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- JPMorgan U.S. GARP Equity Fund (C Shares: JCICX) is an open-end mutual fund managed by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., a business unit of JPMorgan Asset Management, that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a portfolio of large- and mid-cap U.S. equity securities exhibiting growth-at-a-reasonable-price (GARP) characteristics. The fund employs a quantitative model-driven, bottom-up stock selection process that screens the U.S. large- and mid-cap universe for stocks displaying optimal combinations of value, quality, and momentum factors, incorporating traditional metrics such as price multiples and cash flow measures alongside advanced techniques like natural language processing of earnings call transcripts; the model integrates proprietary fundamental research from J.P. Morgan's core team for earnings and cash flow estimates to construct a typically nondiversified portfolio of 80 to 120 holdings closely benchmarked to the Russell 1000 Growth Index, with top holdings including NVIDIA Corp. (13.4%), Microsoft Corp. (11.6%), Apple Inc. (9.4%), Amazon.com Inc. (5.9%), and Meta Platforms Inc. Class A (4.5%) as of September 2025. Share classes include A (JIGAX), I (JPGSX), R2 (JIGZX), R5 (JGIRX), and R6 (JGISX), with JCICX featuring a net expense ratio of 1.34%, a minimum initial investment of $1,000, and availability to U.S. investors through financial intermediaries. Launched on February 28, 2003 (inception of the original share class), the fund is domiciled in the United States with total net assets of approximately $1.98 billion as of September 30, 2025, and is headquartered at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, as part of J.P. Morgan Funds distributed by JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc. The portfolio maintains significant exposure to information technology (52.2%), consumer discretionary (13.4%), and communication services (11.7%), with a weighted average market capitalization of $1,936.79 billion, a forward P/E ratio of 30.30, and a three-year beta of 1.00 relative to its benchmark. In recent strategic developments, the fund switched to a nondiversified status in December 2024, enabling greater flexibility in concentration, as evidenced by its overweight positioning in the Magnificent Seven stocks at 53.6% versus the benchmark's 53.1% as of September 2025. J.P. Morgan announced plans in late 2025 to convert the mutual fund structure to an exchange-traded fund (JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Large Growth ETF) targeted for July 2026, pending fund board approval in February 2026, driven by investor preferences for ETF transparency and tax efficiency amid anticipated 2025 capital gains distributions and significant unrealized gains comprising about half of the fund's value as of November 2025; this conversion will entail a name change, evolution of the quantitative investment process, addition of Eric Moreau as portfolio manager, and departure of all current managers except Andrew Stern. Management team adjustments include promotions of Grace Liu and Ellen Sun to co-managers in November 2023, following prior departures such as Jason Alonzo in May 2021 and Jonathan Tse from the strategy in May 2023, with the current core team comprising Andrew Stern (lead, 17 years experience), Wonseok Choi (quant lead, 23 years), Grace Liu (13 years), and Ellen Sun (6 years). The fund holds a 4-star overall Morningstar rating in the Large Growth category as of September 30, 2025, reflecting strong risk-adjusted performance, though its Medalist Rating is under review pending the conversion.