MXOAX — Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund
Data updated: 2025-03-14
MXOAX — Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $116.88M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MXOAX Fund Overview
MXOAX — Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Empower Funds, Inc., categorised as United States Mid 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: Empower Funds, Inc.
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $116.88M
- 1-year return: 18.9%
- Ticker: MXOAX
- SEC CIK: 0000356476
- SEC series ID: S000023732
- Share class ID: C000155759
MXOAX Investment Objective and Strategy
Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Empower Funds, Inc..
Investment objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of issuers classified in the medium/small ($3.61 billion to $10.15 billion as of December 31, 2017), medium ($10.15 billion to $29.13 billion as of December 31, 2017) or medium/large ($29.13 billion to $102.05 billion as of December 31, 2017) capitalization quintiles of the Russell 3000 Index. The Fund seeks to invest in quality companies in industries in which the Sub-Adviser has expertise. These include the financial services and consumer discretionary sectors, in which the Fund often will invest a significant portion of its assets. The Fund will emphasize issuers that are believed to be undervalued but demonstrate a strong potential for growth.
The Fund generally holds between 25-45 securities in its portfolio. The Fund also currently observes the following operating policies: actively seeking investment in companies that achieve excellence in both financial return and environmental soundness, and selecting issuers that take positive steps toward preserving the environment; and not investing in corporations whose primary source of revenue is derived from the production or sale of tobacco products or the manufacture of handguns.
MXOAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Northern Trust Corporation | 4.15% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 3.79% |
| Mattel, Inc. | 3.63% |
| Generac Holdings Inc. | 3.38% |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 3.19% |
| Lazard Inc | 3.11% |
| Carmax Inc | 3.07% |
| The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | 3.00% |
| Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 2.85% |
| Core Laboratories Inc | 2.83% |
MXOAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.0% |
MXOAX Performance
Total returns for MXOAX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 18.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 9.4% |
MXOAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MXOAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.1%
MXOAX Costs and Fees
MXOAX costs about $70 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.70%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.78%
- Portfolio turnover: 20%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.48 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MXOAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2024-09, Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund had net outflows of $68.03M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | −$9.53M |
| 2024-08 | −$7.90M |
| 2024-07 | −$7.03M |
| 2024-06 | −$5.33M |
| 2024-05 | −$4.95M |
| 2024-04 | −$4.42M |
MXOAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MXOAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Great-West Ariel Mid Cap Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-11-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-05-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-03-14
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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.