PIMCO RAFI ESG U.S. ETF
$49.82−0.14 (−0.28%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.30%
- Fund size
- $171M
- 1Y return
- +25.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.44%
- Holdings
- 239
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $49.99
- 52W range
The ETF.net RAFE Grade
Score 62 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.CScore 40Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 92Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 91Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 23Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 72Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 52Category rank
Our read on RAFE
BMost ESG index funds rescreen a familiar large-cap benchmark and weight it by market value. RAFE runs PIMCO's RAFI rules instead: a long-only, rules-based blend of ESG screening and smart beta, landing on roughly 240 US stocks.
The fund seeks total returns closely corresponding to the RAFI ESG US Index by investing at least 80% of assets in its component securities. The index uses a long-only, rules-based ESG and smart-beta approach.
Why people hold it
- Different engine from the cap-weighted crowd: the RAFI ESG US Index sets both the screens and the weights by rule, and the fund keeps at least 80% of assets in those index names.
- It has tracked its index very closely since launch, which is the core job of any index fund and the main thing you are paying for here.
- Roughly 240 stocks is a tighter roster than the 500-name screened index funds that dominate this shelf, so the rules actually show up in the portfolio.
- Live since 2019 under a standard 1940 Act fund wrapper, all-US equity, with cash paid out on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- The rules cost money: 0.30% a year against a 0.25% cohort median, while cap-weighted ESG rivals like ESGV, XVV and SNPE sit near or below 0.10%.
- It is a small, thinly traded fund by category standards, so the spread at the moment you trade matters more than it would in a mega-cap ESG index fund.
- The ESG definition is the index provider's, not yours: inclusion follows RAFI ESG US Index rules, so check the methodology against what you actually want screened.
RAFE Holdings
- Stocks
- 239
- 29%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology29.1%
- Health Care25.1%
- Financials13.8%
- Cons. Staples7.7%
- Communication6.3%
- Consumer Discr.6.0%
- Industrials5.0%
- Materials4.0%
- Real Estate2.5%
- Utilities0.6%
Geography
- United States96.99%
- Ireland1.18%
- United Kingdom0.98%
- Singapore0.45%
- Switzerland0.25%
- Bermuda0.09%
- Netherlands0.06%
RAFE 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 | RAFE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.0% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | +5.4% |
| 1 year | +25.2% |
| 3 years | +21.6% |
| 5 years | +12.3% |
| 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 | RAFE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.0% | |
| 2025 | +17.6% | |
| 2024 | +13.8% | |
| 2023 | +18.8% | |
| 2022 | −13.8% | |
| 2021 | +30.1% | |
| 2020 | +5.3% |
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RAFE Dividends
- 1.44%
- $0.72
- $0.19 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 3, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Jul 3, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Apr 3, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Oct 3, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Oct 5, 2023 | $0.14 |
RAFE Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 1.24
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.
- −24.3%
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.
- 0.87
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RAFE Cost
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
29 of the 48 US ESG & Values Index funds charge less.