Ariel Focus Fund Quote
| ARFFX Fund | USD 16.94 0.06 0.35% |
PerformanceSolid
| Odds Of DistressLow
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Ariel Focus is trading at 16.94 as of the 20th of July 2025; that is 0.35 percent down since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 17.0. Ariel Focus has less than a 15 % chance of experiencing some financial distress in the next two years of operation and had a solid performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 21st of April 2025 and ending today, the 20th of July 2025. Click here to learn more.
The fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies of any size in order to provide investors access to superior opportunities in companies of all market capitalizations. The funds strategy is rooted in the contrarian investment philosophy of the Adviser, which depends on four interrelated tenets Active Patience, Independent Thinking, Focused Expertise, and Bold Teamwork. More on Ariel Focus Fund
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Ariel Mutual Fund Highlights
| Fund Concentration | Ariel Investments Funds, Large Funds, Mid-Cap Value Funds, Mid-Cap Value, Ariel Investments (View all Sectors) |
| Update Date | 30th of June 2025 |
| Expense Ratio Date | 1st of February 2023 |
| Fiscal Year End | September |
Ariel Focus Fund [ARFFX] is traded in USA and was established 20th of July 2025. Ariel Focus is listed under Ariel Investments category by Fama And French industry classification. The fund is listed under Mid-Cap Value category and is part of Ariel Investments family. This fund presently has accumulated 66.17 M in assets under management (AUM) with no minimum investment requirementsAriel Focus Fund is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 3.14% with the current yeild of 0.01%, while the total return for the last 3 years was 9.11%.
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Instrument Allocation
Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Ariel Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Ariel Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Ariel Focus Fund Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
Top Ariel Focus Fund Mutual Fund Constituents
| BX | Blackstone Group | Stock | Financials | |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase Co | Stock | Financials | |
| SWK | Stanley Black Decker | Stock | Industrials | |
| NTRS | Northern Trust | Stock | Financials | |
| ORCL | Oracle | Stock | Information Technology | |
| REZI | Resideo Technologies | Stock | Industrials | |
| SJM | JM Smucker | Stock | Consumer Staples | |
| SNA | Snap On | Stock | Industrials |
Ariel Focus Fund Risk Profiles
| Mean Deviation | 0.7219 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.6596 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.9888 | |||
| Variance | 0.9777 |
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