Alpha Blue Capital US Small-Mid Cap Dynamic ETF
$34.02−0.26 (−0.76%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.42%
- Fund size
- $13M
- 1Y return
- +15.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.15%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.45
- 52W range
The ETF.net ABCS Grade
Score 55 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 72Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 60Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 71Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 26Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 29Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 45Category rank
Our read on ABCS
BA three-decade fundamental stock-picking process in ETF form, blended with plain small- and mid-cap index ETFs. Active where the team sees an edge, indexed where it doesn't, at 0.42% a year.
The Fund’s mandate is long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- 0.42% a year buys an active small-mid cap manager, comfortably under the median expense ratio for active US equity ETFs in its group.
- The target is stated out loud: 1 to 3 points of annualized outperformance versus the Bloomberg US 2500 over a full market cycle. A yardstick you can check.prnewswire.com
- Hand-picked stocks ride alongside broad small- and mid-cap index ETFs, so the manager can dial conviction up or down inside a single wrapper.alphabluecapitalabcs.comprnewswire.com
- Sits in the upper half of the active US equity funds we cover, with cost doing much of the lifting.
Worth knowing
- A small fund that trades thinly. Spreads can widen, and limit orders are the usual tool for getting in and out.
- Cheaper broad-market rivals share the shelf (DFAC at 0.17%, AVLC at 0.15%). The fee gap here pays for stock selection, and active outcomes vary.
- Launched December 2023, so the live record is short, and the process leans on a small portfolio manager and analyst team.alphabluecapitalabcs.com
ABCS Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 40%
- VBR
Sectors
- Financials22.0%
- Health Care15.8%
- Consumer Discr.14.7%
- Technology13.8%
- Industrials11.4%
- Cons. Staples5.4%
- Energy5.4%
- Real Estate4.2%
- Materials3.1%
- Utilities2.4%
- Communication1.8%
Geography
- United States93.77%
- Bermuda3.97%
- Ireland1.22%
- United Kingdom1.04%
ABCS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ABCS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.2% |
| 1 month | −5.6% |
| 3 months | +4.8% |
| 1 year | +15.1% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ABCS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.2% | |
| 2025 | +7.9% | |
| 2024 | +14.5% | |
| 2023 | +1.3% |
ABCS in the news
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ABCS Dividends
- 1.15%
- $0.40
- $0.10 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.006 |
ABCS Risk
- 13.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.78
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −20.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ABCS Cost
- The middle half of US Active Small/Mid-Cap funds
- Median 0.55%
13 of the 47 US Active Small/Mid-Cap funds charge less.