HCM Large Cap Growth ETF
$26.38−0.13 (−0.49%)
- 0.65%
- $78M
- 0M sh
- $26.50
- low $24.79high $26.98
The ETF.net AQLG Grade
Score 38 out of 100
- 23 of 29
Score 38 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F14 out of 100Rank 25 of 29Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 29Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F23 out of 100Rank 28 of 29Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B61 out of 100Rank 11 of 28Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F14 out of 100Rank 29 of 29
Our read on AQLG
DA young, actively run large-cap growth fund that can hold stocks or other ETFs, with an objective written around appreciation rather than tracking an index. You are paying 0.65% a year for a manager's judgment in the aisle where index plumbing costs pennies.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing its net assets in equity securities or ETFs of large-capitalization companies.
Why people hold it
- Simple mandate: long-term capital appreciation from large-cap companies, owned either as individual stocks or as ETFs. No leverage or options machinery in the objective.
- That stock-or-ETF flexibility lets the manager shift large-cap exposure in blocks instead of working through dozens of single names.
- The objective is framed as capital appreciation, not index replication, so what you own reflects the manager's growth calls rather than a benchmark's recipe.
Worth knowing
- The fee is 0.65% a year against a 0.20% median for its large-cap peer group, and index options like SCHX (0.03%) or BKLC (0.00%) charge a rounding error.
- It is a small, thinly traded fund, so the gap between buy and sell prices can be wide and shows up in the price you actually get.
- Launched in 2026, it has no full market cycle behind it, and the mandate points at growth in share price rather than income.
AQLG Holdings
- Stocks
- 130
- 36%
- AAPL
Geography
- United States97.66%
- Ireland0.78%
- Bermuda0.66%
- Singapore0.44%
- Canada0.40%
- Australia0.07%
AQLG 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 Oct 12, 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 | AQLG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | +2.1% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | AQLG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.9% |
AQLG in the news
No ETF.net Research article names AQLG yet.
AQLG Dividends
Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.
AQLG Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.58
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AQLG Cost
- The middle half of US Large-Cap funds
- Median 0.20%
23 of the 28 US Large-Cap funds charge less.
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