- CEO
- Paul Donald Blinn
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 17806 IH 10, Suite 300 San Antonio TX United States of America 78257
- IPO Date
- Dec 4, 2025
- Business
- Applied Finance IVS US SMID ETF (IVSS) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. small- to mid-cap (SMID) companies with market capitalizations generally under $15 billion, selected using proprietary Intrinsic Value Stewardship (IVS) models. The fund holds a diversified portfolio of approximately 150-200 positions across various sectors including financial services, healthcare, industrials, consumer discretionary, and technology; top holdings as of December 10, 2025, include InterDigital Inc. (1.85%), NexTracker Inc. (2.16%), Ryman Hospitality Properties (2.16%), and Ensign Group Inc. (1.70%), with cash and cash equivalents comprising 0.06%. It features a total gross expense ratio of 0.59%, trades on the Nasdaq exchange under ticker IVSS with CUSIP 26923W108, and targets institutional and retail investors seeking active SMID equity exposure.
The ETF is advised by Applied Finance Advisors, LLC, a firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that specializes in Quantitative Valuation™ methodologies blending fundamental analysis with systematic portfolio construction; it operates under the ETF Opportunities Trust series. Geographically, IVSS focuses exclusively on U.S.-listed SMID-cap equities, providing exposure to domestic small- and mid-capitalization companies across multiple industries without international operations.
Launched on December 3, 2025, and listed on Nasdaq the following day, the fund represents Applied Finance Advisors' expansion into the actively managed SMID ETF segment, building on its established IVS framework previously applied to large-cap strategies. As of December 10, 2025, it maintains total net assets of approximately $5.78 million, 225,000 shares outstanding, a NAV of $25.67, and a market price of $25.70, trading at a slight premium with a 30-day median bid/ask spread of 0.002372%. No major partnerships, acquisitions, funding rounds, or strategic shifts have been announced for the fund or its adviser in the past year beyond this inaugural launch.