Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
C000219768 — Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $214.88M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000219768 Fund Overview
Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Guardian Variable Products Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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 Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $214.88M
- 1-year return: 21.1%
- SEC CIK: 0001668512
- SEC series ID: S000068792
- Share class ID: C000219768
C000219768 Investment Objective and Strategy
Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core 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 invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of investment) in common stocks, or other investments that FIAM LLC (the ""Subadviser"") believes have similar economic characteristics, of small- and medium-capitalization companies. The Subadviser defines small- and medium-capitalization companies as companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 2500 Index (the ""Index"") at the time of purchase. Although expected to change frequently, the market capitalization range of the Index was $4 million to $94 billion as of March 31, 2026. The Subadviser invests principally in common stocks of domestic and foreign small-and medium-capitalization companies that it believes are underpriced yet have attractive growth prospects.
A central aspect of the Subadviser's investment discipline is its emphasis on growth and valuation. The Subadviser utilizes a fundamental, bottom-up investment process, which focuses on companies with persistent, above-average earnings growth and strong financial characteristics. The Subadviser's investment process is built on the foundation of the Subadviser's extensive research coverage; the research team meets regularly with company management teams, and maintains active ratings, valuation work, price targets, and investment theses on a large portion of the U.S. small- and medium-capitalization universe. The Subadviser seeks to capture these insights and build an active portfolio of small- and medium-capitalization stocks with competitive growth and financial characteristics at attractive valuations.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts (""ADRs"") and similar investments that are either U.S. dollar-denominated and/or traded on a U.S. stock exchange; as well as non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities traded on a foreign stock exchange. The Subadviser may choose to sell or reduce position sizes for a number of reasons, including but not limited to: (i) the investment thesis has been realized which leads to less attractive valuation and/or the company has appreciated to a level where it no longer fits within the investment mandate; (ii) the investment case is less compelling than other new or existing ideas in the portfolio; or (iii) the investment thesis is no longer valid, and the stock no longer offers the excess return previously expected."
C000219768 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income Clearing Corp. | 6.91% |
| IES Holdings Inc | 3.72% |
| Ovintiv Inc | 3.13% |
| Penguin Solutions Inc | 2.86% |
| Axcelis Technologies Inc | 2.67% |
| TD SYNNEX Corp | 2.67% |
| Sanmina Corp | 2.49% |
| Icon PLC | 2.49% |
| Fabrinet | 2.43% |
| Laureate Education Inc | 2.42% |
C000219768 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 93.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.9% |
C000219768 Performance
Total returns for C000219768 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 18.0% |
| 1 year | 21.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.8% |
C000219768 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000219768, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.2%
C000219768 Costs and Fees
C000219768 costs about $103 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.03%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.03%
- Portfolio turnover: 72%
- Brokerage commissions: 9.22 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000219768 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund had net outflows of $56.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$4.63M |
| 2026-05 | −$3.57M |
| 2026-04 | −$4.22M |
| 2026-03 | −$3.75M |
| 2026-02 | −$15.44M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.71M |
C000219768 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core VIP Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000219768 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Guardian Small-Mid Cap Core 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 supplement (497) — filed 2026-05-01
- 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.