NESGX — Needham Small Cap Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-19
NESGX — Needham Small Cap Growth Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Growth Equity · $173.42M AUM · 1.79% expense ratio · 55.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
NESGX Fund Overview
NESGX — Needham Small Cap Growth Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Needham Funds INC, categorised as United States Small Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Needham Funds INC
- Category: United States Small Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $173.42M
- 1-year return: 55.7%
- Ticker: NESGX
- SEC CIK: 0001002537
- SEC series ID: S000003816
- Share class ID: C000010645
NESGX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Needham Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Arteris Inc | 7.77% |
| ADTRAN Holdings Inc | 6.75% |
| Vishay Intertechnology Inc | 5.81% |
| Dreyfus Treasury Securities Ca | 4.46% |
| PDF Solutions Inc | 3.74% |
| Rogers Corp | 3.59% |
| Veeco Instruments Inc | 3.48% |
| Harmonic Inc | 3.46% |
| Transcat Inc | 2.96% |
| nLight Inc | 2.96% |
NESGX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Needham Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 95.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.5% |
NESGX Performance
Total returns for NESGX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 15.3% |
| 1 year | 55.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.8% |
NESGX Risk Information
Risk metrics for NESGX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.1%
NESGX Costs and Fees
NESGX costs about $179 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.79%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.86%
- Portfolio turnover: 48%
- Brokerage commissions: 17.83 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
NESGX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Needham Small Cap Growth Fund had net outflows of $14.71M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$14.12M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.38M |
| 2026-01 | $14.55M |
| 2025-12 | −$646.31K |
| 2025-11 | $171.81K |
| 2025-10 | −$1.58M |
NESGX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Needham Small Cap Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
NESGX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Needham Small Cap Growth 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.