State Street SPDR S&P 1500 Value Tilt ETF
$244.96+0.42 (+0.17%)
- 0.12%
- $773M
- +25.4%
- 1.62%
- 0M sh
- $243.73
- low $199.58high $250.97
The ETF.net VLU Grade
A
Score 75 out of 100
- 6 of 40
Score 75 of 100 falls in the A 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.A76 out of 100Rank 10 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A81 out of 100Rank 4 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C42 out of 100Rank 23 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B61 out of 100Rank 17 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B65 out of 100Rank 16 of 40
Our read on VLU
AMost value funds throw out half the market. VLU keeps all roughly 1,500 names in the S&P Composite 1500 and simply leans the weights toward the cheaper ones. Running since 2012.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return performance of the S&P 1500 Low Valuation Tilt Index.
Why people hold it
- Owns large, mid and small caps together and reweights toward cheap stocks rather than deleting rich ones, so the value lean comes without dropping half the US market.ssga.comus.spindices.com
- 0.12% a year, under the median fee among US value ETFs, for an all-cap portfolio of roughly 1,500 stocks.
- A plain rules-based index mandate with no manager discretion, and one of the stronger implementations in its value peer group.
- Live since 2012, so it carries a long record through both value droughts and value comebacks.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the category giants, so bid-ask spreads and order size matter more than they would in a heavily traded fund.
- A tilt, not a purge: pricey stocks stay in at lower weights, so the value exposure is milder than a concentrated deep-value fund.ssga.comus.spindices.com
- Cheap for the category but not the floor. VTV and IUSV charge less, though they cover large-cap value only.
VLU Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,452
- 19%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology19.8%
- Financials18.7%
- Health Care12.6%
- Consumer Discretionary9.6%
- Communication8.2%
- Energy7.9%
- Industrials7.7%
- Consumer Staples7.1%
- Utilities3.1%
- Real Estate3.1%
- Materials2.3%
Geography
- United States97.16%
- Ireland1.15%
- Switzerland0.53%
- United Kingdom0.49%
- Bermuda0.45%
- Netherlands0.08%
- Sweden0.05%
- Canada0.03%
- 0.05%
VLU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VLU$12,539
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 | VLU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.7% |
| 1 month | −0.5% |
| 3 months | +1.9% |
| 1 year | +25.4% |
| 3 years | +21.6% |
| 5 years | +13.0% |
| 10 years | +14.0% |
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 | VLU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.7% | |
| 2025 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | +17.2% | |
| 2023 | +17.2% | |
| 2022 | −8.3% | |
| 2021 | +31.0% | |
| 2020 | +10.0% |
VLU in the news
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VLU Dividends
- 1.62%
- $3.97
- $1.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VLU 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.
- 1.26
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.
- −19.6%
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.
- 0.88
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VLU Cost
0.12%
VLU0.12%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
9 of the 40 US Value Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Value Index
- AIWDiShares Russell 1000 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +29.7%
- AVOEVanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +22.3%
- AISCViShares Morningstar Small Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +19.7%
- AVTWVVanguard Russell 2000 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +24.8%
- BIWSiShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.23%1 year return +23.4%