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The Price-Earnings, or P/E, Ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its trailing 12-month earnings-per-share (EPS). The Portfolio's P/E ratio calculation excludes cash holdings and companies with zero or negative earnings. The Price-to-Book, or P/B, Ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its book value per share. Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a client account’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a portfolio’s volatility.
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† Managed by Mark Fischer since 2023 ( co-portfolio manager 2022-2023, and portfolio manager 2021-2022) and Mark Rayner assistant portfolio manager since 2023 (co-portfolio manager 2022, lead portfolio manager 2021-2022, manager 2016-2021, and assistant portfolio manager 2014-2016)
1 Royce classifies a client account as ‘Value’ because it anticipates it will have a weighted average price-to-book ratio or weighted average normalized price-to-earnings ratio lower than its general asset class (e.g. U.S. Small-Cap, U.S. Micro-Cap, International Small-Cap, Global Small-Cap); as ‘Core’ because it anticipates the client account equity holdings will have a weighted average price-to-book ratio or weighted average normalized price to earnings ratio that is similar to, or somewhat higher than, its general asset class; or as ‘Growth’ because it anticipates the client account equity holdings will have weighted average estimated eps growth higher than its general asset class.
2 Geometric Average: This weighted calculation uses each portfolio holding's market cap in a way designed to not skew the effect of very large or small holdings; instead, it aims to better identify the portfolio's center, which Royce believes offers a more accurate measure of average market cap than a simple mean or median.
3 Low Volatility is the lowest quintile ranking; Below Average Volatility is the second-lowest quintile ranking; Average Volatility is the middle volatility quintile ranking; Above Average Volatility is the second-highest volatility quintile ranking; and High Volatility is the highest volatility quintile ranking. Volatility characteristics were determined based on the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s Small Growth, Small Blend, and Small Value Categories with at least five years of history, a total of 459 funds as of 03/31/25 for Royce Micro-Cap, Premier, Small-Cap, Small-Cap Opportunity, Small-Cap Special Equity, Small-Cap Total Return, Small-Cap Value, and Smaller-Companies Growth Funds; for Royce Dividend Value Fund Fund the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s Small and Mid Growth, Small and Mid Blend, and Small and Mid Value Categories with at least five years of history, a total of 813 funds as of 03/31/25; for , the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s Large Growth, Large Blend, and Large Value Categories with at least three years of history, a total of funds as of 03/31/25; for the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s World Stock Category with at least five years of history, a total of funds as of 03/31/25; for , the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s Financial Category with at least five years of history, a total of funds as of 03/31/25; for Royce International Premier Fund the quintile ranking among all funds in Morningstar’s Foreign Small/Mid Growth, Foreign Small/Mid Blend, and Foreign Small/Mid Value Categories with at least five years of history, a total of 83 funds as of 03/31/25; for the quintile ranking compared with all funds in Morningstar’s Foreign Small/Mid Growth, Foreign Small/Mid Blend, and Foreign Small/Mid Value Categories with at least three years of history, a total of funds as of 03/31/25. In each case, the universe consists of the fund’s oldest share class only. Royce calculated volatility quintiles based on the average five-year standard deviation for each of the last four calendar quarters, where four calendar quarters of history exist, or the five year standard deviation as of the latest quarter-end, or the three-year standard deviation as of the latest quarter-end. Higher volatility is usually associated with higher risk.
4 Active Share: The sum of the absolute values of the different weightings of each holding in the Portfolio versus each holding in the benchmark, divided by two.
5 MTD and QTD results are not annualized. YTD and since inception results for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
6 Average of monthly rolling average annual total returns over the specified periods.
7 Royce defines market cycles as peak-to-peak periods in which a peak is the market high prior to a decline of at least 15%.
8 Upside Capture Ratio measures a manager’s performance in up markets relative to the client account’s benchmark (MSCI ACWI x USA SC). It is calculated by measuring the client account’s performance in quarters when the benchmark goes up and dividing it by the benchmark’s return in those quarters. Downside Capture Ratio measures a manager’s performance in down markets relative to the client account’s benchmark (MSCI ACWI x USA SC). It is calculated by measuring the client account’s performance in quarters when the benchmark goes down and dividing it by the benchmark’s return in those quarters.
9 The Sharpe Ratio is calculated for a specified period by dividing a portfolio's average excess returns by its annualized standard deviation. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
10 Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a client account’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a portfolio’s volatility.
11 The Morningstar Style Map uses proprietary scores of a stock's value and growth characteristics to determine its placement in one of the five categories listed on the horizontal axis. These characteristics are then compared to those of other stocks within the same market capitalization band. Each is scored from zero to 100 for both value and growth attributes. The value score is subtracted from the growth score to determine the overall style score. For the vertical, market cap axis, Morningstar subdivides into size groups. Giant-cap stocks are defined as those that account for the top 40% of the capitalization of each style zone; large-cap stocks represent the next 30%; mid-cap stocks the next 20%; small-cap stocks the next 7%; micro-cap stocks the smallest 3%.
12 Harmonic Average: This weighted calculation evaluates a portfolio as if it were a single stock and measures it overall. It compares the total market value of the portfolio to the portfolio's share in the earnings of its underlying stocks.
13 The Price-Earnings, or P/E, ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its trailing 12-month earnings-per-share (EPS). The Portfolio's P/E ratio calculation excludes cash holdings and companies with zero or negative earnings (6% of portfolio holdings, and 10% of Index holdings as of 03/31/25). If the P/E negative is over 30% we are unable to display the P/E Ratio due to not enough positive earnings.
14 P/B Ratio - The Price-to-Book, or P/B, Ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its book value per share.
