Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF
$43.000.00 (0.00%)
- 0.80%
- $15M
- +14.0%
- 0.19%
- 0M sh
- $43.04
- low $35.19high $43.40
The ETF.net VNSE Grade
F
Score 24 out of 100
- 58 of 66
Score 24 of 100 falls in the F 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.F13 out of 100Rank 57 of 66Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F23 out of 100Rank 54 of 63Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D39 out of 100Rank 43 of 66Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D29 out of 100Rank 59 of 66Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C48 out of 100Rank 40 of 66
Our read on VNSE
FVaughan Nelson has picked stocks out of Houston since 1970, and this is its short list in an ETF: 20 to 40 US names, bottom-up and value-leaning, with no index to hide behind. Concentration is the whole point, in both directions.
The fund uses a bottom-up process focused on value when constructing its portfolio.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely concentrated, not closet-index: the prospectus targets a portfolio of 20 to 40 securities and the fund is non-diversified, so individual picks actually move the needle.sec.gov
- Nothing to replicate. Outcomes ride on Vaughan Nelson's bottom-up, value-focused research, run by a Houston boutique founded in 1970 that sits inside the Natixis stable.im.natixis.comassets.im.natixis.com
- A contractual expense limit softens the sticker: the adviser waives fees or reimburses expenses once the cap is hit, so holders pay less than the 1.34% gross ratio suggests.assets.im.natixis.com
Worth knowing
- Cost sits at the expensive end of the US value aisle: 1.34% gross against a 0.55% peer median, with rules-based rivals like AVLV (0.15%) and DFLV (0.21%) far cheaper.
- Small and thinly traded, so the gap between buy and sell prices can be wider than in the category's giants, and size orders get noticed.
- Non-diversified by design. With 20 to 40 holdings, one stumble lands harder, and results can drift a long way from the S&P 500 it measures itself against.sec.gov
VNSE Holdings
- Stocks
- 28
- 55%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.0%
- Financials12.0%
- Communication10.7%
- Industrials10.5%
- Health Care9.3%
- Consumer Discretionary8.0%
- Energy5.2%
- Materials4.1%
- Utilities2.2%
Geography
- United States82.21%
- Taiwan7.28%
- Canada6.52%
- Ireland3.99%
VNSE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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VNSE$11,397
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 | VNSE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.9% |
| 1 month | +3.6% |
| 3 months | +2.9% |
| 1 year | +14.0% |
| 3 years | +15.9% |
| 5 years | +9.9% |
| 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 | VNSE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.9% | |
| 2025 | +13.7% | |
| 2024 | +10.2% | |
| 2023 | +22.5% | |
| 2022 | −16.8% | |
| 2021 | +39.6% | |
| 2020 | +11.2% |
VNSE in the news
VNSE Dividends
- 0.19%
- $0.08
- $0.0035 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VNSE Risk
- 14.6%
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.
- 0.73
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.
- −24.4%
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.
- 1.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VNSE Cost
0.80%
VNSE0.80%
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
57 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.
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