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Guardian Canadian Equity Income Fund Series W

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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NAVPS
(12-10-2024)
$16.55
Change
-$0.08 (-0.46%)

As at November 30, 2024

As at November 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Guardian Canadian Equity Income Fund Series W

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 28, 2012): 6.49%

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 2.96% 5.02% 9.68% 15.54% 19.38% 8.84% 8.63% 11.82% 7.94% 8.40% 6.10% 6.18% 6.84% 5.24%
Benchmark 6.37% 10.66% 16.91% 25.77% 30.69% 15.61% 10.90% 13.91% 11.92% 12.54% 10.25% 10.17% 10.75% 8.96%
Category Average 4.20% 7.20% 12.91% 19.06% 23.78% 10.43% 8.83% 11.96% 8.95% 9.43% 7.72% 7.88% 8.31% 6.97%
Category Rank 445 / 475 452 / 473 454 / 470 439 / 462 445 / 462 397 / 452 300 / 439 271 / 412 320 / 408 329 / 392 346 / 372 314 / 347 263 / 298 264 / 278
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 3.32% -0.37% 0.57% 4.15% -1.57% 2.56% -2.16% 5.20% 1.47% 2.76% -0.74% 2.96%
Benchmark 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.04% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-20.61% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 4.10% -9.63% 19.85% 3.93% -11.69% 18.55% -7.88% 28.11% -0.75% 6.68%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 8.23% -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17%
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 3
Category Rank 230/ 256 244/ 280 104/ 316 281/ 347 344/ 372 213/ 394 380/ 408 180/ 416 77/ 440 308/ 452

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.11% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.69% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 85.84
Income Trust Units 11.37
Cash and Equivalents 2.78
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 31.14
Energy 21.93
Basic Materials 9.00
Utilities 8.22
Real Estate 5.34
Other 24.37

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.32
Latin America 3.68

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 7.86
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.20
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 5.02
Enbridge Inc 4.76
Canadian National Railway Co 4.21
Manulife Financial Corp 4.20
Bank of Montreal 4.18
Suncor Energy Inc 3.79
Open Text Corp 3.52
Element Fleet Management Corp 3.36

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)

Guardian Canadian Equity Income Fund Series W

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.85% 16.33% 12.85%
Beta 0.88% 0.96% 0.93%
Alpha -0.01% -0.03% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.88% 0.88% 0.87%
Sharpe 0.43% 0.41% 0.34%
Sortino 0.71% 0.50% 0.32%
Treynor 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 88.44% 87.89% 83.85%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.16% 12.85% 16.33% 12.85%
Beta 0.84% 0.88% 0.96% 0.93%
Alpha -0.05% -0.01% -0.03% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.85% 0.88% 0.88% 0.87%
Sharpe 1.67% 0.43% 0.41% 0.34%
Sortino 4.68% 0.71% 0.50% 0.32%
Treynor 0.16% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 92.77% 88.44% 87.89% 83.85%

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 May 28, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
GCG563

Investment Objectives

The principal objective of the Fund is the achievement of a high level of stable income, with an attractive total return, by investing primarily in Canadian dividend-paying equity securities, income trust units and other flow-through securities.

Investment Strategy

The Fund may invest in any income-oriented equity security, including, but not limited to, common equities, income trusts and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Income trusts structured as limited partnerships are permitted. We primarily use a fundamental, bottom-up approach to security analysis.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Michele Robitaille 03-29-2012
Kevin Hall 03-29-2012

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Guardian Capital LP
Advisor Guardian Capital LP
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Distributor Worldsource Financial Management Inc.
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 500
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.90%
Management Fee 1.50%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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