Equity

LT Large Cap Growth SMA

Russell 1000® Growth Index
Benchmark name
1/1/2011
Inception date
Empiric LT Equity Team
Team
$207.9M
Strategy assets
Data as of 3/31/2025
SMA overview
Streamlined investment decisions
The LT Large Cap Growth Equity SMA seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in large-capitalization growth companies.

The SMA aims to help investors grow capital over the long-term while looking through short-term dislocations through a rigorous investment approach.

Key differentiators

  • The long-term investment thesis developed for each company allows the team to look through short-term dislocations
  • A proprietary valuation framework that seeks to exploit price inefficiencies of high-quality companies
  • Extensive bottom-up fundamental research coupled with a disciplined valuation approach allows stock selection to drive results

General facts

Weighted average market cap

$1,210.05B

(as of 3/31/2025)

Dividend yield

0.53%

(as of 3/31/2025)

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Performance

Average annual returns

Average annual returns

(as of 3/31/2025)
1/1/2011
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Inception
Composite (Pure Gross)
-8.56
-10.69
-10.69
4.84
11.18
21.51
15.50
15.32
Composite (Net)
-8.79
-11.37
-11.37
1.69
7.86
17.93
12.11
11.93
Russell 1000® Growth Index
-8.46
-10.00
-10.00
7.72
10.09
20.08
15.12
15.27

One-month, three-month and year-to-date returns are not annualized.

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.

Performance shown prior to August 1, 2018 represents results achieved by the Empiric LT Equity Team prior to joining Allspring.

Calendar year

Calendar year

(as of 12/31/2024)
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Fund
34.03
49.34
-29.03
28.77
37.26
37.95
0.38
31.09
0.04
7.80
Benchmark
33.36
42.68
-29.14
27.60
38.49
36.39
-1.51
30.21
7.08
5.67

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.


Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

(as of 3/31/2025)
3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Alpha 0.80 1.06 -0.05
Beta 1.03 1.01 1.03
Downside Market Capture Ratio 102.82 99.51 101.56
Information Ratio 0.40 0.48 0.12
R2 0.98 0.98 0.97
Sharpe Ratio 0.32 0.91 0.75
Standard Deviation 20.98 20.57 18.20
Tracking Error 2.74 2.96 3.16
Upside Market Capture Ratio 109.81 106.01 112.20
Correlation 0.99 0.99 0.99

Composition

Portfolio statistics

Portfolio statistics

(as of 3/31/2025)
SMA Benchmark
Number of holdings 47 394
Top 10 holdings

Top 10 holdings

(as of 3/31/2025)
Security
SMA
NVIDIA Corporation
10.51%
Microsoft Corporation
8.33%
Apple Inc.
7.83%
Amazon.com, Inc.
6.47%
Alphabet Inc. Class C
5.96%
Meta Platforms Inc Class A
4.75%
Broadcom Inc.
3.21%
Visa Inc. Class A
3.21%
Eli Lilly and Company
2.15%
Netflix, Inc.
2.12%
Top 10 represents 54.53% of total net assets

Largest company weights are based on market value of the representative account and not necessarily held in all client portfolios. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security. A list of all holdings from the prior one-year period is available upon request.

Sector allocation

Sector allocation

(as of 3/31/2025)
Type
SMA
Benchmark
Other
0.00% 0.04%
Cash & equivalents
0.44% -
Communication services
14.04% 12.75%
Consumer discretionary
10.87% 14.84%
Consumer staples
0.83% 3.85%
Energy
0.00% 0.53%
Financials
7.95% 7.66%
Health care
13.07% 7.84%
Industrials
6.45% 4.86%
Information technology
44.00% 46.17%
Materials
1.31% 0.65%
Real estate
1.04% 0.57%
Utilities
0.00% 0.22%

Sector weighting is based on a representative account within the Allspring Global Investments composite and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

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Documents

Literature Date
Fact Sheet 3/31/2025 Download
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Market Risk: Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Management Risk: Investment decisions, techniques, and analyses implemented by the manager may not lead to expected returns of the team. Growth/Value Investing Risk: Securities that exhibit growth or value characteristics tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. Focused Portfolio Risk: Changes in the value of a small number of issuers are likely to have a larger impact on a strategy’s net asset value than if the strategy held a greater number of issuers.

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