FEICX Performance — Fidelity Advisor Equity Income Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2025-07-24

FEICX returned −2.41% over one year to May 2025. Annualised returns are −4.45% over 3 years and +0.33% over 5 years. The fund trailed its US Multi-Cap Value category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $87, against $124 for the category, and to $98 over one year, against $106. Volatility over the past three years was 15.13% a year. In the 12 months to May 2025 the fund took in a net $49.1M, and assets reached $1.83B.

FEICX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Fidelity Advisor Equity Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the US Multi-Cap Value category average over the same months.

PeriodFEICXCategory average
1 year (Jun 2024 – May 2025)$98$106
3 years (Jun 2022 – May 2025)$87$124
5 years (Jun 2020 – May 2025)$102$174
Since data start (Sep 2019 – May 2025)$87$164

FEICX Trailing Returns

Total returns to May 2025, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−2.41%
3 years (annualised)−4.45%
5 years (annualised)+0.33%

FEICX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Fidelity Advisor Equity Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–May)−0.31%
2024−1.03%
2023−1.98%
2022−13.02%
2021+7.73%
2020−10.70%
2019 (Sep–Dec)+8.00%

FEICX Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+2.0%−0.2%−0.4%−4.0%+2.5%———————
20240.0%+1.3%+3.1%−4.5%+1.4%−2.5%+5.0%+2.2%−0.3%−2.4%+3.6%−7.1%
2023+4.7%−3.6%−3.0%+0.5%−5.3%+4.8%+2.3%−2.9%−4.3%−4.2%+5.6%+4.2%
2022+0.2%−1.7%+0.6%−4.7%+2.0%−8.6%+4.2%−4.8%−9.0%+8.4%+5.1%−4.1%
2021−2.1%+2.2%+6.5%+3.0%+1.8%−2.1%−0.6%+0.3%−4.7%+2.7%−5.1%+6.4%
2020−4.8%−10.0%−18.0%+11.0%+2.1%−0.2%+1.0%+1.7%−3.9%−2.8%+13.6%+3.1%
2019————————+2.6%+0.2%+3.0%+2.0%

FEICX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jun 2022 – May 2025.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 15.13%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.59 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +8.44% (Oct 2022)
  • Worst month: −8.98% (Sep 2022)

FEICX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Fidelity Advisor Equity Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $49.1M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $501.0M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 1.11×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
May 2025$20.6M$22.6M−$1.9M
Apr 2025$30.8M$32.8M−$2.0M
Mar 2025$33.7M$30.4M$3.3M
Feb 2025$17.6M$29.1M−$11.5M
Jan 2025$22.4M$149.5M−$127.1M
Dec 2024$130.6M$31.4M$99.2M
Nov 2024$26.6M$28.7M−$2.1M
Oct 2024$154.2M$29.4M$124.8M
Sep 2024$14.2M$21.9M−$7.7M
Aug 2024$12.5M$21.5M−$9.0M
Jul 2024$24.7M$34.4M−$9.7M
Jun 2024$13.0M$20.1M−$7.1M

FEICX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Fidelity Advisor Equity Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2025-05-31$1.83B
2025-02-28$1.88B
2024-11-30$2.09B
2024-08-31$1.90B
2024-05-31$1.80B
2024-02-29$1.78B
2023-11-30$1.81B
2023-08-31$1.84B
2023-05-31$1.75B
2023-02-28$1.86B
2022-11-30$1.86B
2022-08-31$1.72B

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.