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Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart

$35.51+0.02 (+0.06%)
Score 19 out of 100
Score 19 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
FMost small-cap funds ask you to wait for the payoff. SCAP goes looking for cash now: active small-cap value picks, preferreds and convertibles, covered calls and modest borrowed leverage, all funneled into a monthly payout.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income by investing primarily in small-capitalization companies. The adviser favors companies it views as relatively undervalued and having income qualities.
| Period | SCAP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.3% |
| 1 month | −5.5% |
| 3 months | −5.6% |
| 1 year | +14.3% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
| Year | Return bar | SCAP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.3% | |
| 2025 | +11.9% | |
| 2024 | +16.4% | |
| 2023 | +6.2% |
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
Every other US Active Small-Cap fund charges less.