Robeco BP US Premium Equities IH EUR
US all-cap value approach with focus on 'characteristics that work': Valuation, Fundamentals and Momentum
Share classes
Share classes
Every share class of a product invests in the same portfolio of securities and has the same investment objectives and policies. However, their parameters might deviate. For instance and amongst others, their distribution type, currency exposure or fees and expenses might differ. The most common share classes at Robeco are:
a) D/DH shares, which are regular shares and available for all Investors;
b) I/IH shares, for institutional investors as defined from time to time by the Luxembourg supervisory authority.
For more information on share classes please go to the prospectus.
IH-EUR
D-EUR
D-USD
DH-EUR
E-USD
EH-GBP
F-EUR
F-USD
FH-CHF
FH-EUR
G-GBP
G-USD
GH-GBP
I-EUR
I-USD
IB-USD
IE-GBP
IEH-EUR
IH-GBP
K-USD
KE-USD
M-USD
MH-EUR
X-USD
XH-EUR
Y-USD
YH-CHF
YH-EUR
Z-EUR
Class and codes
Asset class:
Equities
ISIN:
LU0320897043
Bloomberg:
RGUSIHE LX
Index
Russell 3000 Value Index (Gross Total Return, hedged into EUR)
Sustainability-related information
Sustainability-related information
Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, products can be labelled as either Article 6, 8 or 9 fund.
Article 6 - The fund is not in scope of enhanced sustainability disclosures compared to Article 8 and 9.
Article 8 - The fund does not have a sustainable investment objective but promotes environmental or social characteristics and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Article 9 - The fund has a sustainable investment objective and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Regardless of Article 8 or 9, the companies in which investments are made must follow good governance practices, and sustainable investments must not do any significant harm.
Article 8
- Overview
- Performance & costs
- Portfolio
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- Commentary
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Key points
- All cap value fund.
- Selects the best investment candidate available irrespective of its market cap
- Bottom-up fundamental research investment discipline.
About this fund
Robeco BP US Premium Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in stocks in the United States. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The portfolio is consistently built from the bottom up, to exhibit attractive valuation, strong business fundamentals and improving business momentum. These companies can be large-caps, mid-caps or small-caps.
Key facts
Total size of fund
€ 6,041,357,883
Size of share class
€ 511,952,062
Inception date fund
03-12-2005
1-year performance
-2.81%
Dividend paying
No
Fund manager
Duilio R. Ramallo CFA
Mr. Ramallo is the senior portfolio manager for Boston Partners Premium Equity product. Previously, Mr. Ramallo was the assistant portfolio manager for the Small Cap Value products. Prior to his portfolio management role, Mr. Ramallo was a research analyst for Boston Partners. He joined the firm from Deloitte & Touche L.L.P., where he spent three years, most recently in their Los Angeles office. Mr. Ramallo holds a B.A. degree in economics/business from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). He has twenty years of investment experience.
Performance
Per period
Per annum
- Per period
- Per annum
1 month
-2.63%
-3.72%
3 months
-2.43%
-3.06%
YTD
1.92%
1.22%
1 year
-2.81%
-5.85%
2 years
5.90%
3.33%
3 years
12.24%
9.05%
5 years
4.83%
4.85%
10 years
9.04%
7.90%
Since inception 12/2005
7.12%
5.84%
2022
-6.29%
-10.39%
2021
23.34%
24.33%
2020
3.46%
0.90%
2019
25.39%
22.79%
2018
-16.13%
-10.97%
2020-2022
6.14%
3.98%
2018-2022
4.69%
4.21%
Statistics
Statistics
Hit-ratio
- Statistics
- Hit-ratio
Tracking error ex-post (%)
The ex-post tracking error is defined as the volatility of the fund's achieved excess return over the index return. In fund management, most managers are subject to an ex-ante (pre-determined) tracking error, which defines the extent of the additional risk they may take when aspiring to outperform the fund's benchmark. The ex-post tracking error explains the distribution of past fund performances compared to those of its underlying benchmark. With a higher tracking error, the fund's returns deviate more from its index's returns, hence there is a greater chance that the fund may outperform. The wider the spread of returns relative to the benchmark, the more "actively" a fund has been managed. In contrast, a low tracking error indicates more "passive" management.
3.03
3.39
Information ratio
This ratio serves to evaluate the quality of the excess return a fund manager has achieved because it takes the active risk involved into account. The information ratio is defined as the excess return over the benchmark return divided by the fund's tracking error. The higher the information ratio, the better. For example, a fund with a tracking error of 4% and an excess return of 2% over benchmark has an information ratio of 0.5, which is quite good.
1.36
0.25
Sharpe ratio
This ratio measures the risk-adjusted performance and allows the performance quality of different investments to be compared. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate from the fund's returns and dividing the result by the fund's standard deviation (risk). So the Sharpe ratio tells us whether a fund's returns are the result of smart investment decisions or stem from taking extra risk. The higher the ratio, the better, meaning that a greater return is achieved per unit of risk. This ratio is named after its inventor, Nobel Laureate, William Sharpe.
0.62
0.29
Alpha (%)
Alpha measures the difference between a portfolio's actual return and its expected performance, given the level of risk, compared to the benchmark. A positive alpha figure indicates that the fund has performed better than expected, given the level of risk. Beta is used to calculate the level of risk compared to the benchmark..
3.77
0.71
Beta
Beta is a measure of a portfolio's volatility, or systematic risk, in comparison to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the portfolio will move with the benchmark. A beta of less than 1 means that the portfolio will be less volatile than the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the portfolio will be more volatile than the benchmark. For example, if a portfolio's beta is 1.2 it is theoretically 20% more volatile than the benchmark.
