DWS Small Cap Core Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000177626 — DWS Small Cap Core Fund. United States Small Cap Growth Equity · $1.16B AUM · 1.14% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000177626 Fund Overview
DWS Small Cap Core Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Deutsche Dws Investment Trust, categorised as United States Small 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: Deutsche Dws Investment Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $1.16B
- 1-year return: -12.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000088064
- SEC series ID: S000005709
- Share class ID: C000177626
C000177626 Investment Objective and Strategy
DWS Small Cap Core 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 to provide long-term capital growth.
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 of small US companies with potential for above-average long-term total return. These companies are similar in size to the companies in the Russell 2000® Index (generally the 2,000 smallest companies out of the 3,000 largest companies in the US). While the market capitalization range of the Russell 2000® Index changes throughout the year, as of December 31, 2017, the market capitalization range of the Russell 2000® Index was between $4 million and $9.4 billion. The Russell 2000® Index is reconstituted annually every June. The fund intends to invest in companies whose market capitalizations fall within the normal range of the Russell 2000® Index.
While the fund invests primarily in common stocks, it may invest up to 20% of its total assets in US government securities. The fund may also invest in other types of equity securities such as preferred stocks or convertible securities. While the fund invests mainly in US stocks, it may invest up to 20% of net assets in foreign securities. Management process. Portfolio management uses an active process that combines financial analysis with an assessment of corporate strategy and management quality. Portfolio management focuses on stocks that they believe are undervalued relative to their intrinsic worth. Portfolio management considers various fundamental factors including, but not limited to, free cash flow yield and return on invested capital in seeking to identify undervalued securities.
Portfolio management generally seeks companies that it believes have high returns on invested capital, strong corporate governance practices and conservative accounting. Portfolio management prefers companies that demonstrate sustainable and growing cash flows. The fund's portfolio is assembled on a stock-by-stock basis and sector weights are not predetermined by a benchmark. Portfolio management will normally sell a stock when its price reaches portfolio management's expectations or portfolio management believes there has been a deterioration in the company's fundamental value. A stock may also be sold when portfolio management believes that other investments offer better opportunities. Securities Lending. The fund may lend securities (up to one-third of total assets) to approved institutions.
C000177626 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of DWS Small Cap Core Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5.45% |
| Bancorp Inc/The | 4.05% |
| Stride Inc | 2.97% |
| Nextpower Inc | 2.31% |
| Essent Group Ltd | 2.22% |
| Rush Enterprises Inc | 2.20% |
| Selective Insurance Group Inc | 2.09% |
| Adeia Inc | 2.06% |
| IES Holdings Inc | 1.90% |
| Dws | 1.88% |
C000177626 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DWS Small Cap Core Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.9% |
C000177626 Performance
Total returns for C000177626 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | -12.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.7% |
C000177626 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000177626, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 19.1%
C000177626 Costs and Fees
C000177626 costs about $114 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.14%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.14%
- Portfolio turnover: 16%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.67 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000177626 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, DWS Small Cap Core Fund had net inflows of $72.60M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$8.37M |
| 2026-05 | −$6.98M |
| 2026-04 | −$29.55M |
| 2026-03 | −$10.64M |
| 2026-02 | −$28.00M |
| 2026-01 | −$12.69M |
C000177626 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in DWS Small Cap Core Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000177626 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official DWS Small Cap Core 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.