Current Price
As of Sep 25, 2023
$58.0924 CAD
$0.3929 CAD | 0.68%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
4 Star Rating
Out of 1200 Funds
CIFSC category
US Equity

Risk profile

Medium

MER
As of Jun 30, 2023
1.06%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life MFS U.S. Growth Fund
  • An actively managed U.S. equity fund with a tilt to large, innovative companies
  • Invests in high-quality companies that generate above average, sustainable earnings growth
  • Looks for businesses where stock values are not fully reflecting their long term growth prospects
  • Applies a long-term, research-driven approach, focused on picking stocks across full market cycles
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Oct 1, 2010
    • Benchmark
      Russell 1000 C$
    • Management fee
      0.80%
    • Fund assets
      As of Jun 30, 2023
      $2.9B
    • Number of holdings
      As of Jul 31, 2023
      78
    • Distribution frequency
      Annually
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    NLSUN 405NLSUN U405
    Performance

    Investment growth

    Aug 31, 2023

      Compound returns

      As of Aug 31, 2023
      Fund %
      1 mth3 mth6 mth1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yrSince inception
      Fund %3.18.721.622.34.511.015.815.6

      Calendar returns

      As of Aug 31, 2023
      Fund %
        YTD2022202120202019201820172016201520142013
        Fund %26.8-26.721.527.830.110.721.6-1.826.517.143.7

          Risk & Statistics

          As of Jul 31, 2023
          • Risk measures (3 years)
            Funds
          • Standard deviation
            17.19
          • Alpha
            -7.46
          • Beta
            1.11
          • R ²
            86.14
          • Upside capture
            103
          • Downside capture
            146
          • Sharpe Ratio %
            0.29

          Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

          As of Aug 31, 2023
          1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yr
          Morningstarᵀᴹ rating

          1 Star Rating
          4 Star Rating
          5 Star Rating
          Quartile (within category)1411
          # of funds in category13681200988498

            Portfolio analysis

            Overall allocation

            As of Jun 30, 2023
            Asset allocation%
            swatch
            U.S. equity91.8
            International equity4.6
            Cash1.9
            Canadian equity0.9
            Other0.8
            Geographic allocation%
            swatch
            United States94.4
            Netherlands1.7
            United Kingdom1.5
            France1.3
            Canada0.9
            Denmark0.2

              Equity allocation

              As of Jun 30, 2023
              Sector allocation*%
              swatch
              Information technology35.7
              Telecommunication services12.3
              Financials11.8
              Health care11.7
              Consumer discretionary10.9
              Industrials7.6
              Materials5.9
              Real Estate2.0
              Consumer staples1.6
              Energy0.5
              Utilities0.0
              Market capitalization%
              swatch
              Giant53.3
              Large30.6
              Medium16.1
              Small0.0
              Micro0.0
              • *Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

              Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

              As of Aug 31, 2023

              Equity style

              value
              blend
              growth
              large
              mid
              small
              Large growth

                Holdings

                Top ten holdings

                As of Jun 30, 2023
                HoldingsPercentage%
                Microsoft Corp9.7
                Apple Inc6.4
                Amazon.com Inc6.1
                Alphabet Inc Class A5.9
                NVIDIA Corp5.7
                Mastercard Inc Class A3.8
                Visa Inc Class A3.3
                Meta Platforms Inc Class A2.8
                Vulcan Materials Co2.1
                Boston Scientific Corp2.0
                  • Cash and cash equivalents are not shown.
                  Management & Commentary

                  Management

                  Management Company :

                  SLGI Asset Management Inc.

                  Sub-advisors

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                  MFS Investment Management Canada Limited

                  Founded in 1924, Boston-based MFS brings nearly a century of active management experience to investors’ portfolios.

                  Commentary

                  June 30, 2023
                  Sun Life MFS U.S. Growth Fund | Q2 2023
                  U.S. equities ended the quarter with strong gains amid moderating inflation trends and signs the U.S. economy remains resilient despite higher interest rates.

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                  Notes and disclosures

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                      Morningstar Market Capitalization Breakdown Stocks are first divided into seven style zones based on their country of domicile: United States, Latin America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Asia ex-Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. Capitalization assignments are determined as follows: 1) For all stocks in a style zone, the market cap of each stock is converted into a common currency. The stocks in each style zone are ordered in descending order by size, and a cumulative capitalization as a percentage of total sample capitalization is calculated as each stock is added to the list. 2) The stock that causes cumulative capitalization to equal or exceed 40% of the style zone's total cap is the final one assigned to the giant-cap group. 3) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the large-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 70% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 4) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the mid-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 90% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 5) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the small-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 97% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 6) The remaining stocks are assigned to the micro-cap group. The Market Capitalization Breakdown at a fund level is a breakdown of the capitalization assignments of the fund's equity holdings.

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