Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP
Data updated: 2026-08-26
C000021495 — Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $565.38M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000021495 Fund Overview
Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP is a US mutual fund managed by Transamerica Series Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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: Transamerica Series Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $565.38M
- 1-year return: 23.0%
- SEC CIK: 0000778207
- SEC series ID: S000007925
- Share class ID: C000021495
C000021495 Investment Objective and Strategy
Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Transamerica Series Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks to maximize total return.
Principal investment strategy
The portfolios sub-advisers, Systematic Financial Management, L.P. and Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the sub-advisers), seek to achieve the portfolios objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the portfolios net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in small- and mid-cap equity securities (U.S. equity securities, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and foreign securities trading on U.S. markets). The portfolio defines small- and mid-cap equities as companies whose market capitalization falls within the range of securities comprising the Russell 2000 Index 1 and the Russell Midcap Index respectively, or within the range of the Russell 2500 Index, whichever is broader at the time of purchase. Over time, the capitalizations of the companies in the index will change.
As they do, the size of the companies in which the portfolio invests may change. As of December 31, 2025, the market capitalization range of securities comprising the Russell 2000 Index was between $6 million and $ 31.29 billion, the market capitalization range of securities comprising the Russell Midcap Index was between $1.03 billion and $ 101.64 billion, and the market capitalization range of securities comprising the Russell 2500 Index was between $6 million and $37 billion. The portfolios investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., determines the allocation of the portfolios assets between the portfolios sub-advisers and rebalances the allocation periodically to normally maintain an approximate allocation of 60% of the portfolios assets to Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC and 40% of the portfolios assets to Systematic Financial Management, L.P.
The portfolio emphasizes investments in common stocks. Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC is the sub-adviser for the mid cap sleeve. In the mid-cap sleeve, the sub-adviser seeks to invest in companies it believes present a value or potential worth that is not recognized by prevailing market prices or that have experienced some fundamental changes and are intrinsically undervalued by the investment community. The sub-advisers mid-cap value process uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and is based on a four-factor valuation screen. Factors one and two of the screen attempt to assess a companys discount to private market value relative to other mid-cap stocks. The third factor considers the relative earnings prospects of the company. The fourth factor involves looking at the companys recent price action.
Systematic Financial Management, L.P. is the sub-adviser for the small-cap sleeve. In the small-cap sleeve, the sub-adviser generally will invest in common stocks of companies with small capitalizations that are attractively valued and possess low price cash flow ratios or, in the case of certain financial stocks, low price/earnings ratios and/or low price/book ratios. The sub-advisers security selection process generally favors companies with strong operating cash flow, strong free cash flow, limited financial leverage and strong debt coverage. Trends in balance sheet items including inventories, accounts receivable, and payables are scrutinized as well. The sub-adviser also reviews the companys products/services, market position, industry condition, financial and accounting policies and quality of management.
The portfolios investment methodology unifies what both sub-advisers deem to be the best attributes of quantitative screening and fundamental research in an integrated and repeatable process designed to outperform the Russell 2500 Value Index over the long term. Under normal market conditions, cash and cash equivalents are generally less than 5% of the portfolio value. Value 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 growth stocks. The portfolio may invest up to 10% of its total assets in the securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and foreign securities trading on U.S. markets. The portfolio may also invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs), and may invest up to 5% of its total net assets in exchange traded funds (ETFs).
1 Russell and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
C000021495 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Kraft Heinz Co/The | 1.52% |
| First Citizens BancShares Inc/NC | 1.41% |
| IQVIA Holdings Inc | 1.32% |
| Evergy Inc | 1.32% |
| Expand Energy Corp | 1.30% |
| U-Haul Holding Co | 1.28% |
| Charter Communications Inc | 1.28% |
| Markel Group Inc | 1.27% |
| LKQ Corp | 1.26% |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp | 1.24% |
C000021495 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.8% |
C000021495 Performance
Total returns for C000021495 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 12.9% |
| 1 year | 23.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.0% |
C000021495 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000021495, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.5%
C000021495 Costs and Fees
C000021495 costs about $81 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.81%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.81%
- Portfolio turnover: 47%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.13 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000021495 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP had net inflows of $2.59M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$5.59M |
| 2026-05 | −$4.71M |
| 2026-04 | −$5.70M |
| 2026-03 | −$8.19M |
| 2026-02 | −$5.78M |
| 2026-01 | −$2.61M |
C000021495 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000021495 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value 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.