Overview:

Fund data as of 03/31/2021 unless otherwise specified.

Investment Objective:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results approximating the aggregate price and dividend performance of the securities included in the MSCI EAFE Index.

Investment Strategy:

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest substantially all and normally at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities included in the MSCI® EAFE Index using computer programs and statistical procedure. As a result, the sub-adviser does not use traditional methods of fund investment management for the Fund, such as selecting securities on the basis of economic, financial and market analysis. Rather, the sub-adviser buys and sells securities in response to changes in the MSCI® EAFE Index.

Investment Suitability:

This Fund may be suitable for investors who seek higher, long-term rates of return, can accept significant short-term fluctuations in account value and want to diversify their portfolio with international stocks.

Foreign and emerging market securities may involve additional risks, including social and political instability, reduced market liquidity, currency volatility, less available public information about the issuers of securities, less stringent regulatory standards and a lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial standards. This description of risk 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: GIIYX
  • Inception Date: 6/1/2015
Fund Size
Total fund net assets for all share classes $801
Number of holdings 804

*Does not include currencies or forward currency contracts.

Benchmark^
100%
MSCI® EAFE Index 100%
Sub-Adviser Composite
100%
Legal & General Investment Management America (passive) 100%

Performance

Net Asset Value (as of 6/11/2021)
Net Asset Value $12.84
Inception Date
Inception Date 6/1/2015
FEES AND EXPENSES (annualized)
Gross 0.23%
Net 0.23%
 
Daily Performance (as of 6/11/2021)
One Month 3.63%
Three Month 7.27%
Year To Date 11.36%
One Year 38.41%
Three Year* 8.06%
Five Year* 10.60%
Ten Year* N/A
Since Inception* 6.40%
*Returns are annualized.
The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.
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Quarterly Performance (as of 3/31/2021)
Fund Benchmark
Three Month 3.21% 3.48%
YTD 3.21% 3.48%
One Year 44.81% 44.57%
Three Year* 5.91% 6.02%
Five Year* 9.03% 8.85%
Since Inception* 5.24% 5.40%
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 performance may be obtained at GuideStoneFunds.com/Funds. Benchmark performance numbers are provided by Morningstar, Inc. and have not been verified by GuideStone Funds. The investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Year 2015 annual performance began 06/01/2015. 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.
*Returns are annualized.
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Annual Performance (as of 3/31/2021)
Fund Benchmark
2015 -9.88% -8.67%
2016 1.63% 1.00%
2017 24.69% 25.03%
2018 -12.86% -13.79%
2019 21.21% 22.01%
2020 8.17% 7.82%
Benchmark: MSCI® EAFE Index
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 4/30/2021
Category: Foreign Large Blend
(Three Stars) Overall rating among 664 funds in this category.
(Three Stars) Three year rating among 664 funds in this category.
(Three Stars) Five year rating among 568 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 (as of 3/31/2021)
98%
Cash* 2%
Non-U.S. Equities 98%
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 (as of 3/31/2021)
12.03% 17.59% 16.02%
Communication Services 5.53%
Consumer Discretionary 12.03%
Consumer Staples 8.82%
Energy 3.43%
Financial Services 17.59%
Health Care 11.83%
Industrials 16.02%
Materials 8.33%
Real Estate 3.22%
Information Technology 9.25%
Utilities 3.96%
Total 100.01%

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

Top Ten Equity Holdings (as of 3/31/2021)
Nestle SA 1.84%
ASML Holding NV 1.51%
Roche Holding AG 1.33%
Novartis AG 1.11%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.96%
Unilever PLC 0.87%
AIA Group Ltd 0.85%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.79%
Sony Group Corp 0.77%
SoftBank Group Corp 0.76%
Total 10.79%
Risk/Return Characteristics (as of 3/31/2021)
Standard Deviation 17.58%
R-Squared 99.05%
Beta vs. Benchmark 0.99
Beta vs. S&P 500 Index 0.86
Calculated over previous 3 years.
Portfolio Characteristics (as of 3/31/2021)
Price to Earnings Ratio 22.26x
Price to Book Ratio 1.79x
Weighted Avg Market Cap $41,124
*$ in millions
Top Ten Countries (as of 3/31/2021)
24.83% 14.21%
Japan 24.83%
United Kingdom 14.21%
France 11.02%
Germany 9.63%
Switzerland 9.41%
Australia 7.16%
Netherlands 4.17%
Sweden 3.47%
Hong Kong 3.31%
Spain 2.58%
Total 89.79%

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Prospectus & Reports

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Sub-adviser composite is subject to change at any time. The percentages shown reflect the target allocations of the Fund. Actual sub-adviser weights may differ at any time.

^ The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of March 29, 2019, the index consists of the following 21 developed market country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The funds described herein are indexed to an MSCI index and are not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by MSCI, and MSCI bears no liability with respect to any such funds or securities or any index on which such funds or securities are based. The Prospectus contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship MSCI has with GuideStone Funds and any related funds. Index used with permission. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Price-to-Earnings Ratio — A ratio used to compare the price of a fund’s stocks with their per-share earnings.

Price-to-Book Ratio — A ratio used to compare the book value of a fund’s stocks with their market value.

Weighted Average Market Cap — An index of stocks in which companies that have a greater overall market capitalization are more strongly represented than companies with smaller market capitalizations.

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 a 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.

Net Asset Value — The Net Asset Value (NAV) is calculated by taking the closing market value of all the investments owned by a 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 a fund’s investments.

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

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