Equity

Small Company Value SMA

Russell 2000® Value Index
Benchmark name
1/1/2013
Inception date
Essential Value Equity Team
Team
$238.1K
Strategy assets
Data as of 9/30/2026
Small Company Value
SMA overview

Value, quality partner, and contrarian

The Small Company Value SMA seeks long-term capital appreciation by conducting bottom-up fundamental analysis based on a value investment philosophy​​.

Performance is driven by applying a rigorous approach to evaluating true small-cap opportunities.

Key differentiators

  • Builds a differentiated, alpha-driving portfolio by encouraging skepticism and limiting group think
  • Leverages a bottom-up, fundamentals-driven, and true small-cap-value focus
  • Views risk management as a vital, all-encompassing aspect of the investment process

General facts

Weighted average market cap

$5.19B

(as of 9/30/2026)

Dividend yield

1.55%

(as of 9/30/2026)

Quick resources

Fact Sheet

Performance

Average annual returns

Average annual returns

(as of 9/30/2026)
1/1/2013
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Inception
Composite (Pure Gross)
-5.23
-4.96
14.88
16.04
15.65
8.50
10.18
11.55
Composite (Net)
-5.47
-5.69
12.29
12.56
12.18
5.26
6.91
8.26
Russell 2000® Value Index
-5.20
-4.91
16.96
20.77
17.93
7.80
9.40
9.94

One-month, three-month and year-to-date returns are not annualized.

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.

The gross performance data is a "pure" gross of fees return and does not reflect the deduction of any management fees or transaction costs. The net return is calculated based on the gross returns reduced by a typical 3% maximum annual wrap fee that could be charged to an account.

Calendar year

Calendar year

(as of 12/31/2025)
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Composite
4.55
12.58
17.61
-12.11
37.79
2.39
23.17
-16.00
12.36
30.55
Benchmark
12.59
8.05
14.65
-14.48
28.27
4.63
22.39
-12.86
7.84
31.74

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.

Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

(as of 9/30/2026)
3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Alpha -151.88 101.22 105.74
Beta 0.94 0.92 0.96
Information Ratio -0.48 0.15 0.18
R2 0.93 0.95 0.96
Sharpe Ratio 0.62 0.25 0.37
Standard Deviation 1,806.46 1,927.61 2,083.44
Tracking Error 473.00 458.25 421.49
Correlation 0.97 0.97 0.98

Composition

Top 10 holdings

Top 10 holdings

(as of 9/30/2026)
Security
SMA
Matson, Inc.
1.59%
Digi International Inc.
1.50%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A
1.42%
Dorian LPG Ltd.
1.38%
PC Connection, Inc.
1.37%
Encompass Health Corporation
1.36%
NetScout Systems, Inc.
1.32%
ePlus inc.
1.30%
National HealthCare Corporation
1.30%
Seneca Foods Corporation Class A
1.29%
Top 10 represents 13.82% of market value

Largest company weights are based on market value of the representative account and not necessarily held in all client portfolios. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security. A list of all holdings from the prior one-year period is available upon request.

Sector allocation

Sector allocation

(as of 9/30/2026)
Type
SMA
Benchmark
Cash & equivalents
 1.22% -
Communication services
 1.09% 2.50%
Consumer discretionary
 12.92% 9.01%
Consumer staples
 5.48% 2.24%
Energy
 6.95% 7.88%
Financials
 21.62% 28.39%
Health care
 9.76% 12.13%
Industrials
 19.71% 12.11%
Information technology
 11.55% 7.29%
Materials
 5.37% 4.00%
Real estate
 4.33% 9.22%
Utilities
 0.00% 5.24%

Sector weighting is based on a representative account within the Allspring Global Investments composite and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Documents

Literature Date
Fact Sheet 9/30/2026 Download
Our team

Meet the investment team

A contrarian philosophy helps clients find value away from the crowd by investigating overlooked and underappreciated securities for alpha-driving opportunities.

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Gustaf

Gustaf Little

Portfolio Manager
Garth

Garth Nisbet

Head of Essential Value Equity
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