---
ticker: "BKSE"
name: "BNY Mellon US Small Cap Core Equity ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/BKSE"
grade: "A"
score: 70
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Small-Cap"
category_rank: "5 of 17"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# BKSE: BNY Mellon US Small Cap Core Equity ETF

Grade **A**, Score 70 of 100. Rank 5 of 17 in US Small-Cap.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 91 | 1 of 17 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 16 |
| Risk | 52 | 10 of 17 |
| Tradability | 26 | 15 of 17 |
| Holdings | 53 | 10 of 17 |
| Durability | 18 | 16 of 17 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 605 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | AVTR | Avantor Inc | 0.47% |
| 2 | GTLB | Gitlab Inc-Cl A | 0.43% |
| 3 | TWST | Twist Bioscience Corp | 0.42% |
| 4 | TXG | 10X Genomics Inc-Class A | 0.39% |
| 5 | ESTC | Elastic NV | 0.38% |
| 6 | SM | Sm Energy Co | 0.38% |
| 7 | EAT | Brinker International Inc | 0.38% |
| 8 | S | Sentinelone Inc -Class A | 0.38% |
| 9 | RAL | Ralliant Corp | 0.37% |
| 10 | AVT | Avnet Inc | 0.37% |
| 11 | PBF | Pbf Energy Inc-Class A | 0.36% |
| 12 | THG | Hanover Insurance Group Inc/ | 0.35% |
| 13 | ZETA | Zeta Global Holdings Corp-A | 0.34% |
| 14 | RHP | Ryman Hospitality Properties | 0.34% |
| 15 | MXL | Maxlinear Inc | 0.34% |
| 16 | SLAB | Silicon Laboratories Inc | 0.33% |
| 17 | ETSY | Etsy Inc | 0.33% |
| 18 | ACA | Arcosa Inc | 0.33% |
| 19 | CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc | 0.33% |
| 20 | LW | Lamb Weston Holdings Inc | 0.32% |
| 21 | NOV | Nov Inc | 0.32% |
| 22 | TRNO | Terreno Realty Corp | 0.32% |
| 23 | QLYS | Qualys Inc | 0.31% |
| 24 | FSS | Federal Signal Corp | 0.31% |
| 25 | PCTY | Paylocity Holding Corp | 0.31% |
| 26 | MATX | Matson Inc | 0.31% |
| 27 | CHE | Chemed Corp | 0.30% |
| 28 | MSA | Msa Safety Inc | 0.30% |
| 29 | PLXS | Plexus Corp | 0.30% |
| 30 | LNTH | Lantheus Holdings Inc | 0.30% |

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