Investment objective & strategy
As of Dec. 29, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Strategy. The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of U.S. companies across market sectors and industry groups. The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies with higher profitability and value characteristics. Conversely, the fund seeks to underweight or exclude securities it expects to have lower returns, such as securities of companies with lower levels of profitability and less attractive value characteristics. To identify companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, the portfolio managers use reported and/or estimated company financials and market data including, but not limited to, shares outstanding, book value and its components, cash flows from operations, and accruals. The portfolio managers define value characteristics … The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of U.S. companies across market sectors and industry groups. The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies with higher profitability and value characteristics. Conversely, the fund seeks to underweight or exclude securities it expects to have lower returns, such as securities of companies with lower levels of profitability and less attractive value characteristics. To identify companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, the portfolio managers use reported and/or estimated company financials and market data including, but not limited to, shares outstanding, book value and its components, cash flows from operations, and accruals. The portfolio managers define value characteristics mainly as adjusted book/price ratio (though other price to fundamental ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers define profitability mainly as adjusted cash from operations to book value ratio (though other ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers may also consider other factors when selecting a security, including industry classification, the past performance of the security relative to other securities, its liquidity, its float, and tax, governance or cost considerations, among others. When portfolio managers identify securities with the desired capitalization, profitability, value, and past performance characteristics, they seek to include these securities in the broadly diversified portfolio. To determine the weight of a security within the portfolio, the portfolio managers use the market capitalization of the security relative to that of other eligible securities as a baseline, then overweight or underweight the security based on the characteristics described above. The portfolio managers may dispose of a security if it no longer has the desired market capitalization, profitability, or value characteristics. When determining whether to dispose of a security, the portfolio managers will also consider, among other things, relative past performance, costs, and taxes. The portfolio managers review the criteria for inclusion in the portfolio on a regular basis to maintain a focus on the desired broad set of U.S. companies. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of large capitalization U.S. companies. To determine whether a company is a U.S. company, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the companys principal operations are located, where a majority of the companys revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the funds benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The fund defines large capitalization companies as those with market capitalizations at least as large as the smallest company in the Russell 1000 Index. Though market capitalizations will change from time to time, as of September 30, 2025, the market capitalization of the smallest company in the Russell 1000 Index was approximately $1.1 billion. The fund may also engage in securities lending and invest its collateral in eligible securities, such as a government money market fund. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The portfolio managers continually analyze market and financial data to make buy, sell, and hold decisions. When deciding whether to buy or sell a security, and how and when to implement a trade, the portfolio managers may consider the expected implementation costs and tax consequences of the trade in an attempt to gain trading efficiencies, avoid unnecessary risk, minimize tax impact, and/or enhance fund performance.
Top holdings
As of Feb. 28, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLE INC | — | $50.81M | 4.92% |
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $49.21M | 4.76% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $41.03M | 3.97% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $35.22M | 3.41% |
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $25.99M | 2.52% |
| META PLATFORMS INC CL A | — | $24.95M | 2.41% |
| ALPHABET INC CL C | — | $20.40M | 1.97% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $17.73M | 1.72% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE and CO | — | $12.97M | 1.26% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | — | $12.16M | 1.18% |
Portfolio moves
Nov 30, 2025 → Feb 28, 2026How 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.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| Avantis U.S. Equity ETF · AVUS | 90% | 0.15% |
| Avantis U.S. Equity Fund · AVUSX, AVUNX | 89% | 0.00% |
| John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF · JHML | 78% | 0.29% |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of December 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of February 28, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- 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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