SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-05-26
C000038544 — SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity · $152.22M AUM · 0.92% expense ratio · 9.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000038544 Fund Overview
SAM Conservative 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: $152.22M
- 1-year return: 9.7%
- SEC CIK: 0000012601
- SEC series ID: S000014091
- Share class ID: C000038544
C000038544 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Core Fixed Income Fund | 21.33% |
| Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF | 7.82% |
| Finisterre Emerging Markets Total Return Bond Fund | 6.96% |
| Bond Market Index Fund | 6.61% |
| Principal Capital Appreciation Fund | 4.95% |
| Equity Income Account | 4.83% |
| Principal Funds, Inc - Government Money Market Fund - Class R-6 | 4.82% |
| High Yield Fund | 4.54% |
| Principal International Equity ETF | 3.95% |
| Short-Term Income Fund | 3.75% |
C000038544 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 95.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.8% |
C000038544 Performance
Total returns for C000038544 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.7% |
| 1 year | 9.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.2% |
C000038544 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000038544, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.7%
C000038544 Costs and Fees
C000038544 costs about $92 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.92%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.92%
- Portfolio turnover: 40%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.02 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000038544 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio had net outflows of $9.77M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$2.55M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.65M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.45M |
| 2025-12 | −$322.93K |
| 2025-11 | −$1.32M |
| 2025-10 | −$689.35K |
C000038544 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000038544 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official SAM Conservative 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.