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BMO Covered Call Canada High Dividend ETF Fund Series A

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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FundGrade E

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(04-03-2025)
$9.13
Change
-$0.17 (-1.85%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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BMO Covered Call Canada High Dividend ETF Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 14, 2018): 5.03%

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 0.16% -0.74% 4.67% 2.67% 12.57% 7.79% 3.89% 8.58% 7.08% 5.55% - - - -
Benchmark -0.40% -0.31% 10.31% 3.06% 22.45% 15.63% 9.72% 12.23% 12.73% 11.38% 10.72% 9.76% 11.18% 8.50%
Category Average 0.32% -0.31% 6.87% 2.75% 15.91% 10.72% 6.42% 10.70% 9.91% 8.72% 8.22% 7.41% 8.79% 6.73%
Category Rank 261 / 476 301 / 475 437 / 473 237 / 475 446 / 467 432 / 454 426 / 446 392 / 417 386 / 408 390 / 399 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 3.12% -3.09% 3.38% -2.82% 5.06% 1.96% 1.95% 0.15% 3.29% -3.33% 2.51% 0.16%
Benchmark 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.37% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.72% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 15.61% -7.95% 23.90% -4.55% 6.46% 10.89%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17% 15.51%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 4 4 3 3 4
Category Rank - - - - 328/ 394 382/ 408 337/ 416 301/ 440 317/ 452 439/ 462

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.90% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-7.95% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 97.98
Income Trust Units 1.70
Cash and Equivalents 0.32

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 40.27
Energy 17.34
Industrial Services 10.88
Telecommunications 9.37
Basic Materials 8.21
Other 13.93

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.30
Latin America 1.70

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF (ZWC) 99.75
CAD Currency 0.25

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 Covered Call Canada High Dividend ETF Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.53% 14.42% -
Beta 0.88% 0.88% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.95% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.06% 0.39% -
Sortino 0.18% 0.45% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 34.87% 63.46% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 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 9.77% 12.53% 14.42% -
Beta 0.86% 0.88% 0.88% -
Alpha -0.06% -0.04% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.95% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.85% 0.06% 0.39% -
Sortino 1.61% 0.18% 0.45% -
Treynor 0.10% 0.01% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 80.55% 34.87% 63.46% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date May 14, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $227

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO127
BMO70127

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 dividend paying Canadian equities while mitigating downside risk.

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 Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF; BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF seeks to provide exposure to the performance of a portfolio of dividend paying Canadian companies to generate income and to provide long-term capital appreciation while mitigating downside risk through the use of covered call options.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Chris McHaney
  • Chris Heakes
  • Charles-Lucien Myssie
  • Jimmy Xu
Sub-Advisor

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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 1.64%
Management Fee 1.45%
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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