ARGFX — Ariel Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
ARGFX — Ariel Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $2.56B AUM · 1.01% expense ratio · 22.2% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
ARGFX Fund Overview
ARGFX — Ariel Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Ariel Investment Trust, categorised as United States Small 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 Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $2.56B
- 1-year return: 22.2%
- Ticker: ARGFX
- SEC CIK: 0000798365
- SEC series ID: S000005024
- Share class ID: C000013706
ARGFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Ariel Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp New | 5.47% |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 4.31% |
| Covista Inc. | 3.85% |
| Sphere Entertainment Co. | 3.77% |
| Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 3.63% |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 3.63% |
| Lazard Inc | 3.60% |
| The J M Smucker Company | 3.59% |
| Core Laboratories Inc | 3.55% |
| Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 3.53% |
ARGFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Ariel Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
ARGFX Performance
Total returns for ARGFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -1.5% |
| 1 year | 22.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.2% |
ARGFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ARGFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.2%
ARGFX Costs and Fees
ARGFX costs about $101 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.01%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.01%
- Portfolio turnover: 17%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.15 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ARGFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Ariel Fund had net outflows of $74.51M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $32.21M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.46M |
| 2026-01 | −$13.26M |
| 2025-12 | $218.87M |
| 2025-11 | −$29.71M |
| 2025-10 | −$592.14K |
ARGFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Ariel Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ARGFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Ariel 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.