Global X U.S. Cash Flow Kings 100 ETF
$42.30−0.16 (−0.38%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $33M
- 1Y return
- +24.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.82%
- Holdings
- 100
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $42.41
- 52W range
The ETF.net FLOW Grade
Score 62 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 65Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 64Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 59Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 55Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 72Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 40Category rank
Our read on FLOW
BGlobal X's entry in the cash-cow trade: roughly 100 US companies ranked on free cash flow yield, the money a business has left after the bills are paid. It undercuts the typical fee in its factor peer group and pays monthly.
The Fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Global X U.S. Cash Flow Kings 100 Index.
Why people hold it
- The screen is free cash flow yield, so the ranking runs on cash a business actually throws off rather than reported earnings. Roughly 100 US names make the cut.assets.globalxetfs.com
- 0.25% a year sits under the 0.32% typical for its multifactor cohort, and matches what Schwab charges on FNDX, one of the group's strongest-rated funds.
- Distributions are paid monthly, a steadier rhythm than the four-times-a-year schedule most stock funds run on.
- Rules-based and index-tracking: holdings come from a published Global X index, not a manager's judgment call.assets.globalxetfs.com
Worth knowing
- A small fund that trades thinly. Spreads and fill quality can cost more than the expense ratio here, so limit orders carry more weight than they would in a giant.
- Launched in 2023, so there's no full-cycle record behind the strategy, and it currently sits in the lower half of a crowded multifactor field.
- Cheap for a factor fund, not cheap outright. Cohort leaders like VONV and VYM charge 0.06% and 0.04% for broad value and dividend exposure.
FLOW Holdings
- Stocks
- 100
- 23%
- CRM
Sectors
- Technology31.0%
- Consumer Discr.19.9%
- Health Care13.1%
- Energy13.0%
- Communication7.1%
- Industrials5.7%
- Materials4.9%
- Cons. Staples4.7%
- Real Estate0.7%
Geography
- United States95.96%
- Ireland2.56%
- Canada0.81%
- Panama0.67%
FLOW 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 Sep 22, 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 | FLOW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +19.3% |
| 1 month | −4.9% |
| 3 months | +14.2% |
| 1 year | +24.6% |
| 3 years | +20.1% |
| 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 | FLOW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +19.3% | |
| 2025 | +17.6% | |
| 2024 | +13.0% | |
| 2023 | +14.6% |
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FLOW Dividends
- 1.82%
- $0.77
- $0.05 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | $0.06 |
| May 5, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 9, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | $0.07 |
FLOW Risk
- 14.5%
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.
- 1.08
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.
- −21.6%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FLOW Cost
- The middle half of US Quality Index funds
- Median 0.38%
9 of the 27 US Quality Index funds charge less.