EMPB ETF — Efficient Market Portfolio Plus ETF

Efficient Market Portfolio Plus ETF (EMPB)

Updated October 16, 2026.

EMPB is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.74%, its expense ratio is 2.21%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 36.9% over the past 1.8 years, 7.7 points ahead of SPY at 29.2%.

Efficient Market Portfolio Plus is an actively managed ETF that uses a proprietary algorithm developed by its sub-adviser to identify U.S. equity sectors and asset classes expected to outperform the broader market; the fund is non-diversified and concentrates its holdings accordingly. It has a modest current distribution rate with annual distributions, though its most recent payout was special and may not recur regularly. The fund carries an expense ratio of 2.21% and appeals primarily to investors seeking an actively managed approach to sector rotation and tactical equity allocation.

EMPB performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 36.9% over the past 1.8 years, 7.7 points ahead of SPY at 29.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 20.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 5.8%.

EMPB key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

NextGen EMP

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/11/2024

Expense ratio

2.21%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.74%

Last close

$34.06 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$33,288,671

Average volume

9184.0

Dividend

$0.25301

Ex-dividend date

12/30/2025

Payment date

12/31/2025

Beta

0.5916

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 (0.74%) 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: NextGen EMP; 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.

EMPB risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 5.8%.

Who may consider EMPB — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (EMPB pays annual). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

More on EMPB

• All tickers starting with E

Frequently asked questions

More securities from NextGen EMP.