ARFFX — Ariel Focus Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
ARFFX — Ariel Focus Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Mid Cap Value Equity · $81.27M AUM · 1.00% expense ratio · 35.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
ARFFX Fund Overview
ARFFX — Ariel Focus Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Ariel Investment Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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: Ariel Investment Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $81.27M
- 1-year return: 35.1%
- Ticker: ARFFX
- SEC CIK: 0000798365
- SEC series ID: S000005026
- Share class ID: C000013708
ARFFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Ariel Focus Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| APA Corp. | 5.45% |
| BOK Financial Corp | 5.44% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5.40% |
| SLB Ltd. | 5.27% |
| Phinia Inc. | 5.00% |
| Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc | 4.91% |
| Chevron Corp. | 4.77% |
| Barrick Mining Corp. | 4.73% |
| Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 4.67% |
| Snap-On Incorporated | 4.53% |
ARFFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Ariel Focus Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.0% |
ARFFX Performance
Total returns for ARFFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.3% |
| 1 year | 35.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.3% |
ARFFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ARFFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.3%
ARFFX Costs and Fees
ARFFX costs about $100 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.19%
- Portfolio turnover: 31%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.05 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ARFFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Ariel Focus Fund had net inflows of $6.57M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $283.98K |
| 2026-02 | −$676.88K |
| 2026-01 | $756.46K |
| 2025-12 | $6.87M |
| 2025-11 | −$183.19K |
| 2025-10 | $28.18K |
ARFFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Ariel Focus Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ARFFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Ariel Focus Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.