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

NYSEARCA: BTAL · Real-Time Price · USD
12.72
+0.07 (0.55%)
Apr 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
Assets$346.95M
Expense Ratio1.40%
PE Ratio17.82
Shares Out25.70M
Dividend (ttm)$0.36
Dividend Yield2.81%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 30, 2025
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio51.01%
Volume549,540
Open12.69
Previous Close12.65
Day's Range12.66 - 12.82
52-Week Low12.31
52-Week High20.41
Beta-0.57
Holdings405
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

109.60% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Cashn/a104.96%
Murphy USA Inc.MUSA0.58%
Molina Healthcare, Inc.MOH0.53%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF0.52%
UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedUNH0.52%
VeriSign, Inc.VRSN0.51%
Virtu Financial, Inc.VIRT0.51%
Arrow Electronics, Inc.ARW0.50%
Watsco, Inc.WSO0.49%
F5, Inc.FFIV0.48%
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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 -34.73% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -3.60%.

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