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Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF - Hedged Units (MUSC : TSX)

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity

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(12-05-2025)
$36.08
Change
-$0.04 (-0.11%)
Open -
Day Range - - -
Volume 0

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 27, 2017): 5.57%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -0.75% 4.25% 14.73% 3.30% 3.64% 16.14% 9.36% 2.87% 10.19% 6.93% 6.55% - - -
Benchmark 0.93% 5.62% 19.38% 6.20% 11.37% 22.43% 14.03% 7.70% 13.14% 10.96% 10.70% 9.85% 10.82% 10.24%
Category Average -0.64% 13.71% 13.71% 1.15% 3.98% 14.92% 8.23% 2.17% 8.74% 6.08% 5.58% 5.04% 6.40% 5.96%
Category Rank 186 / 310 135 / 305 145 / 304 93 / 302 127 / 297 94 / 273 92 / 263 96 / 247 76 / 245 96 / 200 103 / 193 - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 9.29% -8.20% 4.22% -4.22% -6.05% -3.99% 4.49% 3.81% 1.45% 4.92% 0.11% -0.75%
Benchmark 10.22% -4.86% 5.64% -5.13% -6.25% -5.32% 5.58% 3.68% 3.25% 2.29% 2.31% 0.93%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.43% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-23.35% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - -13.78% 22.24% 7.75% 18.51% -15.86% 18.61% 8.18%
Benchmark 11.76% 14.08% 8.66% -2.87% 21.65% 11.78% 20.00% -11.77% 13.76% 24.39%
Category Average 6.25% 9.80% 10.84% -7.63% 15.90% 4.61% 23.16% -17.30% 11.64% 13.19%
Quartile Ranking - - - 4 2 3 3 2 1 4
Category Rank - - - 177/ 183 53/ 194 136/ 201 183/ 245 86/ 251 14/ 269 217/ 273

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.24% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-15.86% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 95.84
International Equity 2.91
Cash and Equivalents 0.82
Canadian Equity 0.43

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 17.79
Technology 13.92
Real Estate 12.68
Industrial Goods 9.64
Healthcare 8.64
Other 37.33

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.08
Latin America 1.63
Europe 1.28
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
SanDisk Corp 0.75
United States Dollar 0.68
Lumen Technologies Inc 0.63
Rambus Inc 0.61
Revolution Medicines Inc 0.58
Flowserve Corp 0.51
Dycom Industries Inc 0.46
Valmont Industries Inc 0.45
Modine Manufacturing Co 0.45
Armstrong World Industries Inc 0.45

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF - Hedged Units

Median

Other - U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 18.18% 19.20% -
Beta 1.06% 1.10% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.89% -
Sharpe 0.36% 0.46% -
Sortino 0.69% 0.73% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 92.93% 93.91% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 18.13% 18.18% 19.20% -
Beta 0.94% 1.06% 1.10% -
Alpha -0.06% -0.05% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.90% 0.88% 0.89% -
Sharpe 0.13% 0.36% 0.46% -
Sortino 0.17% 0.69% 0.73% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.06% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 86.14% 92.93% 93.91% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date November 27, 2017
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $37.06
52 Week Low $27.75
Annual Dividend $0.43
Annual Yield -
Index John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

MUSC seeks to track the performance of the John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index (CAD Hedged) before fees and expenses.

Investment Strategy

In respect of Manulife Multifactor U.S. Large Cap Index ETF, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Mid Cap Index ETF, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF, Manulife Multifactor Developed International Index ETF and Manulife Multifactor Emerging Markets Index ETF, any foreign currency exposure in the portfolio that is attributable to Unhedged Units will not be hedged back to the Canadian dollar.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Sub-Advisor

Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC

  • Joseph F Hohn
  • Rita Chen
  • Michael Marrkand

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

TSX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.55%
Management Fee 0.50%

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