The combination of a middling Process Pillar rating and a Below Average People Pillar rating limit  Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock Enh ETF to a Morningstar Medalist Rating of Neutral.  The portfolio maintains a cost advantage over competitors, priced within the least expensive fee quintile among peers.  

 The strategy’s management team earns a Below Average People Pillar rating. The People Pillar rating is indirectly assigned by a Morningstar analyst rather than algorithmically derived. Please see the notes following the pillar section for more details. The strategy earns an Average Process Pillar rating.  Low liquidity risk exposure is attributed to stocks with a low trading volume, limiting managers' flexibility. And a high quality exposure is rooted in holding stocks that are consistently profitable, growing, and have solid balance sheets. The strategy's parent organization still has a way to go to reach the industry standard, evidenced by minimal personal investments from portfolio managers and steep fees. As a result, the firm obtains a Low Parent Pillar rating.

Analyst 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. Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock Enh ETF earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The main driver of the rating is that this fund tracks an index. Historical data, like Morningstar's Active/Passive Barometer, finds that passively managed funds have generally outperformed their active counterparts, especially over longer time horizons. A low expense ratio, with costs ranking in its category's cheapest quintile, also bolsters the rating. Higher fees reduce net returns, which gives this fund an advantage over those with higher costs. Lastly, the process is limited by the parent firm's five-year risk-adjusted success ratio of 30%. The measure indicates the percentage of a firm's funds that survived and beat their respective category's median Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return for the period. The parent's subpar success ratio suggests that the firm could do better across its fund lineup.

The investment strategy as stated in the fund's prospectus is:  The investment seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Victory US Large Cap High Dividend Long/Cash Volatility Weighted BRI Index before fees and expenses.  The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets directly or indirectly in the securities included in the index, an unmanaged, and volatility weighted index created by the Sub‑Advisor. The index provider combines fundamental criteria with individual security risk control achieved through volatility weighting of individual securities. 

 The portfolio is overweight in utilities and energy relative to the category average by 15.3 and 7.5 percentage points, respectively. The sectors with low exposure compared to category peers are financial services and healthcare, underweight the average by 8.3 and 7.9 percentage points of assets, respectively. The portfolio is positioned across 103 holdings and is diversified among those holdings. In its most recent portfolio, 14.2% of the fund’s assets were concentrated in the top 10 fund holdings, compared to the category’s 17.3% average. And in closing, in terms of portfolio turnover, looking at year-over-year movements, 209% of the fund's holdings have changed, whether through increasing, decreasing, or changing a position.

Average

Process

Timothy Plan’s team could be improved and displays a disappointing track record, resulting in a Below Average People Pillar rating. There are two managers listed on the fund: Mannik Dhillon, Free Foutz. Together, they manage a total of 10 strategies, with solid long-term prospects. The strategies average a Bronze asset-weighted Morningstar Medalist Rating, indicating a position to deliver positive alpha relative to the category median in aggregate.  

 Note: The People Pillar rating is indirectly assigned by an analyst. The longest-tenured manager of the fund also manages a different product rated by an analyst. Their analyst-assigned People Pillar rating is combined here with the People scores (algorithmic or analyst-assigned) for the fund’s other managers on a tenure-weighted basis.

Below Average

People

Timothy Plan fails to meet industry-standard stewardship qualities, culminating in a Low Parent Pillar rating. Timothy Plan fails to live up to one of the hallmarks of stewardship, manager investment, to help align portfolio manager and shareholder interests. None of the firm’s assets are covered by an invested manager. Open-end and exchange-traded fund fees are a weakness at the firm, contributing negatively to the rating. On average, the firm charges fees on its funds that are in the second most-expensive quintile of category peers. With the current market environment of fee compression, this is cause for concern, as investors may flock to alternate asset managers over time to get a better deal. A sign of strength at Timothy Plan is its longest-tenured management, which boasts an average tenure of 10 years at the firm. This accumulation of experience builds confidence that the group can navigate a variety of market environments adeptly.

Parent

Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock Enhanced ETF

TPHE tracks a volatility-weighted index of high dividend US large-caps screened for Christian values. The fund hedges market risk by using a cash-trigger strategy.

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Timothy Partners Ltd. has launched the seventh “biblically responsible” exchange-traded fund within its Timothy Plan family of mutual funds and ETFs.

Timothy Plan Launches “Biblically Responsible” Market Neutral ETF

On Thursday, Timothy Plans, a faith-based investment company, announced the launch of two new ETFs, the Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF (TPHE) and the Timothy Plan US Large/Mid Cap Core Enhanced ETF (TPLE). The ETFs are designed to allow investment opportunities that capitalize on dividend return (TPHE) or general market exposure (TPLE) while also protecting [.

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