SEI QiM US Large Cap Low Volatility Active ETF
$34.45+0.00 (+0.00%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $256M
- 1Y return
- +11.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.66%
- Holdings
- 76
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.58
- 52W range
The ETF.net SELV Grade
Score 80 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 96Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 40Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 67Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 68Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 75Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 72Category rank
Our read on SELV
AActive low-volatility large cap at index-fund pricing. SEI scores Russell 1000 names on volatility, momentum, quality and value, then holds roughly 90 of them, aiming for a smoother ride than the broad U.S. large-cap market.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation while targeting lower volatility than the broad U.S. large-cap equity market.
Why people hold it
- 0.15% a year, well under the typical low-vol competitor, and the cheapest of the top-graded funds in its group (CGCV 0.33%, LOWV 0.39%).
- Not a one-trick screen. The model blends low volatility with momentum, quality and value, so cheap and improving names can make the cut, not just the sleepiest ones.
- Roughly 90 stocks against a Russell 1000 reference: genuinely active positioning, not a closet index wearing a defensive label.
- Rates as one of the stronger implementations in a small defensive-equity peer group, largely on price discipline.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded. Spreads can run wider than the household-name low-vol funds, and bigger orders take patience.
- Lower volatility is the target, not a floor. The fund still owns stocks and can fall with the market, and defensive tilts tend to trail in fast, speculative rallies.
- Launched in 2022, so the live record is short and the asset base stays modest next to the category's giants.
SELV Holdings
- Stocks
- 76
- 27%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology30.3%
- Health Care18.7%
- Cons. Staples11.2%
- Industrials11.0%
- Communication10.1%
- Financials8.3%
- Utilities4.5%
- Consumer Discr.3.2%
- Energy2.8%
Geography
- United States98.42%
- Switzerland1.58%
SELV 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 | SELV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.6% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | +8.5% |
| 1 year | +11.5% |
| 3 years | +13.6% |
| 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 | SELV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.6% | |
| 2025 | +12.9% | |
| 2024 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | +6.6% | |
| 2022 | +1.4% |
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SELV Dividends
- 1.66%
- $0.57
- $0.15 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 | $0.13 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Apr 5, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $0.05 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Oct 5, 2023 | $0.14 |
SELV Risk
- 9.5%
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.
- 0.92
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.
- −13.7%
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.
- 0.45
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SELV Cost
- The middle half of US Active Low Volatility funds
- Median 0.44%
No US Active Low Volatility fund charges less.