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The iShares Russell 2000 ETF IWM trades at a forward price/sales ratio of 1.2, which matches its 10-year average valuation, according to FactSet. Meanwhile, SPY trades at a forward price/sales ratio of 2.8, compared with a 10-year average valuation of 2.2.

Performance of the fund

Here's a 10-year chart comparing the performance of the Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund's Investor share class with that of the Russell 2000 and the Russel Microcap Index:

Performance for the Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund's Investor share class is net of expenses, which currently come to 1.23% of assets under management annually.

Stoeffel said one reason for the fund's good performance over the long haul was that it had been "dramatically underweight" financial stocks, especially banks, compared with broad indexes.

Top holdings

Here are the largest 10 stockholdings (out of 223) of the Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund as of May 31:

   Aspen Aerogels Inc.                    Ticker Industry                           % of Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Fund as of May 31 
   Arlo Technologies Inc.                  ARLO  Telecommunications Equipment                                                    0.87% 
   Orion Group Holdings Inc.               ORN   Engineering and Construction                                                    0.86% 
   Artivion Inc.                           AORT  Medical Specialties                                                             0.83% 
   VSE Corp.                               VSEC  Engineering and Construction                                                    0.83% 
   Kyndryl Holdings Inc.                    KD   Data Processing Services                                                        0.82% 
   Primoris Services Corp.                 PRIM  Engineering and Construction                                                    0.82% 
   Aspen Aerogels Inc                      ASPN  Industrial Specialties                                                          0.81% 
   Carpenter Technology Corp.              CRS   Metals/Minerals                                                                 0.81% 
   Veeco Instruments Inc.                  VECO  Electronic Production Equipment                                                 0.80% 
   CECO Environmental Corp.                CECO  Industrial Machinery                                                            0.79% 
                                                                                                  Sources: Royce & Associates, FactSet 

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