ETF Foundry Research (hypothetical) · rebalanced monthly
Every other metric on this page is the long-shortstrategy, which needs a short book. This fund is the long leg alone, so these are the figures for what it actually holds. The bottom-bucket number is that basket’s own return — not short P&L.
Gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs · not investor results
Every constituent of the long leg — sort, search or filter by sector
| Ticker | Company | Sector | Market cap | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1SCHW | SCHWAB CHARLES CORP | Financial Services | $158.31B | 18.24% |
2BNY | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP | Financial Services | $102.81B | 11.85% |
3HOOD | ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC | Financial Services | $73.25B | 8.44% |
4APO | APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC | Financial Services | $71.65B | 8.26% |
5STT | STATE STREET CORP | Financial Services | $47.26B | 5.45% |
6AMP | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $44.58B | 5.14% |
7RJF | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $32.18B | 3.71% |
8NTRS | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Financial Services | $32.18B | 3.71% |
9TROW | PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC | Financial Services | $23.09B | 2.66% |
10CRCL | CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC | Financial Services | $16.37B | 1.89% |
11EQH | EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $14.84B | 1.71% |
12UMBF | UMB FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $10.14B | 1.17% |
13SSB | SOUTHSTATE BANK CORP | Financial Services | $10.09B | 1.16% |
14BPOP | POPULAR INC | Financial Services | $9.89B | 1.14% |
15CFR | CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC | Financial Services | $9.81B | 1.13% |
16ZION | ZIONS BANCORPORATION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | Financial Services | $9.56B | 1.10% |
17LNC | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP | Financial Services | $7.96B | 0.92% |
18UBSI | UNITED BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $6.44B | 0.74% |
19OZK | BANK OF THE OZARKS INC | Financial Services | $5.50B | 0.63% |
20AX | AXOS FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $5.18B | 0.60% |
21MCY | MERCURY GENERAL CORP | Financial Services | $4.79B | 0.55% |
22PIPR | PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES | Financial Services | $4.65B | 0.54% |
23UCB | UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC | Financial Services | $4.46B | 0.51% |
24CRVL | CORVEL CORP | Financial Services | $4.35B | 0.50% |
25FFIN | FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $4.33B | 0.50% |
26ARX | ACCELERANT HOLDINGS | Financial Services | $4.32B | 0.50% |
27CATY | CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP | Financial Services | $4.30B | 0.50% |
28WSFS | WSFS FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $4.04B | 0.47% |
29BANF | BANCFIRST CORP | Financial Services | $3.99B | 0.46% |
30HG | HAMILTON INSURANCE GROUP LTD | Financial Services | $3.81B | 0.44% |
31BFH | BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $3.72B | 0.43% |
32NIC | NICOLET BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $3.62B | 0.42% |
33MIAX | MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $3.61B | 0.42% |
34FIBK | FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC | Financial Services | $3.49B | 0.40% |
35PRK | PARK NATIONAL CORP | Financial Services | $3.19B | 0.37% |
36MCHB | MECHANICS BANCORP | Financial Services | $3.18B | 0.37% |
37GNW | GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $3.08B | 0.35% |
38SLDE | SLIDE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $3.04B | 0.35% |
39FHB | FIRST HAWAIIAN INC | Financial Services | $3.00B | 0.35% |
40IOND | IONIC DIGITAL INC | Financial Services | $2.91B | 0.34% |
41CUBI | CUSTOMERS BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $2.84B | 0.33% |
42ASST | STRIVE INC | Financial Services | $2.83B | 0.33% |
43FBNC | FIRST BANCORP | Financial Services | $2.68B | 0.31% |
44FBK | FB FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $2.67B | 0.31% |
45BHF | BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $2.54B | 0.29% |
46BANR | BANNER CORP | Financial Services | $2.52B | 0.29% |
47SYBT | STOCK YARDS BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $2.46B | 0.28% |
