Aptus Defined Risk ETF
$27.27+0.01 (+0.06%)
- 0.78%
- $1.4B
- −3.1%
- 4.02%
- 0.2M sh
- $27.27
- low $26.95high $30.15
The ETF.net DRSK Grade
B
Score 54 out of 100
- 16 of 37
Score 54 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. The letter stays B for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D33 out of 100Rank 25 of 37Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B68 out of 100Rank 16 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 22 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A75 out of 100Rank 4 of 37Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C54 out of 100Rank 17 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A84 out of 100Rank 4 of 37
Our read on DRSK
BMost balanced funds start with stocks and pad with bonds. DRSK flips it: 90-95% investment-grade corporate bonds, with the leftover slice reaching for large-cap US upside while the strategy works to limit the downside.
The Fund seeks current income and capital appreciation through a hybrid fixed-income and equity strategy. It generally obtains 90%-95% exposure to investment-grade corporate bonds and uses the remainder for large-capitalization U.S. stocks while seeking to limit downside risk.
Why people hold it
- Backwards by design: 90-95% sits in investment-grade corporate bonds, and a small sleeve carries the large-cap US equity upside.
- The 0.78% fee lands right on the median for allocation ETFs, which is unusual for an actively managed, hedged strategy.
- Live since 2018 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, so the approach has real market history behind it rather than a backtest.
- Grades out in the upper half of its allocation peer group on our review.
Worth knowing
- Not cheap next to plain index allocation funds: AOA runs 0.19% and IRTR 0.08%. The fee here buys active hedging, not asset-allocation beta.
- Concentrated at around 25 positions and manager-picked, so results can drift well away from the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index it's measured against.
- "Defined risk" here means the strategy seeks to limit downside, not a stated buffer percentage or contractual floor.
DRSK Holdings
- Bonds
- 28
- 92%
- BSCW
Sectors
- Technology39.1%
- Financials11.1%
- Communication10.6%
- Consumer Discretionary9.9%
- Health Care8.3%
- Industrials7.8%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Energy3.1%
- Utilities2.1%
- Real Estate1.8%
- Materials1.7%
Geography
- United States100.00%
DRSK Performance
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.
DRSK$9,694
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 | DRSK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.5% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −4.2% |
| 1 year | −3.1% |
| 3 years | +9.3% |
| 5 years | +2.5% |
| 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 | DRSK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.5% | |
| 2025 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | +12.5% | |
| 2023 | +2.1% | |
| 2022 | −9.6% | |
| 2021 | +0.9% | |
| 2020 | +13.8% |
DRSK in the news
DRSK Dividends
- 4.02%
- $1.10
- $0.30 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DRSK Risk
- 8.7%
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.
- 0.54
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.
- −19.9%
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.
- 1.22
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DRSK Cost
0.78%
DRSK0.78%
- The middle half of Multi-Asset Allocation funds
- Median 0.58%
24 of the 37 Multi-Asset Allocation funds charge less.
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