LENS Sarmaya Thematic ETF

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$41.78
+0.4% · 1 day, price
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LENS returned 28.3%, against 14.3% for BKLC.

Holds 45 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 16% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesSarmaya ↗Expense ratio 0.79%Fund assets $67m net assets, latest filing (Aug 31, 2026)First traded Jan 29, 2025Benchmark Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, measured by BKLC, which tracks the same indexFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Dividend history

Promise check: Not measuredETFIQ has not yet listed which companies belong to the broad innovation and megatrends theme.

LENS risk and return scorecard

vs GXLC · Oct 2025 to Oct 2026 · 56 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

Short history · 13 months
LENS +28.0%, GXLC +13.8%, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.
Return
MeasureLENSGXLCEdge
Total return+28.0%+13.8%LENS
Annualized+25.7%+12.8%LENS
Price return+26.0%+12.7%LENS
Risk
MeasureLENSGXLCEdge
Volatility26.9%12.1%GXLC
Max drawdown−23.2%−8.5%GXLC
Upside capture50.0%100.0%GXLC
Downside capture5.1%100.0%LENS
Risk-adjusted
MeasureLENSGXLCEdge
Sharpe ratio0.840.74LENS
Sortino ratio1.411.24LENS
Alpha vs GXLC
MeasureLENSGXLCEdge
Alpha, a year+16.5%Not significant
Alpha t-stat0.66
Beta to GXLC0.691.00Lower beta

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Aug 31, 2026
12 months to Aug 31, 2026
+$49.8m
Since Jan 2025
+$55.6m

What you earned

LENS −4.0%, BKLC −1.4%: total return over one month to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS−4.0%
BKLC−1.4%
LENS −0.5%, BKLC −0.2%: total return over three months to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS−0.5%
BKLC−0.2%
LENS −7.8%, BKLC +4.9%: total return over six months to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS−7.8%
BKLC+4.9%
LENS +8.1%, BKLC +13.1%: total return over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS+8.1%
BKLC+13.1%
LENS +28.3%, BKLC +14.3%: total return over one year to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS+28.3%
BKLC+14.3%
LENS +68.9%, BKLC +29.8%: total return since launch to Nov 4, 2026.
LENS+68.9%
BKLC+29.8%

What did you actually buy?

Broad innovation and megatrends · holdings as of Aug 31, 2026
16.0%
Already in the S&P 500
98.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500
40.3%
Top ten holdings
+28.3%
Total return, 1 year
1.9%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
$0.6178
Last payment, ex-date Dec 23, 2025
Share already in the S&P 500
16.0% of the fund by weight, holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.
Ten largest holdings
SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust8.1%
iShares Gold Trust Micro5.2%
Chevron Corp4.4%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp4.3%
Kinross Gold Corp3.7%
iShares Silver Trust3.4%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd3.1%
Gold Fields Ltd3.0%
COEUR MINING INC.2.6%
SLB Ltd2.5%

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Price, 1 year

$41.78+0.4%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026

Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was +28.3%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LENS returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBenchmark (BKLC)Gap to BKLCS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026−4.0%−1.4%−2.6 pts−1.0%
3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026−0.5%−0.2%−0.3 pts−0.1%
6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026−7.8%+4.9%−12.7 pts+5.0%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+8.1%+13.1%−5.0 pts+13.3%
1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+28.3%+14.3%+14.0 pts+14.8%
Since launch Jan 29, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+68.9%+29.8%+39.1 pts+29.9%
Since launch, annualised Jan 29, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+34.6%–––

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Jan 2025: no 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of Aug 31, 2026

LENS: in the month to Aug 31, 2026, net $962k came in, by its SEC filing.

12 months
+$49.8m
Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Since Jan 2025
+$55.6m
Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions LENS files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Aug 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for LENS, back to Jan 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare LENS with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJan 2025 to Aug 2026

LENS, money in and money out each month from Jan 2025 to Aug 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from LENS’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 20 months listed, money came in on net in 19 and went out in 0.

