.97% |
| 1-Year Return | 6.10% |
| 5-Year Return | 25.63% |
| 52-Week Low | 10.33 |
| 52-Week High | 11.21 |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.19 |
| Holdings | 354 |
| Inception Date | Mar 22, 2017 |
About WCERX
The fund primarily employs investment strategies designed to capture price movements generated by specific events, including, but not limited to, equity and/or debt securities of companies involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales or other divestitures, restructurings, refinancings, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other special situations (referred to as "event-driven opportunities").
Category Event Driven
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol WCERX
Share Class Class A
Index ICE BofA US 3-Month T Bill TR IX
Performance
WCERX had a total return of 6.10% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.44%.
Other Share Classes
These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.
| Symbol | Share Class | Expense Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| WCEIX | Class I | 1.60% |
Top 10 Holdings
35.81% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. | EDR | 8.88% |
| Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp | CLMT.11 04.15.26 | 6.32% |
| Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co | n/a | 4.05% |
| ILLUMINATE BUYER/HLDG - Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV Inc | n/a | 3.54% |
| Spirit AeroSystems Inc | SPR.L 01.15.27 2 | 2.26% |
| WERNER FINCO LP/INC - Werner FinCo LP / Werner FinCo Inc | n/a | 2.23% |
| AssuredPartners Inc | n/a | 2.21% |
| Gol Finance SA | GOLLBZ.F 06.08.25 144A | 2.18% |
| Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The | DNB.5 12.15.29 144A | 2.13% |
| Syniverse Holdings Inc. - Syniverse Holdings LLC/DE | SVR.L 05.13.27 7 | 2.01% |
Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2024 | $0.69713 | Dec 18, 2024 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | $0.87635 | Dec 29, 2021 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | $0.36203 | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Dec 27, 2019 | $0.2359 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | $0.54116 | Dec 28, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | $0.10302 | Dec 28, 2017 |