FNICX Mutual Fund — Fidelity Advisor New Insights C

Fidelity Advisor New Insights C (FNICX)

Updated October 15, 2026.

FNICX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 0.94%, its trailing-12-month yield is 12.26%, its expense ratio is 1.82%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 67/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1111.9% over the past 23.8 years, 87.7 points behind SPY at 1199.6%.

Fidelity Advisor New Insights C is a mutual fund that invests primarily in domestic and foreign common stocks selected through fundamental analysis, focusing on companies whose value the adviser believes is underappreciated by the market. The fund may invest in growth stocks, value stocks, or both, and carries an expense ratio of 1.82%. It does not have a regular distribution frequency and currently carries a high distribution rate, making it primarily oriented toward capital appreciation rather than regular income.

FNICX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-15.

Total return is 1111.9% over the past 23.8 years, 87.7 points behind SPY at 1199.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 15.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.5%.

FNICX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

67 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.63%

Issuer

Fidelity Investments

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Expense ratio

1.82%

Distribution rate

0.94%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

12.26%

Last close

$34.95 (as of 2026-10-15)

NAV

$37.13 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-15, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$29,470,867,456

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.164

Ex-dividend date

02/06/2026

Beta

1.03

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.94%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (12.26%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Fidelity Investments; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

FNICX risks and drawbacks

FNICX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 10.5%.

Who may consider FNICX — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (FNICX pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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