Acquirers Small and Micro Deep Value ETF
$42.90+0.59 (+1.40%)
- 0.80%
- $27M
- +27.3%
- 2.08%
- 0M sh
- $41.94
- low $28.83high $44.44
The ETF.net DEEP Grade
D
Score 31 out of 100
- 38 of 40
Score 31 of 100 falls in the D 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.F0 out of 100Rank 40 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A77 out of 100Rank 25 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F19 out of 100Rank 37 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F11 out of 100Rank 40 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B59 out of 100Rank 18 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C40 out of 100Rank 30 of 40
Our read on DEEP
DMost small-cap funds buy the whole haystack. DEEP runs the Acquirer's Multiple, the buyout-firm yardstick of enterprise value to operating earnings, across the smallest 75% of US stocks and keeps about 100 names. Deep value, micro-cap deep, at a boutique price.
Seeks to track the performance of the Acquirers Deep Value Index before fees and expenses. The Fund uses passive indexing and focuses on small- and micro-cap stocks selected for undervaluation, fundamental strength, liquidity, and financial resilience.
Why people hold it
- Ranks on the Acquirer's Multiple (enterprise value to operating earnings), the same yardstick activists and buyout firms use to price targets, then holds about 100 of the cheapest fundamentally strong names.bloomberg.commarketscreener.com
- Fishes in the smallest 75% of US listed stocks, reaching micro-caps that Russell 2000 trackers like IWM and VTWO largely leave on the shelf.aaii.com
- Rules-based and passive: the index does the picking and the fund replicates its components, and it has stayed close to that stated mandate.aaii.commoney.usnews.com
Worth knowing
- The 0.80% fee sits well above the 0.25% typical for its small-cap cohort, and plain trackers like VB and SCHA charge 0.03%. Boutique pricing for a niche screen.
- A small, thinly traded fund holding micro-caps. Spreads can run wider than on the cohort's heavily traded giants, so how you place the order matters more here.
- Today's small and micro deep-value mandate dates to a 2020 index change. The ticker launched in 2014 running a different, large-cap-focused strategy, so the full record is not apples to apples.prnewswire.com
DEEP Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 11%
- KSS
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary28.5%
- Industrials19.1%
- Consumer Staples9.8%
- Materials7.8%
- Health Care7.3%
- Financials6.8%
- Energy6.8%
- Communication6.8%
- Technology6.2%
- Real Estate1.0%
Geography
- United States84.07%
- Greece2.91%
- Bermuda2.06%
- United Kingdom1.96%
- Monaco1.94%
- Uruguay1.07%
- Brazil1.03%
- Colombia1.02%
- 3.92%
DEEP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DEEP$12,730
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 | DEEP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +19.7% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +27.3% |
| 3 years | +11.7% |
| 5 years | +5.2% |
| 10 years | +8.0% |
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 | DEEP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +19.7% | |
| 2025 | +5.7% | |
| 2024 | −3.0% | |
| 2023 | +22.3% | |
| 2022 | −17.7% | |
| 2021 | +35.6% | |
| 2020 | −10.2% |
DEEP in the news
Category Review
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DEEP Dividends
- 2.08%
- $0.88
- $0.11 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DEEP Risk
- 18.6%
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.
- 0.34
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.
- −28.4%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEEP Cost
0.80%
DEEP0.80%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
Every other US Value Index fund charges less.
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