ALPS Active REIT ETF
$28.93−0.23 (−0.79%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.68%
- Fund size
- $55M
- 1Y return
- +13.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.99%
- Holdings
- 30
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $29.13
- 52W range
The ETF.net REIT Grade
Score 51 of 100 sits in the C 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.CScore 41Category 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.BScore 56Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 49Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 70Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 64Category rank
Our read on REIT
CReal estate, hand-picked. About 30 US REITs chosen name by name instead of a whole-sector scoop, aiming for total return from dividends plus price appreciation. Concentrated on purpose, and it pays quarterly.
The fund seeks total return from dividends and capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of net assets in publicly traded REIT equity securities, primarily US REITs.
Why people hold it
- Stock picking, not a sector scoop: roughly 30 REITs, each one a deliberate call that carries real weight in the portfolio.
- The mandate is narrow by design: at least 80% of net assets in publicly traded REIT equity, primarily US names. Real estate, not a fund that dabbles in it.alpsfunds.com
- Two ways to get paid are written into the objective: dividend income and capital appreciation. Distributions arrive on a quarterly schedule.
- Holds its own in the upper half of a crowded active US equity peer group, which is not nothing for a niche sector fund.
Worth knowing
- Active management costs money: 0.68% a year, a shade above the typical active US equity ETF and multiples of broad low-cost peers like DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%).
- Small fund, thin trading. Spreads can widen, especially in fast markets, and limit orders are the usual workaround.
- One sector, about 30 names, launched in 2021: no cushion from the rest of the market, and a short history to judge the manager by.
REIT Holdings
- Stocks
- 30
- 55%
- WELL
Sectors
- Real Estate100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
REIT 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 | REIT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.6% |
| 1 month | −4.3% |
| 3 months | −1.8% |
| 1 year | +13.5% |
| 3 years | +11.5% |
| 5 years | +3.6% |
| 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 | REIT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.6% | |
| 2025 | −0.6% | |
| 2024 | +7.1% | |
| 2023 | +13.8% | |
| 2022 | −21.2% | |
| 2021 | +33.5% |
REIT in the news
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REIT Dividends
- 2.99%
- $0.87
- $0.27 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.21 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.21 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.25 |
REIT Risk
- 16.5%
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.
- 0.42
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.
- −29.3%
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.
- 0.93
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
REIT Cost
- The middle half of US Active Sector funds
- Median 0.65%
18 of the 33 US Active Sector funds charge less.