Barron's 400 ETF
BFOR NYSE Arca
The new Barron's 400 ETF allows you to access some of America's high performing companies in a single share. Its underlying equal weighted smart beta index seeks to collect the highest rated companies in the U.S. stock market according to MarketGrader's fundamental analysis, which measures them bas...
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- Fund size
- 122M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.66% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 14.0% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.93 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 19.2024.63
How BFOR has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, BFOR returned +18.0% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±14% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.0% on Mar 30, 2026 — 32 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 16% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.93 means BFOR has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average23.48 −0.2%
- 26-day average23.46 −0.1%
- 50-day average23.49 −0.2%
- 200-day average22.64 +3.5%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · Broad Market (multi-factors) — tracking the Barron’s 400 Index℠.
- Assets under management122MUSD
- Expense ratio0.66%per year
- Holdings396
- Risk score6.0Medium
Launched June 2013. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
Where BFOR shows up
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About Barron's 400 ETF
The new Barron's 400 ETF allows you to access some of America's high performing companies in a single share. Its underlying equal weighted smart beta index seeks to collect the highest rated companies in the U.S. stock market according to MarketGrader's fundamental analysis, which measures them based on growth, valuation, profitability and cash flow
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 396 holdings
- Ticker
- BFOR
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US00162Q7262
- CUSIP
- 00162Q726
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- Broad Market (multi-factors)
- Benchmark
- Barron’s 400 Index℠
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.