Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

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Parnassus Growth Equity Investor (PFGEX)
Type
Open-end mutual fund
Manager
Sustainability mandate
Member of US-SIF
Gender equality score
Gender equality score

54
/ 100 points
Overall score
Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value
Peer rank
Group ranking

B
65.2
percentile

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Group: U.S. Equity Fund

Ranking: 889 out of 2,554 funds


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Gender balance in leadership and workforce
Gender balance in leadership and workforce
26/40
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Equal compensation and work life balance
Equal compensation and work life balance
10/30
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Policies promoting gender equality
Policies promoting gender equality
18/20
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Commitment, transparency, and accountability
Commitment, transparency, and accountability
1/10
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Member of USSIF
This fund is a member of a sustainable and responsible investing group, and has a posted policy on their consideration of diversity and equal employment opportunity policies and practices relating to employees, company ownership or contractors.
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Top scoring holdings
Top scoring holdings
The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
  • 1. Boston Scientific Corp
    2.27% of assets
    $1.47M invested
  • 2. Microsoft Corp
    8.98% of assets
    $5.8M invested
  • 3. Salesforce Inc
    2.58% of assets
    $1.67M invested
  • 4. S&P Global Inc
    1.98% of assets
    $1.28M invested
  • 5. Intuit Inc
    2.15% of assets
    $1.39M invested
  • 6. Atlassian Corp A
    1.47% of assets
    $950,850 invested
  • 7. Workday Inc Class A
    2.18% of assets
    $1.4M invested
  • 8. Airbnb Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A
    1.35% of assets
    $873,353 invested
  • 9. Visa Inc Class A
    5.05% of assets
    $3.26M invested
  • 10. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
    1.67% of assets
    $1.08M invested
Bottom scoring holdings
Bottom scoring holdings
The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
  • 1. Brown & Brown Inc
    1.68% of assets
    $1.08M invested
  • 2. SharkNinja Inc
    1.04% of assets
    $673,732 invested
  • 3. Broadcom Inc
    4.19% of assets
    $2.71M invested
  • 4. Datadog Inc Class A
    0.89% of assets
    $577,738 invested
  • 5. Synopsys Inc
    1.31% of assets
    $842,767 invested
  • 6. Applied Materials Inc
    1.85% of assets
    $1.2M invested
  • 7. MercadoLibre Inc
    1.53% of assets
    $986,670 invested
  • 8. Costco Wholesale Corp
    2.25% of assets
    $1.45M invested
  • 9. PTC Inc
    1.74% of assets
    $1.12M invested
  • 10. Natera Inc
    2.1% of assets
    $1.36M invested
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Financial performance
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Gender Equality and Returns
Returns chart for Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.
Benchmarking tool
Current fund
PFGEX
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 3/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 1-yr returns 
5.52% less  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points lower
Same equal compensation and work life balance score 
0 / 30 points 
Same policies promoting gender equality score 
0 / 20 points 
Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
0 / 10 points 
Current fund
PFGEX
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 3/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 1-yr returns 
5.52% less  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points lower
Same equal compensation and work life balance score 
0 / 30 points 
Same policies promoting gender equality score 
0 / 20 points 
Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
0 / 10 points 
Current fund
PFGEX
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 3/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 1-yr returns 
5.52% less  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points lower
Same equal compensation and work life balance score 
0 / 30 points 
Same policies promoting gender equality score 
0 / 20 points 
Same commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
0 / 10 points 
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Gender-lens analysis
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Overall gender equality score
This fund
PFGEX - Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
2.7%
/
/
/
54  / 100 points
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
8.22%
9.03%
19%
12%
55  / 100 points
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-5.52%
/
/
/
1  / 100 points lower
Find more financial data on PFGEX at Morningstar.com
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