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Vident U.S. Equity Strategy ETF

VUSENYSE ArcaVidentB

$71.36+0.07 (+0.10%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B54/ 100

Rank 15 of 26 in US Quality Index

B54/100Rank 15 of 26inUS Quality Index
Intraday session: up, 77 prints from 71.29 to 71.36. Range 71.35 to 72.24. Use the arrow keys to read each point.71.6071.8072.0072.2010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$660M
1Y total return
+8.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.33%
Holdings
124
Avg volume · 30D
14.3K sh
52W range
low $61.10high $74.85
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net VUSE Grade

B

Score 54 out of 100

Category
US Quality Index⁠
Rank
15 of 26
Six-pillar profile for VUSE. Scores out of 100: Cost 26, Risk 44, Mission 83, Tradability 59, Holdings 71, Durability 67. Strongest: Mission (83). Weakest: Cost (26). Leans toward Mission.

Score 54 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. The letter stays B for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 26

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A83 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 19

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C44 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 26

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 26

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A71 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 26

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B67 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 26

Our read on VUSE

ETF.net Research

In short

BA quality fund that starts in the boardroom: VUSE's index screens U.S. companies on corporate governance and accounting quality, then spreads weight across giant, large and small/mid caps instead of letting the biggest names run the show.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Vident U.S. Quality Index. The index strategy selects U.S. equities using corporate-governance and accounting quality measures.

Why people hold it

  • The governance angle. Most quality indexes rank profits and balance sheets; Vident's also scores management stewardship and accounting quality, then adjusts each holding's weight on that score.videntam.com
  • Not a closet index clone. Weight is deliberately spread across giant, large and small/mid-cap segments, so mid-sized companies get real representation.videntam.com
  • Live since 2014 with several hundred million dollars in assets: a decade-plus of real-world results, not a backtest. Income is paid out quarterly.
  • Does what the label says. A rules-based U.S. equity portfolio built to the governance-and-quality mandate written into its own prospectus, with no style drift hiding in the holdings.

Worth knowing

  • At 0.50% a year it costs well above the quality-factor mainstays (JQUA 0.12%, QUAL and FQAL 0.15%) and above the group's typical fee. The governance layer has to earn that gap.
  • It trades thinly next to those peers, so bid-ask spreads can run wider, which matters most on larger orders.
  • The scoring is Vident's own, so holdings can look quite different from a standard quality index for long stretches. It sits in the lower half of its quality-factor peer group.

VUSE Performance

Launched Jan 21, 2014

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

VUSE$10,845
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. VUSE $10,845. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 VUSE. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVUSE
Year to date+8.3%
1 month−1.6%
3 months−0.6%
1 year+8.4%
3 yearsper year+17.1%
5 yearsper year+11.1%
10 yearsper year+12.0%

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 VUSE
YearReturn barVUSE
2026 YTD+8.3%
2025+13.2%
2024+15.8%
2023+24.4%
2022−9.4%
2021+35.5%
2020+6.7%

VUSE in the news

VUSE 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 through Oct 30, 2026.
0.33%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.24Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.05 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 14, 2017 $0.07; Jun 13, 2017 $0.09; Sep 19, 2017 $0.02; Dec 21, 2017 $0.21; Mar 20, 2018 $0.09; Jun 19, 2018 $0.10; Sep 18, 2018 $0.02; Dec 19, 2018 $0.23; Mar 19, 2019 $0.12; Jun 18, 2019 $0.13; Sep 17, 2019 $0.02; Dec 19, 2019 $0.26; Mar 17, 2020 $0.08; Jun 16, 2020 $0.11; Sep 15, 2020 $0.01; Dec 18, 2020 $0.26; Mar 16, 2021 $0.08; Jun 15, 2021 $0.12; Sep 14, 2021 $0.01; Dec 17, 2021 $0.33; Mar 15, 2022 $0.10; Jun 14, 2022 $0.15; Sep 13, 2022 $0.01; Dec 16, 2022 $0.39; Mar 14, 2023 $0.11; Jun 13, 2023 $0.16; Sep 12, 2023 $0.0032; Dec 15, 2023 $0.31; Mar 12, 2024 $0.09; Jun 11, 2024 $0.13; Sep 17, 2024 $0.02; Dec 17, 2024 $0.25; Mar 18, 2025 $0.07; Jun 17, 2025 $0.06; Sep 17, 2025 $0.13; Dec 17, 2025 $0.05; Mar 17, 2026 $0.07; Jun 16, 2026 $0.07; Sep 17, 2026 $0.05. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.05
Jun 16, 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.07
Mar 17, 2026Mar 18, 2026$0.07
Dec 17, 2025Dec 18, 2025$0.05
Sep 17, 2025Sep 18, 2025$0.13
Jun 17, 2025Jun 18, 2025$0.06
Mar 18, 2025Mar 19, 2025$0.07
Dec 17, 2024Dec 18, 2024$0.25
Sep 17, 2024Sep 18, 2024$0.02
Jun 11, 2024Jun 12, 2024$0.13
Mar 12, 2024Mar 14, 2024$0.09
Dec 15, 2023Dec 19, 2023$0.31

See all 51 payments⁠

$10,000 in VUSE 10 years ago paid $1,843 in dividends.⁠

VUSE Risk

Risk pillarC44 out of 100Rank 16 of 26 in US Quality Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
11.9%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
1.02
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−21.3%
Trough Sep 2022
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.
0.91
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

VUSE Cost

Compare VUSE and JQUA

Overpaying vs JQUA, cheapest in US Quality Index

$7,459

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • VUSE 0.50%

    $9,979

  • JQUA 0.12% Cheapest

    $2,520

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • VUSE 0.50%
  • JQUA 0.12%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530VUSE $9,979JQUA $2,520

Year by year

YearVUSEJQUAOverpaying
10$900$220$680
20$3,460$859$2,601
30$9,979$2,520$7,459

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