1.01
1.04
Standard deviation
Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread out the data is, the higher the deviation. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility (risk).
21.64
20.21
Max. monthly gain (%)
The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.
15.26
15.26
Max. monthly loss (%)
The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.
-17.42
-17.42
Months out performance
Number of months in which the fund outperformed the benchmark in the underlying period.
21
33
Hit ratio (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months in which the fund outperformed in a given period.
58.3
55
Months Bull market
Number of months of positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.
20
36
Months outperformance Bull
Number of months in which the fund outperformed positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.
10
19
Hit ratio Bull (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a positive benchmark in an underlying period.
50
52.8
Months Bear market
Number of months of negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.
16
24
Months outperformance Bear
Number of months in which the fund outperformed negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.
11
14
Hit ratio Bear (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a negative benchmark performance in an underlying period.
68.8
58.3
Costs
Ongoing charges
Indication of annual charges that are deducted for this fund. This indication is based on the costs over the last calendar year and may vary from year to year. Transaction costs incurred by the fund, any performance fees and other one-off costs are not included in the ongoing charges.
0.83%
Included management fee
A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.
0.70%
Included service fee
This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.
0.12%
Transaction costs
The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.
0.33%
Fiscal product treatment
The fund is established in Luxembourg and is subject to the Luxembourg tax laws and regulations. The fund is not liable to pay any corporation, income, dividend or capital gains tax in Luxembourg. The fund is subject to an annual subscription tax ('tax d'abonnement') in Luxembourg, which amounts to 0.01% of the net asset value of the fund. This tax is included in the net asset value of the fund. The fund can in principle use the Luxembourg treaty network to partially recover any withholding tax on its income.
Fiscal treatment of investor
Investors who are not subject to (exempt from) Dutch corporate-income tax (e.g. pension funds) are not taxed on the achieved result. Investors who are subject to Dutch corporate-income tax can be taxed for the result achieved on their investment in the fund. Dutch bodies that are subject to corporate-income tax are obligated to declare interest and dividend income, as well as capital gains in their tax return. Investors residing outside the Netherlands are subject to their respective national tax regime applying to foreign investment funds. We advise individual investors to consult their financial or tax adviser about the tax consequences of an investment in this fund in their specific circumstances before deciding to invest in the fund.
Fund allocation
Asset
Country
Currency
Sector
Top 10
- Asset
- Country
- Currency
- Sector
- Top 10
Policies
Investments are predominantly made in securities denominated in US dollars. The fund is denominated in euros. Derivatives are used to hedge currency to the euro.
No dividend is distributed. All returns are reinvested and translated into price gains.
Robeco BP US Premium Equities is an actively managed fund that invests across market capitalizations and sectors in a flexible manner. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The portfolio is consistently built from the bottom up to exhibit attractive valuation, strong business fundamentals and improving business momentum. The fund promotes E&S (i.e. Environmental and Social) characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, integrates sustainability risks in the investment process and applies Robeco’s Good Governance policy. The fund applies sustainability indicators, including but not limited to, normative, activity-based and region based exclusions, proxy voting and engagement. Investments are predominantly made in securities denominated in US dollars. The fund is denominated in euros. The majority of stocks selected will be components of the benchmark, but stocks outside the benchmark may be selected too. While the investment policy is not constrained by a benchmark, the fund may use one for comparison purposes. The fund can deviate substantially from the issuer, country and sector weightings of the benchmark. There are no restrictions on the deviation from the benchmark. The benchmark is a broad marketweighted index that is not consistent with the ESG characteristics promoted by the fund.
Risk management is fully integrated in the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.
Sustainability-related disclosures
Full sustainability-related disclosures
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Sustainability
The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, a carbon target, engagement and voting. Through exclusions the fund avoids investments in issuers that are in breach of international norms or where activities have been deemed detrimental to society following Robeco's exclusion policy. Financially material ESG factors are integrated in the bottom-up investment analysis to assess the sustainability risk profile of companies. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. The fund also targets a lower carbon footprint compared to the reference index. In addition, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to engagement. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy.
Market development
Markets in the United States as measured by the S&P 500 Index declined -2.4% in the second month of 2023. While all styles of US indices were lower, the growth segment of the market outperformed its value counterpart. US Large Cap Value fared the worst, falling -3.5%, as measured by the Russell 1000 Value Index.
Performance explanation
Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was -2.63%. Robeco BP US Premium Equities outperformed the Russell 3000 Value Index in February. Stock selection drove relative results in the month, with positive effects in 7 of 9 invested sectors. There were four areas which contributed meaningfully, led by industrials. Wesco International was up 11%, battery business EnerSys rose 9%, Copart improved by 6%, Landstar gained nearly 5% and Science Applications traded higher by 3%, to summarize a group of holdings that added value over the month. The next largest impact came from healthcare, one of the worst sectors on a monthly absolute basis, but several fund holdings shined, with AbbVie and Avantor notching positive results. Stock picking in consumer discretionary and technology also added value, where fund holdings AutoZone, Booking Holdings, Tempur Sealy and Harley Davidson and positions in the semiconductor space outpaced the market, as did individual holdings Jabil and FLEETCOR Technologies. Sector allocation had a minimal impact in February, with every sector negative between 0.8% and 6.0%.
Expectation of fund manager
Duilio R. Ramallo CFA
Higher rates due to elevated inflation, heightened geopolitical risk and lower margin/earnings expectations do not seem all that conducive to a rip-roaring stock market. Growth continues to lead value, driven by a late 2010s style favoritism for the top stocks in the growth index. The fund remains well positioned with holdings that reflect Boston Partners' three-circle characteristics – attractive valuations, solid business fundamentals and identifiable catalysts.