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FULLERTHALER BEHAVIORAL SMALL CAP EQUITY
Capitol Series Trust
Expense ratio1
0.64%
Net assets2
$11.18B
Holdings2
118
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
12.14%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 2, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The FullerThaler Behavioral Small-Cap Equity Fund (the ?Small-Cap Equity Fund? or the ?Fund?) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of small capitalization (?small-cap?) companies based in the U.S. (?80% Policy?). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days? prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines … Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks of small capitalization (?small-cap?) companies based in the U.S. (?80% Policy?). The Fund must provide shareholders with 60 days? prior written notice if it changes its 80% Policy. The Fund considers a company to be based in the U.S. if it is publicly traded in the U.S. and it satisfies one or more of the following additional criteria: it is incorporated in the U.S., it is headquartered in the U.S., its reported assets are primarily located in the U.S., or it derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. The Fund defines small-cap companies as companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than or equal to the largest company in the Russell 2000 Index, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (?NYSE?), NYSE American LLC, Nasdaq Global Market , Nasdaq Capital Market , or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Under the Adviser?s market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of a small cap company would be $25.19 billion or below. This dollar amount will change due to market conditions. The size of the companies included in the Russell 2000 Index will change as a result of market conditions and reconstitution of the Index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by building a diversified portfolio of U.S. stocks in a disciplined process that applies the proprietary research of FullerThaler, the Fund?s investment adviser, on the behavioral biases of other investors. FullerThaler?s investment process is based on decades of research into behavioral finance. Behavioral finance is the study of how investors actually behave, as opposed to how they should behave, when making investment decisions. Professional investors are human, and like all humans, they make mistakes. Investors make mistakes because they have emotions, use imperfect rules of thumb, and have priorities beyond risk and return. FullerThaler?s process identifies and exploits those mistakes. The Adviser?s analysis includes making educated predictions of when other investors the ?market? have likely made a behavioral mistake, and in turn, have created a buying opportunity. There are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction. Investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic) that may present opportunities in typically value-oriented stocks, or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention) that may present opportunities in typically growth-oriented stocks. At the individual stock level, FullerThaler searches for events related to insider buying, earnings announcements, and other news that suggest these types of investor misbehavior (over-reaction or under-reaction) and draws from its more than 30 years of experience in analyzing events that suggest investor misbehavior. If these behaviors are present, FullerThaler then proceeds to its fundamental analysis of the company. In summary, if an investor mistake is likely and the company has solid fundamentals, the portfolio managers buy the stock. The portfolio managers generally sell when they believe investor misbehavior has reversed or the firm?s fundamentals deteriorate. There is no set length of time that the Fund expects to hold a particular security. The Fund seeks to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 2000 Index (?Performance Benchmark?). The Fund does not intend to deliver similar risk characteristics to the Russell 1000 Equal Weight Index which is a benchmark only for regulatory purposes (?Regulatory Benchmark?). The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in real estate investment trusts (?REITs?) and Exchange Traded Funds (?ETFs?) whose investment characteristics are consistent with the Fund?s principal investment strategy. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that generally invest in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. The Fund will generally invest in liquid REITs that are included in the Russell 2000 Index, the Fund?s benchmark index. An ETF is a marketable security that typically tracks a stock index or other basket of assets. Although similar in many ways, ETFs differ from mutual funds because ETF shares trade like common stock on an exchange, with a fluctuating price throughout the day as shares are bought and sold. The Fund may also lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Fund?s Board. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by liquid securities and cash. The Fund may invest cash collateral received in securities consistent with its principal investment strategy. The Fund may invest in multiple sectors, and may concentrate its investments in a particular sector by investing greater than 25% of the Fund?s total assets in such sector when its Behavioral Strategy indicates that such concentration would be appropriate from an investment perspective. The Fund does not have a pre-conceived intention to invest in any particular sector. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its net assets in any particular ?industry? as that term is used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund expects to hold individual position sizes typically ranging up to 5% of the Fund?s net assets. Before trading, the portfolio managers review the portfolio?s characteristics relative to its benchmark, and may adjust position sizes to control exposures to sectors, volatility in relation to the market, and other characteristics.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
MONEY MARKET FUND FRGXX $638.31M 5.71%
ALLISON TRANSMISSION HLDGS INC $332.05M 2.97%
PRIMORIS SVCS CORP $305.99M 2.74%
JAZZ PHARMACEUTI $302.70M 2.71%
EXELIXIS INC $302.29M 2.70%
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC $298.84M 2.67%
MATCH GROUP INC $227.06M 2.03%
BORGWARNER INC $211.15M 1.89%
CIRRUS LOGIC INC $211.14M 1.89%
ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP $205.48M 1.84%
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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
7
Exited
8
Increased
35
Decreased
29
Unchanged
47

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 February 2, 2026, 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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