BP US Premium Equities Z EUR - LU0834378985

Key points

All cap value fund.
Selects the best investment candidate available irrespective of its market cap
Bottom-up fundamental research investment discipline.

About this fund

Robeco BP US Premium Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in value stocks in the United States. The selection of these value stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The portfolio is consistently built from the bottom up, to exhibit attractive valuation, strong business fundamentals and improving business momentum. These companies can be large-caps, mid-caps or small-caps.

Key facts

Per 31-08-2025

Total size of fund	EUR 5,084,446,054.63
Size of share class	EUR 11,024,030.88
Inception date share class	2012-10-10
1-year performance	2.86%
Dividend paying	No

Fund manager

Duilio R. Ramallo CFA

Mr. Ramallo is the Senior Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Premium Equity strategy. Previously, he was the assistant portfolio manager of the Boston Partners Small Cap Value strategies. Prior to his portfolio management roles, Mr. Ramallo was a research analyst for Boston Partners. He joined the firm in December 1995 from Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. where he spent three years, most recently at its Los Angeles office. Mr. Ramallo earned a B.A. in Economics/Business from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Mr. Ramallo began his career in the investment industry in 1995.

Per period	Fund	Reference index
1 month	0.99%	1.12%
3 months	4.41%	4.44%
YTD	-1.97%	-2.84%
1 year	2.86%	3.20%
2 years	9.50%	10.66%
3 years	7.74%	7.08%
5 years	15.05%	13.47%
10 years	10.49%	9.64%
Since inception 10/2012	13.01%	11.53%

Statistics	3 years	5 Years
Tracking error ex-post (%) The ex-post tracking error is defined as the volatility of the fund's achieved excess return over the index return. In fund management, most managers are subject to an ex-ante (pre-determined) tracking error, which defines the extent of the additional risk they may take when aspiring to outperform the fund's benchmark. The ex-post tracking error explains the distribution of past fund performances compared to those of its underlying benchmark. With a higher tracking error, the fund's returns deviate more from its index's returns, hence there is a greater chance that the fund may outperform. The wider the spread of returns relative to the benchmark, the more "actively" a fund has been managed. In contrast, a low tracking error indicates more "passive" management.	3.45	3.14
Information ratio This ratio serves to evaluate the quality of the excess return a fund manager has achieved because it takes the active risk involved into account. The information ratio is defined as the excess return over the benchmark return divided by the fund's tracking error. The higher the information ratio, the better. For example, a fund with a tracking error of 4% and an excess return of 2% over benchmark has an information ratio of 0.5, which is quite good.	0.20	0.51
Sharpe ratio This ratio measures the risk-adjusted performance and allows the performance quality of different investments to be compared. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate from the fund's returns and dividing the result by the fund's standard deviation (risk). So the Sharpe ratio tells us whether a fund's returns are the result of smart investment decisions or stem from taking extra risk. The higher the ratio, the better, meaning that a greater return is achieved per unit of risk. This ratio is named after its inventor, Nobel Laureate, William Sharpe.	0.33	0.93
Alpha (%) Alpha measures the difference between a portfolio's actual return and its expected performance, given the level of risk, compared to the benchmark. A positive alpha figure indicates that the fund has performed better than expected, given the level of risk. Beta is used to calculate the level of risk compared to the benchmark..	0.76	1.67
Beta Beta is a measure of a portfolio's volatility, or systematic risk, in comparison to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the portfolio will move with the benchmark. A beta of less than 1 means that the portfolio will be less volatile than the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the portfolio will be more volatile than the benchmark. For example, if a portfolio's beta is 1.2 it is theoretically 20% more volatile than the benchmark.	0.98	0.98
Standard deviation Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread out the data is, the higher the deviation. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility (risk).	14.72	14.53
Max. monthly gain (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.	11.95	12.34
Max. monthly loss (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.	-8.15	-8.15

