Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
C000223918 — Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund. United States Mid Cap Value Equity · $881.00M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000223918 Fund Overview
Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Guardian Variable Products Trust, categorised as United States Mid Cap Value 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 Value Equity
- Assets under management: $881.00M
- 1-year return: 15.5%
- SEC CIK: 0001668512
- SEC series ID: S000070434
- Share class ID: C000223918
C000223918 Investment Objective and Strategy
Guardian Equity Income 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 a high level of current income consistent with growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. Wellington Management Company LLP (the ""Subadviser"") uses fundamental analysis to identify securities that it believes offer above average yields, below average valuations and the potential for dividend increases in the future. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations above $2 billion. Fundamental analysis of a company involves the Subadviser's assessment of a variety of factors, including the company's business environment, management quality, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings, revenues and dividends, and other related measures or indicators of valuation and growth potential. At the time of investment, every equity security in which the Fund invests must pay a dividend or be expected to pay a dividend within the next 12 months.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in the equity securities of foreign issuers and non-dollar securities or through American Depositary Receipts (""ADRs"") or Global Depositary Receipts (""GDRs""). Based on market or economic conditions, the Fund may, through its stock selection process, focus in one or more sectors of the market."
C000223918 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp | 5.27% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 2.76% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc | 2.15% |
| Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH | 2.09% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.07% |
| Unilever PLC | 1.97% |
| TE Connectivity PLC | 1.85% |
| Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc | 1.76% |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc | 1.76% |
| M&T Bank Corp | 1.74% |
C000223918 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.7% |
C000223918 Performance
Total returns for C000223918 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.0% |
| 1 year | 15.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.5% |
C000223918 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000223918, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.9%
C000223918 Costs and Fees
C000223918 costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.59%
- Portfolio turnover: 152%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.26 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000223918 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund had net outflows of $177.16M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$9.64M |
| 2026-05 | −$6.52M |
| 2026-04 | −$12.56M |
| 2026-03 | −$15.60M |
| 2026-02 | −$23.87M |
| 2026-01 | −$11.56M |
C000223918 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Guardian Equity Income VIP Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000223918 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Guardian Equity Income 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.