Principal U.S. Small-Cap Multi-Factor ETF

The fund seeks to replicate the total return performance of the benchmark index, before fees and expenses, by investing in small-size companies in the United States.

The fund employs a passive investment approach designed to attempt to track the performance of the Index.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team invests significantly in equity securities of companies that compose the Index.

The Index is designed to identify equity securities (including growth and value stock) of companies in the Nasdaq US Small Cap Index that exhibit potential for high degrees of value, quality, growth, and superior momentum.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund seeks to replicate the composition of the benchmark index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.

In addition, the research team employs a sampling methodology, which means that the fund will hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Index.

The fund may invest in securities not included in the Index.

Additionally, the fund will not concentrate its investments in a particular industry except to the extent the Index is so concentrated.