DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000176255 — DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $751.10M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000176255 Fund Overview
DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Deutsche Dws Investment Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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: Deutsche Dws Investment Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $751.10M
- 1-year return: 21.0%
- SEC CIK: 0000088064
- SEC series ID: S000048744
- Share class ID: C000176255
C000176255 Investment Objective and Strategy
DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Deutsche Dws Investment Trust.
Investment objective
The fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
"Main investments. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks issued by US companies. Companies are selected for the fund's portfolio using the Cash Return on Capital Invested (CROCI®) strategy as the primary factor, among other factors. Portfolio management will select stocks from among the largest US companies which are under CROCI® coverage at any given time (while the number of companies under CROCI® coverage will vary, as of December 31, 2017, approximately 356 companies were under CROCI® coverage). Approximately 40 companies are identified from the selection universe for investment, though, at times, the number of stocks held may be higher or lower than 40 stocks at the discretion of portfolio management or as a result of corporate actions, mergers or other events.
Companies are selected from the following economic sectors classified in accordance with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS): Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Health Care, Information Technology, Industrials, Materials, Telecommunications Services and Utilities. Management process. Portfolio management selects stocks of companies that it believes offer economic value, utilizing the CROCI® strategy as the primary factor, among other factors. The CROCI® strategy is an investment process based on a proprietary valuation technique that attempts to understand the value of a company by converting financial statement data into a set of economic inputs that are used to calculate a valuation metric called the CROCI® Economic Price Earnings Ratio which is comparable across markets, sectors and stocks.
The CROCI® Economic Price Earnings Ratio seeks to measure the ""real"" economic value rather than the ""accounting"" value of a company's invested capital, and the economic returns thereof. Portfolio management believes that, over time, companies with more favorable financial metrics, including CROCI® Economic Price Earnings Ratios, will outperform other companies. In selecting stocks, portfolio management measures economic value using the CROCI® Economic Price Earnings Ratio and may adjust this by factors such as stock price volatility, as determined by the CROCI® Investment Strategy and Valuation Group. The CROCI® Investment Strategy and Valuation Group may provide other CROCI® valuation metrics which portfolio management may use in addition to the CROCI® Economic Price Earnings Ratio.
All CROCI® financial metrics may be adjusted from time to time. Portfolio management may also use factors other than the CROCI® strategy in selecting investments. The fund's portfolio is reviewed periodically and adjusted in accordance with the CROCI® strategy's rules. Portfolio management actively manages portfolio changes in an attempt to reduce market impact and transaction costs and to manage the portfolio with tax efficiency in mind. Securities Lending. The fund may lend securities (up to one-third of total assets) to approved institutions."
C000176255 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Micron Technology Inc | 6.88% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.32% |
| Kraft Heinz Co/The | 3.16% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 3.11% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 2.97% |
| Synchrony Financial | 2.45% |
| Pfizer Inc | 2.40% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2.37% |
| Dell Technologies Inc | 2.35% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp | 2.21% |
C000176255 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.2% |
C000176255 Performance
Total returns for C000176255 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 21.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.7% |
C000176255 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000176255, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.0%
C000176255 Costs and Fees
C000176255 costs about $128 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.28%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.34%
- Portfolio turnover: 76%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.83 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000176255 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund had net outflows of $2.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$4.48M |
| 2026-05 | −$5.04M |
| 2026-04 | −$4.53M |
| 2026-03 | −$7.86M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.92M |
| 2026-01 | −$5.86M |
C000176255 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000176255 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-10
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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.