Themes Gold Miners ETF retains its Morningstar Medalist Rating of Bronze. The portfolio maintains a cost advantage over competitors, priced within the lowest fee quintile among peers.  

 The strategy's investment process inspires confidence and earns an Above Average Process Pillar rating. Independent of the rating, analysis of the strategy's portfolio shows it has maintained a significant overweight position in momentum exposure and quality exposure compared with category peers. Momentum exposure is attributed to holding stocks currently on a winning streak and selling those that are on a downtrend. And a high quality exposure is rooted in holding stocks with low financial leverage and strong returns on equity. The team managing this passive strategy earns a Below Average People Pillar rating. The strategy's parent organization is industry standard, albeit with some strong attributes like high portfolio manager retention, but is held back by portfolio managers with limited tenures at the firm. This earns the firm an Average Parent Pillar rating.

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Morningstar's evaluation of this security's process aims to determine the likelihood that it will outperform its Morningstar Category index on a risk-adjusted basis over the long term. Themes Gold Miners ETF earns an Above Average Process Pillar rating. The main driver of the rating is that this fund tracks an index. Historical data, such as Morningstar's Active/Passive Barometer, finds that passively managed funds have generally outperformed their active counterparts, especially over longer time horizons. The firm's five-year retention rate of 100% also buttresses the process. Lastly, the process is limited by the experience of the management team, which averages three months at this fund.

The investment strategy as stated in the fund's prospectus is:  The investment seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global Pure Gold Miners Index.  The index is designed to provide exposure to companies that are active in the gold mining industry and is denominated in U.S. dollars. The fund will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, and in the securities that comprise the index and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) based on the securities in the index. The fund is non-diversified. 

 The portfolio has allocations in its top two sectors, basic materials and technology, that are similar to the category. The sectors with low exposure compared to category peers are utilities and financial services; however, the allocations are similar to the category. The strategy owns 27 securities and is relatively concentrated. Specifically, 50.2% of the strategy's assets are housed within the top 10 holdings, as opposed to the typical peer's 35.9%.

Above Average

Process

Themes ETF Trust’s team earns a Below Average People Pillar rating. The team is strengthened by the firm's five-year retention rate of 100%. However, the rating is weakened by the experience of the management team, which averages three months at this fund. The number of months that the management team has been running this vehicle together also holds the rating back. Since this is a newly incepted product, more time is needed to monitor the team's capability at executing the strategy.

Below Average

People

Even though Themes ETF Trust's limited history of three months as a firm is working against its rating, they've proven to be an industry-standard steward, warranting an Average Parent Pillar rating. The firm currently manages 21 vehicles, with a total of $28.5 million under management across a bench of two strategy managers. As a new firm, there is very low manager industry experience--on average, less than six months. The firm's earliest portfolio manager hire, Dingxun(kevin) Shao, has only one year of industry experience. 
 
   

 As Themes ETF Trust builds and continues to develop a track record, its rating will be adjusted accordingly.

Average

Parent

Themes Gold Miners ETF

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