MFS Total Return Series

Data updated: 2026-05-26

C000007310 — MFS Total Return Series data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Total Return Allocation · $2.03B AUM · 0.61% expense ratio · 9.6% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

C000007310 Fund Overview

MFS Total Return Series is a US mutual fund managed by Mfs Variable Insurance Trust, categorised as Total Return Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

  • Type: US mutual fund
  • Manager: Mfs Variable Insurance Trust
  • Category: Total Return Allocation
  • Assets under management: $2.03B
  • 1-year return: 9.6%
  • SEC CIK: 0000918571
  • SEC series ID: S000002670
  • Share class ID: C000007310

C000007310 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of MFS Total Return Series by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
Charles Schwab Corp/The2.55%
Pfizer Inc2.05%
Medtronic PLC1.85%
Microsoft Corp1.79%
ConocoPhillips1.75%
Omnicom Group Inc1.71%
Becton Dickinson & Co1.71%
Bank of America Corp1.60%
Cigna Group/The1.54%
Kenvue Inc1.50%

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C000007310 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of MFS Total Return Series by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Equity59.5%
Fixed Income24.2%
Securitized16.4%

C000007310 Performance

Total returns for C000007310 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD1.4%
1 year9.6%
3 years (annualised)9.9%
5 years (annualised)5.7%

C000007310 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000007310, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.2%

C000007310 Costs and Fees

C000007310 costs about $61 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.61%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.71%
  • Portfolio turnover: 37%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.69 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000007310 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-03, MFS Total Return Series had net outflows of $46.03M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-03−$22.72M
2026-02−$24.10M
2026-01−$22.46M
2025-12−$30.82M
2025-11−$19.17M
2025-10−$18.43M

C000007310 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of MFS Total Return Series by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
United States Treasury1.48%
United States Treasury1.46%
United States Treasury1.19%
United States Treasury1.19%
United States Treasury0.78%
United States Treasury0.78%
United States Treasury0.62%
United States Treasury0.57%
United States Treasury0.47%
United States Treasury0.38%

C000007310 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official MFS Total Return Series 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.