PEUCX Performance — Equity Income Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2026-09-25

PEUCX returned +11.93% year to date and +20.84% over one year to Jul 2026. Annualised returns are +14.37% over 3 years and +8.47% over 5 years. The fund trailed its US Large Value category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $150, against $156 for the category, and to $121 over one year, against $122. Volatility over the past three years was 12.84% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2026 the fund lost a net $1.6B, and assets reached $7.95B.

PEUCX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Equity Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the US Large Value category average over the same months.

PeriodPEUCXCategory average
1 year (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)$121$122
3 years (Aug 2023 – Jul 2026)$150$156
5 years (Aug 2021 – Jul 2026)$150$168
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Jul 2026)$194$226

PEUCX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2026, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
YTD+11.93%
1 year+20.84%
3 years (annualised)+14.37%
5 years (annualised)+8.47%

PEUCX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Equity Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2026 (Jan–Jul)+11.93%
2025+14.33%
2024+14.21%
2023+9.88%
2022−11.50%
2021+20.95%
2020+5.40%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+7.30%

PEUCX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026+3.4%+2.9%−4.6%+7.3%−1.2%+1.5%+2.4%—————
2025+5.0%−0.5%−4.0%−3.1%+4.2%+3.7%+0.8%+3.5%+1.2%−0.4%+4.1%−0.6%
2024+0.2%+2.7%+4.6%−4.1%+3.3%−0.1%+4.5%+3.3%+1.2%−1.1%+6.2%−6.6%
2023+6.2%−4.5%−1.6%+2.2%−5.2%+7.0%+3.8%−3.8%−3.6%−3.6%+8.1%+6.1%
2022−2.6%−3.7%+2.3%−5.8%+2.7%−8.5%+6.6%−3.2%−9.5%+8.7%+7.3%−4.3%
2021−1.5%+4.3%+4.3%+4.1%+1.8%−0.5%+1.3%+1.8%−5.4%+6.7%−2.4%+5.4%
2020−2.3%−10.2%−15.2%+9.9%+3.7%+0.2%+5.6%+4.1%−2.2%−0.6%+11.6%+4.0%
2019———————−2.0%+3.3%+0.5%+2.9%+2.5%

PEUCX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2023 – Jul 2026.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 12.84%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.77 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +8.05% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −6.63% (Dec 2024)

PEUCX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Equity Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$1.6B
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $1.4B
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.47×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2026$56.0M$202.9M−$146.9M
Jun 2026$68.3M$171.6M−$103.3M
May 2026$49.0M$194.1M−$145.1M
Apr 2026$32.0M$307.5M−$275.5M
Mar 2026$119.9M$135.9M−$16.0M
Feb 2026$56.8M$108.7M−$51.9M
Jan 2026$197.6M$233.9M−$36.3M
Dec 2025$694.8M$470.2M$224.7M
Nov 2025$27.3M$537.2M−$510.0M
Oct 2025$36.9M$488.7M−$451.8M
Sep 2025$72.2M$112.6M−$40.5M
Aug 2025$33.9M$130.4M−$96.5M

PEUCX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Equity Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2026-07-31$7.95B
2026-04-30$8.14B
2026-01-31$8.07B
2025-10-31$8.47B
2025-07-31$8.71B
2025-04-30$8.16B
2025-01-31$9.02B
2024-10-31$9.07B
2024-07-31$9.09B
2024-04-30$8.46B
2024-01-31$8.66B
2023-10-31$7.86B

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.