TRIFX
Catalyst/SMH Total Return Income Fund
MUTUAL FUND SERIES TRUST
Expense ratio1
2.20%
Net assets2
$20.21M
Holdings2
50
Category
Allocation
2025 return3
6.04%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Nov. 5, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund?s investment objective is income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. Normally, the Fund invests primarily in a broad range of income-producing securities. These include equity securities, such as dividend-paying common stocks and REITs, and debt securities, such as interest-paying bonds and convertible bonds. The Fund may also invest in preferred stock, master limited partnerships (?MLPs?), and bank notes. The composition of the Fund?s investments in equity, debt, and cash or money market instruments may vary substantially depending on various factors, including market conditions. Generally, at least 30% of the Fund?s assets is invested in equity securities. Subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ?1940 Act?), the Fund may invest in other investment companies (?acquired funds?), including business development companies (?BDCs?) and other closed-end … Normally, the Fund invests primarily in a broad range of income-producing securities. These include equity securities, such as dividend-paying common stocks and REITs, and debt securities, such as interest-paying bonds and convertible bonds. The Fund may also invest in preferred stock, master limited partnerships (?MLPs?), and bank notes. The composition of the Fund?s investments in equity, debt, and cash or money market instruments may vary substantially depending on various factors, including market conditions. Generally, at least 30% of the Fund?s assets is invested in equity securities. Subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ?1940 Act?), the Fund may invest in other investment companies (?acquired funds?), including business development companies (?BDCs?) and other closed-end funds, and exchange-traded funds (?ETFs?). The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, but generally focuses on stocks with capitalization between $500 million and $10 billion. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States, including, without limitation, sponsored American Depositary Receipts (?ADRs?). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in debt securities of non-U.S. issuers. In addition, the Fund may invest, without limitation, in lower quality, higher yielding debt securities (rated Ba or lower by Moody?s Investors Service or BB or lower by S&P Global Ratings, or unrated but determined by the Fund?s sub-advisor, SMH Capital Advisors, LLC (the ?Sub-Advisor?) to be of equivalent quality), also known as ?junk bonds.? While there are no restrictions on maturity, the bonds in the Fund?s portfolio generally have an average maturity of less than ten years. The Sub-Advisor seeks to invest in attractively valued securities that, in its opinion, represent above-average long-term investment opportunities. The Sub-Advisor seeks investments with yields above the market average and generally focuses on value-oriented securities those with low price to sales, price to book, and price to earnings ratios relative to their growth rates. Securities may be sold when the Sub-Advisor believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities. The Fund is classified as ?non-diversified? for purposes of the 1940 Act, which means that it is not limited by the 1940 Act with regard to the portion of its assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer. Distribution Policy : The Fund?s distribution policy is to make twelve monthly distributions to shareholders. The Fund may, at the discretion of management, target a specific level of monthly distributions (including any return of capital) from time to time. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. For more information about the Fund?s distribution policy, please turn to ?Additional Information About the Fund?s Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks Principal Investment Strategies Catalyst/SMH Total Return Income Fund - Distribution Policy and Goals? section in the Fund?s Prospectus.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
HTZ 12 5/8 07/15/29 HTZ $1.53M 7.56%
FIRST AM-TR OB-X TMPXX $1.44M 7.12%
Capital Southwest Corp., BDC CSWC $1.08M 5.36%
SM ENERGY CO $1.05M 5.21%
Trinity Capital Inc., BDC TRIN $1.03M 5.12%
VICI PROPERTIES $1.02M 5.07%
TRANSOCEAN LTD RIG $915.80K 4.53%
LYFT INC CONV 0% 09/15/2030 144A LYFT $801.49K 3.97%
PGY 8.875 08/01/30 PGY $788.89K 3.90%
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 MAIN US $642.30K 3.18%
View all holdings →

Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
View portfolio breakdown →

Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
8
Exited
7
Increased
6
Decreased
0
Unchanged
38

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.

View portfolio moves →

Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of November 5, 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).

Machine-readable: JSON · Markdown. Programmatic access via the agent surface.