

American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF
$135.99−0.67 (−0.49%)
- 0.45%
- $435M
- +12.3%
- 0.00%
- 0M sh
- $137.60
- low $108.74high $141.46
The ETF.net FDG Grade
Score 54 out of 100
- 37 of 90
Score 54 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. The letter stays B for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A72 out of 100Rank 25 of 90Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A70 out of 100Rank 14 of 27Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C40 out of 100Rank 59 of 82Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C46 out of 100Rank 53 of 90Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D28 out of 100Rank 84 of 89Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A73 out of 100Rank 25 of 90
Our read on FDG
BRoughly 40 stocks, no index to hug: FDG is American Century's high-conviction swing at US large-cap growth, running since 2020 and priced under the typical active fund in its peer group.
The fund seeks long-term capital growth through a high-conviction portfolio of large-cap growth companies selected for opportunities to sustain above-average growth.
Why people hold it
- Concentration by design: roughly 40 large-cap growth names, so the manager's best ideas move the fund instead of getting diluted across hundreds of positions.
- 0.45% a year undercuts the typical active fund in its US growth peer group.
- Same job description since its 2020 launch: US large-cap companies picked for the ability to sustain above-average growth.
- Lands in the upper half of a crowded field of active US growth funds.
Worth knowing
- Concentration cuts both ways: with about 40 holdings, one stock's rough patch registers far more than in a 500-name index fund.
- Thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than the mega-ETF norm; limit orders matter more here.
- Cheap for active stock picking, still above enhanced-index rivals like JUSA (0.12%) and FELG (0.18%).
FDG Holdings
- Stocks
- 45
- 66%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology39.9%
- Communication24.5%
- Consumer Discretionary16.8%
- Health Care9.2%
- Industrials5.5%
- Financials3.5%
- Energy0.6%
- Consumer Staples0.0%
Geography
- United States90.70%
- Denmark3.20%
- United Kingdom1.89%
- Canada1.77%
- Netherlands1.38%
- Sweden1.06%
FDG 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 | FDG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.7% |
| 1 month | +3.1% |
| 3 months | +2.1% |
| 1 year | +12.3% |
| 3 years | +28.4% |
| 5 years | +10.6% |
| 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 | FDG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | +22.1% | |
| 2024 | +45.9% | |
| 2023 | +37.2% | |
| 2022 | −35.7% | |
| 2021 | +8.5% | |
| 2020 | +93.6% |
FDG in the news
FDG Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
FDG Risk
- 19.7%
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.
- 1.16
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.
- −43.7%
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.
- 1.29
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FDG Cost
- The middle half of US Active Growth funds
- Median 0.56%
24 of the 90 US Active Growth funds charge less.
Other funds in US Active Growth
- BTGRWT. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETFExpense ratio 0.52%1 year return +9.6%
- BWINNHarbor Long-Term Growers ETF (WINN)Expense ratio 0.57%1 year return +14.7%
- CAFGRFirst Trust Active Factor Large Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.65%1 year return —
- CBRIFFIS Bright Portfolios Focused Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.65%1 year return +28.7%
- CRILAIndexperts Gorilla Aggressive Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +9.3%




