Cambria Global Value ETF
$38.63+0.14 (+0.36%)
- 0.68%
- $585M
- +38.4%
- 2.44%
- 0.2M sh
- $38.39
- low $28.50high $39.87
The ETF.net GVAL Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 3 of 15
Score 65 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.B68 out of 100Rank 5 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B58 out of 100Rank 4 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 4 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 4 of 14Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A83 out of 100Rank 1 of 15
Our read on GVAL
BCambria's global bargain hunt: a rules-based quant value screen that fishes across developed and emerging markets, actively run rather than index-hugging, on the water since 2014.
The fund seeks income and capital appreciation. It actively invests at least 80% of assets in equities of companies in developed and emerging markets with strong value characteristics, selected through Cambria’s quantitative algorithm.
Why people hold it
- Casts a wider net than most value funds: the screen reaches into emerging markets as well as developed ones, not just the usual EAFE pond.
- Actively run off a proprietary quant value screen instead of tracking a benchmark, so it can own deep-value names an index would pass over.
- Spread across roughly a hundred stocks, with income written into the stated objective alongside capital appreciation and payouts on a quarterly schedule.
- A 2014 launch means a full decade-plus of live results through several global value droughts, not a back-tested newcomer.
Worth knowing
- 0.66% a year is the toll for the active screen; index rivals in the same aisle charge less, with EFV at 0.31% and FIVA at 0.18%.
- Measured against MSCI ACWI but built nothing like it, so long stretches of looking very different from the global market come with the design.
- Trading is moderate rather than deep, so bid-ask spreads can widen when markets get jumpy.
GVAL Holdings
- Stocks
- 114
- 16%
- Moneta Money Bank AS
Sectors
- Financials29.3%
- Materials12.8%
- Energy11.0%
- Utilities10.5%
- Technology9.4%
- Real Estate8.3%
- Industrials7.2%
- Communication4.8%
- Consumer Discretionary3.7%
- Consumer Staples3.0%
Geography
- Colombia12.56%
- Hong Kong9.19%
- Turkey9.06%
- Austria8.92%
- Thailand8.76%
- Chile8.73%
- Singapore8.60%
- Brazil8.48%
- 25.70%
Developed 37% · Emerging 63%
GVAL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
GVAL$13,842
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | GVAL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +24.6% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | +4.9% |
| 1 year | +38.4% |
| 3 years | +30.9% |
| 5 years | +14.9% |
| 10 years | +10.9% |
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 | GVAL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +24.6% | |
| 2025 | +55.9% | |
| 2024 | +2.6% | |
| 2023 | +13.4% | |
| 2022 | −7.9% | |
| 2021 | +10.7% | |
| 2020 | −8.5% |
GVAL in the news
GVAL Dividends
- 2.44%
- $0.94
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
GVAL Risk
- 12.2%
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.
- 1.85
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.
- −30.8%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GVAL Cost
0.68%
GVAL0.68%
- The middle half of Global Active Value funds
- Median 0.85%
5 of the 15 Global Active Value funds charge less.
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