Schedule of Investments - Virtus Newfleet Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF
October 31, 2024 (unaudited)
Security Description | | Principal | | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS – 80.1% | | | |
Communication Services – 8.9% | | | | | | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 6.38%, 09/01/29(1) | | $ | 32,000 | | | $ | 31,708 | |
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.50%, 08/15/30(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 26,819 | |
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 7.38%, 03/01/31(1) | | | 25,000 | | | | 25,439 | |
Directv Financing LLC, 8.88%, 02/01/30(1) | | | 15,000 | | | | 14,818 | |
Directv Financing LLC / Directv Financing Co-Obligor, Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 67,476 | |
DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 11/15/24 | | | 30,000 | | | | 29,800 | |
Gray Television, Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/27(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 82,782 | |
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.63%, 01/15/29(1) | | | 40,000 | | | | 30,193 | |
Nexstar Media, Inc., 5.63%, 07/15/27(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 83,602 | |
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc., 5.38%, 12/01/28(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 15,332 | |
Univision Communications, Inc., 6.63%, 06/01/27(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 84,418 | |
Total Communication Services | | | | | | | 492,387 | |
Consumer Discretionary – 10.9% | | | | | | | | |
Aptiv PLC / Aptiv Global Financing Dac, 6.88%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.39%), 12/15/54(2) | | | 55,000 | | | | 53,659 | |
Carnival Corp., 7.63%, 03/01/26(1) | | | 43,000 | | | | 43,328 | |
Carnival Corp., 7.00%, 08/15/29(1) | | | 5,000 | | | | 5,233 | |
Churchill Downs, Inc., 5.75%, 04/01/30(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 83,748 | |
Ford Motor Co., 3.25%, 02/12/32 | | | 95,000 | | | | 79,508 | |
Light & Wonder International, Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/28(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 55,276 | |
Newell Brands, Inc., 6.63%, 09/15/29 | | | 79,000 | | | | 80,249 | |
Nmg Holding Co., Inc. / Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 8.50%, 10/01/28(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 50,880 | |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP/OTG Co.-Issuer LLC, 8.00%, 08/01/30 (Canada)(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 72,303 | |
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/28(1) | | | 20,000 | | | | 19,999 | |
Weekley Homes LLC / Weekley Finance Corp., 4.88%, 09/15/28(1) | | | 60,000 | | | | 57,391 | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | | 601,574 | |
Consumer Staples – 3.7% | | | | | | | | |
Coty, Inc./HFC Prestige Products, Inc./HFC Prestige International US LLC, 6.63%, 07/15/30(1) | | | 52,000 | | | | 53,075 | |
H-Food Holdings LLC / Hearthside Finance Co., Inc., 8.50%, 06/01/26(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 2,333 | |
HLF Financing Sarl LLC / Herbalife International, Inc., 4.88%, 06/01/29(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 37,972 | |
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 06/30/31(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 54,530 | |
Post Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 02/15/32(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 30,371 | |
Post Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 03/01/33(1) | | | 25,000 | | | | 24,796 | |
Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | | 203,077 | |
Energy – 17.3% | | | | | | | | |
Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP / Alliance Resource Finance Corp., 8.63%, 06/15/29(1) | | | 60,000 | | | | 63,388 | |
Security Description | | Principal | | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS (continued) | | | |
Energy (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 8.25%, 12/31/28(1) | | $ | 45,000 | | | $ | 45,950 | |
Blue Racer Midstream LLC / Blue Racer Finance Corp., 7.00%, 07/15/29(1) | | | 65,000 | | | | 66,726 | |
CITGO Petroleum Corp., 7.00%, 06/15/25(1) | | | 49,000 | | | | 49,094 | |
Civitas Resources, Inc., 8.75%, 07/01/31(1) | | | 52,000 | | | | 54,528 | |
Energy Transfer LP, Series H, 6.50%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 5.69%), perpetual(2)(3) | | | 60,000 | | | | 59,961 | |
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.38%, 04/01/29(1) | | | 5,000 | | | | 5,082 | |
Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 7.75%, 02/01/28 | | | 25,000 | | | | 25,269 | |
Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 8.88%, 04/15/30 | | | 30,000 | | | | 30,924 | |
Gulfport Energy Operating Corp., 6.75%, 09/01/29(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 30,193 | |
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 9.75%, 03/01/29(1) | | | 65,000 | | | | 69,379 | |
Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 5.75%, 02/01/29(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 67,225 | |
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC / Magnolia Oil & Gas Finance Corp., 6.00%, 08/01/26(1) | | | 40,000 | | | | 39,956 | |
Nabors Industries, Inc., 7.38%, 05/15/27(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 50,077 | |
Noble Finance II LLC, 8.00%, 04/15/30(1) | | | 80,000 | | | | 81,144 | |
Transocean, Inc., 8.75%, 02/15/30(1) | | | 55,250 | | | | 57,282 | |
USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp., 7.13%, 03/15/29(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 71,340 | |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 3.88%, 08/15/29(1) | | | 5,000 | | | | 4,614 | |
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 7.00%, 01/15/30(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 30,206 | |
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 9.88%, 02/01/32(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 54,608 | |
Total Energy | | | | | | | 956,946 | |
Financials – 17.3% | | | | | | | | |
Apollo Debt Solutions BDC, 6.90%, 04/13/29(1) | | | 67,000 | | | | 68,449 | |
Block, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/32(1) | | | 82,000 | | | | 83,559 | |
Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., 6.65%, 03/15/31 | | | 69,000 | | | | 69,507 | |
Citigroup, Inc., Series X, 3.88%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.42%), perpetual(2)(3) | | | 60,000 | | | | 58,138 | |
Global Atlantic Finance Co., 7.95%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.61%), 10/15/54(1)(2) | | | 80,000 | | | | 83,208 | |
Hat Holdings I LLC / Hat Holdings II LLC, 3.75%, 09/15/30(1) | | | 80,000 | | | | 70,077 | |
Hub International Ltd., 7.25%, 06/15/30(1) | | | 65,000 | | | | 67,228 | |
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 4.25%, 02/01/27(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 82,357 | |
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.13%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.32%), 12/15/51(1)(2) | | | 88,000 | | | | 83,064 | |
Midcap Financial Issuer Trust, 6.50%, 05/01/28(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 80,426 | |
Schedule of Investments - Virtus Newfleet Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (continued)
October 31, 2024 (unaudited)
Security Description | | Principal | | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS (continued) | | | |
Financials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/31(1) | | $ | 80,000 | | | $ | 76,594 | |
OneMain Finance Corp., 7.13%, 11/15/31 | | | 80,000 | | | | 80,975 | |
Panther Escrow Issuer LLC, 7.13%, 06/01/31(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 56,360 | |
Total Financials | | | | | | | 959,942 | |
Health Care – 2.3% | | | | | | | | |
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.25%, 05/15/30(1) | | | 35,000 | | | | 30,572 | |
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 4.75%, 02/15/31(1) | | | 20,000 | | | | 16,698 | |
Medline Borrower LP, 5.25%, 10/01/29(1) | | | 80,000 | | | | 77,557 | |
Medline Borrower LP/Medline Co.-Issuer, Inc., 6.25%, 04/01/29(1) | | | 5,000 | | | | 5,094 | |
Total Health Care | | | | | | | 129,921 | |
Industrials – 8.0% | | | | | | | | |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 6.50%, 08/01/30(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 86,487 | |
Builders FirstSource, Inc., 4.25%, 02/01/32(1) | | | 75,000 | | | | 67,153 | |
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 7.00%, 05/01/31(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 87,493 | |
Hertz Corp. (The), 4.63%, 12/01/26(1) | | | 79,000 | | | | 59,757 | |
Neptune Bidco US, Inc., 9.29%, 04/15/29(1) | | | 35,000 | | | | 32,733 | |
Regal Rexnord Corp., 6.05%, 04/15/28 | | | 30,000 | | | | 30,716 | |
TransDigm, Inc., 6.75%, 08/15/28(1) | | | 80,000 | | | | 81,817 | |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | 446,156 | |
Information Technology – 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/26(1) | | | 10,000 | | | | 9,901 | |
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., 6.50%, 10/15/28(1) | | | 45,000 | | | | 44,618 | |
Rocket Software, Inc., 9.00%, 11/28/28(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 52,173 | |
Viasat, Inc., 5.63%, 09/15/25(1) | | | 65,000 | | | | 64,216 | |
Total Information Technology | | | | | | | 170,908 | |
Materials – 4.1% | | | | | | | | |
Asp Unifrax Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 09/30/28(1) | | | 62,000 | | | | 33,395 | |
Illuminate Buyer LLC / Illuminate Holdings IV, Inc., 9.00%, 07/01/28(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 55,764 | |
LSB Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/28(1) | | | 85,000 | | | | 82,318 | |
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 9.25%, 04/15/27(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 56,294 | |
Total Materials | | | | | | | 227,771 | |
Real Estate – 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.63%, 12/01/29(1) | | | 35,000 | | | | 33,650 | |
Utilities – 3.9% | | | | | | | | |
AES Corp. (The), 7.60%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.20%), 01/15/55(2) | | | 50,000 | | | | 51,848 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc., 7.05%, (US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.75%), 12/15/54(2) | | | 65,000 | | | | 67,443 | |
Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 5.38%, 04/01/26(1) | | | 30,000 | | | | 29,814 | |
Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 5.88%, 04/01/29(1) | | | 43,000 | | | | 40,178 | |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 6.88%, 04/15/32(1) | | | 25,000 | | | | 25,870 | |
Security Description | | Principal | | | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS (continued) | | | |
Utilities (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | $ | 215,153 | |
Total Corporate Bonds | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $4,536,002) | | | | | | | 4,437,485 | |
