AFYCX — Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund, Class C
Data updated: 2026-02-25
AFYCX — Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund, Class C. 1.63% expense ratio · 1.00% deferred sales charge. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
AFYCX Fund Overview
AFYCX — Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund, Class C is a US mutual fund managed by Investment Managers Series Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Investment Managers Series Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $1.72B
- 1-year return: 10.8%
- Ticker: AFYCX
- SEC CIK: 0001318342
- SEC series ID: S000037608
- Share class ID: C000116045
AFYCX Investment Objective and Strategy
Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Investment Managers Series Trust.
Investment objective
"The investment objectives of the AAM/Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth Fund (the ""Fund"") are primarily current and growing income,"
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities, primarily common stock, of companies that have historically paid dividends and have strong dividend policies. Although the Fund may invest in any size companies, it primarily invests in large capitalization companies. Bahl & Gaynor, Inc., the Fund's Sub-Advisor, considers large capitalization companies to be those with market capitalization of $10 billion or higher at the time of purchase. Under normal market conditions, the Fund typically invests in a diversified portfolio of 35 to 50 securities spread across a variety of economic sectors. However, from time to time, the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its net assets in one or more sectors. Investments in and weightings of individual sectors vary based on the Sub-Advisor's assessment of company fundamentals, valuations and overall economic conditions.
The Fund's Sub-Advisor focuses on high-quality companies that typically produce steady earnings and dividend growth. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts (""REITs""), which are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests. The Fund may invest in foreign securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities are primarily in American Depository Receipts (""ADRs"") and similar receipts. ADRs are receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S. banks."
AFYCX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co | 5.66% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5.28% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.12% |
| AbbVie Inc | 4.63% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.57% |
| Travelers Cos Inc/The | 3.58% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3.22% |
| Williams Cos Inc/The | 2.94% |
| Procter & Gamble Co/The | 2.92% |
| NextEra Energy Inc | 2.78% |
AFYCX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 92.4% |
| Other | 5.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.0% |
AFYCX Performance
Total returns for AFYCX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 10.75% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.59% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.65% |
AFYCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for AFYCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 6.96%
AFYCX Costs and Fees
AFYCX costs about $163 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.63%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 21%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.86 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AFYCX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-12, Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund had net outflows of $96.51M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-12 | $105.26M |
| 2025-11 | −$21.07M |
| 2025-10 | −$47.52M |
| 2025-09 | −$28.76M |
| 2025-08 | −$19.63M |
| 2025-07 | −$25.03M |
AFYCX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
AFYCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Aam/bahl and Gaynor Income Growth Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-10-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-10-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-06-12
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-11-18
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-08-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-09-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-09-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.