PSIL ETF — AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (PSIL)

PSIL is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.16%, its trailing-12-month yield is 6.85%, its expense ratio is 1.00%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 54/100 (Caution). Total return is -71.0% over the past 5 years, 153.7 points behind SPY at 82.7%.

AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF is an actively managed fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in publicly listed life sciences companies and other firms deriving or allocating at least half their revenue or assets to psychedelic medicines and related products. The fund currently has a modest distribution rate and pays distributions quarterly, though its latest distribution was special and may not recur; it carries an expense ratio of 1.00%. The fund appeals to investors seeking exposure to the emerging psychedelics sector, though it is non-diversified and concentrated in a nascent and speculative industry.

PSIL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-18.

Total return is -71.0% over the past 5 years, 153.7 points behind SPY at 82.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 56.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 20.4%.

PSIL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

54 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.09%

Issuer

AdvisorShares

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/15/2021

Expense ratio

1.00%

Distribution rate

0.16%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

6.85%

Last close

$24.87 (as of 2026-09-18)

NAV

$24.37

Premium / discount

2.05% premium

AUM

$57,650,992

Average volume

23000.0

Last dividend

$1.684

Last ex-dividend date

12/22/2025 (as of 2025-12-22)

Last payment date

12/29/2025 (as of 2025-12-29)

Beta

0.42

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.16%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (6.85%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. 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.

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.

PSIL risks and drawbacks

PSIL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, 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 20.4%.

Who may consider PSIL — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (PSIL pays quarterly); 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.

Frequently asked questions

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