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Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD)

 

Summary Prospectus

 

September 1, 2018, as revised December 17, 2018

 

Ticker: SYLD

 

Listed on CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc.

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, and other information about the Fund online at www.cambriafunds.com/syld.aspx. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 855-ETF-INFO (383-4636) or by sending an e-mail request to info@cambriafunds.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated September 1, 2018, as each may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

FUND SUMMARY

 

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF

 

Investment Objective

 

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, the Cambria Shareholder Yield Index (the “Underlying Index”).

 

Fees and Expenses

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Shares of the Fund. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Management Fee:

0.59%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees:

0.00%

Other Expenses:

0.00%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses:

0.59%

 

Example

 

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The example does not reflect any brokerage commissions that you may pay on purchases and sales of Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

 

One Year:

Three Years:

Five Years:

Ten Years:

$60

$189

$329

$738

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2018, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

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Principal Investment Strategies 

 

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the components of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is comprised of equity securities issued by U.S.-based issuers. The Underlying Index considers an issuer to be U.S.-based if it is domiciled or incorporated or has substantial business activity in the United States.

 

An issuer must have a high ranking across a composite of the following characteristics to be eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index:

 

1.     Strong cash flows;

2.     Payment of dividends to shareholders;

3.     Net stock buybacks; and

4.     Net debt paydown.

 

Each of these characteristics will be measured on a one-month to 12-month basis by the Underlying Index methodology, and no single measurement will be dispositive. Pursuant to its rules-based methodology, the Underlying Index initially selects the top 20% of stocks in the initial universe of U.S.-based issuers according to shareholder yield, which is based on a stock’s dividend payments and net share buybacks. The Underlying Index then applies a number of valuation factors to the remaining stocks and selects the 100 stocks that exhibit, in the aggregate, the best combination of the following characteristics: strong cash flows and debt paydown, and high dividends paid to shareholders and net stock buybacks. The Underlying Index selects Index components based only on publicly available data and includes screens to limit its industry concentration to 25% in order to seek to ensure its liquidity and investability. The Underlying Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly, and Index components are equally weighted at each rebalance.

 

The Underlying Index will invest primarily in equity securities, including common stock, of U.S. companies. The Underlying Index may invest in securities of companies in any industry. Although the Underlying Index generally expects to invest in companies with larger market capitalizations, the Underlying Index may invest in small- and mid-capitalization companies.

 

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in instruments not included in the Underlying Index, but which Cambria Investment Management, L.P. (“Cambria”), the Fund’s investment adviser, believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. For example, there may be instances in which Cambria may choose to purchase or sell securities not in the Underlying Index which Cambria believes are appropriate to substitute for one or more such securities.

 

The Fund employs a “passive management”—or indexing—investment approach and seeks to track the performance of the Underlying Index. To track the performance of the Underlying Index, the Fund intends to employ a replication strategy, which means that the Fund will typically invest in substantially all of the components of the Underlying Index in approximately the same weights as they appear in the Underlying Index.

 

The Underlying Index was developed by Cambria Indices, LLC, an affiliate of Cambria, and is calculated by Solactive, AG, which is not affiliated with the Fund or Cambria. To the extent that the Underlying Index concentrates (i.e., holds up to 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular sector, the Fund is expected to concentrate in that sector to approximately the same extent. As of July 31, 2018, the Fund and the Underlying Index were concentrated in the consumer discretionary and financial services sectors and had significant exposure to companies in the industrial sector.

 

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Principal Risks

 

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

Cyber Security Risk. The Fund, and its service providers, may be susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from a breach in cyber security, including cyber-attacks. A breach in cyber security, intentional or unintentional, may adversely impact the Fund in many ways, including, but not limited to, disruption of the Fund’s operational capacity, loss of proprietary information, theft or corruption of data, denial-of-service attacks on websites or network resources, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund’s third-party service providers, including Cambria, the custodian, and the transfer agent, market makers, Authorized Participants, or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches.

 

Dividend Paying Security Risk. Securities that pay high dividends as a group can fall out of favor with the market, causing these companies to underperform companies that do not pay high dividends. Also, changes in the dividend policies of companies owned by the Fund and the capital resources available for these companies’ dividend payments may adversely affect the Fund.

 

Equity Investing Risk. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally.

 

Investment Risk. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them.

 

Large Capitalization Company Risk. The Fund’s investments in large capitalization companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.

