Industry description
The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in equity securities of U.S. listed companies with small market capitalizations ("Small-Cap Companies") at the time of investment. Currently, a company will be considered to be a Small-Cap Company if its market capitalization at the time of purchase is within the range of companies in the Russell 2000 ® Index or the S&P SmallCap 600 Index during the most recent 12-month period (based on month-end data).
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Val A MF is 6.65B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 531.78M to 29B. BRO holds the highest valuation in this group at 29B. The lowest valued company is CLB at 531.78M.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Val A MF was 26%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was 42% and the average quarterly volume growth was 72%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 65
P/E Growth Rating: 79
Price Growth Rating: 82
SMR Rating: 100
Profit Risk Rating: 70
Seasonality Score: 33 (-100 ... +100)