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ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP In...
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ETF Info

Issuer

UBS

Inception Date

Jun 2, 2020

Leveraged

1.5x

Index Tracked

Alerian MLP Index (150%)

Asset Class

Equity

Expense Ratio

MLPR has a high expense ratio of 0.95%, indicating above-average management fees.


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Performance

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Returns By Period

ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN (MLPR) returned 4.25% year-to-date (YTD) and 20.01% over the past 12 months.


MLPR

YTD

4.25%

1M

2.35%

6M

-6.47%

1Y

20.01%

3Y*

23.90%

5Y*

N/A

10Y*

N/A

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.51%

1M

6.15%

6M

-2.00%

1Y

12.92%

3Y*

12.68%

5Y*

14.19%

10Y*

10.85%

*Annualized

Monthly Returns

The table below presents the monthly returns of MLPR, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
202512.57%4.59%0.13%-13.60%2.35%4.25%
20246.00%6.15%6.40%-2.33%-0.16%6.41%0.26%0.17%-0.58%-2.44%21.17%-10.28%31.58%
20239.43%-1.82%-1.87%2.12%-1.26%5.96%8.19%0.50%4.30%0.02%9.58%-2.96%35.87%
202216.70%7.09%3.13%-0.75%11.55%-20.33%20.11%5.18%-11.13%21.67%0.98%-7.15%45.61%
20217.67%11.42%9.91%9.60%10.93%7.17%-9.10%-3.65%4.50%6.83%-10.98%5.25%57.37%
2020-18.85%-6.18%1.40%-19.82%5.38%33.76%3.71%-9.51%
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Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank

The current rank of MLPR is 58, indicating average performance compared to other ETFs on our website. Here’s a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.


The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of MLPR is 5858
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of MLPR is 5555
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of MLPR is 5353
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of MLPR is 5353
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of MLPR is 6969
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of MLPR is 6161
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators

The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN (MLPR) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.


The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN Sharpe ratios as of May 31, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 0.64
  • All Time: 0.87

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.


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Dividends

Dividend History

ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN provided a 10.44% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $6.13 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 4 consecutive years.


4.00%5.00%6.00%7.00%8.00%9.00%10.00%11.00%$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00$6.0020202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020
Dividend$6.13$5.70$5.05$4.16$3.40$0.95

Dividend yield

10.44%9.57%10.08%10.07%10.69%4.21%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2025$1.50$0.00$0.00$1.64$0.00$3.13
2024$1.35$0.00$0.00$1.36$0.00$0.00$1.51$0.00$0.00$1.49$0.00$0.00$5.70
2023$1.16$0.00$0.00$1.27$0.00$0.00$1.30$0.00$0.00$1.32$0.00$0.00$5.05
2022$1.03$0.00$0.00$0.97$0.00$0.00$1.07$0.00$0.00$1.09$0.00$0.00$4.16
2021$0.77$0.00$0.00$0.82$0.00$0.00$0.89$0.00$0.00$0.92$0.00$0.00$3.40
2020$0.02$0.00$0.00$0.93$0.00$0.00$0.95

Drawdowns

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.


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Worst Drawdowns

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN was 48.98%, occurring on Sep 25, 2020. Recovery took 107 trading sessions.

The current ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged Alerian MLP Index ETN drawdown is 13.49%.


Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-48.98%Jun 9, 202077Sep 25, 2020107Mar 2, 2021184
-28.67%Jun 8, 202211Jun 23, 202244Aug 25, 202255
-24.45%Apr 3, 20254Apr 8, 2025
-24.24%Jun 17, 202145Aug 19, 2021114Feb 1, 2022159
-22.32%Aug 26, 202221Sep 26, 202224Oct 28, 202245
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Volatility

Volatility Chart

The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.


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