Mutual fund
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
TickerPFPWXMember of USSIFsocially responsible
Fund manager
Parnassus
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

A
92
percentile

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Group: U.S. Equity Fund

Ranking: 199 out of 2,466 funds


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Gender balance in leadership and workforce
Gender balance in leadership and workforce
28/40
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Equal compensation and work life balance
Equal compensation and work life balance
7/30
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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. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
    1.53% of assets
    $71.03M invested
  • 2. S&P Global Inc
    2.46% of assets
    $114.3M invested
  • 3. Cummins Inc
    2.34% of assets
    $108.8M invested
  • 4. Biogen Inc
    1.83% of assets
    $85.02M invested
  • 5. Accenture PLC Class A
    1.59% of assets
    $73.7M invested
  • 6. Bank of America Corp
    2.42% of assets
    $112.64M invested
  • 7. Verizon Communications Inc
    2.95% of assets
    $136.95M invested
  • 8. American Express Co
    2.28% of assets
    $106M invested
  • 9. Mastercard Inc Class A
    2.35% of assets
    $109.02M invested
  • 10. Microsoft Corp
    2.3% of assets
    $106.66M 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. Align Technology Inc
    2.12% of assets
    $98.7M invested
  • 2. Charles Schwab Corp
    1.91% of assets
    $88.83M invested
  • 3. D.R. Horton Inc
    3.12% of assets
    $144.8M invested
  • 4. Western Digital Corp
    2.08% of assets
    $96.45M invested
  • 5. Applied Materials Inc
    0.59% of assets
    $27.32M invested
  • 6. Simon Property Group Inc
    2.2% of assets
    $102.32M invested
  • 7. Ross Stores Inc
    2.24% of assets
    $103.92M invested
  • 8. Deere & Co
    2.56% of assets
    $118.8M invested
  • 9. Global Payments Inc
    2.56% of assets
    $118.79M invested
  • 10. Micron Technology Inc
    2.33% of assets
    $108.4M invested
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Financial performance
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Gender Equality and Returns
Returns chart for Parnassus Value 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
PFPWX
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 4/30/23
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:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.74% more  in annualized returns
Higher overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points higher
Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points higher
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
PFPWX
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 4/30/23
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:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.74% more  in annualized returns
Higher overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points higher
Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points higher
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
PFPWX
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
Family
Parnassus
Category
Large Value
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 4/30/23
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:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.74% more  in annualized returns
Higher overall gender equality score 
1 / 100 points higher
Higher gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
1 / 40 points higher
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
PFPWX - Parnassus Value Equity Fund
0.78%
21%
12%
14%
54  / 100 points
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
2.63%
14%
11%
12%
53  / 100 points
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-1.85%
6.53%
1%
1.74%
1  / 100 points higher
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