APTUS ETFsIntermediate Core-Plus BondDEFR · Cboe BZX

Aptus Deferred Income ETF (DEFR)

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Price: $26.36; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $148.2M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.79%; Category 0.74%
Yield: 0.00%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.2%0.0%; Category -0.2%
3Y CAGR: —; Category 4.6%
5Y CAGR: —; Category -0.1%

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Aptus Deferred Income ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

Standard deviation: —
Maximum drawdown: —
Sharpe ratio: —
Sortino ratio: —
Beta: —
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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.1%	-0.8%	-1.4%	-1.3%	-0.2%	—	—	—	+4.1%
Intermediate Core-Plus Bond average	-1.1%	-1.6%	-0.8%	-1.0%	-0.2%	4.6%	-0.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Difference	0.0%	+0.8%	-0.6%	-0.4%	0.0%	—	—	—	+1.7%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 0.3% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
FXFXX	First American Treasury Obligs X	0.31%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 29.1
P/B: 8.6
P/S: 6.2
P/CF: 22.9

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Technology58.9%
Communication services12.9%
Consumer discretionary11.2%
Consumer staples6.2%
Health care4.0%
Industrials3.9%
Utilities1.1%
Materials1.0%
Energy0.5%
Financial services0.2%

Asset mix

Stocks186.5%
Other42.8%
Bonds4.1%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government4.1%

ETF details

Issuer: APTUS ETFs
Category: Fixed Income · Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Ticker: DEFR
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 13 May 2025 (1.3 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.79% (category 0.74%)
Holdings turnover: 0% (category 164%)
Distribution yield: 0.00%
Beta, 3 years: 0.00
Total net assets: $148.2M

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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