StockSnips AI-Powered Sentiment US All Cap ETF
$29.75−0.07 (−0.22%)
- 0.75%
- $21M
- +7.8%
- 0.00%
- 0M sh
- $29.76
- low $26.02high $30.89
The ETF.net NEWZ Grade
C
Score 41 out of 100
- 80 of 127
Score 41 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.C40 out of 100Rank 73 of 127Mission
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.D32 out of 100Rank 102 of 126Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 70 of 127Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B65 out of 100Rank 51 of 124Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F23 out of 100Rank 121 of 127
Our read on NEWZ
CNEWZ hands stock picking to a news reader. StockSnips' proprietary model scores how positive the press coverage is on US-listed companies, then holds roughly 30 large, mid and small caps sitting at the top of that ranking.
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective; the cited passage does not specify a more substantive objective.
Why people hold it
- Different engine: a proprietary model ranks US-listed stocks by how positive their news coverage is, and the top names become the portfolio. Few equity ETFs run on press tone.etfarchitect.com
- Fishes the whole pond. The universe starts at every US-listed stock, with at least 80% of assets in large, mid and small cap companies, ADRs included.etfarchitect.com
- Roughly 30 positions, so each pick carries real weight rather than being diluted across hundreds of index names. It is an active fund that actually looks active.etfarchitect.com
Worth knowing
- The fee is 0.75% a year, above the typical active US equity ETF and several times the low-cost core actives in the group such as DFAC (0.17%) and AVLC (0.15%).
- A small, lightly traded fund, so bid-ask spreads tend to run wider than the big core names and sizeable orders can move the price.
- Launched in 2024, so there is only a short stretch of live data on how the sentiment model behaves through different markets.
NEWZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 31
- 36%
- NU
Sectors
- Financials29.5%
- Technology21.0%
- Utilities16.0%
- Communication13.4%
- Health Care10.6%
- Industrials3.3%
- Real Estate3.2%
- Consumer Discretionary3.0%
Geography
- United States67.37%
- United Kingdom9.64%
- Brazil4.18%
- Switzerland3.33%
- Japan3.28%
- Bermuda3.18%
- Chile3.09%
- Canada3.09%
- 2.85%
Developed 68% · Emerging 32%
NEWZ Performance
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NEWZ$10,780
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 | NEWZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.5% |
| 1 month | +0.4% |
| 3 months | −1.4% |
| 1 year | +7.8% |
| 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 | NEWZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | −4.1% | |
| 2024 | +15.2% |
NEWZ in the news
NEWZ Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
NEWZ Risk
- 12.2%
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.
- 0.28
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.
- −19.4%
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.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
NEWZ Cost
0.75%
NEWZ0.75%
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
70 of the 123 US Active Equity funds charge less.
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