VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
$62.46+0.30 (+0.48%)
- 0.40%
- $235M
- +13.8%
- 3.33%
- 0M sh
- $61.88
- low $56.14high $68.26
The ETF.net CSB Grade
C
Score 51 out of 100
- 36 of 53
Score 51 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D38 out of 100Rank 29 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A89 out of 100Rank 11 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F22 out of 100Rank 48 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D30 out of 100Rank 38 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A76 out of 100Rank 10 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C42 out of 100Rank 38 of 53
Our read on CSB
CMost dividend ETFs crowd into mega-cap payers. CSB goes the other way: the 100 highest yielders drawn from profitable US small caps, weighted by volatility instead of size, so the jumpiest names get the smallest slice.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Small Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index.
Why people hold it
- Weights each holding by the inverse of its volatility rather than market cap, and caps any single sector at 25%, which keeps one hot corner from running the portfolio.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
- The starting pool has a profitability gate: the 500 largest US companies under $3B in market cap with positive earnings in each of the four most recent quarters.advisor.vcm.com
- Live since 2015, holding roughly 100 stocks and paying monthly, with tracking that has stayed close to the index it advertises.
- A small-cap high-dividend sleeve is a rarity in a peer group built mostly on large-cap payers, so it covers ground the household dividend names largely skip.
Worth knowing
- The 0.40% fee sits near the middle of its cohort, but the giants of dividend investing (SCHD, VIG, DGRO) charge a fraction of that for large-cap exposure.
- Small caps swing harder than the blue-chip payers most dividend funds hold. Volatility weighting shapes that risk, it does not remove it.
- It trades lightly next to the cohort's household names, and the index reconstitutes only twice a year (March and September), so the yield roster is set in between.indexes.nasdaqomx.com
CSB Holdings
- Stocks
- 101
- 16%
- IDA
Sectors
- Financials25.6%
- Utilities21.9%
- Consumer Discretionary17.2%
- Industrials11.4%
- Energy8.8%
- Consumer Staples6.0%
- Materials4.0%
- Communication3.4%
- Technology1.6%
Geography
- United States100.00%
CSB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
CSB$11,382
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 | CSB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.6% |
| 1 month | −4.0% |
| 3 months | −4.8% |
| 1 year | +13.8% |
| 3 years | +12.7% |
| 5 years | +4.7% |
| 10 years | +9.3% |
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 | CSB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.6% | |
| 2025 | +2.3% | |
| 2024 | +9.6% | |
| 2023 | +12.6% | |
| 2022 | −13.1% | |
| 2021 | +27.0% | |
| 2020 | +11.3% |
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CSB Dividends
- 3.33%
- $2.07
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
CSB Risk
- 16.6%
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.
- 0.48
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.
- −24.5%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CSB Cost
0.40%
CSB0.40%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
32 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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