Cambria Global EW 2 ETF
$51.23−0.53 (−1.02%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.27%
- Fund size
- $208M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
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- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $51.75
- 52W range
The ETF.net GEQ Grade
Score 77 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 92Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 77Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 52Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 86Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 57Category rank
Our read on GEQ
AEqual weight, worldwide: every large cap gets the same slice, so a few mega caps don't run the show. Cambria launched it through a Section 351 exchange, built as a landing spot for concentrated, low-basis stock.
The fund seeks capital appreciation through diversified exposure to global equities, using an equal-weighted approach intended to reduce concentration and improve diversification relative to market-cap weighting.
Why people hold it
- Equal weighting keeps the giants in line: holdings get the same target slice, so the portfolio doesn't hinge on a handful of trillion-dollar names.cambriafunds.com
- 0.27% a year: well under the typical active global equity fund, and in the same neighborhood as the cheapest names in the group, AVGE and DFAW.
- Launched with a Section 351 exchange, letting qualifying investors contribute appreciated securities for fund shares without immediately realizing the gain.finance.yahoo.com
- Global means global: US and overseas large caps sit in one ticker, instead of a domestic fund bolted to an international sleeve.cambriafunds.com
Worth knowing
- It started trading in 2026, so the track record is short and risk measures rest on a thin window of data.
- Thinly traded next to the category's household names, so spreads can widen. Limit orders matter more here than with a mega-fund.
- Staying equal takes work: periodic rebalancing can mean more turnover and trading costs than a cap-weighted fund, which lets winners ride for free.cambriafunds.com
GEQ Holdings
- Stocks
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- 18%
- IVV
Sectors
- Financials44.9%
- Technology19.0%
- Industrials10.0%
- Health Care7.2%
- Consumer Discr.4.9%
- Communication4.1%
- Energy3.5%
- Cons. Staples2.6%
- Materials2.5%
- Utilities1.0%
- Real Estate0.4%
Geography
- United States75.65%
- Canada3.55%
- Japan3.09%
- China2.40%
- United Kingdom2.39%
- Germany1.63%
- Ireland1.48%
- France1.37%
- 8.44%
Developed 84% · Emerging 16%
GEQ 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 | GEQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | +1.9% |
| 1 year | — |
| 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 | GEQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.4% |
GEQ in the news
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GEQ Dividends
Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.
GEQ Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.88
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GEQ Cost
- The middle half of Global Active Equity funds
- Median 0.69%
3 of the 44 Global Active Equity funds charge less.