U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF
$21.90+0.27 (+1.25%)
- 2.32%
- $19M
- +72.3%
- 4.44%
- 0M sh
- $21.16
- low $13.63high $21.82
The ETF.net SEA Grade
D
Score 34 out of 100
- 8 of 8
Score 34 of 100 falls in the D 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.F7 out of 100Rank 8 of 8Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A72 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D26 out of 100Rank 7 of 8Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B66 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C46 out of 100Rank 5 of 8
Our read on SEA
DOne ticker for the whole freight chain: container ships, port operators, and air couriers. Fixed-tier weights keep the giant parcel names from swallowing the portfolio, with a 70/30 tilt toward sea over sky.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the U.S. Global SEA Index.
Why people hold it
- Owns freight end to end: marine shipping, port and harbor operators, and air freight and courier names, global and including emerging markets.usglobaletfs.com
- Weights are assigned in fixed tiers (5%, 4% and 2% slots for sea names, 3% for air) rather than by market cap, so one mega-cap courier cannot dominate the book.usglobaletfs.com
- Reconstitutes and rebalances quarterly, so the roughly 30-stock lineup refreshes with the freight cycle instead of drifting for years.usglobaletfs.com
- Trading since 2022 and an unusual pairing of ocean and air cargo in a single US-listed fund; it sits in the upper half of its global thematic peer group.usglobaletfs.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% a year, it runs a touch above the 0.56% median for global thematic funds.
- A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads can be wider than in large sector ETFs.
- The index was built by U.S. Global Indices, a subsidiary of the adviser, with Indxx as calculation agent, and about 30 cyclical freight names make for a concentrated ride.usglobaletfs.com
SEA Holdings
- Stocks
- 33
- 49%
- ECO
Sectors
- Industrials95.7%
- Energy4.3%
- Communication0.0%
Geography
- Bermuda17.06%
- China15.32%
- United States14.62%
- Greece10.14%
- Hong Kong8.91%
- Singapore8.70%
- Monaco5.00%
- Cyprus4.44%
- 15.81%
Developed 39% · Emerging 61%
SEA Performance
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SEA$17,234
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 | SEA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +52.1% |
| 1 month | +7.2% |
| 3 months | +25.0% |
| 1 year | +72.3% |
| 3 years | +26.6% |
| 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 | SEA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +52.1% | |
| 2025 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | +2.2% | |
| 2023 | +19.2% | |
| 2022 | −17.4% |
SEA in the news
Top Movers
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SEA Dividends
- 4.44%
- $0.96
- $0.96 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
SEA Risk
- 18.8%
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.
- 0.96
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.
- −39.5%
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.
- 0.52
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SEA Cost
2.32%
SEA2.32%
- The middle half of Transportation funds
- Median 0.48%
Every other Transportation fund charges less.
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