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Non-DiversifiedMaterial Change

AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF

Expense Ratio
0.76%
AUM
$103M
Inception
5/8/2020
1Y Return
+4.2%25th %ilevs 251 asset-class peers
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The fund invests at least 80% of net assets in the constituents of the Underlying Index, which reflects a global merger arbitrage strategy by capturing the price spread between target and acquiring companies in announced mergers. The Underlying Index includes 30-50 targets, with long positions in target stocks and short exposure in acquirer's stock at the deal's exchange ratio, and may also allocate to cash-like instruments. The fund is non-diversified and may invest up to 20% in instruments not included in the Underlying Index.

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Performance

NameCumulative ReturnAnn. ReturnAnn. VolSharpeMax DD
ARB
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
4.2%4.2%4.7%0.09-2.1%
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. Drag on chart to select period. Sharpe Ratio uses the one-month T-bill as the risk-free rate. From 10/7/2025 to 10/7/2026.

Trailing Returns

Name
YTD1D5D1M3M6M1Y2Y3Y5YMAX
ARB
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
3.4%0.1%0.4%0.8%1.6%2.3%4.2%4.8%5.2%4.2%4.2%
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. As of 10/7/2026.

Annual Returns

Name
202020212022202320242025YTD
ARB
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
3.8%*3.0%2.8%3.9%4.1%6.0%3.4%
ⓘ Methodology

* partial year — the series ran for only part of it (its first year, or the year it closed); the figure is the return over the part it did run. ETF performance based on market prices. As of 10/7/2026.

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Factor Regression

Name
Ann. αβ MKTβ SMBβ HMLβ RMWβ CMAβ UMDβ iHMLR²Obs
ARBUS
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
-2.3%0.08**0.050.03-0.01-0.020.000.010.12226
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. US factor set. Daily OLS of excess return (fund − T-bill) on factor spread returns over the selected date range, intersected with each series' history. Bold with * |t| ≥ 1.96, ** |t| ≥ 2.58. Cell shading tracks each loading's t-stat. Betas are returns-based — compare with the holdings-based factor scores below. Factor returns are long-short spread returns (© Ken French, Dartmouth). From 10/7/2025 to 8/31/2026.

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Fund ProfileNon-DiversifiedMaterial Change

Fund Documents(opens the fund company’s site in a new tab)
Family
Registrant
Type
ETF
Asset Class
Peer Asset Class
Alternatives
Region
Equity Sleeve Style
Small Value
Peer Group Benchmark
Prospectus Benchmark
S&P 500 ® Index
Peer Group
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage (31 peers)
1Y Peer Percentile
41
3Y Peer Percentile
12
Expense Ratio
0.76%
AUM
$103M
3Y Flow
+49.4%
Yield
0.42%
Inception
5/8/2020
Holdings (Reported)
143
Non-Diversified
Yes
Turnover
399%
Equity
77%
Derivatives
0%
Strategy Summary

The fund invests at least 80% of net assets in the constituents of the Underlying Index, which reflects a global merger arbitrage strategy by capturing the price spread between target and acquiring companies in announced mergers. The Underlying Index includes 30-50 targets, with long positions in target stocks and short exposure in acquirer's stock at the deal's exchange ratio, and may also allocate to cash-like instruments. The fund is non-diversified and may invest up to 20% in instruments not included in the Underlying Index.

ⓘ Methodology

Expense ratio and its components from the fund's prospectus fee table. Turnover from the SEC annual report (8/5/2026). Yield as of 10/6/2026, AUM 9/30/2026. Holdings, asset class, style, peer group and exposures as of 5/31/2026. Strategy summary from the fund's prospectus.

Equity Size & Style Map

Based on equity exposure only (78% of total assets).

LargeMidSmall
7%
5%
-
10%
6%
5%
25%
31%
11%
Large
ValueCoreGrowth
Size
Large
12%
Mid
21%
Small
68%
Style
Value
42%
Core
42%
Growth
16%
ⓘ Methodology

Equity size and style definitions: Large vs. Small based on market cap, where Large > $70B, Mid $10-70B, and Small < $10B. Value vs. Growth based on percentile ranking on Traditional Value score within the fund's region and size cohort (equal thirds among its true equity-fund peers). This fund is not an equity fund, so the box describes its equity sleeve only (77% of assets): the sleeve's holdings are scored and ranked against equity funds of the same region and size cohort. The rest of the portfolio (bonds, cash, other assets) is not represented here. Cell shading and percentages: share of classified holdings weight per box, from stock-level classification (size on the same $70B/$10B lines; value by Traditional Value terciles across scored stocks). The dot is the average holding ranked against other funds, so dot and weights can differ at the margin. The Size and Style bars are the grid's row and column totals. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Composite FactorsRef: Alternatives Funds

Based on equity exposure only (78% of total assets).

