Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
$86.97−1.29 (−1.46%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $1.1B
- 1Y return
- +16.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.06%
- Holdings
- 1379
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $87.76
- 52W range
The ETF.net GSSC Grade
Score 66 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.AScore 71Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 91Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 20Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 45Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 89Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on GSSC
BFour factor tilts (value, momentum, quality, low volatility) stacked in equal weights across roughly 1,400 small caps for 0.20% a year. Goldman's alternative to picking one factor and hoping.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity Index, which provides exposure to equity securities of small-capitalization U.S. issuers.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.20% a year, under the typical price tag in the US multifactor crowd.
- Roughly 1,400 names, so no single small cap dominates the portfolio.
- The four factor sleeves combine in equal weights with offsetting positions netted out, so the sleeves don't trade against each other.gsam.com
- The index reconstitutes and rebalances quarterly, so the tilts refresh on a set schedule instead of drifting.gsam.com
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the giant small-cap index funds, so spreads can run wider and limit orders earn their keep.
- Netting four factors against one another softens each one; this sits closer to the broad small-cap market than a sharp single-factor bet.gsam.com
- Small caps are the jumpier end of a peer group stacked with large-cap names (FNDX, VONV, IUSG).
GSSC Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,379
- 7%
- CMRC/CME EMINIRUS2K 12/2026
Sectors
- Health Care21.6%
- Financials17.5%
- Technology14.7%
- Industrials12.5%
- Consumer Discr.10.0%
- Energy6.1%
- Real Estate5.1%
- Cons. Staples3.9%
- Materials3.7%
- Communication2.7%
- Utilities2.2%
Geography
- United States94.32%
- Bermuda1.81%
- Ireland0.80%
- United Kingdom0.70%
- Switzerland0.37%
- Monaco0.31%
- Cayman Islands0.27%
- Canada0.26%
- 1.15%
GSSC 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 | GSSC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.2% |
| 1 month | −3.4% |
| 3 months | −1.0% |
| 1 year | +16.7% |
| 3 years | +18.2% |
| 5 years | +8.2% |
| 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 | GSSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.2% | |
| 2025 | +10.8% | |
| 2024 | +11.1% | |
| 2023 | +17.3% | |
| 2022 | −16.8% | |
| 2021 | +24.1% | |
| 2020 | +16.0% |
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GSSC Dividends
- 1.06%
- $0.94
- $0.21 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.44 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.23 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 26, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.12 |
GSSC Risk
- 19.0%
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.
- 0.66
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.
- −27.8%
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.
- 1.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GSSC Cost
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
29 of the 98 US Multifactor funds charge less.