FOREIGN BONDS – 12.4% | | | | | | | | |
Communication Services – 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC, 6.50%, 10/15/27 (Canada)(1) | | $ | 20,000 | | | | 6,284 | |
Consumer Discretionary – 2.3% | | | | | | | | |
1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc., 6.13%, 06/15/29 (Canada)(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 71,273 | |
Great Canadian Gaming Corp., 8.75%, 11/15/29 (Canada)(1) | | | 10,000 | | | | 10,000 | |
Raptor Acquisition Corp. / Raptor Co.-Issuer LLC, 4.88%, 11/01/26 (Canada)(1) | | | 45,000 | | | | 44,659 | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | | 125,932 | |
Energy – 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
Coronado Finance Pty Ltd., 9.25%, 10/01/29 (Australia)(1) | | | 55,000 | | | | 56,306 | |
South Bow Canadian Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., 7.63%, (US 5 Year CMT T- Note + 3.95%), 03/01/55 (Canada)(1)(2) | | | 67,000 | | | | 69,046 | |
Teine Energy Ltd., 6.88%, 04/15/29 (Canada)(1) | | | 45,000 | | | | 44,476 | |
Total Energy | | | | | | | 169,828 | |
Financials – 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
GGAM Finance Ltd., 6.88%, 04/15/29 (Ireland)(1) | | | 20,000 | | | | 20,431 | |
Health Care – 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 3.15%, 10/01/26 (Israel) | | | 65,000 | | | | 62,014 | |
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Industrials – 2.0% | | | | | | | | |
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / Vista Management Holding, Inc., 9.50%, 06/01/28 (Switzerland)(1) | | | 43,000 | | | | 42,289 | |
Wrangler Holdco Corp., 6.63%, 04/01/32 (Canada)(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 71,550 | |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | 113,839 | |
Materials – 3.4% | | | | | | | | |
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 5.88%, 04/15/30 (Australia)(1) | | | 68,000 | | | | 67,734 | |
INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC, 9.63%, 03/15/29 (United Kingdom)(1) | | | 50,000 | | | | 53,029 | |
NOVA Chemicals Corp., 5.00%, 05/01/25 (Canada)(1) | | | 70,000 | | | | 69,761 | |
Total Materials | | | | | | | 190,524 | |
Schedule of Investments - Virtus Newfleet Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (continued)
October 31, 2024 (unaudited)
Security Description | | Principal | | | Value | |
FOREIGN BONDS (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Total Foreign Bonds | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $699,910) | | | | | | $ | 688,852 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TERM LOAN – 0.0%(5) | | | | | | | | |
Financials – 0.0%(5) | | | | | | | | |
Lannett Co., Inc., 2.00%, (3-Month SOFR + 2.00%), 06/16/30(2)(4) | | | 2,558 | | | | 844 | |
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| | | Shares | | | | | |
COMMON STOCK – 0.0%(5) | | | | | | | | |
Health Care – 0.0%(5) | | | | | | | | |
Lannett Co., Inc.*(4) (Cost $462) | | | 416 | | | | — | |
MONEY MARKET FUND - 6.0% | | | | | | | | |
JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Institutional Shares, 4.71%(6) (Cost $331,810) | | | 331,810 | | | | 331,810 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.5% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $5,568,210) | | | | | | | 5,458,991 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.5% | | | | | | | 80,837 | |
Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 5,539,828 | |
* | Non-income producing security. |
(1) | Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid. At October 31, 2024, the aggregate value of these securities was $4,346,326, or 78.5% of net assets. |
(2) | Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at October 31, 2024. |
(3) | Perpetual security with no stated maturity date. |
(4) | Security valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trustees. This security is disclosed as a Level 3 security in the Fair Value Hierarchy table located after the Schedule of Investments. |
(5) | Amount rounds to less than 0.05%. |
(6) | The rate shown reflects the seven-day yield as of October 31, 2024. |
Abbreviations:
CMT — Constant Maturity Treasury Index
SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
Schedule of Investments - Virtus Newfleet Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (continued)
October 31, 2024 (unaudited)
Fair Value Measurements
The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access. Level 2 includes observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data. Level 3 includes unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following table summarizes valuation of the Fund’s investments under the fair value hierarchy levels as of October 31, 2024.
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Asset Valuation Inputs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Bonds | | $ | — | | | $ | 4,437,485 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 4,437,485 | |
Foreign Bonds | | | — | | | | 688,852 | | | | — | | | | 688,852 | |
Term Loan | | | — | | | | — | | | | 844 | | | | 844 | |
Common Stock | | | — | | | | — | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
Money Market Fund | | | 331,810 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 331,810 | |
Total | | $ | 331,810 | | | $ | 5,126,337 | | | $ | 844 | | | $ | 5,458,991 | |
Management has determined that the amount of Level 3 securities compared to total net assets is not material; therefore, the rollforward of Level 3 securities and assumptions are not shown for the period ended October 31, 2024.