DBSC

Deepwater Beachfront Small Cap ETF
An ETF built to own the highest-quality small cap equities

Own the Beachfront of Small Caps.

The Deepwater Beachfront Small Cap ETF aims to capture the return potential of small caps while avoiding the low-quality components that weigh down the Russell 2000. By selecting only the “beachfront” properties, the highest-quality companies, DBSC delivers a disciplined and resilient form of small-cap exposure.
 
Why Small Caps Now?
We believe small caps have historically rewarded patient investors, as they offer exposure to earlier-stage innovation and companies with greater runway for expansion.

Over long cycles, small caps have often outperformed large caps, and the recent performance gap is at a historic high.

The Challenge

Small caps exhibit far greater dispersion of quality than large caps, and a broad index is weighed down by the lowest-quality members
  • The Russell 2000 includes nearly 2,000 companies, most with widely varying fundamentals.

  • 40–45% of constituents have negative earnings.

  • Many exhibit thin liquidity, weak balance sheets, or limited profitability.

  • The index spans 11 sectors and 163 sub-industries, making evaluation difficult.

  • Analyst coverage is sparse, leaving much of the universe under-researched.

  • Result: mediocrity weighs down the index, and the lowest-quality quartile drags performance.

Our Approach

DBSC aims to cut through the noise with a disciplined three-step process that seeks to isolate the highest-quality small caps from 2,000 candidates to 100 of the best.

Filter

A rules-based screening removes “unknowables”: low liquidity, excessive risk, pending legal risk, or financial distress.

Rank

Proprietary Deepwater algorithms score each company on variables such as financial strength, profitability, growth potential, management quality, and more.

Refine

Our team reviews the top 200 for diversification, risk control, and common sense. The 100 judged to be the best portfolio become the ETF’s holdings.

Fund Details

Ticker DBSC
Exchange Nasdaq
CUSIP 56170L562
# of Holdings 102
Inception Date 12/15/2025
Expense Ratio 0.85%
Shares Outstanding175,000
Net Assets$4.25M
Closing Price$24.29
NAV$24.27
Premium / Discount0.06%
Median 30-day Spread0.471%

Market Price Performance

As of 04/09/2026
YTD1 Months3 Months6 Months1 YearSince Inception
NAV-5.99%-7.68%-5.99%-.---.---6.73%
MKT-6.06%-7.62%-6.06%-.---.---6.76%
YTD1 Months3 Months6 Months1 YearSince Inception
NAV-5.99%-7.68%-5.99%-.---.---6.73%
MKT-6.06%-7.62%-6.06%-.---.---6.76%
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted returns. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. For the fund's most recent month-end returns, visit etfs.deepwatermgmt.com

