Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund (RYPNX, RYOFX, ROFCX, ROFIX, ROFRX)
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At a Glance

Why invest in Small-Cap Opportunity?

  • Small-cap value fund that uses an opportunistic approach to invest in companies are categorized into themes: Turnarounds, Unrecognized Asset Values, Undervalued Growth, and Interrupted Earnings. Small-cap stocks' market caps are less than the largest stock in the Russell 2000® Index.
  • Identifies a catalyst for future earnings growth in the form of new management, more favorable business cycle, product innovation, and/or margin improvement.
  • Has historically produced strong results, particularly during up market periods, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index, during six out of seven trough-to-peak periods since inception (11/19/96).

As of 03/31/25

  • Small-Cap
    Value Approach
    $1.20B
    Avg. Market Cap
  • High
    Volatility
    91%
    Active Share
  • Fund
    Longevity
    28+
    Years of History

Portfolio Management

"We look for companies with what we think are attractively cheap valuations where we've also identified a catalyst for growth, such as an earnings rebound or recovery."
—Brendan Hartman

Manager Tenure

Manager Tenure

Performance

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

Outperformed Russell 2000 Value for the 5-Year, 10-Year, 15-Year, 20-Year and since inception (11/19/96) periods as of 03/31/25. Outpaced Russell 2000 for the 5-Year, 10-Year, 15-Year, 20-Year and since inception (11/19/96) periods as of 03/31/25.
QTR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 15YR 20YR 25YR SINCE INCEPT.
(11/19/96)
Small-Cap Opportunity -12.85 -12.85-8.590.0120.218.169.698.459.4411.19
Russell 2000 Value -7.74 -7.74-3.120.0515.316.078.196.808.478.51
Russell 2000 -9.48 -9.48-4.010.5213.276.308.987.556.837.82

Annual Operating Expenses: 1.23

MAR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 15YR 20YR 25YR SINCE INCEPT.
(11/19/96)
Small-Cap Opportunity -9.03 -12.85-8.590.0120.218.169.698.459.4411.19
Russell 2000 Value -6.00 -7.74-3.120.0515.316.078.196.808.478.51
Russell 2000 -6.81 -9.48-4.010.5213.276.308.987.556.837.82

Annual Operating Expenses: 1.23

APR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 15YR 20YR 25YR SINCE INCEPT.
(11/19/96)
Small-Cap Opportunity -3.78 -16.14-5.760.7117.717.628.548.539.5611.01
Russell 2000 Value -4.18 -11.60-1.690.0513.535.567.136.728.358.33
Russell 2000 -2.65 -11.880.171.5511.155.888.147.577.137.70

Annual Operating Expenses: 1.23

Important Performance and Expense Information

All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis, reflects the reinvestment of distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Current month-end performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted and may be obtained at www.royceinvest.com. Operating expenses reflect the Fund's total annual operating expenses for the Investment Class as of the Fund's most current prospectus and include management fees and other expenses.

Rolling Returns

On a monthly basis, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value in 99% of all 10-Year periods; 77% of all 5-Year periods; and 53% of all 1-Year periods.

For 98% of the periods, 10-year average annual total returns were greater than 5%.

Relative Returns: Monthly Rolling Average Annual Return Periods 25 Years Through 03/31/25

periods beating
the index(%)		 fund
avg(%)		 index
avg(%)
10-year
180/181
 99 9.9 8.2
5-year
186/241
 77 10.5 8.5
1-year
152/289
 53 13.7 10.7

Absolute Returns: 10-Year Monthly Rolling Return PeriodsNumber of 10-Year Average Annual Return Periods Since the Fund’s Inception

Return Range Periods % in Range
> 10% 105 48
> 5% and ≤ 10% 111 50
> 0% and ≤ 5% 5 2
≤ 0% 0 0

The Fund averaged a 10.4% return over all 221 10-year monthly rolling return periods.

