AVEFX — Ave Maria Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
AVEFX — Ave Maria Bond Fund. Short Corporate Bond · $793.71M AUM · 0.40% expense ratio · 3.4% 1-yr return. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
AVEFX Fund Overview
AVEFX — Ave Maria Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Schwartz Investment Trust, categorised as Short Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Schwartz Investment Trust
- Category: Short Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $793.71M
- 1-year return: 3.4%
- Ticker: AVEFX
- SEC CIK: 0000891160
- SEC series ID: S000001552
- Share class ID: C000004207
AVEFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Ave Maria Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Federated Hermes Money Market Obligations Trust | 2.31% |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | 1.89% |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1.76% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.49% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.44% |
| Truist Financial Corp. | 1.41% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.38% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.37% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.34% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.33% |
AVEFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Ave Maria Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 79.3% |
| Equity | 18.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.3% |
AVEFX Performance
Total returns for AVEFX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.3% |
| 1 year | 3.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.9% |
AVEFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for AVEFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.8%
AVEFX Costs and Fees
AVEFX costs about $40 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.40%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.40%
- Portfolio turnover: 13%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.03 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AVEFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Ave Maria Bond Fund had net inflows of $45.39M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $6.01M |
| 2026-05 | $6.56M |
| 2026-04 | $6.67M |
| 2026-03 | −$22.49M |
| 2026-02 | $5.36M |
| 2026-01 | $2.02M |
AVEFX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Ave Maria Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.49% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.44% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.37% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.34% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.33% |
| Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 1.33% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.33% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.30% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.28% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.28% |
AVEFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Ave Maria Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-02-24
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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.