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ZECP

GradeBChicago Board Options Exchange

Zacks Earnings Consistent Portfolio ETF

Active Equity · Zacks · Inception 2021-08-23

$37.22−0.23 (−0.63%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 68 prints from 37.45 to 37.22. Range 37.17 to 37.47. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$37.30$37.40$37.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.55%
Fund size
$374M
1Y return
+12.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.73%
Holdings
62
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$37.57
52W range
low $32.98high $38.84

The ETF.net ZECP Grade

B

68/ 100

Rank 23 of 127 in US Active Equity⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for ZECP. Scores out of 100: Cost 63, Risk 75, Mission not scored, Tradability 76, Holdings 58, Durability 76. Strongest: Tradability (76). Weakest: Holdings (58). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 68 of 100 sits in the B 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.
    BScore 63
    Category rank48/127 · top 38%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 75
    Category rank12/126 · top 10%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 76
    Category rank24/127 · top 19%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 58
    Category rank61/124 · top 49%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 76
    Category rank25/127 · top 20%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on ZECP

ETF.net Research

BZacks made its name grading earnings. ZECP is the research shop running its own playbook: an active, roughly 60-stock US portfolio screened for steady EPS, with a stated aim of long-term total return while minimizing capital loss.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks long-term total returns while minimizing capital loss.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The prospectus objective is defensive by design: long-term total returns while minimizing capital loss.
  2. 02Actively managed with no index to follow, so a name whose earnings story cracks can be dropped rather than held because a benchmark says so.zacks.com
  3. 03Roughly 60 US stocks chosen on earnings stability, quality and low volatility. Concentrated enough that each pick actually matters.
  4. 04Stands among the stronger active US stock funds we cover, helped by a calmer risk profile than most of that group.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.66% it prices like an active fund. Top-graded systematic peers such as DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) cover US core equity for a fraction of that.
  2. 02A steady-earnings screen tilts toward proven profit machines and away from speculative high-fliers, so the holdings can look nothing like the broad market.
  3. 03Thinly traded next to core large-cap funds, and it launched in 2021, so limit orders and a short history are both part of the package.

ZECP Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:02 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
62
Top-10 weight
43%
Largest holding
AAPL8.4%

Sectors

  • Technology26.5%
  • Financials16.7%
  • Industrials14.9%
  • Health Care14.2%
  • Communication8.7%
  • Cons. Staples8.7%
  • Consumer Discr.5.1%
  • Utilities3.6%
  • Energy0.9%
  • Real Estate0.7%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 5.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001AAPLAPPLE INC8.40%92,728$31M707
002GOOGLALPHABET INC-A7.60%80,696$28M704
003MSFTMICROSOFT CORP7.51%56,403$28M792
004CATCATERPILLAR INC3.95%18,119$15M448
005JPMJPMORGAN CHASE3.44%36,477$13M478
006LLYELI LILLY & CO2.76%8,870$10M569
007WMTWALMART INC2.61%90,838$10M462
008AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS2.30%27,376$9M374
009AMATAPPLIED MATERIAL2.05%17,070$8M558
010PGPROCTER & GAMBLE1.93%48,978$7M433
011JNJJOHNSON&JOHNSON1.93%26,540$7M521
012CAHCARDINAL HEALTH1.93%31,790$7M367
013CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.87%63,444$7M567
014RTXRTX CORP1.83%35,038$7M390
015AEPAMERICAN ELECTRI1.77%54,871$7M337

Showing 1–15 of 61 holdings

ZECP Performance

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

ZECP$11,210
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. ZECP $11,210. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 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 ZECP. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodZECP
Year to date+7.7%
1 month−1.8%
3 months+0.9%
1 year+12.1%
3 years+16.1%per year
5 years+9.5%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 ZECP
YearReturn barZECP
2026 YTD+7.7%
2025+15.0%
2024+17.3%
2023+13.9%
2022−13.4%
2021+7.8%

History from Aug 24, 2021

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ZECP 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.
0.73%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.27Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.27 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 21, 2021 $0.03; Dec 23, 2022 $0.21; Dec 22, 2023 $0.19; Dec 27, 2024 $0.19; Dec 29, 2025 $0.27. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 29, 2025Jan 2, 2026$0.27
Dec 27, 2024Jan 3, 2025$0.19
Dec 22, 2023Dec 29, 2023$0.19
Dec 23, 2022Jan 3, 2023$0.21
Dec 21, 2021Dec 27, 2021$0.03

ZECP Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
11.2%
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.
0.94
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.
−21.9%
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.
0.85
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.

ZECP Cost

Expense ratio0.55%
  • The middle half of US Active Equity funds
  • Median 0.70%

44 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.

ZECP costs $55.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Equity fund costs $70.00.