International Stock Fund
Data updated: 2025-05-19
C000056035 — International Stock Fund. Developed ex-US Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $17.54M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000056035 Fund Overview
International Stock Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Ultra Series Fund, categorised as Developed ex-US Large 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: Ultra Series Fund
- Category: Developed ex-US Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $17.54M
- 1-year return: 1.5%
- SEC CIK: 0000732697
- SEC series ID: S000019977
- Share class ID: C000056035
C000056035 Investment Objective and Strategy
International Stock Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Ultra Series Fund.
Investment objective
The International Stock Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in the stock of foreign companies. For this purpose, a foreign company is one whose principal operations are located outside the U.S., or that is organized outside the U.S., whose securities are principally traded outside of the U.S., and/or whose securities are quoted or denominated in a foreign currency. The types of stocks that the fund may invest in include common stocks, securities convertible into common stocks, preferred stocks, and other securities representing equity interests such as American Depository Receipts (ADRs) (which represent an interest in the shares of a non-U.S. company that have been deposited with a U.S. bank, trade in U.S. dollars and clear through U.S.
settlement systems, thus allowing the holder of an ADR to avoid having to transact in a foreign currency), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). EDRs and GDRs are receipts evidencing an arrangement with a non-U.S. financial institution similar to that for ADRs and are designed for use in non-U.S. securities markets. The fund may also invest in debt securities, foreign money market instruments, and other income bearing securities as well as forward foreign currency exchange contracts and other derivative securities and contracts. The fund usually holds securities of issuers located in at least three countries other than the U.S. and generally holds 60-80 individual securities in its portfolio at any given time. Typically, a majority of the funds assets are invested in relatively large capitalization stocks of issuers located or operating in developed countries.
Such securities are those issued by companies located in countries included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International, Europe, Australasia, and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index. The fund may also invest up to 30% of its assets in securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries. The subadviser typically maintains this segment of the funds portfolio in such stocks which it believes have a low market price relative to their perceived value based on fundamental analysis of the issuing company and its prospects. This is sometimes referred to as a value approach. It may also invest in foreign debt and other income bearing securities at times when it believes that income bearing securities have greater capital appreciation potential than equity securities.
Although the fund expects to pursue its investment objective utilizing its principal investment strategies regardless of market conditions, the fund may invest up to 100% in money market instruments. To the extent the fund engages in this temporary defensive position, the funds ability to achieve its investment objective may be diminished.
C000056035 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of International Stock Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 3.41% |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | 3.02% |
| Airbus SE | 2.88% |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 2.80% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2.74% |
| Kerry Group PLC | 2.72% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | 2.58% |
| Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd | 2.55% |
| Sony Group Corp | 2.51% |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd | 2.51% |
C000056035 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of International Stock Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.6% |
C000056035 Performance
Total returns for C000056035 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 1.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 2.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.0% |
C000056035 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000056035, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.6%
C000056035 Costs and Fees
C000056035 costs about $117 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.17%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.17%
- Portfolio turnover: 22%
- Brokerage commissions: 7.11 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000056035 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-03, International Stock Fund had net outflows of $2.71M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | −$278.13K |
| 2025-02 | −$175.60K |
| 2025-01 | −$191.30K |
| 2024-12 | −$96.89K |
| 2024-11 | −$47.44K |
| 2024-10 | −$561.31K |
C000056035 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in International Stock Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000056035 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official International Stock Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-05-19
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-02-18
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-11-18
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-03-13
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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.