Alerian MLP ETF
$53.78+0.12 (+0.21%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.01%
- Fund size
- $13.2B
- 1Y return
- +24.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 7.58%
- Holdings
- 14
- Volume · 30D
- 1.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $54.38
- 52W range
The ETF.net AMLP Grade
Score 41 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.FScore 8Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 43Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 74Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 67Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 34Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 73Category rank
Our read on AMLP
CThe original MLP ETF: launched in 2010, a portfolio built on midstream energy partnerships rather than a watered-down version, with the fund absorbing the K-1 paperwork and the fund-level taxes that come with it.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index, which provides exposure to energy-infrastructure MLPs primarily engaged in midstream activities.
Why people hold it
- The original. Launched in 2010 as the first ETF to open up master limited partnerships, and it still tracks the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index it debuted with.prnewswire.comalpsfunds.com
- No K-1 pile in your mailbox. The fund receives and processes the partnership K-1s itself and sends shareholders a single Form 1099.alpsfunds.com
- Undiluted exposure. Most MLP funds cap partnerships near 25% to keep pass-through tax status (MLPX takes that route); AMLP's index stays with midstream MLPs.sec.govalpsfunds.com
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively and distributes quarterly, so getting in and out is usually the easy part.
Worth knowing
- Pricey for the aisle: a 1.01% expense ratio sits above the energy-sector median, and cheaper midstream wrappers exist (MLPX at 0.45%).
- Taxed as a C-corp, not a pass-through. It accrues deferred taxes on appreciation and return-of-capital distributions inside NAV, and revises those estimates as MLP tax data arrives.alpsfunds.comsec.gov
- Narrow by design: a capped, float-adjusted basket of energy-infrastructure partnerships earning most cash flow from midstream work, so it moves with one corner of energy.alpsfunds.com
AMLP Holdings
- Stocks
- 14
- 91%
- SUN
Sectors
- Energy98.2%
- Utilities1.8%
Geography
- United States100.00%
AMLP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
AMLP$12,489
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 | AMLP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.9% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | +7.9% |
| 1 year | +24.9% |
| 3 years | +17.5% |
| 5 years | +19.9% |
| 10 years | +7.0% |
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 | AMLP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.9% | |
| 2025 | +5.8% | |
| 2024 | +22.7% | |
| 2023 | +21.4% | |
| 2022 | +25.5% | |
| 2021 | +39.0% | |
| 2020 | −32.2% |
AMLP in the news
AMLP Dividends
- 7.58%
- $4.07
- $1.03 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 | $1.03 |
| May 13, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | $1.03 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | $1.01 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | $1.00 |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 | $0.98 |
| May 14, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | $0.98 |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 | $0.97 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Nov 18, 2024 | $0.95 |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Aug 13, 2024 | $0.94 |
| May 9, 2024 | May 14, 2024 | $0.94 |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Feb 13, 2024 | $0.88 |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Nov 14, 2023 | $0.88 |
AMLP Risk
- 13.9%
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.
- 1.05
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.
- −20.9%
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.
- 0.33
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AMLP Cost
1.01%
AMLP1.01%
- The middle half of Energy Sector funds
- Median 0.77%
Every other Energy Sector fund charges less.