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Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
Eventide Small Cap ETF
$28.43−0.11 (−0.39%)
- 0.49%
- $35M
- +17.7%
- 0M sh
- $28.78
- low $20.63high $31.95
The ETF.net ESSC Grade
B
Score 57 out of 100
- 14 of 41
Score 57 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.B64 out of 100Rank 14 of 41Mission
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.C46 out of 100Rank 21 of 38Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C50 out of 100Rank 21 of 41Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A79 out of 100Rank 8 of 41Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D29 out of 100Rank 33 of 41
Our read on ESSC
BEventide takes its values-based screen down the market cap ladder: an active, long-only US small-cap portfolio measured against the Bloomberg U.S. 2000, at 0.49%. Launched in 2025, so the screen is the pitch, not the history.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing in U.S. small-cap companies that Eventide identifies as creating value for stakeholders under its values-based screening criteria. It is actively managed using a long-only approach.
Why people hold it
- The screen is the point. An active, long-only manager buying US small caps it judges to be creating value for stakeholders, not an index fund with a label bolted on.
- 0.49% a year for hands-on small-cap stock picking, a shade under the middle of its actively managed small-cap peer group.
- Four signals in the mix (growth, momentum, quality, value) rather than a single style bet, with the Bloomberg U.S. 2000 Total Return Index as the yardstick.
Worth knowing
- Opened in late September 2025, so there is very little performance or risk history behind it yet.
- Still a small, lightly traded fund, which can mean wider gaps between bid and ask than the household names in the small-cap aisle.
- At 0.49% it runs about double systematic small-cap peers such as AVUV and AVSC at 0.25%, so the screen has to carry that gap.
ESSC Holdings
- Stocks
- 355
- 7%
- ESI
Sectors
- Health Care20.1%
- Technology19.8%
- Financials18.8%
- Industrials15.6%
- Consumer Discretionary8.1%
- Energy4.4%
- Utilities4.3%
- Real Estate3.5%
- Materials2.8%
- Consumer Staples1.9%
- Communication0.8%
Geography
- United States99.42%
- Cayman Islands0.22%
- Ireland0.17%
- Switzerland0.10%
- Israel0.09%
ESSC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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ESSC$11,771
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 | ESSC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.8% |
| 1 month | −3.4% |
| 3 months | −8.5% |
| 1 year | +17.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | ESSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.8% | |
| 2025 | +3.6% |
ESSC in the news
ESSC Dividends
- $0.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
ESSC Risk
- 16.0%
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.
- 0.73
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.
- −10.1%
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.
- 0.83
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ESSC Cost
0.49%
ESSC0.49%
- The middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.55%
13 of the 39 US Active Small-Cap funds charge less.
Other funds in US Active Small-Cap
- BFSEGFidelity Enhanced Small Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return —
- BSEISSEI Exchange Traded Funds - SEI Select Small Cap ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return +17.8%
- BFSCCFederated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +18.9%
- BACSVAmerican Century ETF Trust - American Century Small Cap Value Insights ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return —
- BSYZLazard US Systematic Small Cap Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +23.1%