48PURR | HYPERLIQUID STRATEGIES INC | Financial Services | $2.44B | 0.28% |
49HCI | HCI GROUP INC | Financial Services | $2.37B | 0.27% |
50BUSE | FIRST BUSEY CORP | Financial Services | $2.32B | 0.27% |
51DCOM | DIME COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $1.85B | 0.21% |
52RBCAA | REPUBLIC BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $1.79B | 0.21% |
53HAPN | HAPPEN INC | Financial Services | $1.76B | 0.20% |
54FSUN | FIRSTSUN CAPITAL BANCORP | Financial Services | $1.66B | 0.19% |
55BFC | BANK FIRST CORP | Financial Services | $1.66B | 0.19% |
56TCBK | TRICO BANCSHARES | Financial Services | $1.65B | 0.19% |
57LOB | LIVE OAK BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $1.61B | 0.19% |
58ESQ | ESQUIRE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $1.60B | 0.18% |
59AMAL | AMALGAMATED FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $1.49B | 0.17% |
60XZO | EXZEO GROUP INC | Financial Services | $1.44B | 0.17% |
61TFIN | TRIUMPH FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $1.41B | 0.16% |
62WABC | WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION | Financial Services | $1.38B | 0.16% |
63ASBH | AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK NA | Financial Services | $1.36B | 0.16% |
64UVE | UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $1.34B | 0.15% |
65MCB | METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP | Financial Services | $1.19B | 0.14% |
66NBN | NORTHEAST BANCORP | Financial Services | $1.15B | 0.13% |
67BOW | BOWHEAD SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $1.12B | 0.13% |
68UVSP | UNIVEST FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $1.11B | 0.13% |
69FSBC | FIVE STAR BANCORP | Financial Services | $1.09B | 0.13% |
70OIG | ORION180 INSURANCE GROUP INC | Financial Services | $1.06B | 0.12% |
71EGBN | EAGLE BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $1.05B | 0.12% |
72BFST | BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $1.04B | 0.12% |
73HRTG | HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $993M | 0.11% |
74CPF | CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $988M | 0.11% |
75HIPO | HIPPO HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $984M | 0.11% |
76FRBT | FORBRIGHT INC | Financial Services | $982M | 0.11% |
77NBBK | NB BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $960M | 0.11% |
78HAFC | HANMI FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $960M | 0.11% |
79TRST | TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y | Financial Services | $953M | 0.11% |
80MPB | MID PENN BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $895M | 0.10% |
81CCBG | CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP INC | Financial Services | $874M | 0.10% |
82FCBC | FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $868M | 0.10% |
83RCBC | RIVER CITY BANK | Financial Services | $836M | 0.10% |
84SMBK | SMARTFINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $819M | 0.09% |
85IBCP | INDEPENDENT BANK CORP | Financial Services | $808M | 0.09% |
86SPFI | SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $807M | 0.09% |
87SHBI | SHORE BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $756M | 0.09% |
88AROW | ARROW FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $717M | 0.08% |
89BCAL | CALIFORNIA BANCORP | Financial Services | $702M | 0.08% |
90CWBC | COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES | Financial Services | $696M | 0.08% |
91CBNK | CAPITAL BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $686M | 0.08% |
92RRBI | RED RIVER BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $686M | 0.08% |
93WCCB | WEST COAST COMMUNITY BANCORP | Financial Services | $667M | 0.08% |
94TCBX | THIRD COAST BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $663M | 0.08% |
95ROOT | ROOT INC | Financial Services | $663M | 0.08% |
96CCB | COASTAL FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $661M | 0.08% |
97GDOT | GREEN DOT CORP | Financial Services | $658M | 0.08% |
98CARE | CARTER BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $639M | 0.07% |
99TIPT | TIPTREE INC | Financial Services | $638M | 0.07% |
100BSVN | BANK7 CORP | Financial Services | $630M | 0.07% |
101UMAC | UNUSUAL MACHINES INC | Financial Services | $614M | 0.07% |
102GCBC | GREENE COUNTY BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $606M | 0.07% |
103SFST | SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $576M | 0.07% |
