Small Cap Core Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-25
C000134720 — Small Cap Core Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.95B AUM · 0.86% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000134720 Fund Overview
Small Cap Core Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Investment Trust, categorised as United States Small 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: John Hancock Investment Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.95B
- 1-year return: 28.4%
- SEC CIK: 0000022370
- SEC series ID: S000043450
- Share class ID: C000134720
C000134720 Investment Objective and Strategy
Small Cap Core Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Investment Trust.
Investment objective
To seek long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. The fund considers small-capitalization companies to be those that, at the time of investment, are in the capitalization range of the Russell 2000 Index, with a maximum capitalization of $9.37 billion as of December 31, 2017. The fund generally will not invest in companies that, at the time of purchase, have market capitalizations of $5 billion or more. Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, rights, warrants, and depositary receipts. The manager emphasizes a fundamental, bottom-up approach to individual stock selection, looking for companies with durable, niche business models with the potential for high returns on capital and that the manager believes are undervalued.
Companies are screened based on a number of factors, including balance sheet quality, profitability, liquidity, size, and risk profile. The fund intends to invest in a number of different sectors based on stock selection and sector weightings may vary significantly from its benchmark. The fund may focus its investments in a particular sector or sectors. The fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in foreign securities including emerging-market securities and securities of non-U.S. companies traded on a U.S. exchange. The fund may invest in initial public offerings (IPOs), real estate investment trusts (REITs) or other real estate-related equity securities, and certain exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The fund normally will invest 10% or less of its total assets in cash and cash equivalents, including repurchase agreements, money market securities, U.S.
government securities, and other short-term investments. The fund may invest in derivatives to a limited extent. Derivatives may be used to reduce risk and/or obtain efficient market exposure, and may include futures contracts and foreign currency forward contracts.
C000134720 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Small Cap Core Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Jh Collateral | 2.86% |
| SouthState Bank Corporation | 2.21% |
| Braze Inc. | 2.12% |
| Tenable Holdings Inc. | 2.12% |
| Ambarella Inc. | 2.10% |
| Advanced Energy Industries Inc. | 2.09% |
| Vicor Corporation | 2.09% |
| Q2 Holdings Inc. | 2.00% |
| First Watch Restaurant Group Inc. | 1.94% |
| Range Resources Corporation | 1.92% |
C000134720 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Small Cap Core Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.9% |
C000134720 Performance
Total returns for C000134720 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 13.0% |
| 1 year | 28.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.6% |
C000134720 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000134720, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.2%
C000134720 Costs and Fees
C000134720 costs about $86 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.86%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.87%
- Portfolio turnover: 63%
- Brokerage commissions: 9.43 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000134720 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Small Cap Core Fund had net outflows of $658.58M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$57.52M |
| 2026-03 | −$22.10M |
| 2026-02 | −$34.17M |
| 2026-01 | −$50.15M |
| 2025-12 | $5.81M |
| 2025-11 | −$83.83M |
C000134720 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Small Cap Core Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000134720 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Small Cap Core Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-03-05
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-30
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-08
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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.