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    BNY Mellon Appreciation Fund, Inc.

    Overview

    Why invest in this Fund?

    The fund seeks long-term capital growth consistent with the preservation of capital. Its secondary goal is current income. To pursue these goals, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stock. The fund focuses on "blue-chip" companies with total market capitalizations of more than $5 billion at the time of purchase, including multinational companies.
    Min. Class Investment
    $1,000
    Class Inception Date
    01/18/84
    Fund Assets
    $2,049,053,322  As of  08/25/25
    Class Assets
    $1,635,024,688  As of  08/25/25
    Portfolio Turnover Rate
    12.56% As of fiscal year end  12/31/24
    Morningstar Category
    Large Growth
    Benchmark
    S&P 500® Index
    Fund Holdings
    50 As of 07/31/25

    Portfolio Managers

    • Alan R. Christensen

      Alan R. Christensen, CFA

      Portfolio Manager,

      Managing Fund Since 2020

      Joined Firm in 2005

      Joined Industry in 1995
    • Catherine Crain

      Catherine Crain, CFA

      Portfolio Manager,

      Managing Fund Since 2000

      Joined Firm in 1993

      Joined Industry in 1989
    • Gentry Lee

      Gentry Lee, CFA

      Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer,

      Managing Fund Since 2010

      Joined Firm in 1998

      Joined Industry in 1994
    • Christopher Sarofim

      Christopher Sarofim

      Portfolio Manager,

      Managing Fund Since 2000

      Joined Firm in 1988

      Joined Industry in 1986
    Performance

    Total Returns

    Month End

    Average Annual
    As of 07/31/25
    Name 3 MO
    07/31/25     		YTD
    07/31/25     		1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
    BNY Mellon Appreciation Fund, Inc.
    DGAGX
    		10.33 5.40 6.33 11.38 11.64 11.95 10.90
    S&P 500® Index
    		14.21 8.59 16.33 17.10 15.88 13.66 -

    Quarter End

    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 Appreciation Fund, Inc.
    DGAGX
    		8.80 5.22 6.86 14.69 12.87 12.05 10.92
    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.

    Growth of $10,000 Investment

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Historical Performance

       

      Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

      Yearly Total Return

      Yearly

      Fees & Expenses

      Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

      As of  05/01/25 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
      Management Fee 0.55%
      Service Fee 0.25%
      Other Expenses 0.08%
      Total Expenses 0.88%
      Net Expenses 0.88%
      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.
      Portfolio

      Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

      The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYM Investment Adviser), and the fund's sub-adviser is Fayez Sarofim & Co., LLC (Sarofim & Co.). The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYIA), and the fund's sub-adviser is Fayez Sarofim & Co., LLC (Sarofim & Co.). The fund is managed by a team of portfolio managers employed by Sarofim & Co., consisting of Gentry Lee, Catherine Crain, Christopher Sarofim, and Alan Christensen. The team is supported by Sarofim & Co.'s Investment Committee, all the members of which are senior investment professionals at Sarofim & Co. The team members hold the following positions at Sarofim & Co.: Mr. Sarofim is Chairman, Mr. Christensen is the President and Head of Investment Risk, Mr. Lee is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer and Ms. Crain is a Vice President. Mr. Lee has been a portfolio manager of the fund since December 2010. Ms. Crain has been a portfolio manager of the fund since March 1998. Mr. Sarofim has been a portfolio manager of the fund since October 2000. Mr. Christensen has been a portfolio manager of the fund since March 2020.

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      As of 07/31/25

      Asset Allocation

          Stats & Risks

          Daily Statistics

          As of 08/25/25 Name NAV Change 12/11/24  12 Month 
          High Nav           		04/08/25  12 Month 
          Low Nav           		YTD Return
          DGAGX
          		$40.47
          -$0.20
          -0.49%
          		$46.74 $33.03 6.63%

          Main Risks

          Equities are subject to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer, and investment style risks to varying degrees.
          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.

          Risk Metrics

          As of  07/31/25  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
          DGAGX
          		14.88 -4.40 0.94 92.02 0.48

          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.

