
Motley Fool Value Factor ETF
$21.81+0.09 (+0.39%)
- 0.50%
- $7M
- 0M sh
- $21.60
- low $19.50high $23.68
The ETF.net MFVL Grade
Score 28 out of 100
- 39 of 40
Score 28 of 100 falls in the D 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.F18 out of 100Rank 32 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.C52 out of 100Rank 35 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F20 out of 100Rank 36 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D27 out of 100Rank 36 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D28 out of 100Rank 37 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F7 out of 100Rank 39 of 40
Our read on MFVL
DMotley Fool's stock-picking brand, boiled down to a rules-based value index. It opened in December 2025 at 0.50% a year, well above the value-ETF norm, and its record starts from scratch.
The Fund seeks investment results corresponding generally to the total-return performance of the Motley Fool Value Index.
Why people hold it
- The mandate fits on a napkin: track the Motley Fool Value Index. One factor, value, stated on the tin, with no blended-style small print to decode.
- The Fool's value view arrives as a named, published index rather than a manager's discretion, so the holdings follow a written screen you can look up.
Worth knowing
- At 0.50% a year, it costs multiples of the cohort's cheap giants: VTV charges 0.03% and SCHV 0.04% for large-cap value exposure.
- It launched in December 2025, so there is no multi-year record and no full market cycle showing how the screen behaves.
- Assets are small and trading is light, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads than the household names in the same category.
MFVL Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 46%
- XOM
Geography
- United States100.00%
MFVL 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 | MFVL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.0% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | +5.3% |
| 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 | MFVL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.0% | |
| 2025 | +1.3% |
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Category Review
US multifactor funds ran 30 points apart

MFVL Dividends
Listed Dec 2025. No distributions yet.
MFVL 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.
- 0.28
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MFVL Cost
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
32 of the 40 US Value Index funds charge less.
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