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BMO Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

Canadian Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(05-30-2025)
$54.54
Change
-$0.05 (-0.10%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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BMO Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 02, 1988): 7.11%

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 -0.17% -2.16% 3.98% 1.17% 16.98% 12.25% 8.62% 9.09% 13.33% 9.33% 9.23% 8.32% 8.89% 7.28%
Benchmark -0.10% -2.00% 4.34% 1.41% 17.85% 13.20% 9.57% 10.07% 14.37% 10.31% 10.21% 9.29% 9.91% 8.27%
Category Average 0.23% -1.84% 3.11% 0.90% 14.34% 10.68% 7.88% 8.62% 12.76% 8.73% 8.40% 7.51% 8.11% 6.76%
Category Rank 529 / 750 337 / 747 312 / 745 312 / 745 234 / 724 248 / 704 334 / 671 305 / 598 291 / 556 271 / 539 225 / 488 198 / 459 195 / 423 207 / 388
Quartile Ranking 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.68% -1.46% 5.79% 1.16% 3.09% 0.79% 6.30% -3.31% 3.40% -0.44% -1.56% -0.17%
Benchmark 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.70% (December 1999)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-20.23% (August 1998)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -9.03% 19.65% 8.01% -9.65% 21.71% 4.70% 23.87% -6.68% 10.66% 20.66%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.15% 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87%
Quartile Ranking 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
Category Rank 331/ 383 146/ 411 178/ 454 261/ 480 197/ 526 238/ 552 319/ 587 474/ 655 316/ 693 217/ 720

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.87% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-9.65% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 97.53
Income Trust Units 2.18
Cash and Equivalents 0.14
International Equity 0.10
US Equity 0.05

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 32.90
Energy 15.17
Basic Materials 14.74
Technology 9.38
Industrial Services 8.97
Other 18.84

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 99.12
Latin America 0.78
Asia 0.10

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (ZCN) 99.95
CAD Currency 0.05
USD Currency 0.00

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)

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BMO Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.43% 12.57% 12.77%
Beta 1.00% 1.00% 0.99%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Sharpe 0.39% 0.87% 0.48%
Sortino 0.72% 1.39% 0.55%
Treynor 0.05% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 89.80% 93.02% 88.35%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 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 10.29% 13.43% 12.57% 12.77%
Beta 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 0.99%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Sharpe 1.22% 0.39% 0.87% 0.48%
Sortino 3.00% 0.72% 1.39% 0.55%
Treynor 0.13% 0.05% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 93.93% 89.80% 93.02% 88.35%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A46.446.447.347.30%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

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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

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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

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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 May 02, 1988
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $770

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO144
BMO70144

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide a return that is similar to the return of one or more exchange traded funds that invest primarily in Canadian equities. The fund may invest all or a portion of its assets in one or more exchange traded funds, invest directly in the underlying securities held by the exchange traded funds and/or use derivatives to provide the fund with a return determined by reference to the exchange traded funds.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests up to 100% of the fund’s assets in securities of BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF; BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index, net of expenses. The S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of securities of the largest and most liquid companies on the TSX.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Raymond Chan
  • Matthew Montemurro
  • Mirza Shakir
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Bank of Montreal Investment Services

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 0.82%
Management Fee 0.75%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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