CLTIX
Catalyst/Lyons Tactical Allocation Fund
MUTUAL FUND SERIES TRUST
Expense ratio1
1.28%
Net assets2
$16.26M
Holdings2
24
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
15.57%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Nov. 5, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund?s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by combining a tactical allocation process intended to offer downside protection during significant market declines, with individual stock selection. Lyons Wealth Management, LLC, the Fund?s investment sub-advisor (the ?Sub-Advisor?), uses a proprietary quantitative risk model that seeks to remain fully invested in equities continuously during bull market conditions, and to shift defensive only during sustained periods of heightened equity market risk. This binary model is intended to identify extended time periods during which risk levels are anticipated to remain either acceptable for owning stocks or elevated above the expected reward. Asset allocation between stocks or bonds is determined monthly based on the risk model?s binary output. A positive reading generally indicates that … The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by combining a tactical allocation process intended to offer downside protection during significant market declines, with individual stock selection. Lyons Wealth Management, LLC, the Fund?s investment sub-advisor (the ?Sub-Advisor?), uses a proprietary quantitative risk model that seeks to remain fully invested in equities continuously during bull market conditions, and to shift defensive only during sustained periods of heightened equity market risk. This binary model is intended to identify extended time periods during which risk levels are anticipated to remain either acceptable for owning stocks or elevated above the expected reward. Asset allocation between stocks or bonds is determined monthly based on the risk model?s binary output. A positive reading generally indicates that long-term market risk remains at a level the Sub-Advisor believes is currently acceptable for owning stocks, and results in a portfolio allocation to equities. A negative reading indicates that market risk has reached levels the Sub-Advisor believes are typically indicative of long-term, significant market declines, and results in a portfolio shift to fixed income securities. The portfolio may shift allocation at any point during the quarter, but generally reallocation only occurs upon the systematic month-end signal readings. The Sub-Advisor anticipates that the model may sustain a given signal for extended periods of time, potentially for multi-year periods. The Fund?s default allocation is to equities. While maintaining equity exposure, the Sub-Advisor invests in a concentrated portfolio of stocks selected for earnings efficiency, company strength, and relative value. Stock selection is based on the Sub-Advisor?s proprietary ranking model that ranks stocks according to fundamental criteria. The Fund invests in U.S. listed mid-cap, large-cap and mega-cap companies. While maintaining an equity allocation, the Fund is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. The Fund?s defensive portfolio consists of fixed income securities. Securities are selected for investment based on yields, prices, yield to maturity, duration and risk. The Fund may invest in domestic, investment-grade fixed income securities of any duration and maturity, but it generally will invest in short-term and intermediate-term U.S. Treasury bills and notes with one to ten years to maturity at the time of issuance. These fixed income positions are sold when the risk model produces a positive signal, and a new equity portfolio is established based on an updated stock selection model ranking.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO $1.36M 8.36%
KLA CORP $1.11M 6.83%
HCA HEALTHCARE INC $810.19K 4.98%
APPLE INC $772.79K 4.75%
AUTOZONE INC $770.13K 4.74%
MARRIOTT INTL-A $761.09K 4.68%
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC $754.86K 4.64%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP $738.47K 4.54%
META PLATFORMS INC CL A $717.45K 4.41%
ALPHABET INC CL A $716.31K 4.41%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
0
Exited
2
Increased
0
Decreased
7
Unchanged
17

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of November 5, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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