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WealthTrust DBS Long Term Growth ETF

WLTGNYSEC

$38.52+0.07 (+0.18%)

As of Oct 13, 2026, 3:59 PM

C54/ 100

Rank 4 of 9 in Global Active Growth

C54/100Rank 4 of 9inGlobal Active Growth
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Expense ratio
0.77%
Fund size
$77M
1Y total return
+16.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
4.01%
Holdings
43
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$38.53
52W range
low $32.93high $39.46
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net WLTG Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

C

Score 54 out of 100

Category
Global Active Growth⁠
Rank
4 of 9
Six-pillar profile for WLTG. Scores out of 100: Cost 48, Risk 62, Mission not scored, Tradability 60, Holdings 57, Durability 51. Strongest: Risk (62). Weakest: Cost (48). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 54 of 100 falls in the C 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.
    C48 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 9

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B62 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 8

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B60 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 9

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B57 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 8

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C51 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 9

Our read on WLTG

ETF.net Research

CA global growth fund with an escape hatch: three-quarters core large caps chosen on earnings quality, one-quarter tactical, and a trend model that can shift toward cash, gold, Treasuries or an inverse ETF when equities turn down.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks long-term capital growth and has a secondary objective of providing dividend income.

Why people hold it

  1. 01At 0.75%, it undercuts the median fee in its global growth cohort and sits below TMFG and PCGG (0.85%) and far under FFND (1.61%).
  2. 02Downside lever built in: when the trend model flags a long term equity downtrend, the fund can raise exposure to cash, gold, Treasuries or an inverse ETF as a hedge.wealthtrustetf.com
  3. 03Stock selection weights repeatable earnings, earnings surprises and signs of continued earnings growth, so it is growth defined by the income statement rather than by price alone.wealthtrustetf.com
  4. 04Sits in the upper tier of a small nine-fund global growth conviction group in our review, one of the stronger builds among active global growth ETFs.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Thinly traded, so spreads can widen and large orders can move the price. Limit orders matter more here than in a mega-cap index fund.
  2. 02Two moving parts, two ways to be wrong: the prospectus states there is no assurance the trend and quantitative models deliver positive returns or beat the market.wealthtrustetf.com
  3. 03Dividend income is the secondary objective and distributions are declared annually, so this is not built as a steady income stream.

WLTG Holdings

As of Oct 13, 2026
Asset class
Other
Holdings
43
Top-10 weight
45%
Largest holding
QQQ9.6%

Geography

  • United States95.71%
  • Taiwan (Province of China)4.29%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001QQQInvesco Qqq Trust Series 19.56%9,785$7M30
002VOVanguard Mid-Cap Etf4.99%47,264$4M12
003IWBIshares Russell 1000 Etf4.97%8,986$4M8
004MGKVanguard Mega Cap Growth Etf4.29%34,895$3M11
005TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR4.10%6,956$3M277
006NVDANVIDIA Corp4.01%13,452$3M847
007METAMeta Platforms Inc3.68%3,932$3M704
008LLYEli Lilly & Co3.51%2,288$3M583
009AMZNAmazon.com Inc2.94%8,618$2M736
010GLDSpdr Gold Shares2.93%5,857$2M8
011BNYBank of New York Mellon Corp2.75%14,829$2M382
012MPCMarathon Petroleum Corp2.66%4,496$2M396
013DVNDevon Energy Corp2.58%41,059$2M354
014MUMicron Technology Inc2.56%1,913$2M679
015GOOGLAlphabet Inc-Cl A2.36%5,152$2M709

Showing 1–15 of 43 holdings

WLTG Performance

Launched Dec 5, 2021

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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WLTG$11,672
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. WLTG $11,672. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,582$10,912$12,243Oct 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 WLTG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodWLTG
Year to date+10.4%
1 month0.0%
3 months+1.9%
1 year+16.7%
3 yearsper year+23.2%
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
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 WLTG
YearReturn barWLTG
2026 YTD+10.4%
2025+24.5%
2024+26.9%
2023+17.0%
2022−22.6%
2021+1.0%

History from Dec 7, 2021

WLTG in the news

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WLTG 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.
4.01%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.54Last 12 months
Last payment
$1.54 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2021–2026

One bar per payment. 5 payments from 2021 to 2026 YTD. Dec 27, 2021 $0.0063; Dec 27, 2022 $0.09; Dec 26, 2023 $0.16; Dec 24, 2024 $0.16; Dec 24, 2025 $1.54. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 24, 2025Dec 26, 2025$1.54
Dec 24, 2024Dec 26, 2024$0.16
Dec 26, 2023Dec 28, 2023$0.16
Dec 27, 2022Dec 29, 2022$0.09
Dec 27, 2021Dec 29, 2021$0.0063

WLTG Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.1%
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.
1.47
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.
−25.1%
58 months · trough Oct 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.
0.90
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.

WLTG Cost

Expense ratio0.77%
  • The middle half of Global Active Growth funds
  • Median 0.78%

3 of the 8 Global Active Growth funds charge less.

WLTG costs $77.00 a year on $10,000. The median Global Active Growth fund costs $78.00.

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