Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
C000169893 — Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund. United States Large Cap Growth Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000169893 Fund Overview
Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Guardian Variable Products Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Guardian Variable Products Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $325.56M
- 1-year return: 16.7%
- SEC CIK: 0001668512
- SEC series ID: S000054041
- Share class ID: C000169893
C000169893 Investment Objective and Strategy
Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Guardian Variable Products Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks to maximize long-term growth.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of investment) in securities of companies with large market capitalizations. Wellington Management Company LLP, the Fund's subadviser (the ""Subadviser""), defines large-capitalization companies as companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000 Growth Index (the ""Index"") at the time of purchase. Although expected to change frequently, the market capitalization range of the Index was approximately $972 million to $4.2 trillion as of March 31, 2026. The Fund is classified as ""non-diversified"" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ""1940 Act""). The Fund invests primarily in the common stock of growth-oriented companies.
The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, such as the information technology sector. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities (not including American Depositary Receipts, American Depositary Shares or U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers). The Subadviser employs a ""bottom-up"" approach, using fundamental analysis to identify specific securities within industries or sectors for purchase or sale. A ""bottom-up"" approach evaluates individual companies in the context of broader market factors. Fund construction emphasizes stock-specific risk while seeking to minimize other sources of broad market risk. The goal is a portfolio whose relative performance is not dependent on the market environment. The Subadviser's stock selection process is derived from its observation that the quality and persistence of a company's business is often not reflected in its current stock price.
Central to the investment process is fundamental research focused on uncovering companies with improving quality metrics, business momentum, and attractive relative valuations. The investment process is aided by a proprietary screening process that narrows the investment universe to companies that are consistent with the Subadviser's investment philosophy. The Subadviser typically may sell investments when it believes that they no longer offer attractive future returns compared with other investment opportunities or that they present undesirable risks or in an attempt to limit losses on investments that may decline or have declined in value."
C000169893 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 13.22% |
| Alphabet Inc | 9.45% |
| Apple Inc | 7.58% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.94% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.10% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 3.79% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 3.28% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 3.10% |
| KLA Corp | 3.05% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 2.78% |
C000169893 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.5% |
C000169893 Performance
Total returns for C000169893 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.2% |
| 1 year | 16.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.7% |
C000169893 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000169893, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.7%
C000169893 Costs and Fees
C000169893 costs about $87 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.87%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.94%
- Portfolio turnover: 42%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000169893 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund had net outflows of $101.13M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$8.77M |
| 2026-05 | −$12.21M |
| 2026-04 | −$6.30M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.63M |
| 2026-02 | $7.88M |
| 2026-01 | −$5.78M |
C000169893 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000169893 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Guardian Large Cap Disciplined Growth VIP Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-14
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-18
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-06
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-06
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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.