Brookstone Dividend Stock ETF
$32.74−0.47 (−1.43%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.95%
- Fund size
- $98M
- 1Y return
- +10.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.42%
- Holdings
- 69
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $33.57
- 52W range
The ETF.net BAMD Grade
Score 35 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 8Category 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.CScore 41Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 70Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 46Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on BAMD
DAn actively run income fund that refuses to stay in one lane: dividend payers, preferred shares, high-yield bonds and other ETFs are all fair game. You pay up for that flexibility, and it stays a small, hands-on operation.
The Fund seeks to provide income together with capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Wide income mandate. Dividend stocks, preferred shares, high-yield bonds and other funds all sit inside the charter, so the manager can move where the payout comes from.
- Concentrated by design at roughly 70 positions, so individual picks actually move the needle instead of being diluted into an index-sized crowd.
- The 80% policy in the prospectus keeps assets in income-producing US stocks or unaffiliated ETFs, and cash distributions go out on a quarterly schedule.money.usnews.com
Worth knowing
- The 0.95% fee sits well above the typical dividend ETF in this group, where CGDV charges 0.33% and TDVG 0.50%. That gap is the price of active discretion.
- Small and thinly traded, so the bid-ask spread on a given trade can matter as much as the annual fee.
- Launched in 2023, so the record is short. And because preferreds and junk bonds are in scope, part of the income can carry credit risk, not just equity risk.
BAMD Holdings
- Stocks
- 69
- 42%
- PAYX
Sectors
- Financials27.5%
- Energy15.4%
- Technology15.2%
- Cons. Staples11.8%
- Utilities10.5%
- Health Care4.5%
- Industrials4.2%
- Consumer Discr.4.0%
- Communication4.0%
- Materials2.5%
- Real Estate0.5%
Geography
- United States88.26%
- Luxembourg3.15%
- United Kingdom2.16%
- Bermuda1.52%
- Israel1.49%
- Ireland1.15%
- Netherlands0.67%
- Greece0.60%
- 1.00%
BAMD 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 | BAMD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.2% |
| 1 month | −4.8% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +10.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | BAMD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.2% | |
| 2025 | −1.3% | |
| 2024 | +19.7% | |
| 2023 | +10.6% |
BAMD in the news
ETF.net Research hasn’t filed on BAMD yet — coverage lands here as it’s written.
BAMD Dividends
- 3.42%
- $1.14
- $0.24 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.24 |
| May 28, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Sep 8, 2025 | $0.24 |
| May 28, 2025 | Jun 4, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 | $0.28 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | $0.26 |
| May 31, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | $0.27 |
BAMD Risk
- 12.6%
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.
- 0.87
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.
- −15.9%
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.
- 0.47
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BAMD Cost
- The middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
- Median 0.51%
36 of the 40 US Active Dividend Income funds charge less.