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Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF - Class A Units (HBF : TSX)

U.S. Equity

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(04-04-2025)
$8.93
Change
-$0.48 (-5.10%)
Open $9.08
Day Range $8.89 - $9.17
Volume 84,520

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 24, 2014): 8.34%

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 -0.58% 1.14% 5.58% 2.38% 13.97% 12.68% 4.87% 6.81% 10.62% 9.53% 8.61% 9.29% 10.49% 8.75%
Benchmark -1.62% 2.05% 13.55% 1.79% 25.98% 28.01% 17.48% 17.23% 18.56% 17.15% 15.74% 15.38% 16.17% 14.61%
Category Average -2.55% 8.98% 8.98% 1.42% 18.49% 21.72% 12.57% 12.21% 14.32% 12.93% 11.60% 11.56% 12.43% 10.56%
Category Rank 175 / 1,336 598 / 1,327 1,096 / 1,318 417 / 1,328 1,077 / 1,292 1,143 / 1,210 1,110 / 1,141 1,034 / 1,086 930 / 1,023 868 / 955 786 / 868 661 / 794 572 / 701 539 / 650
Quartile Ranking 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.60% -2.19% 2.40% 0.27% 2.59% 3.14% 1.32% -0.70% 3.76% -1.21% 2.97% -0.58%
Benchmark 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.50% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.42% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 0.14% 9.37% 18.90% -4.39% 26.25% 10.84% 21.71% -14.71% 11.16% 13.13%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 4
Category Rank 566/ 645 137/ 693 211/ 770 657/ 856 286/ 928 654/ 1,004 710/ 1,069 504/ 1,124 1,035/ 1,187 1,223/ 1,283

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

26.25% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.71% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.72
International Equity 9.70
Cash and Equivalents 0.07
Derivatives -0.49

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 34.17
Financial Services 19.98
Consumer Goods 16.10
Consumer Services 10.45
Telecommunications 5.51
Other 13.79

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.48
Europe 9.70
Other -1.18

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Coca-Cola Co 5.68
Verizon Communications Inc 5.51
Texas Instruments Inc 5.40
Mcdonald's Corp 5.38
Cisco Systems Inc 5.32
Procter & Gamble Co 5.28
Visa Inc Cl A 5.14
Apple Inc 5.14
PepsiCo Inc 5.14
Shell PLC - ADR 5.12

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF - Class A Units

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.27% 15.79% 13.74%
Beta 0.91% 0.98% 0.89%
Alpha -0.10% -0.06% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.76% 0.74% 0.69%
Sharpe 0.14% 0.57% 0.56%
Sortino 0.27% 0.81% 0.68%
Treynor 0.02% 0.09% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 34.28% 71.82% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 6.75% 14.27% 15.79% 13.74%
Beta 0.51% 0.91% 0.98% 0.89%
Alpha 0.01% -0.10% -0.06% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.47% 0.76% 0.74% 0.69%
Sharpe 1.37% 0.14% 0.57% 0.56%
Sortino 3.33% 0.27% 0.81% 0.68%
Treynor 0.18% 0.02% 0.09% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 76.94% 34.28% 71.82% -

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 July 24, 2014
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $553
52 Week High $10.45
52 Week Low $8.89
Annual Dividend $0.77
Annual Yield -
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 Yes

Investment Objectives

The Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF’s investment objective is to provide Unitholders with (i) monthly cash distributions; (ii) the opportunity for capital appreciation; and (iii) lower overall volatility of portfolio returns than would otherwise be experienced by owning Equity Securities of the Brand Leaders directly.

Investment Strategy

Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF invests in an equally-weighted portfolio of Equity Securities of 20 Brand Leaders from the Brand Leaders Investable Universe that have a market capitalization of at least US$10 billion at the time of investment and meet the investment characteristics described below.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

  • Paul G. MacDonald
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.91%
Management Fee 0.75%

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