Intangible Value33.4
Traditional Value76.0
Small-Cap89.6
Quality10.2
Momentum71.6
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Ranked within the clean equity fund universe, one entry per fund series (lowest: 0, highest: 100; the middle of the range is denser than the ends). Blue dots mark the fund; the shaded band spans the Alternatives Funds class 25th–75th percentile of scores, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Factor DetailsRef: Alternatives Funds

Based on equity exposure only (78% of total assets).

Valuation
Book-to-Price (NTM)14.8
Sales-to-Price (NTM)42.1
Earnings-to-Price (NTM)3.2
Innovation/IP
R&D / Mkt Cap4.1
Patents / Mkt Cap0.38
Brand
Sales & Marketing / Mkt Cap1.8
Trademarks / Mkt Cap0.03
Human Capital
PhD Employees / Mkt Cap8.8
Top University Alumni / Mkt Cap16.3
Politics
Lobbying Spend / Mkt Cap23.1
AI
AI Employees / Mkt Cap1.4
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Solid blue dots mark the fund's position within the clean equity fund universe (5th–95th percentile scale); the shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Alternatives Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026. Expense ratio, yield, and turnover as of 10/6/2026. AUM as of 9/30/2026.

Country Exposure

Level
81.6%
79.7%
Other1.8%
18.4%
8.5%
6.2%
3.4%
1.6%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the holdings that carry a country, not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Sector Exposure

Level

Based on equity exposure only (78% of total assets).

25.4%
13.9%
13.8%
13.5%
12.7%
10.9%
3.1%
2.1%
2.0%
1.5%
1.1%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified holdings — every position we can identify, with cash and unidentified positions excluded — not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Thematic Exposure

Based on equity exposure only (78% of total assets).

AI Composition

Infrastructure7.3%
Early Adopter17.8%
Laggard74.9%

Magnificent 7

Magnificent 70.0%
Non-Magnificent 7100.0%

Old vs New Economy

Old Economy64.9%
New Economy35.1%

Globalization

Multinational38.0%
Exporter5.4%
Importer15.0%
Domestic41.6%

China Exposure

China/HK Domiciled0.0%
Revenue & Operations0.0%
Operations Only8.7%
Revenue Only2.6%
No Material Exposure88.6%

Company Size

Mega (>$500B)0.0%
Large ($70–500B)11.5%
Mid ($10–70B)34.6%
Small ($1–10B)52.9%
Micro (<$1B)1.0%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified equity book, renormalized so each split sums to 100% (the equity book is 77% of net assets) — they are not portfolio weights. China exposure: domiciled = incorporated in China or Hong Kong, falling back to the filing's country for holdings outside the stock model. Among the rest, revenue = ≥15% of revenue derived from China; operations = ≥3% of LinkedIn-tracked workforce in China, or ≥2 identified Chinese suppliers making up ≥12% of those identified. China revenue is estimated where segment reporting is absent. Company size bands by holding market cap: Mega >$500B, Large $70–500B, Mid $10–70B, Small $1–10B, Micro <$1B. Old vs New Economy partitions Sparkline's 48 industries: New = technology, internet platforms and entertainment, e-commerce, payments, pharma/biotech/medtech, and renewable energy; Old = everything else. Shares are of classified holdings and sum to 100%. China shares are of total equity weight. Size shares are of scored holdings weight. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Holdings

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143 positions (top 10 shown, create for full holdings)

#NameTickerWeight %SectorIndustryCountry
1Morgan Stanley Prime Broker US-
15.53
--USA
2Warner Bros DiscoveryWBD
3.59
CommunicationEntertainmentUSA
3Morgan Stanley & Co.-
2.99
--USA
4State Street Global Advisors-
2.99
--USA
5Electronic Arts-
2.80
--USA
6Clearwater Analytics Holdings-
2.79
--USA
7AES Corp/TheAES
2.78
UtilitiesMerchant PowerUSA
8Masimo-
2.78
--USA
9Chart Industries-
2.72
--USA
10PenumbraPEN
2.71
HealthcareMedical TechnologyUSA
ⓘ Methodology

Sector, country and factor detail need a security match; the share of weight that matched is a member figure, so the rows without one appear here with those columns blank. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

ConcentrationRef: Alternatives Funds

Total Holdings143
Effective Holdings29.8
Top 10 Weight41.7%
Max Position15.5%
Top Sector (of Net Assets)58%
Top Country (of Net Assets)95%
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for definitions. Solid blue dots mark the fund: percentage rows on a 0–100% scale, holdings counts log-scaled across the clean-universe 5th–95th percentile range. The shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Alternatives Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026.

