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About Purpose Core Dividend Fund
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Inception date
Sep 3, 2013
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Corporation (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Eligible dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
Purpose Investments, Inc.
ISIN
CA74639Y1097
The fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and monthly distributions to its stockholders by investing in a portfolio of equities listed on North American exchanges that are deemed high-quality and dividend-paying based on a fundamental rules-based portfolio selection strategy that intends to create value and reduce risk over the investment period. The fund systematically selects companies that have attractive dividend yield and the ability to grow their businesses and dividends for shareholders in the future. Quality and financial risk screens are also used in order to minimize risk. The funds portfolio is broadly diversified by industry sector, such that each does not represent more than 20% of the NAV of the fund. The fund may use derivatives in order to further meet its investment objectives, and may also engage in short selling or other securities lending transactions to generate additional income. Portfolio holdings are reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Health Technology
Industrial Services
Stocks99.53%
Finance25.11%
Health Technology10.20%
Industrial Services10.14%
Energy Minerals8.60%
Consumer Non-Durables8.34%
Utilities5.84%
Retail Trade4.37%
Transportation4.28%
Technology Services4.18%
Non-Energy Minerals4.11%
Communications4.10%
Electronic Technology3.64%
Process Industries3.49%
Consumer Services1.97%
Producer Manufacturing1.16%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.47%
Cash0.47%
Stock breakdown by region
North America98.24%
Europe1.76%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
PDF invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 25.11% stocks, and Health Technology, with 10.20% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
PDF top holdings are Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, occupying 4.08% and 3.86% of the portfolio correspondingly.
PDF last dividends amounted to 0.11 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.11 CAD in dividends,
PDF assets under management is 191.40 M CAD. It's risen 3.77% over the last month.
PDF fund flows account for 8.14 M CAD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, PDF pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.50%. The last dividend (Sep 3, 2025) amounted to 0.10 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
PDF shares are issued by Purpose Unlimited under the brand Purpose. The ETF was launched on Sep 3, 2013, and its management style is Active.
PDF expense ratio is 0.80% meaning you'd have to pay 0.80% of your investment to help manage the fund.
PDF follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
PDF invests in stocks.
PDF price has risen by 3.15% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 10.44% increase. See more dynamics on PDF price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.70% over the last month, showed a 5.87% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 15.05% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.70% over the last month, showed a 5.87% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 15.05% in a year.
PDF trades at a premium (0.03%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.