Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF
$13.33−0.16 (−1.19%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.30%
- Fund size
- $67M
- 1Y return
- +5.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.01%
- Holdings
- 56
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $13.44
- 52W range
The ETF.net XSHD Grade
Score 34 of 100 sits in the D 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 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.FScore 22Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 20Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 44Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 30Category rank
Our read on XSHD
DThe high-yield-then-low-volatility recipe, run down in the S&P SmallCap 600 instead of the usual blue chips. A few dozen small caps picked for payout first and calm second, with cash paid out monthly.
The fund seeks to track its underlying index before fees and expenses by investing primarily in securities included in that index.
Why people hold it
- Two-step screen with a clear order of operations: rank the small-cap universe by trailing 12-month dividend yield first, then keep the least volatile of those names.spglobal.com
- Pays monthly, a cadence rare among small-cap equity funds, where quarterly is the norm.
- Income and low-volatility screens usually live in large caps. This one applies them inside the S&P SmallCap 600, a part of the market most yield funds skip.invesco.com
- Rules-based and running since 2016: holdings change on the index's schedule, not a manager's hunch.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded. Spreads can be wider than in the household-name funds, so limit orders and a look at the quote before you hit the button matter more here.
- 0.30% a year, a shade above the typical fee among US factor ETFs, and the fund sits in the lower reaches of that peer group on cost and tradability.
- Yield-first selection concentrates the portfolio in the highest-paying corners of small caps, across only a few dozen names, and the volatility screen reads the past 12 months.spglobal.com
XSHD Holdings
- Stocks
- 56
- 31%
- RITM
Sectors
- Real Estate42.8%
- Cons. Staples15.2%
- Utilities10.4%
- Energy6.9%
- Industrials6.5%
- Materials6.5%
- Consumer Discr.5.1%
- Financials2.6%
- Communication1.9%
- Health Care1.6%
- Technology0.6%
Geography
- United States100.00%
XSHD 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 | XSHD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.2% |
| 1 month | −5.9% |
| 3 months | +1.3% |
| 1 year | +5.5% |
| 3 years | +2.6% |
| 5 years | −3.5% |
| 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 | XSHD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | −6.4% | |
| 2024 | −5.3% | |
| 2023 | +3.0% | |
| 2022 | −19.5% | |
| 2021 | +18.3% | |
| 2020 | −13.5% |
XSHD in the news
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XSHD Dividends
- 5.01%
- $0.68
- $0.05 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.05 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | $0.06 |
XSHD Risk
- 16.9%
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.
- −0.04
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.
- −34.7%
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.
- 0.73
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XSHD Cost
- The middle half of US Factor Index funds
- Median 0.30%
13 of the 29 US Factor Index funds charge less.