Investment objective & strategy
As of Oct. 28, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Strive 1000 Dividend Growth ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of an index composed of U.S.-listed equities with a history of consistently growing dividends.
Strategy. The Funds Investment Strategy The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US 1000 Dividend Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index, which measures the performance of large- and mid-capitalization growth companies in the U.S. equity market as determined by Bloomberg. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in dividend paying equity securities. The Fund defines dividend paying equity securities as companies that have i) demonstrated five consecutive years of positive growth and ii) exhibits a five year-dividend growth ratio that is greater than the overall Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index (Dividend Paying Companies). The Index … The Funds Investment Strategy The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US 1000 Dividend Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index, which measures the performance of large- and mid-capitalization growth companies in the U.S. equity market as determined by Bloomberg. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in dividend paying equity securities. The Fund defines dividend paying equity securities as companies that have i) demonstrated five consecutive years of positive growth and ii) exhibits a five year-dividend growth ratio that is greater than the overall Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index (Dividend Paying Companies). The Index will generally consist of approximately 200 constituents. The Index is expected to have significant exposure to the Information Technology and Financials sectors. The components of the Index will change over time. A security is eligible for inclusion in the Index if such security i) is a Dividend Paying Company and ii) has a minimum average daily value traded that is greater than or equal to $5 million. Each security in the Index is free float market capitalization weighted. An Index position is capped at (i) 5% maximum at the issuer level (only the top eight securities are eligible to be weighted at 5%) and (ii) securities that are not part of the top eight securities in the Index are capped at a 2.5% maximum weight. Any excess weight from capping is redistributed proportionally to the remaining uncapped securities until there are no issuers with a weight greater than either 5% (for the top eight securities) or 2.5% (for the remaining securities). If there are less than 20 issuers included in the Index, then all the issuers are equally weighted. For issuers with multiple securities, the issuer weight is redistributed proportionally based on the free float market capitalization of each security for a given issuer. The Index is calculated as a total return index in U.S. dollars. The Index is normally reconstituted on an annual basis in April. The Index constituents weights are normally rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Strive Asset Management, LLC (the Sub-Adviser) uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve the Funds investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to beat the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies. The Fund will generally use a replication strategy to seek to achieve its investment objective, meaning the Fund will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same approximate proportions as in the Index, but may, when the Sub-Adviser believes it is in the best interests of the Fund, use a representative sampling strategy, meaning the Fund may invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole. The Fund will be reconstituted and rebalanced on the same schedule as the Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e. , hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPMORGAN CHASE and CO | — | $2.81M | 4.79% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $2.79M | 4.75% |
| LILLY ELI and CO | — | $2.63M | 4.48% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $2.35M | 4.00% |
| VISA INC-CLASS A | — | $1.84M | 3.14% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | — | $1.58M | 2.70% |
| MASTERCARD INC CL A | — | $1.47M | 2.51% |
| ABBVIE INC | — | $1.38M | 2.36% |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE | — | $1.21M | 2.07% |
| CATERPILLAR INC | — | $1.19M | 2.04% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 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. |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION INDEX FUND · VIG, VDADX | 66% | 0.04% |
| Invesco Dividend AchieversTM ETF · PFM | 60% | 0.52% |
| iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · DGRO | 51% | 0.08% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Empowered Funds, LLC d/b/a EA Advisers | Adviser |
| Strive Asset Management, LLC | Sub-adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of October 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 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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