Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP
Data updated: 2026-08-26
C000021475 — Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP. United States Mid Cap Growth Equity · $721.80M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000021475 Fund Overview
Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP is a US mutual fund managed by Transamerica Series Trust, categorised as United States Mid Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Transamerica Series Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $721.80M
- 1-year return: 32.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000778207
- SEC series ID: S000007915
- Share class ID: C000021475
C000021475 Investment Objective and Strategy
Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Transamerica Series Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in common stocks of small growth companies.
Principal investment strategy
The portfolios sub-adviser, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (the sub-adviser), seeks to achieve the portfolios objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in small-cap growth companies. These are currently defined by the sub-adviser as companies whose market capitalization at the time of purchase falls within the range of companies in the Morgan Stanley Capital International U.S. Small Cap Growth Index (MSCI U.S. Small Cap Growth Index), which was approximately $ 14.4 million to $32.0 billion as of December 31, 2025, but the range will vary with market fluctuations. The market capitalization of the companies in the portfolio and the MSCI U.S. Small Cap Growth Index changes over time, and the portfolio will not sell a stock just because the company has grown to a market capitalization outside the range.
Most of the stocks purchased by the portfolio will be in this size range. However, the portfolio may on occasion purchase a stock whose market capitalization exceeds the range. The portfolio intends to be invested in a broadly diversified portfolio of securities and the top 25 holdings will not, under normal circumstances, constitute more than 50% of total assets. This broad diversification helps to minimize the effects of individual security selection on portfolio performance. The sub-adviser employs an integrated approach to investing by combining fundamental analysis and quantitative models to identify stocks that could be included in the portfolio. Stocks are selected based on a variety of metrics the sub-adviser considers important, such as valuations and projected earnings and sales growth rates, capital allocation, and earnings quality.
Sector allocations are generally in line with those of the MSCI U.S. Small Cap Growth Index, with occasional overweights or underweights in particular sectors , and the portfolio may at times have significant exposure to one or more sectors, including, for example, health care, industrials and information technology . Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors value stocks. While the portfolio normally invests principally in small-cap U.S. common stocks, the sub-adviser may, to a lesser extent, invest in foreign stocks (up to 10% of total assets) or exchange traded funds in pursuit of its investment objective. The portfolio may invest a portion of its assets in securities such as stock, fixed-income securities or convertible securities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs).
The portfolio may invest directly in REITs, including equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. The portfolio may, but need not, invest in derivatives, including stock index futures and options to manage or hedge risk. The portfolio may sell assets for a variety of reasons, including in response to a change in the original investment considerations or to limit losses, adjust the characteristics of the overall portfolio, or redeploy assets into different opportunities.
C000021475 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| InterDigital Inc | 1.02% |
| StoneX Group Inc | 1.02% |
| BrightSpring Health Services Inc | 0.99% |
| Moog Inc | 0.99% |
| Bel Fuse Inc | 0.88% |
| Belden Inc | 0.78% |
| ESCO Technologies Inc | 0.78% |
| Marex Group PLC | 0.77% |
| Federal Signal Corp | 0.77% |
| Argan Inc | 0.76% |
C000021475 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.2% |
C000021475 Performance
Total returns for C000021475 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 20.9% |
| 1 year | 32.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.1% |
C000021475 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000021475, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.2%
C000021475 Costs and Fees
C000021475 costs about $83 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.83%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.83%
- Portfolio turnover: 51%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.12 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000021475 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP had net inflows of $13.66M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$6.80M |
| 2026-05 | −$29.81M |
| 2026-04 | −$5.71M |
| 2026-03 | −$6.88M |
| 2026-02 | −$10.00M |
| 2026-01 | −$6.20M |
C000021475 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000021475 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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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.