Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF
$44.23−0.38 (−0.85%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $85M
- 1Y return
- +5.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.33%
- Holdings
- 102
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $44.68
- 52W range
The ETF.net ALTL Grade
Score 25 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.FScore 10Category 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 27Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 21Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 77Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.FScore 18Category rank
Our read on ALTL
DMost factor funds blend their bets. ALTL flips a switch: each month it holds either the S&P 500's 100 lowest-volatility names or its 100 highest-beta ones, never both, based on a relative-strength signal.
ALTL seeks to track an index that alternates between low-volatility and high-beta stocks within the S&P 500. The rules-based index rotates monthly using a relative-strength signal.
Why people hold it
- The mechanism is refreshingly simple to hold in your head: one relative-strength reading, two possible portfolios, checked monthly. You own S&P 500 large caps either way, just the calm 100 or the jumpy 100.paceretfs.com
- Rules do the deciding, not a manager's gut. The Lunt Capital index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices, and the switch fires on schedule regardless of how the headlines feel.paceretfs.com
- The rotation happens inside the fund. You are not the one selling a low-vol basket and buying a high-beta one in your own account every time the signal turns.paceretfs.com
- Both sleeves are drawn from the same 500-stock universe, so the portfolio stays roughly 100 recognizable US large caps rather than wandering into small caps or overseas names.composer.trade
Worth knowing
- At 0.60%, the fee sits at the expensive end of US factor ETFs. Plain-vanilla peers in the group price far lower: MGV at 0.05%, SIZE at 0.15%.
- All-or-nothing by design. Hold the wrong sleeve for a month and there is no other sleeve cushioning it. The prospectus flags alternator strategy risk and high portfolio turnover.paceretfs.com
- Shares change hands lightly compared with the category's giants, so bid-ask spreads and order type matter more here than with a mega-liquid index fund.
ALTL Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 13%
- BRK-B
Sectors
- Utilities26.8%
- Financials23.8%
- Real Estate17.3%
- Industrials13.0%
- Cons. Staples6.8%
- Health Care3.8%
- Consumer Discr.3.7%
- Energy2.9%
- Materials2.1%
Geography
- United States95.97%
- Switzerland1.08%
- United Kingdom1.06%
- Bermuda0.97%
- Ireland0.91%
ALTL 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 | ALTL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.5% |
| 1 month | −4.1% |
| 3 months | −13.4% |
| 1 year | +5.1% |
| 3 years | +10.5% |
| 5 years | +2.3% |
| 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 | ALTL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.5% | |
| 2025 | +16.6% | |
| 2024 | +12.3% | |
| 2023 | −15.9% | |
| 2022 | −10.7% | |
| 2021 | +45.3% | |
| 2020 | +33.8% |
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ALTL Dividends
- 1.33%
- $0.59
- $0.20 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 10, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Jun 11, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Mar 12, 2025 | $0.0026 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.18 |
ALTL Risk
- 16.8%
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.
- 0.31
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.
- −31.9%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ALTL Cost
- The middle half of US Factor Index funds
- Median 0.30%
25 of the 29 US Factor Index funds charge less.