Zacks Earnings Consistent Portfolio ETF (ZECP) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term total returns and capital loss minimization by investing in a diversified portfolio of 50-120 U.S. exchange-listed companies exhibiting the highest stability in historic and forecasted earnings per share (EPS) through recessionary periods and full market cycles; the fund employs a proprietary quantitative screening process combined with qualitative portfolio manager judgment evaluating financial statement consistency, profitability, valuation, and improving fundamentals from a universe of the largest 750 U.S. equities. Issued by The Greenwood Trust and sponsored by Zacks Investment Management, Inc., a Chicago-based subsidiary of Zacks Investment Research founded in 1978, ZECP trades on the Cboe exchange with a net expense ratio of 0.55%, quarterly dividends, and approximately $270 million in net assets as of late 2025. The fund targets institutional and retail investors seeking resilient core equity exposure benchmarked against the Russell 3000 Index, with top holdings including companies like Netflix, Walmart, American Express, Caterpillar, and Royal Caribbean Cruises.
In recent developments, Zacks Investment Management expanded its actively managed ETF suite with the launch of the Zacks Small and Mid Cap ETF (SMIZ) in October 2023 and the Zacks Focus Growth ETF (GROZ) in December 2024, positioning ZECP as the flagship product within a growing lineup grounded in the firm's earnings estimate revision research methodology. These launches reflect the firm's strategic shift toward scalable ETF offerings for financial professionals and individual investors, leveraging over four decades of proprietary data-driven strategies originally developed by Leonard Zacks. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or reorganizations specific to ZECP have been reported in the last two years, with the fund maintaining steady operations and institutional interest, such as Alteri Wealth LLC increasing its holdings by 130.6% in mid-2025.