Royce Focus Trust (NASDAQ: FUND):
Closing Prices – August 31, 2014 | ||||
NAV | $9.49 | |||
MKT | $8.46 | |||
Total Return Performance | ||||||||
Periods ended August 31, 2014 | NAV | MKT | ||||||
1 Month* | 3.83% | 2.42% | ||||||
Year to Date* | 12.03 | 13.76 | ||||||
One-Year | 23.78 | 25.57 | ||||||
Three-Year Average Annual | 11.62 | 12.04 | ||||||
Five-Year Average Annual | 13.80 | 13.96 | ||||||
Ten-Year Average Annual | 9.97 | 9.06 |
*Not Annualized
Portfolio Diagnostics | |||||
Wtd. Average Geometric Market Cap | $6391million | ||||
Wtd. Average P/E Ratio: | 17.3x* | ||||
Wtd. Average P/B Ratio: | 2.4x* | ||||
Net Assets: | $212million |
*The Funds’ P/E ratio calculations exclude companies with zero or negative earnings.
Portfolio Composition
Top 10 Positions | % of Net Assets | ||||||
1. | Western Digital Corp. | 4.6% | |||||
2. | Myriad Genetics | 4.1 | |||||
3. | Apple | 4.1 | |||||
4. | Franklin Resources | 3.5 | |||||
5. | Kennedy-Wilson Holdings | 3.0 | |||||
6. | Cirrus Logic | 2.9 | |||||
7. | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.8 | |||||
8. | SanDisk Corp. | 2.8 | |||||
9. | Thor Industries | 2.7 | |||||
10. | TGS-NOPEC Geophysical | 2.7 | |||||
Top Five Sectors | % of Net Assets | ||||||||
1. | Materials | 21% | |||||||
2. | Information Technology | 19 | |||||||
3. | Financials | 16 | |||||||
4. | Energy | 13 | |||||||
5. | Consumer Discretionary | 8 | |||||||
Recent Developments
Royce Focus Trust, Inc. is a closed-end diversified management investment company whose shares of Common Stock are listed and traded on the Nasdaq National Market (Nasdaq - FUND). The Fund's investment goal is long-term capital growth, which it seeks by normally investing at least 65% of its assets in equity securities.
Daily net asset values (NAVs) for Royce Focus Trust are now available on our website and online through most ticker symbol lookup services and on broker terminals under the symbol XFUNX. For more information, please call The Royce Funds at (800) 221-4268 or visit our website at www.roycefunds.com.
Contacts:
John D. Diederich, 212-355-7311