Vident U.S. Equity Strategy ETF
$73.36−0.16 (−0.22%)
- 0.50%
- $687M
- +13.7%
- 0.32%
- 0M sh
- $73.70
- low $61.10high $74.85
The ETF.net VUSE Grade
B
Score 57 out of 100
- 12 of 26
Score 57 of 100 falls in the B 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.D32 out of 100Rank 16 of 26Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A83 out of 100Rank 6 of 19Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C45 out of 100Rank 17 of 26Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 5 of 26Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A71 out of 100Rank 8 of 26Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B67 out of 100Rank 8 of 26
Our read on VUSE
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.
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 Holdings
- Stocks
- 125
- 29%
- MU
Sectors
- Technology38.5%
- Financials12.7%
- Health Care10.4%
- Communication9.1%
- Consumer Discretionary8.8%
- Industrials7.0%
- Consumer Staples5.8%
- Energy2.9%
- Materials2.8%
- Real Estate1.0%
- Utilities1.0%
Geography
- United States98.30%
- Singapore1.22%
- United Kingdom0.48%
VUSE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VUSE$11,370
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 | VUSE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.6% |
| 1 month | +2.1% |
| 3 months | +1.7% |
| 1 year | +13.7% |
| 3 years | +16.8% |
| 5 years | +12.1% |
| 10 years | +12.1% |
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 | VUSE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.6% | |
| 2025 | +13.2% | |
| 2024 | +15.8% | |
| 2023 | +24.4% | |
| 2022 | −9.4% | |
| 2021 | +35.5% | |
| 2020 | +6.7% |
VUSE in the news
VUSE Dividends
- 0.32%
- $0.24
- $0.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VUSE Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 0.97
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.
- −21.3%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VUSE Cost
0.50%
VUSE0.50%
- The middle half of US Quality Index funds
- Median 0.39%
19 of the 26 US Quality Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Quality Index
- BVFLOVictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETFExpense ratio 0.44%1 year return +46.5%
- BFLOWGlobal X U.S. Cash Flow Kings 100 ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +32.2%
- BDGRSWisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth FundExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +19.5%
- BXSHQInvesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +13.0%
- BAVUQAvantis U.S. Quality ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +18.6%