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    BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.

    Overview

    Why invest in this Fund?

    The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in stocks (or derivatives) of U.S. companies that demonstrate attractive investment attributes and sustainable business practices and have no material unresolvable environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The fund focuses on companies with market caps of $5 billion or more. The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in foreign securities, including up to 10% in emerging markets securities.
    Min. class investment
    $0
    Class Inception Date
    03/29/72
    Class Status
    Class Z shares are closed to new accounts.
    Fund Assets
    $373,976,704  As of  03/24/23
    Class Assets
    $301,753,597  As of  03/24/23
    Portfolio Turnover Rate
    24.86% As of fiscal year end  05/31/22
    Morningstar Category
    Large Blend
    Benchmark
    S&P 500® Index
    Morningstar Overall Rating
    Fund Holdings
    39 As of 02/28/23

    Morningstar Rating™ as of February 28, 2023 for the Class Z class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Large Blend category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (1226 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (1226 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 4 Stars (1120 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (822 funds rated). The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

     

    Portfolio Managers

    • Nick Pope

      Nick Pope

      Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management

      1 yr(s). on fund
    Performance

    Total Returns

    Month End

    Average Annual
    As of 02/28/23
    Name 3 MO
    02/28/23     		YTD
    02/28/23     		1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
    BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
    DRTHX
    		-3.22 3.09 -10.93 9.67 9.62 10.77 9.50
    S&P 500® Index
    		-2.28 3.69 -7.69 12.15 9.82 12.25 -

    Quarter End

    Average Annual
    As of 12/31/22
    Name 3 MO
    12/31/22     		YTD
    12/31/22     		1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
    BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
    DRTHX
    		4.90 -22.93 -22.93 6.64 9.21 11.20 9.46
    S&P 500® Index
    		7.56 -18.11 -18.11 7.66 9.42 12.56 -

    The S&P 500® Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.


    Investors should consider, when deciding whether to purchase a particular class of shares, the investment amount, anticipated holding period and other relevant factors.

    Growth of $10,000 Investment

    Historical Performance

      Class Z shares are closed to new accounts.

      Yearly Total Return

      Yearly

      Fees & Expenses

      Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

      As of  09/30/22 Fee Description Expense Ratio (%)
      Management Fee 0.60%
      Shareholder Service Fees 0.05%
      Other Expenses 0.11%
      Total Expenses 0.76%
      Expenses Reimbursed 0.01%
      Net Expenses 0.75%
      Total Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Net Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, after any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The Total Expenses, or Net Expenses (if including fee waivers or expense reimbursements) is the actual fund expense ratio applicable to investors.
      The fund's investment adviser, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., has contractually agreed, until September 30, 2023, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the direct expenses of the fund so that the direct expenses of none of the fund's classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed .70%. On or after September 30, 2023, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. may terminate this expense limitation agreement at any time.
      Portfolio

      Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

      The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYM Investment Adviser). BNYM Investment Adviser has engaged its affiliate, Newton Investment Management Limited (Newton), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. Nick Pope is the fund's primary portfolio manager, a position he has held since January 2022. Mr. Pope is a portfolio manager on the Sustainable Equity strategy at Newton. Newton's Responsible Investment team provides key input to the portfolio manager of this strategy, including fundamental research and company-level ESG analysis, which leverages Newton's thematic research framework to identify sustainable investment themes, as well as controversy monitoring, company engagement and active proxy voting.

      Top Holdings

      Download Total Holdings
      As of 02/28/23

      Asset Allocation

          Stats & Risks

          Daily Statistics

          As of 03/24/23 Name NAV Change 04/04/22  12 Month 
          High Nav           		12/28/22  12 Month 
          Low Nav           		YTD Return
          DRTHX
          		$13.99
          $0.06
          0.43%
          		$18.36 $13.41 2.94%

          Performance Metrics

          Overall Morningstar Rating

          MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Large Blend

          Morningstar Rating™ as of 02/28/23 for the Class Z shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Large Blend. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (1226 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (1226 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 4 Stars (1120 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 3 Stars (822 funds rated).
          The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-,and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

          Lipper Rankings

          • 1 Year
            579 out of 630
          • 3 Year
            478 out of 565
          • 5 Year
            153 out of 511
          • 10 Year
            287 out of 408

          LIPPER CLASSIFICATION Large-Cap Core Funds

          Lipper Category returns and rankings are calculated by Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, which is a nationally recognized organization that compares the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Category returns represent the average performance of included funds, while rankings compare an individual fund's returns to those of the other funds in its category. Both are based on total return performance, with capital gains and dividends reinvested, with annual operating expenses deducted, but without including front or back-end sales charges. Rankings begin with the actual share class inception. Rankings are relative to a peer group and do not necessarily mean that the fund had high total returns. Rankings do not reflect sales loads

          Main Risks

          Equities are subject to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer, and investment style risks to varying degrees.
          Small and midsized company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks as these companies are less established and have more volatile earnings histories.
          Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities involves special risks, including changes in currency exchange rates, political, economic, and social instability, limited company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and less market liquidity. These risks generally are greater with emerging market countries.
          Socially responsible portfolios can limit the number of investment opportunities available to the portfolio which may produce more modest gains than portfolios that are not subject to such special investment considerations.
          Recent market risks include pandemic risks related to COVID-19. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically than others. To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain countries, companies, industries or market sectors, such positions will increase the fund's exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those countries, companies, industries or sectors.

