C000199774 Performance — AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio

Data updated: 2023-03-16

C000199774 returned −19.08% over one year to Dec 2022. The annualised 3-year return is +4.24%. Against its Money Market category average the fund came out ahead over three years but behind over one: $100 invested three years ago grew to $113, against $99 for the category, and to $81 over one year, against $87. Volatility over the past three years was 16.17% a year. In the 12 months to Dec 2022 the fund took in a net $2.4B, and assets reached $491.45M.

C000199774 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Money Market category average over the same months.

PeriodC000199774Category average
1 year (Jan 2022 – Dec 2022)$81$87
3 years (Jan 2020 – Dec 2022)$113$99
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Dec 2022)$122$104

C000199774 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Dec 2022, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−19.08%
3 years (annualised)+4.24%

C000199774 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2022−19.08%
2021+14.73%
2020+21.99%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+7.75%

C000199774 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022−5.6%−2.5%+1.3%−7.8%+0.1%−7.1%+6.1%−3.3%−7.5%+4.5%+6.0%−3.7%
2021−0.6%+1.5%+1.7%+3.8%+0.7%+1.5%+1.1%+2.0%−3.4%+5.1%−1.9%+2.4%
2020+0.5%−4.3%−8.7%+9.5%+4.1%+2.5%+4.5%+5.0%−2.6%−2.2%+9.3%+4.1%
2019——————+0.5%−0.5%+0.4%+2.1%+2.7%+2.4%

C000199774 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jan 2020 – Dec 2022.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 16.17%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.02 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +9.46% (Apr 2020)
  • Worst month: −8.73% (Mar 2020)

C000199774 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $2.4B
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $879.5M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -0.57×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Dec 2022$65.1M−$125.0M$190.1M
Nov 2022$183.1M−$32.9M$216.0M
Oct 2022$146.9M−$193.8M$340.7M
Sep 2022$70.6M−$419.1M$489.7M
Aug 2022$105.6M−$142.9M$248.6M
Jul 2022$114.8M−$9.1M$123.9M
Jun 2022$78.9M−$322.3M$401.1M
May 2022$111.5M−$248.4M$360.0M
Apr 2022$21K−$23.1M$23.1M
Mar 2022$2.7M−$8.3M$10.9M
Feb 2022$99K−$8.1M$8.2M
Jan 2022$108K−$6.3M$6.4M

C000199774 Assets Under Management

Net assets of AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2022-12-30$491.45M
2022-09-30$431.84M
2022-06-30$744.23M
2022-03-31$1.33B
2021-12-31$1.45B
2021-09-30$1.40B
2021-06-30$1.42B
2021-03-31$1.35B
2020-12-31$1.32B
2020-09-30$1.18B
2020-06-30$1.09B
2020-03-31$522.94M

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.