104BWFG | BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Financial Services | $570M | 0.07% |
105AII | AMERICAN INTEGRITY INSURANCE GROUP INC | Financial Services | $557M | 0.06% |
106NRIM | NORTHRIM BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $535M | 0.06% |
107OBT | ORANGE COUNTY BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $535M | 0.06% |
108GLRE | GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD | Financial Services | $527M | 0.06% |
109PBAM | PRIVATE BANCORP OF AMERICA INC | Financial Services | $498M | 0.06% |
110ACIC | AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE CORP | Financial Services | $489M | 0.06% |
111HBCP | HOME BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $479M | 0.06% |
112BMRC | BANK OF MARIN BANCORP | Financial Services | $462M | 0.05% |
113PBFS | PIONEER BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $451M | 0.05% |
114PCB | PCB BANCORP | Financial Services | $420M | 0.05% |
115NECB | NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $400M | 0.05% |
116FDBC | FIDELITY D & D BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $390M | 0.04% |
117GBC | GEORGIA BANKING CO INC | Financial Services | $389M | 0.04% |
118AVBH | AVIDBANK HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $381M | 0.04% |
119TSBK | TIMBERLAND BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $370M | 0.04% |
120AMSF | AMERISAFE INC | Financial Services | $358M | 0.04% |
121CBNA | CHAIN BRIDGE BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $344M | 0.04% |
122BCML | BAYCOM CORP | Financial Services | $339M | 0.04% |
123MVBF | MVB FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $334M | 0.04% |
124RTAC | RENATUS TACTICAL ACQUISITION CORP I | Financial Services | $327M | 0.04% |
125JMSB | JOHN MARSHALL BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $326M | 0.04% |
126GBLI | GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP LLC | Financial Services | $324M | 0.04% |
127NODK | NI HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $304M | 0.04% |
128ISBA | ISABELLA BANK CORP | Financial Services | $303M | 0.03% |
129BPRN | PRINCETON BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $303M | 0.03% |
130ATLO | AMES NATIONAL CORP | Financial Services | $303M | 0.03% |
131QNBC | QNB CORP | Financial Services | $294M | 0.03% |
132VABK | VIRGINIA NATIONAL BANKSHARES CORP | Financial Services | $293M | 0.03% |
133FVCB | FVCBANKCORP INC | Financial Services | $293M | 0.03% |
134OVLY | OAK VALLEY BANCORP | Financial Services | $291M | 0.03% |
135ATLQ | JAB ACQUISITION CORP I | Financial Services | $285M | 0.03% |
136BCBP | BCB BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $282M | 0.03% |
137FNRN | FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP | Financial Services | $277M | 0.03% |
138CEPO | CANTOR EQUITY PARTNERS I INC | Financial Services | $276M | 0.03% |
139FXNC | FIRST NATIONAL CORP | Financial Services | $274M | 0.03% |
140VNME | VENDOME ACQUISITION CORP I | Financial Services | $260M | 0.03% |
141NKSH | NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $252M | 0.03% |
142GTERA | GLOBA TERRA ACQUISITION CORP | Financial Services | $249M | 0.03% |
143EFSI | EAGLE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | Financial Services | $249M | 0.03% |
144SNFCA | SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $246M | 0.03% |
145SOCA | SOLARIUS CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP | Financial Services | $245M | 0.03% |
146AACP | APOGEE ACQUISITION CORP | Financial Services | $237M | 0.03% |
147PEBK | PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC | Financial Services | $237M | 0.03% |
148CFBK | CF BANKSHARES INC | Financial Services | $236M | 0.03% |
149OVBC | OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP | Financial Services | $230M | 0.03% |
150CZWI | CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $224M | 0.03% |
151OPBK | OP BANCORP | Financial Services | $223M | 0.03% |
152INBK | FIRST INTERNET BANCORP | Financial Services | $222M | 0.03% |
153FCAP | FIRST CAPITAL INC | Financial Services | $221M | 0.03% |
154GBFH | GBANK FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $219M | 0.03% |
155FGBI | FIRST GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $214M | 0.02% |
156IDAC | IRON DOME ACQUISITION I CORP | Financial Services | $212M | 0.02% |
157RBKB | RHINEBECK BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $205M | 0.02% |
