DROYX Fees and Costs — Diamond Hill Research Opportunities Fund, Class Y

Data updated: 2020-11-30

The net expense ratio is 1.38%: a 0.95% management fee plus 0.43% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $55K in broker commissions, 0.0789% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 74%.

DROYX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DROYX. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.95%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.43%
Gross expense ratio1.38%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.38%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

DROYX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in DROYX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $904 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.53% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.38%)$145$450$777
Trading costs (broker commissions)$8$26$44
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$24$83
Total costs$153$499$904
Value after costs$10,347$11,077$11,859
Impact on return, per year1.53%1.53%1.53%

DROYX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0789%
  • Total broker commissions: $55K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 74%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $16.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $30K (0.043% of average net assets)

DROYX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.$21K40.59%
PIPER JAFFRAY AND CO$11K21.53%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$6K11.11%
GOLDMAN, SACHS and CO.$5K8.93%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES LLC$3K6.31%
COWEN AND CO., LLC$2K3.99%
THEMIS TRADING$1K2.59%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC$1K1.91%
MORGAN STANLEY and CO., LLC$8951.69%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC$7061.34%

DROYX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CANTOR FITZGERALD and CO.$866K32.58%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$740K27.85%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$311K11.71%
MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS, INC.$278K10.45%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC$243K9.15%
GOLDMAN, SACHS and CO.$96K3.60%
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES LLC$84K3.16%
JEFFERIES LLC$40K1.50%

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.