Rayliant NxtGen Multifactor US Equity ETF
$38.77−0.41 (−1.05%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.32%
- Fund size
- $97M
- 1Y return
- +18.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 12.45%
- Holdings
- 114
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $38.72
- 52W range
The ETF.net RWLC Grade
Score 47 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 39Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 61Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 56Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 32Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 52Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
Our read on RWLC
CA boutique quant shop's swing at US large caps: RWLC follows the FT Wilshire US Large NxtGen Index, a published multifactor rulebook rather than a plain cap-weighted list, and charges the category's middle price to do it.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- 0.32% expense ratio, right at the median for US multifactor ETFs. The rules-based tilt costs no more than the typical competitor in the group.
- The stock picks come from an outside index provider (the FT Wilshire US Large NxtGen Index), so the selection rules are published rather than left to a manager's mood.
- Simple plumbing: a standard 1940 Act US equity fund with one stated goal, long-term capital appreciation, and no structural red flags in the wrapper.
- Live since 2021, so there is a multi-year record of the strategy running with real money, not just a backtest of the index.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded next to the category's giants. Spreads can be wider, which makes limit orders and mid-session trading worth the extra care.
- The peer shelf includes broad, deeply cheap alternatives such as VONV, VYM and IUSG at single-digit basis points. You are paying up for the factor rulebook.
- Distributions land annually or semiannually, not monthly, so this is a growth-mandate fund rather than an income schedule.
RWLC Holdings
- Stocks
- 114
- 38%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology42.0%
- Financials12.7%
- Health Care12.6%
- Communication9.0%
- Consumer Discr.8.8%
- Energy6.2%
- Cons. Staples4.2%
- Materials2.0%
- Industrials1.8%
- Real Estate0.7%
Geography
- United States99.07%
- Switzerland0.69%
- Bermuda0.24%
RWLC Performance
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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 | RWLC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.0% |
| 1 month | +1.1% |
| 3 months | +5.6% |
| 1 year | +18.2% |
| 3 years | +25.1% |
| 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 | RWLC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.0% | |
| 2025 | +20.1% | |
| 2024 | +28.6% | |
| 2023 | +14.4% | |
| 2022 | −12.4% | |
| 2021 | +2.0% |
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RWLC Dividends
- 12.45%
- $4.88
- $4.88 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $4.88 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 5, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Jan 6, 2023 | $0.31 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 | Data unavailable |
RWLC Risk
- 11.8%
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.
- 1.47
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.
- −21.0%
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.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RWLC Cost
- The middle half of US Large-Cap funds
- Median 0.20%
16 of the 28 US Large-Cap funds charge less.