C000031715 Fees and Costs — MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class
Data updated: 2026-08-27
The net expense ratio is 0.78%: a 0.74% management fee plus 0.04% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $12K in broker commissions, 0.0025% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 18%.
C000031715 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000031715. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.74% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.04% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.78% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.78% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | No |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000031715 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000031715, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $492 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.82% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.78%) | $82 | $256 | $445 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $13 | $45 |
| Total costs | $82 | $270 | $492 |
| Value after costs | $10,418 | $11,307 | $12,271 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.82% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
C000031715 Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0025%
- Total broker commissions: $12K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $512.0M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%
- Securities on loan, average value: $270K
- Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.000% of average net assets)
C000031715 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $2K | 18.86% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $2K | 17.26% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $1K | 12.03% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $1K | 11.01% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $927 | 9.38% |
| Jane Street Execution Services, LLC | $788 | 7.96% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $748 | 7.56% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $555 | 5.61% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $545 | 5.51% |
| Evercore Group L.L.C. | $477 | 4.82% |
C000031715 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Bank and Trust Company | $497.5M | 97.16% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $10.5M | 2.06% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $4.0M | 0.78% |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. | $4 | 0.00% |
MML Blue Chip Growth Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000031715 | Initial Class | 0.78% | — |
| C000067773 | Service Class | 1.03% | — |
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.