Democratic Large Cap Core ETF
$48.39−0.21 (−0.44%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.45%
- Fund size
- $69M
- 1Y return
- +17.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.86%
- Holdings
- 42
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $48.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net DEMZ Grade
Score 38 of 100 sits in the D 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 23Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 11Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 32Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.FScore 16Category rank
Our read on DEMZ
DMost index funds sort companies by size or sector. DEMZ sorts them by politics: a passive US large-cap portfolio built from the DEMZ Political Contribution Index, running since 2020 for investors who want the screen to reflect their values.
The Fund seeks to track the total-return performance of the DEMZ Political Contribution Index before fees and expenses. It uses passive indexing and generally invests in the Index’s component securities.
Why people hold it
- The values screen is a published rulebook, not a manager's mood. DEMZ holds the components of a named index and follows it passively.
- Narrow, plainly stated job: track the DEMZ Political Contribution Index before fees, in US stocks. Little room to quietly drift into something else.
- Live since November 2020, so this is a fund with real operating history behind it rather than a freshly launched concept.
Worth knowing
- 0.45% a year is ordinary for a themed index fund, but broad core wrappers price far lower: SCHK at 0.03% and VT at 0.06%.
- Small in assets and thinly traded. Limit orders matter more here than in mega-cap index funds, where shares change hands constantly.
- A political-contribution screen shrinks the eligible pool, so the holdings can look different from a plain US large-cap index.
DEMZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 42
- 47%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology45.4%
- Communication13.1%
- Industrials10.8%
- Financials8.1%
- Consumer Discr.7.9%
- Health Care6.2%
- Cons. Staples5.1%
- Real Estate3.5%
Geography
- United States97.50%
- Bermuda2.50%
DEMZ 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 | DEMZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.9% |
| 1 month | +1.8% |
| 3 months | +3.8% |
| 1 year | +17.4% |
| 3 years | +23.4% |
| 5 years | +12.8% |
| 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 | DEMZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.9% | |
| 2025 | +19.8% | |
| 2024 | +22.9% | |
| 2023 | +24.4% | |
| 2022 | −19.0% | |
| 2021 | +32.7% | |
| 2020 | +11.1% |
DEMZ in the news
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DEMZ Dividends
- 0.86%
- $0.42
- $0.42 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 5, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Jan 6, 2023 | $0.23 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | $0.73 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | Jan 7, 2021 | $0.06 |
DEMZ Risk
- 14.2%
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.
- 1.10
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.
- −27.2%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEMZ Cost
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
36 of the 48 US ESG & Values Index funds charge less.