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ALPS O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF Shares

$62.21+0.88% today
556252-WK

The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of publicly listed large-capitalization and mid-capitalization dividend-paying issuers in the United States that meet certain market capitalization, liquidity, high quality, low volatility and dividend yield thresholds, as determined by O'Shares Investment Advisers, LLC (the "index provider"). Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the components of the underlying index.

Price & daily flows
60.758.556.362.21DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +8.3% so far this year. At 0.48% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$812Massets under management
0.48%expense ratio · $48 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
16Kavg daily volume, 30 days
101holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed July 13, 2015 · beta 0.44
Sector weights
Technology24.5%
Healthcare18.32%
Financial Services16.77%
Electronic Technology15.33%
Health Technology15.22%
Industrials12.2%
Technology Services11.72%
Consumer Cyclical9.08%
Commercial Services9.03%
Consumer Defensive8.99%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.92%
Ireland4.02%
Switzerland1.29%
United Kingdom0.26%
Other0.14%
Cash0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month+5.8%
3 months+5.4%
6 months+5.2%
YTD+8.3%
1 year+10.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
31Kshares traded
The case against OUSA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat OUSA on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-44bp on fee · 42× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-44bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-44bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund0.04%$135.5B-44bp on fee · 167× the assetsHead-to-head
VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund0.04%$125.5B-44bp on fee · 155× the assetsHead-to-head
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