Seeks capital appreciation, measured in U.S. dollars.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
Emphasis is placed on high-quality, above-average businesses with pricing power and free cash flow growth
Seeks companies whose duration of growth potential we believe is underappreciated by the market
We consider whether valuations fully reflect long-term growth potential
Important Risk Considerations
The fund specific risks include: stock risk, emerging markets risk, concentrated risk and growth risk. These relevant risks, as associated with this fund, are highlighted and defined at the end of this document.
The fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund.
Stock: Stock markets and investments in individual stocks are volatile and can decline significantly in response to or investor perception of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions.
Emerging Markets: Emerging markets can have less market structure, depth, and regulatory, custodial or operational oversight and greater political, social, geopolitical and economic instability than developed markets.
Growth: Investments in growth companies can be more sensitive to the company's earnings and more volatile than the stock market in general.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Fund Information
Fund Inception
18-May-2022
Net Assets
(US$
M)
As of 28-Feb-25
US$6.88
Fiscal Year End
JANUARY
SFDR Classification
Article 6: Integrates sustainability risks into the investment process.
Article 8: Systematically promotes a stated environmental or social characteristic and provides enhanced disclosure accordingly.
Article 9: Typically for "impact" funds, which have a dual objective of financial return and specific environmental or social outcomes.
Article 8
Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
Share Class Information
Class Inception
18-May-2022
Net Asset Value (NAV)
As of 14-Mar-25
$151.08
Most Recent NAV Change
As of 14-Mar-25
$3.44
|
2.33%
Eric B. Fischman, CFA, is an investment officer and portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions.
Eric joined MFS as an equity research analyst in 2000 and was named portfolio manager in 2002. Prior to joining the firm he served as an equity research analyst at State Street Research and as a staff attorney at the US Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.
Eric earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School, a law degree from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. He holds the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Bradford Mak
Portfolio Manager
20
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
20
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Bradford J. Mak is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for the US Growth and Global Strategic Equity strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions.
Brad joined MFS in 2010 as an equity research analyst, served as the US technology sector team leader from 2016 through 2019 and assumed his current role in 2020. He previously was an investment research analyst for two years at Kingsbrook Partners LP, a spinout of Highbridge Capital Management, where he covered small-cap companies as a generalist. He also spent two years as an investment research analyst at Highbridge, three years as a private equity associate in the health care group at Paul Capital Partners and two years as a strategic planning manager at Genentech, Inc. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2003.
Brad has a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Brown University and was the recipient of its Royce Fellowship. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.
Laura Granger, CFA
Institutional Portfolio Manager
34
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
34
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Laura Granger, CFA, is an investment officer and institutional equity portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In her role, she participates in the research process and strategy discussions, assesses portfolio risk, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and manages daily cash flows. She also communicates investment policy, strategy and positioning.
Laura joined MFS in 2022. She previously worked for eight years as vice president and senior client portfolio manager at American Century Investments. Prior to that she worked for 17 years as a portfolio manager and analyst at multiple investment firms, including Oppenheimer Funds, Fortis Advisors and General Motors Investment Management. She began her career in financial services in 1984.
Laura earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. She also holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
*YTD Updated Daily as of 14-Mar-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
12 month period ending:
28-Feb-21
or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
28-Feb-22
28-Feb-23
28-Feb-24
28-Feb-25
YTD %
*
Class Inception
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
18.50
-
-
39.37
12.83
-3.45
18-May-2022
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
-
-
-
23.15
15.06
-
-
12 month period ending:
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
28-Feb-21or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
18.50
28-Feb-22
-
28-Feb-23
-
28-Feb-24
39.37
28-Feb-25
12.83
YTD %
*
-3.45
Class Inception
18-May-2022
18-May-2022
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
Updated monthly as of
28-Feb-25
*YTD Updated Daily as of 14-Mar-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
The source for all fund data is MFS. Source for benchmark performance: SPAR, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
The Fund's benchmark is indicated for performance comparison only.
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Annual Rate of Return
Annual Rate of Return (%)
Annual Rate of Return (%)
As of
31-Dec-24Benchmark: MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
annual rate of return table
Life
Life performance as of 28-Feb-25
2023
2024
At NAV
18.50
28.67
24.79
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
-
22.20
17.49
At NAV
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
2024
24.79
17.49
2023
28.67
22.2
Life
Life performance as of 28-Feb-25
18.5
-
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Pricing & Distributions
Pricing History
NAV at Close of Trading on:
14-Mar-25
Net Asset Value (NAV):
$151.08
Change
($) (since
13-Mar-25):
3.44
Change (%) (since
13-Mar-25):
2.33
Market Price (MP):
Maximum data displayed is for the most recent 10 years
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The Record Date is the date on which a fund declares a distribution. To receive the distribution, an investor must be a shareholder of record on that date.
