
AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 Aug ETF
$39.73+0.01 (+0.01%)
- 0.74%
- $36M
- +15.4%
- 0M sh
- $39.73
- low $29.74high $40.57
The ETF.net AUGT Grade
Score 55 out of 100
- 25 of 77
Score 55 of 100 falls in the B 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.B68 out of 100Rank 17 of 77Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 7Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B57 out of 100Rank 26 of 76Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D34 out of 100Rank 56 of 77Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C51 out of 100Rank 30 of 44Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C41 out of 100Rank 56 of 77
Our read on AUGT
BA one-year seatbelt on the S&P 500. It absorbs the first 10% of the decline in the big S&P 500 ETF it references and gives up gains above a cap that resets annually, all for 0.74% a year, below the shallow-buffer median.
The fund seeks to match SPY’s share-price return over a one-year outcome period, subject to an upside cap and protection against the first 10% of SPY losses.
Why people hold it
- At 0.74% it undercuts the 0.79% median for shallow-buffer funds, including August-dated peer BAUG. Fee drag comes straight out of the cap you get.
- The reference is the S&P 500 ETF itself, not an abstract index, and the buffer absorbs the first 10% of its share-price decline over the outcome period.
- AllianzIM runs the same 10% structure in other calendar months (JULT, SEPT, OCTT) at the same fee, and this one sits in the upper half of its peer group.
Worth knowing
- The cap is reset for each new outcome period off option prices at the time, so the ceiling shifts from year to year and is not known in advance.
- Buy mid-period and you inherit whatever buffer and cap remain, not the headline 10%. The stated terms describe a hold from one reset to the next.
- Thinly traded on a small asset base, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than in the giants of the buffer aisle.
AUGT Holdings
- Stocks
- 2
- 104%
- 4SPY 270730C00005530
Sectors
- Technology40.1%
- Financials11.3%
- Communication9.9%
- Health Care9.4%
- Consumer Discretionary8.7%
- Industrials7.6%
- Consumer Staples4.4%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
- Materials1.6%
AUGT 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 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.
| Period | AUGT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.4% |
| 1 month | +1.4% |
| 3 months | +3.7% |
| 1 year | +15.4% |
| 3 years | +18.0% |
| 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 | AUGT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.4% | |
| 2025 | +14.6% | |
| 2024 | +19.7% | |
| 2023 | +3.9% |
AUGT in the news


Filings Digest
AllianzIM launches OCTI and resets October buffer terms



AUGT Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
AUGT Risk
- 8.1%
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.
- 1.54
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.
- −13.1%
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.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AUGT Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds
- Median 0.79%
16 of the 77 S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%
- CBJULInnovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +14.7%
- BFEBTAllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 Feb ETFExpense ratio 0.74%1 year return +16.3%
- BDECTAllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 Dec ETFExpense ratio 0.74%1 year return +17.2%
- CMARTAllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 Mar ETFExpense ratio 0.74%1 year return +16.6%
- CSTENiShares Trust - iShares Large Cap 10% Target Buffer Sep ETFExpense ratio 0.53%1 year return +16.9%