EA Series Trust Strive Small-Cap ETF (STXK US)
STXK US$36.86
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Performance
Share price activity
- Last (Price)
- 36.86
- Change
- ▼ -0.01 (-0.02)
- Bid / Ask
- 0.00 - 0.00
- Volume
- 1,573
- Turnover
- 55,193
- Open
- 36.91
- Day Range
- 36.76 - 36.91
- VWAP
- 36.80
- Prev Close
- 36.87
- Last Trade
- 28/10 4:10pm
Fund profile
Fund size
$78.9M
OCT 2026
Distributions
Quarterly
Since inception
4.0 yrs
NOV 2022
- Legal name
- Strive Small-Cap ETF
- Issuer
- Strive AM
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Small Blend
- Category index
- Morningstar US Small Cap Mkt TR USD
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US 1000 TR USD
- ETF net assets
- $78.9M
- Units on issue
- 2.2M
- Management fee
- 0.18% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 9 NOV 2022
- Listed
- 10 JAN 2024
- Index provider
- Bloomberg Index
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Bloomberg U.S. 600 Index composed of U.S. small-capitalization companies. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in U.S. small cap equity securities. The index is a free float-adjusted capitalization-weighted index comprised primarily of U.S. equity securities.
Asset allocation
US equity 97.58%Non-US equity 2.09%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.67 | 99.67 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.13 |
| Other | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Cyclical 39.32%Sensitive 41.60%Defensive 19.09%
- Basic Materials
- 4.38%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 13.22%
- Financial Services
- 15.79%
- Real Estate
- 5.92%
- Communication Services
- 2.37%
- Energy
- 6.61%
- Industrials
- 14.98%
- Technology
- 17.64%
- Consumer Defensive
- 3.33%
- Healthcare
- 12.15%
- Utilities
- 3.61%
Region exposure
Developed markets 98.93%Emerging markets 1.07%
- North America
- 98.02%
- Latin America
- 0.56%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 0.61%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.21%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.12%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.48%
Country exposure
- United States
- 97.91%
- Other Countries
- 0.56%
- Switzerland
- 0.45%
- Brazil
- 0.38%
- India
- 0.32%
- Netherlands
- 0.16%
- Taiwan
- 0.12%
- Canada
- 0.11%
Style box
- Style
- Small Blend
Size score
12
Value-growth score
127
Economic moat
Wide 6%Narrow 35%None 58%
Market capitalisation
- Giant
- 0.00%
- Large
- 0.00%
- Mid
- 1.82%
- Small
- 65.13%
- Micro
- 33.05%
Mid 2%Small 65%Micro 33%
- Average market cap
- $4.41B
- Number of holdings
- 610
- Shares held
- 602
Portfolio statistics · 22 OCT 2026
- Price / earnings
- 16.17
- Price / book
- 2.09
- Price / sales
- 1.32
- Price / cash flow
- 9.55
- Dividend yield
- 1.47%
- Assets in top 10
- 3.52%
- Return on equity
- 11.16%
- Net margin
- 10.94%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 5.58%
Top holdings · top 10 = 4.09% of assets
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twist Bioscience Corp TWST | 0.54 | FEB 2026 | 423,196 | USD | 2,190 | Healthcare | United States | |
| FormFactor Inc FORM | 0.54 | FEB 2026 | 420,905 | USD | 2,819 | Technology | United States | |
| 10x Genomics Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A TXG | 0.47 | MAR 2026 | 363,970 | USD | 4,028 | Healthcare | United States | |
| InterDigital Inc IDCC | 0.38 | SEP 2026 | 297,050 | USD | 911 | Technology | United States | |
| Elastic NV ESTC | 0.38 | SEP 2026 | 295,641 | USD | 3,224 | Technology | United States | |
| Avnet Inc AVT | 0.37 | FEB 2026 | 290,954 | USD | 2,911 | Technology | United States | |
| SentinelOne Inc Class A S | 0.37 | MAR 2026 | 288,613 | USD | 12,147 | Technology | United States | |
