ALPS/Smith Credit Opportunities A (SMCAX)

Fund Assets	151.30M
Expense Ratio	1.20%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.47
Dividend Yield	5.32%
Dividend Growth	-5.01%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Aug 27, 2026

Previous Close	8.91
YTD Return	0.65%
1-Year Return	1.26%
5-Year Return	2.75%
52-Week Low	8.90
52-Week High	9.27
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	267
Inception Date	Sep 15, 2020

About SMCAX

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund Class A is an actively managed open‑end mutual fund focused on U.S. credit markets. Its primary objective is to obtain maximum risk‑adjusted return with a secondary emphasis on high current income, implemented through a flexible, multi‑sector approach across investment‑grade and high‑yield corporate bonds and other U.S. credit instruments. The strategy allocates dynamically across credit sectors and duration to navigate varying market and rate cycles, seeking to balance income generation with downside risk management. The fund is advised by ALPS Advisors with Smith Capital Investors serving as sub‑adviser, combining institutional credit research with active risk controls. Benchmark context typically references a blended exposure to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond and Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield indexes, reflecting its core‑plus and below‑investment‑grade opportunity set. Within the mutual fund landscape, it serves investors looking for diversified credit exposure, monthly income distributions, and an actively managed alternative to single‑sector bond funds, with performance evaluated versus broad U.S. credit categories and peer groups.

• Category: Multisector Bond
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: SMCAX
• Share Class: Class A
• Index: Index is not available on Lipper Database

Performance

SMCAX had a total return of 1.26% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.71%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
SMCRX	Class I	0.90%
SMCVX	Investor Class	1.20%
SMCCX	Class C	1.90%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Aug 27, 2026	$0.04191	Aug 28, 2026
Jul 30, 2026	$0.04109	Jul 31, 2026
Jun 25, 2026	$0.03802	Jun 26, 2026
May 28, 2026	$0.04403	May 29, 2026
Apr 23, 2026	$0.03622	Apr 24, 2026
Mar 26, 2026	$0.03896	Mar 27, 2026

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

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Last checked:

Sep 19, 2026

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