AOT Growth and Innovation ETF

AOTG

Market cap $77.4M

The AOT Growth and Innovation ETF offers investors access to businesses with low marginal costs. Initially, I believed the fund to be too similar to QQQ and not worth investigating. However, after looking deeper, I found that there are some things about the fund I admire, such as its global exposure and potential alpha through its fundamental strategy.

AOTG delivered a 104.35% cumulative total return in 2023-2024, ranking #3 in the large-cap growth category despite its high 0.75% expense ratio. Returns since its inception in June 2022 weren't as strong, though, as AOTG's selection process sets itself up to be a top- or bottom-quartile-performer in any given year. Still, its approach to investing, which involves selecting companies with 20% long-term growth rates and ones with low marginal cost, is unique to the space, and worth a closer look.