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Why invest in this Fund?

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in stocks (or derivatives) of U.S. companies that demonstrate attractive investment attributes and sustainable business practices and have no material unresolvable environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The fund focuses on companies with market caps of $5 billion or more. The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in foreign securities, including up to 10% in emerging markets securities.
Min. Class Investment
$0
Class Inception Date
03/29/72
Class Status
Class Z shares are closed to new accounts.
Fund Assets
$503,523,043  As of  09/15/25
Class Assets
$417,303,883  As of  09/15/25
Portfolio Turnover Rate
27.23% As of fiscal year end  05/31/25
Morningstar Category
Large Blend
Benchmark
S&P 500® Index
Morningstar Overall Rating
Fund Holdings
47 As of 08/31/25

Morningstar Rating™ as of August 31, 2025 for the Class Z class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Large Blend category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (1252 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (1252 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (1149 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (891 funds rated).

Portfolio Managers

  • Nick  Pope

    Nick Pope

    Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management

    Managing Fund Since 2022

    Joined Firm in 2011

    Joined Industry in 2005

  • Julianne D. McHugh

    Julianne D. McHugh

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC

    Managing Fund Since 2023

    Joined Firm in 2004

    Joined Industry in 1992


Total Returns

Average Annual
As of 08/31/25
Name 3 MO
08/31/25
YTD
08/31/25
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
DRTHX
8.87 9.85 13.45 17.30 12.19 13.16 10.06
S&P 500® Index
9.62 10.79 15.88 19.54 14.74 14.60 -
Average Annual
As of 06/30/25
Name 3 MO
06/30/25
YTD
06/30/25
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
DRTHX
13.53 5.58 11.25 17.50 14.13 12.02 10.01
S&P 500® Index
10.94 6.20 15.16 19.71 16.64 13.65 -

The performance data quotes represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Yield, share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor's shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Click above for month-end returns.

The S&P 500® Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.


Investors should consider, when deciding whether to purchase a particular class of shares, the investment amount, anticipated holding period and other relevant factors.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Historical Performance

    Class Z shares are closed to new accounts.

     

    Yearly Total Return


    Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

    As of  05/01/25 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
    Management Fee 0.60%
    Shareholder Service Fees 0.06%
    Other Expenses 0.11%
    Total Expenses 0.77%
    Expenses Reimbursed 0.01%
    Net Expenses 0.76%
    Total Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Net Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, after any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The Total Expenses, or Net Expenses (if including fee waivers or expense reimbursements) is the actual fund expense ratio applicable to investors.
    The fund's investment adviser, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., has contractually agreed, until September 30, 2025, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the direct expenses of the fund so that the direct expenses of none of the fund's share classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, interest expense, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed .70%. On or after September 30, 2025, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. may terminate this expense limitation agreement at any time.

    Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

    Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), the fund's sub-adviser, has entered into a sub-sub- investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to enable NIMNA to provide certain advisory services to NIM for the benefit of the fund, including, but not limited to, portfolio management services.

    Nick Pope and Julianne McHugh are the fund's primary portfolio managers. Mr. Pope and Ms. McHugh have been primary portfolio managers of the fund since January 2022 and March 2023, respectively. Mr. Pope is a portfolio manager on the Sustainable Equity strategy at NIM. Ms. McHugh is Head of Sustainable Equities and a senior portfolio manager at NIMNA. NIM's Responsible Investment team provides input to the portfolio managers, including supporting fundamental research and company-level ESG analysis, which helps to identify sustainable investment themes, as well as controversy monitoring, company engagement and active proxy voting.

    Top Holdings

    As of 08/31/25

    Asset Allocation


        Daily Statistics

        As of 09/15/25 Name NAV Change 12/04/24  12 Month 
        High Nav
        04/08/25  12 Month 
        Low Nav
        YTD Return
        DRTHX
        $21.23
        $0.08
        0.38%
        $21.25 $15.76 11.80%

        Performance Metrics

        Overall Morningstar Rating


        MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Large Blend


        Morningstar Rating™ as of 08/31/25 for the Class Z shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Large Blend. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (1252 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (1252 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (1149 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (891 funds rated).
        The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-,and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

        Lipper Rankings

        • 1 Year
          377 out of 668
        • 3 Year
          411 out of 614
        • 5 Year
          404 out of 563
        • 10 Year
          251 out of 435

        LIPPER CLASSIFICATION Large-Cap Core Funds


        Lipper Category returns and rankings as of 08/31/25, are calculated by Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, which is a nationally recognized organization that compares the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Category returns represent the average performance of included funds, while rankings compare an individual fund's returns to those of the other funds in its category. Both are based on total return performance, with capital gains and dividends reinvested, with annual operating expenses deducted, but without including front or back-end sales charges. Rankings begin with the actual share class inception. Rankings are relative to a peer group and do not necessarily mean that the fund had high total returns. Rankings do not reflect sales loads

        Main Risks

        Equities are subject to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer, and investment style risks to varying degrees.
        Small and midsized company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks as these companies are less established and have more volatile earnings histories.
        Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities involves special risks, including changes in currency exchange rates, political, economic, and social instability, limited company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and less market liquidity. These risks generally are greater with emerging market countries.
        Socially responsible portfolios can limit the number of investment opportunities available to the portfolio which may produce more modest gains than portfolios that are not subject to such special investment considerations.

