ETC 6 Meridian Low Beta Equity ETF
$37.95−0.20 (−0.52%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.31%
- Fund size
- $198M
- 1Y return
- +6.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.25%
- Holdings
- 240
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $38.37
- 52W range
The ETF.net SIXL Grade
Score 63 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.AScore 78Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 52Category 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.AScore 82Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 68Category rank
Our read on SIXL
BMost low-volatility funds fish in the large-cap pond. This one screens the entire US market, small caps and REITs included, for high-quality stocks with low sensitivity to market swings, then spreads the money across about 200 names.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Casts a wider net than the typical low-vol fund: US stocks of any size, plus REITs, picked by a quant screen for quality, growth, profitability and low market sensitivity.sec.gov
- Roughly 200 holdings, so the portfolio is not leaning on a handful of defensive giants.
- Pays distributions monthly, a cadence more common in bond funds than equity strategies.
- Live since May 2020, with a Wichita advisory firm running the stock selection as sub-adviser and Exchange Traded Concepts handling the wrapper.sec.gov6meridianfunds.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.47% it charges the peer-group median, but the cheapest rivals undercut it: SELV at 0.15%, CGCV at 0.33%.
- Thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than in the larger low-volatility ETFs.
- Low beta means muted sensitivity to market swings, not a shield from losses, and the small-cap and REIT slices bring their own volatility.6meridianfunds.com
SIXL Holdings
- Stocks
- 240
- 5%
- CASH & OTHER
Sectors
- Financials17.1%
- Cons. Staples16.4%
- Utilities14.9%
- Energy12.8%
- Real Estate11.8%
- Health Care10.3%
- Technology6.4%
- Industrials3.3%
- Communication2.9%
- Consumer Discr.2.4%
- Materials1.7%
Geography
- United States94.98%
- Bermuda2.95%
- Ireland0.83%
- Switzerland0.43%
- Cayman Islands0.41%
- United Kingdom0.40%
SIXL 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 | SIXL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.7% |
| 1 month | −4.8% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +6.5% |
| 3 years | +8.8% |
| 5 years | +4.2% |
| 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 | SIXL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.7% | |
| 2025 | −0.6% | |
| 2024 | +14.1% | |
| 2023 | +2.4% | |
| 2022 | −7.5% | |
| 2021 | +20.0% | |
| 2020 | +18.4% |
SIXL in the news
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SIXL Dividends
- 2.25%
- $0.86
- $0.06 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 27, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.07 |
SIXL Risk
- 10.8%
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.
- 0.48
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.
- −16.1%
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.
- 0.40
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SIXL Cost
- The middle half of US Active Low Volatility funds
- Median 0.44%
2 of the 10 US Active Low Volatility funds charge less.