RECS: High-Achiever ETF Continues To Deliver; Buy Rating Maintained

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF tracks the index comprising the Russell 1000 constituents that demonstrate a convincing combination of quality, value, and catalyst factors. I maintain the Buy rating on RECS, owing to its robust performance (i.e., alpha delivered in 2025) and a GARP tilt manifested in a 1.15 PEG ratio. Risks include the AI economy names underdelivering, as well as higher inflation and slower-than-expected interest rate cuts.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 30, 2025

Columbia Threadneedle Expands ETF Roster With 6 New Funds

Columbia Threadneedle Investments just released six new ETFs, including five which are actively managed and one tied to an index. All funds target specific segments in the equities as well as the fixed income market.

ETF Trends • Dec 15, 2025

RECS: The High Achiever Deserves An Upgrade

RECS has an index-based strategy designed to benefit from the worthiest names in the Russell 1000 index. In April 2022, I assigned a Hold rating to it owing to the small AUM and unideal liquidity. These concerns have been dissolved. RECS' performance has been nothing short of impressive, as it has beaten both IVV and IWB.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 26, 2025

RECS: Among The Best Quality ETFs

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF selects stocks in the Russell 1000 based on quality and value, keeping the same sector breakdown as the parent index. The RECS ETF has outperformed the Russell 1000 since inception, and shows better value and growth metrics. Moreover, RECS has outperformed some of the best quality and value ETFs since its inception in 2019.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 8, 2024

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF (RECS) Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary, $1B AUM Milestone

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Columbia Threadneedle Investments recently celebrated the five-year anniversary of its equity exchange-traded fund (ETF)—the Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF (NYSE Arca: RECS). In the five years since its launch, RECS has attracted more than $1 billion in client assets due to consistently strong performance. RECS has outperformed its performance benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index®, through its unique rules-based approach that emphasizes the application of proprietary.

Business Wire • Oct 21, 2024

The Importance of Valuations in High Concentration Markets

Given concentration risk, understanding what a strategy and portfolio owns is more important than ever in current markets. Todd Rosenbluth, head of research, VettaFi, hosted a discussion with Columbia Threadneedle's Jay McAndrew and Capital Group's Jacob Gerber.

ETF Trends • Sep 22, 2023

Being Different From Index ETFs Can Add Value

What's inside an ETF really matters. This is an argument I've been making for more than a decade.

ETF Trends • Sep 19, 2023

NYSE's ETF Leaders: Columbia Threadneedle's Mark Zeitoun

Columbia Threadneedle is “focused on delivering alpha,” according to chief operating officer in North America Marc Zeitoun. “We deliver alpha in the morning, in the afternoon, it's all that we try to do,” Zeitoun said.

ETF Trends • Jun 9, 2023

Stock Research-Driven ETFs Warrant Attention

Before becoming an ETF analyst, I spent approximately a decade as a fundamental stock research analyst. For me, the success of the Columbia Threadneedle ETFs is indeed worthy of celebration.

ETF Trends • May 15, 2023

Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF (RECS) and Columbia Research Enhanced Value ETF (REVS) Celebrate Three-Year Milestone

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RECS--Columbia Threadneedle Investments celebrated the three-year anniversary of two of its strategic beta equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the Columbia Research Enhanced Core ETF (NYSE Arca: RECS) and the Columbia Research Enhanced Value ETF (NYSE Arca: REVS).

Business Wire • Oct 17, 2022