Cambria Foreign Shareholder Yield ETF (FYLD) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that invests in an equal-weight portfolio of approximately 100 high-cash distribution companies in developed markets outside the United States, targeting firms with strong shareholder yield through dividends, share buybacks, and debt paydown. The fund, which trades on the CBOE BZX exchange under the ticker FYLD with CUSIP 132061300, pays quarterly dividends and maintains a total expense ratio of 0.59%, managed by portfolio managers Mebane T. Faber and Jonathan Keetz at Cambria Investment Management, LP. It provides investors exposure to international equity income opportunities in sectors exhibiting high cash returns to shareholders, with approximately 112 holdings as of the latest reporting.
Cambria Investment Management, LP, the fund's issuer and a SEC-registered investment advisor founded in 2006 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, specializes in quantitative asset management and alternative investments across a range of volatility profiles. FYLD primarily targets institutional and retail investors seeking international diversification with a focus on value-oriented foreign small- and mid-cap stocks, historically trading at a valuation discount relative to the MSCI EAFE Index and peers in the Morningstar Foreign Small/Mid Value category.
On June 1, 2020, FYLD underwent a significant strategic shift from passive index-tracking to active management, altering its investment objective and strategy to enhance flexibility in selecting high-shareholder-yield securities. The fund continues quarterly distributions, with the September 2025 payout of $0.403 per share reflecting a trailing twelve-month yield of approximately 3.97%, amid ongoing market volatility evidenced by recent negative performance metrics including a one-year NAV return of -26.00%. Distributed by ALPS Distributors Inc., FYLD remains part of Cambria's suite of actively managed ETFs focused on risk-managed, low-correlation strategies.