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American Century Disciplined Value Inv Overview

American Century Disciplined Value Inv (BIGRX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Large Value fund. American Century Investments launched the fund in 1990.

The investment seeks long-term capital growth; income is a secondary consideration. In selecting stocks for the fund, the managers use quantitative and qualitative management techniques in a multi-step process. The managers evaluate stocks, primarily large capitalization, publicly traded U.S. companies based on an objective set of measures, including valuation, quality, growth, and sentiment. The portfolio managers then review the output of the quantitative model and also consider other factors to build a portfolio that they believe will provide a balance between risk and return.

About American Century Disciplined Value Inv (BIGRX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 3.31 years: Yulin Long (2020), Stephen Quance (2023), Mattia Bacciardi (2025). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 1000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell 1000 Value TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. American Century Disciplined Value Inv has 192 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 22.9% 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.

American Century Disciplined Value Inv is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. American Century Disciplined Value Inv has 2.3% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 97.3%. There is 2.3% 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). American Century Disciplined Value Inv has 0.5% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $1 billion in total assets, which is above the $1 billion average for the Large 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.

BIGRX 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 American Century Disciplined Value Inv expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Large Value category. American Century Disciplined Value Inv has an expense ratio of 0.65%, which is 30% 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. American Century Disciplined Value Inv has a portfolio turnover rate of 85%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 62% for the Large Value category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, American Century Disciplined Value Inv returned 2.1%, which earned it a grade of C, as the Large Value category had an average return of 1.6%. 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.

American Century Disciplined Value Inv has a trailing yield of 1.04%, which is below the 1.25% 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.

American Century Disciplined Value Inv Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 13.5%, 2.4 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of B. The fund has returned 27.1% over the past year (grade of A), 16.5% over the past three years (grade of C) and 8.3% per year over the past five years (grade of F) and 11.3% per year over the past 10 years (grade of C).

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