MFS Growth Fund Class R3 MFEHX

Morningstar Medalist Rating
  • NAV / 1-Day Return$168.70  /  −0.86%
  • Fund Size$34.5B
  • Adjusted Expense Ratio0.860%
  • Net Expense Ratio0.860%
  • Fee Level: DistributionLow
  • Share Class TypeRetirement, Medium
  • Morningstar CategoryLarge Growth
  • Equity Style Box (Funds)Large Growth
  • Minimum Initial Investment$0
  • Investment StatusOpen
  • TTM Yield0.00%
  • Turnover Ratio36%

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MFS Growth Expects a Hefty Capital Gains Distribution

null David Carey

David Carey

Analyst Note

As of Sept. 30, 2026, MFS projected that MFS Growth would pay a distribution of more than 30% of the fund’s net asset value. It’s anticipated that all the distributions will be from long-term capital gains, which will ease the tax bill a little bit, but investors holding the fund in a taxable account should anticipate an abnormally large tax bill. Outflows were the main driver of the distribution since client withdrawals require the managers to sell holdings and realize capital gains. Morningstar estimates that the fund had nearly USD 7.5 billion in outflows in the year to date through September 2026, roughly 17% of the assets the fund had at the end of 2025. In 2026, the managers trimmed longtime winners such as Amazon.com (first bought in 2012), Apple (2006), and Microsoft (2015) and sold CoStar (2018) and Take-Two Interactive Software (2019), which likely contributed to the large distribution.

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Portfolio Holdings MFEHX

  • Current Portfolio Date
  • Equity Holdings—
  • Bond Holdings—
  • Other Holdings—
  • % Assets in Top 10 Holdings55.3
Top 10 Holdings
% Portfolio Weight
Market Value USD
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