MFARX — MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-25
MFARX — MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund. Long Municipal - National Bond · $144.14M AUM · 0.70% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MFARX Fund Overview
MFARX — MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Mfs Municipal Series Trust, categorised as Long Municipal - National Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Mfs Municipal Series Trust
- Category: Long Municipal - National Bond
- Assets under management: $144.14M
- 1-year return: 8.0%
- Ticker: MFARX
- SEC CIK: 0000751656
- SEC series ID: S000002529
- Share class ID: C000006976
MFARX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| City of Little Rock AR | 2.09% |
| Springdale Public Facilities Board | 1.96% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.81% |
| Arkansas State University | 1.74% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.66% |
| MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | 1.59% |
| City of Batesville AR Sales & Use Tax | 1.50% |
| University of Arkansas | 1.45% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.42% |
| City of Fayetteville AR Hotel & Restaurant Tax Revenue | 1.39% |
MFARX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 98.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.6% |
MFARX Performance
Total returns for MFARX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.3% |
| 1 year | 8.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.8% |
MFARX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MFARX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.0%
MFARX Costs and Fees
MFARX costs about $70 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.70%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.96%
- Portfolio turnover: 12%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MFARX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund had net outflows of $1.68M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$281.39K |
| 2026-05 | $1.11M |
| 2026-04 | $642.56K |
| 2026-03 | −$1.75M |
| 2026-02 | $1.20M |
| 2026-01 | $2.31M |
MFARX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| City of Little Rock AR | 2.09% |
| Springdale Public Facilities Board | 1.96% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.81% |
| Arkansas State University | 1.74% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.66% |
| City of Batesville AR Sales & Use Tax | 1.50% |
| University of Arkansas | 1.45% |
| Arkansas Development Finance Authority | 1.42% |
| City of Fayetteville AR Hotel & Restaurant Tax Revenue | 1.39% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue | 1.39% |
MFARX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-07-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-07-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-07-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-11
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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.