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Investment Risks - American Century Capital Portfolios Prospectus
Aug. 01, 2025
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Discontinuance Of Dividend Payments Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Discontinuance of Dividend Payments Risk – If the stocks purchased by the fund do not continue dividend payments, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Style Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Style Risk – If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Convertible Securities Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Convertible Securities Risk – The fund invests in convertible securities, which may be affected by changes in interest rates, the credit of the issuer and the value of the underlying common stock. In addition, because these securities are convertible into common stock, they are subject to general stock market risk, though to a lesser degree.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Foreign Securities Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Foreign Securities Risk – The fund may invest in foreign securities, which can be riskier than investing in U.S. securities. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. stocks.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Market Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Market Risk – The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk – At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
EQUITY INCOME FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block]
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Style Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Style Risk — If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Foreign Securities Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Foreign Securities Risk — The fund may invest in foreign securities, which can be riskier than investing in U.S. securities. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. stocks.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Market Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Focused Portfolio Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Focused Portfolio Risk — Investing in a limited number of companies carries more risk because changes in the value of a single company may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive on the fund’s value.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Price Volatility Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Price Volatility Risk — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Redemption Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Redemption Risk — The fund may need to sell securities at times it would not otherwise do so in order to meet shareholder redemption requests. Selling securities to meet such redemptions may cause the fund to experience a loss, increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or have tax consequences. To the extent that a large shareholder (including another account advised by the advisor, a fund of funds or 529 college savings plan) invests in the fund, the fund may experience relatively large redemptions as such shareholder reallocates its assets.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
FOCUSED LARGE CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Style Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Style Risk — If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Foreign Securities Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Foreign Securities Risk — The fund may invest in foreign securities, which can be riskier than investing in U.S. securities. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. stocks.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Market Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Price Volatility Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Price Volatility Risk — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Redemption Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Redemption Risk — The fund may need to sell securities at times it would not otherwise do so in order to meet shareholder redemption requests. Selling securities to meet such redemptions may cause the fund to experience a loss, increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or have tax consequences. To the extent that a large shareholder (including another account advised by the advisor, a fund of funds or 529 college savings plan) invests in the fund, the fund may experience relatively large redemptions as such shareholder reallocates its assets.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Mid Cap Stocks Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Mid Cap Stocks Risk — The mid-sized companies in which the fund invests may present greater opportunities for capital growth than larger companies, but also may be more volatile and present greater risks.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
MID CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block]
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Discontinuance Of Dividend Payments Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Discontinuance of Dividend Payments Risk – If the stocks purchased by the fund do not continue dividend payments, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Style Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Style Risk — If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Market Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and
social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Price Volatility Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Price Volatility Risk — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Small Cap Stocks Risks Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Small Cap Stocks Risks — The smaller companies in which the fund invests may be more volatile and subject to greater risk than larger companies. Smaller companies may have limited financial resources, product lines and markets, and their securities may trade less frequently and in more limited volumes than the securities of larger companies, which could lead to higher transaction costs.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | IPO Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] IPO Risk — The fund’s performance may be affected by investments in initial public offerings. The purchase of securities in an IPO may involve higher transaction costs than those associated with the purchase of securities already traded on exchanges or other established markets. In addition to the risks associated with equity securities generally, IPO securities may be subject to additional risk due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading and speculation, a potentially small number of securities available for trading, limited information about the issuer and other factors. These factors may cause IPO shares to be volatile in price.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | REITs Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] REITs Risk — REITs are susceptible to the risks associated with direct ownership of real estate. Investments in REITs are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk with respect to the loans made by the REITs in which the fund invests. Credit risk is the risk that the borrower will not be able to make interest and principal payments on the loan to the REIT when they are due. Interest rate risk is the risk that a change in the prevailing interest rate will cause the value of the loan portfolio held by the REIT to rise or fall. Additionally, the fund’s shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the operating expenses of a REIT in which the fund invests.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
SMALL CAP DIVIDEND FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block]
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Style Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Style Risk — If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Market Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Price Volatility Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Price Volatility Risk — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Redemption Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Redemption Risk — The fund may need to sell securities at times it would not otherwise do so in order to meet shareholder redemption requests. Selling securities to meet such redemptions may cause the fund to experience a loss, increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or have tax consequences. To the extent that a large shareholder (including another account advised by the advisor, a fund of funds or 529 college savings plan) invests in the fund, the fund may experience relatively large redemptions as such shareholder reallocates its assets.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Small Cap Stocks Risks Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Small Cap Stocks Risks — The smaller companies in which the fund invests may be more volatile and subject to greater risk than larger companies. Smaller companies may have limited financial resources, product lines and markets, and their securities may trade less frequently and in more limited volumes than the securities of larger companies, which could lead to higher transaction costs.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | REITs Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] REITs Risk — Investments in REITs are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk with respect to the loans made by the REITs in which the fund invests. Credit risk is the risk that the borrower will not be able to make interest and principal payments on the loan to the REIT when they are due. Interest rate risk is the risk that a change in the prevailing interest rate will cause the value of the loan portfolio held by the REIT to rise or fall.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
SMALL CAP VALUE FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block]
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
VALUE FUND | Style Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Style Risk — If the market does not consider the individual stocks purchased by the fund to be undervalued, the value of the fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising.
VALUE FUND | Foreign Securities Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Foreign Securities Risk — The fund may invest in foreign securities, which can be riskier than investing in U.S. securities. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. stocks.
VALUE FUND | Market Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
VALUE FUND | Price Volatility Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Price Volatility Risk — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
VALUE FUND | Redemption Risk Member  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Redemption Risk — The fund may need to sell securities at times it would not otherwise do so in order to meet shareholder redemption requests. Selling securities to meet such redemptions may cause the fund to experience a loss, increase the fund’s transaction costs and/or have tax consequences. To the extent that a large shareholder (including another account advised by the advisor, a fund of funds or 529 college savings plan) invests in the fund, the fund may experience relatively large redemptions as such shareholder reallocates its assets.
VALUE FUND | Multi-Cap Investing Risk Member  
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Risk [Text Block] Multi-Cap Investing Risk — The fund is a multi-capitalization fund that invests in companies of all sizes. The small and medium-sized companies in which the fund invests may be more volatile and subject to greater risk than larger companies.
VALUE FUND | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block] Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
VALUE FUND | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Risk [Text Block]
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.