Top Holdings

Top Holdings

As of
Name Symbol Shares Market Value Weightings (%)
Modine Manufacturing Co MOD 413.00 $99,747.76 2.35%
IES Holdings Inc IESC 182.00 $97,501.04 2.30%
SiTime Corp SITM 238.00 $96,792.22 2.28%
TTM Technologies Inc TTMI 868.00 $93,336.04 2.20%
Rambus Inc RMBS 875.00 $92,382.50 2.17%
Dycom Industries Inc DY 224.00 $87,722.88 2.07%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc STRL 196.00 $85,387.40 2.01%
Axsome Therapeutics Inc AXSM 469.00 $83,904.10 1.98%
BrightSpring Health Services Inc BTSG 1,806.00 $82,931.52 1.95%
Guardant Health Inc GH 945.00 $82,375.65 1.94%
FirstCash Holdings Inc FCFS 406.00 $80,753.40 1.90%
Primoris Services Corp PRIM 483.00 $79,071.93 1.86%
Nextpower Inc NXT 693.00 $78,717.87 1.85%
Watts Water Technologies Inc WTS 259.00 $78,785.21 1.85%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd CRDO 721.00 $77,817.53 1.83%
Ensign Group Inc/The ENSG 385.00 $77,600.60 1.83%
Argan Inc AGX 126.00 $76,770.54 1.81%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc DOCN 861.00 $75,053.37 1.77%
American Healthcare REIT Inc AHR 1,519.00 $74,598.09 1.76%
ESCO Technologies Inc ESE 238.00 $73,732.40 1.74%
COEUR MINING INC. CDE 3,710.00 $73,161.20 1.72%
StoneX Group Inc SNEX 724.50 $67,581.36 1.59%
AeroVironment Inc AVAV 378.00 $67,170.60 1.58%
HealthEquity Inc HQY 791.00 $66,602.20 1.57%
Brinker International Inc EAT 413.00 $63,961.31 1.51%
Federal Signal Corp FSS 560.00 $64,260.00 1.51%
Ormat Technologies Inc ORA 560.00 $63,739.20 1.50%
Construction Partners Inc ROAD 525.00 $61,787.25 1.45%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc KTOS 896.00 $61,223.68 1.44%
Clear Secure Inc YOU 1,225.00 $60,012.75 1.41%
Life Time Group Holdings Inc LTH 2,079.00 $58,274.37 1.37%
Enact Holdings Inc ACT 1,295.00 $55,322.40 1.30%
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc MIRM 553.00 $54,719.35 1.29%
Axos Financial Inc AX 518.00 $48,489.98 1.14%
Kodiak Gas Services Inc KGS 798.00 $48,183.24 1.13%
Sabra Health Care REIT Inc SBRA 2,338.00 $47,578.30 1.12%
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp BIPC 1,106.00 $46,518.36 1.10%
Boot Barn Holdings Inc BOOT 287.00 $45,294.34 1.07%
GPGI Inc GPGI 2,751.00 $45,088.89 1.06%
Knife River Corp KNF 525.00 $44,866.50 1.06%
PriceSmart Inc PSMT 280.00 $45,152.80 1.06%
CSW Industrials Inc CSW 154.00 $44,236.50 1.04%
Nelnet Inc NNI 329.00 $43,691.20 1.03%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co ANF 420.00 $43,465.80 1.02%
RadNet Inc RDNT 735.00 $41,211.45 0.97%
ServisFirst Bancshares Inc SFBS 504.00 $40,194.00 0.95%
Alignment Healthcare Inc ALHC 1,869.00 $39,959.22 0.94%
Shake Shack Inc SHAK 406.00 $39,605.30 0.93%
Cal-Maine Foods Inc CALM 490.00 $38,082.80 0.90%
Frontdoor Inc FTDR 651.00 $37,549.68 0.88%
IRhythm Holdings Inc IRTC 294.00 $34,739.04 0.82%
TransMedics Group Inc TMDX 315.00 $34,398.00 0.81%
Zeta Global Holdings Corp ZETA 2,233.00 $34,209.56 0.81%
StoneCo Ltd STNE 2,415.00 $33,906.60 0.80%
Enova International Inc ENVA 231.00 $33,506.55 0.79%
Palomar Holdings Inc PLMR 252.00 $33,697.44 0.79%
Remitly Global Inc RELY 1,939.00 $33,156.90 0.78%
Commvault Systems Inc CVLT 406.00 $32,727.66 0.77%
LivaNova PLC LIVN 511.00 $32,382.07 0.76%
American Eagle Outfitters Inc AEO 1,582.00 $29,132.53 0.69%
Workiva Inc WK 525.00 $29,184.75 0.69%
Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc ARQT 1,134.00 $27,862.38 0.66%
Cheesecake Factory Inc/The CAKE 476.00 $27,974.52 0.66%
WD-40 Co WDFC 126.00 $28,100.52 0.66%
Q2 Holdings Inc QTWO 581.00 $26,749.24 0.63%
Travere Therapeutics Inc TVTX 833.00 $26,189.52 0.62%
Vita Coco Co Inc/The COCO 525.00 $25,635.75 0.60%
Warby Parker Inc WRBY 1,183.00 $24,772.02 0.58%
Chefs' Warehouse Inc/The CHEF 371.00 $23,962.89 0.56%
LeMaitre Vascular Inc LMAT 210.00 $23,669.10 0.56%
Dave Inc DAVE 126.00 $22,916.88 0.54%
Figs Inc FIGS 1,575.00 $22,806.00 0.54%
Bancorp Inc/The TBBK 385.00 $22,464.75 0.53%
Braze Inc BRZE 1,064.00 $22,003.52 0.52%
Enterprise Financial Services Corp EFSC 336.00 $19,830.72 0.47%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc SKWD 413.00 $18,952.57 0.45%
HCI Group Inc HCI 119.00 $18,481.89 0.44%
AvePoint Inc AVPT 1,988.00 $18,170.32 0.43%
Ichor Holdings Ltd ICHR 329.00 $18,164.09 0.43%
Revolve Group Inc RVLV 679.00 $17,443.51 0.41%
Innovex International Inc INVX 644.00 $17,008.04 0.40%
Diversified Healthcare Trust DHC 2,254.00 $16,431.66 0.39%
GeneDx Holdings Corp WGS 273.00 $16,393.65 0.39%
Alkami Technology Inc ALKT 987.00 $15,466.29 0.36%
Alphatec Holdings Inc ATEC 1,372.00 $15,188.04 0.36%
Bank First Corp BFC 105.00 $15,185.10 0.36%
First American Treasury Obligations Fund 01/01/2040 FXFXX 14,893.37 $14,893.37 0.35%
XPEL Inc XPEL 252.00 $11,715.48 0.28%
TETRA Technologies Inc TTI 1,232.00 $10,693.76 0.25%
Genius Sports Ltd GENI 2,338.00 $9,515.66 0.22%
Esquire Financial Holdings Inc ESQ 77.00 $8,956.64 0.21%
Limbach Holdings Inc LMB 105.00 $8,862.00 0.21%
Kopin Corp KOPN 2,814.00 $7,541.52 0.18%
Talkspace Inc TALK 1,519.00 $7,845.64 0.18%
First Watch Restaurant Group Inc FWRG 574.00 $6,687.10 0.16%
Strawberry Fields REIT Inc STRW 511.00 $6,755.42 0.16%
Finwise Bancorp FINW 378.00 $6,554.52 0.15%
Mama's Creations Inc MAMA 378.00 $5,961.06 0.14%
Real Brokerage Inc/The REAX 2,436.00 $6,065.64 0.14%
Vox Royalty Corp VOXR 1,008.00 $5,624.64 0.13%
Flotek Industries Inc FTK 329.00 $5,000.80 0.12%
Cash & Other Cash&Other -213.28 $-213.28 -0.01%

