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Sun Life MFS U.S. Value Fund Series A

U.S. Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(07-22-2025)
$42.31
Change
$0.19 (0.44%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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Sun Life MFS U.S. Value Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 30, 2010): 10.73%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 1.37% -2.99% 0.32% 0.32% 9.53% 11.92% 11.65% 7.72% 10.47% 8.17% 8.10% 7.43% 8.16% 8.01%
Benchmark 4.21% 5.29% 0.70% 0.70% 14.79% 21.58% 22.01% 13.98% 16.67% 15.87% 14.97% 15.11% 15.47% 14.65%
Category Average 4.11% 5.47% 0.47% 0.47% 10.64% 16.88% 17.15% 9.34% 13.21% 11.82% 11.14% 11.32% 11.70% 10.63%
Category Rank 1,191 / 1,337 1,224 / 1,312 553 / 1,295 553 / 1,295 791 / 1,273 1,005 / 1,208 1,030 / 1,157 817 / 1,087 862 / 1,020 865 / 975 791 / 878 767 / 816 676 / 740 561 / 650
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 6.04% 0.52% -0.17% 1.63% 5.12% -3.96% 4.67% 1.18% -2.36% -6.67% 2.54% 1.37%
Benchmark 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.90% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.73% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 16.27% 7.77% 7.71% -3.97% 20.69% 0.03% 21.87% -1.29% 3.09% 19.55%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4
Category Rank 316/ 632 195/ 680 699/ 757 640/ 842 731/ 914 950/ 989 685/ 1,054 107/ 1,104 1,128/ 1,167 1,046/ 1,253

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.87% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-3.97% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 87.46
International Equity 11.36
Cash and Equivalents 0.75
Canadian Equity 0.43

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 30.55
Industrial Goods 14.57
Healthcare 11.52
Utilities 9.37
Technology 7.58
Other 26.41

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.64
Europe 11.36

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Progressive Corp 4.55
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.39
Cigna Corp 3.20
McKesson Corp 3.10
Boeing Co 2.53
Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc 2.47
Raytheon Technologies Corp 2.41
American Express Co 2.31
Johnson & Johnson 2.13
Duke Energy Corp 2.05

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation)ReturnMedian DeviationMedian Return8101214161820222426280%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%

Sun Life MFS U.S. Value Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.06% 11.73% 11.96%
Beta 0.72% 0.72% 0.82%
Alpha -0.03% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.65% 0.70% 0.79%
Sharpe 0.65% 0.70% 0.56%
Sortino 1.23% 1.07% 0.68%
Treynor 0.11% 0.11% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 99.52% 99.66% 99.36%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.99% 12.06% 11.73% 11.96%
Beta 0.71% 0.72% 0.72% 0.82%
Alpha -0.01% -0.03% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.53% 0.65% 0.70% 0.79%
Sharpe 0.50% 0.65% 0.70% 0.56%
Sortino 0.81% 1.23% 1.07% 0.68%
Treynor 0.09% 0.11% 0.11% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.52% 99.66% 99.36%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A94.894.861.561.50%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

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Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

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Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

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Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date September 30, 2010
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SUN106
SUN206
SUN306

Investment Objectives

The Fund's investment objective is to seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies with large market capitalizations located in the United States that are considered to be undervalued compared to their perceived worth.

Investment Strategy

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, the sub-advisor: invests primarily in companies with large capitalizations (the sub-advisor generally considers large market capitalization issuers as issuers with market capitalizations of at least US $5 billion at the time of purchase); may invest up to 20% of the Fund’s assets in non-U.S. foreign securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.

  • Nevin Chitkara
  • Steven R. Gorham
  • Chhad Aul

MFS Investment Management Canada Limited

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.22%
Management Fee 1.80%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 5.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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