Virtus Westchester Event-Driven Fund Class A (WCERX) Fund Details & Analysis

Fund Information

Fund Category Event Driven

Fund Family Westchester Capital

Fund Style Large

ISIN US95737C5094

CUSIP 95737C202

Inception Date 2014-01-02

Domicile United States

Country USA

Fiscal Year End December

NAV Chart

Fund Metrics

Net Assets $335.49 Million

Share Class Net Assets $30.95 Million

Expense Ratio 1.85%

Expense Ratio Date 2021-04-23

Dividend Yield 0.06%

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Performance

YTD Return 0.39%

1-Year Return 6.93%

3-Year Return 5.14%

5-Year Return 2.23%

NAV $10.17

Previous Close Price $10.15

Last Update 2025-12-31

Dividend Information

Dividend Yield 0.06%

Dividend (ttm) 0.17

Dividend Growth -58.12%

Payout Frequency Annual

Ex-Dividend Date n/a

Ratings

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Beta (5Y) 1.23

About Virtus Westchester Event-Driven Fund Class A

The fund adviser primarily employs investment strategies designed to capture price movements generated by specific events, including, but not limited to, equity and/or debt securities of companies involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales or other divestitures, restructurings, refinancings, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other special situations (referred to as "event-driven opportunities").

Detailed Metrics

Market Cap Distribution

AverageMarketCap 5447.24%

Giant 0.00%

Large 5.37%

Medium 17.65%

Micro 19.36%

Small 19.42%

Value & Growth Metrics

Book-Value Growth % 0.08%

Cash-Flow Growth % -3.88%

Dividend Yield % 1.58%

Historical Earnings % 7.73%

Long-Term Earnings % 6.45%

Asset Allocation

Type	Net %	Long %	Short %	Category Average	benchmark
Bond	31.51%	31.70%	0.19%	12.12%	77.92%
Cash	2.48%	20.66%	18.18%	25.09%	0.00%
Non US Stock	9.83%	9.97%	0.14%	13.66%	8.20%
Not Classified	8.08%	8.08%	0.00%	0.99%	0.00%
Other	3.62%	5.06%	1.44%	2.13%	2.01%
US Stock	44.49%	62.67%	18.18%	70.10%	11.87%

Top Holdings

Name	Weight	Owned	Change
Hess Corp	8.22%	-	-
Pioneer Natural Resources Co	7.59%	-	-
Splunk Inc	5.14%	-	-
Westrock Co	3.59%	-	-
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund	3.25%	-	-
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Treasury Instruments Fund	3.25%	-	-
Spirit Realty Capital Inc	3.14%	-	-
Capri Holdings Ltd	2.56%	-	-
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp	2.26%	-	-
Carrier Global Corp	2.09%	-	-
Endeavor Group Holdings Inc	9.08%	-	-
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co	4.40%	-	-
Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV Inc	3.65%	-	-
Spirit AeroSystems Inc	2.31%	-	-
Werner FinCo LP / Werner FinCo Inc	2.23%	-	-
AssuredPartners Inc	2.21%	-	-
Gol Finance SA	2.18%	-	-
Dun Bradstreet Corp/The	2.13%	-	-
Syniverse Holdings LLC/DE	2.01%	-	-
ams-OSRAM AG	3.29%	-	-
Warner Bros Discovery Inc	3.07%	-	-
Teck Resources Ltd	2.80%	-	-
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc/The	2.68%	-	-
CSX Corp	2.56%	-	-

See the full breakdown of WCERX fund's asset allocation and top holdings .

Sector Weights

Category	Subcategory	Amount %	Category Avg	Stocks %	Benchmark
Bond Sector	Cash and Equivalents	0.95%	63.56%	4.32%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Corporate	0.95%	32.85%	63.19%	18.10%
Bond Sector	Derivative	0.95%	0.65%	29.84%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Government	0.95%	2.27%	0.00%	51.18%
Bond Sector	Municipal	0.95%	0.32%	2.47%	0.03%
Bond Sector	Securitized	0.95%	0.35%	0.19%	30.69%
Cyclical	Basic Materials	6.11%	4.24%	0.00%	4.84%
Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical	3.08%	4.09%	0.00%	9.89%
Cyclical	Financial Services	32.93%	17.60%	0.00%	19.70%
Cyclical	Real Estate	0.00%	2.37%	0.00%	8.19%
Defensive	Consumer Defensive	4.77%	7.74%	0.00%	5.41%
Defensive	Healthcare	4.03%	14.55%	0.00%	9.88%
Defensive	Utilities	0.95%	2.49%	0.00%	2.98%
Sensitive	Communication Services	35.85%	13.68%	0.00%	5.29%
Sensitive	Energy	0.93%	1.33%	0.00%	3.93%
Sensitive	Industrials	6.77%	14.29%	0.00%	12.16%
Sensitive	Technology	4.58%	17.61%	0.00%	17.74%

World Regions

Region	Subregion	Category Average	Stocks Percent	Benchmark
Americas	Latin America	0.33%	0.87%	0.93%
Americas	North America	86.99%	93.21%	62.76%
Greater Asia	Asia Developed	0.28%	1.01%	4.31%
Greater Asia	Asia Emerging	0.12%	0.42%	5.02%
Greater Asia	Australasia	0.06%	-	1.92%
Greater Asia	Japan	0.32%	-	6.75%
Greater Europe	Africa/Middle East	0.01%	-	1.33%
Greater Europe	Europe Developed	5.09%	0.70%	12.97%
Greater Europe	Europe Emerging	-	-	0.28%
Greater Europe	United Kingdom	6.82%	3.79%	3.74%

Dividend History

Date	Amount	Unadjusted Amount	Currency	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Period
2024-12-18	$0.417	$0.417	USD	-	-	-	-
2021-12-29	$0.549	$0.549	USD	2021-12-29	2021-12-28	2021-12-29	Annual
2020-12-29	$0.103	$0.103	USD	2020-12-29	2020-12-28	2020-12-29	Annual
2019-12-27	$0.153	$0.153	USD	2019-12-27	2019-12-26	2019-12-27	Annual
2018-12-28	$0.409	$0.409	USD	2018-12-28	2018-12-27	2018-12-28	Other

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Virtus Westchester Event-Driven Fund Class A NMFQS:WCERX