ALOPX — Virtus International Small-Cap Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
ALOPX — Virtus International Small-Cap Fund. Developed ex-US Small Cap Growth Financials Equity · $61.01M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ALOPX Fund Overview
ALOPX — Virtus International Small-Cap Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Virtus Strategy Trust, categorised as Developed ex-US Small Cap Growth Financials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Virtus Strategy Trust
- Category: Developed ex-US Small Cap Growth Financials Equity
- Assets under management: $61.01M
- 1-year return: 13.2%
- Ticker: ALOPX
- SEC CIK: 0001423227
- SEC series ID: S000028361
- Share class ID: C000086676
ALOPX Investment Objective and Strategy
Virtus International Small-Cap Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Virtus Strategy Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks maximum long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in companies with smaller market capitalizations. The Fund currently defines companies with smaller market capitalizations as those with market capitalizations comparable to companies included in the MSCI World Small-Cap Index (between $43.0 million and $11.0 billion as of December 31, 2017). Under normal market and other conditions, the Fund expects to maintain a weighted-average market capitalization between 50% and 200% of the weighted-average market capitalization of the securities in the MSCI World Small-Cap Index, which as of December 31, 2017 would permit the Fund to maintain a weighted-average market capitalization ranging from $1.7 billion to $6.6 billion.
The Fund normally invests principally in securities of issuers located outside the United States and allocates its investments among at least eight different countries. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in emerging market securities (but no more than 10% in any one emerging market country). Regional portfolio managers based in Europe, Japan and Asia (outside Japan) collaborate to produce a Fund portfolio that includes what the portfolio managers believe are the best available investment opportunities from each of those three regions. The portfolio managers may consider anticipated economic growth rate, political outlook, current and forecasted inflation rates, currency outlook and interest rate environment to help identify countries and regions that are likely to offer the best investment opportunities.
When evaluating individual issuers, the portfolio managers ordinarily look for the following characteristics: higher than average growth and strong potential for capital appreciation; substantial capacity for growth in revenue through either an expanding market or market share; a strong balance sheet; superior management; and differentiated or superior products and services or a steady stream of new products and services. In addition to common stocks and other equity securities (such as preferred stocks, convertible securities and warrants), the Fund may invest in securities issued in initial public offerings (IPOs), and may utilize foreign currency exchange contracts, options, stock index futures contracts and other derivative instruments. Although the Fund did not invest significantly in derivative instruments as of the most recent fiscal year end, it may do so at any time.
ALOPX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Virtus International Small-Cap Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Synnex Technology International Corp. | 2.12% |
| Sitc International Holdings Company Ltd. | 2.09% |
| Banca Mediolanum Spa | 2.08% |
| Drax Group PLC | 1.82% |
| Topco Scientific Co. Ltd. | 1.81% |
| National Aluminium Company Ltd. | 1.73% |
| Koa Corp. | 1.71% |
| Toyobo Co. Ltd. | 1.66% |
| Lion Finance Group PLC | 1.65% |
| Bankinter SA | 1.46% |
ALOPX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Virtus International Small-Cap Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
ALOPX Performance
Total returns for ALOPX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 13.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -4.0% |
ALOPX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ALOPX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.6%
ALOPX Costs and Fees
ALOPX costs about $113 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.13%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.53%
- Portfolio turnover: 75%
- Brokerage commissions: 14.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ALOPX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Virtus International Small-Cap Fund had net outflows of $1.66M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$132.90K |
| 2026-05 | −$120.59K |
| 2026-04 | −$1.94M |
| 2026-03 | $110.16K |
| 2026-02 | −$227.47K |
| 2026-01 | −$135.02K |
ALOPX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Virtus International Small-Cap Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ALOPX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Virtus International Small-Cap Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-21
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-15
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-13
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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.