VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF
$97.19−0.43 (−0.44%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.39%
- Fund size
- $518M
- 1Y return
- +9.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.26%
- Holdings
- 502
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $97.73
- 52W range
The ETF.net CFA Grade
Score 51 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.FScore 10Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 92Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 40Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 53Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 55Category rank
Our read on CFA
CCFA puts its low-volatility tilt in the weighting rather than a screen: roughly 500 US large caps, each sized by its own volatility instead of its market value. A 2014-vintage take on the factor.
The fund aims to track the performance of the CEMP US Large Cap 500 Volatility Weighted Index before accounting for fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Sizes positions by volatility instead of market value, so the market's largest companies don't automatically become the fund's largest holdings.
- Holds about 500 large caps rather than narrowing to a short list, so the calm-down effect comes from position sizing, not from what gets cut out.
- Tracks its stated index closely, and the portfolio matches what the name advertises: broad US large-cap, volatility-weighted.
- Running since 2014, with a monthly distribution cadence rather than the quarterly rhythm of most equity funds.
Worth knowing
- At 0.39% a year it costs roughly double the typical US low-volatility fund. Rivals like LGLV and QLV charge a fraction of that for the same broad idea.
- Thinly traded next to the giants of the category, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads at the moment you transact.
- Volatility weighting reshuffles risk, it doesn't remove it. The fund stays fully invested in large-cap stocks and moves with them in a selloff.
CFA Holdings
- Stocks
- 502
- 4%
- BRK-B
Sectors
- Financials18.9%
- Industrials17.3%
- Technology16.7%
- Health Care10.6%
- Consumer Discr.9.3%
- Utilities7.8%
- Cons. Staples6.6%
- Energy5.6%
- Materials3.5%
- Communication3.4%
- Real Estate0.5%
Geography
- United States95.87%
- Ireland1.95%
- Bermuda0.90%
- Switzerland0.69%
- United Kingdom0.32%
- Netherlands0.13%
- Singapore0.09%
- Cayman Islands0.05%
CFA 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 | CFA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.2% |
| 1 month | −3.8% |
| 3 months | +0.5% |
| 1 year | +9.4% |
| 3 years | +14.0% |
| 5 years | +7.7% |
| 10 years | +11.2% |
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 | CFA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.2% | |
| 2025 | +8.6% | |
| 2024 | +15.3% | |
| 2023 | +11.9% | |
| 2022 | −11.4% | |
| 2021 | +26.1% | |
| 2020 | +12.0% |
CFA in the news
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CFA Dividends
- 1.26%
- $1.23
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | $0.16 |
| May 8, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 11, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Feb 10, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Jan 9, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | $0.04 |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | $0.11 |
CFA Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 0.76
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.
- −20.9%
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.
- 0.86
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CFA Cost
- The middle half of US Low Volatility Index funds
- Median 0.20%
13 of the 16 US Low Volatility Index funds charge less.