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AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 Aug ETF

AUGTCboeAllianzIMC

$39.12+0.08 (+0.21%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 10:16 AM ET

C53/ 100

Rank 32 of 77 in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%

C53/100Rank 32 of 77inS&P 500 Buffer 9-12%
Intraday session: up, 9 prints from 39.04 to 39.12. Range 39.12 to 39.12. Use the arrow keys to read each point.39.0639.0839.1010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.74%
Fund size
$36M
1Y total return
+10.8%
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
2
Avg volume · 30D
3.07K sh
52W range
low $34.17high $40.57
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The ETF.net AUGT Grade

C

Score 53 out of 100

Category
S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%⁠
Rank
32 of 77
Six-pillar profile for AUGT. Scores out of 100: Cost 68, Risk 58, Mission 100, Tradability 27, Holdings 52, Durability 40. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Tradability (27). Leans toward Mission.

Score 53 of 100 falls in the C 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 100
    Rank 17 of 77

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 9

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B58 out of 100
    Rank 27 of 77

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D27 out of 100
    Rank 65 of 77

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C52 out of 100
    Rank 32 of 45

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C40 out of 100
    Rank 58 of 77

Our read on AUGT

ETF.net Research

In short

CA 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.

Stated mandate

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 Performance

Launched Jul 31, 2023

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

Not enough history yet.Not enough history yet.
AUGT$11,081
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. AUGT $11,081. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 AUGT. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodAUGT
Year to date+9.5%
1 month−0.3%
3 months+1.4%
1 year+10.8%
3 yearsper year+18.3%
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper yearNo data
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

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 AUGT
YearReturn barAUGT
2026 YTD+9.5%
2025+14.6%
2024+19.7%
2023+3.9%

History from Aug 1, 2023

AUGT in the news

AUGT Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

AUGT Risk

Risk pillarB58 out of 100Rank 27 of 77 in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
8.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.
1.61
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.
−13.1%
38 months · trough Apr 2025
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.
0.65
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

AUGT Cost

Compare AUGT and XTR

Overpaying vs XTR, cheapest in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%

$9,148

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • AUGT 0.74%

    $14,307

  • XTR 0.25% Cheapest

    $5,159

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • AUGT 0.74%
  • XTR 0.25%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530AUGT $14,307XTR $5,159

Year by year

YearAUGTXTROverpaying
10$1,319$455$864
20$5,015$1,769$3,246
30$14,307$5,159$9,148

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