Jay Kaplan on citywire.com Discussing a Small-Cap Homebuilder —Royce
article 06-20-2024

Jay Kaplan on citywire.com Discussing a Small-Cap Homebuilder

Jay Kaplan sees PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM) as “a premier company in its industry."

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Portfolio Manager Jay Kaplan was one of several investment professionals quoted in Algy Hall’s recent article on citywire.com, Nvidia, Novo, Apple and more: Meet the smart-money compounding champions.

In his piece, Hall kicks off “a hunt for quality stocks backed by the world’s best portfolio managers with companies that have high and rising returns on investment and margins; 22 Elite Companies make the grade.” One of those companies was PulteGroup, which builds homes all over the U.S. and was a top performer in Royce Small-Cap Value Fund in 2023.

Jay described Pulte as “a premier company in its industry, with a management team that has a great record of effective capital allocation and that’s focused on shareholder returns.”

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Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/2024 (%)

  QTD1 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR SINCE
INCEPT.
DATE ANNUAL
OPERATING EXPENSES
NET               GROSS
Small-Cap Value 3.51 26.77 7.63 8.71 5.60 8.93 06/14/01  1.49  1.62
Russell 2000 Value
2.90 18.75 2.22 8.17 6.87 8.26 N/A  N/A  N/A
Russell 2000
5.18 19.71 -0.10 8.10 7.58 8.04 N/A  N/A  N/A
1 Not annualized.

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. Gross operating expenses reflect the Fund’s total gross annual operating expenses and include management fees and other expenses. Net operating expenses reflect contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. All expense information is reported as of the Fund's most current prospectus. Royce has contractually agreed, without right of termination, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the Investment Class’s net annual operating expenses (excluding brokerage commissions, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other expenses not borne in the ordinary course of business) at or below 1.24% through April 30, 2025.

All performance and risk information presented in this material prior to the date of commencement of Investment Class shares on 3/15/07 reflects Service Class results. Shares of the Fund's Service Class bear an annual distribution expense that is not borne by the Investment Class.

Mr. Kaplan’s thoughts and opinions concerning the stock market are solely his own and, of course, there can be no assurance with regard to future market movements. No assurance can be given that the past performance trends as outlined above will continue in the future. The performance data and trends outlined in this presentation are presented for illustrative purposes only. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Historical market trends are not necessarily indicative of future market movements.

Percentage of Fund Holdings As of 3/31/24 (%)

  Capital Small-Cap Small-Cap Value Small-Cap

PulteGroup

1.8

1.9

0.2

Apple

0.0

0.0

0.0

Novo

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nvidia

0.0

0.0

0.0

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