RECS ETF — Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF (RECS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

RECS is a low-cost ETF. its distribution rate is 1.00%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.00%, its expense ratio is 0.15%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 193.1% over the past 7.1 years, 9.7 points ahead of SPY at 183.4%.

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF is an exchange-traded fund that invests at least eighty percent of its assets in a rules-based index of U.S. large- and mid-cap companies selected from the Russell 1000, typically holding between three hundred and four hundred stocks across growth and value styles. The fund distributes annually at a modest yield and carries an expense ratio of 0.15%. It may appeal to core equity investors seeking broad U.S. large-cap exposure with a rules-based selection methodology and low costs.

RECS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 193.1% over the past 7.1 years, 9.7 points ahead of SPY at 183.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 15.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 8.8%.

RECS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Columbia Threadneedle

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/25/2019

Expense ratio

0.15%

Distribution rate

1.00%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

1.00%

Last close

$45.37 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$6,230,161,713

Average volume

416042.0

Dividend

$0.454

Ex-dividend date

12/18/2025

Payment date

12/26/2025

Beta

0.93

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.00%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.00%) 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: Columbia Threadneedle; 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.

RECS risks and drawbacks

RECS'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. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 8.8%.

Who may consider RECS — and who may not

RECS may suit someone looking for low-cost broad dividend exposure. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (RECS pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Frequently asked questions

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