MVALX — Meridian Contrarian Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-03
MVALX — Meridian Contrarian Fund. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $679.45M AUM · 1.18% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MVALX Fund Overview
MVALX — Meridian Contrarian Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Meridian Fund INC, 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: Meridian Fund INC
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $679.45M
- 1-year return: 29.8%
- Ticker: MVALX
- SEC CIK: 0000745467
- SEC series ID: S000001463
- Share class ID: C000003883
MVALX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Meridian Contrarian Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Trust | 7.61% |
| Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. | 2.59% |
| Envista Holdings Corp. | 2.57% |
| Regal Rexnord Corp. | 2.44% |
| First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. | 2.42% |
| Stit Govt And Agency Inst | 2.37% |
| Vse Corp. | 2.10% |
| Pdf Solutions, Inc. | 2.07% |
| Blackberry Ltd. | 2.05% |
| Dollar Tree, Inc. | 1.96% |
MVALX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Meridian Contrarian Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 92.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 10.0% |
MVALX Performance
Total returns for MVALX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 19.0% |
| 1 year | 29.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.4% |
MVALX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MVALX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.2%
MVALX Costs and Fees
MVALX costs about $118 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.18%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.18%
- Portfolio turnover: 38%
- Brokerage commissions: 16.26 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MVALX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Meridian Contrarian Fund had net inflows of $12.11M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$2.69M |
| 2026-05 | −$3.77M |
| 2026-04 | −$6.05M |
| 2026-03 | −$3.00M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.03M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.12M |
MVALX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Meridian Contrarian Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MVALX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Meridian Contrarian Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-10-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-10-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-10-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-01
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-09-03
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-09-08
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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.