SMTH
ALPS | Smith Core Plus Bond ETF
ALPS ETF TRUST
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.59%
Net assets2
$2.56B
Holdings2
927
Category
Taxable Bond
2025 return3
7.07%

Investment objective & strategy

As of March 30, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks above average total return from a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds. Bonds include, but are not limited to, government notes and bonds, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, and zero-coupon bonds. The Fund will target a weighted average effective duration +/- 40% of the current effective duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund does not intend to invest in contingent convertible bonds. The Fund may also invest in asset-backed securities, money market instruments, commercial loans, and foreign debt securities (including investments in emerging markets). Investments in high yield/high risk bonds (also known as junk bonds) are expected to represent, … The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds. Bonds include, but are not limited to, government notes and bonds, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, and zero-coupon bonds. The Fund will target a weighted average effective duration +/- 40% of the current effective duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund does not intend to invest in contingent convertible bonds. The Fund may also invest in asset-backed securities, money market instruments, commercial loans, and foreign debt securities (including investments in emerging markets). Investments in high yield/high risk bonds (also known as junk bonds) are expected to represent, under normal market conditions, less than 20% of the Funds net assets. Under normal market conditions, investments in non-agency mortgage-backed securities are expected to comprise not more than 20% of the Funds net assets and investments in non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities are expected to be less than 5% of the Funds net assets. The Funds investments in agency mortgage-backed securities are generally not subject to limitation, except to the extent such investments would be inconsistent with another stated investment strategy or policy. The Fund seeks above average total return, defined as outperformance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, net of Fund fees and expenses. The Fund seeks to generate total return from a combination of current income and capital appreciation, but income is usually the dominant portion. In selecting securities, Smith Capital Investors, LLC, the Funds Sub-Adviser, considers many factors, including yield, credit ratings, liquidity, call risk, duration, structure, and capital appreciation potential. Due to the nature of the process and the securities in which the Fund invests, it may have relatively high portfolio turnover compared to other funds. Though the Fund does not typically expect to use derivatives, for purposes of meeting its policy to invest at least 80% of net assets in bonds, the Fund may include derivatives that have characteristics similar to the securities in which the Fund may directly invest. In addition to considering economic factors such as the effect of interest rates on the Funds investments, the portfolio manager typically applies a bottom up approach in choosing investments. This means that the portfolio manager looks at income producing securities one at a time to determine if a security is an attractive investment opportunity and if it is consistent with the Funds investment policies. The portfolio manager additionally considers the expected risk-adjusted return on a particular investment and the Funds overall risk allocations and volatility.

Top holdings

As of Feb. 28, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US TREASURY N/B $127.71M 5.00%
US TREASURY N/B $121.02M 4.74%
US TREASURY N/B $106.79M 4.18%
US TREASURY N/B $93.22M 3.65%
US TREASURY N/B $81.47M 3.19%
US TREASURY N/B $73.07M 2.86%
US TREASURY N/B $71.77M 2.81%
US TREASURY N/B $58.86M 2.30%
US TREASURY N/B $57.69M 2.26%
US TREASURY N/B $47.14M 1.84%
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Allocation by sector

As of February 28, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Nov 30, 2025 → Feb 28, 2026
Opened
93
Exited
40
Increased
96
Decreased
528
Unchanged
210

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
Smith Capital Investors, LLC Sub-adviser
ALPS Advisors, Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of March 30, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of February 28, 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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