ZGEN — The Generation Z ETF

ZGEN Fund Overview

ZGEN — The Generation Z ETF is a US ETF managed by EA Series Trust, categorised as Commodity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US ETF
• Manager: EA Series Trust
• Category: Commodity
• Assets under management: $1.32M
• 1-year return: -35.6%
• Ticker: ZGEN
• SEC CIK: 0001592900
• SEC series ID: S000074694
• Share class ID: C000232788

ZGEN Investment Objective and Strategy

The Generation Z ETF describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by EA Series Trust.

Investment objective

The Generation Z ETF (the Fund) seeks capital appreciation.

Principal investment strategy

The Principal Investment Strategies section in the Summary Prospectus and the Prospectus are each hereby amended by removing and replacing the first two paragraphs following the paragraph entitled 4. Gen Z Values as follows: The sub-scores for each analyzed company are then aggregated to derive its Gen Z Score. The prospective companies are then ranked by their Gen Z Scores. The scoring system is meant to provide an indicative level of Gen Z relevance. The companies with the highest Gen Z Scores, typically 40-60 companies, (Top Ranked Gen Z Score Companies) are then further analyzed by the Sub-Adviser. Based on the Sub-Advisers subjective analysis, it may adjust companies Gen Z Scores. In addition, the Sub-Adviser may exclude a Top Ranked Gen Z Score Company if, in the Sub-Advisers view, the company is experiencing, or is likely to experience, material financial, reputational, legal, or regulatory issues.

For example, the Sub-Adviser may eliminate a company that has disclosed a significant accounting error. If a company is excluded (either by falling out of the Top Ranked Gen Z Score Companies or otherwise), the Sub-Adviser will review the next highest ranked company(ies) for potential inclusion in the Funds portfolio. Once the final Top Ranked Gen Z Score Companies are selected, the Sub-Advisor generally weights each company in the Funds portfolio based on the strength of its Gen Z Score. However, at the time of initial purchase or reallocation, a company may not exceed 5% of the Funds portfolio. The Prospectus is hereby amended and supplemented with the following disclosure to be included under the heading Additional Information about the Funds Investment Objective and Strategies . Cryptocurrency Exposure .

The Fund may invest, to a limited extent, not to exceed 3% of the Funds assets at the time of investment, in other investment companies that, in turn, invest directly in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, via physical cryptocurrency coins or that otherwise invest indirectly in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, via bitcoin futures (collectively Underlying Funds). For example, an Underlying Fund that invests directly may purchase physical bitcoin, which is a physical coin with actual bitcoin loaded unto the coin. In contrast, an Underlying Fund that invests indirectly may purchase bitcoin futures contracts, which are agreements between two parties that are executed on a commodity futures exchange, and that are cleared and margined through a clearing house. Bitcoin Futures are financially settled, which means that one party agrees to buy bitcoin from another party at a later date at a price and quantity agreed upon when the contract is made, but instead of taking physical delivery of bitcoin at the later date, settlement occurs in a dollar amount that is equivalent to the amount of bitcoin previously agreed upon.

The contractual obligations of a Bitcoin Futures buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by financial settlement or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract before the designated date of delivery.

ZGEN Performance

Total returns for ZGEN (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

ZGEN Risk Information

Risk metrics for ZGEN, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 40.3%

ZGEN Costs and Fees

ZGEN costs about $63 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.63%
• Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
• Brokerage commissions: 2.68 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

ZGEN Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2023-02, The Generation Z ETF had net inflows of $2.28M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

ZGEN Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in The Generation Z ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

ZGEN Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official The Generation Z ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2021-12-13
• Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2022-03-28
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-04-28
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-01-27
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2022-10-26
• Annual census, amended (N-CEN/A) — filed 2023-02-13

Related Funds

Other Commodity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
• VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)
• Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)
• PIMCO CommoditiesPLUS Strategy Fund (PCLAX)
• First Eagle Gold Fund (SGGDX)

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.