C000177759 Performance — BlackRock Total Factor Fund, Class K

Data updated: 2023-10-13

C000177759 returned +14.39% over one year to Jul 2023. The annualised 3-year return is +5.65%. The fund beat its Money Market category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $118, against $111 for the category, and to $114 over one year, against $103. Volatility over the past three years was 7.93% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2023 the fund lost a net $195.4M, and assets reached $30.28M.

C000177759 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in BlackRock Total Factor Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Money Market category average over the same months.

PeriodC000177759Category average
1 year (Aug 2022 – Jul 2023)$114$103
3 years (Aug 2020 – Jul 2023)$118$111
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Jul 2023)$102$112

C000177759 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2023, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+14.39%
3 years (annualised)+5.65%

C000177759 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of BlackRock Total Factor Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2023 (Jan–Jul)+14.39%
2022−9.64%
2021+16.73%
2020−15.29%
2019 (Aug–Dec)−0.67%

C000177759 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023+1.5%+1.6%+2.8%+0.8%0.0%+5.8%+1.1%—————
2022−1.9%−3.4%−2.8%0.0%−2.0%−2.2%+2.3%−4.4%+3.8%−0.7%+0.8%+0.6%
2021+1.7%−1.5%+4.2%−0.7%+3.7%+1.0%+2.0%+1.3%−0.5%−1.4%+2.3%+3.6%
2020+0.9%−3.5%−10.0%+0.5%−1.9%+0.2%+0.2%−0.7%−1.3%−1.6%−0.1%+1.4%
2019———————−0.1%+1.1%−1.1%−0.3%−0.3%

C000177759 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2020 – Jul 2023.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.93%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.14 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +5.85% (Jun 2023)
  • Worst month: −4.36% (Aug 2022)

C000177759 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of BlackRock Total Factor Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$195.4M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $99.1M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.34×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2023$1.3M$4.9M−$3.6M
Jun 2023$1.1M$184.4M−$183.4M
May 2023$4.0M$3.0M$926K
Apr 2023$3.3M$2.4M$891K
Mar 2023$3.6M$3.1M$462K
Feb 2023$15.9M$2.6M$13.3M
Jan 2023$16.3M$5.6M$10.7M
Dec 2022$19.2M$31.3M−$12.1M
Nov 2022$20.9M$19.1M$1.8M
Oct 2022$4.2M$20.0M−$15.8M
Sep 2022$3.6M$14.9M−$11.3M
Aug 2022$5.8M$3.1M$2.7M

C000177759 Assets Under Management

Net assets of BlackRock Total Factor Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2023-07-31$30.28M
2023-04-30$207.57M
2023-01-31$182.52M
2022-10-31$192.58M
2022-07-31$220.28M
2022-04-30$228.50M
2022-01-31$243.24M
2021-10-31$224.95M
2021-07-31$215.98M
2021-04-30$212.44M
2021-01-31$165.83M
2020-10-31$226.11M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.