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Hartford Small Cap Value R5 Overview

Hartford Small Cap Value R5 (HSMTX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Small Value fund. Hartford Mutual Funds launched the fund in 2011.

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks of small capitalization companies. The fund's sub-adviser primarily invests in securities the advisor believes are undervalued in the marketplace. Based on market or economic conditions, the fund may, through its normal bottom-up stock selection process, focus in one or more sectors of the market.

About Hartford Small Cap Value R5 (HSMTX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 7.75 years: Sean Kammann (2018). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 3000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell 2000 Value TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Hartford Small Cap Value R5 has 65 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 21.7% 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.

Hartford Small Cap Value R5 is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. Hartford Small Cap Value R5 has 3.7% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 96.1%. There is 3.7% 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). Hartford Small Cap Value R5 has 0.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $221 million in total assets, which is below the $417 million average for the Small 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.

HSMTX 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 Hartford Small Cap Value R5 expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Small Value category. Hartford Small Cap Value R5 has an expense ratio of 0.91%, which is 22% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a B. 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. Hartford Small Cap Value R5 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 128% for the Small Value category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Hartford Small Cap Value R5 returned -0.1%, which earned it a grade of C, as the Small Value 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.

Hartford Small Cap Value R5 has a trailing yield of 0.99%, which is above the 0.77% 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.

Hartford Small Cap Value R5 Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 22.9%, 2.8 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of B. The fund has returned 33.7% over the past year (grade of C), 14.7% over the past three years (grade of B) and 8.8% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 10.4% per year over the past 10 years (grade of B).

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