SFGV
Sequoia Global Value ETF
EA Series Trust
ETFFund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.33%
Net assets2
$1.15B
Holdings2
521
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
18.75%

Investment objective & strategy

As of March 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Sequoia Global Value ETF (the Fund) seeks to achieve long term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests primarily in equity securities of companies selected by Sequoia Financial Group, LLC (the Sub-Adviser). Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the Funds net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. The Fund defines equity securities to include U.S. listed common and preferred stock, depositary receipts (e.g., American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)), and ETFs that provide broad exposure to domestic and international equity securities of companies across all market capitalizations, as well as real estate securities. Depositary receipts, including ADRs and GDR are certificates evidencing ownership of securities of a foreign issuer. The certificates are … The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests primarily in equity securities of companies selected by Sequoia Financial Group, LLC (the Sub-Adviser). Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the Funds net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. The Fund defines equity securities to include U.S. listed common and preferred stock, depositary receipts (e.g., American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)), and ETFs that provide broad exposure to domestic and international equity securities of companies across all market capitalizations, as well as real estate securities. Depositary receipts, including ADRs and GDR are certificates evidencing ownership of securities of a foreign issuer. The certificates are issued by depositary banks and the underlying securities are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar institution. Depositary receipts may be purchased on securities exchanges or directly from dealers. In addition, the Funds international investments may provide exposure to developed and/or emerging markets. An emerging market country is any country determined by the Sub-Adviser to have an emerging market economy, considering factors such as the country's credit rating, its political and economic stability and the development of its financial and capital markets. Typically, emerging markets are in countries that are in the process of industrializing, with lower gross national products than more developed countries. In determining the Fund's exposure to domestic, developed and emerging markets, the Sub-Adviser will generally allocate 50 - 75% of the Fund's assets to domestic equity securities (i.e., U.S. common stocks), 20 - 30% to developed market equity securities and the remaining to emerging market equity securities. The investment exposures are subject to change based on the Sub-Adviser's view of the risk/return profile for domestic and international markets. In selecting domestic equity securities for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser begins with an investment universe of approximately the largest 3,000 U.S. companies by market capitalization. Companies are then evaluated using the Sub-Advisers investment criteria for individual equities, as described below. The Sub-Adviser uses its proprietary measure of valuation, which considers the companys shareholder yield and free cash flow yield (two measurements that compare cash profits to enterprise value) when selecting investments for the Fund. The Sub-Adviser seeks to identify the most attractively valued companies (i.e., companies with the largest profits relative to their enterprise value) using these proprietary measures. The Sub-Adviser determines a companys shareholder yield by the summation of dividends and share buybacks over the past five years, adjusted to account for stock-based compensation, and compared to enterprise value. The Sub-Adviser determines a companys free cash flow yield by its five-year average free cash flow, adjusted to account for stock- based compensation, and compared to enterprise value. Enterprise value is calculated based primarily on the companys market capitalization and indebtedness. The Sub-Adviser also considers a companys price momentum when selecting investments. Momentum is the observation that financial assets trending strongly in a certain direction will continue to move in that direction. The Sub-Adviser eliminates from consideration companies that are demonstrating poor relative price momentum over a 12-month period. Lastly, while it is anticipated that the Fund will invest across a range of industries, certain sectors may be overweight compared to others because the Sub-Adviser seeks the best investment opportunities regardless of sector. The Sub-Advisers investment selection criteria for ETFs includes a review of its structure, relative performance among its peer group, total operating expense ratio, portfolio turnover, investment objective and investment restrictions and limitations. The Sub-Adviser will typically invest in ETFs that have strong performance records relative to peers, have lower operating expenses, lower portfolio turnover, below average capital gains distributions and a demonstrated expertise and focus on the Sub-Advisers desired asset class. The Fund is expected to hold ETFs that generally represent investments where the Sub-Adviser believes its own management would not be superior in terms of cost and/or abilities. The Sub-Adviser will review its portfolio allocations at least quarterly for the Fund and will adjust such allocations based on the results of its proprietary screening process. The Funds portfolio allocation process is designed to be dynamic and opportunistic.

Top holdings

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Vanguard Tax Managed Funds FTSE DEVELOPED MKTS ETF VEA US $118.50M 10.27%
iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF IDEV $117.10M 10.15%
VANGUARD FTSE EM $69.41M 6.02%
AVANTIS INTL S/C AVDV $59.86M 5.19%
Avantis Real Estate ETF AVRE $58.93M 5.11%
AV EMERG MKT VAL AVES $47.27M 4.10%
MOUNT VERNON LIQUID ASSETS PORTFOLIO $25.49M 2.21%
APPLE INC $19.40M 1.68%
BERKSHIRE HATH-B $11.55M 1.00%
EXXON MOBIL CORP $11.33M 0.98%
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Allocation by sector

As of February 27, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Nov 28, 2025 → Feb 27, 2026
Opened
339
Exited
40
Increased
67
Decreased
111
Unchanged
4

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 November 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Empowered Funds, LLC d/b/a EA Advisers Adviser
Sequoia Financial Group, LLC Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of March 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of February 27, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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