MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-24
C000025790 — MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.97B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000025790 Fund Overview
MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Mainstay Vp Funds Trust, categorised as United States Large 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: Mainstay Vp Funds Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.97B
- 1-year return: 9.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000887340
- SEC series ID: S000009430
- Share class ID: C000025790
C000025790 Investment Objective and Strategy
MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Mainstay Vp Funds Trust.
Investment objective
The Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in large capitalization companies, which are companies having a market capitalization in excess of $4 billion at the time of purchase. Typically, Winslow Capital Management, LLC, the Portfolio's Subadvisor, invests substantially all of the Portfolio's investable assets in domestic securities. However, the Portfolio is permitted to invest up to 20% of its net assets in foreign securities. An issuer of a security is considered to be a U.S. or foreign issuer based on the issuers country of risk (or similar designation) as determined by a third-party such as Bloomberg. Investment Process: The Portfolio invests in those companies that the Subadvisor believes will provide an opportunity for achieving superior portfolio returns (i.e., returns in excess of the returns of the average stock mutual fund, which the Subadvisor defines as the median exchange-traded fund or mutual fund based on performance taking into account the entire U.S.
equity exchange-traded fund and mutual fund universe) over the long term. The Subadvisor seeks to invest in companies that have the potential for above-average future earnings and cash flow growth with management focused on shareholder value. When purchasing stocks for the Portfolio, the Subadvisor looks for companies typically having some or all of the following attributes: addressing markets with growth opportunities; leads or gains in market share; identifiable and sustainable competitive advantages; managed by a team that can perpetuate the firm's competitive advantages; high, and preferably rising, returns on invested capital; deploys excess cash flow to enhance shareholder return; and demonstrates sound corporate governance. As part of its qualitative assessment of each potential investment, the Subadvisor evaluates the companys non-financial performance among certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
The Subadvisor then determines which ESG factors may be material to a companys future financial performance. This involves an evaluation of how the company integrates particular ESG risks and opportunities into its corporate strategy through, for example, improving governance practices, aligning management team incentives and increasing transparency into its ESG practices. The Subadvisor may give consideration to ESG factors including, but not limited to, impact on or from climate change, natural resource use, waste management practices, human capital management, product safety, supply chain management, corporate governance, business ethics and advocacy for governmental policy. ESG factors are evaluated by the Subadvisor based on data provided by independent ESG research vendors. The evaluation of ESG factors is integrated as one of several aspects of the Subadvisors investment process and the Subadvisor does not forgo potential investments strictly based on the evaluation of ESG factors.
The Subadvisor takes a ""bottom-up"" investment approach when selecting investments. This means it bases investment decisions on company specific factors, not general economic conditions. Under normal market conditions, the Subadvisor employs a sell discipline pursuant to which it may sell some or all of its position in a stock when a stock becomes fully valued, the fundamental business prospects are deteriorating, or the position exceeds limits set by the Subadvisor."
C000025790 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Alphabet, Inc. | 10.01% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 9.03% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 5.70% |
| Apple, Inc. | 4.55% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.95% |
| KLA Corp. | 3.16% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 3.05% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.92% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 2.87% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 2.87% |
C000025790 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
C000025790 Performance
Total returns for C000025790 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.6% |
| 1 year | 9.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 21.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.2% |
C000025790 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000025790, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.3%
C000025790 Costs and Fees
C000025790 costs about $75 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.75%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.75%
- Portfolio turnover: 81%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.24 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000025790 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio had net inflows of $91.47M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$28.83M |
| 2026-05 | −$34.74M |
| 2026-04 | −$2.93M |
| 2026-03 | $2.73M |
| 2026-02 | −$429.85K |
| 2026-01 | −$2.58M |
C000025790 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000025790 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MainStay VP Large Cap Growth Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-16
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-16
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-19
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- 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.