Global X - Adaptive U.S. Factor ETF
$49.85−0.19 (−0.38%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.27%
- Fund size
- $883M
- 1Y return
- +12.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.75%
- Holdings
- 189
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.01
- 52W range
The ETF.net AUSF Grade
Score 56 of 100 sits in the B 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.BScore 57Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 45Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 80Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 66Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 52Category rank
Our read on AUSF
BMost multifactor ETFs bolt value, momentum and low volatility together at fixed weights. AUSF's index shifts the mix instead, tilting toward whichever of the three its rules favor, across roughly 190 US stocks.
The Fund seeks to provide investment results generally corresponding, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Adaptive Wealth Strategies U.S. Factor Index. Its strategy dynamically allocates among U.S. equity value, momentum, and low-volatility factor exposures.
Why people hold it
- At 0.27%, it undercuts the median fee in its multifactor peer group. Not index-fund cheap, but light for a strategy that reshuffles its factor mix.
- One ticker, three factors. Value, momentum and low volatility are allocated by published index rules, not a manager's discretion.assets.globalxetfs.com
- The low-volatility sleeve shows up in the numbers: its risk profile screens among the steadier in a crowded multifactor field. Trading since 2018.
- Roughly 190 US stocks and quarterly distributions, so the payout rhythm is predictable even as the factor blend moves.
Worth knowing
- Rotation cuts both ways. The rules read past behavior, so when factor leadership flips quickly the portfolio can be leaning into the market that just ended.
- Plainer neighbors cost far less: VONV at 0.06%, VYM at 0.04%. The extra fee here buys the rotation machinery, not broader coverage.
- Mid-size and moderately traded rather than a liquidity giant, so spreads deserve a look on larger orders.
AUSF Holdings
- Stocks
- 189
- 17%
- VZ
Sectors
- Technology17.2%
- Financials17.2%
- Industrials12.9%
- Health Care11.3%
- Cons. Staples8.5%
- Communication8.3%
- Consumer Discr.7.6%
- Real Estate4.8%
- Energy4.5%
- Utilities4.1%
- Materials3.5%
Geography
- United States95.49%
- Ireland1.93%
- United Kingdom1.45%
- Bermuda1.03%
- Switzerland0.10%
AUSF 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 | AUSF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.0% |
| 1 month | −3.9% |
| 3 months | +4.0% |
| 1 year | +12.6% |
| 3 years | +19.5% |
| 5 years | +13.9% |
| 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 | AUSF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.0% | |
| 2025 | +13.7% | |
| 2024 | +16.1% | |
| 2023 | +22.2% | |
| 2022 | −0.2% | |
| 2021 | +27.5% | |
| 2020 | +1.3% |
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AUSF Dividends
- 2.75%
- $1.38
- $0.33 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.33 |
| May 6, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Aug 14, 2025 | $0.30 |
| May 7, 2025 | May 14, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | $0.29 |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Aug 14, 2024 | $0.27 |
| May 7, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | $0.23 |
AUSF Risk
- 12.6%
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.
- 1.12
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.
- −14.2%
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.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AUSF Cost
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
37 of the 98 US Multifactor funds charge less.