Tweedy, Browne Insider + Value ETF
$15.43−0.23 (−1.50%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.89%
- Fund size
- $419M
- 1Y return
- +28.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $15.57
- 52W range
The ETF.net COPY Grade
Score 51 of 100 sits in the B 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 32Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 49Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 78Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 58Category rank
Our read on COPY
BValue investing with a receipt check: Tweedy, Browne ranks stocks on its own Value and Total scores, then leans toward names insiders are buying with their own money. The hunting ground runs from the US to emerging markets.
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
Why people hold it
- Two filters, not one. The mandate pairs a value screen built on Tweedy, Browne's own Value and Total scores with the insider signal baked into the fund's name.
- No passport restrictions. The manager can buy US, developed international and emerging-market equities in one active portfolio, rather than splitting the job across three funds.
- Stated job is simple: long-term capital growth from a value-style stock portfolio, with no derivatives overlay or exotic wrapper. Standard 1940 Act fund.
- Our read puts it in the upper half of the small group of actively managed global value ETFs, on portfolio construction more than on price.
Worth knowing
- At 0.89% a year, it costs more than most global value rivals. AVGV charges 0.28% and FEGE 0.50%. The insider research has to pay for itself before you see the benefit.
- Young fund. It launched at the end of 2024, so there is only a short record to judge how the strategy behaves across a full market cycle.
- Built for growth, not income: distributions come once or twice a year. Volume is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads can matter on larger orders.
COPY Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 14%
- U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 08/01/2031
Geography
- United States29.77%
- United Kingdom17.34%
- Canada8.85%
- Korea (the Republic of)6.68%
- France6.32%
- Spain5.19%
- Germany4.55%
- Italy3.69%
- 17.60%
Developed 86% · Emerging 14%
COPY 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 | COPY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +21.4% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| 3 months | +5.5% |
| 1 year | +28.8% |
| 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 | COPY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +21.4% | |
| 2025 | +29.5% | |
| 2024 | +0.2% |
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COPY Dividends
- $0.12 per share
- Irregular
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
COPY Risk
- 10.5%
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.
- 2.39
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.
- −14.1%
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.
- 0.49
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
COPY Cost
- The middle half of Global Active Value funds
- Median 0.85%
9 of the 15 Global Active Value funds charge less.