VLSAX — Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund
Data updated: 2025-06-25
VLSAX — Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $53.55M AUM · 2.28% expense ratio · -35.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VLSAX Fund Overview
VLSAX — Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust, categorised as United States Mid 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: Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $53.55M
- 1-year return: -35.1%
- Ticker: VLSAX
- SEC CIK: 0001589756
- SEC series ID: S000063645
- Share class ID: C000206132
VLSAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Primerica Inc | 6.86% |
| Visa Inc | 5.25% |
| Pool Corp | 4.82% |
| Moody's Corp | 4.67% |
| Intuit Inc | 4.64% |
| Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc | 4.57% |
| TransUnion | 4.38% |
| nCino Inc | 4.35% |
| Lennox International Inc | 4.14% |
| Trade Desk Inc/The | 4.10% |
VLSAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.2% |
VLSAX Performance
Total returns for VLSAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | -35.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -43.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -43.6% |
VLSAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VLSAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.6%
VLSAX Costs and Fees
VLSAX costs about $228 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 2.28%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.28%
- Portfolio turnover: 31%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.61 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VLSAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-04, Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund had net outflows of $9.95M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | −$1.10M |
| 2025-03 | −$279.43K |
| 2025-02 | −$475.27K |
| 2025-01 | −$466.71K |
| 2024-12 | $2.30M |
| 2024-11 | −$692.51K |
VLSAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VLSAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Virtus KAR Long/Short Equity Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.