PICTON Long Short Equity (130/30) Alternative Fund ETF (PFAE.TO) ETF Analysis

Fund Overview

PICTON Long Short Equity (130/30) Alternative Fund ETF (PFAE.TO) is an exchange-traded fund. The fund holds CA$361.41M in total net assets. The fund is issued by Picton Mahoney Asset Management. It has been trading since September 27, 2018.

Its biggest positions are Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), and The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF alone accounts for 9.07% of the portfolio. The ten largest positions together make up 42.78% of the fund.

Performance Analysis

The most recent close on file for PFAE.TO is CA$30.18, dated September 4, 2026. Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned +24.88%. The stored price history starts on December 29, 2023, and the total return since then is +86.41%. The fund distributes at a trailing yield of 0.3%. The provider also reports a 3 years average return of +23.35%.

2026 is still running; the price is +15.59% year to date. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2024 at +27.73%; the weakest is 2025 at +26.26%.

Price & Risk Profile

Daily returns over the trailing 2 years annualize to a volatility of 15.27%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from CA$24.40 to CA$30.68. The latest close sits 23.69% above that 52-week low. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.