158BAFN | BAYFIRST FINANCIAL CORP | Financial Services | $200M | 0.02% |
159FINW | FINWISE BANCORP | Financial Services | $198M | 0.02% |
160SBFG | SB FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Financial Services | $182M | 0.02% |
161BVFL | BV FINANCIAL INC | Financial Services | $178M | 0.02% |
162USDE | STABLECOINX INC | Financial Services | $167M | 0.02% |
163HNVR | HANOVER BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $155M | 0.02% |
164MNSB | MAINSTREET BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $153M | 0.02% |
165HYNE | HOYNE BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $153M | 0.02% |
166LSBK | LAKE SHORE BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $147M | 0.02% |
167RVSB | RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $129M | 0.01% |
168SFBC | SOUND FINANCIAL BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $117M | 0.01% |
169OPHC | OPTIMUMBANK HOLDINGS INC | Financial Services | $113M | 0.01% |
170BOTJ | BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Financial Services | $113M | 0.01% |
171FDSB | FIFTH DISTRICT BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $91M | 0.01% |
172AUBN | AUBURN NATIONAL BANCORPORATION INC | Financial Services | $90M | 0.01% |
173CPBI | CENTRAL PLAINS BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $86M | 0.01% |
174FUSB | FIRST US BANCSHARES INC | Financial Services | $85M | 0.01% |
175HNNA | HENNESSY ADVISORS INC | Financial Services | $79M | 0.01% |
176CLST | CATALYST BANCORP INC | Financial Services | $71M | 0.01% |
177HFBL | HOME FEDERAL BANCORP INC OF LOUISIANA | Financial Services | $68M | 0.01% |
Full long-leg book as of November 2026 · cap-weighted · total market cap $867.75B. Hypothetical model holdings — not a registered fund’s portfolio.
Size × value map of the long-leg book
Share of long-leg capital by market cap × book-to-market, using terciles of the 882-name universe at November 2026. Rows: Large ≥ $1.6B, Small < $311M. Columns: Value ≥ 0.61, Growth < 0.31 B/M. The dot marks the capital-weighted centroid of the book — 96% toward Large, 70% toward Growth. +1% unclassified (8 missing size/value). Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not realized P&L.
Capital-weighted centroid of the long leg, December 1998 → November 2026; the right-hand end is the same value as the box’s dot. 177 names now. Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not P&L.
How this book measures against the concentration and liquidity rules — as implemented here
These are UNCONSTRAINED factor sleeves: the construction pipeline sorts on a signal and cap-weights the top bucket, applying no issuer cap, no industry cap and no liquidity screen beyond the universe filter. A failing test therefore reports a constraint that was never applied during construction — it is not a defect in the strategy and not an error in the data. The same signal can be solved subject to these constraints.
7 independent checks plus 1 arithmetically implied by another check (RIC / IRC 851(b)(3)(A) 50% bucket), which is reported separately so the tally cannot overstate scrutiny.
1 of 7 checks could not be tested. Those are neither passes nor failures — they are gaps in what the data can answer, and they are excluded from the passed count above rather than folded into it.
With respect to 75% of total assets, no more than 5% may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.
Days required to liquidate the largest position at 20% of one day's dollar volume.
Engineering approximation of the cited rules for a DRAFT / HYPOTHETICAL model portfolio that is not a registered fund. This reports whether the portfolio passes the stated test AS IMPLEMENTED HERE; it is not a compliance opinion and is not a statement that any fund is compliant. Real filings need securities counsel.
No verdict sits within 1.0pp of its limit.
Data version — panel=20261113T032607 rows=2198308 asof=202611 issuers=20261113T032403 rates=20261113T032429
Measured on the 2026-11 formation date across 177 holdings (cap-weighted). A different formation date can produce different verdicts.
Whether this long-only book is subject to the VaR tests at all
This assessment describes the long-only book this fund holds — the top bucket only.
This fund QUALIFIES for the limited-derivatives-user exception, so it is excepted from the VaR tests; the ratio below is informational, not the operative limit.