The Payable Date is the date on which the distribution is paid to shareholders.
Dividend Rate per Share is the amount of dividend that a shareholder will receive for each share held. It can be calculated by taking the total amount of dividends paid and dividing it by the total shares outstanding.
Dividend Reinvestment at NAV is the automatic reinvestment of shareholder dividends in more shares at net asset value.
Ex-Dividend Date is the date on which a fund goes ex-dividend. The interval between the announcement and the payment of the next dividend. An investor must own the fund before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend payout.
There are no distributions for this share class or distributions are currently not available
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. ("S&P Global Market Intelligence"). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been licensed for use by MFS. MFS has applied its own internal sector/industry classification methodology for equity securities and non-equity securities that are unclassified by GICS.
Map represents sectors greater than 5%.
Holding Characteristics
Weighted average price/earnings (P/E) ratio is the ratio of the current price of a stock to an estimate of forward 12 month earnings; P/E ex-negatives ratio is an exposure-weighted average of the P/E ratios of the securities held, excluding companies with projected negative earnings.
Weighted Average Price/Cash Flow: Price-to-cash-flow is the ratio of a stock's price to its per-share cash earnings.
Price/Sales Ratio (P/S) is the ratio of a stock's price to its per-share sales.
Price/Book ratio (P/B) is the ratio of a stock's price to its book value per share.
Weighted Average IBES Long Term EPS Growth is the weighted average forecast, by sell side analysts of how much a company's net income will grow over the long-term (typically 3-5 years). The forecast is derived from all polled analysts' estimates. Source FactSet.
Weighted Average Dividend Yield:The equivalent exposure weighted average of the dividend yields of the securities held in the portfolio (or the equity segment of a multi asset class mandate).
Weighted Average Market Cap: Market capitalization is the value of a corporation as determined by the market price of its issued and outstanding common stock. It is calculated by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the current market price of a share.
Weighted Median Market Cap: Weighted Median Market Cap is the Market Capitalization of the firm defined by the median dollar within the distribution of the market capitalization of all companies in the index or portfolio. It is calculated from a running total of market capitalizations from smallest company to largest. The Market Capitalization of the firm that sorts the total dollar value of all market capitalizations into two equal portions defines the value.
As of
28-Feb-25
Data table of holding characteristics
characterstics
Equity Earning
Weighted Average Price/Earnings (next 12 months)
28.55x
Weighted Average Price/Cash Flow
29.04x
Weighted Average Price/Sales
5.43x
Weighted Average Price/Book
7.11x
Weighted Average IBES Long Term EPS Growth
16.13%
Weighted Average Dividend Yield
0.78%
Weighted Average Market Cap
$836.9b
Weighted Median Market Cap
$201.4b
Number of Issues
42
Active Share
Active share is calculated by taking the absolute value of the difference between each issuer's weighting in the index and its weighting in the portfolio, summing, then dividing by two. The higher the number, the more the weights differ from those of the benchmark.
74.85%
Portfolio Turnover (U.S. Method)
Turnover Ratio is the percentage of a portfolio's securities that have changed over the course of a year: (lesser of purchases or sales)/average market value.
63.68%
Portfolio Turnover (LUX Method)
Lux Method
Turnover ratio is the percentage of a portfolio's assets that have changed over the course of a year: ((Purchases + Sales) - (Subscriptions + Redemptions))/Average Month End Assets
111.91%
% in Stocks
99.15%
% Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.91%
% Other1
-0.06%
% in Top Ten
41.09%
Performance Statistics
Alpha is a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted performance. When compared to the portfolio's beta, a positive alpha indicates better-than-expected portfolio performance and a negative indicates alpha worse-than-expected portfolio performance.
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a portfolio relative to the overall market. A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower risk than the market; a beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher risk than the market. It is most reliable as a risk measure when the return fluctuations of the portfolio are highly correlated with the return fluctuations of the index chosen to represent the market.
Information ratio is a measure of consistency in excess return. It is calculated by taking the annualized excess return over a benchmark and dividing it by the annualized standard deviation of excess return.
R squared represents the percentage of the portfolio's movements that can be explained by the general movements of the market. Index portfolios will tend to have values very close to 100. R squared is not a measure of performance.
The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated to determine reward per unit of risk. It uses a standard deviation and excess return. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
Standard Deviation is an indicator of the portfolio's total return volatility, which is based on a minimum of 36 monthly returns. The larger the portfolio's standard deviation, the greater the portfolio's volatility.
