JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Mid Core ETF
$66.08−0.10 (−0.16%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $9M
- 1Y return
- +15.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.06%
- Holdings
- 204
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $66.19
- 52W range
The ETF.net MCDS Grade
Score 64 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 83Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 75Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 11Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 75Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 60Category rank
Our read on MCDS
BThe mid-cap slice of J.P. Morgan's Fundamental Data Science suite: human analyst research run through a data-science screen, about 200 mid-caps, at roughly half the fee of the median active US equity ETF.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in mid-cap equity securities. Its approach combines fundamental research, data insights, and risk management to evaluate financial prospects and relative value.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.35% a year against a 0.65% median for active US equity ETFs. Active research at a fee closer to a smart-beta product.
- The engine isn't a startup experiment: JPMorgan runs the same data-science process behind its Applied Data Science Value Fund and the stock sleeve of its Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.am.jpmorgan.com
- Spreads bets across roughly 200 mid-cap names, one of the better-diversified books among active US equity funds, so no single pick carries the portfolio.
- Mid-caps are the neglected middle of the US market, and this is a dedicated core sleeve there rather than a large-cap fund that wanders down-cap.am.jpmorgan.com
Worth knowing
- A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than on household-name ETFs, which matters most for large or hurried orders.
- Launched in 2024, so the live record is short. The data-science process has longer history elsewhere at the firm, but not in this wrapper.am.jpmorgan.com
- Broad systematic peers such as DFAU (0.12%) and AVLC (0.15%) charge less. The gap is what active stock selection costs here.
MCDS Holdings
- Stocks
- 204
- 15%
- JPMORGAN PRIME MONEY
Sectors
- Technology19.1%
- Industrials15.4%
- Financials13.3%
- Health Care12.2%
- Consumer Discr.10.0%
- Energy7.1%
- Real Estate6.6%
- Utilities6.1%
- Cons. Staples4.5%
- Materials3.2%
- Communication2.3%
Geography
- United States96.80%
- Switzerland0.99%
- Bermuda0.93%
- Ireland0.78%
- Cayman Islands0.30%
- United Kingdom0.20%
MCDS 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 | MCDS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.4% |
| 1 month | −4.0% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 1 year | +15.2% |
| 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 | MCDS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.4% | |
| 2025 | +6.5% | |
| 2024 | +12.1% |
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MCDS Dividends
- 1.06%
- $0.70
- $0.17 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Sep 26, 2024 | $0.09 |
MCDS Risk
- 12.9%
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.
- 0.69
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.
- −22.5%
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.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MCDS Cost
- The middle half of US Active Small/Mid-Cap funds
- Median 0.55%
7 of the 47 US Active Small/Mid-Cap funds charge less.