Virtus Real Asset Income ETF
$27.86+0.24 (+0.87%)
- 0.55%
- $18M
- +23.9%
- 3.17%
- 0M sh
- $27.52
- low $23.00high $29.31
The ETF.net VRAI Grade
C
Score 48 out of 100
- 7 of 22
Score 48 of 100 falls in the C 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.D31 out of 100Rank 15 of 22Mission
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.A83 out of 100Rank 2 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D26 out of 100Rank 17 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A75 out of 100Rank 3 of 22Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A71 out of 100Rank 8 of 22
Our read on VRAI
CReal 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.
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
- Three 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
- Buys 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
- Income 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
- At 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
- Small and thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than the blue-chip pipelines and REITs inside it would suggest.
- Equal 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
- Cheaper thematic options exist (LRND at 0.14%, TECB at 0.30%), though neither is doing this real-asset income job.
VRAI Holdings
- Other
- 89
- 14%
- Cash/Cash equivalents
Sectors
- Energy38.6%
- Real Estate31.1%
- Utilities15.9%
- Materials8.0%
- Communication3.2%
- Consumer Staples2.4%
- Technology0.9%
Geography
- United States85.98%
- Brazil2.40%
- United Kingdom2.40%
- Canada2.29%
- Bermuda1.22%
- Luxembourg1.16%
- Israel1.15%
- Turkey1.14%
- 2.26%
VRAI Performance
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VRAI$12,387
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 | VRAI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.9% |
| 1 month | −3.2% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +23.9% |
| 3 years | +13.4% |
| 5 years | +5.7% |
| 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 | VRAI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.9% | |
| 2025 | +6.7% | |
| 2024 | +2.6% | |
| 2023 | +6.1% | |
| 2022 | −10.0% | |
| 2021 | +24.4% | |
| 2020 | −5.9% |
VRAI in the news
VRAI Dividends
- 3.17%
- $0.87
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VRAI Risk
- 12.7%
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.
- 0.62
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.
- −26.7%
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.
- 0.54
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
0.55%
VRAI0.55%
- The middle half of US Thematic funds
- Median 0.35%
14 of the 22 US Thematic funds charge less.
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