LORD ABBETT DEVELOPING GROWTH FUND INC
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, LORD ABBETT DEVELOPING GROWTH FUND INC held 94 positions with $2.22B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 25.7% of the fund. The LAGWX share class costs 0.94% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, LAGWX returned 64.1%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 25 new positions and exited 24.
The Funds investment objective is long-term growth of capital through a diversified and actively managed portfolio consisting of developing growth companies, many of which are traded over the counter.
The fund seeks long-term capital growth by actively selecting equity securities of small companies in their developing growth phase, defined as the period of rapid expansion after start-up when growth typically exceeds that of mature companies. The portfolio management team identifies companies it believes are strongly positioned within this phase, with at least 65% of net assets in small-cap equities as defined by the Russell 2000 Index range, and may allocate up to 20% to foreign securities including emerging markets. Because security selection depends on the portfolio team's assessment of individual companies' growth prospects and market positioning, fund performance will diverge from any index. The fund may engage in active and frequent trading and may use defensive strategies that could cause it to miss investment opportunities.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3.60% | $79.82M | 43.4K | $1,840.25 | |
3.23% | $71.83M | 253.5K | $283.36 | |
2.77% | $61.61M | 119.5K | $515.62 | |
Fidelity Investments | 2.62% | $58.18M | — | — |
SITMSiTime Corp | 2.53% | $56.12M | 99.8K | $562.15 |
2.35% | $52.21M | 599.5K | $87.08 | |
2.33% | $51.71M | 183.6K | $281.61 | |
Fabrinet | 2.23% | $49.50M | 72.4K | $683.47 |
2.09% | $46.36M | 108.3K | $428.20 | |
Nova Ltd | 1.99% | $44.26M | 88.4K | $500.43 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 94 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 99.57% |
| Cash & short-term | 3.44% |
By sector
- Health Care
- 27.3%
- Information Technology
- 26.1%
- Industrials
- 24.2%
- International
- 5.8%
- 6 other sectors
- 16.5%
- Health Care
- 27.3%
- Information Technology
- 26.1%
- Industrials
- 24.2%
- International
- 5.8%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 5.3%
- Financials
- 4.4%
- Communication Services
- 2.2%
- Other
- 2.1%
- Cash
- 1.5%
- Consumer Staples
- 1.1%
How it has done
LAGWX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 21.41%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
The 11 share classes hold the same portfolio
| Share class | Expense ratio | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.94% | +64.09% | +84.06% | +23.29% | -23.32% | |
| 1.69% | +62.87% | +79.94% | +18.69% | -23.53% | |
| 1.14% | +63.80% | +82.96% | +22.06% | -23.37% | |
| 0.69% | +64.53% | +85.43% | +24.85% | -23.27% | |
| 0.79% | +64.30% | +84.86% | +24.16% | -23.30% | |
| 1.29% | +63.57% | +82.15% | +21.13% | -23.42% | |
| 1.19% | +63.68% | +82.69% | +21.71% | -23.39% | |
| 0.94% | +64.16% | +84.15% | +23.31% | -23.32% | |
| 0.69% | +64.48% | +85.39% | +24.82% | -23.27% | |
| 0.60% | +64.62% | +85.93% | +25.42% | -23.24% | |
| 0.60% | +64.63% | +85.89% | +25.39% | -23.24% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 6.73pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.35pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Fees & fund details
LORD ABBETT DEVELOPING GROWTH FUND INC is an actively managed U.S. equity fund.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.60% – 1.69%· LAGWX 0.94%
- Portfolio turnover
- 112.00% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
25 new· the largest 8
24 exited· the largest 8
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