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CWSAdvisorSharesACTIVE

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF

$68.45+0.57% vs prior close
637352-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a focused group of U.S. exchange listed equity securities, including common and preferred stock and ADRs. It will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities. The Advisor allocates the fund's portfolio investments using research obtained from a proprietary model developed by Edward J. Elfenbein, which uses a variety of methods for security selection and focuses on firms that are fundamentally sound and have shown consistency in their financial results and high earnings quality.

CWS price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateCWS close
Jul 22, 2026$68.89
Jul 23, 2026$69.01
Jul 24, 2026$69.26
Jul 27, 2026$69.77
Jul 28, 2026$70.31
Jul 29, 2026$69.82
Jul 30, 2026$70.33
Jul 31, 2026$71.44
Aug 3, 2026$71.60
Aug 4, 2026$72.50
Aug 5, 2026$72.96
Aug 6, 2026$72.42
Aug 7, 2026$72.64
Aug 10, 2026$73.07
Aug 11, 2026$73.28
Aug 12, 2026$73.30
Aug 13, 2026$73.36
Aug 14, 2026$73.32
Aug 17, 2026$73.49
Aug 18, 2026$72.76
Aug 19, 2026$72.95
Aug 20, 2026$72.47
Aug 21, 2026$73.28
Aug 24, 2026$73.44
Aug 25, 2026$72.86
Aug 26, 2026$73.17
Aug 27, 2026$72.69
Aug 28, 2026$72.09
Aug 31, 2026$71.87
Sep 1, 2026$71.15
Sep 2, 2026$71.28
Sep 3, 2026$72.04
Sep 4, 2026$71.46
Sep 8, 2026$70.48
Sep 9, 2026$69.19
Sep 10, 2026$68.34
Sep 11, 2026$69.26
Sep 14, 2026$69.19
Sep 15, 2026$68.45
Sep 16, 2026$68.26
Sep 17, 2026$67.98
Sep 18, 2026$67.94
Sep 21, 2026$68.04
Sep 22, 2026$67.82
Sep 23, 2026$67.69
Sep 24, 2026$67.25
Sep 25, 2026$67.31
Sep 28, 2026$67.00
Sep 29, 2026$66.55
Sep 30, 2026$66.53
Oct 1, 2026$67.07
Oct 2, 2026$67.20
Oct 5, 2026$67.72
Oct 6, 2026$67.97
Oct 7, 2026$66.85
Oct 8, 2026$67.42
Oct 9, 2026$67.78
Oct 12, 2026$67.78
Oct 13, 2026$67.66
Oct 14, 2026$67.35
Oct 15, 2026$68.60
Oct 16, 2026$68.19
Oct 19, 2026$68.06
Oct 20, 2026$68.04
Oct 21, 2026$68.06
Oct 22, 2026$68.45

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -0.4% so far this year. At 0.84% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$166Massets under management
0.84%expense ratio · $84 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
8Kavg daily volume, 30 days
27holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed September 21, 2016 · beta 0.61

Sector weights

  • Technology25.62%
  • Information Technology25.46%
  • Consumer Discretionary20.14%
  • Financial Services20.13%
  • Technology Services20.07%
  • Finance19.82%
  • Financials19.79%
  • Healthcare15.99%
  • Consumer Cyclical15.9%
  • Health Technology12.89%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Technology25.62%
Information Technology25.46%
Consumer Discretionary20.14%
Financial Services20.13%
Technology Services20.07%
Finance19.82%
Financials19.79%
Healthcare15.99%
Consumer Cyclical15.9%
Health Technology12.89%

Country weights

  • United States100%
  • Other0.55%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States100%
Other0.55%
Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month+0.9%
3 months-0.6%
6 months+0.3%
YTD-0.4%
1 year-0.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.9%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
5Kshares traded
The case against CWS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat CWS on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$890.4B+$33.3B-81bp on fee · 5367× the assets · +$33.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.6B+$187M-82bp on fee · 58× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-80bp on fee · 349× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.2B+$235M-81bp on fee · 86× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.8B+$148M-80bp on fee · 210× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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