UAV — AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF
Data updated: 2023-05-22
UAV — AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF. United States Growth Information Technology Equity · $553.64K AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
UAV Fund Overview
UAV — AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF is a US ETF managed by AdvisorShares Trust, categorised as United States Growth Information Technology Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: AdvisorShares Trust
- Category: United States Growth Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $553.64K
- 1-year return: -7.3%
- Ticker: UAV
- SEC CIK: 0001408970
- SEC series ID: S000075536
- Share class ID: C000234720
UAV Investment Objective and Strategy
AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by AdvisorShares Trust.
Investment objective
The AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of companies that derive at least 50% of their revenue or profit from the use and/or manufacture of drones or technology used in the development and manufacture of drones (drone-related businesses). A company is in a drone-related business if it is (i) directly or indirectly involved in the development, research, or utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, or (ii) directly involved in research, development and/or production of technologies used in the manufacture and development of drones, such as aviation, autonomous transportation, remote control, and battery technology.
The Fund invests in U.S. exchange traded equity securities primarily consisting of common stock of companies of any market capitalization. The Funds investments may include the securities of companies from various industries, industry groups and sub-industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Auto Parts and Equipment, Commercial Services & Supplies, Computer & Electronics Retail, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components, Machinery, Electronic Manufacturing Services, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment, and Telecommunication Services, but may include securities from any industry. The Fund will concentrate at least 25% of its investments in the securities of issuers in the Aerospace & Defense Industry. A variety of methods may be used for security selection.
As the Fund primarily focuses on certain industry groups, industries, and sub-industries, The Advisor intends to select companies with dominant positions in their respective markets as well as those in unique positions for growth and expansion. The Advisor has arranged to utilize the resources of DRONELIFE.com, an online publication website that addresses the commercial market for drones and drone technology, to identify companies in drone-related businesses. In addition to the resources of DRONELIFE.com, the Advisor will utilize numerous outside analyst ratings and stock selection rating tools. At times, the Advisor may aim to buy certain out-of-favor stocks believed to be at prices below their future potential value, as measured by the Advisor or outside analysts. The Fund may sell a security when the Advisor believes that the security is overvalued or better investment opportunities are available, or to limit position size within the Funds portfolio.
The Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than a diversified fund.
UAV Performance
Total returns for UAV (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | -7.3% |
UAV Risk Information
Risk metrics for UAV, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 26.5%
UAV Costs and Fees
UAV costs about $99 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.99%
- Gross expense ratio: 47.15%
- Portfolio turnover: 13%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.84 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
UAV Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2023-03, AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF had net inflows of $1.09M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2023-03 | $0 |
| 2023-02 | $0 |
| 2023-01 | $104.43K |
| 2022-12 | $0 |
| 2022-11 | $0 |
| 2022-10 | $0 |
UAV Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
UAV Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.