LMESX — ClearBridge Appreciation Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-22
LMESX — ClearBridge Appreciation Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $9.69B AUM · 0.55% expense ratio · 23.8% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
LMESX Fund Overview
LMESX — ClearBridge Appreciation Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Legg Mason Partners Investment Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Legg Mason Partners Investment Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $9.69B
- 1-year return: 23.8%
- Ticker: LMESX
- SEC CIK: 0000880366
- SEC series ID: S000016651
- Share class ID: C000063669
LMESX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of ClearBridge Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 8.75% |
| Alphabet, Inc.-Cl A | 6.75% |
| Apple, Inc. | 4.81% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.44% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.73% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 3.58% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 2.83% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.66% |
| Eaton Corp. PLC | 2.30% |
| Eli Lilly & Company | 2.24% |
LMESX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of ClearBridge Appreciation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.2% |
LMESX Performance
Total returns for LMESX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 4.6% |
| 1 year | 23.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.7% |
LMESX Risk Information
Risk metrics for LMESX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.1%
LMESX Costs and Fees
LMESX costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.55%
- Portfolio turnover: 28%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.46 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
LMESX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, ClearBridge Appreciation Fund had net inflows of $526.09M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$63.83M |
| 2026-03 | −$49.83M |
| 2026-02 | −$31.39M |
| 2026-01 | −$58.13M |
| 2025-12 | $1.04B |
| 2025-11 | −$75.94M |
LMESX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in ClearBridge Appreciation Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
LMESX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official ClearBridge Appreciation Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.