
Davis Select Worldwide ETF
$45.59+0.11 (+0.24%)
- 0.62%
- $577M
- +6.4%
- 1.60%
- 0M sh
- $45.40
- low $42.44high $49.48
The ETF.net DWLD Grade
Score 60 out of 100
- 6 of 15
Score 60 of 100 falls in the B 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.A79 out of 100Rank 4 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D37 out of 100Rank 11 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C54 out of 100Rank 6 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D38 out of 100Rank 11 of 14Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A79 out of 100Rank 2 of 15
Our read on DWLD
BLive since 2017, DWLD is a stock picker's fund in ETF clothing: roughly 40 companies spanning the US, developed and emerging markets, hand-chosen in pursuit of long-term growth of capital, with no index in the driver's seat.
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Why people hold it
- Roughly 40 names, not 4,000. Every holding has to earn its slot, so the portfolio looks genuinely different from a global index fund rather than shadowing one.
- One ticket covers the US, developed and emerging markets. The managers set the country mix themselves instead of inheriting whatever weights a benchmark hands them.
- The 0.63% fee sits right at the median for active global value funds, and undercuts stock-picking peers such as COPY and FPAG.
Worth knowing
- Systematic rivals like AVGV and SFGV run the global value idea for a slimmer fee. The gap is what human stock selection costs here.
- It trades lightly next to big index ETFs, so spreads can widen in fast markets. Limit orders are the standard fix.
- A concentrated active book cuts both ways: results can wander far from world-index returns, and the ride has been bumpier than most of its global value peer group.
DWLD Holdings
- Stocks
- 38
- 46%
- YMM
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary19.8%
- Technology18.8%
- Health Care13.8%
- Communication11.1%
- Financials10.8%
- Consumer Staples8.3%
- Industrials7.2%
- Energy6.4%
- Materials3.9%
Geography
- United States49.68%
- China17.21%
- Singapore9.54%
- Netherlands7.73%
- Germany4.29%
- Switzerland3.73%
- United Kingdom2.82%
- Canada1.64%
- 3.37%
Developed 62% · Emerging 38%
DWLD 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 | DWLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.5% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | −4.2% |
| 1 year | +6.4% |
| 3 years | +19.4% |
| 5 years | +9.9% |
| 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 | DWLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.5% | |
| 2025 | +30.4% | |
| 2024 | +24.4% | |
| 2023 | +20.6% | |
| 2022 | −14.2% | |
| 2021 | −4.0% | |
| 2020 | +22.7% |
DWLD in the news
DWLD Dividends
- 1.60%
- $0.73
- $0.73 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
DWLD Risk
- 13.1%
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.
- 1.07
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.
- −31.9%
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.
- 0.89
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DWLD Cost
- The middle half of Global Active Value funds
- Median 0.85%
3 of the 15 Global Active Value funds charge less.
Other funds in Global Active Value
- BGKATScharf Global Opportunity ETFExpense ratio 0.59%1 year return +13.9%
- BFEGEFirst Eagle Global Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +19.2%
- CCOPYTweedy, Browne Insider + Value ETFExpense ratio 0.89%1 year return +28.4%
- CFPAGFPA Global Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.86%1 year return +20.0%
- COAKGOakmark Global Large Cap ETFExpense ratio 0.67%1 year return —

