
Cohen & Steers Real Estate Active ETF
$27.30−0.10 (−0.36%)
- 0.70%
- $22M
- +11.2%
- 2.10%
- 0.2M sh
- $27.07
- low $25.19high $30.07
The ETF.net CSRE Grade
Score 50 out of 100
- 18 of 35
Score 50 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.C41 out of 100Rank 21 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A83 out of 100Rank 2 of 9Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B60 out of 100Rank 8 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B58 out of 100Rank 15 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B59 out of 100Rank 15 of 35Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C41 out of 100Rank 25 of 35
Our read on CSRE
CActive real estate, run by a house that specializes in it. Cohen & Steers holds a tight book of listed property names picked bottom-up on relative value, not by index weight. Launched in 2025.
The Fund seeks total return through publicly traded real estate securities. It is actively managed using a bottom-up, relative-value process to select investments.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active, not an index in disguise: a bottom-up, relative-value process using a proprietary valuation model to pick listed real estate securities.
- Roughly 40 holdings, so a single conviction call carries real weight instead of being diluted across hundreds of names.
- The portfolio lines up closely with what the prospectus promises: real estate equity, actively selected, no drift into whatever sector is hot.
- Trades tightly for a fund this young, and distributions come on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- 0.70% a year is above the typical active equity ETF, and a large multiple of low-cost core options like DFAU and DFAC. Active selection has to earn that gap.
- Launched in 2025, so the live record is short and risk measures rest on thin history.
- One sector, concentrated: property cycles and interest rates drive the ride here, on a very different path from a broad equity fund.
CSRE Holdings
- Stocks
- 49
- 56%
- WELL
Geography
- United States94.83%
- Canada1.86%
- United Kingdom1.57%
- Singapore1.03%
- Australia0.45%
- Bermuda0.26%
CSRE 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 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 | CSRE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.9% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | −4.2% |
| 1 year | +11.2% |
| 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 | CSRE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.9% | |
| 2025 | +3.2% |
CSRE in the news
CSRE Dividends
- 2.10%
- $0.58
- $0.13 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
CSRE Risk
- 13.5%
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.
- 0.08
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.
- −13.0%
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.
- 0.51
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CSRE Cost
- The middle half of US Active Sector funds
- Median 0.65%
20 of the 35 US Active Sector funds charge less.
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- CJPREJPMorgan Realty Income ETFExpense ratio 0.71%1 year return +11.1%
- CBCTKBaron Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return —
- CPYZInvesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +7.3%


