VanEck Consumer Discretionary TruSector ETF
$24.98−0.39 (−1.55%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.16%
- Fund size
- $60M
- 1Y return
- −2.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 51
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.41
- 52W range
The ETF.net TRUD Grade
Score 50 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.AScore 79Category 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 43Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 33Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 15Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 29Category rank
Our read on TRUD
CActive, not indexed: VanEck's TruSector line hands consumer discretionary to a manager instead of a rulebook, roughly 50 names at 0.16% a year. A 2025 launch, so the record is still short.
The Fund is actively managed and seeks long-term capital appreciation through securities of consumer-discretionary companies or instruments providing exposure to them.
Why people hold it
- 0.16% a year for active management, well under what the typical fund in the consumer discretionary group charges.
- Actively managed for long-term capital appreciation: the team picks consumer discretionary companies, or instruments giving that exposure, rather than tracking a set index.vaneck.com
- Concentrated by design, roughly 50 US names, so individual picks carry real weight in the portfolio.
- Distributions land on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- Launched in 2025, so the history is short and risk measures rest on limited data.
- Plain index rivals cost less: XLY and FDIS at 0.08%, VCR at 0.09%. The extra fee here buys the active call.
- Smaller and less heavily traded than the category's index giants, which can mean wider spreads on large or hurried orders.
TRUD Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 98%
- XLY
Sectors
- Financials60.6%
- Consumer Discr.39.2%
- Communication0.1%
- Technology0.1%
Geography
- United States99.92%
- Switzerland0.07%
- Canada0.01%
TRUD 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 | TRUD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.7% |
| 1 month | −3.4% |
| 3 months | +0.4% |
| 1 year | −2.9% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | TRUD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.7% | |
| 2025 | +6.7% |
TRUD in the news
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TRUD Dividends
- $0.04 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.01 |
TRUD Risk
- 16.7%
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.
- 0.09
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.
- −16.0%
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.
- 1.15
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TRUD Cost
- The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
3 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.