        Risk Metrics

        As of  08/31/25  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
        DRTHX
        15.30 -2.00 1.01 95.76 0.81

        All risk metrics are provided by Morningstar. The index used in the calculations are determined by Morningstar which may not be the funds primary benchmark. The index Morningstar used for this analysis is S&P 500® Index.


        Alpha - Alpha is a measure of a security's or portfolio's excess return.

        Beta - Beta is a measure of a security’s or portfolio’s volatility, or systematic risk.

        R-Squared - R-squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund’s or security’s movements that are explained by movements in a benchmark index.

        Sharpe Ratio - Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better.

        Standard Deviation - Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the degree to which an individual portfolio return tends to vary from the mean, based on the entire population. The greater the degree of dispersion, the greater the degree of risk. In mutual funds, the standard deviation tells us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns.


        Dividend Schedule

        Declared
        Annually
        Distributed
        Annually
        Paid
        Annually
        Fiscal Year End
        May 31
        Year Dividend ($) Capital Gains ($)
        2024 0.0634 1.2886
        2023 0.1141 0.4410
        2022 0.0881 1.6702
        2021 0.1083 0.7216
        2020 0.1241 0.3878
        2019 0.1589 0.1550
        2018 0.1938 0.2978
        2017 0.1344 2.8954
        2016 0.1360 0.5350
        2015 0.1300 1.6904

        Distributions History

        Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
        Non-Qualified 
        Dividends
        Qualified 
        Dividends
        Non-Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Long-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Total 
        Distribution
        12/05/24 12/06/24 12/06/24 0.0000 0.0634 0.0000 0.0000 1.2886 1.3520
        Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
        Non-Qualified 
        Dividends
        Qualified 
        Dividends
        Non-Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Qualified 
        Short-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Long-Term 
        Capital Gain
        Total 
        Distribution
        12/04/23 12/05/23 12/05/23 0.0000 0.1141 0.0000 0.0000 0.4410 0.5551
        12/02/22 12/05/22 12/05/22 0.0000 0.0881 0.0000 0.0000 1.6702 1.7583
        12/01/21 12/02/21 12/02/21 0.0394 0.0689 0.0813 0.1421 0.4982 0.8299
        12/02/20 12/03/20 12/03/20 0.0000 0.1241 0.0000 0.0575 0.3303 0.5119
        12/04/19 12/05/19 12/05/19 0.0000 0.1589 0.0000 0.0100 0.1450 0.3139
        12/03/18 12/04/18 12/04/18 0.0000 0.1938 0.0000 0.0000 0.2972 0.4910
        03/20/18 03/21/18 03/21/18 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0006 0.0006
        12/01/17 12/04/17 12/04/17 0.0934 0.0410 0.4543 0.1995 2.2416 3.0298
        12/01/16 12/02/16 12/02/16 0.0000 0.1360 0.0000 0.0000 0.5350 0.6710
        12/02/15 12/03/15 12/03/15 0.0000 0.1300 0.0000 0.0941 1.5963 1.8204
        12/03/14 12/04/14 12/04/14 0.0000 0.1292 0.0000 0.1131 1.6499 1.8922
        12/04/13 12/05/13 12/05/13 0.0275 0.1333 0.0301 0.1464 0.1751 0.5124
        12/05/12 12/06/12 12/06/12 0.0000 0.0780 0.0000 0.0000 0.0212 0.0992
        12/08/11 12/09/11 12/09/11 0.0000 0.0700 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0700
        12/08/10 12/09/10 12/09/10 0.0000 0.0554 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0554
        12/04/09 12/07/09 12/07/09 0.0000 0.0694 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0694
        12/05/08 12/08/08 12/08/08 0.0000 0.0320 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0320
        12/04/07 12/05/07 12/05/07 0.0000 0.0436 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0436
        12/01/05 12/02/05 12/02/05 0.0000 0.0317 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0317
        11/27/01 11/28/01 11/28/01 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0731
        12/05/00 12/06/00 12/06/00 0.0800 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.9230
        12/07/99 12/08/99 12/08/99 0.0000 0.0000 0.2330 0.0000 0.0000 1.3480
        12/04/98 12/07/98 12/07/98 0.0000 0.0000 0.2150 0.0000 0.0000 1.3390
        12/05/97 12/08/97 12/08/97 0.0200 0.0000 0.2600 0.0000 0.0000 0.9200
        12/11/96 12/12/96 12/12/96 0.0200 0.0000 0.5150 0.0000 0.0000 1.4150
        12/14/95 12/15/95 12/15/95 0.0450 0.0000 0.3650 0.0000 0.0000 0.6200
        12/08/94 12/09/94 12/09/94 0.0650 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0700
        12/09/93 12/10/93 12/13/93 0.0400 0.0000 0.1600 0.0000 0.0000 0.6500
        12/15/92 12/16/92 12/17/92 0.0450 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1000
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