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Why invest in this Fund?

The fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of small-cap U.S. companies. The fund currently considers small-cap companies to be those with total market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, that are equal to or less than the total market capitalization of the largest company included in the Russell 2000 Value Index.

Min. Class Investment
$1,000
Class Inception Date
02/01/00
Class Status
Not available for purchase by individual investors.
Fund Assets
$55,325,212  As of  08/25/25
Class Assets
$28,315,772  As of  08/25/25
Portfolio Turnover Rate
44.75% As of fiscal year end  09/30/24
Morningstar Category
Small Value
Benchmark
Russell 2000® Value Index
Morningstar Overall Rating
Fund Holdings
114 As of 07/31/25

Morningstar Rating™ as of July 31, 2025 for the Class I class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Small Value category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 4 Stars (477 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (477 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (448 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (372 funds rated).

Portfolio Managers

  • Andrew Leger

    Andrew Leger

    Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC

    Managing Fund Since 2021

    Joined Firm in 2014

    Joined Industry in 1998

  • Gregory P.  Manley

    Gregory P. Manley

    Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC

    Managing Fund Since July 2025

    Joined Firm in February 2025

    Joined Industry in 2000


Total Returns

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 Small Cap Value Fund
STSVX
14.24 3.56 3.14 4.40 12.26 7.73 10.21
Russell 2000® Value Index
11.29 -1.45 -4.27 4.80 12.41 7.20 -
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 Small Cap Value Fund
STSVX
8.91 2.30 10.25 6.72 12.48 7.35 10.19
Russell 2000® Value Index
4.97 -3.16 5.54 7.45 12.47 6.72 -

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.

Part of the fund’s recent performance is attributable to positive returns from its initial public offering (IPO) investments.  There can be no guarantee that IPOs will have or continue to have a positive effect on fund performance. Currently, the fund is relatively small in asset size.  IPOs tend to have a reduced effect on performance as a fund’s asset base grows.

The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies that are considered more value-oriented relative to the overall market as defined by Russell's leading style methodology. The Russell 2000® Value Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the small-cap value segment. The index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set and that the represented companies continue to reflect value characteristics. 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

    Not available for purchase by individual investors.

     

    Yearly Total Return

    Investment return fluctuates and past performance is no guarantee of future results.


    Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

    As of  01/31/25 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
    Management Fee 0.80%
    Administration Fee 0.06%
    Other Expenses 0.25%
    Total Expenses 1.11%
    Expenses Reimbursed 0.15%
    Net Expenses 0.96%
    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 to waive receipt of a portion of its management fee in the amount of .15% of the value of the fund's average daily net assets until January 31, 2026. On or after January 31, 2026, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. may terminate this waiver agreement at any time.

    Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

    The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYIA). BNYIA has engaged its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. NIMNA has entered into a sub-sub-investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), to enable NIM to provide certain advisory services to NIMNA for the benefit of the fund.

    Andrew Leger and Gregory P. Manley, CFA, are the fund's primary portfolio managers and are jointly and primarily responsible for managing the fund's portfolio. Mr. Leger has been a portfolio manager of the fund since September 2021 and is a portfolio manager at NIMNA. He has been employed by NIMNA or a predecessor company of NIMNA since 2014. Mr. Manley has been a portfolio manager of the fund since July 2025 and is a portfolio manager at NIMNA. He has been employed by NIMNA since February 2025.

    Top Holdings

    As of 07/31/25

    Asset Allocation


        Daily Statistics

        As of 08/25/25 Name NAV Change 11/25/24  12 Month 
        High Nav
        04/08/25  12 Month 
        Low Nav
        YTD Return
        STSVX
        $19.86
        -$0.11
        -0.55%
        $23.00 $14.79 9.25%

        Performance Metrics

        Overall Morningstar Rating


        MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Small Value


        Morningstar Rating™ as of 07/31/25 for the Class I shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Small Value. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 4 Stars (477 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 3 Stars (477 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 3 Stars (448 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (372 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
          193 out of 1007
        • 3 Year
          788 out of 955
        • 5 Year
          346 out of 915
        • 10 Year
          299 out of 696

        LIPPER CLASSIFICATION Small-Cap Core Funds


        Lipper Category returns and rankings as of 07/31/25, 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.

