Industry description
The investment seeks capital appreciation.
The Portfolio invests for the long term primarily in equity securities in the form of common stock of U.S. small-sized growth companies. For this Portfolio, the sub-adviser ("Sub-Adviser") defines small-sized companies as those, at the time of purchase, with market capitalizations up to the largest market cap stock in the Russell 2000® Growth Index at reconstitution, or companies with market capitalizations up to $2.5 billion, whichever is larger.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the VY® Baron Growth S2 MF is 23.2B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 3.18B to 44.4B. MSCI holds the highest valuation in this group at 44.4B. The lowest valued company is IRDM at 3.18B.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the VY® Baron Growth S2 MF was -14%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was -14% and the average quarterly volume growth was -10%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 77
P/E Growth Rating: 66
Price Growth Rating: 48
SMR Rating: 40
Profit Risk Rating: 42
Seasonality Score: -9 (-100 ... +100)