C000028042 Performance — Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund, : Class Y

Data updated: 2025-03-25

C000028042 returned +11.29% over one year to Jan 2025. Annualised returns are +5.05% over 3 years and +7.71% over 5 years. Against its Moderate Allocation category average the fund came out ahead over three years but behind over one: $100 invested three years ago grew to $116, against $112 for the category, and to $111 over one year, against $111. Volatility over the past three years was 12.34% a year. In the 12 months to Jan 2025 the fund lost a net $29.8M, and assets reached $418.71M.

C000028042 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Moderate Allocation category average over the same months.

PeriodC000028042Category average
1 year (Feb 2024 – Jan 2025)$111$111
3 years (Feb 2022 – Jan 2025)$116$112
5 years (Feb 2020 – Jan 2025)$145$135
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Jan 2025)$153$141

C000028042 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jan 2025, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+11.29%
3 years (annualised)+5.05%
5 years (annualised)+7.71%

C000028042 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–Jan)+2.89%
2024+9.62%
2023+16.02%
2022−14.38%
2021+15.44%
2020+12.89%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+4.95%

C000028042 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+2.9%———————————
2024+1.4%+2.3%+3.0%−3.6%+2.9%+1.3%+0.7%+1.8%+1.5%−1.7%+3.2%−3.2%
2023+4.9%−2.8%+1.9%+0.9%−0.4%+3.9%+2.2%−1.0%−3.2%−2.3%+7.2%+4.3%
2022−3.4%−1.4%+0.1%−6.6%+0.5%−5.9%+5.4%−3.1%−7.1%+4.3%+5.8%−3.0%
2021−1.1%+2.0%+2.1%+3.8%+1.2%+0.8%+1.1%+1.5%−2.9%+3.8%−1.2%+3.6%
2020+0.7%−4.6%−10.2%+9.8%+2.9%+1.5%+4.1%+3.3%−2.2%−1.2%+7.6%+2.1%
2019———————+0.4%+0.9%+0.8%+1.1%+1.6%

C000028042 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Feb 2022 – Jan 2025.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 12.34%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.04 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +7.16% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −7.12% (Sep 2022)

C000028042 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$29.8M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $97.5M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.77×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jan 2025$3.8M$13.7M−$9.9M
Dec 2024$5.6M$4.9M$751K
Nov 2024$7.4M$9.0M−$1.6M
Oct 2024$3.0M$7.2M−$4.2M
Sep 2024$4.7M$6.6M−$2.0M
Aug 2024$37.4M$40.4M−$2.9M
Jul 2024$10.7M$14.0M−$3.3M
Jun 2024$5.6M$6.5M−$935K
May 2024$3.0M$5.3M−$2.3M
Apr 2024$4.5M$6.3M−$1.8M
Mar 2024$6.9M$8.2M−$1.3M
Feb 2024$4.8M$5.1M−$298K

C000028042 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2025-01-31$418.71M
2024-10-31$422.36M
2024-07-31$426.77M
2024-04-30$414.73M
2024-01-31$413.80M
2023-10-31$378.46M
2023-07-31$415.99M
2023-04-28$403.32M
2023-01-31$391.20M
2022-10-31$379.83M
2022-07-29$408.25M
2022-04-29$409.93M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.