FAFDX
Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VII
Expense ratio1
1.00%
Net assets2
$720.13M
Holdings2
66
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
2.05%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Sept. 24, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. Fidelity Advisor Financials Fund seeks capital appreciation.

Strategy. Normally investing primarily in common stocks. Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in providing financial services to consumers and industry. These companies may include, for example, investment banks; brokerage and asset management firms; companies providing life, health, and/or property and casualty insurance; commercial banks; financial institutions providing mortgages and mortgage-related services, including mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs); providers of personal loans and other consumer payment and finance services; credit agencies; stock exchanges; investment management firms; institutions providing custody services; and reinsurance companies. Fidelity may consider a company to be principally engaged in the designated business activity or activities based on: (i) the level of a company's assets, income, sales, or profits that … Normally investing primarily in common stocks. Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in providing financial services to consumers and industry. These companies may include, for example, investment banks; brokerage and asset management firms; companies providing life, health, and/or property and casualty insurance; commercial banks; financial institutions providing mortgages and mortgage-related services, including mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs); providers of personal loans and other consumer payment and finance services; credit agencies; stock exchanges; investment management firms; institutions providing custody services; and reinsurance companies. Fidelity may consider a company to be principally engaged in the designated business activity or activities based on: (i) the level of a company's assets, income, sales, or profits that are committed to, derived from, or related to the designated business activity or activities, or (ii) whether a third party has given the company an industry or sector classification consistent with the designated business activity or activities. Whether a company is principally engaged in the designated business activity or activities can be determined under any of these factors. Effective December 11, 2025, derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to the investments above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments are included in the fund's 80% policy, consistent with the fund's investment policies and limitations with respect to investments in derivatives. Investing in domestic and foreign issuers. Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
MASTERCARD INC CL A $63.79M 8.86%
WELLS FARGO & CO $48.82M 6.78%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION $42.49M 5.90%
CITIGROUP INC $26.00M 3.61%
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA $24.94M 3.46%
SCHWAB CHARLES CORP $23.62M 3.28%
STATE STREET CORP $23.06M 3.20%
MORGAN STANLEY $19.21M 2.67%
CHUBB LTD $18.70M 2.60%
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC $17.99M 2.50%
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Allocation by sector

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

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
0
Increased
6
Decreased
44
Unchanged
14

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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Advisers

As of July 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of September 24, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 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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