VIP Utilities Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-24
C000021094 — VIP Utilities Portfolio. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity · $354.69M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000021094 Fund Overview
VIP Utilities Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Variable Insurance Products Fund IV, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Variable Insurance Products Fund IV
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity
- Assets under management: $354.69M
- 1-year return: 15.4%
- SEC CIK: 0000720318
- SEC series ID: S000007756
- Share class ID: C000021094
C000021094 Investment Objective and Strategy
VIP Utilities Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Variable Insurance Products Fund IV.
Investment objective
VIP Utilities Portfolio seeks capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the utilities industry and companies deriving a majority of their revenues from their utility operations. These companies may include, for example, companies that produce electricity, including nuclear and non-nuclear facilities; companies that distribute and transmit natural and manufactured gas; water treatment and other utility companies; companies that operate as independent power producers, gas and power marketing and trading specialists and/or integrated energy merchants; and companies that engage in the generation and distribution of electricity using renewable sources. For purposes of the fund's policy to normally invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the business activity or activities identified for the fund, Fidelity may consider a company to be principally engaged in the designated business activity or activities based on: (i) the level of a company's assets, income, sales, or profits that are committed to, derived from, or related to the designated business activity or activities, or (ii) whether a third party has given the company an industry or sector classification consistent with the designated business activity or activities.
Whether a company is principally engaged in the designated business activity or activities can be determined under any of these factors. Derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to the investments above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments are included in the fund's 80% policy, consistent with the fund's investment policies and limitations with respect to investments in derivatives. Normally investing primarily in common stocks. Investing in domestic and foreign issuers. Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
C000021094 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of VIP Utilities Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Nextera Energy, Inc. | 12.84% |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 6.85% |
| Duke Energy Corp. New | 5.90% |
| Sempra | 5.44% |
| Constellation Energy Corp. | 5.32% |
| Entergy Corp. New | 5.07% |
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 4.87% |
| Vistra Corp. | 4.68% |
| Nrg Energy, Inc. | 4.65% |
| Centerpoint Energy, Inc. | 3.88% |
C000021094 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of VIP Utilities Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.9% |
C000021094 Performance
Total returns for C000021094 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.6% |
| 1 year | 15.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.6% |
C000021094 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000021094, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.8%
C000021094 Costs and Fees
C000021094 costs about $68 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.68%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.68%
- Portfolio turnover: 99%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.17 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000021094 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, VIP Utilities Portfolio had net inflows of $11.44M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$3.60M |
| 2026-05 | −$6.04M |
| 2026-04 | $3.39M |
| 2026-03 | $6.81M |
| 2026-02 | $13.43M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.78M |
C000021094 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in VIP Utilities Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000021094 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official VIP Utilities Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-20
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-18
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-24
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.