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BMO U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

U.S. Div & Inc Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2018

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NAVPS
(04-09-2025)
$23.50
Change
$1.66 (7.60%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

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BMO U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 13, 2014): 10.14%

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 -5.24% 0.10% 3.37% 0.10% 8.94% 15.07% 9.44% 10.21% 17.24% 9.28% 9.18% 9.52% 10.28% 9.54%
Benchmark -6.04% -4.36% 4.36% -4.36% 14.85% 22.21% 14.28% 14.44% 18.91% 15.28% 15.02% 14.45% 15.05% 13.91%
Category Average -3.99% -0.27% 2.38% -0.27% 11.17% - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 161 / 220 119 / 219 137 / 213 119 / 219 161 / 211 131 / 196 139 / 193 129 / 189 30 / 187 131 / 181 121 / 168 69 / 138 53 / 115 52 / 102
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -3.52% 2.93% 1.13% 3.11% 0.60% 1.16% 0.78% 5.84% -3.18% 4.38% 1.21% -5.24%
Benchmark -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.89% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.37% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 9.62% 14.09% 15.21% -1.48% 19.00% -2.80% 27.02% -2.41% 6.14% 23.52%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 2 1 3 3 4 1 2 3 3
Category Rank 83/ 99 43/ 115 17/ 138 88/ 166 99/ 181 171/ 187 27/ 189 81/ 192 136/ 193 108/ 206

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.02% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-2.80% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 86.54
International Equity 11.26
Cash and Equivalents 2.20

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 18.43
Financial Services 16.80
Healthcare 11.03
Telecommunications 10.03
Consumer Services 8.98
Other 34.73

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.74
Europe 7.84
Latin America 3.42

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Broadcom Inc 3.60
Exxon Mobil Corp 3.52
Philip Morris International Inc 3.00
Cisco Systems Inc 2.94
T-Mobile US Inc 2.83
Microsoft Corp 2.70
TJX Cos Inc 2.51
American Express Co 2.47
Rollins Inc 2.47
CVS Health Corp 2.45

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 U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.35% 13.28% 14.12%
Beta 0.80% 0.84% 0.94%
Alpha -0.02% 0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.74% 0.74% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.45% 1.09% 0.60%
Sortino 0.82% 2.02% 0.73%
Treynor 0.08% 0.17% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 97.84% 98.29% -
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 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 11.41% 13.35% 13.28% 14.12%
Beta 0.83% 0.80% 0.84% 0.94%
Alpha -0.03% -0.02% 0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.74% 0.74% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.46% 0.45% 1.09% 0.60%
Sortino 0.83% 0.82% 2.02% 0.73%
Treynor 0.06% 0.08% 0.17% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 98.87% 97.84% 98.29% -

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

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Fund Details

Start Date November 13, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $462

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO219
BMO70219

Investment Objectives

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: equity securities of U.S. companies are selected by examining the financial statistics of each potential investment, looking for an attractive price, consistent earnings, evidence that the company’s management believes in the future of the company, the ability to pay dividends and the sustainability of the dividends or expected dividends.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio manager :- i) may examine the financial statistics of the selected equity securities U.S. companies; ii) may invest the fund's assets are diversified by industry and company to help reduce risk; iii) may invest up to 30% of the fund's assets in securities of other mutual funds and/or exchange raded funds; iv) may invest up to 100% of the fund's assets in foreign securities; v) may invest up to 10% of the fund's assets in non-U.S. equity securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Columbia Management Investment Advisors LLC

  • Jason C. Hans
  • Oleg Nusinzon
  • Raghavendran Sivaraman
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 500
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 1.93%
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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