T. Rowe Price equity and fixed income strategies delivered higher average returns than their benchmarks 80% of the time. Plus, they beat their benchmark more frequently—and with better returns—than the average of all active managers. Dive into our active management composite study and learn more about how we achieved this.
See below for standardized returns and other information about the T. Rowe Price composites in this analysis.
Our strategies delivered higher average returns than their benchmark over time. Plus, they beat their benchmark more frequently—and with better returns—than the average of all active managers.
The outperformance in our equity strategies stemmed from our experience and commitment to rigorous global research, which allowed us to uncover equity investment opportunities with long-term growth potential.
Our experience and approach allowed us to identify potential long-term winners in the U.S. market in a variety of economic environments. This is how our U.S. equity strategies delivered higher average returns than their benchmarks over time.
Our fixed income strategies also delivered higher average returns than their benchmark as they too benefit from our rigorous global research and independent thinking, leading to fresh insights. Our investment professionals collaborate to develop better questions for better decisions, knowing that identifying risks is as important as identifying opportunities.
The outperformance of our strategies stemmed from our experience and our commitment to rigorous global research, uncovered opportunities with strong return potential and a low risk of defaults and downgrades. Our flexible process enables us to explore the full capital structure, identifying high-conviction ideas by rating class, industry, and issuer.
More return. More often.
That's the T. Rowe Price difference.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Our head of Institutional Client Service Kim Young recently sat down with Eric Veiel, head of Global Investments and CIO, to discuss how the T. Rowe Price active management approach works on a daily basis, what advantages it brings and how it helps us in seeking to generate alpha for clients.
*Ten-year periods, rolling monthly, over the last 20 years ended 12/31/23.
Analysis by T. Rowe Price. Represents a comparison of all marketable institutional equity and fixed income composites compared with the official composite primary benchmark assigned to each. Excludes money market, asset allocation, and index/passive composites. An aggregated view of 10-year rolling monthly periods net returns from 1/1/2004 to 12/31/23 is shown. All figures in USD. Competitor data is sourced from Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database, and calculated on available net performance over manager selected benchmark figures for comparable products selected based on eVestment Primary Universe and eA Universe Classifications. All Equity or Fixed Income Composites considered except SMA/Wrap – Other, Liquid Real Assets, All Lifestyle/Target Risk Aggressive. Performance information reported by eVestment Alliance is self-reported by contributing firms and is unaudited. Results from other time periods may differ.
Number and Time Periods of Composites
All Strategies
180 composites covering 8,080 rolling 10-year periods.
2435 composites covering 42,038 rolling 10-year periods. The assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all composites considered in the analysis are aggregated and those composites offered by the largest five firms determined by total AUM, identified via eVestment, other than T. Rowe Price, are grouped together here. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
36,541 composites covering 553,935 rolling 10-year periods. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
Equity Strategies
152 composites covering 5,525 rolling 10-year periods.
2302 composites covering 28,343 rolling 10-year periods. The assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all composites considered in the analysis are aggregated and those composites offered by the largest five firms determined by total AUM, identified via eVestment, other than T. Rowe Price, are grouped together here. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
34,453 composites covering 377,358 rolling 10-year periods. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
US Equity Strategies
133 composites covering 3,809 rolling 10-year periods.
2175 composites covering 17,938 rolling 10-year periods. The assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all composites considered in the analysis are aggregated and those composites offered by the largest five firms determined by total AUM, identified via eVestment, other than T. Rowe Price, are grouped together here. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
32,338 composites covering 218,624 rolling 10-year periods. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
Fixed Income Strategies
128 composites covering 2,555 rolling 10-year periods.
2178 composites covering 17,655 rolling 10-year periods. The assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all composites considered in the analysis are aggregated and those composites offered by the largest five firms determined by total AUM, identified via eVestment, other than T. Rowe Price, are grouped together here. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
32,088 composites covering 176,577 rolling 10-year periods. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
High Yield Strategies
12 composites covering 130 rolling 10-year periods.
210 composites covering 1,083 rolling 10-year periods. The assets under management (AUM) as of 12/31/23 across all composites considered in the analysis are aggregated and those composites offered by the largest five firms determined by total AUM, identified via eVestment, other than T. Rowe Price, are grouped together here. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
3153 composites covering 13,687 rolling 10-year periods. Source: Nasdaq’s eVestment Analytics database.
Risks: All investments are subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. Equity security prices can be volatile which may result in gains or losses. Fixed income securities are subject to credit risk, liquidity risk, call risk, and interest rate risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall.
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