Overview:

Fund data as of 09/30/2019 unless otherwise specified.

Investment Objective:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation with reduced volatility compared to equity markets.

Investment Strategy:

The Fund is actively managed and combines multiple principal investment strategies that, when combined, are intended to result in the Fund obtaining investment returns consistent with the equity market, but with lower volatility when compared to the equity market.

Investment Suitability:

This Fund may be suitable for investors who have a medium- to long-term investment horizon, possess a moderate tolerance for risk and seek to participate in the return potential of stocks at a slightly lower risk level than an all stock portfolio.

This Fund is subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Interest rate risk means, when interest rates rise, the value of the existing bonds decrease and vice versa. changes in interest rates have a bigger impact on long duration holdings than on short duration holdings. The value of convertible securities increase and decrease with the value of the underlying common stock, but may also be sensitive to changes in interest rates. Foreign securities may be subject to greater risk than domestic securities due to currency volatility, reduced market liquidity and political and economic instability. This description of risks is provided as a summary of the principal investment risks associated with this mutual fund. Refer to the Fund's prospectus for more detailed risk information.

  • NASDAQ Ticker: GDMZX
  • Inception Date: 9/1/2011
Fund Size ($ in millions)
Total fund net assets for all share classes 1184
Number of holdings 746

*Does not include currencies or forward currency contracts

Benchmark^
50% 50%
S&P 500® Index 50%
FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index 50%
Sub-Adviser Composite
29% 25% 23% 23%
American Century Investment Management 29%
Shenkman Capital Management 25%
AQR Capital Management 23%
Parametric Portfolio Associates 23%

Performance

Net Asset Value (as of 11/15/2019)
Net Asset Value $13.54
Inception Date
Inception Date 9/1/2011
FEES AND EXPENSES (annualized)
Gross Expense Ratio 0.94%
Net Expense Ratio 0.94%
Daily Performance (as of 11/15/2019)
One Month 1.80%
Three Month 4.72%
Year To Date 16.65%
One Year 11.63%
Three Year* 9.44%
Five Year* 8.22%
Ten Year* N/A
Since Inception* 9.65%
*Returns are annualized.
The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.
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Quarterly Performance (as of 9/30/2019)
Fund Benchmark
Three Month 1.68% 1.14%
YTD 14.58% 11.02%
One Year 6.25% 3.73%
Three Year* 8.91% 7.50%
Five Year* 8.38% 5.97%
Since Inception* 9.56% 7.31%
*Returns are annualized.
The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end and complete calendar year may be obtained at GuideStoneFunds.com/funds. The investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance would have been lower without fee waivers and reimbursements to the Fund in effect. Returns exceeding 20% reflect unusual market conditions and may not be sustained at this level over the long term.
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Annual Performance (as of 9/30/2019)
Fund Benchmark
2012 8.57% 7.91%
2013 18.22% 15.28%
2014 10.35% 6.74%
2015 2.16% 0.91%
2016 11.53% 6.10%
2017 12.35% 10.90%
2018 -1.69% -1.03%
Benchmark: S&P 500® Index (50%); FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index (50%)
The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.
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Morningstar
Morningstar Rating based upon risk-adjusted return as of 10/31/2019
Category: Allocation--50% to 70% Equity
(Five Stars) Overall rating among 646 funds in this category.
(Four Stars) Three year rating among 646 funds in this category.
(Five Stars) Five year rating among 572 funds in this category.

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The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or “star rating,” is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds and separate accounts) with at least a 3-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product’s monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% 3-year rating for 36–59 months of total returns, 60% 5-year rating/40% 3-year rating for 60–119 months of total returns and 50% 10-year rating/30% 5-year rating/20% 3-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent 3-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods. Ratings are for the share class shown only; other classes may vary. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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Characteristics

Asset Allocation
47% 42%
Fixed Income 47%
Non-U.S. Equities 7%
U.S. Equities 42%
Cash* 4%
Total 100%
* Cash is maintained by the fund for liquidity purposes and may be overlaid with equity and / or U.S. Treasury futures to provide capital market exposure.

