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BMO Canadian Smart Alpha Equity Fund Series A

Canadian Equity

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FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(06-20-2025)
$39.90
Change
$0.03 (0.07%)

As at May 31, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

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BMO Canadian Smart Alpha Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 30, 2012): 7.80%

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 4.06% 5.86% 6.50% 9.68% 21.56% 16.41% 9.86% 8.77% 13.10% 9.13% 7.54% 7.73% 7.95% 6.73%
Benchmark 5.56% 3.87% 3.54% 7.05% 21.05% 19.29% 11.55% 10.63% 14.92% 11.89% 10.58% 10.22% 10.45% 8.99%
Category Average 5.42% 3.77% 3.18% 6.36% 17.79% 16.36% 9.76% 9.37% 13.40% 10.14% 8.83% 8.37% 8.56% 7.43%
Category Rank 695 / 753 76 / 748 78 / 744 79 / 744 161 / 725 445 / 704 440 / 683 436 / 598 384 / 572 443 / 543 430 / 492 361 / 466 336 / 432 332 / 391
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund -0.35% 6.18% 1.55% 2.85% -1.01% 4.33% -2.91% 2.18% 1.41% 0.10% 1.62% 4.06%
Benchmark -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.91% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.63% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -4.69% 13.82% 9.79% -11.87% 20.02% -1.02% 25.82% -8.59% 10.04% 15.33%
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 2 3 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 4
Category Rank 171/ 382 298/ 410 54/ 453 387/ 479 307/ 525 421/ 551 200/ 586 534/ 654 370/ 692 633/ 719

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.82% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.87% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 90.84
Income Trust Units 6.66
Cash and Equivalents 2.50

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.83
Energy 12.13
Consumer Services 9.62
Utilities 8.40
Real Estate 7.87
Other 32.15

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 7.14
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.34
Enbridge Inc 4.25
Constellation Software Inc 3.27
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 2.91
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 2.68
Shopify Inc Cl A 2.38
Intact Financial Corp 2.32
TMX Group Ltd 2.31
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.30

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)

BMO Canadian Smart Alpha Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.00% 12.20% 12.89%
Beta 0.92% 0.93% 0.97%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.94% 0.95% 0.95%
Sharpe 0.49% 0.87% 0.44%
Sortino 0.87% 1.37% 0.47%
Treynor 0.07% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 87.50% 91.46% 86.68%
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 8.71% 13.00% 12.20% 12.89%
Beta 0.71% 0.92% 0.93% 0.97%
Alpha 0.06% -0.01% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.82% 0.94% 0.95% 0.95%
Sharpe 1.89% 0.49% 0.87% 0.44%
Sortino 4.93% 0.87% 1.37% 0.47%
Treynor 0.23% 0.07% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 97.70% 87.50% 91.46% 86.68%

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 30, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $144

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO155
BMO70155

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide long-term growth through capital appreciation and dividends by investing primarily in a portfolio of Canadian equities and equity-related securities with large market capitalization, principally selected from the universe of stocks generally considered to be the largest Canadian companies based on market capitalization from time to time.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: will invest primarily in Canadian equity securities generally considered to be of large capitalization; will employ a systematic model based on fundamental equity analysis methodologies to identify and select equities that trade below their intrinsic value, demonstrate superior earnings growth, and demonstrate positive price momentum.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Ariel Liang
  • Sachal Mahajan
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

BMO Investments Inc.

State Street Trust Company Canada

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 1.80%
Management Fee 1.55%
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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