Alliance Bernstein - AB US Low Volatility Equity ETF
$82.61−0.62 (−0.74%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.39%
- Fund size
- $203M
- 1Y return
- +6.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.86%
- Holdings
- 69
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $83.20
- 52W range
The ETF.net LOWV Grade
Score 59 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.BScore 61Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 80Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 47Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 68Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 57Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 66Category rank
Our read on LOWV
BA stock picker's answer to low volatility. AB runs about 70 US large caps through its own quality, profitability and value screen instead of tracking a published low-vol index, at 0.39% a year.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio primarily invested in U.S. large-cap equities, with an emphasis on lower volatility than the broader equity market.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed, not rules-mirrored: AB selects names on quality, profitability and value, aiming for lower volatility than the broad US market rather than copying a low-vol index.alliancebernstein.com
- 0.39% sits below the going rate for active low-vol equity ETFs, so less of the defensive premium goes to the manager.
- The portfolio does what the label says: US large caps, roughly 70 names, S&P 500 as the yardstick. Among the closer mandate-to-holdings matches in its defensive peer group.
- Concentration with intent. About 70 stocks means each pick carries weight, and income arrives on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded for the category. Limit orders and a glance at the spread matter more here than in a mega-fund.
- Launched in 2023, so the record is short. Low-vol strategies earn their keep across full drawdowns, and this one hasn't seen many.
- Competitive on fee, not the floor: peers SELV (0.15%) and CGCV (0.33%) charge less for a similar defensive brief.
LOWV Holdings
- Stocks
- 69
- 42%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology37.6%
- Financials14.8%
- Health Care11.6%
- Consumer Discr.8.7%
- Communication8.3%
- Cons. Staples5.9%
- Industrials4.8%
- Utilities3.8%
- Energy2.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
Geography
- United States85.20%
- United Kingdom5.81%
- Ireland3.57%
- Taiwan1.97%
- Netherlands1.19%
- Canada0.93%
- Sweden0.80%
- Bermuda0.52%
LOWV 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 | LOWV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.9% |
| 1 month | −0.3% |
| 3 months | +6.0% |
| 1 year | +6.8% |
| 3 years | +16.3% |
| 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 | LOWV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.9% | |
| 2025 | +12.3% | |
| 2024 | +20.4% | |
| 2023 | +20.4% |
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LOWV Dividends
- 0.86%
- $0.71
- $0.18 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 23, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Mar 6, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Jun 5, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Mar 7, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 7, 2023 | $0.19 |
LOWV Risk
- 10.2%
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.
- 1.02
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.
- −13.9%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
LOWV Cost
- The middle half of US Active Low Volatility funds
- Median 0.44%
4 of the 10 US Active Low Volatility funds charge less.