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Equity Sector Holdings
21.09% 13.21% 13.89%
Communication Services 3.13%
Consumer Discretionary 7.96%
Consumer Staples 11.04%
Energy 5.74%
Financial Services 21.09%
Health Care 13.21%
Industrials 8.98%
Materials 2.20%
Real Estate 1.85%
Technology 13.89%
Utilities 10.91%
Total 100.00%

Due to rounding, portfolio holdings data may not sum to 100%.

Fixed Income Sectors
24.98% 14.39%
Convertibles 24.98%
Treasury/Agency 14.39%
Other 4.16%
Corporate 3.67%
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.09%
Total 47.29%
Duration weighted
Top Ten Holdings
Medtronic Plc 2.76%
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 2.71%
Johnson & Johnson 2.27%
Procter & Gamble Company 2.11%
Verizon Communications Inc. 2.02%
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1.86%
Microsoft Corporation 1.77%
Nestle S.A. 1.74%
Chevron Corporation 1.59%
Total SA 1.59%
Total 20.42%
Risk/Return Characteristics
Standard Deviation 6.64%
R-Squared 95.19%
Beta vs. Benchmark 1.09
Beta vs. S&P 500 Index 0.55
Sharpe Ratio 1.12
Information Ratio 1.54

Calculated over previous 5 years.

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Prospectus & Reports

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Portfolio composition subject to change at any time.

^The FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index measures monthly return equivalents of yield averages that are not marked to market, consisting of the last three three-month Treasury bill issues. The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization-weighted equity index composed of approximately 500 U.S. companies representing all major industries. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of its constituents. "FTSE®" is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Group Companies, "NAREIT®" is a trademark of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") and "EPRA®" is a trademark of the European Public Real Estate Association ("EPRA") and are all used by FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") under license. The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index is calculated by FTSE. Neither FTSE, Euronext N.V., NAREIT nor EPRA sponsor, endorse or promote this product and are not in any way connected to it and do not accept any liability. “Standard & Poor’s®”, “S&P®”, “S&P 500®”, “Standard & Poor’s 500” and “500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by GuideStone Funds. The Product is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Product. Index used with permission. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Standard deviation - Depicts how widely returns varied over a certain period of time. A high standard deviation implies greater volatility and greater risk.

R-squared - Shows the percentage of a fund's performance that is explained by movements in the benchmark index. An R-squared of 100% indicates that all movements of a fund can be explained by movements in the benchmark.

Beta vs. Benchmark - Beta is a measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements as defined by the fund's benchmark. A fund with a higher beta relative to the benchmark is more volatile than the benchmark.

Beta vs. S&P 500© Index - Beta is a measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements as defined by the S&P 500© Index. A fund with a higher beta relative to the S&P 500© Index is more volatile than the S&P 500© Index.

Sharpe Ratio - A risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the fund's historical risk adjusted performance.

Information Ratio - Measures how much the fund outperformed the benchmark per unit of additional risk taken.

Net Asset Value — The Net Asset Value (NAV) is calculated by taking the closing market value of all the investments owned by the fund, plus all other assets such as cash, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of shares outstanding.

Record Date — The distribution that an investor receives is calculated based on the number of shares that an investor owns on Record Date, typically using the share balance in an investor's account at the close of that day's business.

Pay / Reinvest Date — The date on which distributions are posted to accounts for reinvestment or paid to shareholders who take distributions in cash.

Dividends — Dividends are income distributions to shareholders out of income from the fund's investments.

Short-Term Capital Gains — Capital Gains are distributions to shareholders derived from the profit of the sale of stocks or bonds held within the fund for a period of one year or less.

Long-Term Capital Gains — Capital Gains are distributions to shareholders derived from the profit of the sale of stocks or bonds held within the fund for a period of more than one year.