Global X - S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF
$40.50−0.65 (−1.58%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $63M
- 1Y return
- +17.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.63%
- Holdings
- 326
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.70
- 52W range
The ETF.net CEFA Grade
Score 54 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.CScore 41Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 32Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 36Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 47Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 43Category rank
Our read on CEFA
CDeveloped-market stocks outside the U.S., run through a Catholic values screen. Roughly 400 names, index-tracked, at a fee that sits square in the middle of the international pack.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index.
Why people hold it
- The screen is the product: a passive index of developed-market companies outside the U.S., built around Catholic values criteria rather than a factor tilt.
- Roughly 400 holdings, so the values filter trims the developed ex-U.S. universe instead of shrinking it to a concentrated handful.
- 0.35% expense ratio, the median for its international peer group. The screen is not priced as a premium product.
- Rules-based and index-tracking since its 2020 launch: the portfolio follows the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index, not a manager's discretion.
Worth knowing
- Unscreened international beta costs less: VXUS charges 0.05% and IPAC 0.09%. The values filter is what the extra basis points buy.
- Thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than in the giant international index funds, especially around the open and close.
- Distributions arrive once or twice a year, not monthly, so cash flow is lumpy by design.
CEFA Holdings
- Stocks
- 326
- 17%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials27.5%
- Industrials17.6%
- Technology11.3%
- Health Care10.7%
- Consumer Discr.8.6%
- Cons. Staples6.7%
- Materials5.6%
- Communication4.2%
- Energy4.0%
- Utilities2.8%
- Real Estate1.0%
Geography
- Japan30.12%
- United Kingdom10.67%
- Germany9.62%
- France9.56%
- Australia9.16%
- Netherlands7.28%
- Switzerland5.47%
- Spain3.76%
- 14.36%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
CEFA 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 | CEFA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.6% |
| 1 month | −1.3% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 1 year | +17.6% |
| 3 years | +17.9% |
| 5 years | +7.6% |
| 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 | CEFA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.6% | |
| 2025 | +26.4% | |
| 2024 | +5.0% | |
| 2023 | +17.4% | |
| 2022 | −16.6% | |
| 2021 | +7.9% | |
| 2020 | +21.6% |
CEFA in the news
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CEFA Dividends
- 2.63%
- $1.08
- $0.42 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.67 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.39 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.67 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.32 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | $0.37 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.22 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.38 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.77 |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | $0.34 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 8, 2021 | $0.26 |
CEFA Risk
- 12.2%
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.
- 1.00
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.
- −31.2%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CEFA Cost
- The middle half of International ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.26%
10 of the 18 International ESG & Values Index funds charge less.