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Acuitas Small Cap Active ETF

Active Equity · Acuitas · Inception 2026-02-09 · SEC filings

$27.29−0.30 (−1.09%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 1:07 PM EDT

History starts Feb 10, 2026.History starts Feb 10, 2026.
Intraday session: down, 10 prints from 27.59 to 27.29. Range 27.29 to 27.47. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$27.35$27.40$27.4510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.75%
Fund size
$87M
1Y return
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Yield · Last 12 months
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Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$27.32
52W range
low $23.01high $29.62

The ETF.net AIMS Grade

D

38/ 100

Rank 27 of 41 in US Active Small-Cap⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for AIMS. Scores out of 100: Cost 31, Risk 54, Mission not scored, Tradability 21, Holdings 63, Durability 43. Strongest: Holdings (63). Weakest: Tradability (21). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 38 of 100 sits in the D 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.
    DScore 31
    Category rank29/41 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 54
    Category rank20/37 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 21
    Category rank35/41 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 63
    Category rank19/41 · top 46%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 43
    Category rank28/41 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

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 Sep 20, 2026, 9:16 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
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Top-10 weight
13%
Largest holding
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.2%

Geography

  • United States95.17%
  • Israel1.64%
  • Italy0.75%
  • Jordan0.52%
  • Switzerland0.43%
  • Canada0.40%
  • Singapore0.33%
  • Belgium0.24%
  • Other countries (3)0.53%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 19.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.18%1,878,629$2M625
002LGNDLigand Pharmaceuticals Inc1.58%4,823$1M133
003PDFSPDF Solutions Inc1.30%25,280$1M91
004TFINTriumph Financial Inc1.28%17,526$1M100
005BLFSBioLife Solutions Inc1.19%28,010$1M84
006ATRCAtriCure Inc1.13%16,788$975K93
007UFPTUFP Technologies Inc1.12%3,484$964K103
008PLMRPalomar Holdings Inc1.10%6,971$948K136
009CVLGCOVENANT TRANS INC - CL A1.09%27,934$944K74
010IRMDiRadimed Corp1.07%11,217$921K82
011KRTKarat Packaging Inc1.02%17,712$883K59
012MCBMetropolitan Bank Holding Corp1.00%9,632$859K85
013PLPCPreformed Line Products Co0.95%1,988$820K90
014WLDNWilldan Group Inc0.95%10,202$816K81
015BFSTBusiness First Bancshares Inc0.94%26,185$807K71

Showing 1–15 of 280 holdings

AIMS Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

AIMS$9,725
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,415
Jun 22, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. AIMS $9,725. SPY $10,415. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,511$10,015$10,519Jun 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026

Jun 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for AIMS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodAIMS
Year to dateFund launched this year—
1 month−2.8%
3 months−2.7%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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+9.6%

History from Feb 10, 2026

AIMS in the news

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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 Sep 22, 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.
0.83
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.