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GQGU

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

GQG US Equity ETF

Active Equity · GQG Partners · Inception 2019-07-31

$26.43−0.21 (−0.79%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:09 PM EDT

History starts Jul 14, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 45 prints from 26.64 to 26.43. Range 26.36 to 26.69. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$26.50$26.60$26.7010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.49%
Fund size
$661M
1Y return
+8.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Volume · 30D
0.1M sh
NAV per share
$26.60
52W range
low $23.73high $27.51

The ETF.net GQGU Grade

B

64/ 100

Rank 36 of 127 in US Active Equity⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for GQGU. Scores out of 100: Cost 68, Risk 52, Mission 40, Tradability 83, Holdings 46, Durability 57. Strongest: Tradability (83). Weakest: Mission (40). Leans toward Tradability.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 64 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 68
    Category rank39/127 · top 31%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    CScore 40
    Category rank44/48 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 52
    Category rank65/126 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 83
    Category rank13/127 · top 10%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 46
    Category rank84/124 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 57
    Category rank63/127 · top 50%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on GQGU

ETF.net Research

BNot an index fund. GQGU is GQG Partners' US stock portfolio, chosen through the firm's own growth-and-quality screen, delivered in a plain ETF wrapper at 0.49% a year.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks current income while preserving prospects for capital appreciation. It aims to capture most of the Nasdaq 100 Index’s returns with lower volatility and additional income.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Active stock picking at close to index-fund pricing: 0.49% a year for a hand-selected US equity portfolio.
  2. 02The mandate is narrow and legible: US-listed equities only, filtered by GQG's proprietary growth and quality screen.
  3. 03Ordinary plumbing. A standard 1940 Act open-end ETF, the same wrapper behind mainstream index funds.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Conviction portfolios walk their own path. Holdings and results can look very different from the broad US market, in either direction.
  2. 02It listed in July 2025, so there is only a short record to judge the ETF on.
  3. 03Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight, and distributions come once or twice a year, so this is a growth vehicle more than an income one.

GQGU Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 10:11 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
—
Top-10 weight
57%
Largest holding
NVDA9.5%

Geography

  • United States97.24%
  • Netherlands2.76%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP9.54%278,040$62M828
002MSFTMICROSOFT CORP8.05%105,594$52M792
003AAPLAPPLE INC7.75%149,473$50M707
004GOOGALPHABET INC-CL C7.21%135,615$47M471
005AMZNAMAZON.COM INC6.83%174,310$44M720
006DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES -C4.62%52,639$30M427
007MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC4.39%27,971$28M655
008LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP3.27%73,520$21M591
009PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL3.19%109,548$21M412
010AVGOBROADCOM INC2.64%47,873$17M732
011STTSTATE STREET CORP2.64%93,394$17M356
012UNPUNION PACIFIC CORP2.41%55,820$16M401
013INTCINTEL CORP2.35%140,364$15M492
014PLTRPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A2.09%76,344$14M503
015GEGE AEROSPACE1.93%39,825$13M404

Showing 1–15 of 39 holdings

GQGU Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

GQGU$10,855
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. GQGU $10,855. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for GQGU. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGQGU
Year to date+8.5%
1 month+2.2%
3 months+5.5%
1 year+8.5%
3 yearsHistory unavailable—per year
5 yearsHistory unavailable—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for GQGU
YearReturn barGQGU
2026 YTD+8.5%
2025−1.1%

History from Jul 14, 2025

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GQGU Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
Data unavailableLast 12 months
Payout per share
Data unavailableLast 12 months
Last payment
$0.25 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Irregular

Distribution data unavailable.

Distribution history

2025–2026

One bar per payment. 1 payment from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2025 $0.25. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 30, 2025Jan 7, 2026$0.25

GQGU Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.5%
Annualised · 13 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.18
vs 3-month T-bills · 13 months to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−8.4%
14 months · trough Jun 2026
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
−0.14
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

GQGU Cost

Expense ratio0.49%
  • The middle half of US Active Equity funds
  • Median 0.70%

36 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.

GQGU costs $49.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Equity fund costs $70.00.