Risk Disclosures - Investing in the stock market involves risks, including the potential loss of principal. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks as their prices tend to be higher in relation to their companies’ earnings and may be more sensitive to market, political, and economic developments. A significant portion of assets will be invested in healthcare companies, which may be significantly affected by competition, innovation, regulation, and product obsolescence, and may be more volatile than the securities of other companies. A significant portion of assets may be invested in securities of companies in related industries, and may be similarly affected by economic, political, or market events and conditions and may be more vulnerable to unfavorable sector developments. Assets may be focused in a small number of holdings, making them susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory event than a more diversified portfolio. Investing in companies of small capitalizations involves the risk that such issuers may have limited product lines or financial resources, lack management depth, or have limited liquidity. Private placements are offerings of a company’s securities not registered with the SEC and not offered to the public, for which limited information may be available. Such investments are generally considered to be illiquid. Foreign securities involve special risks including currency fluctuations, inefficient trading, political and economic instability, and increased volatility. Active trading may increase transaction costs, brokerage commissions, and taxes, which can lower the return on investment. At times, cash may be a larger position in the portfolio and may underperform relative to equity securities.
This material is not meant to provide investment advice and should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell securities.
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All portfolio data, excluding Risk Metrics, is for a representative client account which is subject to change. Actual holdings and characteristics may vary by client due to investment limitations and restrictions.
Risk metrics are statistical measures designed to show the expected risk for a portfolio and are not a measure of performance. Risk Metrics are sourced from Morningstar, an independent source, and include the impact of cash. Fred Alger Management, LLC, makes no representation that Morningstar is complete, reliable, or accurate.
Only periods greater than 12 months are annualized.
The Russell 3000 Health Care Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 3000 Index involved in the medical services or health care field. Also included are companies involved in research, development and production of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on the total market capitalization, which represents 99% of the U.S. equity market. Russell 3000 Health Care Index performance does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. After March 24, 2025, FTSE Russell implemented a new methodology capping individual companies at no more than 22.5% of the index and capping companies that have a weight greater than 4.5% in aggregate at no more than 45% of the index.
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Investors cannot invest directly in any index. Index performance does not reflect deductions for taxes. Benchmark returns are not covered by the report of independent verifiers.
The performance data quoted represents past performance, which is not an indication or a guarantee of future results.S&P 500®: An index of large company stocks considered to be representative of the U.S. stock market. S&P 500 Index performance does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses.
Active Share is a measure of the percentage of stock holdings in a portfolio that differs from the benchmark index. The calculation is inclusive of cash.
Equity Holdings for the referenced product represents individual securities held, excluding private placements, private equity, rights, warrants, options, other derivatives, cash or cash equivalents and securities where the total market value in the portfolio is less than one dollar.
P/E Ratios were calculated using a weighted harmonic average, excluding companies with negative earnings. Sales Growth and EPS Growth rates were calculated using a weighted median.
Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company's earnings or profit allocated to each share of common stock.
Sales Growth is a measure of the estimated sales growth rate of a company over the next 12-months.
Sharpe Ratio was calculated as the portfolio’s rate of return less the 3 month T-Bill’s rate of return relative to the portfolio’s standard deviation less the 3 month T-Bill’s standard deviation for the period.
Attribution analysis is generated utilizing FactSet and is shown for a representative account. Net of fees attribution analysis is calculated by allocating the highest management fee charged to an account in the Composite equally to all holdings in the representative account. Attribution analysis is inclusive of cash but cash is not displayed in the chart. Actual results may vary for a number of reasons such as differences in fee schedule, investment limitations and restrictions. The attribution analysis analyzes the absolute return (often called contribution) and the excess return (often called relative return) between a portfolio and its benchmark. The
Total Effect measures both allocation effect to a sector and stock selection within a sector.
Contribution to Return (CTR) approximates the contribution by an individual position to the overall portfolio return of the stated period.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.Fred Alger Management, LLC is a New York based investment adviser that has been in business of providing investment advice since 1964. Alger Group Holdings, LLC (Alger), parent company of Fred Alger Management, LLC acquired Weatherbie Capital, LLC on March 1, 2017 and Redwood Investments, LLC on January 31 2024 and are now part of Fred Alger Management, LLC as of the acquisition dates.
The Alger Health Sciences Composite primarily invests in equity securities of companies in the health sciences sector identified through our fundamental research as demonstrating promising growth potential.
Market capitalization and sector allocation are inclusive of cash but cash is not displayed in the chart.
Top holdings are inclusive of cash but cash is not displayed as a top holding.
All returns assume reinvestment of dividends and are gross of withholding taxes where applicable. Performance for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
Fred Alger Management, LLC’s standard fee schedule offered to separately managed Alger Health Sciences Composite clients is as follows: 0.55% on the first $50 million of assets under management; 0.50% on the next $50 million of assets under management; 0.45% on the next $150 million of assets under management; and 0.40% over $250 million.
Gross of fees performance is shown prior to the deduction of management fees and after the deduction of trading expenses. Net of fees performance reflects the deduction of realized management fees and trading expenses. Net of fees performance is net of incentive fees, where applicable. Any incentive fees are crystalized and paid at the end of the period. Policies for valuing investments, calculating performance, and preparing GIPS Reports are available upon request.
A list of composite descriptions, a list of limited distribution pooled fund descriptions, and a list of broad distribution pooled funds are available upon request.
The Composite creation date is June 1, 2002 and inception date is June 1, 2002.
Fred Alger Management, LLC uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) for categorizing companies into sectors and industries. GICS® is used for all portfolio characteristics involving sector and industry data such as benchmark, active and relative weights and attribution. The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) is the exclusive intellectual property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC (S&P). Neither MSCI, S&P, their affiliates, nor any of their third party providers (“GICS Parties”) makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to GICS or the results to be obtained by the use thereof, and expressly disclaim all warranties, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The GICS Parties shall not have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of such damages. Sector and industry classifications are sourced from GICS. Historical classifications use GICS categories available as of the date of this presentation.
Portfolio holdings may change and stocks of companies noted may or may not be held by one or more Alger portfolios from time to time. Investors should not consider references to individual securities as an endorsement or recommendation to purchase or sell such securities. Transactions in such securities may be made which seemingly contradict the references to them for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to, liquidity to meet redemptions or overall portfolio rebalancing.