PPLAX — PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-31
PPLAX — PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $2.90B AUM · 0.76% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PPLAX Fund Overview
PPLAX — PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund is a US mutual fund managed by PIMCO Funds, categorised as United States Large 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: PIMCO Funds
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $2.90B
- 1-year return: 14.8%
- Ticker: PPLAX
- SEC CIK: 0000810893
- SEC series ID: S000009704
- Share class ID: C000026631
PPLAX Investment Objective and Strategy
PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by PIMCO Funds.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks total return which exceeds that of the S&P 500 Index.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund seeks to exceed the total return of the S&P 500 Index by investing under normal circumstances in S&P 500 Index derivatives, backed by a portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments. ""Fixed Income Instruments"" include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The Fund may invest in common stocks, options, futures, options on futures and swaps. The Fund normally uses S&P 500 Index derivatives in addition to or in place of S&P 500 Index stocks to attempt to equal or exceed the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index. The value of S&P 500 Index derivatives should closely track changes in the value of the S&P 500 Index. The Fund typically will seek to gain long exposure to its benchmark index in an amount, under normal circumstances, approximately equal to the Fund's net assets.
However, S&P 500 Index derivatives may be purchased with a fraction of the assets that would be needed to purchase the equity securities directly, so that the remainder of the assets may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments. PIMCO actively manages the Fixed Income Instruments held by the Fund with a view toward enhancing the Fund's total return, subject to an overall portfolio duration which is normally not expected to exceed one year. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security's price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security's duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The S&P 500 Index is composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks.
The Fund seeks to remain invested in S&P 500 Index derivatives or S&P 500 Index stocks even when the S&P 500 Index is declining. Though the Fund does not normally invest directly in S&P 500 Index securities, when S&P 500 Index derivatives appear to be overvalued relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund may invest all of its assets in a ""basket"" of S&P 500 Index stocks. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund's prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales.
Assets not invested in equity securities or derivatives may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities (""junk bonds"") rated B or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (""Moody's""), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (""S&P"") or Fitch, Inc. (""Fitch""), or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality (except that within such 10% limitation, the Fund may invest in mortgage-related securities rated below B). The Fund may invest up to 30% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies and may invest beyond this limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries (this limitation does not apply to investment grade sovereign debt denominated in the local currency with less than 1 year remaining to maturity, which means the Fund may invest, together with any other investments denominated in foreign currencies, up to 30% of its total assets in such instruments).
The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) to 20% of its total assets. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred securities."
PPLAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Umbs, Tba | 11.14% |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 9.73% |
| State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 8.95% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 4.59% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 1.68% |
| United States Treasury | 1.63% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 1.44% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 1.38% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 1.38% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 1.38% |
PPLAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 56.2% |
| Fixed Income | 40.9% |
| Equity | 26.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 10.8% |
| Derivatives | 1.3% |
| Loans | 0.5% |
| Real Estate | 0.4% |
PPLAX Performance
Total returns for PPLAX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 14.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.1% |
PPLAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PPLAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.1%
PPLAX Costs and Fees
PPLAX costs about $76 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.76%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.76%
- Portfolio turnover: 200%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.98 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PPLAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund had net inflows of $216.53M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $186.42M |
| 2026-05 | −$23.90M |
| 2026-04 | −$19.59M |
| 2026-03 | −$5.67M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.64M |
| 2026-01 | −$845.18K |
PPLAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 1.63% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 1.44% |
| Romania Government International Bonds | 0.89% |
| Republic Of South Africa | 0.89% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 0.87% |
| Deutsche Bank Ny | 0.83% |
| Bmw US Capital LLC | 0.82% |
| Ubs Group AG | 0.81% |
| Athene Global Funding | 0.80% |
| First Abu Dhabi Bank Pjs | 0.78% |
PPLAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-07-25
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-01-08
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2023-10-02
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-13
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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.