MML Equity Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000031712 — MML Equity Income Fund. United States Large Cap Value Equity · $328.17M AUM · 0.79% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000031712 Fund Overview
MML Equity Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by MML Series Investment Fund, categorised as United States Large 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: MML Series Investment Fund
- Category: United States Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $328.17M
- 1-year return: 22.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000067160
- SEC series ID: S000011482
- Share class ID: C000031712
C000031712 Investment Objective and Strategy
MML Equity Income Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by MML Series Investment Fund.
Investment objective
This Fund seeks dividend income and long-term capital growth.
Principal investment strategy
Principal Investment Strategies The Fund invests primarily in common stocks, with an emphasis on large-capitalization companies that have a strong track record of paying dividends or that the Funds subadviser, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price), believes to be undervalued. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks. While most assets will be invested in U.S. common stocks, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in foreign securities and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), including emerging market securities. The Fund may also invest in securities convertible into common or preferred stock. The Fund may use futures contracts for hedging or investment purposes as a substitute for investing directly in securities.
Use of derivatives by the Fund may create investment leverage. The Fund may at times have significant exposure to one or more industries or sectors. The Fund may hold a portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. T. Rowe Price typically employs a value approach in selecting investments, using internal research to identify companies that appear to be undervalued by various measures and may be temporarily out of favor but have good prospects for capital appreciation and dividend growth. T. Rowe Price generally looks for companies with one or more of the following: an established operating history; above-average dividend yield and low price/earnings ratio relative to the broader equity market; a sound balance sheet and other positive financial characteristics; and low stock price relative to T.
Rowe Prices view of the companys underlying value as measured by assets, cash flow, or business franchises. T. Rowe Price generally seeks investments in large-capitalization companies and the Funds yield, which reflects the level of dividends paid by the Fund, is expected to normally exceed the yield of the Russell 1000 Value Index. In pursuing the Funds investment objective, ?T. Rowe Price has the discretion to purchase some securities that do not meet its normal investment criteria described above, when it believes there is an opportunity for substantial appreciation (such as, for example, T. Rowe Price believes a security could increase in value as a result of a change in management, an extraordinary corporate event, a new product introduction or innovation, or a favorable competitive development).
T. Rowe Price may sell assets for a variety of reasons, including in response to a change in the original investment considerations or to limit losses, adjust the characteristics of the overall portfolio, or redeploy assets into different opportunities.
C000031712 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MML Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.21% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.92% |
| Apple Inc | 3.10% |
| MetLife Inc | 2.03% |
| Intel Corp | 2.02% |
| Southern Co/The | 1.94% |
| Citigroup Inc | 1.80% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 1.76% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.71% |
| TotalEnergies SE | 1.62% |
C000031712 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MML Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.4% |
C000031712 Performance
Total returns for C000031712 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 14.0% |
| 1 year | 22.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.3% |
C000031712 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000031712, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.1%
C000031712 Costs and Fees
C000031712 costs about $79 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.79%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.79%
- Portfolio turnover: 37%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.55 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000031712 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, MML Equity Income Fund had net outflows of $175.95M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$4.27M |
| 2026-05 | −$80.11M |
| 2026-04 | −$80.83M |
| 2026-03 | −$7.22M |
| 2026-02 | −$5.38M |
| 2026-01 | −$7.93M |
C000031712 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MML Equity Income Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000031712 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MML Equity Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-30
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-12
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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.