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VanEck Social Sentiment ETF

BUZZNYSE ArcaVanEckC

$32.01−0.97 (−2.94%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

C39/ 100

Rank 17 of 22 in US Thematic

C39/100Rank 17 of 22inUS Thematic
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 32.98 to 32.01. Range 31.95 to 33.25. Use the arrow keys to read each point.32.2532.5032.7533.2510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.76%
Fund size
$87M
1Y total return
−16.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Holdings
77
Avg volume · 30D
56.5K sh
52W range
low $26.93high $41.23
Launched
Filings
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The ETF.net BUZZ Grade

C

Score 39 out of 100

Category
US Thematic⁠
Rank
17 of 22
Six-pillar profile for BUZZ. Scores out of 100: Cost 10, Risk 18, Mission 15, Tradability 90, Holdings 71, Durability 73. Strongest: Tradability (90). Weakest: Cost (10). Leans toward Tradability.

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 100
    Rank 19 of 22

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    F15 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 7

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F18 out of 100
    Rank 21 of 22

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A90 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 22

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A71 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 22

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 22

Our read on BUZZ

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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 2
  • 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 Performance

Launched Mar 2, 2021

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$8,386
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. BUZZ $8,386. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,000$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 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.

Trailing total return for BUZZ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBUZZ
Year to date−1.5%
1 month−17.6%
3 months−3.6%
1 year−16.1%
3 yearsper year+28.5%
5 yearsper year+3.8%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BUZZ
YearReturn barBUZZ
2026 YTD−1.5%
2025+30.6%
2024+33.8%
2023+54.6%
2022−47.7%
2021−0.9%

History from Mar 4, 2021

BUZZ in the news

BUZZ Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 2, 2026.
0.00%Last 12 months
Payout per share
NoneLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

Distribution history

Payments through 2024

One bar per payment. 3 payments from 2022 to 2024. Dec 19, 2022 $0.05; Dec 18, 2023 $0.10; Dec 23, 2024 $0.12. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202220232024
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 23, 2024Dec 24, 2024$0.12
Dec 18, 2023Dec 22, 2023$0.10
Dec 19, 2022Dec 23, 2022$0.05

$10,000 in BUZZ 5 years ago paid $101 in dividends.

BUZZ Risk

Risk pillarF18 out of 100Rank 21 of 22 in US Thematic
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
31.7%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.90
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−56.9%
Trough Dec 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
2.00
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

BUZZ Cost

Compare BUZZ and LRND

Overpaying vs LRND, cheapest in US Thematic

$11,724

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • BUZZ 0.76%

    $14,656

  • LRND 0.14% Cheapest

    $2,932

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • BUZZ 0.76%
  • LRND 0.14%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530BUZZ $14,656LRND $2,932

Year by year

YearBUZZLRNDOverpaying
10$1,353$256$1,097
20$5,142$1,000$4,142
30$14,656$2,932$11,724

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