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Value Fund
Value Fund Fund Summaries   |  Inception: November 19, 1990
Investment Objective
The Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and income for the long-term investor.
Current income is a secondary objective.
Fees and Expenses

The table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Value Fund
Value Fund
Sales Charge on Purchases none
Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends none
Deferred Sales Charge on Redemptions none
Redemption Fee none
Exchange Fee none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Value Fund
Value Fund
Management Fees 0.47%
Other Expenses 0.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.60%
Expense Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund to the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes 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:

Expense Example
1 YR
3 YR
5 YR
10 YR
Value Fund | Value Fund | USD ($) 61 192 335 750
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 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 1% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund generally invests in stocks of companies selling below what RE Advisers believes to be their fundamental value. Under ordinary conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies with market capitalizations of $2 billion or greater. On March 31, 2019, the weighted average market capitalization for all of the companies held in the portfolio was $200.2 billion. Up to 20% of the Fund's assets may be invested in other types of securities, including preferred stocks, investment-grade debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stocks and warrants, debt securities in the three highest credit categories as ranked by a NRSRO (for example, securities rated AAA, AA or A by Standard & Poor's Corporation) or, if unrated, of comparable credit quality as determined by RE Advisers, and money market securities. The Fund's investments in non-U.S. companies and other issuers may include, without limitation, American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), emerging market securities and securities denominated in foreign currencies, including the local currencies of emerging markets.

To determine whether a stock is undervalued, RE Advisers considers, among other factors, potential earning power, financial ratios and any competitive advantages a company may have. Stock selection is made with the belief that businesses have an underlying value that is not always reflected by share price, especially over the short term. RE Advisers seeks to select stocks that it believes may benefit over time from a more reasonable market assessment of fundamental value.

Principal Risks

As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund. Other principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

Market Risk  The risk that markets will perform poorly or that the returns from the securities in which the Fund invests will underperform returns from the general securities markets or other types of investments. Markets may, in response to governmental actions or intervention, political, economic or market developments, or other external factors, experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity. During those periods, the Fund may experience high levels of shareholder redemptions, and may have to sell securities at times when the Fund would otherwise not do so, and potentially at unfavorable prices. Certain securities may be difficult to value during such periods. These risks may be heightened for fixed income securities in low interest rate environments.

Issuer Risk  The risk that the value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to the issuer.

Equity Securities Risk  Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities. The market price of equity securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Equity securities may decline in value due to factors affecting the issuer, equity securities markets generally, particular industries represented in those markets or the issuer itself.

Value Style Risk  The risk that returns on stocks within the value style in which the Fund invests will trail returns of stocks representing other styles or the market overall over any period of time and may shift in and out of favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic, and other factors. Investments in value securities may be subject to risks that (1) the issuer's potential business prospects will not be realized; (2) their potential values will never be recognized by the market; and (3) their value was appropriately priced when acquired and they do not perform as anticipated.

Focused Investment Risk  A fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in a particular market, industry, sector, group of industries or sectors, country, region, group of countries or asset class is subject to greater risk than a fund that invests in a more diverse investment portfolio. In addition, the value of such a fund is more susceptible to any single economic, market, political or regulatory or other occurrence affecting, for example, the particular markets, industries, regions, sectors or asset classes in which the fund is invested. This is because, for example, issuers in a particular market, industry, region, sector or asset class may react similarly to specific economic, market, regulatory, political or other developments. The particular markets, industries, regions, sectors or asset classes in which the Fund may focus its investments may change over time and the Fund may alter its focus at inopportune times. For example, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies in the information technology sector. Companies in the information technology sector can be adversely affected by, among other things, intense competition, earnings disappointments, and rapid obsolescence of products and services due to technological innovations or changing consumer preferences.

Foreign Risk  Foreign securities are subject to political, regulatory, and economic risks not present in domestic investments and may exhibit more extreme changes in value than securities of U.S. companies. The securities markets of many foreign countries are relatively small, with a limited number of companies representing a small number of industries. In addition, foreign companies often are not subject to the same degree of regulation as U.S. companies. Reporting, legal, accounting and auditing standards of foreign countries differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, political changes or diplomatic developments could adversely affect the Fund's investments in a foreign country. In the event of nationalization, expropriation or other confiscation, the Fund could lose its entire investment. Investments in emerging market countries are likely to involve significant risks. These countries are generally more likely to experience political and economic instability.

Currency Risk  Foreign currencies may experience steady or sudden devaluation relative to the U.S. dollar or other currencies, adversely affecting the value of the Fund's investments. The value of the Fund's assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, and restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. Because the Fund's net asset value is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, you may lose money even if the foreign market prices of the Fund's holdings rise.

Money Market Securities Risk  The value of a money market instrument typically will decline during periods of rising interest rates, and can also decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral assets, or changes in market, economic, industry, political, and regulatory conditions affecting a particular type of security or issuer or fixed income securities generally. Money market funds are not designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability of investors to redeem shares if such fund's liquidity falls below required minimums, which may adversely affect the Fund's returns or liquidity.

Preferred Securities Risk  The risk that: (i) certain preferred stocks contain provisions that allow an issuer under certain conditions to skip or defer distributions; (ii) preferred stocks may be subject to redemption, including at the issuer's call, and, in the event of redemption, the Fund may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at comparable or favorable rates of return; (iii) preferred stocks are generally subordinated to bonds and other debt securities in an issuer's capital structure in terms of priority for corporate income and liquidation payments; and (iv) preferred stocks may trade less frequently and in a more limited volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than many other securities.

Convertible Securities Risk  Convertible securities may be subordinate to other debt securities issued by the same issuer. Issuers of convertible securities are often not as strong financially as issuers with higher credit ratings. Convertible securities typically provide yields lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Their values may be more volatile than those of non-convertible securities, reflecting changes in the values of the securities into which they are convertible.

Manager Risk  The risk that the manager's decisions, including security selection, will cause the Fund to underperform relative to the Fund's peers. There can be no assurance that the manager's investment techniques and decisions will produce the desired results. The Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective is dependent upon the manager's ability to identify profitable investment opportunities for the Fund. The past experience of the portfolio manager, including with other strategies and funds, does not guarantee future results for the Fund.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The table shows how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. As of January 1, 2020, the Russell 1000 Value Index replaced the Standard & Poor's 500 Value Index as the primary benchmark for the Fund because the Russell 1000 Value Index more closely reflects the market sectors and types of stocks in which the Fund invests. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting homesteadfunds.com or by calling 800.258.3030 .

Calendar Year Total Returns  Total Returns (%)
Bar Chart

During the periods shown in the chart, the Fund's best and worst quarters were as follows:

Best Quarter:
Q3 2009 17.96%
Worst Quarter:
Q3 2011 -18.26%

Average Annual Total Returns periods ended 12/31/18

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as IRAs or employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Average Annual Total Returns - Value Fund
1 YR
5 YR
10 YR
Value Fund | Returns before taxes (6.36%) 7.58% 12.46%
Value Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions (8.84%) 5.52% 11.03%
Value Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares (2.45%) 5.47% 9.94%
Russell 1000 Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) (8.27%) 5.95% 11.18%
Standard & Poor's 500 Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) (8.95%) 6.06% 11.21%