Market Cycle Performance

The Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value in each of the two previous full market cycle periods.
Peak-Peak - 08/22/18 - 11/08/21
Small-Cap Opportunity65.1%
Russell 2000 Value37.6%

Peak-Peak - 11/08/21 - 11/25/24
Small-Cap Opportunity10.2%
Russell 2000 Value9.9%

Peak-Current - 11/25/24 - 03/31/25
Small-Cap Opportunity-17.8%
Russell 2000 Value-15.9%

Royce defines market cycles as those that have retreated at least 15% from a previous market peak and have rebounded to establish a new peak above the previous one. 

Royce defines market cycles as those that have retreated at least 15% from a previous market peak and have rebounded to establish a new peak above the previous one. 

Calendar Year Total Returns (%)

 

Growth of Investment

Value of $10,000 invested between 11/19/96 and 03/31/25

Small-Cap Opportunity$202,687.59
Russell 2000 Value$101,437.51

Risk

High Volatility vs. Peer Group as of 03/31/25

The Fund has a high volatility within its peer group of 459 Small-Cap Funds based on 5-year rolling standard deviation.

Up Market Performance Comparisonas of 03/31/25

The Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value during six out of seven trough-to-peak periods since the Fund’s inception (11/19/96).
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Capture Ratios Fund's First Full Quarter (12/31/96) to 03/31/25

Upside Capture Ratio measures a manager's performance in up markets relative to the Fund's benchmark. It is calculated by measuring the Fund'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 Fund's benchmark. It is calculated by measuring the Fund's performance in quarters when the benchmark goes down and dividing it by the benchmark's return in those quarters.

Long Term Risk Measurementas of 03/31/25

Over the past 10 years, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index.
Over the past 5 years, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index.
From the Fund's inception, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Value Index.

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Morningstar Statistical Measures as of 03/31/25

Sharpe RatioStandard Deviation
Small-Cap Opportunity0.3624.43
Russell 2000 Value0.2921.31
Category Median0.3320.59
Best Quartile Breakpoint0.3819.67

Category Median and Best Quartile Breakpoint based on 453 small-cap objective funds (oldest class only) with at least ten years of history.
Sharpe Ratio Standard Deviation
Small-Cap Opportunity
Russell 2000 Value
Category Median
Best Quartile Breakpoint

Composition

Morningstar Style Map™as of 12/31/24

mstar-RYPNX

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.

Portfolio Diagnosticsas of 03/31/25

  RYPNX Russell 2000 Value
Average Market Cap
1.20B
2.04B
Active Share
91%
-
2024 Portfolio Turnover
35%
-
Weighted Average P/B,
1.5x
1.3x
Weighted Average P/S
0.9x
1.2x
U.S. Investments (% of Net Assets)
87.8%
-
Non-U.S. Investments (% of Net Assets)
9.4%
-

Portfolio Allocation

  • Total
    Holdings
    225

Top 200 holdings represented 97% of the Fund's equity investments as of 03/31/25.

SECTORS		RYPNX (%) RUSSELL
2000 VALUE (%)
Industrials
26.3
12.3
Information Technology
19.8
6.0
Consumer Discretionary
10.6
8.7
Financials
10.2
30.7
Energy
9.9
6.9
Health Care
9.7
8.5
Materials
5.3
3.9
Communication Services
4.6
3.2
Consumer Staples
0.4
2.5
Real Estate
0.4
11.4
Utilities
-
5.9
Cash and Cash Equivalents
2.9
-
POSITIONS% OF NET ASSETS
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Select Water Solutions Cl. A
0.9
Lakeland Industries
0.8
Champion Homes
0.8
Astronics Corporation
0.8
Mistras Group
0.8
Knowles Corporation
0.8
Victory Capital Holdings
0.8
ATI
0.8
Leonardo DRS
0.8
BankUnited
0.7
CECO Environmental
0.7
WNS (Holdings)
0.7
Luxfer Holdings
0.7
FARO Technologies
0.7
Kyndryl Holdings
0.7
VSE Corporation
0.7
Aviat Networks
0.7
Ichor Holdings
0.7
Comstock Resources
0.7
AAR Corp.
0.7
Top 20 as % of Net Assets
15.0

