American Conservative Values ETF
$54.84−0.39 (−0.71%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.75%
- Fund size
- $154M
- 1Y return
- +12.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.51%
- Holdings
- 390
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $55.17
- 52W range
The ETF.net ACVF Grade
Score 52 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 39Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 67Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 42Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 86Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 64Category rank
Our read on ACVF
CA fund that puts its convictions in its name. American Conservative Values runs an actively managed, all-US stock portfolio chasing long-term growth, with capital preservation written into the mandate as the secondary goal. Small, hands-on, unapologetically domestic.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation, with capital preservation as a secondary objective.
Why people hold it
- Its filings name capital preservation as a secondary objective alongside long-term capital appreciation, a defensive tilt most US stock funds never put in writing.
- No structural gimmicks: a standard 1940 Act ETF holding shares of US companies, with cash distributed quarterly.
- Lands in the upper half of the actively managed US equity funds we review, with the portfolio itself its strongest element.
Worth knowing
- 0.75% a year is real money next to plain active core rivals like DFAU and DFAC. The values overlay comes with a price tag.
- A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads can widen at the open and close. Limit orders are the standard defense.
- Launched in 2020, so the track record covers a short stretch of market history.
ACVF Holdings
- Stocks
- 390
- 29%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology41.8%
- Financials11.7%
- Industrials10.3%
- Consumer Discr.10.2%
- Health Care8.8%
- Cons. Staples5.1%
- Communication3.7%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities1.8%
- Real Estate1.6%
- Materials1.5%
Geography
- United States96.16%
- Ireland1.94%
- Switzerland0.95%
- Sweden0.45%
- United Kingdom0.21%
- Netherlands0.15%
- Canada0.13%
ACVF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ACVF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.7% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | +1.8% |
| 1 year | +12.0% |
| 3 years | +19.1% |
| 5 years | +11.6% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ACVF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.7% | |
| 2025 | +13.7% | |
| 2024 | +20.6% | |
| 2023 | +23.8% | |
| 2022 | −15.8% | |
| 2021 | +28.8% | |
| 2020 | +13.8% |
ACVF in the news
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ACVF Dividends
- 0.51%
- $0.28
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $0.11 |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | $0.05 |
ACVF Risk
- 12.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −24.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACVF Cost
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
70 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.