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Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv Overview

Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv (BISVX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Large Value fund. Brown Advisory launched the fund in 2023.

The investment seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, The adviser seeks to achieve the fund’s investment objective by investing at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities that satisfy the fund’s sustainable investment criteria. The fund invests primarily in securities of large market capitalization companies. Large market capitalization companies are, according to the adviser, those companies with market capitalizations generally greater than $3 billion at the time of purchase.

About Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv (BISVX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 3.50 years: Michael Poggi (2023). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 1000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell 1000 Value TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has 44 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 36.6% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has 14.3% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 82.2%. There is 14.3% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has 3.5% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $783 million in total assets, which is below the $1 billion average for the Large Value category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

BISVX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Large Value category. Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has an expense ratio of 0.86%, which is 7% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a C. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has a portfolio turnover rate of 29%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 62% for the Large Value category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv returned 1.1%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Large Value category had an average return of 2.9%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv has a trailing yield of 0.83%, which is below the 1.20% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Brown Advisory Sustainable Val Inv Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 12.2%, 2.0 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 20.9% over the past year (grade of D) and 17.0% over the past three years (grade of B).

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