Summary
Core Alternative ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Core Alternative. Positions inside: 42. The ten largest make up 42% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 1.16%
- Fund size
- $25.6M
- Positions
- 42
- Dividend yield
- 0.94%
- Running since
- 2017
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- 101% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 1.16% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A small fund with $25.6M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $91.0K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +1.4%
- 3 months
- +0.7%
- This year
- -0.4%
- 1 year
- -0.2%
- 3 years
- -6.9%
- 5 years
- -14%
- Avg. market cap
- $937.8B
- P/E
- 23.8x
- Forward P/E
- 19.6x
- P/S
- 3.1x
- P/B
- 4.1x
- P/FCF
- 23.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.8x
- Dividend yield
- 2.03%
- ROIC
- 12.8%
- ROE
- 32.3%
- Gross margin
- 51.3%
- Operating margin
- 24.4%
- Net margin
- 20.9%
- Payout ratio
- 48.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.2x
- Beta
- -0.04
Weighted average of the 36 largest companies, which make up 101% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 5.6%
- 2 GOAlphabet GOOGL 5.2%
- 3 JNJohnson & Johnson JNJ 4.6%
- 4 MSMicrosoft MSFT 4.5%
- 5 XOExxon Mobil XOM 4.3%
- 6 EMEmerson Electric Co. EMR 3.9%
- 7 JPJPMorgan JPM 3.7%
- 8 APAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. APD 3.6%
- 9 AMAmgen AMGN 3.6%
- 10 CVChevron CVX 3.5%
Positions in the fund: 42. The ten largest make up 42% of it.
Composition as of Oct 19, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 17%
- Technology 15%
- Healthcare 12%
- Industrials 12%
- Consumer cyclical 9.0%
- Other 36%
By country
- United States 101%
- Switzerland 2.6%
- Ireland 1.6%
- United Kingdom 0.9%
By company size
- Mega cap 55%
- Large cap 43%
- Mid cap 1.2%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Financials (17%). Largest country: United States (101%). Largest size group: Mega cap (55%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $116
- Over 20 years
- $5,286
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $116 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $5,286.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 5 years
- -2.9%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 8.7%
Average yearly decline over the last five years: 2.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.94%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.05
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.25 per share, which is 0.94% of today's price. The last payment was $0.05 on Sep 17, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $91.0K
- Shares a day
- 3.4K
On an average day about $91.0K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 67 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 23%
- Fairly valued 13%
- Overvalued 64%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 64% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (36), which make up 101% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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