September 1, 2026
Summary
Prospectus
Victory Income Stock Fund
Fund Shares |
Institutional Shares |
Class A |
Class C |
Class R6 |
USISX |
UIISX |
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Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both of which are dated September 1, 2026, and are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus, as they each contain more information about the Fund and its risks.
You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at VictoryFunds.com.
You also may obtain this information at no cost by calling (800) 235-8396 or by sending an e–mail request to VictoryMail@VCM.com.
You may also obtain this information at no cost from your financial intermediary.
vcm.com
(800) 235-8396
Victory Income Stock Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The Victory Income Stock Fund (the “Fund”) seeks current income with the prospect of increasing dividend income and the potential for capital appreciation.
Fund Fees and Expenses
The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay, if you buy, hold, and sell 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 example below.
Shareholder Fees
(paid directly from your investment)
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Fund |
Institutional |
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Shares |
Shares |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases |
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(as a percentage of offering price) |
None |
None |
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) |
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(as a percentage of the lower of purchase or sale price) |
None |
None |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Management Fees1 |
0.51% |
0.51% |
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
0.00% |
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Other Expenses |
0.21% |
0.22% |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2 |
0.72% |
0.73% |
1The management fee is comprised of a base fee (which is equal to an annualized rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets) and a performance adjustment. The performance adjustment is calculated separately for each share class on a monthly basis and is added to or subtracted from the base fee depending upon the performance of the respective share classes relative to the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index. Assets and performance are each measured over a rolling 36-month period. The annual adjustment rate ranges from +/- 0-6 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point) of average daily net assets depending on the level of over/under-performance. The performance adjustment reflected in the management fee may differ from the over/under annual adjustment rate due to differences in average net assets for the fiscal reporting period and rolling 36-month
performance period. See Organization and Management of the Fund section for a description of the performance adjustment.
2Victory Capital Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse expenses so that the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items such as performance fee adjustments, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, capitalized expenses, and other extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of 0.76% and 0.72% of the Fund Shares and the Institutional Shares, respectively, through at least August 31, 2027. The Adviser is permitted to recoup management fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the date of the waiver or reimbursement, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. The amount of any waivers or reimbursements and the amount of any recoupment is calculated without regard to the impact of any performance adjustment to the Fund’s management fee. This agreement may only be terminated by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
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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 sell or continue to hold 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. The amounts shown reflect any fee waiver/expense reimbursement in place through its expiration date. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
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1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
Fund Shares |
$74 |
$230 |
$401 |
$894 |
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Institutional Shares |
$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 shares of the Fund 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. For the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 59% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities. For purposes of the 80% policy, equity securities means common stocks, depositary receipts, Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”), securities convertible into common stocks, and securities that carry the right to buy common stocks.The Fund’s 80% policy may be changed upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
The Fund attempts to provide a portfolio with a dividend yield that is, over time, at or above the average of the Russell 1000 Value Index. The Fund seeks to do this by normally investing at least 65% of the Fund’s assets in common stocks of companies that pay dividends. Although the Fund invests primarily in U.S. securities, it may invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities, including securities issued in emerging markets. Additionally, the Fund may invest in derivatives, including futures and options and may write (sell) covered call options on the securities it holds to generate income.
The managers seek to create a diversified portfolio of stocks that pay a dividend with superior dividend growth potential that emphasize certain investment factors such as quality, value, and momentum through quantitative analysis. The managers use quantitative analysis to identify companies that generally meet one of the following criteria: trade at attractive valuations, exhibit positive momentum, and/or have strong and stable profitability. They also use quantitative analysis to allocate exposure to factors in an attempt to take advantage of opportunities and limit the amount of risk any individual factor contributes to the Fund.
Principal Risks
The Fund’s investments are subject to the following principal risks:
General Market Risk – Overall market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Domestic and international factors such as political events, war, terrorism, trade disputes, inflation rates, interest rate levels and other fiscal and monetary policy changes, cybersecurity incidents, pandemics and other public health crises, imposition of tariffs, sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals,
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businesses or industries, and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fires, and floods, or other catastrophes may add to instability in global economies and markets generally and may lead to increased market volatility. Global economies and financial markets are highly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely affect issuers in another country or region. The impact of these and other factors may be short-term or may last for extended periods.
