Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF
ALTAR
Score™		 3.0% info Recommen-
dation		 AVOID
2025E    2026E
P/E
ratio		 39.9x P/Sales
ratio		 9.0x
P/BV
ratio		 7.5x Div.
yield		 0.4%


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LCG is an actively managed fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund is a concentrated portfolio focused on US large-cap growth stocks.

FUND BASICS
Category US Equities
Fund Sponsor Sterling Capital Management LLC
Website sterlingcapital.com
Inception date Aug 26, 2020
Assets (mns) $30
Currency USD
Expense ratio 59 bp
Distributions Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting Proprietary
Index replication
Uses derivatives Yes
Options available No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

 


CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents 22
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) $553,413
Large cap (>$10bn) 96.7%
Mid cap ($2-10bn) 3.3%
Small cap (<$2bn) 0.0%
Developed mkts 100.0%
Emerging mkts 0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
ADYEN N.V. UNSPONSORED ADR 12.4 %
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC 10.7 %
S&P GLOBAL, INC. 9.0 %
COSTAR GROUP INC 9.0 %
SHOPIFY, INC. CLASS A 6.3 %
VEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS A 5.9 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS C 5.8 %
MONGODB, INC. CLASS A 5.1 %
ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 5.1 %
AMAZON.COM INC 5.1 %
Total 74.4 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
UNITED STATES 81.0 %
NETHERLANDS 17.5 %
CANADA 6.3 %
JAPAN 3.8 %
AUSTRALIA 3.3 %






HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date 1 year 5 years 10 years Since Incep.
11.4% 5.4% 5.1% -- 5.4%

Market Correlations
versus... Beta R-squared
S&P500 1.15 77%
MSCI EAFE 1.09 50%
MSCI Emg. Mkts. 0.96 44%

Technical Indicators
Recent close $33.08
30d moving avg. $33.23
Annualized volatility 23.3%
Short interest (ETF) 0.0%
Short interest (Underlying) 1.6%
Relative strength (RSI) 51

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.) 31
Turnover 3.4%
Bid/Ask (% of price) 0.17%
ADV underlying (mns) $21,790

Distributions


FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 32 potential alternatives to the Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with LCG. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker: LCG Expense: 59 bp ALTAR Score™: 3.0%


ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH LCG
Ticker Fund
Name		 Overlap1
vs LCG
(%)		 Expense
ratio
(bp)		 Savings
vs LCG
(bp)		 ALTAR
Score™
(%)		 ALTAR
vs LCG
(%)
THNQ ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF 17.8 68 -9 2.4 -0.6
JEPQ J.P. Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF 17.1 35 24 3.9 +0.9
QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF 15.0 60 -1 3.7 +0.6
QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF 14.9 60 -1 3.7 +0.7
QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF 14.8 60 -1 3.7 +0.7
QTR Global X NASDAQ 100 Tail Risk ETF 14.6 26 33 4.1 +1.1
QCLR Global X NASDAQ 100 Collar 95-110 ETF 14.6 25 34 4.0 +1.0
ACIO Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF 14.4 79 -20 4.0 +1.0
NUSI Nationwide Nasdaq-100 Risk-Managed Income ETF 14.2 68 -9 3.7 +0.7
MMLG First Trust Multi-Manager Large Growth ETF 12.3 85 -26 2.0 -1.0
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF 11.4 60 -1 4.3 +1.2
XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF 11.3 60 -1 4.3 +1.3
XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF 11.3 60 -1 4.3 +1.3
XTR Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF 11.2 26 33 4.7 +1.7
XCLR Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF 11.1 25 34 4.7 +1.7
PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF 10.8 49 10 4.4 +1.4
SFLR Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF 10.7 89 -30 3.8 +0.8
FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF 10.2 75 -16 3.6 +0.6
FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF 10.2 75 -16 4.7 +1.7
GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF 9.8 15 44 3.9 +0.9
XVOL Acruence Active Hedge U.S. Equity ETF 9.1 83 -24 4.1 +1.1
EFIV State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF 8.7 10 49 5.0 +2.0
DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF 6.7 60 -1 4.9 +1.9
DYLG Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF 6.7 60 -1 5.0 +1.9
CCOR Core Alternative ETF 6.4 107 -48 5.1 +2.1
TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF 5.4 60 -1 3.9 +0.9
QQQA ProShares Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF 4.8 58 1 3.0 -0.0
QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF 3.7 95 -36 0.0 -3.0
DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF 3.7 55 4 4.7 +1.7
IDVO Amplify International Enhanced Dividend Income ETF 2.3 65 -6 5.1 +2.1
KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF 1.5 75 -16 5.9 +2.8
SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity Index Option ETF 1.5 82 -23 6.7 +3.6

1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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Return on equity

Revision activity*
*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

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VALUATION METRICS
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Historical valuation trends

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multiple:		 Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF
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to:		 S&P500 MSCI EAFE MSCI Emg. Mkts. Other ETF:

AVOID
Not worthwhile for most investors. A rating of AVOID is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) of their category. Often, funds in this category consist of stocks with little if any history or expectation of profitability, and as a result our fundamentally-driven analysis may not be relevant.

ALTAR Score™


Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity 23.0 %
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV 6.4 x
Less: Expense ratio 59 bp
Equals: ALTAR Score 3.0 %
info More information on ALTAR Score™
MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS
COMPOSITE
RATING		 1.50 CATEGORY
AVERAGE		 1.58
 
The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale:

BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3.

Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.
 

 

See RATING tab for calculation of ALTAR Score™
Risk & reward. Uses std. dev. as proxy for risk, ALTAR Score™ for return forecast.
Dividends paid by constituents to the fund. May differ from actual distributions to shareholders due to constituent changes, timing issues or other factors.
Monthly returns based on changes in price plus dividends. May differ from daily returns reported by funds. See below for standardized returns.