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MFS U.S. Equity Core Fund

U.S. Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$21.59
Change
-$0.22 (-1.01%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 26, 2012): 15.87%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -0.09% 5.88% 14.16% 10.67% 10.10% 21.26% 17.21% 11.94% 14.31% 13.93% 14.36% 13.62% 14.30% 13.46%
Benchmark -0.03% 8.17% 18.44% 14.45% 14.74% 25.89% 21.96% 14.84% 17.03% 16.62% 16.53% 15.65% 15.90% 15.16%
Category Average 0.08% 5.46% 14.22% 10.22% 8.36% 19.89% 16.54% 10.18% 12.44% 12.41% 12.45% 11.45% 11.93% 11.20%
Category Rank 25 / 55 24 / 53 27 / 53 24 / 50 22 / 50 21 / 49 21 / 48 19 / 43 15 / 40 20 / 38 16 / 36 16 / 35 16 / 29 16 / 28
Quartile Ranking 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -0.52% 4.49% -1.25% -5.24% -5.51% 4.93% 3.46% 3.93% 0.28% 3.79% 2.11% -0.09%
Benchmark 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28% 5.00% 3.05% -0.03%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

32.26% (November 2017)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-21.45% (December 2017)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 21.02% 5.48% -7.51% 29.78% 25.93% 12.41% 26.35% -9.59% 16.87% 30.29%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 1 1 4 2 2 3 2
Category Rank 7/ 21 17/ 29 29/ 29 1/ 35 8/ 36 30/ 38 16/ 40 14/ 44 32/ 48 19/ 49

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

30.29% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-9.59% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 83.80
International Equity 15.49
Cash and Equivalents 0.70
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 43.05
Financial Services 14.37
Healthcare 10.62
Consumer Services 8.38
Industrial Goods 6.99
Other 16.59

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 83.85
Europe 14.13
Africa and Middle East 1.37
Other 0.65

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 8.45
NVIDIA Corp 7.47
Apple Inc 6.57
Alphabet Inc Cl A 5.26
Amazon.com Inc 5.12
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 3.38
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.75
Visa Inc Cl A 1.95
Lam Research Corp 1.86
Mastercard Inc Cl A 1.81

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

MFS U.S. Equity Core Fund

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.87% 11.69% 20.30%
Beta 0.92% 0.88% 0.97%
Alpha -0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.96% 0.95% 0.37%
Sharpe 1.16% 0.98% 0.63%
Sortino 2.10% 1.56% 1.00%
Treynor 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Tax Efficiency 78.82% 78.26% 76.85%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.42% 10.87% 11.69% 20.30%
Beta 0.93% 0.92% 0.88% 0.97%
Alpha -0.03% -0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.96% 0.96% 0.95% 0.37%
Sharpe 0.62% 1.16% 0.98% 0.63%
Sortino 0.91% 2.10% 1.56% 1.00%
Treynor 0.08% 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Tax Efficiency 38.51% 78.82% 78.26% 76.85%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date March 26, 2012
Instrument Type Exempt Product
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $53

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MLB999

Investment Objectives

While not guaranteed, is to outperform the S&P 500 Index (Net Dividends Reinvested) over a full market cycle and to achieve a competitive ranking against relevant peer universes over the same period.

Investment Strategy

Seeks to provide capital appreciation through an actively managed, diversified portfolio of primarily US companies, purchased at reasonable prices, is the most effective means of delivering consistent, long-term outperformance on a risk-adjusted basis. Our strategy leverages our bottom-up, global research platform to identify reasonably valued, high quality, large-cap US companies that generate sustainable above average growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

MFS Investment Management

  • Kevin Beatty
  • Ted Maloney
  • Joseph MacDougall

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible No
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER -
Management Fee -
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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