SAM Balanced Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-05-26
C000038542 — SAM Balanced Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity · $537.50M AUM · 0.93% expense ratio · 12.8% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000038542 Fund Overview
SAM Balanced Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Principal Variable Contracts Funds Inc, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-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: Principal Variable Contracts Funds Inc
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $537.50M
- 1-year return: 12.8%
- SEC CIK: 0000012601
- SEC series ID: S000014090
- Share class ID: C000038542
C000038542 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of SAM Balanced Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Core Fixed Income Fund | 12.32% |
| Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF | 10.69% |
| Principal Capital Appreciation Fund | 8.34% |
| Equity Income Account | 7.34% |
| Principal International Equity ETF | 6.41% |
| Global Emerging Markets Fund | 5.68% |
| Overseas Fund | 4.72% |
| Bond Market Index Fund | 4.68% |
| LargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund | 4.32% |
| Principal U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 3.90% |
C000038542 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of SAM Balanced Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.2% |
C000038542 Performance
Total returns for C000038542 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.9% |
| 1 year | 12.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.1% |
C000038542 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000038542, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.2%
C000038542 Costs and Fees
C000038542 costs about $93 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.93%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.93%
- Portfolio turnover: 48%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.07 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000038542 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, SAM Balanced Portfolio had net outflows of $33.46M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$8.51M |
| 2026-02 | −$3.74M |
| 2026-01 | −$7.72M |
| 2025-12 | −$10.80M |
| 2025-11 | −$7.35M |
| 2025-10 | −$7.34M |
C000038542 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in SAM Balanced Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000038542 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official SAM Balanced Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.