Class | Investor | I | Y | ||||||||
| Ticker | DHIAX | DHIIX | DHIYX | ||||||||
Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s Prospectus, which contains information about the fund and its risks. The fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated February 28, 2024, as amended, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the fund’s Prospectus and other information about the fund, go to https://diamond-hill.com/documents, email a request to info@diamond-hill.com, call 888-226-5595, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the fund.
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Diamond Hill International Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) | ||
| None | ||
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |||||||||||
| Investor | Class I | Class Y | |||||||||
| Management fees | 0.65 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.65 | % | |||||
| Distribution (12b-1) fees | 0.25 | % | None | None | |||||||
| Other expenses | 0.24 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.08 | % | |||||
| Total annual fund operating expenses | 1.14 | % | 0.85 | % | 0.73 | % | |||||
EXPENSE EXAMPLE | ||
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||
| Investor | $116 | $362 | $628 | $1,386 | ||||||||||
| Class I | 87 | 271 | 471 | 1,049 | ||||||||||
| Class Y | 75 | 233 | 406 | 906 | ||||||||||
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER | ||
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategy
The fund, under normal market conditions, invests its assets primarily in non-U.S. equity securities of companies of any size that Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) believes are undervalued. Equity securities consist of common and preferred stocks. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities issued by companies (i) that are headquartered or have their principal place of business outside the U.S., (ii) whose primary trading markets are outside the U.S. or (iii) that have at least 50% of their assets in, or expect to derive at least 50% of their total revenues or profits from, goods or services produced in or sales made in countries outside the U.S. The fund intends to diversify its investments across different countries and regions, including emerging markets. Emerging market countries include those generally recognized to be an emerging market country by the international financial community; classified by the United Nations as a developing country; or classified as an emerging market country by MSCI or other index or data provider.
The Adviser focuses on estimating a company’s value independent of its current stock price. To estimate a company’s value, the Adviser concentrates on the fundamental economic drivers of the business. The primary focus is on “bottom-up” analysis, which takes into consideration earnings, revenue growth, operating margins and other economic factors. The Adviser also considers the level of industry competition, regulatory factors, the threat of technological obsolescence, and a variety of other industry factors. If the Adviser’s estimate of a company’s value differs sufficiently from the current market price, the company may be an attractive investment opportunity. In constructing a portfolio of securities, the Adviser is not constrained by the sector or industry weights in the benchmark. The Adviser relies on individual stock selection and discipline in the investment process to add value. The highest portfolio security weights are assigned to companies where the Adviser has the highest level of confidence.
Once a stock is selected, the Adviser continues to monitor the company’s strategies, financial performance and competitive environment. The Adviser may sell a security as it reaches the Adviser’s estimate of the company’s value if it believes that the company’s earnings, revenue growth, operating margin or other economic factors are deteriorating, or if it
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identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
Main Risks
All investments carry a certain amount of risk and the fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. An investment in the fund is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, is not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank, and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the fund. Below are the main risks of investing in the fund. All of the risks listed below are significant to the fund, regardless of the order in which they appear.
Management Risk The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular asset class or individual security in which the fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that individual companies will perform as anticipated. The value of an individual company can be more volatile than the market as a whole, and the Adviser’s intrinsic value-oriented approach may fail to produce the intended results.
Market Risk The value of the fund's investments may decrease, sometimes rapidly or unexpectedly, due to factors affecting an issuer held by the fund, particular industries or overall securities markets. When the value of the fund’s investments goes down, your investment in the fund decreases in value. A variety of factors including interest rate levels, recessions, inflation, U.S. economic growth, war or acts of terrorism, natural disasters, political events, supply chain disruptions, staff shortages and widespread public health issues affect the securities markets. These events may cause volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities the fund holds, and may adversely affect the fund's investments and operations. In addition, governmental responses to these events may negatively impact the capabilities of the fund's service providers, disrupt the fund's operations, result in substantial market volatility and adversely impact the prices and liquidity of the fund's investments.
Non-U.S. and Emerging Markets Risk The fund may invest in non-U.S. securities and U.S. securities of companies domiciled in non-U.S. countries that may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies. These companies may be subject to additional risks, including political and economic risks, civil conflicts and war, greater volatility, expropriation and nationalization risks, currency fluctuations, higher transaction costs, delayed settlement, possible non-U.S. controls on investments, and less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of non-U.S. markets. Trade tensions and sanctions on individuals and companies can contribute to market volatility, which may affect the fund's performance. These risks are magnified in emerging markets as events and evolving conditions in certain economies or markets may alter the risks associated with investments tied to countries or regions that historically were perceived as comparatively stable becoming riskier and more volatile. The market for the securities of issuers in emerging markets is typically small and low, and nonexistent trading volumes in those securities may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility.
