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TSEL

GradeDNASDAQ Global Market

Touchstone Sands Capital US Select Growth ETF

Active Equity · Touchstone · Inception 2025-01-02 · SEC filings

$29.68−0.34 (−1.12%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:19 PM EDT

History starts Jan 3, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 53 prints from 30.02 to 29.68. Range 29.68 to 29.92. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$29.75$29.80$29.85$29.9010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.96%
Fund size
$80M
1Y return
−1.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$29.78
52W range
low $23.55high $31.06

The ETF.net TSEL Grade

D

29/ 100

Rank 76 of 90 in US Active Growth⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for TSEL. Scores out of 100: Cost 8, Risk 11, Mission 59, Tradability 72, Holdings 52, Durability 35. Strongest: Tradability (72). Weakest: Cost (8). Leans toward Tradability.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 29 of 100 sits in the D 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 8
    Category rank83/90 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    BScore 59
    Category rank21/27 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 11
    Category rank77/79 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 72
    Category rank19/90 · top 21%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 52
    Category rank52/89 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 35
    Category rank74/90 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on TSEL

ETF.net Research

DSands Capital's high-conviction growth playbook in an ETF wrapper: a concentrated book of big US growth companies, run by a boutique stock-picker and priced like one.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It invests primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies with above-average potential for revenue or earnings growth, emphasizing large- and mid-capitalization growth companies.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Clear mandate: US-listed companies above $5 billion in market cap at purchase, chosen for above-average revenue or earnings growth. You know what is in the box.westernsouthern.com
  2. 02Concentrated by design. A high-conviction lineup means the manager's best ideas actually move the needle instead of being diluted across hundreds of names.westernsouthern.com
  3. 03Growth-first, plainly stated: the objective is long-term capital appreciation, so the return story is share price, not income.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Cost sits at the top end of the peer group: 1.02% a year against a 0.54% cohort median, with peers like JUSA (0.12%) and FELG (0.18%) far cheaper.
  2. 02Concentration cuts both ways: a tight, growth-heavy book can swing harder than a broad market index in either direction.westernsouthern.com
  3. 03Young and thinly traded: launched in 2025, so the record is short and bid-ask spreads can run wider than in mega-cap funds.

TSEL Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 8:47 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
—
Top-10 weight
56%
Largest holding
NVDA10.6%

Geography

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP10.64%38,497$9M828
002GOOGLALPHABET INC8.63%19,862$7M704
003MSFTMICROSOFT CORP6.04%9,848$5M792
004METAMETA PLATFORMS INC5.72%6,919$5M683
005STXSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC4.93%4,619$4M434
006SNDKSANDISK CORP4.69%2,108$4M450
007PWRQUANTA SERVICES INC4.05%5,118$3M355
008—BNY DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH3.98%3,204,405$3M24
009SQBLOCK INC3.89%41,047$3M165
010SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA3.89%6,140$3M138
011MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC3.86%3,057$3M655
012AMZNAMAZON.COM INC3.86%12,239$3M720
013BEBLOOM ENERGY CORP3.76%11,390$3M304
014LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP3.60%10,060$3M591
015VVISA INC3.35%7,328$3M550

Showing 1–15 of 28 holdings

TSEL Performance

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

TSEL$9,839
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. TSEL $9,839. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$7,445$9,763$12,081Sep 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 TSEL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTSEL
Year to date+5.9%
1 month+4.9%
3 months+1.6%
1 year−1.6%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—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 TSEL
YearReturn barTSEL
2026 YTD+5.9%
2025+11.2%

History from Jan 3, 2025

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TSEL Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

TSEL Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
23.0%
Annualised · 19 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.
0.14
vs 3-month T-bills · 19 months 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.
−28.9%
20 months · 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.
1.51
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.

TSEL Cost

Expense ratio0.96%
  • The middle half of US Active Growth funds
  • Median 0.56%

81 of the 89 US Active Growth funds charge less.

TSEL costs $96.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Growth fund costs $56.00.