John Hancock Investments - Multifactor Small Cap ETF
$46.41−0.41 (−0.89%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.42%
- Fund size
- $703M
- 1Y return
- +12.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.04%
- Holdings
- 494
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $46.71
- 52W range
The ETF.net JHSC Grade
Score 49 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 31Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 76Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 29Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 38Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 85Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 56Category rank
Our read on JHSC
CSmall-cap indexing with an academic accent: JHSC tracks the John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index, which leans toward cheaper, more profitable small companies and spreads the bet across roughly 500 names.
The fund seeks investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index.
Why people hold it
- The index applies the two screens named in the fund's own filing, profitability and value, tilting weight toward cheaper, better-earning small caps instead of taking the market-cap list as-is.
- Roughly 500 holdings, so no single small company carries the fund. Broad ownership is one of its stronger traits versus concentrated factor products.
- Live since 2017 and run as a straight index tracker that has stayed close to its benchmark. Rules do the picking, not a manager's hunch.
Worth knowing
- At 0.46% a year it runs above the typical multifactor peer's fee, and well above index shops like Schwab's FNDX at 0.25% or Vanguard's VONV at 0.06%.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, which can show up as wider spreads around the edges of the day.
- Cash comes back once or twice a year, not quarterly or monthly.
JHSC Holdings
- Stocks
- 494
- 4%
- R
Sectors
- Financials18.9%
- Technology15.2%
- Industrials13.9%
- Consumer Discr.13.0%
- Health Care9.1%
- Energy7.4%
- Materials6.6%
- Real Estate5.9%
- Utilities3.8%
- Cons. Staples3.3%
- Communication2.9%
Geography
- United States96.96%
- Bermuda1.52%
- Switzerland0.44%
- Ireland0.33%
- United Kingdom0.23%
- Puerto Rico0.18%
- Panama0.17%
- Monaco0.14%
- 0.03%
JHSC 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 | JHSC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.0% |
| 1 month | −4.5% |
| 3 months | −2.0% |
| 1 year | +12.5% |
| 3 years | +14.6% |
| 5 years | +7.3% |
| 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 | JHSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.0% | |
| 2025 | +6.9% | |
| 2024 | +9.7% | |
| 2023 | +20.8% | |
| 2022 | −14.7% | |
| 2021 | +19.5% | |
| 2020 | +11.6% |
JHSC in the news
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JHSC Dividends
- 1.04%
- $0.49
- $0.19 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.22 |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | $0.14 |
| Dec 27, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | $0.25 |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | $0.09 |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | $0.22 |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | $0.17 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Dec 30, 2020 | $0.22 |
JHSC Risk
- 17.1%
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.
- 0.57
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.
- −25.2%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JHSC Cost
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
67 of the 98 US Multifactor funds charge less.