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MFS® VIT Utilities Series Initial
Release date as of 2024-02-29. Data on page is subject to change.
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Overall Morningstar
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As of 2024-02-29
Out of 59
Utilities Funds
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As of 2024-02-29
Total Fund Assets ($ Mil)
1,019.12
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  Investment Objective & Strategy  
The investment seeks total return.
MFS normally invests at least 80% of the fund's net assets in securities of issuers in the utilities industry. Issuers in the utilities industry include issuers engaged in the manufacture, production, generation, transmission, sale or distribution of electric, gas or other types of energy, water or other sanitary services; and issuers engaged in telecommunications. MFS primarily invests the fund's assets in equity securities, but may also invest in debt instruments, including below investment grade quality debt instruments.
  Morningstar Category: Utilities
Utilities portfolios seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. or non-U.S. public utilities including electric, gas, and telephone-service providers. 
  Investment Risks
Sector Funds: Funds that invest exclusively in one sector or industry involve risks due to the lack of industry diversification and expose the investor to increased industry-specific risks.
  Portfolio Profile
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
U.S. Stocks 75.3
Non-U.S. Stocks 23.4
Bonds 0.0
Cash 1.3
Other 0.0
Total 100.0
Asset Allocation Long/Short/Net Graph
Data through 2024-02-29
Morningstar Equity Sectors
% of Stocks
Cyclical 5.83
Basic Materials 0.00
Consumer Cyclical 0.00
Financial Services 0.00
Real Estate 5.83
Sensitive 3.24
Communication Services 1.88
Energy 0.00
Industrials 1.36
Technology 0.00
Defensive 90.93
Consumer Defensive 0.00
Healthcare 0.00
Utilities 90.93
Data through 2024-02-29
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 39
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 52.98
Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 15.00
30 Day SEC Yield % ---
Top Holdings
Sector P/E % of Net
Assets
NextEra Energy Inc 15.33 10.71
PG&E Corp 15.90 6.63
Dominion Energy Inc 19.29 6.02
DTE Energy Co 16.03 4.84
Southern Co 18.58 4.79
Constellation Energy Corp 33.62 4.72
Sempra 14.74 4.26
Edison International 21.87 4.00
PPL Corp 26.37 3.73
RWE AG Class A --- 3.28
Data through 2024-02-29
  Principal Risks   
Credit and Counterparty, Currency, Emerging Markets, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Country or Region, Issuer, Interest Rate, Market/Market Volatility, Equity Securities, Industry and Sector Investing, Restricted/Illiquid Securities, Derivatives, Leverage, Fixed-Income Securities, Shareholder Activity, Management
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  Other Information
Inception Date: 1995-01-03
Portfolio Manager(s)
Claud P. Davis   (2014-04-30)
Mr. Davis is an executive vice president in the global quantitative portfolio group in the Newport Beach office. He is a senior member of PIMCO’s quantitative strategies portfolio management team and manages multi-strategy alternatives, managed futures, managed volatility and tail risk hedging portfolios. He has conducted research and published extensively on systematic strategies, innovative hedging solutions and alternative risk premia. He began his career at PIMCO in the portfolio analytics group in 2008, where he worked on developing the core infrastructure for analyzing multi asset portfolios and advised institutional clients globally.
J. Scott Walker   (2017-09-15)
J. Scott Walkeris an Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of MFS and has been employed in the investment area of MFS since 2008.
Investment Advisor(s)
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
Issuer
MFS
Subadvisor(s)
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