- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 601 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles CA United States of America 90017-5704
- IPO Date
- Feb 4, 2002
- Business
- Hotchkis & Wiley Small Cap Value Fund Class C (HWSCX) is an open-end mutual fund that invests primarily in equity securities of small capitalization companies, targeting undervalued small cap value stocks that are out of favor and often underfollowed by Wall Street research; it maintains a concentrated portfolio emphasizing companies with strong balance sheets and attractive assets, normally allocating at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes to such securities; the fund is managed by Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, with key portfolio managers including James Miles (since 1995) and David Green (since 1997), and it benchmarks performance against the Russell 2000 Value Index over a full market cycle.
Offered as one of several share classes in the Hotchkis & Wiley Funds family, HWSCX features a net expense ratio of 1.95%, a deferred load of 1.00%, a minimum initial investment of $2,500, and daily pricing; it holds a diversified portfolio concentrated in top holdings such as F5 Inc., Stagwell Inc., Avnet Inc., NOV Inc., and Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., with approximately 93.90% in U.S. stocks, 3.88% in non-U.S. stocks, and 2.22% in cash as of recent data; total net assets stand at $704.62 million, with the Class C share class sized at $3.00 million.
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, the fund's adviser, founded in 1980 by John Hotchkis and George Wiley and headquartered at 725 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California, manages approximately $31.3 billion in assets across value-oriented equity and income strategies for institutional clients including public plans, corporations, non-profits, unions, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as individual investors via mutual funds and sub-advisory relationships.
The firm remains independently operated and majority employee-owned with around 72 employees, focusing on disciplined, fundamental, bottom-up research in U.S. value equities without recent major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or strategic shifts reported in 2024 or 2025; ongoing portfolio adjustments include significant new positions and increases in holdings such as NOV Inc. (2.44 million shares added in Q4 2024), Dominion Energy Inc., Truist Financial Corp., Workday Inc., and WPP PLC during Q2 2024, alongside divestitures from positions like GE Aerospace and International Paper Co., reflecting continued adherence to its core value investing process amid market opportunities.