ZWU.TO BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF
The BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF aims to offer investors diversified access to an equally weighted portfolio of companies operating in the utilities, telecommunications, and pipeline sectors. A fundamental aspect of its approach involves generating income through the strategic sale of call options. These options are carefully selected based on their implied volatility and are consistently written with strike prices above the current market value (out-of-the-money), with the quantity of options correlating to each security's proportion within the fund. The premiums received from these option sales offer some cushioning against potential downward movements in asset values. The fund's underlying investments undergo rebalancing every June and a complete reconstitution each December, while expiring options are routinely rolled into new positions. Furthermore, given ZWU's structure as a fund of funds, its management fees are offset by those already incurred within the underlying investment products it holds.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y ann. | 5Y ann. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZWU.TO | +3.7% | -1.6% | +3.2% | 0.0% | +4.7% | -2.2% |
| Equity average (793 funds) | +0.1% | -0.6% | +7.7% | +9.3% | +11.1% | +5.1% |
Insider activity in the holdings
Open-market insider buying across this fund’s holdings over 90 days, weighted by holding weight: +$176K net.
Holdings · as of Nov 13, 2026
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FTS.TO Fortis Inc. | 5.31% |
| 2 | H.TO Hydro One Limited | 5.30% |
| 3 | ZUT.TO BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF | 5.12% |
| 4 | TRP.TO TC Energy Corporation | 5.11% |
| 5 | ENB.TO Enbridge Inc. | 4.93% |
| 6 | VZ Verizon Communications Inc.. | 4.82% |
| 7 | PPL.TO Pembina Pipeline Corporation | 4.59% |
| 8 | T AT&T Inc. | 4.31% |
| 9 | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. | 4.24% |
| 10 | SO The Southern Company | 4.20% |
| 11 | BIP-UN.TO BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS LP | 4.17% |
| 12 | WMB The Williams Companies, Inc. | 4.16% |
| 13 | KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 3.74% |
| 14 | BCE.TO BCE Inc. | 3.61% |
| 15 | RCI-B.TO Rogers Communications Inc. | 3.61% |
| 16 | QBR-B.TO Quebecor Inc. | 3.32% |
| 17 | DUK Duke Energy Corporation | 3.19% |
| 18 | T.TO Telus Corporation | 3.12% |
| 19 | AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 3.07% |
| 20 | EMA.TO Emera Incorporated | 3.01% |
| 21 | ETR Entergy Corporation | 2.90% |
| 22 | SRE Sempra | 2.61% |
| 23 | CPX.TO Capital Power Corporation | 2.49% |
| 24 | ALA.TO Altagas Ltd. | 2.47% |
| 25 | CU.TO Canadian Utilities Limited | 2.45% |
| 26 | NPI.TO Northland Power Inc. | 2.41% |
| 27 | VST Vistra Corp. | 2.40% |
| 28 | ZWU.TO Hydro One Ltd CALL OPTIONS | 0.00% |
Sector breakdown
Country breakdown
Distributions
| Date | Per unit |
|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| May 28, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | C$0.0700 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Aug 28, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| May 29, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Feb 27, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Jan 30, 2025 | C$0.0700 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| May 30, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Feb 27, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | C$0.0700 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
| Nov 28, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
| Oct 27, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
| Aug 29, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
| Jul 27, 2023 | C$0.0700 |
Members of Congress who disclosed this ETF
No member of Congress has disclosed a trade in ZWU.TO in the filings we hold.
Fund facts, prices, performance and distributions: our market-data vendor. Holdings: the vendor and SEC Form N-PORT. Insider and Congress data: InsiderBuying. Last updated Nov 13, 2026. This is historical data, not investment advice. Report a data error
