C000201584 Performance — Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund, Class M

Data updated: 2024-06-11

C000201584 returned +5.65% over one year to Mar 2024. The annualised 3-year return is +0.56%. The fund beat its Long-Term Securitized Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $102, against $94 for the category, and to $106 over one year, against $102. Volatility over the past three years was 5.95% a year. In the 12 months to Mar 2024 the fund took in a net $254.3M, and assets reached $355.57M.

C000201584 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Long-Term Securitized Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodC000201584Category average
1 year (Apr 2023 – Mar 2024)$106$102
3 years (Apr 2021 – Mar 2024)$102$94
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Mar 2024)$119$101

C000201584 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Mar 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+5.65%
3 years (annualised)+0.56%

C000201584 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Mar)+0.60%
2023+8.85%
2022−8.89%
2021+1.99%
2020+12.19%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+4.03%

C000201584 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.5%−0.9%+1.0%—————————
2023+3.3%−1.8%+2.2%+0.8%−1.0%−0.1%+0.8%0.0%−1.4%−1.1%+3.9%+3.2%
2022−1.2%−1.1%−1.9%−2.2%−0.2%−2.5%+2.7%−1.6%−3.9%−0.3%+2.9%+0.2%
2021+0.6%−0.1%−0.4%+1.0%+0.3%+0.3%+0.5%+0.1%+0.1%−0.4%−0.4%+0.3%
2020+1.6%+1.6%−1.9%+3.1%+1.6%+1.6%+0.8%+0.4%+0.3%+0.2%+1.7%+0.7%
2019——————0.0%+2.3%+0.4%+0.2%+0.6%+0.4%

C000201584 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Apr 2021 – Mar 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 5.95%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.66 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +3.87% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −3.85% (Sep 2022)

C000201584 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $254.3M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $164.8M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -1.84×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Mar 2024$10.2M$5.1M$5.1M
Feb 2024$11.2M$7.7M$3.5M
Jan 2024$24.6M$7.8M$16.9M
Dec 2023$11.1M−$15.0M$26.1M
Nov 2023$10.7M−$15.7M$26.4M
Oct 2023$9.9M−$12.9M$22.8M
Sep 2023$9.9M−$10.1M$20.0M
Aug 2023$30.9M−$9.0M$39.9M
Jul 2023$9.1M−$15.2M$24.3M
Jun 2023$10.3M−$11.4M$21.7M
May 2023$17.4M−$14.3M$31.7M
Apr 2023$9.6M−$6.4M$16.0M

C000201584 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Metropolitan West Flexible Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-03-28$355.57M
2023-12-29$333.65M
2023-09-29$333.23M
2023-06-30$326.63M
2023-03-31$329.28M
2022-12-30$270.03M
2022-09-30$232.27M
2022-06-30$217.64M
2022-03-31$208.82M
2021-12-31$179.95M
2021-09-30$178.03M
2021-06-30$185.12M

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.