Product Facts
| Ticker Symbol | VYSYX |
| CUSIP | 92918A881 |
| Inception Date | April 15, 1994 |
| Dividends Paid | Annually |
| Min. Initial Investment | $1,000.00 |
About this Product
- A small cap portfolio of quality companies with strong potential to out-perform their peers, with no static style or factor biases
- Applies machine learning models to evaluate financial, fundamental and ESG characteristics of over 2,000 companies to form a deep, holistic view of each stock (without emotional biases)
- Team has more than a decade working together, focused on delivering consistent outperformance with low correlation to most investment strategies
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks growth of capital primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of common stock of companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns %
As of May 31, 2025
As of March 31, 2025
| Most Recent Month End | YTD | 1 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 10 YR | Expense Ratios | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross | Net | ||||||
| Net Asset Value | -5.49 | +4.23 | +5.06 | +9.87 | +5.91 | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| With Sales Charge | -10.89 | -1.74 | +3.00 | +8.58 | +5.28 | ||
| Net Asset Value | -5.78 | +2.72 | +2.42 | +13.93 | +5.85 | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| With Sales Charge | -11.16 | -3.18 | +0.43 | +12.59 | +5.22 | ||
| Russell 2000 Index | -6.85 | +1.19 | +5.03 | +9.64 | +6.64 | — | — |
| Russell 2000 Index | -9.48 | -4.01 | +0.52 | +13.27 | +6.30 | — | — |
Inception Date - Class A: April 15, 1994
Current Maximum Sales Charge: 5.75%
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See above "Average Annual Total Returns %" for performance information current to the most recent month-end.
Returns for the other share classes will vary due to different charges and expenses. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.
Total investment return at net asset value has been calculated assuming a purchase at net asset value at the beginning of the period and a sale at net asset value at the end of the period; and assumes reinvestment of dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions/allocations, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the dividend reinvestment plan. Net asset value equals total Fund assets net of Fund expenses such as operating costs and management fees. Total investment return at net asset value is not annualized for periods less than one year.
The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of smaller U.S. companies. It is a small-cap stock market index that makes up the smallest 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Returns-Based Characteristics
As of May 31, 2025
| 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Alpha: A measure of risk-adjusted performance; alpha reflects the difference between a portfolio's actual return and the return that could be expected give its risk as measured by beta. | 0.04 | 0.63 | -0.50 |
| Beta Beta: The sensitivity of a portfolio's returns to changes in the return of the market as measured by the index or benchmark that represents the market. A portfolio with a beta of 1.0 behaves exactly like the index. A beta less than 1.0 suggests lower risk than the index, while a beta greater than 1.0 indicates a risk level higher than the index. | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.95 |
| R2 R2: The proportion of the variation in a portfolio's returns that can be explained by the variability of the returns of an index. High R-squared (close to 1.0) is usually consistent with broad diversification. | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.96 |
| Sharpe Ratio Sharpe Ratio: A risk-adjusted measure calculated using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance. | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.19 |
| Standard Deviation Standard Deviation: A measure of the degree to which an individual probability value varies from the distribution mean. The higher the number, the greater the risk. | 22.36 | 20.77 | 20.37 |
Growth of a $10,000 Investment
For the period 06/30/2015 through 05/31/2025
Ending Value: $17,751.00
The performance quoted in the "Growth of a $10,000 Investment" chart represents past performance. Performance shown is without sales charges; had sales charges been deducted, performance would have been less. Ending value includes reinvestment of distributions.
