Fidelity Stock Selector Small Cap Fund Q2 2025 Commentary

Summary

  • The Fidelity Stock Selector Small Cap Fund outperformed its Russell 2000 benchmark in a challenging quarter, driven by strong stock selection in consumer discretionary and financials sectors.
  • We focus on higher-quality small-cap companies with durable competitive advantages, aiming for attractive risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle.
  • Recent market volatility has created opportunities to find mispriced, high-quality stocks, and we are leveraging Fidelity’s global research to inform our decisions.
  • Our disciplined, bottom-up approach and modest active risk profile position the fund to capitalize on dislocations and deliver long-term value to shareholders.

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Performance Review

For the quarter, the fund's Retail Class shares returned-9.15%, edging the-9.48% result of the benchmark, the Russell 2000* Index.

U.S. small-cap stocks, according to the Russell index, declined in the first quarter, as post-election optimism gave way to investor concern

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