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TMFS

GradeFChicago Board Options Exchange

Motley Fool Small-Cap Growth ETF

Active Equity · Motley Fool · Inception 2018-10-30

$32.88−0.47 (−1.41%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 58 prints from 33.35 to 32.88. Range 32.81 to 33.03. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$32.80$33.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.85%
Fund size
$54M
1Y return
−4.8%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$33.44
52W range
low $30.93high $37.42

The ETF.net TMFS Grade

F

22/ 100

Rank 35 of 41 in US Active Small-Cap⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for TMFS. Scores out of 100: Cost 14, Risk 13, Mission 74, Tradability 41, Holdings 19, Durability 54. Strongest: Mission (74). Weakest: Risk (13). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 22 of 100 sits in the F 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 14
    Category rank36/41 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 74
    Category rank6/10 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 13
    Category rank37/37 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 41
    Category rank27/41 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    FScore 19
    Category rank41/41 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 54
    Category rank22/41 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on TMFS

ETF.net Research

FThe Motley Fool's stock-picking bench in an ETF wrapper: an actively managed basket of US small caps chosen for quality and growth, with no index to hide behind and a fee that reflects the human effort.

Stated mandate

The actively managed ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. It uses a quality-growth approach and generally invests at least 80% of net assets in small-cap companies.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Genuinely active, not an index in disguise: managers pick US small caps on quality and growth, with at least 80% of net assets in small-cap companies per the prospectus.
  2. 02Trading since 2018, so there is a real multi-year live record from a named research house instead of a back-test.
  3. 03One legible job: US-listed equities only, small-cap quality-growth style, no overseas sleeve or mid-cap drift written into the mandate.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The 0.85% expense ratio sits well above the median for active small-cap funds, and the highest-graded rivals in the group (AVUV, AVSC) charge a fraction of that.
  2. 02Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so spreads can be wider and bigger orders can push the price around.
  3. 03The mandate is capital appreciation, not income, and against its active small-cap peer group the fund lands in the bottom quartile on our review.

TMFS Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 8:54 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
—
Top-10 weight
47%
Largest holding
U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 08/01/20316.8%

Sectors

  • Health Care24.7%
  • Industrials23.4%
  • Technology18.1%
  • Financials15.5%
  • Consumer Discr.6.0%
  • Real Estate5.3%
  • Energy4.5%
  • Materials2.4%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 08/01/20316.80%3,632,974$4M21
002QTWOQ2 Holdings Inc5.12%46,560$3M134
003SNEXStoneX Group Inc4.99%39,815$3M155
004ATECAlphatec Holdings Inc4.64%243,608$2M63
005HQYHealthEquity Inc4.53%25,442$2M161
006NOGNorthern Oil & Gas Inc4.40%93,771$2M114
007HRIHerc Holdings Inc4.21%16,640$2M115
008UFPTUFP Technologies Inc4.15%8,004$2M103
009GXOGXO Logistics Inc4.02%46,756$2M138
010GSHDGoosehead Insurance Inc3.67%35,901$2M85
011EVLVEvolv Technologies Holdings Inc3.66%390,734$2M50
012TOSTToast Inc3.65%65,531$2M201
013NCNOnCino Inc3.64%92,387$2M92
014LOBLive Oak Bancshares Inc3.51%49,011$2M86
015WINGWingstop Inc3.46%17,770$2M112

Showing 1–15 of 34 holdings

TMFS Performance

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

TMFS$9,518
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. TMFS $9,518. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,633$10,313$11,993Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for TMFS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTMFS
Year to date−4.4%
1 month−9.3%
3 months−4.8%
1 year−4.8%
3 years+6.3%per year
5 years−3.3%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, 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 TMFS
YearReturn barTMFS
2026 YTD−4.4%
2025−1.6%
2024+15.4%
2023+25.4%
2022−33.1%
2021−2.4%
2020+58.5%

TMFS in the news

TMFS 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 Sep 22, 2026.
0.00%Last 12 months
Payout per share
NoneLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

Distribution history

Payments through 2023

One bar per payment. 5 payments from 2019 to 2023. Dec 18, 2019 $0.34; Dec 16, 2020 $2.15; Dec 15, 2021 $0.87; Dec 14, 2022 $0.08; Dec 13, 2023 $0.00077. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20192020202120222023
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 13, 2023Dec 15, 2023$0.00077
Dec 14, 2022Dec 16, 2022$0.08
Dec 15, 2021Dec 17, 2021$0.87
Dec 16, 2020Dec 18, 2020$2.15
Dec 18, 2019Dec 20, 2019$0.34

TMFS Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
20.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.
0.21
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.
−44.9%
Trough Jun 2022
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.
1.11
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.

TMFS Cost

Expense ratio0.85%
  • The middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
  • Median 0.55%

33 of the 39 US Active Small-Cap funds charge less.

TMFS costs $85.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Small-Cap fund costs $55.00.