Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-26
C000025641 — Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000025641 Fund Overview
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity
- Assets under management: $233.17M
- 1-year return: 47.7%
- SEC CIK: 0001046292
- SEC series ID: S000009355
- Share class ID: C000025641
C000025641 Investment Objective and Strategy
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust.
Investment objective
The Goldman Sachs Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (the Fund) seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at time of purchase) (Net Assets) in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity investments in small-cap U.S. issuers, including foreign issuers that are traded in the United States. Small-cap issuers are companies with relatively small market capitalizations which are generally within the capitalization range of the Russell 2000 Index at the time of investment. As of December 31, 2025, the capitalization threshold of the Russell 2000 Index was between $13.7 million and $26 billion; however, this capitalization range will change over time and with market conditions. The Fund may also invest in securities outside of the then-existing small-cap issuer capitalization range of companies constituting the Russell 2000 Index at the time of investment.
The Fund uses a quantitative style of management, in combination with a qualitative overlay, that emphasizes fundamentally-based stock selection, careful portfolio construction and efficient implementation. The Funds investments are selected using fundamental research and a variety of quantitative techniques based on certain investment themes, including, among others, Fundamental Mispricings, High Quality Business Models, Sentiment Analysis and Market Themes & Trends. Fundamental Mispricings seeks to identify high-quality businesses trading at a fair price, which the Investment Adviser believes leads to strong performance over the long-run. High Quality Business Models seeks to identify companies that are generating high-quality revenues with sustainable business models and aligned management incentives.
Sentiment Analysis seeks to identify stocks experiencing improvements in their overall market sentiment. Market Themes and Trends seeks to identify companies positively positioned to benefit from themes and trends in the market and macroeconomic environment. As a part of the Investment Advisers investment selection process, the Investment Adviser utilizes proprietary models that assess a wide range of indicators, which may include certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators. No one indicator, risk or consideration is determinative in the investment selection process. The Fund may make investment decisions that deviate from those generated by the Investment Advisers proprietary models, at the discretion of the Investment Adviser. In addition, the Investment Adviser may, in its discretion, make changes to its quantitative techniques, or use other quantitative techniques that are based on the Investment Advisers proprietary research.
The Fund may also invest in fixed income securities that are considered to be cash equivalents. The Investment Adviser measures the Funds performance against the Russell 2000 Index.
C000025641 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Moog, Inc. | 0.95% |
| Goldman Sachs Trust | 0.80% |
| Firstcash Holdings, Inc. | 0.74% |
| Knowles Corp. | 0.73% |
| Frontdoor, Inc. | 0.73% |
| Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 0.69% |
| Mercury Systems, Inc. | 0.66% |
| Enpro, Inc. | 0.66% |
| Construction Partners, Inc. | 0.65% |
| Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | 0.65% |
C000025641 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.8% |
C000025641 Performance
Total returns for C000025641 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 25.8% |
| 1 year | 47.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 23.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.9% |
C000025641 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000025641, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.8%
C000025641 Costs and Fees
C000025641 costs about $107 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.07%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.13%
- Portfolio turnover: 153%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.51 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000025641 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund had net inflows of $21.13M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $3.00M |
| 2026-05 | $1.74M |
| 2026-04 | $1.06M |
| 2026-03 | $315.39K |
| 2026-02 | $1.23M |
| 2026-01 | $627.97K |
C000025641 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000025641 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Small Cap Equity Insights Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- 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.