Cost of this fund	Percentage
Ongoing charges Indication of annual charges that are deducted for this fund. This indication is based on the costs over the last calendar year and may vary from year to year. Transaction costs incurred by the fund, any performance fees and other one-off costs are not included in the ongoing charges.	0.01%
Included management fee A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.	0.00%
Included service fee This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.	0.00%
Transaction costs The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.	0.18%

Fiscal product treatment

The fund is established in Luxembourg and is subject to the Luxembourg tax laws and regulations. The fund is not liable to pay any corporation, income, dividend or capital gains tax in Luxembourg. The fund is subject to an annual subscription tax ('tax d'abonnement') in Luxembourg, which amounts to 0.01% of the net asset value of the fund. This tax is included in the net asset value of the fund. The fund can in principle use the Luxembourg treaty network to partially recover any withholding tax on its income.

Fiscal treatment of investor

Investors who are not subject to (exempt from) Dutch corporate-income tax (e.g. pension funds) are not taxed on the achieved result. Investors who are subject to Dutch corporate-income tax can be taxed for the result achieved on their investment in the fund. Dutch bodies that are subject to corporate-income tax are obligated to declare interest and dividend income, as well as capital gains in their tax return. Investors residing outside the Netherlands are subject to their respective national tax regime applying to foreign investment funds. We advise individual investors to consult their financial or tax adviser about the tax consequences of an investment in this fund in their specific circumstances before deciding to invest in the fund.

Policies

Per 31-08-2025

Profile

Per 31-08-2025

ESG IntegrationVoting & Engagement

Sustainability

Per 31-08-2025

The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, engagement and voting. Through exclusions the fund avoids investments in issuers that are in breach of international norms or where activities have been deemed detrimental to society following Robeco's exclusion policy. Financially material ESG factors are integrated in the bottom-up investment analysis to assess the sustainability risk profile of companies. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. In addition, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to engagement. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy. For more information please visit the sustainability-related disclosures.

Market development

Per 31-08-2025

US equity markets moved higher in the quieter holiday month of August, with the core S&P 500 Index higher by just over 2%. Value equities outperformed both core and growth equities across the market cap spectrum, led by small caps which outperformed mid and large caps in the month, with small-cap value returning 8.43%, as measured by the Russell 2000 Value Index.

Performance explanation

Per 31-08-2025

Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was 0.99%. Robeco BP US Premium Equities was more or less in line with the Russell 3000 Value Index, with stock selection adding value while sector allocation detracted from relative returns. From a stock selection perspective, the fund added most value in the industrials and materials sectors, which was mainly offset by picks in the financials and consumer staples sectors. Within industrials, manufacturer Resideo Technologies was the strongest performing holding, rising 25%. Outside of this, a collection of holdings added value in the sector (Uber, C.H. Robinson Worldwide), while avoiding names such as machinery companies Caterpillar and Deere also helped. In materials, CRH Plc was a strong performer, rising close to 19%. On the negative side to stock selection, finance holdings LPL Financial, Fidelity National Information Services and Shift4 Payments all had a lackluster month, while in consumer staples, Keurig Dr Pepper lagged. Contribution to sector allocation was also mixed, with overweight in information technology detracting from relative results, while having no exposure to utilities and overweight in healthcare added to relative returns.

Expectation of fund manager

Duilio R. Ramallo CFA

Despite all the policy shifts coming out of Washington this year, with uncertainty surrounding tariffs and trade, the markets have held up relatively well. As it stands, tariffs will probably have an inflationary impact on interest rates going forward. So far, we haven't seen any expectations for earnings to come down, so if earnings growth is stable and interest rates don't get away from us, then the markets should perform reasonably well through the rest of the year. As always, we remain focused on selecting companies from the bottom-up that reflect Boston Partners' three-circle characteristics – attractive valuations, solid business fundamentals, and identifiable catalysts.

Robeco BP US Premium Equities Z EUR

US all-cap value approach with focus on 'characteristics that work': Valuation, Fundamentals and Momentum

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