Small Cap Value Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-20
C000000084 — Small Cap Value Portfolio. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $660.26M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000000084 Fund Overview
Small Cap Value Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $660.26M
- 1-year return: 35.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000742212
- SEC series ID: S000000049
- Share class ID: C000000084
C000000084 Investment Objective and Strategy
Small Cap Value Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the Portfolio is long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
Normally, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of small-capitalization value companies. For purposes of the Portfolio, small-capitalization companies are those companies with market capitalizations that do not exceed the maximum market capitalization of any security in the Russell 2000 Index (approximately $ 38.26 billion as of March 31, 2026). The market capitalizations of companies in the Portfolio and the Index changes over time and securities of companies whose market capitalizations no longer fall within this range after purchase may continue to be held by the Portfolio. The Portfolio may, on occasion, purchase companies with a market capitalization above the range. Securities falling outside of the market capitalization range noted above will be included in the overall calculation of assets but not counted as fulfilling the 80% minimum.
The Portfolio may also invest in the equity securities of micro cap companies (defined as companies with stock market capitalizations less than $500 million at the time of investment). Value companies, as defined by the adviser, are those included in a third-party value index or those that exhibit certain financial characteristics (e.g., price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, enterprise value-to-sales ratio, or cash flow trends) determined by the adviser to indicate the company is undervalued by the market. For this purpose, a third-party value index is an index developed, calculated, and maintained by a third-party that measures the performance of value stocks. The adviser generally selects for inclusion in the Portfolio companies whose current stock prices do not appear to adequately reflect their underlying value as measured by assets, earnings, cash flow or business franchises.
While the Portfolio does not seek to focus its investments in any particular economic sector, the Portfolio may at times have a relatively high percentage of its assets invested in a particular sector as a result of the advisers stock selection process. While most assets will be invested in U.S. common stocks, other securities may also be purchased, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and foreign securities (up to 20% of net assets), real estate investment trust (REITs) and securities of other investment companies, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and business development companies (BDCs), in keeping with the Portfolios objectives. The Portfolio may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.
C000000084 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Small Cap Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 2.24% |
| Columbia Banking System Inc | 1.82% |
| Curbline Properties Corp | 1.44% |
| PennyMac Financial Services Inc | 1.19% |
| Hut 8 Corp | 1.18% |
| CareTrust REIT Inc | 1.17% |
| Cytokinetics Inc | 1.11% |
| Vishay Intertechnology Inc | 1.08% |
| HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc | 1.07% |
| Element Solutions Inc | 1.03% |
C000000084 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Small Cap Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.2% |
C000000084 Performance
Total returns for C000000084 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 23.0% |
| 1 year | 35.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.4% |
C000000084 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000000084, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.1%
C000000084 Costs and Fees
C000000084 costs about $87 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.87%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.88%
- Portfolio turnover: 40%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.92 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000000084 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Small Cap Value Portfolio had net outflows of $14.20M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$8.63M |
| 2026-05 | −$8.46M |
| 2026-04 | −$8.44M |
| 2026-03 | −$5.57M |
| 2026-02 | −$7.88M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.65M |
C000000084 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Small Cap Value Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000000084 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Small Cap Value Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-25
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-05-02
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-20
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
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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.