---
ticker: "AAEQ"
name: "Alpha Architect US Equity 2 ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/AAEQ"
grade: "B"
score: 64
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Stocks"
category_rank: "4 of 8"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# AAEQ: Alpha Architect US Equity 2 ETF

Grade **B**, Score 64 of 100. Rank 4 of 8 in US Stocks.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 64 | 2 of 8 |
| Mission | 98 | 4 of 5 |
| Risk | 50 | 6 of 8 |
| Tradability | 47 | 5 of 8 |
| Holdings | 43 | 7 of 8 |
| Durability | 32 | 7 of 8 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 287 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 7.57% |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple Inc | 6.67% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft Corp | 5.24% |
| 4 | SPYM | State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 4.78% |
| 5 | IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 4.77% |
| 6 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 3.45% |
| 7 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 2.67% |
| 8 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 2.35% |
| 9 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc | 2.13% |
| 10 | META | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.09% |
| 11 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | 1.59% |
| 12 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | 1.42% |
| 13 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 1.38% |
| 14 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | 1.27% |
| 15 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.24% |
| 16 | BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1.21% |
| 17 | XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp | 1.00% |
| 18 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0.98% |
| 19 | V | Visa Inc | 0.84% |
| 20 | INTC | Intel Corp | 0.73% |
| 21 | ABBV | AbbVie Inc | 0.68% |
| 22 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 0.68% |
| 23 | WMT | Walmart Inc | 0.67% |
| 24 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 0.61% |
| 25 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | 0.60% |
| 26 | MA | Mastercard Inc | 0.60% |
| 27 | LRCX | Lam Research Corp | 0.59% |
| 28 | KO | Coca-Cola Co/The | 0.58% |
| 29 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | 0.57% |
| 30 | CVX | Chevron Corp | 0.56% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/AAEQ. Please cite the page URL.