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VanEck Retail ETF

RTHNasdaqVanEckB

$274.47+6.03 (+2.24%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B56/ 100

Rank 5 of 15 in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)

B56/100Rank 5 of 15inConsumer Discretionary (Broad)
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 268.44 to 274.47. Range 270.48 to 274.75. Use the arrow keys to read each point.270.00271.00272.00273.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.35%
Fund size
$247M
1Y total return
+8.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.90%
Holdings
27
Avg volume · 30D
4.34K sh
52W range
low $242.88high $275.19
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net RTH Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

B

Score 56 out of 100

Category
Consumer Discretionary (Broad)⁠
Rank
5 of 15
Six-pillar profile for RTH. Scores out of 100: Cost 50, Risk 96, Mission not scored, Tradability 46, Holdings 36, Durability 50. Strongest: Risk (96). Weakest: Holdings (36). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 56 of 100 falls in the B 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.
    C50 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 15

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    A96 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 15

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    C46 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 15

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D36 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 15

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C50 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 15

Our read on RTH

ETF.net Research

In short

BRetail, undiluted. RTH owns roughly 25 of the largest, most liquid US-listed retailers, each required to earn at least half its revenue from selling goods. No car makers or burger chains riding along under the consumer label.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS US Listed Retail 25 Index through a passive indexing approach.

Why people hold it

  • Purity screen: index members must draw at least 50% of revenue from retail, from big-box and grocery to online and specialty, so autos, restaurants and hotels stay out.marketvector.com
  • Capped market-cap weighting across the 25 biggest, most liquid retailers means the giants lead. XRT takes the opposite path: modified equal weight spanning large, mid and small caps.marketvector.comssga.com
  • No cleverness in the wrapper: a plain passive index fund, normally at least 80% in benchmark names, running on the same MVIS retail index since its 2011 launch.

Worth knowing

  • 0.35% a year sits at the category median, but broad consumer-discretionary trackers like XLY and VCR charge under a tenth of a percent for a wider net.
  • Around 26 holdings with size-led weights: a stumble at one mega-cap retailer shows up in the whole fund.marketvector.com
  • Trades lighter than the headline sector ETFs, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads. Distributions land annually or semiannually rather than every quarter.

RTH Performance

Launched Dec 20, 2011

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

RTH$10,833
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. RTH $10,833. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for RTH. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodRTH
Year to date+7.6%
1 month+7.2%
3 months+0.1%
1 year+8.3%
3 yearsper year+18.0%
5 yearsper year+8.6%
10 yearsper year+14.8%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for RTH
YearReturn barRTH
2026 YTD+7.6%
2025+12.4%
2024+20.0%
2023+20.1%
2022−17.7%
2021+25.0%
2020+31.6%

RTH in the news

RTH Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
0.90%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$2.42Last 12 months
Last payment
$2.42 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 18, 2017 $1.43; Dec 20, 2018 $0.98; Dec 23, 2019 $1.09; Dec 21, 2020 $1.00; Dec 20, 2021 $1.52; Dec 19, 2022 $1.85; Dec 18, 2023 $2.01; Dec 23, 2024 $1.73; Dec 22, 2025 $2.42. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 22, 2025Dec 26, 2025$2.42
Dec 23, 2024Dec 24, 2024$1.73
Dec 18, 2023Dec 22, 2023$2.01
Dec 19, 2022Dec 23, 2022$1.85
Dec 20, 2021Dec 27, 2021$1.52
Dec 21, 2020Dec 28, 2020$1.00
Dec 23, 2019Dec 30, 2019$1.09
Dec 20, 2018Dec 27, 2018$0.98
Dec 18, 2017Dec 22, 2017$1.43
Dec 19, 2016Dec 23, 2016$1.39
Dec 21, 2015Dec 28, 2015$1.75
Dec 22, 2014Dec 29, 2014$0.29

See all 385 payments⁠

$10,000 in RTH 10 years ago paid $2,107 in dividends.⁠

RTH Risk

Risk pillarA96 out of 100Rank 1 of 15 in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.8%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.96
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−25.0%
Trough May 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.85
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

RTH Cost

Compare RTH and XLY

Overpaying vs XLY, cheapest in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)

$5,437

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • RTH 0.35%

    $7,126

  • XLY 0.08% Cheapest

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • RTH 0.35%
  • XLY 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K051015202530RTH $7,126XLY $1,689

Year by year

YearRTHXLYOverpaying
10$634$147$487
20$2,454$575$1,879
30$7,126$1,689$5,437

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