Fundsmith Sustainable Equity Fund
153.26p T Class Acc, 31 Oct 24

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Price Data 31st October 2024

Share Class OCF* Minimum Price p
T Class Acc 1.06% £1,000 153.26
T Class Inc 1.06% £1,000 152.31
I Class Acc 0.96% £5M 192.55
I Class Inc 0.96% £5M 188.46

Historical Prices

Standing Data

Since Inception
Portfolio Manager Terry Smith
Fund Type UK OEIC
Inception Dates I Class: 1.11.17,  T Class: 2.3.20
AMC (I, T Class) 0.9% / 1.0%
Registrar SS&C
Depository State Street Trustees Ltd.
Auditor Deloitte LLP
Dealing Daily at Noon
Authorised Corporate Director
Fundsmith LLP
Investment Manager
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.

Key Facts

As at 30 Sep 2024
Fund Size £650.3m
Gross / Net Yield< 1.29% / 0.33%
2023 PTR^ 3.3%
7 Day Fund Liquidity> 97%
No. Holdings 25
Average Co. Founded 1935
Median Market Cap £84.2bn
Active Share as at 31.12.22" 90%
2023 Transaction Costs 0.01%

Fund Performance Analysis

To 30 Sep 2024, I Class Acc %
Annualised Rate of Return +10.1
Best Month +8.5 (Apr '20)
Worst Month -9.2 (Jan '22)
Average Month +0.9
% Positive Months 67

Geographic Split

As at 30 Sep 2024, by Country of Listing %
US 71.0
UK 10.1
Denmark 9.6
France 5.8
Spain 2.7
Sweden 0.5
Cash 0.3

Sector Split

As at 30 Sep 2024, GICS® Categories %
Health Care 32.5
Consumer Staples 20.4
Consumer Discretionary 19.4
Information Technology 8.7
Industrials 7.6
Financials 7.3
Communication Services 3.7
Cash 0.3

Security Identification Codes

Share Class SEDOL ISIN MEXID
T Acc BK5MT47 GB00BK5MT475 FUAACM
T Inc BK5MT58 GB00BK5MT582 FUAACL
I Acc BF0V6P4 GB00BF0V6P41 FUOWA
I Inc BF0V6Q5 GB00BF0V6Q57 FUOGA

Investment Objective

The Fundsmith Sustainable Equity Fund ("the Fund") will invest in equities on a global basis. The Fund's approach is to be a long term investor in its chosen stocks.  It will not adopt short-term trading strategies. The Fund has stringent investment criteria which the Authorised Corporate Director ("ACD") and Investment Manager adhere to in selecting securities for the Fund’s investment portfolio.  These criteria aim to ensure that the Fund invests in high quality businesses which in the opinion of the ACD and Investment Manager are those: 

  • high quality businesses that can sustain a high return on operating capital employed;
  • businesses whose advantages are difficult to replicate;
  • businesses which do not require significant leverage to generate returns;
  • businesses with a high degree of certainty of growth from reinvestment of their cash flows at high rates of return;
  • businesses that are resilient to change, particularly technological innovation;
  • businesses whose valuation is considered to be attractive.

The Fund will not invest in businesses which have substantial interests in any of the following sectors:

  • Aerospace and Defence
  • Brewers, Distillers and Vintners
  • Casinos and Gaming
  • Gas and Electric Utilities
  • Metals & Mining
  • Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
  • Pornography
  • Tobacco

In addition, the ACD and the Investment Manager apply further criteria to screen investments in accordance with the ACD's responsible investment policy (www.fundsmith.co.uk/fsef/documents). The ACD evaluates sustainability in the widest sense, taking account not only the companies handling of environmental, social and governance policies and practices but also their policies and practices on research and development, new product innovation, dividend policy and the adequacy of capital investment.

Principal Risks

  • The value of companies invested in, and therefore the value of the Fund, will rise and fall, and there is no guarantee that you will get your investment back. An investment in the Fund should only be made by those persons who are able to sustain a loss on their investment. The shares should be viewed as long-term investments (at least 5 years).
  • The Fund's portfolio is a global portfolio and many of the investments are not denominated in GBP. There is no currency hedging made by the Fund. The GBP price of the shares may therefore rise or fall purely on account of exchange rate movements.
  • The Fund's portfolio complies with the UCITS requirements on spread of investment. Having said that, application of the investment criteria described above significantly limits the number of potential investments: the Fund generally invests in 20 to 30 stocks and so it is more concentrated than many other funds. This means that the performance or underperformance of a single stock has a greater effect on the price of the Fund.
  • If you are unsure about the suitability of the Fund for you, please seek professional advice.
  • Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

Performance, % Total Return

  Sep 2024 2024 to
30.09.24
2023  2022  2021  2020 2019 Inception to
30.09.24
Annualised to
30.09.24
Fundsmith SEF1 -0.2 +6.5 +7.1 -9.7 +23.2 +18.0 +23.4 +94.4 +10.1
Equities2 -0.2 +13.0 +16.8 -7.8 +22.9 +12.3 +22.7 +103.2 +10.8
UK Bonds3 +0.3 +0.1 +5.6 -15.0 -4.5 +4.6 +3.8 -4.6 -0.7
Cash4 +0.4 +3.8 +4.6 +1.4 +0.1 +0.3 +0.8 +12.2 +1.7

The Fund is not managed with reference to any benchmark, the above comparators are provided for information purposes only. 1Fundsmith Sustainable Equity Fund I Acc, total return, net of fees priced at midday UK time, source: Bloomberg.  2MSCI World Index (£ Net) priced at close of business US time, source: www.msci.com. The MSCI World Index is a developed world index of global equities across all sectors and, as such, is a fair comparison given the Company's investment objective and policy.  3Bloomberg Series-E UK Govt 5 - 10 yr Bond Index, source: Bloomberg.   4£ Interest Rate, source: Bloomberg.

