Brandes U.S. Value ETF
$40.20−0.20 (−0.51%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $316M
- 1Y return
- +18.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.43%
- Holdings
- 63
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.59
- 52W range
The ETF.net BUSA Grade
Score 53 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 35Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 55Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 65Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 75Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 61Category rank
Our read on BUSA
CBrandes has run Benjamin Graham-style value money since 1974. BUSA is that half-century discipline in an ETF wrapper: about 60 US large caps, actively picked, measured against the Russell 1000 Value.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio invested primarily in U.S. company equity securities. It generally targets companies with market capitalizations above $5 billion.
Why people hold it
- Brandes was founded in 1974 by a student of Benjamin Graham and has run value portfolios ever since. BUSA, launched in 2023, is that house discipline in an ETF.brandes.combrandes.com
- About 60 US names, chosen against the Russell 1000 Value. The mandate generally targets companies above $5 billion in market cap, so this is large-cap territory.
- The portfolio is the strongest part of the package: a focused, genuinely active book rather than an index clone with an active fee stapled on. Distributions run quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% it sits above the typical fee in its value cohort, and systematic rivals like AVLV (0.15%) and WTV (0.12%) charge a fraction of that. Stock picking costs.
- Thinly traded next to the giants of US value, so spreads can run wider and order size matters more than it would in a household-name fund.
- Roughly 60 holdings means individual names carry real weight, and a value book can look nothing like the broad market for long stretches, in either direction.
BUSA Holdings
- Stocks
- 63
- 25%
- BDXA
Sectors
- Health Care25.6%
- Financials22.9%
- Industrials12.1%
- Technology10.1%
- Energy6.1%
- Communication5.7%
- Consumer Discr.5.5%
- Cons. Staples5.2%
- Materials3.9%
- Utilities3.0%
Geography
- United States89.90%
- United Kingdom2.99%
- France2.04%
- Ireland1.97%
- Bermuda1.81%
- Canada1.29%
BUSA 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 | BUSA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.4% |
| 1 month | −4.9% |
| 3 months | +4.1% |
| 1 year | +18.3% |
| 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 | BUSA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.4% | |
| 2025 | +17.6% | |
| 2024 | +15.8% | |
| 2023 | +9.0% |
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BUSA Dividends
- 1.43%
- $0.58
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.06 |
BUSA Risk
- 12.3%
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.
- 1.38
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.
BUSA Cost
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
42 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.