        Risk Metrics

        As of  07/31/25  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
        STSVX
        19.76 -11.64 1.07 66.55 0.07

        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
        Sep 30
        Annualized Distribution Rate
        %
        As of 
        Year Dividend ($) Capital Gains ($)
        2024 0.3336 2.5004
        2023 0.1760 0.7764
        2022 0.0528 1.6966
        2021 0.0424 2.9141
        2020 0.1623 0.0000
        2019 0.1580 1.5173
        2018 0.0956 2.7364
        2017 0.0981 4.0429
        2016 0.1031 1.9132
        2015 0.1708 1.8265

        There is no guarantee that the fund will distribute any level annually. Capital gains may be short-term, long-term, or both.

        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
        12/16/24 12/17/24 12/17/24 0.0000 0.3336 0.0000 0.0000 2.5004 2.8340
        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
        12/15/23 12/18/23 12/18/23 0.0000 0.1760 0.0000 0.0000 0.7764 0.9524
        12/16/22 12/19/22 12/19/22 0.0000 0.0528 0.0000 0.0000 1.6966 1.7494
        12/17/21 12/20/21 12/20/21 0.0311 0.0113 0.7143 0.2595 1.9403 2.9565
        12/17/20 12/18/20 12/18/20 0.0000 0.1623 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1623
        12/18/19 12/19/19 12/19/19 0.0000 0.1580 0.0000 0.0168 1.5005 1.6753
        12/18/18 12/19/18 12/19/18 0.0032 0.0924 0.0081 0.2361 2.4922 2.8320
        12/20/17 12/21/17 12/21/17 0.0682 0.0299 0.7257 0.3177 2.9995 4.1410
        12/20/16 12/21/16 12/21/16 0.0000 0.1031 0.0000 0.0549 1.8583 2.0163
        12/21/15 12/22/15 12/22/15 0.0000 0.1708 0.0000 0.0000 1.8265 1.9973
        12/12/14 12/15/14 12/15/14 0.0847 0.0480 0.5047 0.2857 4.9768 5.8999
        12/13/13 12/16/13 12/16/13 0.0751 0.0166 1.7027 0.3765 3.6427 5.8136
        12/28/12 12/31/12 12/31/12 0.0000 0.0172 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0172
        12/12/12 12/13/12 12/13/12 0.0000 0.2020 0.0000 0.0039 0.2156 0.4215
        12/16/11 12/19/11 12/19/11 0.0000 0.0920 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0920
        12/16/10 12/17/10 12/17/10 0.0000 0.1042 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1042
        12/17/09 12/18/09 12/18/09 0.0000 0.0550 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0550
        06/23/09 06/24/09 06/24/09 0.0000 0.0190 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0190
        12/12/08 12/15/08 12/15/08 0.0000 0.0940 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0940
        06/23/08 06/24/08 06/24/08 0.0003 0.0997 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1000
        12/13/07 12/14/07 12/17/07 0.0530 0.0391 0.1944 0.1434 1.1169 1.5467
        06/27/07 06/28/07 06/29/07 0.0000 0.0500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0500
        12/13/06 12/14/06 12/15/06 0.0354 0.0073 0.4572 0.0937 0.4357 1.0292
        06/27/06 06/28/06 06/30/06 0.0000 0.0200 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0200
        12/13/05 12/14/05 12/15/05 0.0003 0.0082 0.0206 0.4944 0.9712 1.4948
        12/09/04 12/10/04 12/10/04 0.0000 0.0000 1.9776 0.0000 1.6922 3.6698
        12/09/03 12/10/03 12/10/03 0.0000 0.0000 0.9178 0.0000 0.8787 1.7965
        12/05/02 12/06/02 12/06/02 0.0220 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0386
        12/04/01 12/05/01 12/05/01 0.0385 0.0000 0.2200 0.0000 0.0000 0.3630
        06/26/01 06/27/01 06/27/01 0.0500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0500
        12/04/00 12/05/00 12/05/00 0.0087 0.0000 0.1772 0.0000 0.0000 0.5072
        06/27/00 06/28/00 06/28/00 0.0200 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0200
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