Sector Emphasis Risk The fund, from time to time, may invest 25% or more of its assets in one or more sectors, subjecting the fund to sector emphasis risk. This is the risk that the fund is subject to a greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic, business or other developments affecting a specific sector in which the fund has a focused position, than if its investments were diversified across a greater number of industry sectors. Some sectors possess particular risks that may not affect other sectors.
Small Cap and Mid Cap Company Risk Investments in small cap and mid cap companies may be riskier than investments in larger, more established companies. The securities of these companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than securities of larger companies. In addition, small cap and mid cap companies may be more vulnerable to economic, market and industry changes. As a result, share price changes may be more sudden or erratic than the prices of other equity securities, especially over the short term. Because smaller companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or may depend on a few key employees, they may be more susceptible to particular economic events or competitive factors than large capitalization companies.
Performance
The following bar chart and table show two aspects of the fund: volatility and performance. The bar chart shows the volatility - or variability - of the fund’s annual total returns over time, and shows that fund performance can change from year to year.
Prior to calendar year 2019, the bar chart and table reflect the past performance of Diamond Hill International Equity Fund, LP (the “International Partnership”), a private fund managed with full investment authority by the Adviser, and provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund by showing changes in the fund’s performance from year to year over the periods indicated and by showing how the fund’s average annual total returns for the periods indicated compared to a relevant market index. The fund is managed in all material respects in a manner equivalent to the management of the International Partnership. The fund’s objectives, policies, guidelines and restrictions are in all material respects equivalent to the International Partnership, and the fund was created for reasons entirely unrelated to the establishment of a performance record. The assets of the International Partnership were converted, based on their value on June 28, 2019, into assets of the fund prior to commencement of operations of the fund. The performance of the International Partnership has been restated to reflect the net expenses and maximum applicable sales charge of the fund for its initial years of investment operations. The International Partnership was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and therefore was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act. If the International Partnership had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been adversely affected. Performance of the fund prior to calendar year 2019 is measured from December 30, 2016, the inception of the International Partnership, and is not the performance of the fund. The fund’s and the International Partnership’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future either before or after taxes. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting www.diamond-hill.com or by calling 888-226-5595.
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CLASS I ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN-YEARS ENDED 12/31
| Best Quarter: | 4Q 2020, +22.69% | ||||
| Worst Quarter: | 1Q 2020, -26.28% | ||||
| AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AS OF 12/31/2023 | |||||||||||
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rate and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant for shareholders who hold fund shares in tax-deferred accounts or to shares held by non-taxable entities. After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and will vary from the after-tax returns for the other share classes. After-tax returns prior to one year are not provided because the International Partnership’s tax treatment was different than that of a registered investment company.
| Inception Date of Class | One Year | Five Years | Since Inception (12/30/16) | |||||||||||
Class I Before Taxes | 06/28/19 | 18.12 | % | 8.72 | % | 8.53 | % | |||||||
| After Taxes on Distributions | 17.84 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
| After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 10.96 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
Investor Before Taxes | 06/28/19 | 17.88 | 8.42 | 8.22 | ||||||||||
Class Y Before Taxes | 06/28/19 | 18.30 | 8.84 | 8.65 | ||||||||||
| MSCI ACWI ex USA Index | 15.62 | 7.08 | 6.33 | |||||||||||
The fund's broad-based securities market index is the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index measures the performance of large- and mid-cap stocks in developed (excluding the US) and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index also represents an index of non-U.S. securities that reflect the market sector in which the fund invests and is utilized by the Adviser for measuring performance.
The index is unmanaged, market capitalization weighted, includes net reinvested dividends, does not reflect fees or expenses (which would lower return), and is not available for direct investment.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser
Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc.
Portfolio Manager
Krishna Mohanraj
Portfolio Manager
since 12/2018
Buying and Selling Fund Shares
Minimum Initial Investment
Investor and Class I: $2,500
Class Y: $500,000
| To Place Orders | Mail: Diamond Hill International Fund P.O. Box 46707 Cincinnati, OH 45246 Phone: 888-226-5595 | ||||
Transaction Policies
In general, you can buy or sell (redeem) shares of the fund by mail or phone on any business day. You can generally pay for shares by check or wire. You may be charged wire fees or other transaction fees; ask your financial professional. When selling shares, you will receive a check, unless you request a wire. You may also buy and sell shares through a financial professional.
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
The fund’s distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. However, you may be subject to tax when you withdraw monies from a tax-advantaged plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares (other than Class Y shares) through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s web site for more information.
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