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Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C Overview

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C (CSCIX) is an actively managed Sector Equity Real Estate fund. Cohen & Steers launched the fund in 1998.

The investment seeks total return through investment in real estate securities. The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in income-producing common stocks and other equity securities issued by real estate companies, such as real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). It may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers (including emerging market issuers) which meet the same criteria for investment as domestic companies, including investments in such companies in the form of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") and European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"). The fund is non-diversified.

About Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C (CSCIX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 7.17 years: Jason Yablon (2013), Mathew Kirschner (2020), Ji Zhang (2024). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100% and FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has 61 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 53.6% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity fund group. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has 0.7% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 97.7%. There is 0.7% 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). Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has 1.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $11 million in total assets, which is below the $667 million average for the Real Estate 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.

CSCIX 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 Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Real Estate category. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has an expense ratio of 1.75%, which is 43% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a F. 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. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has a portfolio turnover rate of 27%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 78% for the Real Estate category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C returned 2.5%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Real Estate category had an average return of 2.0%. 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.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C has a trailing yield of 1.32%, which is below the 2.02% category average. The fund normally distributes its income quarterly and its capital gains semi-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.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Securities C Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 15.6%, 0.9 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 16.4% over the past year (grade of D), 9.7% over the past three years (grade of C) and 3.0% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 5.7% per year over the past 10 years (grade of B).

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