Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF
$82.75+0.63 (+0.77%)
- 0.59%
- $976M
- +26.9%
- 1.79%
- 0M sh
- $81.83
- low $65.26high $87.33
The ETF.net SYLD Grade
C
Score 42 out of 100
- 45 of 53
Score 42 of 100 falls in the C 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.F12 out of 100Rank 46 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B61 out of 100Rank 47 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C43 out of 100Rank 34 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 33 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A83 out of 100Rank 4 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B58 out of 100Rank 26 of 53
Our read on SYLD
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.
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
- Dividends 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
- Actively managed, not index-tracking: about 100 US names chosen on cash returned, rather than whatever a fixed rulebook happens to catch at rebalance.
- Live since 2013 with billions in assets and quarterly distributions. A funded, road-tested strategy, not a launch-year experiment.
Worth knowing
- At 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.
- Thinly traded next to the big dividend ETFs, so spreads and limit orders deserve a look before you hit the button.
- It 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
- Stocks
- 102
- 11%
- MPC
Sectors
- Financials25.1%
- Consumer Discretionary22.6%
- Energy13.4%
- Consumer Staples8.0%
- Communication8.0%
- Industrials6.9%
- Health Care6.1%
- Technology5.0%
- Materials4.9%
Geography
- United States97.95%
- United Kingdom1.03%
- Bermuda1.02%
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$12,691
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 | SYLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.1% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 1 year | +26.9% |
| 3 years | +13.1% |
| 5 years | +8.2% |
| 10 years | +13.1% |
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 | SYLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.1% | |
| 2025 | +3.9% | |
| 2024 | +3.4% | |
| 2023 | +16.5% | |
| 2022 | −6.1% | |
| 2021 | +48.3% | |
| 2020 | +13.5% |
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SYLD Dividends
- 1.79%
- $1.47
- $0.50 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SYLD Risk
- 15.9%
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.
- −26.6%
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.
- 0.74
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
0.59%
SYLD0.59%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
46 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
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- CDURAVanEck Durable High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +20.3%
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