Portfolio
Portfolio Statistics
As of May 31, 2025
| Number of Holdings Number of Holdings: Number of Holdings in the investment. | 181 |
| P/E next 12 months P/E: P/E (next 12 months) calculates the price of a stock divided by its earnings per share. | 18.78 |
| P/B trailing 12 months P/B: Price to book ratio (trailing 12 month) calculates the ratio of a stock’s price to its book value. | 2.71 |
| Weighted Average Market Cap millions Weighted Average Market Cap: Weighted Average Market Capitalization is the value of a corporation as determined by the market price of its issued and outstanding common stock. | $3,718.6 |
| EPS Growth (3-5 Year Estimate) EPS Growth (3-5 Year Estimate): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. EPS growth serves as an indicator of a company's profitability. | 11.30 |
| Active Share Active Share: Active Share is a measure of the percentage of stock holdings in a manager's portfolio that differ from the benchmark index. | 85.80 |
| Price to Cash Flow Price to Cash Flow: The ratio of a stock’s price to its cash flow per share. The price-to-cash flow ratio is an indicator of a stock’s valuation | 15.49 |
| ROA % ROA: ROA is an indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. ROA gives an idea as to how efficient management is at using its assets to generate earnings. | 2.14 |
| Total |
Top Holdings
% of Total Investments as of May 31, 2025
| Box, Inc. | 2.01 |
| First Bancorp | 1.79 |
| QIAGEN NV | 1.64 |
| AvePoint, Inc. | 1.45 |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | 1.42 |
| Hancock Whitney Corporation | 1.37 |
| Element Solutions Inc | 1.31 |
| Flowserve Corporation | 1.28 |
| nVent Electric plc | 1.21 |
| Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. | 1.07 |
| Total | #,###.2 |
Sector Weightings
% of Total Investments as of May 31, 2025
| FINANCIALS | 21.32 |
| INDUSTRIALS | 20.69 |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 17.01 |
| HEALTH CARE | 15.17 |
| REAL ESTATE | 6.21 |
| CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | 4.74 |
| MATERIALS | 3.74 |
| UTILITIES | 3.50 |
| ENERGY | 3.34 |
| COMMUNICATION SERVICES | 3.04 |
| CONSUMER STAPLES | 1.23 |
| Total | #,###.2 |
Information provided is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Portfolio data is subject to daily change.
Ratings
Distributions
Payment Frequency: Annually
| Ex-Date
Ex-Date: Date on which a stock begins trading without the benefit of the dividend. Typically, a stock’s price moves up by the dollar amount of the dividend as the ex-dividend date approaches, then falls by the amount of the dividend after that date. | Payable Date
Payable Date: Date on which a declared stock dividend or a bond interest payment is scheduled to be paid. | Record Date
Record Date: Date on which a shareholder must officially own shares in order to be entitled to a dividend. After the date of record, the stock is said to be ex-dividend. | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Dividend | 12/12/2024 | 12/13/2024 | 12/11/2024 | $0.243200 |
| Short-Term Capital Gain | 12/12/2024 | 12/13/2024 | 12/11/2024 | $1.494600 |
| Long-Term Capital Gain | 12/12/2024 | 12/13/2024 | 12/11/2024 | $0.151200 |
| Totals: $1.889000 | ||||
Income Dividend: Payout to shareholders of interest, dividends, or other income received by the Fund, net of operating expenses. By law, all such income must be distributed to shareholders, who may choose to take the money in cash or reinvest it in more shares of the Fund.
Short-Term Capital Gain: The profit realized from the sale of securities held for less than one year.
Long-Term Capital Gain: Gain on the sale of a security where the holding period was 12 months or more and the profit was subject to the long-term capital gains tax.
Investment Team
Portfolio Management Team
Voya Investments, LLC
Investment Adviser
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Investment Sub-Adviser
Vincent Costa, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Equities
Years of Experience: 40
Years with Voya: 19
Gareth Shepherd, PhD, CFA
Co-head Voya Machine Intelligence, Portfolio Manager
Years of Experience: 27
Years with Voya: 5
Russell Shtern, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Voya Machine Intelligence
Years of Experience: 25
Years with Voya: 3
Disclosures
Principal Risks
All investing involves risks of fluctuating prices and the uncertainties of rates of return and yield inherent in investing. You could lose money on your investment and any of the following risks, among others, could affect investment performance. The following principal risks are presented in alphabetical order which does not imply order of importance or likelihood: Company; Currency; Derivative Instruments; Environmental, Social, and Governance (Equity); Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments; Growth Investing; Investment Model; Liquidity; Market; Market Disruption and Geopolitical; Other Investment Companies; Portfolio Turnover; Real Estate Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts; Securities Lending; Small-Capitalization Company; Value Investing. Investors should consult the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a more detailed discussion of the Fund’s risks.
Artificial intelligence (AI) including natural language processing, machine learning, and other forms of AI may pose inherent risks, including but not limited to: issues with data privacy, intellectual property, consumer protection, and anti-discrimination laws; ethics and transparency concerns; information security issues; the potential for unfair bias and discrimination; quality and accuracy of inputs and outputs; technical failures and potential misuse. Reliance on information produced using AI-based technology and tools should factor in these risks.
The Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) team employs a proprietary machine learning approach to identify and exploit persistent patterns in company data. The approach leverages (non-linear) machine learning ("ML") models for fundamental analysis. The ML models employed do not utilize generative AI algorithms.
The fund discussed may be available to you as part of your employer sponsored retirement plan. There may be additional plan level fees resulting in personal performance that varies from stated performance. Please call your benefits office for more information.