AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-09
C000028522 — AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $3.13B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000028522 Fund Overview
AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Ab Cap Fund, Inc., 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: Ab Cap Fund, Inc.
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $3.13B
- SEC CIK: 0000081443
- SEC series ID: S000010309
- Share class ID: C000028522
C000028522 Investment Objective and Strategy
AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Ab Cap Fund, Inc..
Investment objective
The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities with relatively smaller capitalizations as compared to the overall U.S. market. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of smaller companies. For these purposes, ""smaller companies"" are those that, at the time of investment, fall within the lowest 20% of the total U.S. equity market capitalization (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, companies with market capitalizations of less than $10 million). As of June 30, 2018, there were approximately 4,204 smaller companies, and those smaller companies had market capitalizations ranging up to approximately $13.4 billion. Because the Fund's definition of smaller companies is dynamic, the limits on market capitalization will change with the markets.
The Fund may invest in any company and industry and in any type of equity security with potential for capital appreciation. It invests in well-known and established companies and in new and less-seasoned companies. The Fund's investment policies emphasize investments in companies that are demonstrating improving financial results and a favorable earnings outlook. The Fund may invest in foreign securities. When selecting securities, the Adviser typically looks for companies that have strong, experienced management teams, strong market positions, and the potential to support greater than expected earnings growth rates. In making specific investment decisions for the Fund, the Adviser combines fundamental and quantitative analysis in its stock selection process. The Fund may periodically invest in the securities of companies that are expected to appreciate due to a development particularly or uniquely applicable to that company regardless of general business conditions or movements of the market as a whole.
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities but may also invest in other types of securities, such as preferred stocks. The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of exchange-traded funds (""ETFs"") in lieu of making direct investments in securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the types of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in rights or warrants. The Fund may enter into derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swaps. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indices, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indices) or shares of ETFs.
These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges."
C000028522 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Alliance Bernstein | 6.68% |
| iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF | 4.00% |
| BrightSpring Health Services Inc | 1.76% |
| Moog Inc | 1.75% |
| ESCO Technologies Inc | 1.65% |
| Chefs' Warehouse Inc/The | 1.52% |
| Ultra Clean Holdings Inc | 1.52% |
| Semtech Corp | 1.51% |
| SharkNinja Inc | 1.50% |
| FirstCash Holdings Inc | 1.50% |
C000028522 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.7% |
C000028522 Costs and Fees
C000028522 costs about $197 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.97%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.97%
- Portfolio turnover: 72%
- Brokerage commissions: 8.08 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000028522 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio had net outflows of $828.88M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$61.07M |
| 2026-05 | −$39.34M |
| 2026-04 | −$85.51M |
| 2026-03 | −$88.69M |
| 2026-02 | −$46.89M |
| 2026-01 | −$166.92M |
C000028522 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000028522 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-10-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-10-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-10-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-09-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-10-14
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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.