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BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

Canadian Focused Equity

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FundGrade B

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2020, 2019

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NAVPS
(04-02-2025)
$21.98
Change
$0.22 (1.01%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at November 30, 2024

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BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 17, 2015): 9.67%

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 -1.15% 1.07% 10.81% 3.79% 21.97% 21.41% 10.97% 11.19% 11.84% 12.23% 10.89% 10.86% 11.06% -
Benchmark -0.67% 0.74% 10.33% 2.92% 21.53% 17.09% 10.36% 11.45% 12.58% 11.16% 10.15% 9.68% 10.93% 8.55%
Category Average -0.98% 0.14% 8.18% 2.54% 16.18% 14.81% 9.43% 10.60% 11.73% 10.20% 8.91% 8.38% 9.45% 7.18%
Category Rank 316 / 576 195 / 576 125 / 576 139 / 576 73 / 570 84 / 564 217 / 555 260 / 543 316 / 531 163 / 523 157 / 482 118 / 441 146 / 410 -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.48% -2.33% 2.71% 2.53% 4.81% 0.61% 1.42% 1.15% 6.89% -2.63% 5.00% -1.15%
Benchmark 3.64% -1.88% 2.82% -0.17% 4.75% 0.75% 2.88% 0.77% 5.65% -2.12% 3.61% -0.67%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.77% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.88% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 4.75% 8.95% -5.77% 28.87% 14.28% 21.88% -18.82% 14.46% 27.49%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking - 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 2 1
Category Rank - 390/ 409 188/ 432 170/ 482 29/ 517 113/ 531 348/ 539 524/ 552 241/ 563 73/ 570

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.87% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.82% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 48.97
US Equity 45.62
International Equity 2.73
Income Trust Units 2.41
Cash and Equivalents 0.28
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 27.41
Technology 25.99
Industrial Services 10.49
Healthcare 10.26
Consumer Services 8.56
Other 17.29

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 94.86
Europe 2.73
Latin America 2.41

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Constellation Software Inc 6.17
Brookfield Corp Cl A 5.38
Waste Connections Inc 4.96
Microsoft Corp 4.83
Dollarama Inc 4.78
Intuitive Surgical Inc 4.66
Royal Bank of Canada 4.65
Intact Financial Corp 4.39
Brown & Brown Inc 3.89
Visa Inc Cl A 3.86

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)

BMO Growth Opportunities Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.97% 15.73% -
Beta 0.97% 0.98% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.82% 0.80% -
Sharpe 0.54% 0.64% -
Sortino 0.99% 0.95% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 98.81% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 10.12% 13.97% 15.73% -
Beta 1.02% 0.97% 0.98% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.80% 0.82% 0.80% -
Sharpe 1.62% 0.54% 0.64% -
Sortino 4.25% 0.99% 0.95% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.08% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 98.81% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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

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

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

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 April 17, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $297

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70742
BMO742

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies from around the world.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests primarily in equity securities from around the world; employs a bottom-up fundamental analysis to select equity securities from around the world that the portfolio manager believes to be the best investment regardless of market capitalization or sector allocation, with emphasis on securities that are attractively priced with the potential for above-average earnings growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Valentin Padure
  • Jennifer So
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

BMO Investments Inc.

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.19%
Management Fee 1.80%
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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