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VRAI

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

Virtus Real Asset Income ETF

Virtus · Inception 2019-02-07

$27.43−0.13 (−0.47%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 33 prints from 27.56 to 27.43. Range 27.43 to 27.56. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$27.50$27.5510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.55%
Fund size
$19M
1Y return
+28.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Holdings
198
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$28.71
52W range
low $23.00high $28.99

The ETF.net VRAI Grade

B

56/ 100

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for VRAI. Scores out of 100: Cost 54, Risk 85, Mission not scored, Tradability 19, Holdings 77, Durability 60. Strongest: Risk (85). Weakest: Tradability (19). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 56 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 54
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  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 85
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  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 19
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  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 77
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  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 60
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Graded as of Aug 18, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on VRAI

ETF.net Research

BReal assets without the futures. VRAI owns the stocks behind the stuff (REITs, pipelines, utilities, resource producers), equal-weights them, and screens for a three-year record of dividend growth. Trading since 2019, paying quarterly.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track the Indxx Real Asset Income Index before fees and expenses, providing passive exposure to high-income-producing real-asset securities.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Three real-asset sleeves in one ticker: REITs, listed infrastructure, and natural resource companies, equal-weighted so no single mega-cap sets the tone.virtus.comvirtus.com
  2. 02Buys the equities, not the barrels. No commodity futures or direct hard assets, and the index keeps master limited partnerships to 20% of the basket.virtus.comvirtus.com
  3. 03Income with a quality filter: the index emphasizes companies that grew dividends over the prior three years, not simply the fattest current yields. Pays quarterly.virtus.com
  4. 04At 0.55%, the fee sits just under the typical thematic peer, and the fund lands in the upper half of that peer group on our overall read.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Small and thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than the blue-chip pipelines and REITs inside it would suggest.
  2. 02Equal weighting brings a smaller-company tilt, and real-asset sectors answer to rates and commodity cycles, so it moves on its own schedule.virtus.com
  3. 03Cheaper thematic options exist (LRND at 0.14%, TECB at 0.30%), though neither is doing this real-asset income job.

VRAI Holdings

As of Aug 19, 2026, 3:00 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
198
Top-10 weight
15%
Largest holding
Cash/Cash equivalents2.7%

Sectors

  • Energy36.0%
  • Real Estate32.4%
  • Utilities17.6%
  • Materials7.6%
  • Communication3.0%
  • Cons. Staples2.5%
  • Technology0.9%

Geography

  • United States86.68%
  • Canada2.59%
  • United Kingdom2.43%
  • Brazil1.91%
  • Bermuda1.20%
  • Korea (the Republic of)1.18%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—Cash/Cash equivalents2.71%—$506K—
002DINOHF Sinclair Corp1.54%—$288K180
003NOGNorthern Oil & Gas Inc1.41%—$264K104
004SMSM Energy Co1.38%—$257K137
005CVECenovus Energy Inc1.34%—$250K11
006APAAPA Corp1.30%—$243K234
007SCLStepan Co1.29%—$241K97
008CNQCanadian Natural Resources Ltd1.26%—$235K16
009OVVOvintiv Inc1.25%—$233K157
010PRPermian Resources Corp1.25%—$233K169
011AUAnglogold Ashanti Plc1.23%—$231K57
012WTTRSelect Water Solutions Inc1.23%—$230K86
013SHELShell PLC1.23%—$230K41
014SXCSunCoke Energy Inc1.21%—$227K66
015DMCDel Monte Corp1.21%—$226K111

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

VRAI Performance

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

Performance data is unavailable.

Returns run to the last market 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 VRAI. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVRAI
Year to dateHistory unavailable—
1 monthHistory unavailable—
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3 yearsHistory unavailable—per year
5 yearsHistory unavailable—per year
10 yearsHistory unavailable—per year

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 return data is unavailable.

VRAI in the news

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VRAI Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date.
Data unavailableLast 12 months
Payout per share
Data unavailableLast 12 months

Distribution data unavailable.

VRAI Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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No data available
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.
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No data available
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.
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No data available
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.
0.54
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.

VRAI Cost

Expense Ratio
0.55%