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Fidelity Select Communication Services Overview

Fidelity Select Communication Services (FBMPX) is an actively managed Sector Equity Communications fund. Fidelity Investments launched the fund in 1986.

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the development, production, or distribution of communication services. It invests in domestic and foreign issuers. The fund 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. It invests primarily in common stocks. The fund is non-diversified.

About Fidelity Select Communication Services (FBMPX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 1.93 years: Priyanshu Bakshi (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 MSCI US IMI/Comm Svc 25-50 GR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Fidelity Select Communication Services has 50 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 71.7% 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.

Fidelity Select Communication Services is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity fund group. Fidelity Select Communication Services has 6.0% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 92.9%. There is 6.0% 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). Fidelity Select Communication Services has -0.1% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $2 billion in total assets, which is above the $473 million average for the Communications 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.

FBMPX 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 Select Communication Services expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Communications category. Fidelity Select Communication Services has an expense ratio of 0.64%, which is 35% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a A. 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 Select Communication Services has a portfolio turnover rate of 147%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 109% for the Communications category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Fidelity Select Communication Services returned -4.1%, which earned it a grade of A, as the Communications category had an average return of -5.4%. 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 Select Communication Services has a trailing yield of 0.00%, which is below the 2.51% category average. The fund normally distributes its income semi-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 Select Communication Services Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 7.3%, 5.2 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 25.2% over the past year (grade of B), 30.2% over the past three years (grade of A) and 12.1% per year over the past five years (grade of A) and 16.6% per year over the past 10 years (grade of A).

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