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$32.97+0.03 (+0.08%)

As of Oct 13, 2026, 3:59 PM

F23/ 100

Rank 36 of 41 in US Active Small-Cap

F23/100Rank 36 of 41inUS Active Small-Cap
Intraday session: up, 78 prints from 32.94 to 32.97. Range 32.78 to 33.13. Use the arrow keys to read each point.32.8033.1010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.85%
Fund size
$52M
1Y total return
−1.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Holdings
33
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$32.91
52W range
low $30.93high $37.42
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The ETF.net TMFS Grade

F

Score 23 out of 100

Category
US Active Small-Cap⁠
Rank
36 of 41
Six-pillar profile for TMFS. Scores out of 100: Cost 11, Risk 15, Mission 73, Tradability 49, Holdings 20, Durability 53. Strongest: Mission (73). Weakest: Cost (11). Leans toward Mission.

Score 23 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.
    F11 out of 100
    Rank 36 of 41

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 10

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F15 out of 100
    Rank 38 of 38

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 41

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    F20 out of 100
    Rank 41 of 41

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 22 of 41

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 Oct 12, 2026
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
33
Top-10 weight
47%
Largest holding
U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 08/01/20316.4%

Sectors

  • Health Care25.5%
  • Industrials23.2%
  • Technology18.1%
  • Financials14.7%
  • Consumer Discretionary6.3%
  • Real Estate5.6%
  • Energy4.4%
  • 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 08/01/20316.43%3,281,354$3M22
002QTWOQ2 Holdings Inc5.18%45,106$3M138
003ATECAlphatec Holdings Inc4.94%235,996$3M65
004SNEXStoneX Group Inc4.63%38,571$2M154
005HQYHealthEquity Inc4.48%24,648$2M159
006NOGNorthern Oil & Gas Inc4.41%90,841$2M114
007UFPTUFP Technologies Inc4.39%7,754$2M103
008GXOGXO Logistics Inc4.13%45,296$2M135
009WINGWingstop Inc4.13%17,216$2M107
010HRIHerc Holdings Inc3.90%16,120$2M114
011TOSTToast Inc3.90%63,485$2M201
012GSHDGoosehead Insurance Inc3.48%40,803$2M84
013NCNOnCino Inc3.46%89,501$2M96
014EVLVEvolv Technologies Holdings Inc3.36%378,524$2M48
015WRBYWarby Parker Inc3.23%65,206$2M105

Showing 1–15 of 33 holdings

TMFS Performance

Launched Oct 30, 2018

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.
TMFS$9,889
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$12,044
Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. TMFS $9,889. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,187$10,729$12,272Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 12, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for TMFS. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTMFS
Year to date−5.4%
1 month−4.9%
3 months−7.9%
1 year−1.1%
3 yearsper year+6.8%
5 yearsper year−2.7%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper 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−5.4%
2025−1.6%
2024+15.4%
2023+25.4%
2022−33.1%
2021−2.4%
2020+58.5%

TMFS in the news

Filtered to TMFS · US Active Small-Cap

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 Oct 12, 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.
21.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Sep 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.
0.14
vs 3-month T-bills · to Sep 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.
−44.4%
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.
1.01
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.

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