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Acuitas Small Cap Active ETF

AIMSNasdaqD

$26.97−0.11 (−0.40%)

At close: Oct 13, 2026, 4:00 PM

D38/ 100

Rank 28 of 41 in US Active Small-Cap

D38/100Rank 28 of 41inUS Active Small-Cap
Intraday session: down, 10 prints from 27.08 to 26.97. Range 26.92 to 27.15. Use the arrow keys to read each point.27.0027.0527.1510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.75%
Fund size
$84M
1Y total return
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Yield · Last 12 months
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Holdings
283
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$27.07
52W range
low $23.01high $29.62
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net AIMS Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

D

Score 38 out of 100

Category
US Active Small-Cap⁠
Rank
28 of 41
Six-pillar profile for AIMS. Scores out of 100: Cost 29, Risk 45, Mission not scored, Tradability 37, Holdings 61, Durability 44. Strongest: Holdings (61). Weakest: Cost (29). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 38 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D29 out of 100
    Rank 29 of 41

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C45 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 38

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D37 out of 100
    Rank 27 of 41

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B61 out of 100
    Rank 19 of 41

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C44 out of 100
    Rank 27 of 41

Our read on AIMS

ETF.net Research

DA Seattle boutique's institutional playbook in one ticker: AIMS blends model portfolios from several specialist small and microcap managers, and deliberately declines to drift up into midcaps.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Multi-manager by design: Acuitas allocates across a curated group of institutional small cap managers and blends their models, rather than riding one stockpicker.acuitasfunds.comglobenewswire.com
  2. 02Stays genuinely small. The fund is benchmarked to the Russell 2000 and built to hold true small caps, with room for microcaps, instead of drifting up into midcaps.globenewswire.comacuitasfunds.com
  3. 03One mandate, plain and simple: long-term capital appreciation from equities, held in a standard 1940 Act fund wrapper.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Costs 0.75% a year, above the roughly 0.52% cohort median for active small cap ETFs and well north of the 0.25% charged by AVUV and AVSC.
  2. 02Launched in 2026, so the ETF record is short, and the fund is non-diversified, meaning individual positions can swing it more than a broad index would.money.usnews.com
  3. 03Volume is light next to the category's household names, so intraday spreads can run wider.

AIMS Holdings

As of Oct 12, 2026
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
283
Top-10 weight
14%
Largest holding
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.8%

Geography

  • United States95.15%
  • Israel1.77%
  • Italy0.68%
  • Jordan0.51%
  • Canada0.41%
  • Switzerland0.40%
  • Singapore0.30%
  • Belgium0.25%
  • Other countries (3)0.52%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 19.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.81%2,358,684$2M529
002LGNDLigand Pharmaceuticals Inc1.69%4,713$1M131
003PDFSPDF Solutions Inc1.60%24,694$1M87
004TFINTriumph Financial Inc1.28%17,119$1M97
005UFPTUFP Technologies Inc1.17%3,403$983K103
006IRMDiRadimed Corp1.14%10,957$958K77
007KRTKarat Packaging Inc1.13%17,303$944K60
008PLMRPalomar Holdings Inc1.06%6,810$890K135
009CVLGCovenant Trans Inc - Class A1.04%27,285$872K73
010MCBMetropolitan Bank Holding Corp0.97%9,408$815K84
011AMEHAstrana Health Inc0.95%21,165$795K22
012BFSTBusiness First Bancshares Inc0.93%25,578$780K70
013PLPCPreformed Line Products Co0.92%1,944$772K92
014MLABMesa Laboratories Inc0.91%6,012$767K63
015WLDNWilldan Group Inc0.89%9,966$749K81

Showing 1–15 of 283 holdings

AIMS Performance

Launched Feb 9, 2026

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AIMS$9,498
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,332
Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026. AIMS $9,498. SPY $10,332. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,400$9,908$10,415Jul 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026

Jul 10, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.

Trailing total return for AIMS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodAIMS
Year to dateFund launched this year—
1 month−2.0%
3 months−5.0%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year—
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for AIMS
YearReturn barAIMS
2026 YTD+7.5%

History from Feb 10, 2026

AIMS in the news

Filtered to AIMS · US Active Small-Cap

AIMS Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 12, 2026.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

Listed Feb 2026. No distributions yet.

AIMS Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Feb 2026; fills in after 12 months
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Feb 2026; fills in after 12 months
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Feb 2026; fills in after 12 months
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.88
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

AIMS Cost

Expense ratio0.75%
  • The middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
  • Median 0.55%

26 of the 39 US Active Small-Cap funds charge less.

AIMS costs $75.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Small-Cap fund costs $55.00.

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