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Desjardins American Equity Value Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

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FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(10-31-2025)
$27.33
Change
$0.09 (0.33%)

As at September 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

Period
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Desjardins American Equity Value Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 12, 2004): 5.65%

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 3.27% 6.91% 2.89% 5.08% 7.81% 14.12% 11.90% 8.14% 11.27% 8.30% 7.89% 8.46% 8.29% 8.43%
Benchmark 5.00% 10.33% 16.16% 11.10% 21.23% 28.49% 25.58% 16.04% 17.47% 17.22% 15.65% 16.46% 16.04% 15.79%
Category Average 3.31% 7.47% 13.34% 7.97% 13.96% 22.30% 20.16% 10.96% 13.36% 12.95% 11.50% 12.10% 12.04% 11.75%
Category Rank 759 / 1,384 935 / 1,374 1,208 / 1,324 1,004 / 1,307 1,070 / 1,304 1,111 / 1,243 1,125 / 1,176 894 / 1,104 802 / 1,046 905 / 990 815 / 902 765 / 848 700 / 764 606 / 671
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund 1.16% 5.41% -3.79% 5.18% -0.49% -2.42% -7.58% 2.41% 1.70% 0.37% 3.14% 3.27%
Benchmark 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28% 5.00%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.70% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.14% (September 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 16.09% 8.37% 4.40% -2.98% 20.65% -1.81% 24.39% 0.16% 2.52% 17.34%
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 3 2 4 3 4 4 2 1 4 4
Category Rank 323/ 640 176/ 689 755/ 767 618/ 852 739/ 924 975/ 998 509/ 1,063 97/ 1,114 1,142/ 1,177 1,132/ 1,263

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.39% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-2.98% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 85.22
International Equity 11.80
Canadian Equity 1.87
Cash and Equivalents 1.10
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 21.24
Technology 15.06
Healthcare 13.32
Industrial Goods 10.21
Consumer Services 7.16
Other 33.01

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.18
Europe 10.63
Asia 1.15
Latin America 0.01
Other 0.03

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Alphabet Inc Cl A 4.74
Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Index ETF (VONV) 3.53
Bank of America Corp 3.03
Qualcomm Inc 2.65
Unilever PLC - ADR 2.64
Simon Property Group Inc 2.53
Wells Fargo & Co 2.43
Cisco Systems Inc 2.25
Sempra Energy 2.21
NXP Semiconductors NV 2.11

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)

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Desjardins American Equity Value Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.54% 11.82% 11.96%
Beta 0.74% 0.69% 0.80%
Alpha -0.06% 0.00% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.60% 0.61% 0.74%
Sharpe 0.69% 0.74% 0.59%
Sortino 1.30% 1.24% 0.74%
Treynor 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 89.17% 90.68% 92.02%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 13.17% 11.54% 11.82% 11.96%
Beta 0.75% 0.74% 0.69% 0.80%
Alpha -0.07% -0.06% 0.00% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.63% 0.60% 0.61% 0.74%
Sharpe 0.41% 0.69% 0.74% 0.59%
Sortino 0.58% 1.30% 1.24% 0.74%
Treynor 0.07% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 81.85% 89.17% 90.68% 92.02%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A70.370.360.260.20%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 January 12, 2004
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,753

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00040

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. The Fund’s portfolio consists primarily of equity securities of companies in the United States. Any modification of the fundamental investment objective must be approved by the unitholders by a majority vote at a meeting called for this purpose.

Investment Strategy

The management of equity securities is assigned to a sub-manager who favours a bottom-up investment strategy that is based on a disciplined valuation of the quality and valorization of companies. It invests mainly in large capitalization corporations that are leaders in their market and whose securities are interestingly priced or temporarily out of favour, mainly on the American market.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Wellington Management Canada ULC

  • Matthew Baker

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.08%
Management Fee 1.63%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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