          Distributions

          Dividend Schedule

          Declared
          Quarterly
          Distributed
          Quarterly
          Paid
          Quarterly
          Fiscal Year End
          Dec 31
          Year Dividend ($) Capital Gains ($)
          2025 0.0832 0.9258
          2024 0.1460 6.6372
          2023 0.2579 2.7738
          2022 0.2250 3.0895
          2021 0.1551 1.7239
          2020 0.2327 1.8501
          2019 0.3244 3.2203
          2018 0.4120 5.6036
          2017 0.4272 5.4055
          2016 0.5674 8.7017

          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
          06/27/25 06/30/25 06/30/25 - 0.0500 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0500
          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
          03/28/25 03/31/25 03/31/25 - 0.0332 - 0.0000 0.9258 0.9590
          12/13/24 12/16/24 12/16/24 0.0000 0.0341 0.0000 0.0000 5.6247 5.6588
          09/27/24 09/30/24 09/30/24 - 0.0182 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0182
          06/27/24 06/28/24 06/28/24 - 0.0484 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0484
          03/27/24 03/28/24 03/28/24 - 0.0453 - 0.0000 1.0125 1.0578
          12/19/23 12/20/23 12/20/23 0.0000 0.0644 0.0000 0.0000 1.9798 2.0442
          09/28/23 09/29/23 09/29/23 - 0.0536 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0536
          06/29/23 06/30/23 06/30/23 - 0.0769 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0769
          03/30/23 03/31/23 03/31/23 - 0.0630 - 0.0000 0.7940 0.8570
          12/20/22 12/21/22 12/21/22 0.0000 0.0712 0.0000 0.0000 2.7106 2.7818
          09/29/22 09/30/22 09/30/22 - 0.0647 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0647
          06/29/22 06/30/22 06/30/22 - 0.0610 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0610
          03/30/22 03/31/22 03/31/22 - 0.0281 - 0.0000 0.3789 0.4070
          12/20/21 12/21/21 12/21/21 0.0000 0.0221 0.0000 0.0050 1.6171 1.6442
          09/29/21 09/30/21 09/30/21 - 0.0148 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0148
          06/29/21 06/30/21 06/30/21 - 0.0414 - 0.0000 0.0000 0.0414
          03/30/21 03/31/21 03/31/21 0.0000 0.0768 0.0000 0.0000 0.1018 0.1786
          12/18/20 12/21/20 12/21/20 0.0000 0.0419 0.0000 0.0000 1.4228 1.4647
          09/29/20 09/30/20 09/30/20 0.0000 0.0433 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0433
          06/29/20 06/30/20 06/30/20 0.0000 0.0615 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0615
          03/30/20 03/31/20 03/31/20 0.0000 0.0860 0.0000 0.0000 0.4273 0.5133
          12/19/19 12/20/19 12/20/19 0.0000 0.0556 0.0000 0.0000 2.2684 2.3240
          09/27/19 09/30/19 09/30/19 0.0000 0.0637 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0637
          06/27/19 06/28/19 06/28/19 0.0000 0.0899 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0899
          03/28/19 03/29/19 03/29/19 0.0000 0.1152 0.0000 0.0000 0.9519 1.0671
          12/19/18 12/20/18 12/20/18 0.0000 0.0962 0.0000 0.0000 4.9688 5.0650
          09/27/18 09/28/18 09/28/18 0.0000 0.0879 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0879
          06/28/18 06/29/18 06/29/18 0.0000 0.1133 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1133
          03/28/18 03/29/18 03/29/18 0.0000 0.1146 0.0000 0.0296 0.6052 0.7494
          12/21/17 12/22/17 12/22/17 0.0000 0.0540 0.0000 0.0000 3.1765 3.2305
          09/28/17 09/29/17 09/29/17 0.0000 0.0850 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0850
          06/29/17 06/30/17 06/30/17 0.0000 0.1200 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1200
          03/30/17 03/31/17 03/31/17 0.0000 0.1682 0.0000 0.0243 2.2047 2.3972
          12/21/16 12/22/16 12/22/16 0.0000 0.1102 0.0000 0.0000 5.3339 5.4441
          09/29/16 09/30/16 09/30/16 0.0000 0.1180 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1180
          06/29/16 06/30/16 06/30/16 0.0000 0.1530 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1530
          03/30/16 03/31/16 03/31/16 0.0000 0.1862 0.0000 0.0000 3.3678 3.5540
          12/22/15 12/23/15 12/23/15 0.0000 0.2008 0.0000 0.0000 10.8267 11.0275
          09/29/15 09/30/15 09/30/15 0.0000 0.1990 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1990
          06/29/15 06/30/15 06/30/15 0.0000 0.2190 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2190
          03/30/15 03/31/15 03/31/15 0.0000 0.2600 0.0000 0.0000 1.0393 1.2993
          12/29/14 12/30/14 12/30/14 0.0000 0.2106 0.0000 0.0000 1.9470 2.1576
          09/29/14 09/30/14 09/30/14 0.0000 0.2060 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2060
          06/27/14 06/30/14 06/30/14 0.0000 0.2340 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2340
