AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL)

NYSEARCA: BTAL · Real-Time Price · USD
13.50
-0.05 (-0.37%)
Apr 9, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT - Market open
Assets$395.05M
Expense Ratio1.40%
PE Ratio17.82
Shares Out29.35M
Dividend (ttm)$0.36
Dividend Yield2.64%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 30, 2025
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio45.63%
Volume304,561
Open13.57
Previous Close13.55
Day's Range13.46 - 13.60
52-Week Low13.32
52-Week High21.34
Beta-0.57
Holdings404
Inception DateSep 13, 2011

About BTAL

Fund Home Page

The AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in long/short alternatives. The fund is an actively managed fund that takes long positions in low beta US stocks, offset by short positions in high beta US stocks. BTAL was launched on Sep 13, 2011 and is issued by AGF.

Asset Class Alternatives
Category Equity Market Neutral
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol BTAL
ETF Provider AGF
Index Tracked Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Low Beta Index

Top 10 Holdings

101.13% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Cashn/a96.89%
Murphy USA Inc.MUSA0.51%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF0.51%
VeriSign, Inc.VRSN0.48%
Occidental Petroleum CorporationOXY0.46%
Akamai Technologies, Inc.AKAM0.46%
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.CCC0.46%
Virtu Financial, Inc.VIRT0.45%
Guidewire Software, Inc.GWRE0.45%
F5, Inc.FFIV0.45%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 30, 2025$0.35788Jan 2, 2026
Dec 30, 2024$0.6449Jan 2, 2025
Dec 27, 2023$1.0409Jan 2, 2024
Dec 28, 2022$0.2132Jan 3, 2023
Dec 27, 2019$0.1958Jan 3, 2020
Dec 27, 2018$0.0858Jan 3, 2019
Full Dividend History

Performance

BTAL had a total return of -33.18% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -3.19%.

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