FOVAX — First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund
Data updated: 2026-03-25
FOVAX — First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $8.02M AUM · 1.60% expense ratio · -7.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FOVAX Fund Overview
FOVAX — First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by First Trust Series Fund, categorised as United States Small 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: First Trust Series Fund
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $8.02M
- 1-year return: -7.9%
- Ticker: FOVAX
- SEC CIK: 0001497778
- SEC series ID: S000030199
- Share class ID: C000092938
FOVAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| UFP Industries Inc | 3.81% |
| TripAdvisor Inc | 3.81% |
| JBT Marel Corp | 3.73% |
| Hagerty Inc | 3.73% |
| Movado Group Inc | 3.71% |
| Valvoline Inc | 3.69% |
| Vail Resorts Inc | 3.64% |
| CONMED Corp | 3.57% |
| J & J Snack Foods Corp | 3.56% |
| Winnebago Industries Inc | 3.56% |
FOVAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.1% |
FOVAX Performance
Total returns for FOVAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.5% |
| 1 year | -7.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -2.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.4% |
FOVAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FOVAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.7%
FOVAX Costs and Fees
FOVAX costs about $160 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 3.55%
- Portfolio turnover: 17%
- Brokerage commissions: 11.40 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FOVAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-01, First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund had net outflows of $9.37M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | −$2.87M |
| 2025-12 | −$754.20K |
| 2025-11 | −$692.64K |
| 2025-10 | −$214.76K |
| 2025-09 | −$374.77K |
| 2025-08 | −$491.46K |
FOVAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FOVAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust/Confluence Small Cap Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
Related Funds
Other United States Small Cap Value Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:
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.