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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity ETF

GSJYNYSE ArcaGoldman SachsB

$53.38+0.10 (+0.19%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 3:59 PM ET

B68/ 100

Rank 7 of 18 in Japan

B68/100Rank 7 of 18inJapan
Intraday session: up, 73 prints from 53.28 to 53.38. Range 53.28 to 53.81. Use the arrow keys to read each point.53.5053.6053.7053.8010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.25%
Fund size
$98M
1Y total return
+15.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.02%
Holdings
162
Avg volume · 30D
7.19K sh
52W range
low $44.76high $57.19
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net GSJY Grade

B

Score 68 out of 100

Category
Japan⁠
Rank
7 of 18
Six-pillar profile for GSJY. Scores out of 100: Cost 82, Risk 43, Mission 100, Tradability 20, Holdings 64, Durability 54. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Tradability (20). Leans toward Mission.

Score 68 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.
    A82 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 14

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C43 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    F20 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C54 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 18

Our read on GSJY

ETF.net Research

In short

BMost Japan ETFs just buy the market. GSJY runs Goldman's ActiveBeta screen instead, tilting a basket of roughly 220 Japanese stocks toward value, momentum, quality and low volatility for a quarter-percent fee.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity Index.

Why people hold it

  • Four factor tilts (value, momentum, quality, low volatility) in one ticker, in a corner of the market where nearly everything else is plain cap-weighted Japan.
  • 0.25% a year, half the typical fee in the Japan group. Multi-factor strategies usually cost more than the index funds they sit beside, not less.
  • It hugs the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity Index it names, with holdings that match the stated mandate. For a rules-based fund, that is the entire job.
  • Live since 2016, so the recipe has run through real Japanese market weather rather than a backtest, and it stands in the upper half of its Japan peer group.

Worth knowing

  • Straight Japan exposure comes cheaper elsewhere: FLJP at 0.09% and BBJP at 0.19%. The gap is what the factor tilts cost you.
  • A smaller, lightly traded fund next to the category's giants, so the spread can matter as much as the expense ratio on the way in and out.
  • Those tilts cut both ways: the fund can look meaningfully different from a standard Japan index. Cash comes back once or twice a year, not quarterly.

GSJY Holdings

Holdings pillarB64 out of 100Rank 8 of 18 in Japan
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
162
Top-10 weight
28%
Largest holding
8306.T4.3%

Sectors

  • Industrials22.1%
  • Technology21.3%
  • Financials21.1%
  • Consumer Discretionary11.6%
  • Communication6.9%
  • Health Care4.6%
  • Consumer Staples3.9%
  • Energy3.3%
  • Materials3.1%
  • Utilities1.5%
  • Real Estate0.8%

Geography

  • Japan100.00%

Developed 100% · Emerging 0% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 11.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
18306.TMitsubishi Ufj Financial Group4.27%190,232$4.18M162
26857.TAdvantest Corp4.01%16,683$3.91M186
37203.TToyota Motor Corporation2.92%146,579$2.86M149
46098.TRecruit Holdings Co., Ltd.2.91%23,759$2.84M167
58035.TTokyo Electron Ltd2.78%42,755$2.72M181
66501.THitachi, Ltd.2.62%79,793$2.56M169
78316.TSumitomo Mitsui Fin Group, Inc2.55%121,168$2.49M139
86758.TSony Group Corporation2.46%96,333$2.4M167
98411.TMizuho Financial Group2.14%41,886$2.09M143
108058.TMitsubishi Corp.1.79%56,249$1.75M133
118766.TTokio Marine Holdings, Inc.1.63%443,310$1.59M144
129984.TSoftbank Group Corp.1.59%51,488$1.55M130
135020.TEneos Holdings, Inc.1.46%155,895$1.42M113
145019.TIdemitsu Kosan Co.,ltd.1.44%144,592$1.4M93
156861.TKeyence Corp.1.37%2,759$1.33M161

Showing 1–15 of 162 holdings

GSJY Performance

Launched Mar 2, 2016

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

GSJY$11,588
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. GSJY $11,588. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 GSJY. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGSJY
Year to date+14.6%
1 month−4.7%
3 months+0.3%
1 year+15.9%
3 yearsper year+19.6%
5 yearsper year+9.2%
10 yearsper year+8.6%

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 GSJY
YearReturn barGSJY
2026 YTD+14.6%
2025+26.2%
2024+8.9%
2023+19.2%
2022−16.2%
2021+0.4%
2020+13.8%

GSJY in the news

GSJY 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 Oct 30, 2026.
2.02%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.07Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.41 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 24 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 24, 2017 $0.002; Jun 23, 2017 $0.23; Sep 22, 2017 $0.003; Dec 21, 2017 $0.34; Mar 23, 2018 $0.00039; Jun 25, 2018 $0.27; Dec 24, 2018 $0.67; Jun 24, 2019 $0.26; Dec 24, 2019 $0.67; Jun 24, 2020 $0.13; Sep 24, 2020 $0.03; Dec 24, 2020 $0.29; Jun 24, 2021 $0.22; Sep 24, 2021 $0.05; Dec 27, 2021 $0.37; Jun 24, 2022 $0.30; Dec 27, 2022 $0.35; Jun 26, 2023 $0.30; Dec 26, 2023 $0.44; Jun 24, 2024 $0.30; Dec 23, 2024 $0.32; Jun 24, 2025 $0.27; Dec 23, 2025 $0.66; Jun 24, 2026 $0.41. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 24, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.41
Dec 23, 2025Dec 30, 2025$0.66
Jun 24, 2025Jun 30, 2025$0.27
Dec 23, 2024Dec 30, 2024$0.32
Jun 24, 2024Jun 28, 2024$0.30
Dec 26, 2023Jan 2, 2024$0.44
Jun 26, 2023Jun 30, 2023$0.30
Dec 27, 2022Dec 30, 2022$0.35
Jun 24, 2022Jun 30, 2022$0.30
Dec 27, 2021Dec 31, 2021$0.37
Sep 24, 2021Sep 30, 2021$0.05
Jun 24, 2021Jun 30, 2021$0.22

See all 27 payments⁠

$10,000 in GSJY 10 years ago paid $2,582 in dividends.⁠

GSJY Risk

Risk pillarC43 out of 100Rank 12 of 18 in Japan
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
1.19
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−28.5%
Trough Oct 2022
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.
0.92
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

GSJY Cost

Compare GSJY and FLJP

Overpaying vs FLJP, tied cheapest in Japan

$3,261

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • GSJY 0.25%

    $5,159

  • FLJP 0.09% Tied cheapest

    $1,898

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • GSJY 0.25%
  • FLJP 0.09%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K051015202530GSJY $5,159FLJP $1,898

Year by year

YearGSJYFLJPOverpaying
10$455$165$290
20$1,769$646$1,123
30$5,159$1,898$3,261

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