VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF
$17.49−0.14 (−0.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.95%
- Fund size
- $46M
- 1Y return
- −0.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 37
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $17.70
- 52W range
The ETF.net ACKY Grade
Score 43 of 100 sits in the C 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.CScore 51Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 33Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 47Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 28Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 49Category rank
Our read on ACKY
CAn activist investor's greatest hits, wrapped in a paycheck. ACKY holds roughly 30 top picks from a Pershing Square portfolio index and targets a 15% annual distribution rate, paid monthly.
The fund is actively managed and seeks income first, with long-term capital appreciation as a secondary objective.
Why people hold it
- Rare shelf space: an index of top picks from Pershing Square's concentrated portfolio, run actively with income first and long-term appreciation second.vistashares.com
- The payout policy is written down, not improvised: a stated 15% annual distribution target, delivered monthly rather than quarterly.vistashares.com
- About 30 US stocks, so each conviction name actually registers instead of being diluted across hundreds of tickers.vistashares.com
Worth knowing
- 0.95% a year is pricey for equity income. Peers like PAPI (0.29%) and TCAL (0.34%) run options-income strategies for a fraction of that.
- 15% is a target, not a promise, and the fund discloses distributions can include return of capital, which is your own money coming back and reduces NAV.vistashares.com
- A 2025 launch with a short record and roughly 30 holdings: single-name moves land hard, and young funds often trade with wider bid-ask spreads.
ACKY Holdings
- Stocks
- 37
- 91%
- MSFT
Sectors
Geography
ACKY 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 | ACKY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.7% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | −0.5% |
| 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 | ACKY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.7% | |
| 2025 | +2.3% |
ACKY in the news
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ACKY Dividends
- $0.23 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.22 |
| May 26, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Jan 27, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Oct 28, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.25 |
ACKY Risk
- —
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.
- —
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.
- −14.6%
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.
- 0.93
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACKY Cost
- The middle half of Active Option Income funds
- Median 0.95%
20 of the 47 Active Option Income funds charge less.