T. Rowe Price Equity Income ETF
$51.57−0.23 (−0.45%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.54%
- Fund size
- $488M
- 1Y return
- +20.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.47%
- Holdings
- 116
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $52.02
- 52W range
The ETF.net TEQI Grade
Score 59 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.CScore 53Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category 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.CScore 54Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 68Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 78Category rank
Our read on TEQI
BA stock-picker's take on value: T. Rowe Price's equity income strategy in ETF form, hunting out-of-favor dividend payers. Roughly 120 names, quarterly payouts, measured against the Russell 1000 Value rather than cloning it.
The fund seeks a high level of dividend income and long-term capital growth.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active. The stated job is a high level of dividend income plus long-term capital growth, run as a manageable book of roughly 120 stocks.
- 0.54% a year sits mid-pack for active value, and undercuts several rivals judged against the same Russell 1000 Value benchmark.
- Pays quarterly, has been trading since 2020, and lands in the stronger half of the active large-cap value group on our review.
- Stays on its stated lane: a value portfolio that behaves like one, rather than a growth book wearing a value label.
Worth knowing
- One of the quieter tickers in its category. Thin volume means the price you pay can drift from the value of what's inside.
- You're paying for human judgment: systematic value funds like AVLV and WTV charge a fraction of 0.54%.
- The income mandate is a goal, not a fixed rate. There's no declared target yield, and distributions can include return of capital.
TEQI Holdings
- Stocks
- 116
- 30%
- AMZN
Sectors
- Financials20.1%
- Technology18.0%
- Health Care13.3%
- Industrials10.6%
- Consumer Discr.9.9%
- Energy8.7%
- Cons. Staples6.6%
- Utilities5.4%
- Real Estate3.0%
- Communication2.6%
- Materials1.8%
Geography
- United States92.11%
- France1.89%
- United Kingdom1.61%
- Switzerland1.47%
- Canada1.26%
- Ireland1.25%
- Denmark0.41%
TEQI 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 | TEQI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.5% |
| 1 month | −1.2% |
| 3 months | +3.2% |
| 1 year | +20.4% |
| 3 years | +17.3% |
| 5 years | +11.1% |
| 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 | TEQI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.5% | |
| 2025 | +13.4% | |
| 2024 | +13.1% | |
| 2023 | +9.6% | |
| 2022 | −3.3% | |
| 2021 | +26.3% | |
| 2020 | +18.1% |
TEQI in the news
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TEQI Dividends
- 1.47%
- $0.76
- $0.19 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | $0.21 |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | $0.18 |
TEQI Risk
- 11.9%
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.
- 1.00
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.
- −17.8%
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.
- 0.77
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TEQI Cost
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
30 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.