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ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF Shares

$49.93+0.62% today
425052-WK

Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the components of the index. The index is designed to reflect the performance of publicly-listed small-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").

Price & daily flows
48.846.644.549.93DAILY NET FLOWFeb 19Apr 21Jun 22Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +13.6% so far this year. At 0.48% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$726Massets under management
0.48%expense ratio · $48 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
81Kavg daily volume, 30 days
107holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed December 29, 2016 · beta 0.58
Sector weights
Financial Services23.3%
Consumer Cyclical22.34%
Finance22.1%
Industrials21.09%
Producer Manufacturing19.09%
Retail Trade10.4%
Healthcare10.18%
Technology8.95%
Consumer Services7.29%
Health Services5.43%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.97%
Bermuda1.26%
Other0.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+3.5%
3 months+7.3%
6 months+6.9%
YTD+13.6%
1 year+9.9%
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)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.9%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
37Kshares traded
The case against OUSM

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-43bp on fee · 177× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-44bp on fee · 47× 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 · 39× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-44bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-44bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
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