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Fidelity Advisor Health Care M Overview

Fidelity Advisor Health Care M (FACTX) is an actively managed Sector Equity Health fund. Fidelity Investments launched the fund in 1996.

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund normally invests primarily in common stocks. It invests at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of products or services used for or in connection with health care or medicine. The fund invests in domestic and foreign issuers. It uses fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.

About Fidelity Advisor Health Care M (FACTX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 17.82 years: Edward Yoon (2008). 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 MSCI US IMI/Health Care 25-50 GR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has 152 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 38.5% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Fidelity Advisor Health Care M is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity fund group. Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has 5.1% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 91.9%. There is 5.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.4% (0.3% domestic bond, 0.1% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has 0.9% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $257 million in total assets, which is below the $884 million average for the Health 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.

FACTX 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 Fidelity Advisor Health Care M expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Health category. Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has an expense ratio of 1.18%, which is 3% 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. Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has a portfolio turnover rate of 52%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 61% for the Health category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Fidelity Advisor Health Care M returned -0.7%, which earned it a grade of C, as the Health category had an average return of -0.4%. 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.

Fidelity Advisor Health Care M has a trailing yield of 0.00%, which is below the 0.39% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually 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.

Fidelity Advisor Health Care M Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 8.4%, 1.3 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of B. The fund has returned 29.3% over the past year (grade of C), 8.7% over the past three years (grade of C) and 3.2% per year over the past five years (grade of D) and 8.9% per year over the past 10 years (grade of C).

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