Equity Securities Risk – The values of the equity securities in which the Fund invests may decline in response to developments affecting individual companies and/or general market, economic, and political conditions, and other factors. A company’s earnings or dividends may not increase as expected due to poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, tariffs, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters, military confrontations, war, terrorism, public health crises, or other events, conditions, and factors. Price changes may be temporary or may last for extended periods. Equity securities have the lowest priority, and the greatest risk, with respect to dividends and any liquidation payments in the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy.
Financials Sector Risk – The Fund’s investments in companies within the financials sector means that market or economic factors impacting that sector could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments and could make the Fund’s performance more volatile. Financial companies, such as retail and commercial banks, insurance companies, and financial services companies, are especially subject to the adverse effects of economic recession, currency exchange rates, extensive government regulation, decreases in the availability of capital, volatile interest rates, portfolio concentrations in geographic markets, industries or products (such as commercial and residential real estate loans), and competition from new entrants in their fields of business.
Foreign Securities Risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market. Global markets, or those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to important political, economic, or other developments. Events and evolving conditions in certain economies or markets, including with respect to tariffs or sanctions, may alter the risks associated with investments tied to countries or regions that historically were perceived as comparatively stable and make such investments riskier and more volatile.
Emerging Markets Risk – Foreign securities risk can be particularly heightened because investments in emerging market countries generally are more volatile than investments in developed markets. Emerging market countries are less economically diverse and mature than more developed countries and tend to be politically less stable. The governments of emerging market countries may be more likely to impose capital controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country, intervene in the financial markets, and/or impose burdensome taxes that could adversely affect security prices. In addition, the economies of emerging market countries may be dependent on relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes. Emerging market countries may also have less developed legal and accounting systems, and their legal systems may deal with issuer bankruptcies and defaults differently than U.S. law would.
Dividend Payout Risk – Dividend payout risk is the possibility that a number of the companies in which the Fund invests will reduce or eliminate the dividend on the securities held by the Fund. Should many portfolio companies reduce or eliminate their dividend payments, the ability of the Fund to produce investment income to shareholders will be affected adversely.
Large Shareholder Risk – The actions by one large shareholder or multiple shareholders acting simultaneously may have an impact on the Fund and, therefore, indirectly on other shareholders. Shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, thereby affecting the
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tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to federal income tax. To the extent a larger shareholder is permitted to invest in the Fund, the Fund may experience large inflows or outflows of cash from time to time. This activity could magnify these adverse effects on the Fund.
Management Risk – The Fund is actively managed, and the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s portfolio managers may not produce the desired results.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) Risk – There is a risk that the value of the Fund’s investment in REITs will decrease because of a decline in real estate values more broadly. Investing in REITs may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. Additionally, REITs are dependent upon the capabilities of the REIT’s manager(s); have limited diversification; and may be particularly sensitive to economic downturns or changes in interest rates, real estate values, cash flows of underlying real estate assets, occupancy rates, zoning laws, and tax laws. Because REITs are pooled investment vehicles that incur expenses of their own, the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of those expenses.
Derivatives Risk – The Fund may invest in futures, options, and other types of derivatives. Risks associated with derivatives include the risk that the derivative is not well-correlated with the security, index, ETFs, or currency to which it relates; the risk that the use of derivatives may not have the intended effects and may result in losses, underperformance, or missed opportunities; the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative because of an illiquid secondary market; the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to meet its obligation; the risk of interest rate movements; and the risk that the derivatives transaction could expose the Fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the Fund’s market exposure, magnify investment risks and losses, and cause losses to be realized more quickly. There is no guarantee that derivative techniques will be employed or that they will work as intended, and their use could lower returns or even result in losses to the Fund. In addition, current regulations may limit the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives.
Any investment involves risk, and there is no assurance that the Fund’s objective will be achieved. By itself, the Fund does not constitute a complete investment plan. As you consider an investment in the Fund, you also should take into account your tolerance for the daily fluctuations of the financial markets and whether you can afford to leave your money in the Fund for long periods of time to ride out down periods. As with other mutual funds, losing money is a risk of investing in the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Investment Performance
The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart illustrates the Fund Shares’ volatility by showing how performance has varied from year to year for each full calendar year over the past 10 years. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the share classes for the periods indicated compared to those of the Fund’s regulatory broad-based securities market index, the Fund’s benchmark index, and an additional index of funds with similar investment objectives. We assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
Performance data for the classes varies based on differences in their fee and expense structures and reflects any expense limitations in effect during the periods shown. Remember, historical performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate what will happen in the future. The Fund’s most current performance information is available on the Fund’s website at vcm.com or by calling (800)
235-8396.
