Manulife Smart Defensive Equity ETF (TSX:CDEF)

Canada flag Canada · Delayed Price · Currency is CAD
12.29
-0.03 (-0.24%)
Jun 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
23.39%
Assets 4.60M
Expense Ratio 0.36%
PE Ratio 19.03
Dividend (ttm) 0.29
Dividend Yield 2.37%
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 30, 2025
Payout Frequency Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio 45.08%
1-Year Return +23.39%
Volume 100
Open 12.31
Previous Close 12.32
Day's Range 12.29 - 12.31
52-Week Low 9.96
52-Week High 12.45
Beta 0.68
Holdings 67
Inception Date Nov 10, 2021

About CDEF

Manulife Smart Defensive Equity ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by Manulife Investment Management Limited. The fund is co-managed by Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC. The fund invests in public equity markets of Canada. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in low volatile stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. The fund seeks to benchmark the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index. The fund employs proprietary research to create its portfolio. Manulife Smart Defensive Equity ETF was formed on November 10, 2021 and is domiciled in Canada.

Asset Class Equity
Category Total Market
Region North America
Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol CDEF
Provider Manulife

Performance

CDEF had a total return of 23.39% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.83%.

Top 10 Holdings

25.21% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Toromont Industries Ltd. TIH 2.57%
Thomson Reuters Corporation TRI 2.55%
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited FFH 2.54%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM 2.53%
TELUS Corporation T 2.53%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank TD 2.52%
Dollarama Inc. DOL 2.50%
Empire Company Limited EMP.A 2.49%
Canadian National Railway Company CNR 2.49%
WSP Global Inc. WSP 2.49%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 30, 2025 0.05977 CAD Jul 15, 2025
Dec 30, 2024 0.15198 CAD Jan 14, 2025
Jun 28, 2024 0.13922 CAD Jul 12, 2024
Dec 28, 2023 0.13126 CAD Jan 12, 2024
Jun 29, 2023 0.1249 CAD Jul 13, 2023
Dec 29, 2022 0.13194 CAD Jan 13, 2023
Full Dividend History