C000111787 Performance — AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio

Data updated: 2023-03-16

C000111787 returned −17.88% over one year to Dec 2022. The annualised 3-year return is +1.20%. Against its Money Market category average the fund came out ahead over three years but behind over one: $100 invested three years ago grew to $104, against $99 for the category, and to $82 over one year, against $87. Volatility over the past three years was 18.84% a year. In the 12 months to Dec 2022 the fund took in a net $871.8M, and assets reached $739.76M.

C000111787 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Money Market category average over the same months.

PeriodC000111787Category average
1 year (Jan 2022 – Dec 2022)$82$87
3 years (Jan 2020 – Dec 2022)$104$99
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Dec 2022)$111$104

C000111787 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Dec 2022, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−17.88%
3 years (annualised)+1.20%

C000111787 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2022−17.88%
2021+14.84%
2020+9.88%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+7.59%

C000111787 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022−5.4%−3.0%+0.7%−7.0%+0.7%−7.3%+6.5%−3.9%−8.8%+5.0%+7.7%−3.1%
2021−1.2%+2.1%+2.1%+4.1%+1.3%+0.9%+1.5%+2.1%−3.8%+4.3%−2.5%+3.6%
2020−0.2%−6.0%−16.6%+9.4%+5.2%+2.3%+4.4%+3.8%−1.8%−1.6%+9.5%+4.1%
2019——————+0.6%−0.7%+1.1%+1.6%+2.4%+2.5%

C000111787 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jan 2020 – Dec 2022.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 18.84%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.18 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +9.47% (Nov 2020)
  • Worst month: −16.64% (Mar 2020)

C000111787 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $871.8M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $298.0M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -0.52×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Dec 2022$20.7M−$41.5M$62.2M
Nov 2022$74.3M−$8.6M$82.9M
Oct 2022$67.1M−$78.7M$145.8M
Sep 2022$20.5M−$172.7M$193.2M
Aug 2022$25.6M−$37.9M$63.5M
Jul 2022$36.6M−$7.5M$44.1M
Jun 2022$21.2M−$97.3M$118.5M
May 2022$24.6M−$66.2M$90.8M
Apr 2022$825K−$20.3M$21.1M
Mar 2022$2.8M−$16.2M$19.0M
Feb 2022$3.1M−$10.3M$13.4M
Jan 2022$685K−$16.5M$17.2M

C000111787 Assets Under Management

Net assets of AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2022-12-30$739.76M
2022-09-30$649.01M
2022-06-30$836.17M
2022-03-31$1.12B
2021-12-31$1.25B
2021-09-30$1.21B
2021-06-30$1.23B
2021-03-31$1.18B
2020-12-31$1.17B
2020-09-30$1.03B
2020-06-30$949.48M
2020-03-31$530.22M

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.