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BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

Canadian Focused Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG GradeE Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade E

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2020, 2019

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$23.14
Change
-$0.19 (-0.81%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 17, 2015): 9.41%

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 1.22% 2.79% 6.42% 8.42% 5.57% 18.65% 14.29% 7.24% 9.65% 10.09% 11.57% 10.19% 10.06% 9.42%
Benchmark 2.40% 9.32% 19.50% 24.89% 22.25% 25.90% 18.51% 13.08% 14.56% 13.15% 13.28% 11.29% 11.41% 11.35%
Category Average 1.87% 5.90% 12.90% 16.58% 13.85% 19.75% 14.55% 10.38% 12.26% 11.16% 11.12% 9.28% 9.30% 9.09%
Category Rank 483 / 603 505 / 602 546 / 596 527 / 574 515 / 574 349 / 568 325 / 561 477 / 550 450 / 537 396 / 528 268 / 509 242 / 480 224 / 431 253 / 408
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -2.63% 5.00% -1.15% -4.63% -1.22% 4.18% 1.43% 1.17% 0.89% 0.75% 0.79% 1.22%
Benchmark -2.12% 3.61% -0.67% -2.52% -1.16% 5.40% 3.11% 2.07% 3.86% 5.11% 1.57% 2.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.77% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.88% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 4.75% 8.95% -5.77% 28.87% 14.28% 21.88% -18.82% 14.46% 27.49%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking - 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 2 1
Category Rank - 389/ 408 185/ 431 169/ 481 29/ 513 113/ 529 349/ 537 522/ 550 241/ 561 73/ 568

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.87% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.82% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 52.81
US Equity 44.06
International Equity 2.94
Cash and Equivalents 0.18
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 28.33
Technology 26.79
Industrial Services 8.56
Consumer Services 7.76
Basic Materials 6.52
Other 22.04

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.07
Europe 2.94

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Constellation Software Inc 5.60
Microsoft Corp 5.58
Brookfield Corp Cl A 5.09
Royal Bank of Canada 4.86
Dollarama Inc 4.77
Waste Connections Inc 4.53
Alphabet Inc Cl C 4.17
Visa Inc Cl A 3.94
Intuitive Surgical Inc 3.72
Shopify Inc Cl A 3.67

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)

BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.04% 13.01% 13.10%
Beta 0.88% 0.97% 0.96%
Alpha -0.01% -0.04% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.71% 0.71% 0.76%
Sharpe 0.91% 0.57% 0.62%
Sortino 1.85% 0.86% 0.80%
Treynor 0.12% 0.08% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 98.67% -
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 9.21% 11.04% 13.01% 13.10%
Beta 0.83% 0.88% 0.97% 0.96%
Alpha -0.11% -0.01% -0.04% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.73% 0.71% 0.71% 0.76%
Sharpe 0.34% 0.91% 0.57% 0.62%
Sortino 0.47% 1.85% 0.86% 0.80%
Treynor 0.04% 0.12% 0.08% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 98.67% -

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 April 17, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $302

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70742
BMO742

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies from around the world.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests primarily in equity securities from around the world; employs a bottom-up fundamental analysis to select equity securities from around the world that the portfolio manager believes to be the best investment regardless of market capitalization or sector allocation, with emphasis on securities that are attractively priced with the potential for above-average earnings growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Valentin Padure
  • Jennifer So
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

BMO Investments Inc.

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.95%
Management Fee 1.80%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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