
US Diversified Real Estate ETF
$31.730.00 (−0.01%)
- 0.53%
- $24M
- +9.1%
- 2.68%
- 0M sh
- $31.56
- low $29.34high $35.44
The ETF.net PPTY Grade
Score 48 out of 100
- 16 of 22
Score 48 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.F10 out of 100Rank 20 of 22Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 16Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C45 out of 100Rank 16 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F23 out of 100Rank 18 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A83 out of 100Rank 4 of 22Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D37 out of 100Rank 16 of 22
Our read on PPTY
CMost US real estate ETFs copy the same cap-weighted REIT list. PPTY runs its own custom index instead, a boutique take on American property that charges more than the giants for the privilege.
The fund uses a passive, index-tracking approach intended to follow the PPTYX – U.S. Diversified Real Estate Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Tracks a bespoke benchmark, the PPTYX U.S. Diversified Real Estate Index, that no other fund in its peer group follows. A different basket, not another copy of the standard REIT list.
- Passive by design, and it has hugged that index about as closely as anything in the US real estate group.
- The portfolio is one of the better spread-out books in the category rather than a top-heavy handful of names.
- Straight US property exposure, no foreign landlords, with cash paid out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The 0.53% fee sits above the 0.37% peer median and far above index heavyweights like SCHH (0.07%) and VNQ (0.13%). Cost is the main reason it lands in the lower half of its group.
- It has stayed one of the smaller, thinner-traded funds in the category since its 2018 launch, so the bid/ask spread is a real part of the cost.
- One sector, one country. Real estate moves on its own rate-driven cycle, and there is nothing here to cushion it.
PPTY Holdings
- Stocks
- 85
- 37%
- EQR
Sectors
- Real Estate94.1%
- Consumer Discretionary5.6%
- Health Care0.3%
Geography
- United States100.00%
PPTY 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 | PPTY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.2% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | −7.1% |
| 1 year | +9.1% |
| 3 years | +9.4% |
| 5 years | +0.8% |
| 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 | PPTY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.2% | |
| 2025 | −3.5% | |
| 2024 | +9.8% | |
| 2023 | +12.6% | |
| 2022 | −26.1% | |
| 2021 | +40.3% | |
| 2020 | −7.2% |
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PPTY Dividends
- 2.68%
- $0.85
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
PPTY Risk
- 15.1%
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.
- 0.35
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.
- −32.4%
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.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PPTY Cost
- The middle half of US Real Estate funds
- Median 0.35%
18 of the 21 US Real Estate funds charge less.
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- CRSPRInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +2.1%
- BREZiShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return +11.0%
- CRIETHoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return −0.6%
- CTRURVanEck Real Estate TruSector ETFExpense ratio 0.17%1 year return —
- DDCREDoubleLine Commercial Real Estate ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return +2.9%