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SMAX

Hamilton U.S. Equity YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF

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Price$22.94
Per month$0.1980
Per year$2.25
Yield9.82%

Price vs total return

Three outcomes from the same holding: the unit price alone, the price plus distributions kept as cash, and the price with every distribution reinvested. The gap between the top two lines is compounding.

Reinvested Taken as cash Price only 2023-10-26 — 2026-08-04
$1,000 invested at inception would now be
Price only$1,448
Taking the cash$1,817
Reinvested$1,937
and would now pay you, per month
Taking the cash · 63 units$12.47
Reinvested · 84 units$16.63

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Price return+44.8%Unit price alone, since 2023-10-26
Distributions as cash+81.7%$5.84 paid, held as cash
Total return (DRIP)+93.7%1 unit becomes 1.3376
Distribution trend+7.5%Last 12 payments vs the 12 before

Reinvestment assumes each distribution buys more units at the closing price on its pay date, with no commission and fractional units allowed — a real DRIP rounds down to whole units, so the totals are a slight overstatement. Unit counts are shown rounded down, and the monthly income is calculated on them. Before tax throughout. SMAX has reduced its payment 7 times since inception.

Fund details

SectorUS Equity
ExchangeToronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
Inception2023-10-25
Distributionsmonthly
Risk ratingLow to Medium
Currency hedgingCAD-unhedged
Management fee0.65%
Fund assets$1.12B
CUSIP407916105

Tax character 2025

How a year's distributions broke down, per unit. Published after year end — the most recent year available is an estimate for the current one, not a statement about it.

Component Per unit Share
Eligible dividends $0.00000 0.0%
Capital gains $0.31104 14.5%
Other income $0.00000 0.0%
Foreign income $0.08075 3.8%
Foreign tax withheld $-0.03220 -1.5%
Return of capital $1.79151 83.3%
Total distribution $2.15100 100%

83% of this distribution was return of capital — untaxed on receipt, but it reduces your cost base. What that means.

What this costs you in tax, by province

Distribution history

The last year of payments. 33 in total since 2023-11-29, worth $5.8415 per unit. Entitlement is set on the ex-date, not the pay date.

Ex-date Paid Amount
2026-07-31 2026-08-10 $0.1980
2026-06-30 2026-07-08 $0.2000
2026-05-29 2026-06-05 $0.1970
2026-04-30 2026-05-07 $0.1900
2026-03-31 2026-04-08 $0.1830
2026-02-27 2026-03-06 $0.1830
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $0.1850
2025-12-31 2026-01-08 $0.1840
2025-11-28 2025-12-05 $0.1830
2025-10-31 2025-11-07 $0.1840
2025-09-29 2025-10-07 $0.1830
2025-08-29 2025-09-08 $0.1820
All 33 payments, by year and every rate change

Allocation

Sector Allocation
Communications10.5%
Consumer Discretionary7.5%
Consumer Staples3.3%
Energy3.5%
Financials12.3%
Healthcare8.4%
Industrials8.3%
Materials3.6%
Real Estate3.9%
Technology35.3%
Utilities3.4%

Holdings

AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.5%
MU Micron Technology Inc 5.2%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 5.1%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc 4.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co 4.5%
AAPL Apple Inc 4.5%
GE General Electric Co 4.4%
MSFT Microsoft Corp 4.4%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.4%
V Visa Inc 4.3%
All 27 holdings, with allocation

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Prices as at 2026-08-04. Distributions and fund details as published by Hamilton ETFs. Not a recommendation and not tax advice — see the disclaimer.