PRCS ETF — Parnassus Core Select ETF

Parnassus Core Select ETF (PRCS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

PRCS is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.12%, its expense ratio is 0.58%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 16.4% over the past 1.8 years, 12.8 points behind SPY at 29.2%.

Parnassus Core Select is an actively managed ETF that seeks capital appreciation through a concentrated portfolio of equity securities, investing a minimum of 80% of net assets in stocks selected using the issuer's core strategy. The fund has a very modest current distribution rate and makes annual distributions, though its latest payout was special and may not recur. With an expense ratio of 0.58%, it appeals to equity-focused investors seeking active management rather than passive index tracking.

PRCS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 16.4% over the past 1.8 years, 12.8 points behind SPY at 29.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 12.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 12.8%.

PRCS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Parnassus

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/11/2024

Expense ratio

0.58%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.12%

Last close

$29.02 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$182,364,409

Average volume

15181.0

Dividend

$0.035

Ex-dividend date

12/19/2025

Payment date

12/26/2025

Beta

0.9344

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 (0.12%) 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: Parnassus; 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.

PRCS 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 12.8%.

Who may consider PRCS — and who may not

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