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Calendar Year Returns for Fund Shares
40% |
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30% |
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26.48% |
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23.64% |
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20% |
16.63% |
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13.90% |
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14.10% |
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12.02% |
13.56% |
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10% |
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0% |
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0.33% |
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-5.49% |
-4.23% |
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-10% |
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
During the periods shown in the chart: |
Returns |
Quarter ended |
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Highest Quarter |
14.11% |
June 30, 2020 |
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Lowest Quarter |
-24.77% |
March 31, 2020 |
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Year-to-date return |
15.28% |
June 30, 2026 |
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Average Annual Total Returns |
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(For the Periods Ended December 31, 2025) |
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1 Year |
5 Years |
10 Years |
FUND SHARES Before Taxes |
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13.90% |
11.91% |
10.60% |
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FUND SHARES After Taxes on Distributions |
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11.21% |
9.10% |
8.09% |
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FUND SHARES After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
9.88% |
8.98% |
7.99% |
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INSTITUTIONAL SHARES Before Taxes |
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13.87% |
11.93% |
10.62% |
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Indices |
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S&P 500® Index |
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reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes |
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17.88% |
14.42% |
14.82% |
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Russell 1000® Value Index |
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reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes |
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15.91% |
11.33% |
10.53% |
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Lipper Equity Income Funds Index |
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reflects no deduction for taxes |
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15.21% |
11.23% |
10.84% |
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. In certain situations, the return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than the other return amounts. A higher after-tax return may result when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and translates into an assumed tax deduction that benefits the shareholder. The actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you hold your shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or 401(k) plan, the after-tax returns shown in the table are not relevant to you. Please note that after-tax returns are shown only for the Fund Shares and may differ for each share class.
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Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser
Victory Capital Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser.
The Adviser is a diversified global asset manager comprised of multiple investment teams, referred to as investment franchises, each of which utilizes an independent approach to investment. The portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are members of the Adviser’s Victory Solutions platform.
Portfolio Management
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Title |
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Tenure with the Fund |
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President, Investment Franchises |
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Mannik S. Dhillon, CFA, CAIA |
& Solutions |
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Since 2019 |
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Senior Portfolio Manager and |
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Head of Portfolio Management, |
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Lance Humphrey, CFA |
VictoryShares and Solutions |
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Since 2021 |
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Portfolio Manager, VictoryShares |
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Elie Masri |
and Solutions |
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Since 2021 |
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares |
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Investment Minimums |
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Fund Shares |
Institutional Shares |
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Minimum Initial Investment |
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$3,000 |
$1,000,000 |
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Minimum Subsequent Investments |
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$ |
50 |
None |
You may purchase or sell Fund Shares on any business day through vcm.com or by telephone at (800) 235-8396. You also may purchase or sell Fund Shares through certain other financial intermediaries. If you have opened an account directly with the Fund, you also may purchase and sell Fund Shares by mail at P.O. Box 182903, Columbus, OH 43218-2903. The Fund reserves the right to waive or lower purchase minimums in certain circumstances.
Institutional Shares are not offered for sale directly to the general public. The Fund reserves the right to waive or lower purchase minimums in certain circumstances.
Certain broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries (such as a bank) may establish higher or lower minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts to which you may be subject if you invest through them.
When you buy and redeem shares, the Fund will price your transaction at the next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after the Fund receives your request in good order, which means that your request contains all the required documentation, and that all documents contain required signatures or signature guarantees from a financial institution.
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Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that generally will be taxed to you as ordinary income or long-term capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt investor or you invest through an IRA,
401(k) plan, or other tax-deferred account (in which case you may be taxed later, upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund 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 such shares and certain servicing and administrative functions for investments in all share classes except the Class R6 shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Victory Funds
P.O. Box 182903
Columbus, OH 43218-2903
98012-0926