Kovitz Core Equity ETF
$29.56+0.05 (+0.17%)
- 0.99%
- $1.4B
- +15.8%
- 0.02%
- 0M sh
- $29.45
- low $24.74high $30.06
The ETF.net EQTY Grade
C
Score 45 out of 100
- 10 of 17
Score 45 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.F6 out of 100Rank 16 of 17Mission
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.B59 out of 100Rank 8 of 16Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A80 out of 100Rank 2 of 17Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 5 of 17Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A88 out of 100Rank 2 of 17
Our read on EQTY
CAn active take on quality: Kovitz hunts moats, real profits and free cash flow, and charges 0.99% for the privilege. Launched in December 2022, it reached billion-dollar scale in short order.
The December 31, 2025 supplement states that the Fund's investment objective, policies, and principal investment strategies remain unchanged under the proposed new advisory agreement; it does not restate the substantive objective.
Why people hold it
- Real active management, not an index in disguise: the mandate screens on profitability, quality and value, and can hold names outside the US when the manager wants them.
- Investors showed up early. It crossed billion-dollar territory within a few years of its December 2022 launch, rare air for a boutique active stock fund.
- Sits in the upper half of its quality-and-free-cash-flow peer group, with solid marks for how the portfolio is built and how consistent the strategy has stayed.
Worth knowing
- The fee is the headline trade-off: 0.99% against a 0.57% cohort median, while PSET (0.15%) and ABFL (0.49%) run their own quality playbooks for a fraction of it.
- Big fund, quiet tape. Shares change hands lightly, so spreads can widen when markets get jumpy.
- A December 2025 supplement flagged a proposed new advisory agreement, with the objective and strategies unchanged. Worth knowing who is steering the ship.
EQTY Holdings
- Stocks
- 38
- 43%
- GOOG
Sectors
- Technology24.8%
- Financials23.1%
- Health Care15.8%
- Industrials12.0%
- Communication10.8%
- Consumer Discretionary7.5%
- Consumer Staples4.1%
- Energy1.9%
Geography
- United States88.17%
- Ireland3.74%
- Switzerland3.19%
- United Kingdom3.17%
- Netherlands1.73%
EQTY Performance
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EQTY$11,580
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 | EQTY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.3% |
| 1 month | +1.4% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | +15.8% |
| 3 years | +17.8% |
| 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 | EQTY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.3% | |
| 2025 | +13.6% | |
| 2024 | +19.9% | |
| 2023 | +26.9% | |
| 2022 | −3.8% |
EQTY in the news
EQTY Dividends
- 0.02%
- $0.0061
- $0.0061 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
EQTY Risk
- 12.4%
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.
- 1.00
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.
- −17.3%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EQTY Cost
0.99%
EQTY0.99%
- The middle half of US Active Quality funds
- Median 0.58%
15 of the 17 US Active Quality funds charge less.
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