Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
C000200216 — Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000200216 Fund Overview
Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Guardian Variable Products Trust, categorised as United States Small 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: Guardian Variable Products Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $161.29M
- 1-year return: 34.3%
- SEC CIK: 0001668512
- SEC series ID: S000061838
- Share class ID: C000200216
C000200216 Investment Objective and Strategy
Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified 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 capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. companies that, at the time of purchase, have a market capitalization that is within the range of the market capitalization of issuers in the Russell 2000 Value Index (the ""Index""). Although expected to change frequently, as of March 31, 2026, the market capitalization range of the Index was approximately $18.3 million to $33.8 billion. The Fund may invest in depositary receipts and equity securities of foreign companies. Although the Fund invests primarily in common stocks, the Fund may invest in all types of equity and equity-related securities, including, without limitation: securities convertible into common stocks; shares of real estate investment trusts (""REITs""); warrants and rights to purchase common stocks; preferred stocks; and exchange-traded master limited partnerships.
The Fund may invest in companies that may experience unusual and possibly unique developments which may create a special opportunity for significant returns. Special situations include: significant technological improvements or important discoveries; reorganizations, recapitalizations or mergers; favorable resolutions of litigation; new management or material changes in company policies; and actual or potential changes in control of a company. Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. (the ""Subadviser"") uses a value approach to select the Fund's investments. Using this investment style, the Subadviser seeks securities selling at substantial discounts to their underlying values and then holds these securities until the market values reflect what the Subadviser believes to be their intrinsic values.
The Subadviser employs a bottom-up strategy, focusing on undervalued industries that the Subadviser believes are experiencing positive change. The Subadviser then uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess a security's potential value. The portfolio managers managing the Fund meet with a multitude of companies annually to identify companies with increasing returns on capital in their core businesses which are selling at attractive valuations. Factors the Subadviser looks for in selecting investments include, without limitation: increasing returns on invested capital; companies who have demonstrated an ability to generate high return on invested capital (""ROIC""); companies which provide solid cash flows with appropriate capital; potential catalysts such as new products, cyclical upturns and changes in management; and low market valuations relative to earnings forecast, book value, cash flow and sales.
The Fund may participate as a purchaser in initial public offerings of securities (""IPO""). An IPO is a company's first offering of stock to the public. The Subadviser will sell a stock when it no longer meets one or more investment criteria, either through obtaining target value or due to an adverse change in fundamentals or business momentum. Each holding has a target valuation established at purchase, which the Subadviser constantly monitors and adjusts as appropriate."
C000200216 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Ultra Clean Holdings Inc | 3.42% |
| Icon PLC | 2.60% |
| Teradata Corp | 2.58% |
| Silicon Motion Technology Corp | 2.47% |
| Regal Rexnord Corp | 2.46% |
| PTC Therapeutics Inc | 2.32% |
| Onto Innovation Inc | 2.24% |
| Enterprise Financial Services Corp | 2.11% |
| WesBanco Inc | 2.09% |
| RXO Inc | 2.06% |
C000200216 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.0% |
C000200216 Performance
Total returns for C000200216 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 23.4% |
| 1 year | 34.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.2% |
C000200216 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000200216, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.9%
C000200216 Costs and Fees
C000200216 costs about $105 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.05%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.09%
- Portfolio turnover: 154%
- Brokerage commissions: 19.81 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000200216 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund had net outflows of $64.95M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$3.51M |
| 2026-05 | −$5.06M |
| 2026-04 | −$3.39M |
| 2026-03 | −$3.26M |
| 2026-02 | −$18.27M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.14M |
C000200216 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified VIP Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000200216 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Guardian Small Cap Value Diversified 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.