Best ETFs
Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF
$103.43+0.39 (+0.38%)
- 0.15%
- $4.7B
- +23.9%
- 1.99%
- 0.2M sh
- $102.96
- low $83.89high $112.40
The ETF.net SLYV Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 5 of 13
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B 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.B58 out of 100Rank 5 of 13Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A70 out of 100Rank 12 of 13Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C52 out of 100Rank 1 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A79 out of 100Rank 2 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B65 out of 100Rank 5 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B66 out of 100Rank 6 of 13
Our read on SLYV
BSmall-cap value with a profitability gate. The S&P 600 only admits companies with positive earnings, so SLYV shops for cheap stocks inside an already-profitable pool. On the market since 2000, at 0.15% a year.
The fund seeks investment results corresponding generally to the total return performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index, before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- The S&P 600 admits only companies with positive as-reported earnings, most recent quarter and trailing four quarters. The value screen runs on top of that filter, not on a pile of cash-burners.spglobal.comspglobal.com
- 0.15% a year, under the 0.18% typical for funds tracking S&P 600 slices and less than half the 0.35% RZV charges against the same declared index.
- Trading since 2000 and spreading across roughly 500 names, it is an old hand in small-cap value rather than a recent factor launch, and it sits in the upper half of its peer group.
Worth knowing
- You pay for the tilt. Plain-vanilla S&P 600 core funds are cheaper (SPSM at 0.03%, IJR at 0.06%) if the whole small-cap index is what you are after.
- One country, one size band, one style. US small-cap value is a slice with real swings, not a diversified core.
- Volume is moderate next to the core S&P 600 giants, which can show up in spreads on larger orders. Distributions land quarterly.
SLYV Holdings
- Stocks
- 466
- 9%
- MTCH
Sectors
- Financials19.6%
- Consumer Discretionary14.3%
- Technology13.7%
- Industrials13.2%
- Real Estate7.6%
- Energy7.4%
- Health Care6.7%
- Materials5.8%
- Consumer Staples5.6%
- Communication4.2%
- Utilities1.9%
Geography
- United States97.70%
- Bermuda0.62%
- Singapore0.53%
- Ireland0.37%
- Switzerland0.35%
- Puerto Rico0.13%
- Cayman Islands0.11%
- United Kingdom0.10%
- 0.09%
SLYV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SLYV$12,389
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 | SLYV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.9% |
| 1 month | −3.6% |
| 3 months | −3.8% |
| 1 year | +23.9% |
| 3 years | +16.2% |
| 5 years | +6.4% |
| 10 years | +9.5% |
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 | SLYV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.9% | |
| 2025 | +6.5% | |
| 2024 | +7.3% | |
| 2023 | +14.8% | |
| 2022 | −11.1% | |
| 2021 | +30.6% | |
| 2020 | +2.7% |
SLYV in the news
SLYV Dividends
- 1.99%
- $2.05
- $0.53 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SLYV Risk
- 19.5%
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.
- 0.57
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.
- −28.7%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SLYV Cost
0.15%
SLYV0.15%
- The middle half of S&P SmallCap 600 funds
- Median 0.15%
4 of the 13 S&P SmallCap 600 funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P SmallCap 600
- BIJTiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +19.8%
- BSLYGState Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +19.9%
- BQVMSInvesco S&P SmallCap 600 QVM Multi-factor ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +22.1%
- BIJSiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +23.8%
- CRZGInvesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +20.2%