SECTORS		RYPNX (%) RUSSELL
2000 VALUE (%)
Industrials
26.3
12.3
Information Technology
19.8
6.0
Consumer Discretionary
10.6
8.7
Financials
10.2
30.7
Energy
9.9
6.9
Health Care
9.7
8.5
Materials
5.3
3.9
Communication Services
4.6
3.2
Consumer Staples
0.4
2.5
Real Estate
0.4
11.4
Utilities
-
5.9
Cash and Cash Equivalents
2.9
-
POSITIONS% OF NET ASSETS
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Select Water Solutions Cl. A
0.9
Lakeland Industries
0.8
Champion Homes
0.8
Astronics Corporation
0.8
Mistras Group
0.8
Knowles Corporation
0.8
Victory Capital Holdings
0.8
ATI
0.8
Leonardo DRS
0.8
BankUnited
0.7
CECO Environmental
0.7
WNS (Holdings)
0.7
Luxfer Holdings
0.7
FARO Technologies
0.7
Kyndryl Holdings
0.7
VSE Corporation
0.7
Aviat Networks
0.7
Ichor Holdings
0.7
Comstock Resources
0.7
AAR Corp.
0.7
Top 20 as % of Net Assets
15.0

Portfolio Holdings

Unaudited schedules of portfolio holdings are presented for informational purposes only.

View the complete list of holdings (unaudited) for this fund as of the previous quarter-end: 03/31/25.

Least Portfolio Overlap - U.S. Equity Funds

Greatest Portfolio Overlap - U.S. Equity Funds

Geographical Breakdown

Distributions

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RECORD
DATE		 EX-DATE PAYABLE
DATE		 INCOME ($) SHORT
TERM
GAINS ($)		 LONG
TERM
GAINS ($)		 RETURN OF
CAPITAL ($)		 TOTAL ($) REINVEST
PRICE ($)
12/11/24 12/12/24 12/12/24 0.0000 0.0008 1.2308 - 1.2316 16.22
12/13/23 12/14/23 12/14/23 0.0000 0.0572 0.6265 - 0.6837 14.80
12/14/22 12/15/22 12/15/22 0.0000 0.0680 0.6084 - 0.6764 13.20
12/15/21 12/16/21 12/16/21 0.0000 0.9595 2.8126 - 3.7721 15.94
12/11/19 12/12/19 12/12/19 0.0000 - 0.1964 - 0.1964 12.37
12/12/18 12/13/18 12/13/18 0.0000 0.2209 0.7919 - 1.0128 10.59
12/13/17 12/14/17 12/14/17 0.0000 0.1329 1.8917 - 2.0246 13.21
12/14/16 12/15/16 12/15/16 0.0000 - 0.8860 - 0.8860 12.99
12/16/15 12/17/15 12/17/15 0.0000 - 1.0617 - 1.0617 10.55
12/16/14 12/17/14 12/17/14 0.0000 0.1123 1.8262 - 1.9385 13.01
12/04/13 12/05/13 12/05/13 0.0000 0.0218 1.5136 - 1.5354 14.84
12/05/12 12/06/12 12/06/12 0.0000 0.1317 0.5382 - 0.6699 11.42
12/07/11 12/08/11 12/08/11 0.0000 - 0.1887 - 0.1887 9.96
12/08/09 12/09/09 12/09/09 0.0010 - - - 0.0010 8.56

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Fees & Expenses

Shareholder Fees (%)

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases 0.00
Maximum deferred sales charge 0.00
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends 0.00
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for less than 30 days) 1.00

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (%)

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management fees 1.00
Distribution (12b-1) fees 0.00
Other expenses 0.23
Total annual Fund operating expenses 1.23

Important Disclosure Information

This material is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The Fund invests primarily in small-cap and micro-cap stocks, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in larger-cap stocks. (Please see "Primary Risks for Fund Investors" in the prospectus.) The Fund’s broadly diversified portfolio does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss.

Sector weightings are determined using the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"). GICS was developed by, and is the exclusive property of, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") and MSCI Inc. ("MSCI"). GICS is the trademark of S&P and MSCI. "Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)" and "GICS Direct" are service marks of S&P and MSCI.

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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† Brendan Hartman lead manager since 2024 (manager 2021-2024), Jim Stoeffel since 2021, Jim Harvey since 2021, assistant Kavitha Venkatram since 2022

11/19/1996 12:00:00 AM

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