          Risk Metrics

          As of  02/28/23  3-Year Trailing Standard Deviation Alpha Beta R-Squared Sharpe Ratio
          DRTHX
          		21.01 -2.22 1.00 98.05 0.49

          All risk metrics are provided by Morningstar. The index used in the calculations are determined by Morningstar which may not be the funds primary benchmark. The index Morningstar used for this analysis is S&P 500® Index.


          Distributions

          Dividend Schedule

          Declared
          Annually
          Distributed
          Annually
          Paid
          Annually
          Fiscal Year End
          May 31
          Year Dividend ($) Capital Gains ($)
          2022 0.0881 1.6702
          2021 0.1083 0.7216
          2020 0.1241 0.3878
          2019 0.1589 0.1550
          2018 0.1938 0.2978
          2017 0.1344 2.8954
          2016 0.1360 0.5350
          2015 0.1300 1.6904
          2014 0.1292 1.7630
          2013 0.1608 0.3516

          Distributions History

          Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
          Non-Qualified 
          Dividends           		Qualified 
          Dividends           		Non-Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Long-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Total 
          Distribution           		Reinvest 
          NAV
          12/02/22 12/05/22 12/05/22 0.0000 0.0881 0.0000 0.0000 1.6702 1.7583 14.11
          Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Ordinary 
          Non-Qualified 
          Dividends           		Qualified 
          Dividends           		Non-Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Qualified 
          Short-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Long-Term 
          Capital Gain           		Total 
          Distribution           		Reinvest 
          NAV
          12/01/21 12/02/21 12/02/21 0.0394 0.0689 0.0813 0.1421 0.4982 0.8299 -
          12/02/20 12/03/20 12/03/20 0.0000 0.1241 0.0000 0.0575 0.3303 0.5119 -
          12/04/19 12/05/19 12/05/19 0.0000 0.1589 0.0000 0.0100 0.1450 0.3139 -
          12/03/18 12/04/18 12/04/18 0.0000 0.1938 0.0000 0.0000 0.2972 0.4910 -
          03/20/18 03/21/18 03/21/18 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0006 0.0006 -
          12/01/17 12/04/17 12/04/17 0.0934 0.0410 0.4543 0.1995 2.2416 3.0298 -
          12/01/16 12/02/16 12/02/16 0.0000 0.1360 0.0000 0.0000 0.5350 0.6710 -
          12/02/15 12/03/15 12/03/15 0.0000 0.1300 0.0000 0.0941 1.5963 1.8204 -
          12/03/14 12/04/14 12/04/14 0.0000 0.1292 0.0000 0.1131 1.6499 1.8922 -
          12/04/13 12/05/13 12/05/13 0.0275 0.1333 0.0301 0.1464 0.1751 0.5124 -
          12/05/12 12/06/12 12/06/12 0.0000 0.0780 0.0000 0.0000 0.0212 0.0992 -
          12/08/11 12/09/11 12/09/11 0.0000 0.0700 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0700 -
          12/08/10 12/09/10 12/09/10 0.0000 0.0554 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0554 -
          12/04/09 12/07/09 12/07/09 0.0000 0.0694 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0694 -
          12/05/08 12/08/08 12/08/08 0.0000 0.0320 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0320 -
          12/04/07 12/05/07 12/05/07 0.0000 0.0436 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0436 -
          12/01/05 12/02/05 12/02/05 0.0000 0.0317 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0317 -
          11/27/01 11/28/01 11/28/01 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0731 -
          12/05/00 12/06/00 12/06/00 0.0800 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.9230 -
          12/07/99 12/08/99 12/08/99 0.0000 0.0000 0.2330 0.0000 0.0000 1.3480 -
          12/04/98 12/07/98 12/07/98 0.0000 0.0000 0.2150 0.0000 0.0000 1.3390 -
          12/05/97 12/08/97 12/08/97 0.0200 0.0000 0.2600 0.0000 0.0000 0.9200 -
          12/11/96 12/12/96 12/12/96 0.0200 0.0000 0.5150 0.0000 0.0000 1.4150 -
          12/14/95 12/15/95 12/15/95 0.0450 0.0000 0.3650 0.0000 0.0000 0.6200 -
          12/08/94 12/09/94 12/09/94 0.0650 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0700 -
          12/09/93 12/10/93 12/13/93 0.0400 0.0000 0.1600 0.0000 0.0000 0.6500 -
          12/15/92 12/16/92 12/17/92 0.0450 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1000 -
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