BOXA ETF — Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF

Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF (BOXA)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BOXA is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.13%, its expense ratio is 0.23%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 3.1% over the past 1.8 years, 30.1 points behind SPY at 33.2%.

Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF is an actively managed ETF that seeks to outperform the Solactive U.S. Aggregate Bond Index by investing in options on ETFs or indexes that track bond market performance; it is non-diversified and carries a very low expense ratio of 0.23%. The fund distributes annually at a minimal current distribution rate, with its latest distribution characterized as a special, one-time payout that may not recur on a regular basis. This fund appeals primarily to investors seeking bond market exposure through an options-based strategy rather than traditional fixed-income holdings.

BOXA performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 3.1% over the past 1.8 years, 30.1 points behind SPY at 33.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -2.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 5.3%.

BOXA key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Alpha Architect

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/17/2024

Expense ratio

0.23%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.13%

Last close

$103.05 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$15,323,736

Average volume

736.0

Dividend

$0.137

Ex-dividend date

12/23/2025

Payment date

12/24/2025

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.13%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. 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: Alpha 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.

BOXA risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 5.3%.

Who may consider BOXA — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BOXA pays annual); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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