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AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB)

Event Driven | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
29.75 USD -0.14 (-0.456%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:15 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 29.75

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:48 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains neutral due to the asset's nature as a merger arbitrage vehicle, which inherently offers low volatility and limited upside potential compared to the broader market; recent price action confirms this stagnation, trading flat against moving averages with no distinct momentum catalyst. While the long-term fundamentals show a healthy five-year cumulative gain of roughly 13%, the trajectory lacks the explosive growth or dominant competitive moat required for a top-tier buy-and-hold recommendation, especially given the niche strategy exposure. The dividend profile is the weakest link here, offering a meager yield that barely covers inflation and appears inconsistent, with payments varying significantly in amount and frequency over the last few years, suggesting it is better suited for income preservation than growth.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.001746
AutoETS0.002752
AutoARIMA0.002765
MSTL0.003441

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 84%
H-stat 0.15
Ljung-Box p 0.095
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 4.24

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.44% 0.44% 0.52% 1.15%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-18 0.126 0.435188
2024-12-18 0.309 1.128149
2022-12-15 1.076 4.193297
2020-12-17 0.726 2.878097
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.42

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 32.48
All Time Low 24.2
Ask 44.68
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,660
Average Daily Volume3 Month 15,084
Average Volume 15,084
Average Volume10Days 8,660
Beta3 Year 0.03
Bid 29.73
Bid Size 300
Category Event Driven
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 29.81
Day Low 29.75
Dividend Yield 0.42
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 29.66522
Fifty Day Average Change 0.08857918
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0029859606
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.8482556
Fifty Two Week High 32.48
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.7262
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08393473
Fifty Two Week Low 28.3
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.4538002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.051371034
Fifty Two Week Range 28.3 - 32.48
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,589,203,800,000
Five Year Average Return 0.042041
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.1362
Fullday Change Percent -0.455671
Fullday Price 29.7538
Fund Family AltShares
Fund Inception Date 1,588,809,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to track the performance of the index, which is designed to reflect a global merger arbitrage strategy. Under normal market conditions, it will invest at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in the constituents of the index and in financial instruments with economic characteristics similar to such constituents such as swaps on such constituents. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_649793617
Nav Price 29.8
Net Assets 101,939,680.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.76
Open 30.12
Phone 800-560-8210
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 29.7538
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Previous Close 29.89
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1362
Regular Market Change Percent -0.455671
Regular Market Day High 29.81
Regular Market Day Low 29.75
Regular Market Day Range 29.75 - 29.81
Regular Market Open 30.12
Regular Market Previous Close 29.89
Regular Market Price 29.7538
Regular Market Time 1,787,944,534
Regular Market Volume 5,026
Short Name AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol ARB
Three Year Average Return 0.054067403
Total Assets 101,939,680
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.44113
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.44113
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 29.353275
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.40052414
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.013644956
Type Disp ETF
Volume 5,026
Yield 0.0042
Ytd Return 2.24525