Tracking error is the standard deviation of a portfolio's excess returns. Excess returns are a portfolio's return minus the benchmark's annualized return.
Treynor Ratio: Treynor Ratio is a risk adjusted measure of performance. It is the ratio of the annualized excess return of the portfolio over the risk free rate for a given period divided by the Beta of the portfolio versus its benchmark for the same period. It measures the amount of excess return over the risk free rate earned per unit of systematic risk (beta) assumed.
Upside and downside capture is a measure of how well a manager was able to replicate or improve on phases of positive benchmark returns, and how badly the manager was affected by phases of negative benchmark returns. Upside capture ratio for a portfolio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during periods when the benchmark had a positive return and dividing it by the benchmark return during that same period. Downside capture ratio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during the periods of negative benchmark performance and dividing it by the benchmark return for that period.
Updated Monthly As of
28-Feb-25
Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
Performance Statistics Table
10 Yr.
5 Yr.
3 Yr.
Alpha
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n/a
n/a
Beta
n/a
n/a
n/a
R-squared
n/a
n/a
n/a
Standard Deviation %
n/a
n/a
n/a
Sharpe Ratio
n/a
n/a
n/a
Tracking Error
n/a
n/a
n/a
Information Ratio
n/a
n/a
n/a
Treynor Ratio
n/a
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n/a
Downside Capture %
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n/a
Upside Capture %
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Top 10 Holdings
As of
28-Feb-25
Amazon.com Inc
Meta Platforms Inc
Apple Inc
Microsoft Corp
Tencent Holdings Ltd
EssilorLuxottica SA
Philip Morris International Inc
KKR & Co Inc
Atlassian Corp Ltd
NVIDIA Corp
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Type Of Holdings (%)
As of
28-Feb-25
Sector Weights (%)
As of
28-Feb-25
% Assets
Information Technology
23.54
Consumer Discretionary
15.88
Financials
15.87
Communication Services
14.80
Health Care
11.41
Industrials
8.40
Materials
3.22
Consumer Staples
3.11
Energy
2.83
Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.91
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. ("S&P Global Market Intelligence"). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been licensed for use by MFS. MFS has applied its own internal sector/industry classification methodology for equity securities and non-equity securities that are unclassified by GICS.
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Portfolio characteristics are based on equivalent exposure, which measures how a portfolio's value would change due to price changes in an asset held either directly or, in the case of a derivative contract, indirectly. The market value of the holding may differ.
*Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.
1Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.
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Seeks capital appreciation, measured in U.S. dollars.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
Emphasis is placed on high-quality, above-average businesses with pricing power and free cash flow growth
Seeks companies whose duration of growth potential we believe is underappreciated by the market
We consider whether valuations fully reflect long-term growth potential
Important Risk Considerations
The fund specific risks include: stock risk, emerging markets risk, concentrated risk and growth risk. These relevant risks, as associated with this fund, are highlighted and defined at the end of this document.
The fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund.
Stock: Stock markets and investments in individual stocks are volatile and can decline significantly in response to or investor perception of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions.
Emerging Markets: Emerging markets can have less market structure, depth, and regulatory, custodial or operational oversight and greater political, social, geopolitical and economic instability than developed markets.
Growth: Investments in growth companies can be more sensitive to the company's earnings and more volatile than the stock market in general.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Fund Information
Fund Inception
18-May-2022
Net Assets
(US$
M)
As of 28-Feb-25
US$6.88
Fiscal Year End
JANUARY
SFDR Classification
Article 6: Integrates sustainability risks into the investment process.
Article 8: Systematically promotes a stated environmental or social characteristic and provides enhanced disclosure accordingly.
Article 9: Typically for "impact" funds, which have a dual objective of financial return and specific environmental or social outcomes.
Article 8
Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
Share Class Information
Class Inception
18-May-2022
Net Asset Value (NAV)
As of 14-Mar-25
$151.08
Most Recent NAV Change
As of 14-Mar-25
$3.44
|
2.33%
Eric B. Fischman, CFA, is an investment officer and portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions.
Eric joined MFS as an equity research analyst in 2000 and was named portfolio manager in 2002. Prior to joining the firm he served as an equity research analyst at State Street Research and as a staff attorney at the US Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.
Eric earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School, a law degree from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. He holds the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Bradford Mak
Portfolio Manager
20
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
20
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Bradford J. Mak is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for the US Growth and Global Strategic Equity strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions.