Every bar is from LENS’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 20 months listed, money came in on net in 19 and went out in 0.

MonthInOutNet
Aug 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.1m−$4.2m+$962k
Jul 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$7.8m−$3.2m+$4.6m
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.4m$0+$3.4m
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$6.8m−$877k+$5.9m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$7.4m−$4.6m+$2.7m
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.8m−$5.4m+$370k
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$10.9m−$2.0m+$9.0m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$14.9m−$4.9m+$10.0m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$6.5m−$746k+$5.7m
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.7m$0+$1.7m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.1m−$353k+$3.7m
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.9m−$306k+$1.6m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$276k$0+$276k
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$520k$0+$520k
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$531k$0+$531k
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$504k$0+$504k
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.1m$0+$2.1m
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$752k$0+$752k

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Aug 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

LENS key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$50.70 on Feb 27, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$33.58 on Nov 5, 2025
Close on Nov 4, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$41.78, 48% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings45
Top ten holdings weight40.3%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Nov 4, 2026
Trading · LENSas of Nov 4, 2026
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Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
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LENS for holders outside the US

US tax withheld on dividends, no treaty30%
Treaty rates on dividends (IRS table, read Oct 30, 2026)65 countries, 10% to 30%
LENS interest-related and short-term gain dividendsnot read by ETFIQ
US estate tax filing threshold, non-resident holders$60,000
Share classDistributing

LENS is a US fund. Stock of US corporations counts as US property for a non-resident's estate. Facts from the IRS, not tax advice. How withholding and treaties work
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LENS top ten by weight, 30.7% of the fund, of its 41 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.

Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT).

About LENS

Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Broad innovation and megatrends
First tradedJan 29, 2025
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)16.0%
Outside the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)84%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)98.9%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)1.6%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)99.7%
Top ten holdings weight40.3%
Holdings45
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Aug 31, 2026
Top holdingsSPDR Gold MiniShares Trust 8.1%, iShares Gold Trust Micro 5.2%, Chevron Corp 4.4%, ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 4.3%, Kinross Gold Corp 3.7%, iShares Silver Trust 3.4%, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 3.1%, Gold Fields Ltd 3.0%, COEUR MINING INC. 2.6%, SLB Ltd 2.5%
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Aug 31, 2026)$67mReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, measured by BKLC, which tracks the same index
Benchmark named inits shareholder report, N-CSR, Jan 30, 2026
LENS, 1 year to Nov 4, 2026+28.3%
BKLC, the same days+14.3%
Against its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)+14.0 pts
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−17.6%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Mar 26, 2026)0.79%Report
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.80%
Closest funds by holdings overlapIGE 25%, NANR 24%, HAP 22%, GNR 22%, WR 21%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearahead by 14.0 pts
Below its all-time high17.6%, high on Feb 27, 2026
How we measure
The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 45 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +28.3% with distributions reinvested against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, so a holder was ahead by 14.0 pts. It sits 17.6% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.
Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. Method
IQ Investment Committee on LENS

12 seats on LENS, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 4 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianMixed
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingChallenges
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatSupports
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Questions people ask about LENS

How much of LENS is in S&P 500 companies?
By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 16% of LENS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 99%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does LENS hold?
45 positions as filed for Aug 31, 2026, with the top ten at 40% of the fund. The largest are SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust at 8.1%, iShares Gold Trust Micro at 5.2%, Chevron Corp at 4.4%.
Has LENS beaten the S&P 500?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 LENS returned +28.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 13.5 points.
What does LENS cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.79% a year. Because 99% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.80%.
Sources and dates
Prices, LENS, Benchmark (BKLC) and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Nov 4, 2026
Net assets, $67mSEC filing, whole fund · Aug 31, 2026

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Weight overlap
The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight.
Already in the index
The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at different weights.
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