Peer Group Rank

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Metric
ARB
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
Peer Group
31 funds
Peer Asset Class
251 funds
YTD Return
3.39%3.09%627.46%28
1Y Return
4.22%4.28%419.54%25
3Y Return (Ann.)
5.24%5.85%129.55%18
5Y Return (Ann.)
4.20%4.02%575.24%33
Expense Ratiohigher = cheaper
0.76%1.55%901.42%86
ⓘ Methodology

Sparkline's own holdings-based peer taxonomy (57 share classes across 31 funds). One share class shown per fund — the exchange-listed class where the SEC series has one, else its longest-history class; percentile ranks and medians are computed against the same deduped set. Quartile chips fill the layer the fund's rank falls in (top layer = best quartile). Funds without a full return history rank only on the horizons they cover.

Similar Funds

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Nearest funds across the whole universe, by holdings and behavior — the peer taxonomy is ignored, so matches can come from any category.

Top Similarity61
Top Overlap
Top Active Tilt
Top Factor Match
Top Return Corr
FundPeer Group
1ARBFX
THE ARBITRAGE FUND
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
61----
2AEDFX
Water Island Event-Driven Fund
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
48----
3MNA
NYLIM Merger Arbitrage ETF
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
45----
4HMEZX
Nexpoint Merger Arbitrage Fund
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
45----
5MERFX
The Merger Fund
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
45----
6MERVX
The Merger Fund VL
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
45----
7DRCVX
Comstock Capital Value Fund
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
45----
8MRGR
ProShares Merger ETF
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
45----
9DAMDX
Dunham Monthly Distribution Fund
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
Alts - Event-Driven & Arbitrage
31----
10GDL
GDL Fund
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
31----

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ⓘ Methodology

Rows are the consensus top matches (a fund must place in at least two methods' top 250 to qualify, and matches missing more than one of this fund's own methods are not ranked — a row scored on fewer methods is a noisier estimate, not a better match). Click a method column to see that method's own top matches across the whole universe instead. Gray (N) beside each method's metric is that fund's rank in the whole universe on that method. Similarity is a percentile among match-grade fund pairs, 0–100 — 87 means the pair is closer than 87% of the strongest matches in the universe, averaged across the methods — so it compares across funds: index clones tie at the top with thousands of other clone pairs, so scores top out in the high 80s to 90s, while a one-of-a-kind fund's best match can score in the 30s. Rows are ordered by the Consensus Rank — the geometric mean of those universe ranks, shown in each cell's tooltip — and the score is held down the list to the level of the closest match above it, so equal scores mean equally close and the number reads as a floor. A dash means that method has no figure for the pair at all (one of them lacks the holdings or return history it needs). Hover a column header for each method's definition. The “Top…” strips above compare against every fund's own top match across the whole universe (they deliberately don't follow the Peer Universe selector); Top Similarity is simply the best match's score, with no reference band; the Holdings and Active Tilt strips carry no reference band because computing every fund's best book overlap would require a full holdings scan per fund — the dot stands alone on its natural 0–100% scale. One share class shown per fund, and a fund's own sister share classes are excluded from its Top-match strips. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Consensus Rank is the geometric mean of the match's universe-wide rank across the methods (#1.0 = top match on every one). Holdings Overlap = common-holdings weight (sum of the minimum weight across shared positions, long only). Active Tilt Overlap = the same statistic on active weights (holdings minus the fund's own default benchmark, floored at 0), which strips the benchmark ballast that dominates raw overlap. Factor Similarity = 100 − a signature-weighted RMS gap across the composite factor scores (0–100 ranks within the clean equity fund universe), each axis weighted by how far this fund sits from the universe median of 50. Return Correlation = correlation of market-hedged daily returns over the trailing two years (CAPM residuals), so only market-beta co-movement is removed; requires ~18 months of daily history (378 of the window's 504 trading days).