American Century Utilities Fund Investor Class (BULIX) Stock

BULIX

American Century Utilities Fund Investor Class BULIX · NASDAQ

$18.77 +0.00% (+$0.00)

Summary

American Century Utilities Fund Investor Class is a mutual fund run by American Century. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 40. The ten largest make up 53% of the fund.

Yearly costs: 0.65%
Fund size: $312.8M
Positions: 40
Dividend yield: 11.05%
Running since: 1993

What speaks for it

It has been running since 1993.

What to watch

The ten largest positions make up 53% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
100% of the fund is in one sector (Utilities).
99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
In the last five years its price once dropped by 32% from its high.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

1 month: +5.1%
3 months: +0.8%
This year: +3.5%
1 year: -9.2%
3 years: +39%
5 years: +4.2%
10 years: +8.2%

Avg. market cap: $58.5B
P/E: 17.4x
Forward P/E: 17.4x
P/S: 2.4x
P/B: 2.0x
P/FCF: -
EV/EBITDA: 12.2x
Dividend yield: 2.95%
ROIC: 4.2%
ROE: 13.5%
Gross margin: 48.7%
Operating margin: 22.3%
Net margin: 15.7%
Payout ratio: 51.2%
Net debt/EBITDA: 5.5x
Beta: 0.49

Weighted average of the 37 largest companies, which make up 99% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated

1
NE
NextEra Energy NEE 9.0%
2
DU
Duke Energy Corporation DUK 7.8%
3
SO
The Southern Company SO 6.3%
4
AE
American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP 5.2%
5
CE
Constellation Energy CEG 4.8%
6
VS
Vistra Corp. VST 4.7%
7
EX
Exelon EXC 4.6%
8
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc. ED 4.2%
9
PP
PPL Corporation PPL 3.4%
10
FE
FirstEnergy Corp. FE 3.4%

Positions in the fund: 40. The ten largest make up 53% of it.

Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One sector dominates

By sector

Utilities 100%

By country

United States 99%
Other countries 0.6%

By company size

Large cap 88%
Mid cap 12%

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.

Largest sector: Utilities (100%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Large cap (88%).

What does it cost me?

Usual costs

Yearly costs: 0.65%
A year from $10,000: $65.00
Over 20 years: $3,099

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $65.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,099.

How has it done?

Growing slowly

+5.5%

-11%

-9.9%

+21%

+4.5%

20212022202320242025

A year on average, 10 years: +0.8%
Deepest drop: -32%
Yearly volatility: 18%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 0.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 32% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out

0.34

0.38

0.41

2.13

20212022202320242025

Yield: 11.05%
Payments a year: 4
Last payment: $0.13

Over the last 12 months it paid $2.07 per share, which is 11.05% of today's price. The last payment was $0.13 on Sep 8, 2026.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation

P/E of the companies inside: 17.4
Average Bulios Score: 64 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

Undervalued 37%
Fairly valued 19%
Overvalued 44%

On average the companies inside trade for 17.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 44% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (37), which make up 99% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Can I buy it as an ETF?

A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.

Fund	Domicile		Size	1-year change	Dividends
ZP ZPDU.DE State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc)	Ireland	0.15%	$223.0M	+3.9%	Reinvests	75%
TR TRUU VanEck Utilities TruSector ETF	United States	0.10%	$236.0K	-	Pays out	74%
VP VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund	United States	0.09%	$9.45B	-2.6%	Pays out	74%
XL XLU Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	United States	0.08%	$23.8B	-2.3%	Pays out	74%
2B 2B7A.DE iShares S&P 500 Utilities Sector UCITS ETF	Ireland	0.15%	$1.17B	+3.8%	Reinvests	74%
FU FUTY Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF	United States	0.08%	$2.07B	-2.4%	Pays out	74%