NEJTX — Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
NEJTX — Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.52B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
NEJTX Fund Overview
NEJTX — Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Natixis Funds Trust I, 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: Natixis Funds Trust I
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.52B
- Ticker: NEJTX
- SEC CIK: 0000770540
- SEC series ID: S000006661
- Share class ID: C000188561
NEJTX Investment Objective and Strategy
Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Natixis Funds Trust I.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in the equity securities, including common stocks and preferred stocks, of small-capitalization companies. Equity securities may take the form of stock in corporations, limited partnership interests, interests in limited liability companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs) or other trusts and other similar securities representing direct or indirect ownership interests in business organizations. Currently, the Fund defines a small-capitalization company to be one whose market capitalization, at the time of purchase, either falls within the capitalization range of the Russell 2000 Value Index or is $3.5 billion or less. While the market capitalization range for the Russell 2000 Value Index fluctuates, at December 31, 2025 , it was $ 5.61 million to $ 17.0 billion.
The Fund may, however, invest in companies with large-capitalizations. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P. (Vaughan Nelson) invests in small-capitalization companies with a focus on those companies meeting Vaughan Nelsons return expectations. Vaughan Nelson uses a bottom-up value oriented investment process in constructing the Funds portfolio. Vaughan Nelson seeks companies with the following characteristics, although not all of the companies selected will have these attributes: Companies earning a positive return on capital with stable-to-improving returns. Companies valued at a discount to their asset value. Companies with an attractive and sustainable dividend level. In selecting investments for the Fund, Vaughan Nelson generally employs the following strategies: Value-driven investment philosophy that selects stocks selling at a relatively low value based on discounted cash flow models.
Vaughan Nelson selects companies that it believes are out of favor or misunderstood. Vaughan Nelson starts with an investment universe of 5,000 securities. Vaughan Nelson then uses value-driven screens to create a research universe of companies with market capitalizations of at least $100 million. Vaughan Nelson uses fundamental analysis to construct a portfolio of 60 to 80 securities that, in the opinion of Vaughan Nelson, is made up of quality companies with the potential to provide significant increases in share price over a three year period. Vaughan Nelson will generally sell a security when it reaches Vaughan Nelsons price target or when the issuer shows a change in financial condition, competitive pressures, poor management decisions or internal or external forces reducing future expected returns from those expected at the time of investment.
The Fund may also: Invest in convertible preferred stock and convertible debt securities. Invest in foreign securities, including emerging market securities. Invest in REITs. Invest in securities offered in initial public offerings (IPOs).
NEJTX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF | 4.85% |
| Revvity Inc | 2.64% |
| Sensient Technologies Corp | 2.62% |
| Carlisle Cos Inc | 2.58% |
| Garrett Motion Inc | 2.41% |
| GATX Corp | 2.36% |
| Cushman & Wakefield Ltd | 2.35% |
| Valmont Industries Inc | 2.23% |
| Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc | 2.16% |
| Valvoline Inc | 2.11% |
NEJTX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
NEJTX Performance
Total returns for NEJTX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 12.9% |
| 1 year | 28.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 9.9% |
NEJTX Risk Information
Risk metrics for NEJTX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.4%
NEJTX Costs and Fees
NEJTX costs about $125 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.25%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.31%
- Portfolio turnover: 120%
- Brokerage commissions: 9.96 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
NEJTX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund had net outflows of $34.93M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $2.10M |
| 2026-05 | $6.28M |
| 2026-04 | $21.38M |
| 2026-03 | $3.36M |
| 2026-02 | $53.18M |
| 2026-01 | −$6.93M |
NEJTX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
NEJTX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-05-05
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.