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Manulife Smart Dividend ETF (CDIV : TSX)

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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Close
(12-11-2025)
$18.84
Change
$0.11 (0.59%)
Open $18.69
Day Range $18.69 - $18.90
Volume 21,264

As at November 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 24, 2020): 16.29%

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 5.05% 10.26% 20.30% 30.69% 26.07% 26.60% 18.06% 14.73% 16.46% - - - - -
Benchmark 3.86% 10.53% 21.41% 29.96% 25.71% 28.17% 18.89% 14.43% 16.18% 14.11% 14.34% 12.08% 11.80% 12.16%
Category Average 2.83% 11.92% 11.92% 18.67% 15.14% 19.38% 11.98% 10.37% 12.59% 9.96% 10.23% 8.62% 8.67% 8.97%
Category Rank 9 / 465 9 / 461 6 / 454 7 / 452 7 / 452 11 / 439 10 / 430 16 / 418 12 / 393 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -3.54% 2.26% 0.17% 1.06% -0.17% 5.12% 2.38% 2.19% 4.28% 4.26% 0.67% 5.05%
Benchmark -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.01% (March 2021)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.08% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 27.17% -2.43% 11.39% 16.78%
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 - - - - - - 2 2 1 3
Category Rank - - - - - - 198/ 396 196/ 418 28/ 430 220/ 439

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.17% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-2.43% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 96.31
Income Trust Units 3.32
Cash and Equivalents 0.36
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.68
Basic Materials 17.01
Energy 13.47
Consumer Services 9.51
Industrial Services 8.17
Other 22.16

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Great-West Lifeco Inc 4.72
Barrick Mining Corp 4.70
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.23
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.22
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 4.20
Nutrien Ltd 4.06
IGM Financial Inc 4.04
Magna International Inc 3.99
Whitecap Resources Inc 3.95
Bank of Montreal 3.85

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Smart Dividend ETF

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.85% 11.69% -
Beta 0.87% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.89% 0.87% -
Sharpe 1.23% 1.14% -
Sortino 2.79% 1.93% -
Treynor 0.15% 0.15% -
Tax Efficiency 92.13% - -
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 8.80% 10.85% 11.69% -
Beta 0.82% 0.87% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.86% 0.89% 0.87% -
Sharpe 2.39% 1.23% 1.14% -
Sortino 5.45% 2.79% 1.93% -
Treynor 0.26% 0.15% 0.15% -
Tax Efficiency 94.42% 92.13% - -

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 November 24, 2020
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status -
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $18.90
52 Week Low $13.64
Annual Dividend $0.55
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 No

Investment Objectives

Manulife Smart Dividend ETF seeks to provide a steady flow of income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of Canadian dividend paying securities.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objectives, Manulife Smart Dividend ETF invests primarily in Canadian dividend-paying securities. The Manager employs a proprietary quality dividend screen to select securities that have high and sustainable dividends or dividends that are expected to grow over time and optimizes Manulife Smart Dividend ETF by allocating proportionally more assets to securities that have higher potential risk-adjusted returns.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Boncana Maiga
Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Geoffrey Kelley
  • Sam Haidar

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

TSX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.28%
Management Fee 0.25%

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