EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-25
C000203167 — EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000203167 Fund Overview
EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Eq Advisors Trust, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Eq Advisors Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity
- Assets under management: $244.88M
- 1-year return: 17.2%
- SEC CIK: 0001027263
- SEC series ID: S000062643
- Share class ID: C000203167
C000203167 Investment Objective and Strategy
EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Eq Advisors Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks to achieve total return.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of issuers in the utilities industry. The Sub-Adviser considers a company to be in the utilities industry if, at the time of investment, it determines that a substantial portion (i.e., at least 50%) of the companys assets or revenues are derived from one or more utilities. Issuers in the utilities industry include issuers engaged in the manufacture, production, generation, transmission, sale or distribution of electric, gas or other types of energy, water or other sanitary services; and issuers engaged in telecommunications, including telephone, cellular telephone, satellite, microwave, cable television, and other communications media (but not engaged in public broadcasting).
The Portfolio may invest in securities of companies of any size and may invest in U.S. and foreign securities, including emerging market securities. The Portfolio normally invests its assets across different countries and regions, but may invest a significant percentage of its assets in issuers in a single country or region. The Portfolio primarily invests in equity securities, but may also invest in debt instruments, including below investment grade quality debt instruments. Equity securities include common stocks, convertible securities, and other securities that represent an ownership interest (or the right to acquire an ownership interest) in a company or other issuer. Debt instruments include corporate bonds and other obligations to repay money borrowed. The Sub-Adviser uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the Portfolio.
Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and/or instruments in light of the issuers financial condition and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered for equity securities may include analysis of an issuers earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. Factors considered for debt instruments may include the instruments credit quality, collateral characteristics and indenture provisions and the issuers management ability, capital structure, leverage, and ability to meet its current obligations. Quantitative models that systematically evaluate the valuation, price and earnings momentum, earnings quality, and other factors of the issuer of an equity security or the structure of a debt instrument may also be considered.
While the Portfolio may use derivatives for any investment purpose, to the extent the Portfolio uses derivatives, it expects to use derivatives primarily to increase or decrease currency exposure. Derivatives include futures, forward contracts, options, and swaps. The Portfolios investments in derivatives transactions may be deemed to involve the use of leverage because the Portfolio is not required to invest the full market value of the contract upon entering into the contract but participates in gains and losses on the full contract price. The use of derivatives also may be deemed to involve the use of leverage because the heightened price sensitivity of some derivatives to market changes may magnify the Portfolios gain or loss. It is not expected, however, that the Portfolio will be leveraged by borrowing money for investment purposes.
The Portfolios investments in derivatives may require it to maintain a percentage of its assets in cash and cash equivalent instruments to serve as margin or collateral for the Portfolios obligations under derivative transactions. The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.
C000203167 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 11.41% |
| PG&E Corp. | 5.70% |
| Constellation Energy Corp. | 5.69% |
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 5.28% |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 5.10% |
| Sempra | 5.05% |
| Dominion Energy, Inc. | 4.26% |
| DTE Energy Co. | 4.08% |
| Vistra Corp. | 3.94% |
| Edison International | 3.88% |
C000203167 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Derivatives | 0.2% |
C000203167 Performance
Total returns for C000203167 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.1% |
| 1 year | 17.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.8% |
C000203167 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000203167, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.9%
C000203167 Costs and Fees
C000203167 costs about $80 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
- Portfolio turnover: 11%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.41 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000203167 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio had net outflows of $2.14M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$469.71K |
| 2026-05 | −$568.58K |
| 2026-04 | −$1.03M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.24M |
| 2026-02 | −$220.13K |
| 2026-01 | −$2.94M |
C000203167 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000203167 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-10
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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.