PQSAX — Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
PQSAX — Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $598.55M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PQSAX Fund Overview
PQSAX — Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Virtus Equity Trust, categorised as United States Small Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Virtus Equity Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $598.55M
- 1-year return: 3.7%
- Ticker: PQSAX
- SEC CIK: 0000034273
- SEC series ID: S000021181
- Share class ID: C000060298
PQSAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Rbc Bearings, Inc. | 6.61% |
| Construction Partners, Inc. | 5.79% |
| Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (the) | 5.26% |
| Watsco, Inc. | 4.60% |
| Primerica, Inc. | 4.52% |
| Wd-40 Company | 4.40% |
| Jbt Marel Corp. | 4.14% |
| Bank Of Hawaii Corp. | 4.12% |
| Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 4.05% |
| Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | 4.00% |
PQSAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.3% |
PQSAX Performance
Total returns for PQSAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.0% |
| 1 year | 3.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -23.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -37.3% |
PQSAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PQSAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.8%
PQSAX Costs and Fees
PQSAX costs about $122 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.22%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.22%
- Portfolio turnover: 22%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.54 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PQSAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund had net outflows of $177.97M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$13.25M |
| 2026-05 | −$20.36M |
| 2026-04 | −$13.00M |
| 2026-03 | −$12.19M |
| 2026-02 | −$16.36M |
| 2026-01 | −$10.33M |
PQSAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
PQSAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-01
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-12-13
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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.