          03/28/14 03/31/14 03/31/14 0.0000 0.2540 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2540
          12/20/13 12/23/13 12/23/13 0.0000 0.2023 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2023
          09/27/13 09/30/13 09/30/13 0.0000 0.2020 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2020
          06/27/13 06/28/13 06/28/13 0.0000 0.2260 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2260
          03/27/13 03/28/13 03/28/13 0.0000 0.2130 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2130
          12/20/12 12/21/12 12/21/12 0.0000 0.1992 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1992
          09/27/12 09/28/12 09/28/12 0.0000 0.1670 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1670
          06/28/12 06/29/12 06/29/12 0.0000 0.1870 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1870
          04/02/12 04/03/12 04/03/12 0.0000 0.1707 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1707
          12/21/11 12/22/11 12/22/11 0.0000 0.5725 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5725
          03/23/11 03/24/11 03/24/11 0.0000 0.0063 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0063
          12/27/10 12/28/10 12/28/10 0.0000 0.4203 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.4203
          03/19/10 03/22/10 03/22/10 0.0000 0.0123 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0123
          12/23/09 12/24/09 12/24/09 0.0000 0.6213 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.6213
          03/25/09 03/26/09 03/26/09 0.0000 0.0192 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0192
          12/19/08 12/22/08 12/22/08 0.0000 0.7000 0.0000 0.0000 1.1923 1.8923
          03/27/08 03/28/08 03/28/08 0.0000 0.0210 0.0000 0.0071 0.0281 0.0562
          12/19/07 12/20/07 12/20/07 0.0000 0.6150 0.0000 0.0539 1.2434 1.9123
          03/28/07 03/29/07 03/29/07 0.0000 0.0236 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0236
          12/20/06 12/21/06 12/21/06 0.0000 0.6140 0.0000 0.0100 1.7390 2.3630
          03/29/06 03/30/06 03/30/06 0.0000 0.0070 0.0000 0.0000 0.0440 0.0510
          12/27/05 12/28/05 12/28/05 0.0000 0.5370 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5370
          03/30/05 03/31/05 03/31/05 0.0000 0.0077 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0077
          12/22/04 12/23/04 12/23/04 0.0000 0.5115 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5115
          03/30/04 03/31/04 03/31/04 0.0000 0.0067 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0067
          12/18/03 12/19/03 12/19/03 0.0000 0.4059 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.4059
          03/25/03 03/26/03 03/26/03 0.0052 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0052
          12/16/02 12/17/02 12/17/02 0.2940 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2940
          03/27/02 03/28/02 03/28/02 0.0015 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0169
          12/18/01 12/19/01 12/19/01 0.2760 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2760
          03/27/01 03/28/01 03/28/01 0.0290 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0290
          12/19/00 12/20/00 12/20/00 0.2800 0.0000 0.4070 0.0000 0.0000 3.0830
          03/29/00 03/30/00 03/30/00 0.0060 0.0000 0.1010 0.0000 0.0000 0.4260
          12/22/99 12/23/99 12/23/99 0.2310 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5340
          03/30/99 03/31/99 03/31/99 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0030
          12/23/98 12/24/98 12/24/98 0.2270 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2940
          09/11/98 09/14/98 09/14/98 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0041
          12/26/97 12/29/97 12/29/97 0.2500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3108
          08/21/97 08/22/97 08/22/97 0.0100 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0100
          12/27/96 12/30/96 12/30/96 0.2500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2500
          12/18/95 12/19/95 12/19/95 0.3300 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3300
          08/29/95 08/30/95 08/30/95 0.0050 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0300
          12/13/94 12/14/94 12/14/94 0.2750 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2825
          08/31/94 09/01/94 09/01/94 0.0020 0.0000 0.0020 0.0000 0.0000 0.0040
          12/14/93 12/15/93 12/15/93 0.2400 0.0000 0.0450 0.0000 0.0000 0.3000
          06/22/93 06/23/93 06/24/93 0.0270 0.0000 0.0030 0.0000 0.0000 0.0300
          12/21/92 12/22/92 12/23/92 0.1000 0.0000 0.0050 0.0000 0.0000 0.1500
          09/10/92 09/11/92 09/14/92 0.0250 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0500
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