Holdings are subject to change without notice.

Investment Team

Joe Robillard
Managing Partner
Steve Van Sloun
Analyst
Will Thompson
Analyst
DBSC

Own the beachfront of Small Caps

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Investing involves risk, including the loss of principal.
 
Before investing, carefully consider the funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain a prospectus which contains this and other information, visit etfs.deepwatermgmt.com. Read it carefully.
 
Deepwater ETFS are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC., Member FINRA.  Deepwater Asset Management and Quasar Distributors, LLC. are not affiliated entities.
 
Equity Market Risk. Common stocks and other equity securities generally increase or decrease in value based on the earnings of a company and on general industry and market conditions.
 
Management Risk. As an actively managed fund, the performance of the Fund will depend on whether or not the Adviser is successful in pursuing the Fund’s investment strategies.
 
New Adviser Risk. The Adviser has not previously served as an adviser to a registered investment company. As a result, there is no long-term track record against which an investor may judge the Adviser and it is possible the Adviser may not achieve the Fund’s intended investment objective.
 
New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision.
 
Sector Emphasis Risk. The Fund may, from time to time, be more heavily invested in particular sectors, and the value of its Shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors.
 
Small Company Risk. The Fund may be subject to greater volatility than funds that invest in large-cap companies
 
Russell 2000 - The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the US equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index which is designed to represent approximately 98% of the investable US equity market. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 2000 is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.
 
Median 30-Day Spread — The median 30-day bid-ask spread measures the typical difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay (the “bid”) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept (the “ask”) for an ETF share over the past 30 trading days. It is expressed as a percentage of the share’s midpoint price and indicates the ETF’s average trading cost or liquidity.
 
Total Return NAV (%) — Total Return NAV represents the percentage change in the Fund’s net asset value (NAV) over a specified period, assuming that all income, dividends, and capital gains distributions are reinvested. It reflects the Fund’s performance based on its underlying holdings and expenses, not the market price of its shares.
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) — Net Asset Value (NAV) is the per-share value of the Fund, calculated by dividing the total value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, minus expenses, by the number of shares outstanding. For ETFs, NAV is typically calculated at the end of each trading day and reflects the value of the Fund’s underlying securities rather than its market trading price. Market Price (%) — Market Price return represents the percentage change in the Fund’s share price on the exchange over a specified period, assuming that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested. It reflects the performance of the Fund based on the actual trading price of its shares in the market, which may differ from the Fund’s net asset value (NAV).

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