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Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF - Class A Units (HBF : TSX)

U.S. Equity

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(12-04-2025)
$10.87
Change
-$0.02 (-0.18%)
Open $10.91
Day Range $10.85 - $10.91
Volume 15,957

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 24, 2014): 8.90%

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 3.14% 9.18% 19.86% 14.49% 17.35% 19.27% 12.85% 5.93% 12.05% 9.93% 10.24% 9.69% 10.77% 9.99%
Benchmark 3.05% 9.59% 25.45% 14.49% 22.34% 30.15% 23.77% 15.58% 18.85% 17.51% 17.07% 16.09% 16.39% 15.44%
Category Average 2.01% 20.13% 20.13% 10.14% 15.07% 24.02% 18.33% 10.24% 14.39% 13.11% 12.81% 11.81% 12.39% 11.36%
Category Rank 389 / 1,388 313 / 1,372 803 / 1,340 247 / 1,303 589 / 1,302 926 / 1,252 942 / 1,172 957 / 1,105 814 / 1,059 819 / 995 744 / 917 682 / 852 574 / 764 524 / 687
Quartile Ranking 2 1 3 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 3.76% -1.21% 2.97% -0.58% -3.94% -2.88% 3.76% 4.17% 1.57% 2.33% 3.44% 3.14%
Benchmark 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28% 5.00% 3.05%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.50% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.42% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 0.14% 9.37% 18.90% -4.39% 26.25% 10.84% 21.71% -14.71% 11.16% 13.13%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 4
Category Rank 557/ 640 142/ 689 209/ 767 657/ 853 286/ 925 649/ 999 697/ 1,064 496/ 1,111 1,018/ 1,173 1,195/ 1,259

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

26.25% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.71% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.13
International Equity 9.91
Cash and Equivalents 0.77
Derivatives -0.82
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 35.04
Financial Services 19.89
Consumer Services 14.99
Consumer Goods 9.92
Industrial Goods 5.51
Other 14.65

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 90.41
Europe 9.91

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Caterpillar Inc 5.51
Amazon.com Inc 5.36
Alphabet Inc Cl A 5.24
Broadcom Inc 5.13
Cisco Systems Inc 5.12
JPMorgan Chase & Co 5.11
Apple Inc 5.07
Verizon Communications Inc 5.06
Wells Fargo & Co 4.99
Procter & Gamble Co 4.97

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)

Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF - Class A Units

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.16% 14.01% 13.51%
Beta 0.72% 0.88% 0.90%
Alpha -0.03% -0.04% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.67% 0.69% 0.72%
Sharpe 0.86% 0.69% 0.64%
Sortino 1.58% 1.08% 0.81%
Treynor 0.12% 0.11% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 75.39% 74.88% 70.51%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 9.74% 10.16% 14.01% 13.51%
Beta 0.66% 0.72% 0.88% 0.90%
Alpha 0.03% -0.03% -0.04% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.90% 0.67% 0.69% 0.72%
Sharpe 1.41% 0.86% 0.69% 0.64%
Sortino 2.47% 1.58% 1.08% 0.81%
Treynor 0.21% 0.12% 0.11% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 81.24% 75.39% 74.88% 70.51%

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 24, 2014
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $598
52 Week High $10.92
52 Week Low $8.57
Annual Dividend $0.72
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy Yes

Investment Objectives

The Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF’s investment objective is to provide Unitholders with (i) monthly cash distributions; (ii) the opportunity for capital appreciation; and (iii) lower overall volatility of portfolio returns than would otherwise be experienced by owning Equity Securities of the Brand Leaders directly.

Investment Strategy

Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF invests in an equally-weighted portfolio of Equity Securities of 20 Brand Leaders from the Brand Leaders Investable Universe that have a market capitalization of at least US$10 billion at the time of investment and meet the investment characteristics described below.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

  • Paul G. MacDonald
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.92%
Management Fee 0.75%

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