STICX Performance — Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund, Class I

Data updated: 2024-11-22

STICX returned +12.48% over one year to Sep 2024. Annualised returns are −2.56% over 3 years and +1.53% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Intermediate Corporate Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $93, against $99 for the category, and to $112 over one year, against $113. Volatility over the past three years was 9.47% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2024 the fund lost a net $18.7M, and assets reached $18.54M.

STICX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Intermediate Corporate Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodSTICXCategory average
1 year (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)$112$113
3 years (Oct 2021 – Sep 2024)$93$99
5 years (Oct 2019 – Sep 2024)$108$109
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2024)$111$111

STICX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Sep 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+12.48%
3 years (annualised)−2.56%
5 years (annualised)+1.53%

STICX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Sep)+4.79%
2023+7.98%
2022−18.25%
2021−1.67%
2020+17.82%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+3.57%

STICX Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.1%−1.6%+1.1%−2.5%+1.8%+0.5%+2.4%+1.5%+1.5%———
2023+5.1%−3.2%+2.6%+0.7%−1.4%+0.3%+0.1%−0.8%−2.6%−2.0%+5.4%+3.9%
2022−3.5%−2.3%−2.8%−5.3%+0.2%−3.3%+2.6%−2.9%−5.5%−1.2%+5.2%−0.8%
2021−1.5%−1.8%−1.9%+1.0%+0.8%+1.7%+1.5%−0.5%−1.0%+0.3%−0.3%0.0%
2020+2.7%+0.8%−4.1%+5.1%+3.2%+2.5%+3.7%−1.4%−0.9%−0.1%+4.3%+1.1%
2019——————+0.6%+3.2%−0.9%+0.3%+0.3%+0.1%

STICX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Oct 2021 – Sep 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 9.47%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.74 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +5.37% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −5.48% (Sep 2022)

STICX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$18.7M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $5.6M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.23×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2024$129K$895K−$765K
Aug 2024$267K$1.1M−$842K
Jul 2024$86K$1.9M−$1.8M
Jun 2024$135K$2.7M−$2.6M
May 2024$196K$2.6M−$2.4M
Apr 2024$459K$19.1M−$18.6M
Mar 2024$919K$1.6M−$694K
Feb 2024$650K$705K−$55K
Jan 2024$846K$1.6M−$801K
Dec 2023$404K−$1.0M$1.4M
Nov 2023$693K−$677K$1.4M
Oct 2023$842K−$6.3M$7.1M

STICX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Virtus Seix Corporate Bond Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-09-30$18.54M
2024-06-28$21.11M
2024-03-28$45.33M
2023-12-29$47.52M
2023-09-29$50.78M
2023-06-30$47.01M
2023-03-31$47.46M
2022-12-30$45.27M
2022-09-30$51.92M
2022-06-30$57.71M
2022-03-31$67.67M
2021-12-31$61.77M

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.