AFALX
Applied Finance Dividend Fund
World Funds Trust
Expense ratio1
1.20%
Net assets2
$30.56M
Holdings2
39
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
10.32%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Aug. 28, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The investment objective of the Applied Finance Dividend Fund (the Dividend Fund) is dividend income and long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. To achieve its investment objective, the Dividend Fund will under normal conditions invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of borrowing for investment purposes) in dividend-paying common and preferred stock of companies. Generally, the companies in which the Dividend Fund will invest will have market capitalizations of $3 billion or more, measured at the time of purchase. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of issuers that the Adviser believes to have attractive valuations, potential for long-term growth, sustainable dividends, and other attractive financial characteristics. The Adviser has developed a detailed, proprietary analytical methodology called the Economic Margin framework to evaluate a companys corporate performance and estimate its intrinsic value. The Adviser believes that intrinsic value … To achieve its investment objective, the Dividend Fund will under normal conditions invest at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of borrowing for investment purposes) in dividend-paying common and preferred stock of companies. Generally, the companies in which the Dividend Fund will invest will have market capitalizations of $3 billion or more, measured at the time of purchase. The Fund invests primarily in the securities of issuers that the Adviser believes to have attractive valuations, potential for long-term growth, sustainable dividends, and other attractive financial characteristics. The Adviser has developed a detailed, proprietary analytical methodology called the Economic Margin framework to evaluate a companys corporate performance and estimate its intrinsic value. The Adviser believes that intrinsic value better explains historical stock returns than other commonly used financial metrics. The Adviser uses this framework to evaluate a companys corporate performance across time and against peers, as well as to determine attractive stocks for purchase. In addition to a firms attractiveness from the Economic Margin perspective, the Adviser will also consider as deemed necessary the use of other financial metrics such as price multiples, financial accounting ratios, price movements, and qualitative information discovered through company presentations and third-party research providers. The Dividend Fund seeks to diversify its investments across a broad spectrum of economic sectors to reduce portfolio volatility and investment risk without sacrificing potential returns. In selecting securities within a particular economic sector, the Advisers goal is to identify companies that it believes have the potential for superior performance within each sector. Although the Dividend Fund invests across a broad spectrum of sectors, it may at times focus its investments in certain sectors. The Dividend Fund may also invest in small and mid-cap companies, convertible securities, preferred stocks, rights and warrants, and other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Adviser will typically sell a company from the Dividend Funds portfolio when the companys stock price exceeds the Advisers estimate of the companys fundamental value and/or there are other companies that the Adviser believes offer greater investment potential. The Fund may invest on a global basis to take advantage of investment opportunities both within the United States and other countries. The Fund may buy foreign securities directly in their principal markets or indirectly through the use of depository receipts.

Top holdings

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
CISCO SYSTEMS INC $990.49K 3.24%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP $966.84K 3.16%
TARGET CORP $908.12K 2.97%
STATE STREET CORP $906.04K 2.97%
OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC $889.56K 2.91%
HASBRO INC $874.73K 2.86%
EATON CORP PLC $868.62K 2.84%
CHEVRON CORP $865.45K 2.83%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GRP INC $860.11K 2.81%
JOHNSON&JOHNSON $855.73K 2.80%
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Allocation by sector

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Jan 31, 2026 → Apr 30, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
1
Increased
33
Decreased
4
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of April 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Applied Finance Advisors, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of August 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of April 30, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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