AFOS ETF — ARS Focused Opportunities Strategy ETF

ARS Focused Opportunities Strategy ETF (AFOS)

Updated October 2, 2026.

AFOS is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.22%, its expense ratio is 0.45%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 80.2% over the past 1.3 years, 52.7 points ahead of SPY at 27.5%.

ARS Focused Opportunities Strategy ETF is an actively managed equity fund that seeks high-quality U.S. companies with strong balance sheets, reasonable earnings growth, and above-average dividend yields across various sectors and market capitalizations. The fund carries a modest expense ratio of 0.45% and makes annual distributions; note that its latest distribution was special and may not recur regularly. The fund appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to dividend-paying equities selected through active management rather than passive indexing.

AFOS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-02.

Total return is 80.2% over the past 1.3 years, 52.7 points ahead of SPY at 27.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.8%.

AFOS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

ETF Architect

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/25/2025

Expense ratio

0.45%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.22%

Last close

$45.49 (as of 2026-10-02)

AUM

$297,510,999

Average volume

8700.0

Last dividend

$0.102

Last ex-dividend date

12/23/2025

Last payment date

12/24/2025 (as of 2025-12-24)

Beta

1.4486

P/E ratio

24.0977

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (0.22%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: ETF Architect; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AFOS risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.8%.

Who may consider AFOS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AFOS pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

Frequently asked questions

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