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Motley Fool Innovative Growth ETF

MFIGNasdaqMotley FoolC

$19.87−0.13 (−0.66%)

As of Nov 10, 2026, 11:21 AM ET

C55/ 100

Rank 34 of 90 in US Active Growth

C55/100Rank 34 of 90inUS Active Growth
Intraday session: down, 23 prints from 20.00 to 19.87. Range 19.78 to 20.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.19.8019.9520.0510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$10M
1Y total return
No data
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
101
Avg volume · 30D
3.7K sh
52W range
low $17.41high $22.33
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net MFIG Grade

C

Score 55 out of 100

Category
US Active Growth⁠
Rank
34 of 90
Six-pillar profile for MFIG. Scores out of 100: Cost 62, Risk 53, Mission 85, Tradability 38, Holdings 74, Durability 35. Strongest: Mission (85). Weakest: Durability (35). Leans toward Mission.

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. The letter stays C 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.
    B62 out of 100
    Rank 30 of 90

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A85 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 27

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 34 of 86

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D38 out of 100
    Rank 66 of 90

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A74 out of 100
    Rank 22 of 90

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    D35 out of 100
    Rank 74 of 90

Our read on MFIG

ETF.net Research

In short

CThe Motley Fool's stock-picking philosophy, coded into a rules-based index. MFIG is a young US growth fund that follows an innovation screen instead of a manager's hunches, and charges 0.50% for the house view.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks pre-expense total returns that generally correspond to the total return performance of the Motley Fool Innovative Growth Index. It uses a passive indexing approach to track that index.

Why people hold it

  • Rules first: a published index selects holdings with an Innovative Growth Factor Score, so the Fool's growth style shows up as a repeatable screen, not discretion.
  • Plain plumbing: an all-US stock mandate in a standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper, so 1099s rather than K-1s and daily creation and redemption.
  • The portfolio build is the sturdiest part of the package, holding up better against US growth peers than the price tag does.

Worth knowing

  • You pay up for the house view at 0.50%. Broad US growth funds like VUG and SCHG run at a few basis points, a gap that shows up every year.
  • Young and small: it launched in December 2025, and light trading in a small fund can mean wider spreads than the mega-ETFs.
  • Not an income story. The mandate is total return from innovative growth names, and distributions have not been part of the picture.

MFIG Performance

Launched Dec 8, 2025

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

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MFIG$10,001
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,124
Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026. MFIG $10,001. SPY $11,124. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Dec 2025Jun 2026Nov 2026

Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 9, 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 MFIG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodMFIG
Year to date0.0%
1 month−10.3%
3 months−6.8%
1 yearFund is under 1 year oldNo data
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper yearNo data
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 MFIG
YearReturn barMFIG
2026 YTD0.0%
2025−0.2%

History from Dec 9, 2025

MFIG in the news

MFIG Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 9, 2026.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

Listed Dec 2025. No distributions yet.

MFIG Risk

Risk pillarC53 out of 100Rank 34 of 86 in US Active Growth
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.
Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.
Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.
1.06
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.

MFIG Cost

Compare MFIG and FELG

Overpaying vs FELG, tied cheapest in US Active Growth

$6,230

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

  • MFIG 0.50%

    $9,979

  • FELG 0.18% Tied cheapest

    $3,749

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • MFIG 0.50%
  • FELG 0.18%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530MFIG $9,979FELG $3,749

Year by year

YearMFIGFELGOverpaying
10$900$328$572
20$3,460$1,281$2,179
30$9,979$3,749$6,230

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