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BMO North American Dividend Fund Series A

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North American Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2016, 2015, 2014

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NAVPS
(07-25-2025) 		$55.96
Change
$0.52 (0.93%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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BMO North American Dividend Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 03, 1994): 7.00%

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 2.17% -0.15% 1.11% 1.11% 14.66% 14.15% 12.06% 8.00% 11.61% 8.12% 7.36% 7.62% 8.27% 7.37%
Benchmark 3.56% 6.93% 5.39% 5.39% 20.56% 20.42% 19.13% 12.46% 15.94% 14.01% 12.96% 13.00% 13.20% 12.23%
Category Average 3.60% 6.24% 2.57% 2.57% 10.98% 13.77% 14.16% 6.76% 11.83% 9.84% 9.18% 9.32% 9.58% 8.26%
Category Rank 112 / 188 182 / 188 142 / 187 142 / 187 73 / 181 98 / 180 127 / 169 82 / 141 71 / 125 85 / 112 66 / 86 61 / 79 61 / 76 36 / 47
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 5.42% 0.39% 1.93% 1.90% 7.69% -4.19% 4.76% -0.12% -3.22% -5.09% 2.97% 2.17%
Benchmark 4.00% 0.64% 2.69% 1.48% 6.48% -1.51% 3.47% -1.01% -3.77% -2.34% 5.72% 3.56%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.62% (July 1997)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-20.95% (August 1998)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 8.30% 8.33% 9.75% -5.36% 15.60% -1.40% 22.85% -3.53% 4.65% 22.94%
Benchmark 5.50% 14.85% 11.54% -2.58% 24.09% 10.91% 26.72% -9.17% 17.51% 28.77%
Category Average 6.38% 4.55% 10.59% -6.12% 20.45% 16.55% 18.87% -14.77% 16.96% 18.75%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 2 3 4 4 2 1 4 2
Category Rank 15/ 41 39/ 70 37/ 79 48/ 81 77/ 93 108/ 119 47/ 139 21/ 145 153/ 172 80/ 180

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.94% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.36% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 65.74
Canadian Equity 24.24
International Equity 7.76
Income Trust Units 1.34
Cash and Equivalents 0.91
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.40
Consumer Services 10.59
Energy 8.93
Industrial Services 8.32
Real Estate 8.23
Other 34.53

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.14
Europe 5.55
Latin America 3.32

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 2.92
Exxon Mobil Corp 2.37
Walmart Inc 2.26
Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.14
Wells Fargo & Co 1.97
TJX Cos Inc 1.97
Citigroup Inc 1.84
Philip Morris International Inc 1.76
Cisco Systems Inc 1.71
Brookfield Corp Cl A 1.66

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 North American Dividend Fund Series A

Median

Other - North American Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.28% 11.92% 12.03%
Beta 0.92% 0.87% 0.93%
Alpha -0.05% -0.02% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.83% 0.83% 0.87%
Sharpe 0.67% 0.77% 0.51%
Sortino 1.26% 1.26% 0.59%
Treynor 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 94.98% 94.41% 94.38%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 13.55% 12.28% 11.92% 12.03%
Beta 1.09% 0.92% 0.87% 0.93%
Alpha -0.07% -0.05% -0.02% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.83% 0.83% 0.83% 0.87%
Sharpe 0.83% 0.67% 0.77% 0.51%
Sortino 1.49% 1.26% 1.26% 0.59%
Treynor 0.10% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 92.53% 94.98% 94.41% 94.38%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A74.9​74.953.3​53.30%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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A78.9​78.956.9​56.90%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 October 03, 1994
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $492

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70721
BMO721

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to achieve a high level of total return, including dividend income and capital gains, by investing primarily in dividend-yielding common and preferred shares of North American companies.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager (Canadian portfolio) and the sub-advisor (U.S. portfolio) use to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invest in North American equities; examine the financial statistics of each company they are considering to determine if the equity securities are attractively priced and the company demonstrates consistent earnings; monitor the companies in which the fund invests for changes that may affect their profitability.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Lutz Zeitler
  • Phillip Harrington
  • Matthew Cardillo
  • Zoe Li
Sub-Advisor

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

  • Jason C. Hans
  • Raghavendran Sivaraman
  • Oleg Nusinzon

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.
Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

BMO Investments Inc.
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 1.98%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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