NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund

C000121634 Fund Overview

NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets Real Estate. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US mutual fund
• Manager: Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust
• Category: Emerging Markets Real Estate
• Assets under management: $25.66M
• 1-year return: -0.0%
• SEC CIK: 0000353905
• SEC series ID: S000039489
• Share class ID: C000121634

C000121634 Investment Objective and Strategy

NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust.

Investment objective

The NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund (“Capital Appreciation Fund” or the “Fund”) seeks primarily to provide growth of capital,

Principal investment strategy

The Fund is a fund-of-funds that aims to provide diversification across traditional asset classesU.S. stocks, international stocks, and bondsby investing primarily in mutual funds sponsored by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (each, an Underlying Fund or collectively, Underlying Funds) and a fixed interest contract issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company (Nationwide Contract). Each Underlying Fund invests directly in equity or fixed-income securities, as appropriate to its investment objective and strategies. The Underlying Funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income. Many of the Underlying Funds also may use derivatives to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Underlying Funds. These derivatives may include futures contracts and options on futures contracts for foreign and/or U.S.

securities and indices. Although the Fund seeks to provide diversification across major asset classes, the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a small number of issuers (i.e., one or more Underlying Funds or the Nationwide Contract). However, many of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests are diversified. The Fund pursues its objective for growth of capital, but also income, by investing considerably in Underlying Funds that invest in equity securities, such as common stocks of U.S. and international companies (including real estate companies and smaller companies), that the investment adviser believes offer opportunities for capital growth. Many of these companies may be considered to be value companies based on such factors as the companys stock price relative to its book value, earnings and cash flow.

Some international companies may be located in or tied economically to emerging market countries. It also invests to a lesser extent in Underlying Funds that invest in fixed-income securities (which may include mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities) in order to seek to dampen overall portfolio volatility and generate investment income. Consistent with this investment strategy, as of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund allocates approximately 47% of its net assets to U.S. stocks, approximately 33% to international stocks and approximately 15% to bonds through its investments in Underlying Funds, although these allocations are subject to change at the investment advisers discretion. The investment adviser generally sells shares of Underlying Funds in order to meet target allocations or shareholder redemption activity.

The Fund is designed for investors who are interested in maximizing growth potential and willing to assume a higher level of risk to potentially achieve greater returns. These investors should have a long-term investment horizon and be able to withstand significant fluctuations in portfolio value.

C000121634 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

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C000121634 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000121634 Performance

Total returns for C000121634 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

C000121634 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000121634, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 20.1%

C000121634 Costs and Fees

C000121634 costs about $92 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.92%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.16%
• Portfolio turnover: 33%
• Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000121634 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2020-09, NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund had net inflows of $2.51M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

C000121634 Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000121634 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official NVIT DFA Capital Appreciation Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2020-05-12
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2019-05-08
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2018-05-04
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2020-11-17
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2020-08-24
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2020-05-21
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2020-03-12
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2019-03-13

Related Funds

Other Emerging Markets Real Estate funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Westwood Low Volatility Equity Fund (WLVIX)
• Pzena U.S. Large Cap Value ETF (PZLV)
• Noble Absolute Return ETF (NOPE)
• Jackson Square Global Growth Fund (JSPVX)
• Jackson Square Select 20 Growth Fund (DPCEX)

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.