Portfolio Comment for September 2024

There were no outright sales or purchases of holdings made in the month. The top 5 contributors in the month were Home Depot, Marriott, Otis, Amadeus and Zoetis. The top 5 detractors were Novo Nordisk, Coloplast, Stryker, Greggs and Automatic Data Processing.

Top 10 holdings

  • Stryker
  • L'Oréal
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Microsoft
  • Unilever
  • Home Depot
  • Waters
  • Greggs
  • Automatic Data Processing
  • Church & Dwight

Our values

  • No Fees for Performance
  • No Up Front Fees
  • No Nonsense
  • No Debt or Derivatives
  • No Shorting
  • No Market Timing
  • No Index Hugging
  • No Trading
  • No Hedging

Fundsmith knows

Just a small number of high quality, resilient, global growth companies that are good value and which we intend to hold for a long time, and in which we invest our own money.

Our UK ratings

Fe Fund info 1 crown high res

Monthly performance table, % Total Return, I Class, Accumulation Shares

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2017                     -1.1 +1.8 +0.7
2018 +1.3 -2.5 -3.6 +3.8 +6.1 +1.8 +3.4 +2.9 +0.0 -5.8 +4.3 -6.4 +4.5
2019 +2.2 +4.8 +5.7 +2.2 +1.4 +4.6 +4.4 +0.2 -3.4 -2.6 +1.8 +0.4 +23.4
2020 +2.6 -6.6 -3.8 +8.5 +6.6 +0.5 +0.6 +3.1 +0.7 -1.8 +5.7 +1.5 +18.0
2021 -2.9 +1.6 +2.3 +4.3 -1.0 +5.2 +3.7 +1.8 -2.5 +1.0 +3.9 +4.0 +23.2
2022 -9.2 -2.7 +3.5 +0.0 -4.1 -2.1 +6.5 -1.6 -3.8 +2.1 +0.3 +1.7 -9.7
2023 -1.3 +1.1 +2.0 +3.0 -4.1 +1.7 +1.4 +0.6 -2.1 -3.6 +4.3 +4.2 +7.1
2024 +2.8 +3.1 +1.8 -2.5 -0.4 +1.7 -1.1 +1.1 -0.2       +6.5

Dividends per Share (p)

  Name Direct Direct Institutional Institutional
  Share class T Class T Class I Class I Class
  Type Accumulation Income Accumulation Income
Interim 1st Jan 2024 to 30th June 2024 0.1637 0.1624 0.2669 0.2619
Final 1st July 2023 to 31st Dec 2023 0.2057 0.2047 0.3752 0.3686
Interim 1st Jan 2023 to 30th June 2023 0.0700 0.0701 0.1439 0.1413
Final 1st July 2022 to 31st Dec 2022 0.0756 0.0740 0.2048 0.2008
Interim 1st Jan 2022 to 30th Jun 2022 0.0695 0.0633 0.1367 0.1327
Final 1st July 2021 to 31st Dec 2021 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Interim 1st Jan 2021 to 30th Jun 2021 0.1072 0.0942  0.1789 0.1697
Final 1st July 2020 to 31st Dec 2020 0.0274 0.0180 0.0948  0.0945
Interim 1st Jan 2020 to 30th June 2020 0.1273 0.1127 0.5318  0.6440
Final 1st July 2019 to 31st Dec 2019     0.0638  0.0625
Interim 1st Jan 2019 to 30th Jun 2019     0.4804  0.4755
Final 1st July 2018 to 31st Dec 2018     0.1350  0.1405
Interim 1st Nov 2017 to 30th Jun 2018     0.4074  0.4575

Accumulation share prices include all dividends received.
Income shares go ex-dividend on 30th June and 31st December and the dividends are paid out on or about 28th February and 31st August.

" Active Share measures how much the portfolio holdings differ from the comparator benchmark (MSCI World) i.e. a portfolio that is identical to the benchmark would have 0% active share.

* The OCF (Ongoing Charges Figure) is the total expenses paid by the fund (excluding bank overdraft interest), annualised, against its average net asset value. The OCF will fluctuate as the average net assets and costs change. The OCF is updated following the publication of accounts for the periods ending 30th June and 31st December.

^ The PTR (Portfolio Turnover Rate) is a measure of the fund's trading activity, and has been calculated by taking the total share purchases and sales less total creations and liquidations divided by the average net asset value of the fund.

> 7 Day Fund Liquidity is calculated based upon 30% of trailing 20 day average volume.

< Gross Yield reflects the historic dividend income received by the fund in the preceding 12 months before the deduction of all expenses including management fees. Net Yield is Gross Yield less the deduction of all expenses including management fees i.e. Gross Yield less the OCF. In both cases we use the I Class Shares as reference. Please note that rates would vary for T Class shares.

N.B. When a position is being built for the fund the company name is not disclosed in factsheet data.

Disclaimer: A Key Investor Information Document and an English language prospectus for the Fundsmith Sustainable Equity Fund are available via the Fundsmith website (www.fundsmith.co.uk/fsef/documents) or on request and investors should consult these documents before purchasing shares in the fund. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance. The value of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise and be affected by changes in exchange rates, and you may not get back the amount of your original investment. Fundsmith LLP does not offer investment advice or make any recommendations regarding the suitability of its product.

MSCI World Index is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices or any securities or final products. This report is not approved, reviewed or produced by MSCI. The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI and Standard & Poor’s and “GICS®” is a service mark of MSCI and Standard & Poor’s.