1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-25
C000024888 — 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $4.48B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000024888 Fund Overview
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Eq Advisors Trust, categorised as United States Small Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Eq Advisors Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $4.48B
- 1-year return: 35.2%
- SEC CIK: 0001027263
- SEC series ID: S000009151
- Share class ID: C000024888
C000024888 Investment Objective and Strategy
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Eq Advisors Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks to maximize capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in stocks of small capitalization companies. For this Portfolio, small capitalization companies are companies with market capitalizations of $2.0 billion or less at the time of investment. The Portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but it may also invest in other securities that the Sub-Adviser believes provide opportunities for capital growth, such as preferred stocks and warrants. This Portfolio also may invest in foreign securities. The Sub-Adviser utilizes a value-oriented investment style that emphasizes companies deemed to be currently underpriced according to certain financial measurements, which may include price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios.
In choosing investments, the Sub-Adviser utilizes a process of fundamental analysis that involves researching and evaluating individual companies for potential investment by the Portfolio. The Sub-Adviser uses a proprietary research technique to determine which stocks have a market price that is less than the private market value or what an informed investor would pay for the company. This approach will often lead the Portfolio to focus on strong companies in out-of-favor sectors or out-of-favor companies exhibiting a catalyst for change. The Sub-Adviser may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as because it becomes overvalued or shows deteriorating fundamentals, or to invest in a company believed to offer superior investment opportunities. The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.
C000024888 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Mueller Industries, Inc. | 2.77% |
| GATX Corp. | 2.59% |
| Crane Co. | 2.45% |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | 1.94% |
| Rush Enterprises, Inc. | 1.76% |
| AMETEK, Inc. | 1.73% |
| Oil-Dri Corp. of America | 1.64% |
| Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. | 1.57% |
| Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 1.57% |
| ATI, Inc. | 1.56% |
C000024888 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.8% |
C000024888 Performance
Total returns for C000024888 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 23.3% |
| 1 year | 35.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.5% |
C000024888 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000024888, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.1%
C000024888 Costs and Fees
C000024888 costs about $105 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.05%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.05%
- Portfolio turnover: 4%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.47 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000024888 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio had net outflows of $32.07M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$31.08M |
| 2026-05 | −$31.12M |
| 2026-04 | −$38.22M |
| 2026-03 | −$37.44M |
| 2026-02 | −$29.38M |
| 2026-01 | −$26.01M |
C000024888 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000024888 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-10
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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.