

During the fourth quarter, the Harbor Active Small Cap ETF returned -4.29% ('NAV'), significantly underperforming the Russell 2000® Index, which returned 2.19%. Pool Corporation was down 25.96% during the quarter despite a slight beat in third-quarter earnings. The Middleby Corporation was up 11.59% during the quarter after it announced it would sell a majority stake in its residential kitchen business.

Harbor Active Small Cap ETF Q4 2025 Commentary

Harbor Active Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:SMLL - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 337 shares, an increase of 27.2% from the December 15th total of 265 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the

The Harbor Active Small Cap ETF provides small cap equity exposure with a narrowed focus on attractive risk-adjusted returns with downside mitigation. During the second quarter of 2025, SMLL ETF returned 3.35% (NAV), underperforming the Russell 2000® Index, which returned 8.50%. We will see what volatility/opportunities quarterly earnings may bring us, but we anticipate that we will be a bit less active, given all the recent activity and volatility.

Wall Street was moderately upbeat last week.

On Thursday, Harbor Capital launched the Harbor Active Small Cap ETF (SMLL). “Small caps are top of mind for Harbor as we believe they have the potential to offer attractive returns over the coming cycle,” noted Kristof Gleich, president & CIO at Harbor Capital Advisors.
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