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SYLD

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF

Factor & Screened Index · Cambria Funds · Inception 2013-05-14 · SEC filings

$82.34−0.30 (−0.36%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 82.64 to 82.34. Range 82.16 to 82.61. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$82.20$82.40$82.50$82.6010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.59%
Fund size
$983M
1Y return
+22.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.78%
Holdings
99
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$82.95
52W range
low $65.26high $87.33

The ETF.net SYLD Grade

C

40/ 100

Rank 47 of 53 in US Dividend Index⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for SYLD. Scores out of 100: Cost 12, Risk 37, Mission 54, Tradability 45, Holdings 80, Durability 58. Strongest: Holdings (80). Weakest: Cost (12). Leans toward Holdings.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 40 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.
    FScore 12
    Category rank48/53 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    CScore 54
    Category rank48/50 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    DScore 37
    Category rank38/52 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 45
    Category rank29/53 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 80
    Category rank5/53 · top 9%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 58
    Category rank27/53 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on SYLD

ETF.net Research

CMost dividend funds count one thing: the payout. SYLD counts every way a company hands cash back, dividends, buybacks and debt paydown, in an active, roughly 100-stock US portfolio running since 2013.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks income and capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio of U.S.-based publicly listed companies with high shareholder yield, measured through dividends, buybacks and debt paydowns.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Dividends are one route back to shareholders. This screen also credits buybacks and debt paydown, so it can own cash generators a pure yield list skips.cambriafunds.com
  2. 02Actively managed, not index-tracking: about 100 US names chosen on cash returned, rather than whatever a fixed rulebook happens to catch at rebalance.
  3. 03Live since 2013 with billions in assets and quarterly distributions. A funded, road-tested strategy, not a launch-year experiment.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.59% it costs more than the typical dividend-screen fund, and index heavyweights like SCHD and VIG charge a fraction of that. Active picking is the bill.
  2. 02Thinly traded next to the big dividend ETFs, so spreads and limit orders deserve a look before you hit the button.
  3. 03It measures itself against the S&P 500 while holding about 100 value-tilted names, so its path can diverge widely from the broad market in either direction.

SYLD Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 6:38 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
99
Top-10 weight
16%
Largest holding
First American Treasury Obligations Fund 01/01/20402.5%

Sectors

  • Financials21.8%
  • Consumer Discr.21.7%
  • Energy15.5%
  • Industrials9.1%
  • Cons. Staples8.5%
  • Materials7.9%
  • Communication7.3%
  • Health Care5.5%
  • Technology2.7%

Geography

  • United States98.04%
  • United Kingdom1.10%
  • Bermuda0.86%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 7.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—First American Treasury Obligations Fund 01/01/20402.50%24,719,092$25M11
002DINOHF Sinclair Corp1.68%143,585$17M232
003MANManpowerGroup Inc1.67%287,039$17M118
004MPCMarathon Petroleum Corp1.62%37,800$16M391
005VLOValero Energy Corp1.62%38,668$16M395
006ANFAbercrombie & Fitch Co1.44%104,668$14M174
007THCTenet Healthcare Corp1.35%51,141$13M216
008APAAPA Corp1.28%281,742$13M283
009NEMNewmont Corp1.23%98,669$12M428
010FOXAFox Corp1.21%185,545$12M296
011RHIRobert Half Inc1.20%318,223$12M143
012CFCF Industries Holdings Inc1.18%91,299$12M329
013SAICScience Applications International Corp1.18%87,504$12M166
014TALOTalos Energy Inc1.17%680,380$12M121
015PTENPatterson-UTI Energy Inc1.17%982,014$12M145

Showing 1–15 of 99 holdings

SYLD Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

SYLD$12,248
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. SYLD $12,248. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,267$11,184$13,101Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for SYLD. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSYLD
Year to date+20.7%
1 month−4.1%
3 months+5.9%
1 year+22.5%
3 years+12.9%per year
5 years+9.2%per year
10 years+13.2%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for SYLD
YearReturn barSYLD
2026 YTD+20.7%
2025+3.9%
2024+3.4%
2023+16.5%
2022−6.1%
2021+48.3%
2020+13.5%

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SYLD Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
1.78%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.47Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.50 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 28, 2017 $0.11; Jun 27, 2017 $0.13; Sep 26, 2017 $0.17; Dec 27, 2017 $0.17; Mar 28, 2018 $0.11; Jun 27, 2018 $0.24; Sep 26, 2018 $0.30; Dec 26, 2018 $0.18; Mar 28, 2019 $0.19; Jun 27, 2019 $0.21; Sep 26, 2019 $0.21; Dec 26, 2019 $0.23; Mar 26, 2020 $0.20; Jun 25, 2020 $0.23; Sep 24, 2020 $0.15; Dec 23, 2020 $0.32; Mar 25, 2021 $0.13; Jun 24, 2021 $0.31; Sep 23, 2021 $0.23; Dec 22, 2021 $0.77; Mar 24, 2022 $0.18; Jun 23, 2022 $0.31; Sep 22, 2022 $0.43; Dec 22, 2022 $0.39; Mar 23, 2023 $0.57; Jun 22, 2023 $0.29; Sep 21, 2023 $0.30; Dec 14, 2023 $0.13; Mar 21, 2024 $0.52; Jun 21, 2024 $0.43; Sep 20, 2024 $0.24; Dec 20, 2024 $0.21; Mar 20, 2025 $0.52; Jun 18, 2025 $0.35; Sep 18, 2025 $0.49; Dec 18, 2025 $0.20; Mar 20, 2026 $0.42; Jun 18, 2026 $0.34; Sep 18, 2026 $0.50. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 18, 2026Sep 21, 2026$0.50
Jun 18, 2026Jun 22, 2026$0.34
Mar 20, 2026Mar 23, 2026$0.42
Dec 18, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.20
Sep 18, 2025Sep 19, 2025$0.49
Jun 18, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.35
Mar 20, 2025Mar 21, 2025$0.52
Dec 20, 2024Dec 30, 2024$0.21
Sep 20, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.24
Jun 21, 2024Jul 1, 2024$0.43
Mar 21, 2024Apr 1, 2024$0.52
Dec 14, 2023Dec 26, 2023$0.13

SYLD Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.4%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.58
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−26.6%
Trough Apr 2025
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.74
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

SYLD Cost

Expense ratio0.59%
  • The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
  • Median 0.38%

46 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.

SYLD costs $59.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Dividend Index fund costs $38.00.