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Fidelity Select Retailing Overview

Fidelity Select Retailing (FSRPX) is an actively managed Sector Equity Consumer Cyclical fund. Fidelity Investments launched the fund in 1985.

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund invests primarily in common stocks. It invests at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in merchandising finished goods and services primarily to individual consumers. 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. The fund is non-diversified.

About Fidelity Select Retailing (FSRPX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 1.39 years: Julia Pei (2025). 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/Retailing 25-50 GR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Fidelity Select Retailing has 50 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 66.6% 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.

Fidelity Select Retailing is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity fund group. Fidelity Select Retailing has 4.1% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 94.7%. There is 4.1% 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 Retailing has 1.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $2 billion in total assets, which is above the $284 million average for the Consumer Cyclical 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.

FSRPX 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 Retailing expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Consumer Cyclical category. Fidelity Select Retailing has an expense ratio of 0.63%, which is 46% 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 Retailing has a portfolio turnover rate of 46%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 101% for the Consumer Cyclical category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Fidelity Select Retailing returned -2.5%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Consumer Cyclical category had an average return of -0.3%. 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 Retailing has a trailing yield of 0.16%, which is below the 0.65% 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 Retailing Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 2.5%, 3.2 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 8.2% over the past year (grade of C), 13.2% over the past three years (grade of B) and 3.6% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 13.2% per year over the past 10 years (grade of A).

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