SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-05-26
C000038546 — SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity · $412.87M AUM · 0.72% expense ratio · 15.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000038546 Fund Overview
SAM Conservative Growth 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: $412.87M
- 1-year return: 15.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000012601
- SEC series ID: S000014092
- Share class ID: C000038546
C000038546 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF | 13.90% |
| Principal Capital Appreciation Fund | 11.57% |
| Global Emerging Markets Fund | 7.74% |
| Principal International Equity ETF | 7.64% |
| Equity Income Account | 7.58% |
| Overseas Fund | 6.74% |
| LargeCap Value Fund III | 5.47% |
| Core Fixed Income Fund | 5.36% |
| Principal U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 5.12% |
| LargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund | 5.05% |
C000038546 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.8% |
C000038546 Performance
Total returns for C000038546 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -1.1% |
| 1 year | 15.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 14.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.7% |
C000038546 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000038546, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.6%
C000038546 Costs and Fees
C000038546 costs about $72 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.72%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.72%
- Portfolio turnover: 47%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.40 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000038546 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio had net outflows of $2.63M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$3.60M |
| 2026-02 | −$3.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$2.71M |
| 2025-12 | −$1.16M |
| 2025-11 | −$3.02M |
| 2025-10 | −$3.97M |
C000038546 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000038546 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official SAM Conservative Growth 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.