CBSE ETF — Clough Select Equity ETF

Clough Select Equity ETF (CBSE)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CBSE is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.31%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.31%, its expense ratio is 0.85%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 120.7% over the past 5.9 years, 10.4 points behind SPY at 131.1%.

Clough Select Equity ETF is an actively managed ETF that invests at least eighty percent of its assets in equity securities, including common stocks and depositary receipts, that the adviser believes have above-average financial characteristics, are undervalued, and/or have growth potential. The fund has a modest current distribution rate and makes distributions annually, with an expense ratio of 0.85%. It appeals to equity investors seeking active management with a value and growth orientation.

CBSE performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 120.7% over the past 5.9 years, 10.4 points behind SPY at 131.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 3.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 16.8%.

CBSE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Clough Capital Partners

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/12/2020

Expense ratio

0.85%

Distribution rate

0.31%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.31%

Last close

$43.79 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$50,028,923

Average volume

15653.0

Dividend

$0.136

Ex-dividend date

12/30/2025

Payment date

12/31/2025

Beta

1.62

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.31%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.31%) 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: Clough Capital Partners; 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.

CBSE risks and drawbacks

CBSE's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. 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 16.8%.

Who may consider CBSE — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CBSE pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Frequently asked questions

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