AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO)

NYSEARCA: YOLO · Real-Time Price · USD
3.140
-0.130 (-3.98%)
At close: Oct 28, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
3.140
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Oct 28, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
-3.98%
Assets$42.06M
Expense Ratio1.12%
PE Ratio21.88
Shares Out12.78M
Dividend (ttm)n/a
Dividend Yieldn/a
Ex-Dividend Daten/a
Payout Frequencyn/a
Payout Ration/a
Volume33,162
Open3.250
Previous Close3.270
Day's Range3.130 - 3.250
52-Week Low1.450
52-Week High3.940
Beta1.36
Holdings21
Inception DateApr 17, 2019

About YOLO

Fund Home Page

The AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in stocks based on a particular theme. The fund is an actively-managed ETF that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in both domestic and foreign cannabis equities, as well as total return swaps of similar securities. YOLO was launched on Apr 17, 2019 and is issued by AdvisorShares.

Asset Class Equity
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol YOLO
ETF Provider AdvisorShares

Top 10 Holdings

93.57% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETFMSOS40.67%
Village Farms International, Inc.VFF19.30%
High Tide Inc.HITI11.16%
SNDL Inc.SNDL5.74%
Cronos Group Inc.CRON4.68%
Organigram Global Inc.OGI4.19%
Tilray Brands, Inc.TLRY2.41%
Aurora Cannabis Inc.ACB2.28%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plcJAZZ1.62%
Cardiol Therapeutics Inc.CRDL1.51%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Sep 23, 2024$0.0405Sep 30, 2024
Jun 24, 2024$0.01782Jun 28, 2024
Mar 21, 2024$0.02813Mar 28, 2024
Dec 26, 2023$0.00778Dec 29, 2023
Sep 25, 2023$0.00561Sep 29, 2023
Jun 22, 2023$0.01085Jun 30, 2023
Full Dividend History

Performance

YOLO had a total return of -10.03% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been -25.74%.

News

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