SSHFX Fees and Costs — Sound Shore Fund, Investor Class

Data updated: 2026-08-17

The net expense ratio is 0.95%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.20% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $801K in broker commissions, 9.8930% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 77%.

SSHFX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SSHFX. Prospectus, as of May 1, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.20%
Gross expense ratio0.95%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.95%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

SSHFX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SSHFX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $5,573 over 5 years, cutting the return by 11.39% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.95%)$100$281$439
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1,039$2,922$4,572
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$170$562
Total costs$1,139$3,372$5,573
Value after costs$9,361$8,204$7,190
Impact on return, per year11.39%11.39%11.39%

SSHFX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 9.8930%
  • Total broker commissions: $801K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 77%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

SSHFX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$109K14.21%
EVERCORE GROUP LLC$103K13.49%
ABEL/NOSER CORP.$91K11.89%
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC$86K11.23%
WOLFE RESEARCH SECURITIES$85K11.13%
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.$81K10.52%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.$61K7.98%
SANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO INC$55K7.16%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO$53K6.97%
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES$42K5.42%

Sound Shore Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
SSHVXInstitutional Class0.75%none
SSHFXInvestor Class0.95%none

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.