Brad joined MFS in 2010 as an equity research analyst, served as the US technology sector team leader from 2016 through 2019 and assumed his current role in 2020. He previously was an investment research analyst for two years at Kingsbrook Partners LP, a spinout of Highbridge Capital Management, where he covered small-cap companies as a generalist. He also spent two years as an investment research analyst at Highbridge, three years as a private equity associate in the health care group at Paul Capital Partners and two years as a strategic planning manager at Genentech, Inc. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2003.
Brad has a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Brown University and was the recipient of its Royce Fellowship. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.
Laura Granger, CFA
Institutional Portfolio Manager
34
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
34
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
3
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Laura Granger, CFA, is an investment officer and institutional equity portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In her role, she participates in the research process and strategy discussions, assesses portfolio risk, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and manages daily cash flows. She also communicates investment policy, strategy and positioning.
Laura joined MFS in 2022. She previously worked for eight years as vice president and senior client portfolio manager at American Century Investments. Prior to that she worked for 17 years as a portfolio manager and analyst at multiple investment firms, including Oppenheimer Funds, Fortis Advisors and General Motors Investment Management. She began her career in financial services in 1984.
Laura earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. She also holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
*YTD Updated Daily as of 14-Mar-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
12 month period ending:
28-Feb-21
or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
28-Feb-22
28-Feb-23
28-Feb-24
28-Feb-25
YTD %
*
Class Inception
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
18.50
-
-
39.37
12.83
-3.45
18-May-2022
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
-
-
-
23.15
15.06
-
-
12 month period ending:
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
28-Feb-21or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
18.50
28-Feb-22
-
28-Feb-23
-
28-Feb-24
39.37
28-Feb-25
12.83
YTD %
*
-3.45
Class Inception
18-May-2022
18-May-2022
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
Updated monthly as of
28-Feb-25
*YTD Updated Daily as of 14-Mar-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
The source for all fund data is MFS. Source for benchmark performance: SPAR, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
The Fund's benchmark is indicated for performance comparison only.
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Annual Rate of Return
Annual Rate of Return (%)
Annual Rate of Return (%)
As of
31-Dec-24Benchmark: MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
annual rate of return table
Life
Life performance as of 28-Feb-25
2023
2024
At NAV
18.50
28.67
24.79
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
-
22.20
17.49
At NAV
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
2024
24.79
17.49
2023
28.67
22.2
Life
Life performance as of 28-Feb-25
18.5
-
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
Pricing & Distributions
Pricing History
NAV at Close of Trading on:
14-Mar-25
Net Asset Value (NAV):
$151.08
Change
($) (since
13-Mar-25):
3.44
Change (%) (since
13-Mar-25):
2.33
Market Price (MP):
Maximum data displayed is for the most recent 10 years
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The Record Date is the date on which a fund declares a distribution. To receive the distribution, an investor must be a shareholder of record on that date.
The Payable Date is the date on which the distribution is paid to shareholders.
Dividend Rate per Share is the amount of dividend that a shareholder will receive for each share held. It can be calculated by taking the total amount of dividends paid and dividing it by the total shares outstanding.
Dividend Reinvestment at NAV is the automatic reinvestment of shareholder dividends in more shares at net asset value.
Ex-Dividend Date is the date on which a fund goes ex-dividend. The interval between the announcement and the payment of the next dividend. An investor must own the fund before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend payout.
There are no distributions for this share class or distributions are currently not available
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. ("S&P Global Market Intelligence"). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been licensed for use by MFS. MFS has applied its own internal sector/industry classification methodology for equity securities and non-equity securities that are unclassified by GICS.
Map represents sectors greater than 5%.
Holding Characteristics
Weighted average price/earnings (P/E) ratio is the ratio of the current price of a stock to an estimate of forward 12 month earnings; P/E ex-negatives ratio is an exposure-weighted average of the P/E ratios of the securities held, excluding companies with projected negative earnings.
Weighted Average Price/Cash Flow: Price-to-cash-flow is the ratio of a stock's price to its per-share cash earnings.
Price/Sales Ratio (P/S) is the ratio of a stock's price to its per-share sales.
Price/Book ratio (P/B) is the ratio of a stock's price to its book value per share.
Weighted Average IBES Long Term EPS Growth is the weighted average forecast, by sell side analysts of how much a company's net income will grow over the long-term (typically 3-5 years). The forecast is derived from all polled analysts' estimates. Source FactSet.
Weighted Average Dividend Yield:The equivalent exposure weighted average of the dividend yields of the securities held in the portfolio (or the equity segment of a multi asset class mandate).
Weighted Average Market Cap: Market capitalization is the value of a corporation as determined by the market price of its issued and outstanding common stock. It is calculated by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the current market price of a share.
