Motley Fool 100 Index ETF
$80.38−0.65 (−0.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $2.1B
- 1Y return
- +14.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.13%
- Holdings
- 102
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $81.10
- 52W range
The ETF.net TMFC Grade
Score 47 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.FScore 19Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 82Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 22Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 47Category rank
Our read on TMFC
CThe Motley Fool's stock-picking brand, boiled down to one ticker: roughly 100 large US companies held through the firm's own index, rules-based instead of alert-by-alert. The name costs extra.
The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the total return performance of the Motley Fool 100 Index.
Why people hold it
- Rules-based, not vibes-based. It follows the Motley Fool 100 Index and has stayed close to that benchmark rather than drifting into discretionary picks.
- One fund replaces a stack of newsletter alerts: roughly 100 US companies inside a standard 1940 Act ETF, running since its 2018 launch.
- It has real scale for a boutique issuer, with over a billion dollars in assets and steady enough volume that entering and exiting is usually uneventful.
Worth knowing
- 0.50% a year is the brand tax: roughly double the median for US factor funds, and far above cheap peers like MGV (0.05%) or SIZE (0.15%).
- All-US, all-equity, roughly 100 names. That is a shorter list than a total-market fund, so single-stock moves carry more weight.
- Cash comes back once or twice a year, not monthly, so it is built around growth in the shares rather than a regular payout rhythm.
TMFC Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 59%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology46.0%
- Financials14.2%
- Communication13.6%
- Consumer Discr.10.6%
- Cons. Staples4.8%
- Health Care4.1%
- Industrials3.3%
- Energy1.6%
- Real Estate1.0%
- Materials0.5%
- Utilities0.3%
Geography
- United States100.00%
TMFC 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 | TMFC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.9% |
| 1 month | +3.3% |
| 3 months | +6.9% |
| 1 year | +14.5% |
| 3 years | +27.4% |
| 5 years | +14.8% |
| 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 | TMFC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.9% | |
| 2025 | +19.6% | |
| 2024 | +35.2% | |
| 2023 | +47.0% | |
| 2022 | −30.9% | |
| 2021 | +25.3% | |
| 2020 | +42.0% |
TMFC in the news
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TMFC Dividends
- 0.13%
- $0.10
- $0.10 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | $0.06 |
| Aug 28, 2023 | Aug 30, 2023 | $0.05 |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 | $0.08 |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.15 |
| Dec 18, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | $0.13 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.11 |
TMFC Risk
- 15.3%
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.
- 1.22
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.
- −33.1%
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.
- 1.14
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TMFC Cost
- The middle half of US Factor Index funds
- Median 0.30%
23 of the 29 US Factor Index funds charge less.