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RTH

GradeBNASDAQ Global Market

VanEck Retail ETF

Sectors · VanEck · Inception 2011-12-20 · SEC filings

$254.34−2.12 (−0.83%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:05 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 39 prints from 256.46 to 254.34. Range 254.24 to 256.02. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$255.00$255.50$256.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.35%
Fund size
$240M
1Y return
+4.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.94%
Holdings
26
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$255.27
52W range
low $242.88high $275.19

The ETF.net RTH Grade

B

55/ 100

Rank 6 of 15 in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for RTH. Scores out of 100: Cost 50, Risk 96, Mission not scored, Tradability 40, Holdings 34, Durability 52. Strongest: Risk (96). Weakest: Holdings (34). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 55 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 50
    Category rank7/15 · top 47%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 96
    Category rank1/15 · top 7%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 40
    Category rank9/15 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    DScore 34
    Category rank13/15 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 52
    Category rank10/15 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on RTH

ETF.net Research

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

  1. 01Purity 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
  2. 02Capped 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
  3. 03No 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

  1. 010.35% 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.
  2. 02Around 26 holdings with size-led weights: a stumble at one mega-cap retailer shows up in the whole fund.marketvector.com
  3. 03Trades lighter than the headline sector ETFs, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads. Distributions land annually or semiannually rather than every quarter.

RTH Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 6:07 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
26
Top-10 weight
70%
Largest holding
AMZN21.5%

Sectors

  • Consumer Discr.53.1%
  • Cons. Staples27.9%
  • Health Care15.9%
  • Industrials3.1%

Geography

  • United States97.24%
  • China2.15%
  • Canada0.61%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001AMZNAmazon.Com Inc21.47%212,961$53M720
002WMTWalmart Inc10.32%240,817$26M462
003COSTCostco Wholesale Corp7.90%22,013$20M465
004MCKMckesson Corp5.09%14,427$13M356
005HDHome Depot Inc/The4.82%39,731$12M436
006ROSTRoss Stores Inc4.25%46,162$11M415
007CVSCvs Health Corp4.22%116,346$11M377
008ORLYO'Reilly Automotive Inc4.16%122,200$10M341
009LOWLowe's Cos Inc4.11%52,750$10M355
010TJXTjx Cos Inc/The3.84%75,578$10M419
011TGTTarget Corp3.68%57,290$9M365
012FASTFastenal Co3.14%159,091$8M363
013CAHCardinal Health Inc3.06%33,704$8M367
014CORCencora Inc3.00%24,196$7M327
015AZOAutozone Inc2.71%2,371$7M281

Showing 1–15 of 27 holdings

RTH Performance

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

RTH$10,399
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. RTH $10,399. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for RTH. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodRTH
Year to date+2.8%
1 month−2.5%
3 months+1.2%
1 year+4.0%
3 years+15.8%per year
5 years+8.5%per year
10 years+13.8%per year

As of the close, 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+2.8%
2025+12.4%
2024+20.0%
2023+20.1%
2022−17.7%
2021+25.0%
2020+31.6%

RTH in the news

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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 Sep 22, 2026.
0.94%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

RTH Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.4%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 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.
0.79
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 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.

RTH Cost

Expense ratio0.35%
  • The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
  • Median 0.35%

5 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.

RTH costs $35.00 a year on $10,000. The median Consumer Discretionary (Broad) fund costs $35.00.