GBAYX
Balanced Allocation Fund
GuideStone Funds
Fund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.73%
Net assets2
$1.27B
Holdings2
15
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
12.79%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Balanced Allocation Fund seeks moderate capital appreciation with current income.

Strategy. ? The Fund, primarily through investments in the GuideStone Funds Select Funds (Select Funds), combines approximately equal percentages of fixed income securities with equity securities. ? The Adviser uses the following potential ranges in allocating the Funds assets among the Select Funds. Asset Class (1) Range Fixed Income (2)(3) 35-60% Equities (4) 40-65% Real Assets (2) 0-15% Alternatives (2) 0-15% (1) All asset classes include a fund or funds which may invest a portion of its or their assets in derivatives. (2) These allocations may include investment grade and below-investment grade fixed income securities (i.e., high yield securities or junk bonds) and foreign and domestic investments. (3) The Fixed Income asset class may include impact-related investments. (4) The Equities asset … ? The Fund, primarily through investments in the GuideStone Funds Select Funds (Select Funds), combines approximately equal percentages of fixed income securities with equity securities. ? The Adviser uses the following potential ranges in allocating the Funds assets among the Select Funds. Asset Class (1) Range Fixed Income (2)(3) 35-60% Equities (4) 40-65% Real Assets (2) 0-15% Alternatives (2) 0-15% (1) All asset classes include a fund or funds which may invest a portion of its or their assets in derivatives. (2) These allocations may include investment grade and below-investment grade fixed income securities (i.e., high yield securities or junk bonds) and foreign and domestic investments. (3) The Fixed Income asset class may include impact-related investments. (4) The Equities asset class may include impact-related investments and a fund which may invest a portion of its assets in fixed income and convertible securities. ? The Adviser may change the allocation ranges from time to time and may add or eliminate new or existing Select Funds without shareholder approval. ? The asset classes in which the Fund may invest through the Select Funds generally are divided into: ? Equity securities (such as common and preferred stock of U.S. companies and foreign companies, including those located in developed and emerging markets, of any sizes and employing both growth and value investment styles); ? Fixed income securities (such as debt instruments issued by the U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities and foreign governments, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, domestic and foreign investment grade securities and below-investment grade securities ( i.e., high yield securities or junk bonds) and short-term investments such as money market instruments); ? Real assets (such as inflation-indexed bonds, real estate-related securities and equity securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs)); and ? Alternative investments and investment strategies with lower correlation to equity and fixed income markets (such as long-short equity strategies that employ short sales of stocks, options equity strategies, currency trading strategies, global macro strategies, relative value strategies, opportunistic fixed income strategies and/or strategies that invest in below-investment grade securities ( i.e., high yield securities or junk bonds) and emerging market debt securities). These strategies employ derivative instruments such as options ( e.g., equity index options), forwards ( e.g., currency exchange contracts), swaps and futures. ? The Fund may invest to a lesser extent in investments with the intention of generating positive impact in accordance with the Advisers Christian values, alongside financial returns, to effectively promote the Advisers impact themes of Sanctity of Life and Spreading of the Gospel, Human Dignity and Advancement and Stewardship of Gods Creation. ? The Fund will rebalance its assets from time to time to adjust for changes in the values of the underlying Select Funds and changes to the allocation targets. ? In accordance with the Advisers Christian values, the Fund and the Select Funds do not invest in any company that is publicly recognized (as determined by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (GuideStone Financial Resources)) for offering products or services that are incompatible with the Christian values of GuideStone Financial Resources, including, but not limited to, those involving abortion, sexual immorality, alcohol, tobacco or gambling.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
GUIDESTONE MEDIUM-DURATIO GMDYX $379.28M 29.87%
GUIDESTONE INTL. EQTY. FU GIEYX $130.53M 10.28%
GUIDESTONE DEFENSIVE MKT. GDMYX $109.43M 8.62%
GUIDESTONE GBL. BD. FUND GGBEX $104.68M 8.24%
GS GRTHEQ INDEX INS CLASS GEIYX $100.90M 7.95%
GS VAL EQ INDEX INS CLASS GVIYX $86.50M 6.81%
GUIDESTONE GROWTH EQTY. F GGEYX $68.05M 5.36%
GUIDESTONE VALUE EQTY. F GVEYX $53.19M 4.19%
GUIDESTONE LOW DURATION B GLDYX $52.10M 4.10%
GUIDESTONE EMG. MKT. EQT GEMYX $51.99M 4.09%
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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
0
Increased
2
Decreased
13
Unchanged
0

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 December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC Sub-adviser
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 29, 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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