Rule 18f-4(c)(4): a fund whose derivatives exposure (gross notional, including the value of assets sold short) is <= 10% of net assets is excepted from the VaR tests and the full derivatives risk management program.
No confidence interval: this follows from portfolio construction, not from an estimate.
Rule 18f-4(c)(2)(i): fund VaR at 99% over 20 trading days must not exceed 200% of the designated reference portfolio's VaR on the same basis.
Informational — does not governThis fund is excepted from the VaR tests, so the ratio below is context rather than the operative limit. It is shown because it is still a description of the book’s risk, not because it decides anything.
historical method · 335 monthly observations · about 3.4 in the 99% tail · paired percentile bootstrap over months
The estimators agree, which is mild evidence the number isn’t an artefact of one method.
Engineering approximation of SEC Rule 18f-4 for research display. Not a compliance opinion and not a determination that any fund is compliant. Hypothetical model portfolio, not a registered fund.
The research long-short construction behind this factor does not qualify for this exception — a dollar-neutral book counts its full short notional, which is 100% of net assets against a 10% threshold. This product sidesteps that by holding the long leg alone, which is also why the long-leg Sharpe is reported separately throughout the site.
See the long-short verdict on the factor page →Did the edge survive the paper coming out?
Split at January of the year after the factor was published. The post-publication stretch IS genuinely out-of-sample relative to the original study -- the predictor was public by then -- so it speaks to whether the effect survived being known. Nothing is fitted here, so this is performance SINCE PUBLICATION, not validation of a model. Note the 'pre' side is our data before publication (our panel starts ~1999), NOT the study's original in-sample period, which usually ran decades earlier; a decay figure compares before-vs-after within our sample and is not a comparison against the published result.
Is this record broadly durable, or one regime?
3-year rolling windows, stepping 1 year (26 windows). Dispersion is the spread of window Sharpes — higher means the record depends more on which era you look at.
Rules-based factors fit no parameters, so these windows are not out-of-sample tests and do not validate a fitted model. They show whether the factor's record is consistent across eras or driven by one regime.
Long leg is what this fund holds — long-short is shown for reference
| Period | Long leg | Long-short |
|---|---|---|
| 1 yearcum. | 10.1% | -1.1% |
| 3 yearsp.a. | 30.2% | 1.2% |
| 5 yearsp.a. | 15.7% | 1.6% |
| 10 yearsp.a. | 14.7% | 1.8% |
| Since inceptionp.a. | 10.7% | 2.9% |
| Year | Long leg | Long-short |
|---|---|---|
| 202611 mo | 4.8% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 30.3% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 45.5% | 10.9% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | -12.6% | 4.9% |
| 2021 | 43.2% | 7.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | 9.8% |
| 2019 | 25.1% | -11.9% |
| 2018 | -13.4% | 7.6% |
| 2017 | 20.3% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | -0.6% | 6.9% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | 6.3% |
| 2013 | 53.2% | 13.5% |
| 2012 | 24.9% | -15.6% |
| 2011 | -12.7% | 25.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 43.0% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | -37.3% | 57.3% |
| 2007 | 18.0% | 61.3% |
| 2006 | 25.7% | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | 5.4% |
| 2004 | 11.2% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 34.4% | -7.4% |
| 2002 | -14.0% | -6.2% |
| 2001 | -10.0% | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 8.2% | -28.8% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | -10.1% |
Long leg = the top bucket this fund holds; long-short additionally shorts the bottom bucket and is not achievable in a long-only vehicle. Trailing figures run through November 2026: 1 year is a plain cumulative 12-month return (cum.), 3 years and longer are annualised (p.a.). Years marked with a month count are partial. These match the fact sheet’s tables by construction. Hypothetical backtest, gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs — not investor results.
The Foundry Financial Services NetDebtPrice Factor ETF tracks a rules-based model that ranks Financial Services common stocks each month by a NetDebtPrice signal and holds the top quintile with the lowest values. Signals are computed from point-in-time Sharadar fundamentals and total-return prices. The portfolio reconstitutes monthly and is cap-weighted within the long leg.
This is a hypothetical model portfolio for research display only — not a registered fund, not an offer, and not investment advice.
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