Democratic Large Cap Core ETF
$49.360.00 (0.00%)
- 0.45%
- $70M
- +21.0%
- 0.84%
- 0M sh
- $49.35
- low $39.03high $49.67
The ETF.net DEMZ Grade
D
Score 38 out of 100
- 44 of 48
Score 38 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.F23 out of 100Rank 36 of 48Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A74 out of 100Rank 37 of 43Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 28 of 48Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F10 out of 100Rank 47 of 48Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D34 out of 100Rank 42 of 48Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F18 out of 100Rank 45 of 48
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
- 43
- 46%
- LRCX
Sectors
- Technology46.4%
- Communication13.4%
- Industrials9.3%
- Financials9.2%
- Consumer Discretionary7.2%
- Health Care6.1%
- Consumer Staples5.0%
- Real Estate3.4%
Geography
- United States97.17%
- Bermuda2.83%
DEMZ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
DEMZ$12,097
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 | DEMZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.7% |
| 1 month | +4.0% |
| 3 months | +3.6% |
| 1 year | +21.0% |
| 3 years | +23.5% |
| 5 years | +13.5% |
| 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 | +15.7% | |
| 2025 | +19.8% | |
| 2024 | +22.9% | |
| 2023 | +24.4% | |
| 2022 | −19.0% | |
| 2021 | +32.7% | |
| 2020 | +11.1% |
DEMZ in the news
DEMZ Dividends
- 0.84%
- $0.42
- $0.42 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
DEMZ Risk
- 13.7%
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.
- 1.30
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
0.45%
DEMZ0.45%
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
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