ETF Industry KPIs – 5/6/2024

• 257 ETFs are still open that were launched in 2020, totaling $216.2 Billion which is about 2.5% of the ETF industry total AUM.
• Equity ETFs make up 50% of the funds (128) yet 45% of the AUM. Additionally, Fixed Income is 20% of the funds but 47% of the AUM.
• The only $1B+ fund outside of Equities and Fixed Income funds is BUFR, First Trust Cboe Vest Fund of Buffer ETFs; an Options fund at $3.97 Billion.
• The largest fund by AUM of 2020 is currently Vanguard US Trsry 0-1 Yr Bd ETF MXN HAXX (VMSTx) at approximately $43.1 Billion. The next 4 in order are JEPI, QQQM, SGOV, & JAAA. These 5 funds make up $128.6B, approximately 59.5% of total 2020 ETF AUM.
• Worth noting that in the top 10: Dimensional has 3 funds, iShares has 2, and 5 other issuers each have 1.
• iShares has the most 2020 ETFs still live at 35 funds.
• The fund with the best 3-year asset performance (many 4-year outlooks are incomplete) is ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN (MLPR) at 32.4%. In fact, UBS ETRACS funds constitute 4 of the top 5 3-year performers, ranging from 14-32% growth.
• Of the 148 Actively Managed ETFs: JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) is the largest at $33B.
• Fidelity® Fundamental Large Cap Core ETF (FFLC) has the top 3-year performance at 13.7%.Lastly, who had the best final semester of their senior year?
• The top performer YTD has been (by far) AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) at 38.9%, with the next best at 18.2% (WUGI).
• Congratulations to all the 257 ETFs graduating this year, especially the ones graduating with honors mentioned above! Our graduating class is a bit bigger than last year (187), but over 3x larger in terms of assets (~$216B to $70B). Good luck to this “COVID Class” going forward!
• The tracked indexes had similar experiences in the last few years. Over a 3-year period, The Toroso ETF Industry Index is up 4.75% while the S&P Financial Select Sector Index led at 5.71%.

ETF Launches

Harbor Disciplined Bond ETF (ticker: AGGS)
Themes Silver Miners ETF (ticker: AGMI)
Calamos S&P 500 Stuructured Alt Protection ETF – May (ticker: CPSM)
YieldMax Short TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (ticker: CRSH)
TrueShares Active Yield ETF (ticker: ERNZ)
Innovator International Developed Power Buffer ETF – May (ticker: IMAY)
John Hancock High Yield ETF (ticker: JHHY)
PGIM US Large-Cap Buffer 12 ETF – May (ticker: MAYP)
AllianzIM US Equity Buffer15 Uncapped May ETF (ticker: MAYU)
PGIM US Large-Cap Buffer 20 ETF – May (ticker: PBMY)
PeakShares Sector Rotation ETF (ticker: PSTR)
First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (ticker: RND)
AllianzIM US Large Cap 6 Month Buffer10 May/Nov ETF (ticker: SIXZ)
Tremblant Global ETF (ticker: TOGA)
Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF (ticker: WEEI)

ETF Closures

None

Fund/Ticker Changes

None

TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of May 3, 2024)

TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through May 3, 2024)