VanEck Social Sentiment ETF
$37.64−0.25 (−0.66%)
- 0.76%
- $101M
- +1.5%
- 0.00%
- 0.1M sh
- $37.89
- low $26.93high $41.23
The ETF.net BUZZ Grade
C
Score 39 out of 100
- 18 of 22
Score 39 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. The letter stays C for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F10 out of 100Rank 19 of 22Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D29 out of 100Rank 7 of 7Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D25 out of 100Rank 20 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A84 out of 100Rank 2 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A71 out of 100Rank 5 of 22Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A73 out of 100Rank 7 of 22
Our read on BUZZ
CLaunched in the meme-stock spring of 2021, BUZZ turns online chatter into an index: each month it reads social posts, news and blogs, then holds the 75 large-cap US stocks the crowd is most bullish on.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index. That index selects 75 large-cap U.S. stocks with the strongest positive investor sentiment based on social media, news, blogs and other online data.
Why people hold it
- The machinery is refreshingly legible: rank large-cap US names by positive sentiment across social media, news and blogs, take the top 75, cap any single stock at 3%.vaneck.comvaneck.com
- Passive and rules-based. The index reconstitutes monthly, so no manager gets to decide when the mood has shifted.vaneck.com
- The screen stays in large caps, roughly 80 positions deep, so the crowd's favorites arrive filtered to names with real trading depth.vaneck.com
- Easy to get in and out of for a niche thematic, and it has kept running long past the 2021 retail frenzy that launched it.
Worth knowing
- At 0.76% a year, it sits above the median fee in its thematic peer group. LRND (0.14%) and TECB (0.30%) run their themes for a fraction of that.
- Monthly reconstitution means the lineup churns. Chasing sentiment is the whole design, and it brings the turnover and tax friction that come with it.vaneck.com
- Not an income vehicle: it has not been paying distributions, and holdings are chosen on chatter, not valuation or earnings.
BUZZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 75
- 33%
- MRNA
Sectors
- Technology48.3%
- Communication13.1%
- Consumer Discretionary12.4%
- Financials11.8%
- Health Care8.1%
- Industrials3.5%
- Consumer Staples1.6%
- Utilities0.7%
- Materials0.3%
- Energy0.2%
Geography
- United States92.91%
- Netherlands3.07%
- Australia2.65%
- Canada1.37%
BUZZ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
BUZZ$10,147
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 | BUZZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.6% |
| 1 month | +1.7% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | +1.5% |
| 3 years | +35.4% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 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 | BUZZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.6% | |
| 2025 | +30.6% | |
| 2024 | +33.8% | |
| 2023 | +54.6% | |
| 2022 | −47.7% | |
| 2021 | −0.9% |
BUZZ in the news
BUZZ Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
BUZZ Risk
- 30.6%
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.
- 1.02
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.
- −56.9%
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.
- 2.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BUZZ Cost
0.76%
BUZZ0.76%
- The middle half of US Thematic funds
- Median 0.35%
20 of the 22 US Thematic funds charge less.
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