North American Equity Growth Strategy

Most active North American companies across Nasdaq, Dow Jones and S&P 500; tech, healthcare and industrials; 20-25 holdings; 5+ year horizon.
Benchmark: S&P 500 (SPY)  •  Figures to 31 July 2026  •  All figures in GBP
1 year
+25.1%
3 years annualised
+23.9%
5 years annualised
+22.0%

Growth of 10,000 (GBP)

9,63915,68221,72627,76920222023202420252026PortfolioS&P 500

Trailing returns (%)

PeriodPortfolio Benchmark
3 Months+5.66+4.43
6 Months+11.18+10.41
1 Year+25.08+17.69
3 Years Annualised+23.93+17.38
5 Years Annualised+21.98+13.11
YTD+11.39+10.18

Super sectors (% of equities)

Cyclical 32%Sensitive 42%Defensive 26%

Cyclical

31.6%
Consumer Cyclical15.8%
Financial Services15.8%
Basic Materials0.0%
Real Estate0.0%

Sensitive

42.1%
Technology15.8%
Communication Services10.5%
Industrials10.5%
Energy5.3%

Defensive

26.3%
Healthcare15.8%
Consumer Defensive10.5%
Utilities0.0%

Factor profile — this strategy against the other Edale strategies

this strategy, 3-year5-year—●— strategy averagetrack = range across strategies
Style
Growth
Value
Yield
High
Low
Momentum (12m)
High
Low
Return (ann)
High
Low
Volatility
High
Low
Sharpe
High
Low
Size
Large
Small
Range and average drawn from 11 Edale strategies. Style uses weighted price/book; size uses weighted market capitalisation (log scale); return, volatility and Sharpe are annualised over 3 and 5 years in GBP.

Stock sectors (% of equities)

Consumer Cyclical15.8%Financial Services15.8%Technology15.8%Healthcare15.8%Communication Services10.5%Industrials10.5%Consumer Defensive10.5%Energy5.3%

World regions (% of equities)

Americas100.0%

Investment style

01684000000ValueBlendGrowthLargeMidSmall

Portfolio statistics

Number of holdings20
Cash held for liquidity2.0%
Weighted dividend yield0.95%
Price/Earnings (weighted harmonic)26.2
Price/Book (weighted harmonic)7.63
Approved as a financial promotion by LC on 2026-08-12.
Important notice. This document has been approved and issued as a financial promotion under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Edale UK Management (“Edale”). It does not form part of a direct offer or invitation to purchase, subscribe for or dispose of securities, and no reliance should be placed on it. Any investment should only be made on the basis of the Offer Document and Terms & Conditions. Investments should be made as part of a diversified portfolio. Edale does not offer investment or tax advice. Past performance is not a guide to the future and the value of investments can go down as well as up; changes in exchange rates may cause the value of overseas investments to rise or fall. Performance figures are modelled from monthly closing prices of the current strategy constituents converted to pounds sterling at prevailing month-end exchange rates (total return with dividends reinvested, excluding fees), rebalanced monthly; they do not represent the returns of any client account. Edale UK Management Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA Reference 812332).
Performance is modelled from the strategy's constituents rebalanced monthly; individual constituents are not disclosed here. Produced 12 August 2026.