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At a Glance
As of 09/30/25

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Style

Core

Core

Market Cap

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Volatility

Below Average

High

Status

Open to new investors
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Open to new investors
Invest With Us

Why invest?
  • One of the first open-end small-cap funds.
  • Multi-discipline approach that offers exposure to strategies that have tended to perform well in different market environments, including High Quality, Emerging Quality, Traditional Value, and Quality Value.
  • Outperformed its benchmark for the 3-, 5-, 10-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 35-, 40-year and 45-year periods ended 9/30/25.
  • One of the oldest open-end funds dedicated to investing in micro-cap stocks, which Royce defines as companies with market caps no higher than that of the largest company in the Russell Microcap® Index.
  • Core approach that combines multiple investment themes and offers wide exposure to micro-cap stocks by investing in companies with strong fundamentals and/or prospects selling at prices that Royce believes do not fully reflect these attributes.
  • Average annual total return of 10.6% since inception (12/31/91) through 9/30/25.

Inception Date
N/A
12/31/91

Portfolio Managers

Andrew Palen, Steven McBoyle, Lauren Romeo, Miles Lewis, Francis Gannon, Jay Kaplan

Jim Stoeffel, Andrew Palen

Portfolio Diagnostics As of 09/30/25

 

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Total Net Assets

1.80B

311.7M

Holdings

267

152

Average Market Cap

3.67B

719.9M

Active Share

87%

87%
2024
Portfolio Turnover

37%

18%

Weighted Average P/E,

17.9x

-

Weighted Average P/B,

2.2x

1.9x

Weighted Average P/S

-

-

Composition As of 09/30/25

 

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Morningstar Style Map

The Morningstar Style Map is the Morningstar Style Box™ with the center 75% of fund holdings plotted as the Morningstar Ownership Zone™. The Morningstar Style Box is designed to reveal a fund's investment strategy. The Morningstar Ownership Zone provides detail about a portfolio's investment style by showing the range of stock sizes and styles. The Ownership Zone is derived by plotting each stock in the portfolio within the proprietary Morningstar Style Box. The shaded area represents the center 75% of the Fund's assets while the plot point in the middle represents the weighted average of its holdings. Over time, the shape and location of a fund's ownership zone may vary.

Geographic Breakdown

Sector Breakdowns

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Industrials

28.4

25.5

Financials

19.8

15.8

Information Technology

16.6

21.8

Consumer Discretionary

10.1

11.5

Health Care

8.3

9.8

Materials

7.6

3.8

Energy

2.1

4.5

Real Estate

1.3

0.8

Consumer Staples

0.9

0.9

Communication Services

0.8

3.5

Utilities

-

-

Cash and Cash Equivalents

4.2

2.1

Portfolio Overlap

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Small-Cap

-

16%

Micro-Cap

16%

-

Greatest Portfolio Overlap - U.S. Equity Funds

 PremierSmall-Cap Total ReturnSMid-Cap Total Return Capital Micro-CapSmall-Cap OpportunitySmaller-Companies Growth

Least Portfolio Overlap - U.S. Equity Funds

 Small-Cap Special EquitySmaller-Companies GrowthMicro-Cap SMid-Cap Total ReturnPremierSmall-Cap Special Equity

Risk As of 09/30/25

 

Small-Cap

Micro-Cap

Five-Year Up/Down Capture Ratio

↑ 101   ↓ 87

↑ 99   ↓ 74

Beta

N/A

N/A

Standard Deviation

18.98

22.94

Sharpe Ratio

0.66

0.66

Volatility

Performance As of 09/30/25

Cumulative Returns

Cumulative Performance since fund start date of to quarter-end 09/30/25

Average Annual Total Returns (%) , Annual Operating
Expenses (%)
FUND NAME TICKER QTR YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR SINCE
INCEPT.		 DATE GROSS NET
Small-Cap PENNX 7.70 6.87 4.93 16.90 13.28 11.08 13.24 10/31/72 0.93 0.93
Russell 2000 Index - 12.39 10.39 10.76 15.21 11.56 9.77 - - - -
Micro-Cap RYOTX 12.91 11.29 16.82 18.90 15.90 10.69 10.65 12/31/91 1.23 1.23
Russell Microcap Index - 17.03 15.74 22.56 14.64 11.98 9.32 - - - -
Russell 2000 Index - 12.39 10.39 10.76 15.21 11.56 9.77 - - - -
Average Annual Total Returns (%) , Annual Operating
Expenses (%)
FUND NAME TICKER NOV YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR SINCE
INCEPT.		 DATE GROSS NET
Small-Cap PENNX 2.18 8.86 1.13 11.78 9.92 10.48 13.13 10/31/72 0.93 0.93
Russell 2000 Index - 0.96 13.47 4.09 11.43 7.99 9.12 - - - -
Micro-Cap RYOTX -1.04 11.38 5.95 13.05 10.75 9.92 10.59 12/31/91 1.23 1.23
Russell Microcap Index - 1.07 22.25 15.17 13.31 8.80 8.94 - - - -
Russell 2000 Index - 0.96 13.47 4.09 11.43 7.99 9.12 - - - -
Average Annual Total Returns (%) , Annual Operating
Expenses (%)
FUND NAME TICKER DEC QTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR SINCE
INCEPT.		 DATE GROSS NET
Small-Cap PENNX 2.15 4.05 5.25 13.52 9.39 11.37 13.36 10/31/72 0.93 0.93
Russell 2000 Index - 2.10 4.95 9.55 13.58 7.37 10.04 - - - -
Micro-Cap RYOTX 3.31 3.40 10.80 15.36 10.63 10.74 10.69 12/31/91 1.23 1.23
Russell Microcap Index - 3.86 9.71 22.87 15.96 8.65 10.13 - - - -
Russell 2000 Index - 2.10 4.95 9.55 13.58 7.37 10.04 - - - -

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