| MaxLinear Inc MXL | 0.35 | SEP 2026 | 274,542 | USD | 3,040 | Technology | United States | |
| Applied Optoelectronics Inc AAOI | 0.35 | MAR 2026 | 272,766 | USD | 2,748 | Technology | United States | |
| MP Materials Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A MP | 0.34 | SEP 2026 | 269,695 | USD | 5,703 | Basic Materials | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-5.7
3M
-7.2
6M
8.2
YTD
8.8
1Y
9.7
3Y
14.2
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -5.68 | -5.53 | -5.67 | 85 / 627 |
| 3 months | -7.17 | -7.10 | -7.13 | 50 / 625 |
| 6 months | 8.18 | 8.39 | 8.27 | 76 / 624 |
| Year to date | 8.76 | 8.95 | 8.91 | 83 / 620 |
| 1 year | 9.65 | 9.89 | 9.85 | 82 / 618 |
| 3 years p.a. | 14.18 | 14.20 | 14.39 | 66 / 582 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Total Capital
2023
20.0
2024
9.5
2025
8.0
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.97 | 6.59 | 52 / 624 |
| 2024 | 9.51 | 7.73 | 70 / 624 |
| 2023 | 19.97 | 18.61 | 18 / 615 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | -2.08 | -8.54 | — | — |
| Beta | 0.73 | 1.12 | — | — |
| R-squared | 43.63 | 57.14 | — | — |
| Standard deviation | 14.49 | 18.30 | — | — |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.44 | 0.57 | — | — |
| Sortino ratio | 0.73 | 0.97 | — | — |
| Tracking error | 11.47 | 12.06 | — | — |
| Information ratio | -0.53 | -0.72 | — | — |
| Upside capture % | 70.37 | 96.78 | — | — |
| Downside capture % | 86.25 | 176.94 | — | — |
| Maximum drawdown % | -7.13 | -18.30 | — | — |
Measured against S&P 500 (TR) (1970) with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Risk score
83.6
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 0.193
- Est. holding cost %
- 0.274
- Market impact cost %
- 0.058
- Best quarter
- 18.61% · JAN 2024
- Worst quarter
- -15.45% · OCT 2023
Fees and costs
- Management fees and costs
- 0.18% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 31 OCT 2025
Distributions
- Latest distribution
- 0.0971
- Ex Date
- 28 SEP 2026
- Record Date
- 28 SEP 2026
- Pay Date
- 29 SEP 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 36.13
- Paid this year
- 0.2954
Distributions by year
2024
0.4
2023
0.5
2022
0.3
2021
0.1
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4291 |
| 2023 | 0.5126 |
| 2022 | 0.3307 |
| 2021 | 0.0752 |
Distribution history
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 28 SEP 2026 | 0.0971 |
| 29 JUN 2026 | 0.1167 |
| 30 MAR 2026 | 0.0816 |
| 11 DEC 2025 | 0.1420 |
| 29 SEP 2025 | 0.0984 |
| 27 JUN 2025 | 0.1867 |
| 28 MAR 2025 | 0.0020 |
| 30 DEC 2024 | 0.1620 |
| 27 SEP 2024 | 0.1705 |
| 27 JUN 2024 | 0.1024 |
| 26 MAR 2024 | 0.0777 |
| 20 DEC 2023 | 0.1356 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Average
ESG risk score
25.41
Category average 25.65
- Rank in category
- 43rd percentile of 1,846 funds
- Environmental risk
- 1.69
- Social risk
- 2.53
- Governance risk
- 1.59
- Portfolio covered
- 96.0%
ESG risk of holdings
- Negligible
- 2.43%
- Low
- 27.69%
- Medium
- 41.12%
- High
- 23.81%
- Severe
- 4.94%
0.27% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Carbon risk score
13.29
Category average 13.61
- Carbon risk
- Medium Risk
- Rank in category
- 65th percentile of 960 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 9.86%
- Category average
- 7.68%
- Low Carbon Designation
- No
- Portfolio covered
- 95.4%
Fund managers
- Matthew Cole
- Chris Nicholson
Tenure
- Number of managers
- 2
- Average tenure
- 2.0 years
- Longest tenure
- 3.9 years
- Longest serving
- Matthew Cole · since 9 NOV 2022
- Most recent appointment
- Chris Nicholson · since 15 SEP 2026
- Managed since
- 9 NOV 2022
- Other funds managed
- 28
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