Monarch Blue Chips Elite Index ETF
$38.89−0.34 (−0.86%)
- 1.01%
- $209M
- +7.6%
- 0.27%
- 0M sh
- $39.66
- low $33.38high $41.84
The ETF.net MBCE Grade
F
Score 19 out of 100
- 97 of 99
Score 19 of 100 falls in the F 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.F0 out of 100Rank 99 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D34 out of 100Rank 84 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F24 out of 100Rank 88 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D26 out of 100Rank 88 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D36 out of 100Rank 77 of 99
Our read on MBCE
FA boutique spin on blue chips: MBCE follows one proprietary index that screens big US companies for growth and profitability. Live since 2021, it charges 1.14% for an index-following job in a category where pennies are the norm.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Monarch Blue Chips Elite Index.
Why people hold it
- One job, stated plainly: track the Monarch Blue Chips Elite Index, a growth-and-profitability screen on large US companies. Rules-based, so no manager hunches or style drift.
- Trading since March 2021, so there is a multi-year record of the strategy running with real money, not just a backtest.
- Conventional plumbing: a 1940 Act US equity ETF that pays cash out to shareholders quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The 1.14% fee is many times what big large-cap factor peers charge (IUSG and VYM sit at 0.04%). That gap is paid every year, in every market.
- It is one of the smaller, lightly traded names in a crowded 100-plus fund cohort, so bid-ask spreads are a genuine part of the cost of owning it.
- The index's full rulebook is not laid out in public detail, so exactly how names are chosen and rebalanced is largely taken on trust.
MBCE Holdings
- Stocks
- 16
- 84%
- Bbh Sweep Vehicle
Geography
- United States100.00%
MBCE 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.
MBCE$10,764
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 | MBCE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.4% |
| 1 month | +5.3% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | +7.6% |
| 3 years | +15.0% |
| 5 years | +6.7% |
| 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 | MBCE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.4% | |
| 2024 | +18.9% | |
| 2023 | +22.3% | |
| 2022 | −20.3% | |
| 2021 | +18.7% |
MBCE in the news
MBCE Dividends
- 0.27%
- $0.11
- $0.04 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
MBCE Risk
- 15.7%
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.
- 0.70
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.
- −30.6%
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.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MBCE Cost
1.01%
MBCE1.01%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
Every other US Multifactor fund charges less.
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