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Ariel Focus Fund Investor Cl: (MF: ARFFX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 2, 2026 05:49 PM ET

$18.56 USD

-0.13 (-0.70%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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Latest Performance as of Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 12.87 1
3 months 15.71 1
6 months 16.93 4
1 Year 37.05 1
3 Year 16.17 55
5 Year 10.47 48
10 Year 12.25 59

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -51.73
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 614.62

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 20.97
5 Year 10.05
10 Year 10.09
Since Inception 6.87

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 -3.88 4.74 20.75 -0.49
2024 7.45 -3.37 10.60 -1.18
2023 0.35 1.97 -5.87 11.05
2022 3.97 -15.74 -7.44 11.94
2021 16.48 4.00 -4.70 4.94

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 12.8720.9713.486.97-9.2321.146.9025.62-13.2914.9221.09
% Total Return Rel to Index 6.132.75-11.54-19.278.97-7.53-11.50-5.87-8.90-6.879.16
% Total Return Rel to Peer 6.058.26-5.91-16.0210.46-0.91-13.01-2.80-6.43-5.7513.28
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.000.005.002.004.004.004.005.005.001.00
% Dividends 0.000.180.170.220.160.130.120.140.130.110.13
% Yield 0.000.881.001.031.020.730.780.971.050.750.97
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.020.190.261.010.420.220.000.710.670.00
Expense Ratio 0.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.00

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%