HVAC ETF — AdvisorShares HVAC and Industrials ETF

AdvisorShares HVAC and Industrials ETF (HVAC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HVAC is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.19%, its expense ratio is 1.00%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 27.5% over the past 1.7 years, 1.8 points behind SPY at 29.3%.

AdvisorShares HVAC and Industrials ETF is an actively managed fund that invests in U.S.-listed equity securities of companies across all market capitalizations, including American depositary receipts representing foreign companies, with a focus on the industrials sector; the fund is non-diversified. It carries a modest distribution rate with an annual payout frequency, though the most recent distribution was special and may not recur regularly, and has an expense ratio of 1.00%. The fund appeals to investors seeking targeted exposure to industrial equities rather than broad market diversification.

HVAC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 27.5% over the past 1.7 years, 1.8 points behind SPY at 29.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 1.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 26.3%.

HVAC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

AdvisorShares

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/03/2025

Expense ratio

1.00%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.19%

Last close

$31.82 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$12,163,769

Average volume

5300.0

Dividend

$0.06

Ex-dividend date

12/22/2025

Payment date

12/29/2025

Beta

1.7542

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 (0.19%) 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: AdvisorShares; 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.

HVAC 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 26.3%.

Who may consider HVAC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HVAC 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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