VIP Growth and Income Portfolio
Variable Insurance Products Fund III
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$2.64B
Holdings1
174
Category
US Equity
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 18, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. VIP Growth & Income Portfolio seeks high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. Normally investing a majority of assets in common stocks with a focus on those that pay current dividends and show potential for capital appreciation. Potentially investing in bonds, including lower-quality debt securities (those of less than investment-grade quality, also referred to as high yield debt securities or junk bonds), as well as stocks that are not currently paying dividends, but offer prospects for future income or capital appreciation. Investing in domestic and foreign issuers. Investing in either "growth" stocks or "value" stocks or both. 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. Effective December 11, 2025, normally investing at least 80% of assets in … Normally investing a majority of assets in common stocks with a focus on those that pay current dividends and show potential for capital appreciation. Potentially investing in bonds, including lower-quality debt securities (those of less than investment-grade quality, also referred to as high yield debt securities or junk bonds), as well as stocks that are not currently paying dividends, but offer prospects for future income or capital appreciation. Investing in domestic and foreign issuers. Investing in either "growth" stocks or "value" stocks or both. 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. Effective December 11, 2025, normally investing at least 80% of assets in a combination of securities of growth companies and income-producing securities. Growth companies are companies the Adviser believes have above average growth potential. The Adviser considers a number of factors in determining a company's growth potential, such as whether the company is included in a third-party growth benchmark or classified as a growth company by a third-party vendor, if the company's projected earnings per share growth, sales growth per share or free cash flow growth or its trailing earnings per share growth is above the equity market median, if the company's research and development expenses exceed sales, general and administrative expenses, or if the company is raising capital to grow, fund or expand its business. A company's growth potential can be determined under any of these factors. Income-producing securities are securities that pay, or are expected to pay within the next three months, dividends or interest. 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.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
MICROSOFT CORP $150.81M 5.71%
EXXON MOBIL CORP $148.66M 5.63%
Fidelity Cash Central Fund $129.10M 4.89%
WELLS FARGO & CO $125.65M 4.76%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund $109.87M 4.16%
NVIDIA CORP $105.07M 3.98%
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO $99.50M 3.77%
GE VERNOVA LLC $89.38M 3.38%
APPLE INC $82.43M 3.12%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION $76.53M 2.90%
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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
13
Exited
13
Increased
51
Decreased
63
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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Advisers

As of December 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. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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