Industry description
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital.
The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in microcap value stocks. It buys microcap value stocks using a quantitative model. The managers define "microcap stocks" as stocks of companies that have market capitalization at the time of the fund's initial purchase of between $20 million and the market capitalization that marks the point between the 8th and 9th deciles of New York Stock Exchange listed stocks. The adviser defines "value stocks" primarily as those with low price-to-book characteristics.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the RBC Microcap Value I MF is 1.4B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 568.05M to 2.73B. LRN holds the highest valuation in this group at 2.73B. The lowest valued company is MLR at 568.05M.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the RBC Microcap Value I MF was 95%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was 77% and the average quarterly volume growth was 79%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 70
P/E Growth Rating: 38
Price Growth Rating: 48
SMR Rating: 54
Profit Risk Rating: 23
Seasonality Score: -37 (-100 ... +100)