NYLI Global Equity R&D Leaders ETF
$43.52−0.54 (−1.23%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.18%
- Fund size
- $10M
- 1Y return
- +21.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.88%
- Holdings
- 205
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.80
- 52W range
The ETF.net WRND Grade
Score 71 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 100Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 81Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 24Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 55Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 47Category rank
Our read on WRND
AMost innovation funds sell you a story. WRND buys receipts: roughly 200 companies worldwide picked on what they actually spend on R&D and whether that spending earns a return, at a fee well under the thematic norm.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the IQ Global Equity R&D Leaders Index. Its passive strategy targets innovative companies worldwide based on high research and development spending.
Why people hold it
- 0.18% a year against a 0.56% median for its global thematic peers. Innovation exposure without the boutique markup.newyorklifeinvestments.com
- Selection leans on the income statement: R&D intensity paired with return on invested capital, favoring firms that turn research budgets into results.newyorklifeinvestments.com
- Roughly 200 names from a global universe, one of three R&D-screened funds New York Life launched in 2022 rather than a one-off experiment.businesswire.com
Worth knowing
- Small and lightly traded, so bid/ask spreads tend to run wider than on mainstream global index funds.
- Weighting by R&D dollars, with a cap on any single position, tilts the book toward the world's largest research spenders.businesswire.cometfstrategy.com
- Distributions arrive quarterly, but income isn't the mandate; the index screens on research spending, not payouts.
WRND Holdings
- Stocks
- 205
- 51%
- GOOGL
Sectors
- Technology53.6%
- Communication12.2%
- Health Care11.1%
- Industrials11.1%
- Consumer Discr.7.4%
- Financials2.0%
- Cons. Staples1.5%
- Materials1.2%
Geography
- United States57.07%
- Taiwan (Province of China)7.61%
- Korea (the Republic of)6.62%
- Germany5.69%
- Japan5.25%
- Netherlands4.16%
- United Kingdom3.26%
- Denmark1.65%
- 8.69%
Developed 59% · Emerging 41%
WRND Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | WRND |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +19.4% |
| 1 month | +2.3% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | +21.8% |
| 3 years | +23.7% |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | WRND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +19.4% | |
| 2025 | +27.7% | |
| 2024 | +13.5% | |
| 2023 | +34.8% | |
| 2022 | −19.2% |
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WRND Dividends
- 0.88%
- $0.39
- $0.14 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 3, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.21 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Oct 5, 2023 | $0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 6, 2023 | $0.08 |
WRND Risk
- 14.5%
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.
- 1.10
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.
- −27.2%
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.
- 1.15
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
WRND Cost
- The middle half of Global Thematic funds
- Median 0.58%
No Global Thematic fund charges less.