

Goldman Sachs Value Opportunities ETF
$48.41+0.02 (+0.04%)
- 0.45%
- $40M
- 0M sh
- $48.33
- low $38.78high $49.77
The ETF.net GVLE Grade
Score 52 out of 100
- 32 of 66
Score 52 of 100 falls in the C 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.B64 out of 100Rank 24 of 66Mission
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 25 of 63Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D31 out of 100Rank 55 of 66Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D39 out of 100Rank 51 of 66Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B64 out of 100Rank 22 of 66
Our read on GVLE
CA stock-picker's version of value: roughly 20 to 40 companies Goldman's team thinks the market is mispricing, not a rules-based screen of hundreds of names. The strategy ran as a mutual fund from 2015 before converting into this ETF in 2025.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It pursues that objective by investing in companies GSAM considers value opportunities.
Why people hold it
- Concentrated on purpose. The prospectus targets roughly 20 to 40 holdings, so individual research calls actually move the portfolio instead of getting diluted.sec.gov
- Charges 0.45%, under the median for actively managed US value funds, though systematic rivals like AVLV (0.15%) and WTV (0.12%) come in cheaper.
- Wider hunting ground than the name suggests: any market cap, plus up to 20% of assets in foreign stocks, including emerging markets.sec.gov
- Not a brand-new idea in a new wrapper. It arrived via a 2025 mutual fund conversion and carries the predecessor fund's history back to 2015.am.gs.com
Worth knowing
- Small asset base and light trading volume, so spreads can run wider than in the category's household-name value funds.
- Non-diversified. A stumble at one large holding lands harder here than in a broad value index fund holding hundreds of stocks.sec.gov
- Distributions come once or twice a year, not quarterly or monthly, so it isn't structured as a steady income stream.
GVLE Holdings
- Stocks
- 32
- 50%
- MSFT
Geography
- United States95.71%
- Ireland4.29%
GVLE 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 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 | GVLE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.8% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 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 | GVLE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.8% | |
| 2025 | +4.3% |
GVLE in the news
GVLE Dividends
- $0.47 per share
- Irregular
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
GVLE 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.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GVLE Cost
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
23 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.
Other funds in US Active Value
- CDVALBrandywineGLOBAL-Dynamic US Large Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return +16.2%
- CTMVEThrivent ETF Trust - Thrivent Mid Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return —
- CBUSABrandes U.S. Value ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +20.3%
- CCLCVCrossmark ETF Trust - Crossmark Large Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +24.6%
- CJDVLJohn Hancock Exchange Traded Fund Trust - John Hancock Discipline Value Select ETFExpense ratio 0.56%1 year return +25.7%




