Investment objective & strategy
As of April 23, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities; and may invest up to 25% of its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments. We may invest in the equity securities of companies of any market capitalization. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for robust sales and earnings growth rates, that enjoy a competitive advantage and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders. Furthermore, we seek to identify companies that embrace innovation and foster disruption using technology to maximize efficiencies, gain pricing advantages, and take market share from competitors. We believe … Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities; and may invest up to 25% of its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and similar investments. We may invest in the equity securities of companies of any market capitalization. We seek to identify companies that have the prospect for robust sales and earnings growth rates, that enjoy a competitive advantage and that we believe have effective management with a history of making investments that are in the best interests of shareholders. Furthermore, we seek to identify companies that embrace innovation and foster disruption using technology to maximize efficiencies, gain pricing advantages, and take market share from competitors. We believe innovation found in companies on the right side of change are benefiting from technological, demographic, lifestyle and environmental trends, and are often mispriced in todays public equity markets. This mispricing is a key inefficiency that the team seeks to exploit through intensive fundamental research. We pay particular attention to how management teams allocate capital in order to drive future cash flow; this includes the allocation of human capital, financial capital, and social capital. We believe successful allocation of such resources has a correlation with key indicators of future performance. Price objectives are determined based on industry-specific valuation methodologies, including relative price-to-earnings multiples, price-to-book value, operating profit margin trends, enterprise value to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and free cash flow yield. Portfolio holdings are continuously monitored for changes in fundamentals. The team seeks a favorable risk/reward relationship to fair valuation, which we define as the value of the company (i.e., our price target for the stock) relative to where the stock is currently trading. We may invest in any sector, and at times the Fund may emphasize one or more particular sectors. We may choose to sell a holding when it no longer offers favorable growth prospects, reaches our target price, or to take advantage of a better investment opportunity.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $4.43M | 9.53% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $3.07M | 6.60% |
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $2.65M | 5.70% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $2.33M | 5.02% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $2.13M | 4.58% |
| LILLY ELI and CO | — | $1.39M | 2.99% |
| TAIWAN SEMIC MFG CO LTD SP ADR | — | $1.03M | 2.21% |
| ALLSPRING GOVERNMENT MONEY MAR | — | $1.01M | 2.18% |
| UL SOLUTIONS INC CL A | — | $929.70K | 2.00% |
| JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC | — | $872.26K | 1.88% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How 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.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| Allspring Growth Fund · WGFCX, SGRAX, SGRKX, SGRNX, SGRHX | 85% | 0.70% |
| Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund · EKJAX, EKJCX, EKJYX, WFPDX, EKJFX | 76% | 0.65% |
| Franklin Focused Growth ETF | 53% | 0.55% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Allspring Funds Management, LLC | Adviser |
| Allspring Global Investments, LLC | Sub-adviser |
Footnotes
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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