MFS VIT New Discovery Init |
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Release date as of 2024-10-31. Data on page is subject to change. |
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Overall Morningstar Rating™
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As of 2024-10-31 |
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Out of 542 Small Growth Funds
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Total Fund Assets ($ Mil) |
710.42 |
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Investment Objective & Strategy |
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The investment seeks capital appreciation.
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The fund normally invests its assets primarily in equity securities. Equity securities include common stocks and other securities that represent an ownership interest (or right to acquire an ownership interest) in a company or other issuer. While it may invest the fund's assets in securities of companies of any size, the fund primarily invests in securities of companies with small capitalizations. It may invest its assets in foreign securities. |
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Morningstar Category: Small Growth |
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Small-growth portfolios focus on faster-growing companies whose shares are at the lower end of the market-capitalization range. These portfolios tend to favor companies in up-and-coming industries or young firms in their early growth stages. Because these businesses are fast-growing and often richly valued, their stocks tend to be volatile. Stocks in the bottom 10% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as small cap. Growth is defined based on fast growth (high growth rates for earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow) and high valuations (high price ratios and low dividend yields).
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Small Cap Funds: Smaller companies typically have higher risk of failure, and are not as well established as larger blue-chip companies. Historically, the smaller company stocks have experienced a greater degree of market volatility than the overall market average. |
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% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Stocks |
85.2 |
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Non-U.S. Stocks |
10.8 |
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Bonds |
0.0 |
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Cash |
4.1 |
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Other |
0.0 |
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Data through 2024-10-31 |
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Morningstar Equity Sectors |
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% of Stocks |
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Cyclical |
17.65 |
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Basic Materials |
3.47 |
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Consumer Cyclical |
6.33 |
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Financial Services |
3.58 |
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Real Estate |
4.27 |
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Sensitive |
52.16 |
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Communication Services |
1.74 |
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Energy |
5.19 |
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Industrials |
21.75 |
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Technology |
23.48 |
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Defensive |
30.19 |
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Consumer Defensive |
5.02 |
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Healthcare |
25.17 |
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Utilities |
0.00 |
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Data through 2024-10-31 |
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Total Number of Stock Holdings |
107 |
Total Number of Bond Holdings |
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% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings |
19.81 |
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Turnover % |
(as of 2023-12-31) |
61.00 |
30 Day SEC Yield % |
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Sector |
P/E |
% of Net Assets
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Summit Materials Inc Class A |
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55.78 |
2.61 |
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CACI International Inc Class A |
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27.40 |
2.42 |
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US Foods Holding Corp |
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29.36 |
2.16 |
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Crane Co |
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34.80 |
2.11 |
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RB Global Inc |
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1.85 |
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nVent Electric PLC |
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1.85 |
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SentinelOne Inc Class A |
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1.74 |
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GFL Environmental Inc |
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1.72 |
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TopBuild Corp |
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18.20 |
1.68 |
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KBR Inc |
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28.39 |
1.67 |
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Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Growth Investing, Issuer, Market/Market Volatility, Equity Securities, Restricted/Illiquid Securities, Shareholder Activity, Management, Portfolio Diversification, Small Cap |
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Inception Date: 1998-05-01 |
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Michael S. Grossman (2013-12-31) |
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- Equity Portfolio Manager
- Investment Officer
- As an Equity Portfolio Manager, responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk and cash management. Participates in the research process and strategy discussions., .
- Joined MFS in 2005; previous positions include Equity Research Analyst.
- Previous experience includes 3 years as Equity Research Analyst at Essex Investment Management Co., LLC; 3 years as Investment Associate/Global Equity Research at Putnam Investments;.
- Affiliations include CFA Institute, CFA Society of Boston,.
- Boston College, MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma Society (top 10%)
- University of Pennsylvania, BA, with distinction |
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Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
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Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.
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