 

Market Events Risk. Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by the U.S. Government, Federal Reserve and/or other government actors, such as increasing interest rates, could cause increased volatility in financial markets and higher levels of Fund redemptions, which could have a negative impact on the Fund.

 

Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is managed with a passive investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of the Underlying Index. As a result, the Fund expects to hold components of the Underlying Index regardless of their current or projected performance. Maintaining investments regardless of market conditions or the performance of individual investments could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

 

Premium-Discount Risk. The Shares may trade above (premium) or below (discount) their net asset value (or “NAV”). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Exchange. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines.

 

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Quantitative Security Selection Risk. The Underlying Index uses quantitative techniques to determine whether securities should be included in the Underlying Index, and the Underlying Index may not perform as intended if it relies on erroneous or outdated data from one or more third parties. Errors in data used in the quantitative model may occur from time to time and may not be identified and/or corrected before having an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Secondary Market Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling Shares in the secondary market may pay brokerage commissions, which may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Shares. Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted.

 

Sector Concentration Risk. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in a particular sector, the Fund may be susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that sector. As of July 31, 2018, the Fund and the Underlying Index were concentrated in the consumer discretionary and financial services sectors and had significant exposure to companies in the industrial sector.

 

Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The success of consumer product manufacturers and retailers is tied closely to the performance of the overall domestic and international economy, interest rates, competitive and consumer confidence. Success depends heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending. Changes in demographics and consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, consumer products in the marketplace.

 

Financial Services Sector Risk. Performance of companies in the financial services sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the recent past, and the impact of more stringent capital requirements and of recent or future regulation on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole cannot be predicted.

 

Industrial Sector Risk. Issuers in the industrial sector are affected by supply and demand, both for their specific product or service and for industrial sector products in general. The products of such issuers may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction. Government regulations, world events, economic conditions and exchange rates affect the performance of companies in the industrial sector. Issuers in the industrial sector may be adversely affected by liability for environmental damage, product liability claims and exchange rates. The industrial sector may also be adversely affected by changes or trends in commodity prices, which may be influenced by unpredictable factors.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and they may be more sensitive to market conditions.

 

Tracking Error Risk. Although the Fund attempts to track the performance of the Underlying Index, the Fund may not be able to duplicate its exact composition or return due to, among other things, fees and expenses paid by the Fund that are not reflected in the Underlying Index. If the Fund is small, it may experience greater tracking error to its Underlying Index than it otherwise would at higher asset levels.

 

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Value Investment Risk. The Fund’s shareholder yield strategy is a value investment strategy that should be expected to underperform in growth markets. Value investments are subject to the risk that their intrinsic value may never be realized by the market.

 

Performance

 

The following bar chart and table indicate the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. All returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. As always, please note that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.cambriafunds.com.

 

Total Annual Returns for Calendar Year Ended December 31

 

 

As of July 31, 2018, the Fund’s year-to-date total return was 15.84%.

 

Best and Worst Quarter Returns (for the period reflected in the bar chart above)

Best: 8.93%, for the quarter ended 12/31/2016

Worst: -6.13%, for the quarter ended 9/30/2015

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the period ending December 31, 2017 

 

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF

1 Year

Since Inception

(May 13, 2013)

Return Before Taxes

19.74%

13.50%

Return After Taxes on Distributions

19.28%

12.32%

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

11.49%

10.32%

S&P 500 Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

21.83%

13.74%

 

Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for the Fund. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement plans.

 

Investment Adviser

 

Cambria Investment Management, L.P. serves as the investment adviser of the Fund.

 

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Portfolio Manager

 

Mebane T. Faber is the portfolio manager for the Fund and has managed the Fund since its inception in 2013.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

 

The Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis only in large blocks of Shares, typically 50,000 Shares, called “Creation Units.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed in-kind for securities and/or for cash. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Once created, individual Shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. Market prices of Shares may be greater or less than their NAV.

 

Tax Information

 

Distributions you receive from the Fund are generally taxable to you as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes, except that distributions will be taxed to you at long-term capital gain rates to the extent reported by the Fund as “capital gain dividends” or “qualified dividend income,” and may also be subject to state or local taxes. Fund distributions may not be taxable to you if you are investing through a tax-advantaged retirement plan account or are a tax-exempt investor, although you may be taxed on withdrawals from your tax-advantaged account.

 

Purchases Through Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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