Weighted Median Market Cap: Weighted Median Market Cap is the Market Capitalization of the firm defined by the median dollar within the distribution of the market capitalization of all companies in the index or portfolio. It is calculated from a running total of market capitalizations from smallest company to largest. The Market Capitalization of the firm that sorts the total dollar value of all market capitalizations into two equal portions defines the value.
As of
28-Feb-25
Data table of holding characteristics
characterstics
Equity Earning
Weighted Average Price/Earnings (next 12 months)
28.55x
Weighted Average Price/Cash Flow
29.04x
Weighted Average Price/Sales
5.43x
Weighted Average Price/Book
7.11x
Weighted Average IBES Long Term EPS Growth
16.13%
Weighted Average Dividend Yield
0.78%
Weighted Average Market Cap
$836.9b
Weighted Median Market Cap
$201.4b
Number of Issues
42
Active Share
Active share is calculated by taking the absolute value of the difference between each issuer's weighting in the index and its weighting in the portfolio, summing, then dividing by two. The higher the number, the more the weights differ from those of the benchmark.
74.85%
Portfolio Turnover (U.S. Method)
Turnover Ratio is the percentage of a portfolio's securities that have changed over the course of a year: (lesser of purchases or sales)/average market value.
63.68%
Portfolio Turnover (LUX Method)
Lux Method
Turnover ratio is the percentage of a portfolio's assets that have changed over the course of a year: ((Purchases + Sales) - (Subscriptions + Redemptions))/Average Month End Assets
111.91%
% in Stocks
99.15%
% Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.91%
% Other1
-0.06%
% in Top Ten
41.09%
Performance Statistics
Alpha is a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted performance. When compared to the portfolio's beta, a positive alpha indicates better-than-expected portfolio performance and a negative indicates alpha worse-than-expected portfolio performance.
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a portfolio relative to the overall market. A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower risk than the market; a beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher risk than the market. It is most reliable as a risk measure when the return fluctuations of the portfolio are highly correlated with the return fluctuations of the index chosen to represent the market.
Information ratio is a measure of consistency in excess return. It is calculated by taking the annualized excess return over a benchmark and dividing it by the annualized standard deviation of excess return.
R squared represents the percentage of the portfolio's movements that can be explained by the general movements of the market. Index portfolios will tend to have values very close to 100. R squared is not a measure of performance.
The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated to determine reward per unit of risk. It uses a standard deviation and excess return. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
Standard Deviation is an indicator of the portfolio's total return volatility, which is based on a minimum of 36 monthly returns. The larger the portfolio's standard deviation, the greater the portfolio's volatility.
Tracking error is the standard deviation of a portfolio's excess returns. Excess returns are a portfolio's return minus the benchmark's annualized return.
Treynor Ratio: Treynor Ratio is a risk adjusted measure of performance. It is the ratio of the annualized excess return of the portfolio over the risk free rate for a given period divided by the Beta of the portfolio versus its benchmark for the same period. It measures the amount of excess return over the risk free rate earned per unit of systematic risk (beta) assumed.
Upside and downside capture is a measure of how well a manager was able to replicate or improve on phases of positive benchmark returns, and how badly the manager was affected by phases of negative benchmark returns. Upside capture ratio for a portfolio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during periods when the benchmark had a positive return and dividing it by the benchmark return during that same period. Downside capture ratio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during the periods of negative benchmark performance and dividing it by the benchmark return for that period.
Updated Monthly As of
28-Feb-25
Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (net div)
Performance Statistics Table
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Alpha
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Beta
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Standard Deviation %
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Sharpe Ratio
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Tracking Error
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Information Ratio
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Treynor Ratio
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Downside Capture %
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Upside Capture %
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Top 10 Holdings
As of
28-Feb-25
Amazon.com Inc
Meta Platforms Inc
Apple Inc
Microsoft Corp
Tencent Holdings Ltd
EssilorLuxottica SA
Philip Morris International Inc
KKR & Co Inc
Atlassian Corp Ltd
NVIDIA Corp
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Type Of Holdings (%)
As of
28-Feb-25
Sector Weights (%)
As of
28-Feb-25
% Assets
Information Technology
23.54
Consumer Discretionary
15.88
Financials
15.87
Communication Services
14.80
Health Care
11.41
Industrials
8.40
Materials
3.22
Consumer Staples
3.11
Energy
2.83
Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.91
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. ("S&P Global Market Intelligence"). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been licensed for use by MFS. MFS has applied its own internal sector/industry classification methodology for equity securities and non-equity securities that are unclassified by GICS.
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Portfolio characteristics are based on equivalent exposure, which measures how a portfolio's value would change due to price changes in an asset held either directly or, in the case of a derivative contract, indirectly. The market value of the holding may differ.
*Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.
1Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.
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