JSCNX — Small Cap Value Fund
Data updated: 2025-04-28
JSCNX — Small Cap Value Fund. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $233.39M AUM · 0.97% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
JSCNX Fund Overview
JSCNX — Small Cap Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Funds II, 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: John Hancock Funds II
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $233.39M
- 1-year return: 4.2%
- Ticker: JSCNX
- SEC CIK: 0001331971
- SEC series ID: S000009819
- Share class ID: C000027197
JSCNX Investment Objective and Strategy
Small Cap Value Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Funds II.
Investment objective
To seek long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in small-cap companies that are believed to be undervalued by various measures and offer good prospects for capital appreciation. The fund defines small-cap companies as those with market capitalizations at or below the market capitalization of the largest company represented in either the Russell 2000 Value Index ($9.1 billion as of October 31, 2017) or the S&P SmallCap 600 Index ($5.9 billion as of October 31, 2017). The fund invests primarily in a diversified mix of common stocks of U.S. small-cap companies. The manager employs a value-oriented investment approach in selecting stocks, using proprietary fundamental research to identify stocks the manager believes have distinct value characteristics based on industry-specific valuation criteria.
The manager focuses on high-quality companies with a proven record of above-average rates of profitability that sell at a discount relative to the overall small-cap market. The manager seeks to identify companies demonstrating one or more of the following characteristics: sustainable competitive advantages within a market niche; strong profitability and free cash flows; strong market share positions and trends; quality of and share ownership by management; and conservative financial structures relative to industry average. The fund's sector exposures are broadly diversified but may vary significantly from the fund's benchmark. The fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in foreign securities (including up to 5% in emerging-market securities). The fund may invest significantly in financial services companies.
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests 10% or less (usually less) of its total assets in cash and cash equivalents. The fund may invest in initial public offerings (IPOs). The fund may also purchase real estate investment trusts (REITs) or other real estate related equity securities, U.S. dollar-denominated foreign securities, and certain exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are considered securities with a market capitalization equal to the weighted average market capitalization of the basket of securities that compose the ETF. The fund may focus its investments in a particular sector or sectors of the economy.
JSCNX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Vanguard Small-Cap ETF | 3.20% |
| Bank OZK | 2.45% |
| Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida | 2.45% |
| Air Lease Corporation | 2.44% |
| Hancock Whitney Corporation | 2.33% |
| Synovus Financial Corp. | 2.26% |
| PotlatchDeltic Corporation | 2.25% |
| Enterprise Financial Services Corp | 2.22% |
| ONE Gas Inc. | 2.20% |
| First Busey Corporation | 2.19% |
JSCNX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 119.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
JSCNX Performance
Total returns for JSCNX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 4.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 2.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.4% |
JSCNX Risk Information
Risk metrics for JSCNX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.0%
JSCNX Costs and Fees
JSCNX costs about $97 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.97%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.01%
- Portfolio turnover: 38%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.10 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
JSCNX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-02, Small Cap Value Fund had net outflows of $303.47M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | −$238.15M |
| 2025-01 | −$62.72M |
| 2024-12 | $41.54M |
| 2024-11 | −$15.79M |
| 2024-10 | −$225.51K |
| 2024-09 | $1.07M |
JSCNX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Small Cap Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
JSCNX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Small Cap Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-20
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-21
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-12-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-04-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-01-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-10-29
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-11-08
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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.