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HOMZ vs USMD

Hoya Capital Housing ETF

HOMZBNYSE Arca

CoreValues America First Technology ETF

USMDDNYSE Arca

Overlap

Expense ratio

HOMZ −0.57pt a year

HOMZ0.30%USMD0.87%

Avg volume · 30D

HOMZ 13.2×the volume

HOMZ2.87KUSMD217

HOMZ vs USMD Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

−5.7%HOMZ+0.3%USMD

Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. HOMZ −5.7%. USMD +0.3%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−10%5%10%Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Expense ratio
HOMZ 0.30%, better
USMD 0.87%
Fund size
HOMZ $33M
USMD $0
1Y total return
HOMZ −2.4%
USMD No data
Yield (12M)
HOMZ 2.89%
USMD No data
Holdings
HOMZ 98
USMD 122
Avg volume (30D)
HOMZ 2.87K sh, better
USMD 217 sh
NAV per share
HOMZ $42.51
USMD $29.94
52W range

ETF.net Grade

HOMZ: Cost 79, Risk 36, Mission 68, Tradability 61, Holdings 73, Durability 58. USMD: Cost 0, Risk 46, Mission not scored, Tradability 41, Holdings 56, Durability 28.
Pillar letters and Scores for HOMZ, USMD, with each pillar’s weight
PillarHOMZUSMD
Cost30% weightA79HigherF0
Mission25% weightB68Not scored
Risk15% weightD36C46Higher
Tradability15% weightB61HigherC41
Holdings10% weightA73HigherB56
Durability5% weightB58HigherD28

Rank among US Thematic funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. HOMZ and USMD are both graded against the same 22 US Thematic funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Thematic⁠

Category · 22 funds
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HOMZ ranks 4th and USMD 22nd of 22 funds in the US Thematic Category.

  1. Rank 1ALRNDNYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETFScore 76
  2. Rank 2ATECBiShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETFScore 71
  3. Rank 3BLOHARoundhill HALO ETFScore 66
  4. Rank 4BHOMZHoya Capital Housing ETFScore 64
  5. Rank 5BCRTCXtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETFScore 62
  6. Rank 21DFMKTThe Free Markets ETFScore 29
  7. Rank 22DUSMDCoreValues America First Technology ETFScore 26

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

HOMZBHoya Capital Housing ETF

USMDDCoreValues America First Technology ETF

In short

HOMZ Most housing ETFs pick a lane: homebuilders or apartment REITs. HOMZ buys the whole chain, landlords, builders, home-improvement retailers and housing finance and tech names, sizing each segment by its share of GDP.

USMD One of the newest names in US thematic tech: USMD tracks Solactive's America First Technology Index for an all-domestic technology sleeve, with long-term capital appreciation, not income, as the stated goal.

Stated mandate

HOMZ The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Hoya Capital Housing 100TM Index before fees and expenses.

USMD The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

  • HOMZ Four housing segments in one ticker: rental operators, builders, home improvement and furnishings, and housing finance, tech and services, each sized by its contribution to GDP rather than market cap.sec.gov
  • The 2019 original: launched as the first ETF offering diversified exposure across the entire US housing sector, and still tracking the index its adviser built.prnewswire.com
  • 0.30% a year, below the 0.45% median for its index-tracking peers, on an index reconstituted and rebalanced on a set schedule each June and December.sec.govsec.gov 2
  • Distributions arrive monthly rather than quarterly, a cadence more common among bond funds than equity sector funds.
  • USMD Rules first, hunches second: it follows a published Solactive index, so the selection logic is written down before the trades happen.
  • Geography is unambiguous. A US equity mandate keeps the theme home, rather than blending domestic and overseas tech under one label.
  • Plain-vanilla fund plumbing: a 1940 Act ETF, so you get standard 1099 reporting instead of partnership paperwork.

Worth knowing

  • HOMZ A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than on mega-cap index trackers, and small funds carry more risk of being closed or repositioned.
  • One industry, roughly 100 stocks. Housing moves with mortgage rates and construction cycles, so this can drift well apart from a broad market fund.
  • Cheap for a themed index fund, still a multiple of plain broad-market trackers: SCHK charges 0.03% and VT 0.06%.
  • USMD Fee is the headline trade-off: 0.87% a year, while thematic-tech neighbors like LRND (0.14%) and TECB (0.30%) charge a fraction of that.
  • It opened in 2026, so there is no multi-year record yet, and small, thinly traded funds tend to carry wider bid-ask spreads.
  • Growth mandate, not a paycheck: the prospectus objective is capital appreciation, and income is not part of the design.

Full HOMZ profile⁠

Full USMD profile⁠

HOMZ vs USMD Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

HOMZ vs USMD Cost

Overpaying USMD vs HOMZ

$10,387

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

  • HOMZ 0.30%

    $6,149

  • USMD 0.87%

    $16,536

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • HOMZ 0.30%
  • USMD 0.87%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K$20K051015202530USMD $16,536HOMZ $6,149

Year by year

YearHOMZUSMDOverpaying
10$545$1,542$997
20$2,113$5,830$3,717
30$6,149$16,536$10,387

Expense ratio

  • 0.30%HOMZ, cheaper
  • 0.87%USMD
  • Middle half of US Thematic funds
  • Median 0.35%

HOMZ 5th cheapest of 22 funds

USMD 22nd cheapest of 22 funds

HOMZ vs USMD Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026
Yield (12M)
HOMZ 2.89%
USMD No data
Payout (12M)
HOMZ $1.23
USMD None
Last payment
HOMZ $0.10
USMD No data
Ex-dividend
HOMZ Oct 20, 2026
USMD No data
Paid on
HOMZ Oct 21, 2026
USMD No data
Frequency
HOMZ Monthly
USMD No data

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

HOMZMonthly · 49 paymentsAll HOMZ payments⁠
One bar per payment. 49 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Jan 18, 2023 $0.07; Feb 14, 2023 $0.07; Mar 14, 2023 $0.07; Apr 18, 2023 $0.07; May 16, 2023 $0.07; Jun 13, 2023 $0.07; Jul 18, 2023 $0.07; Aug 15, 2023 $0.07; Sep 12, 2023 $0.07; Oct 17, 2023 $0.07; Nov 14, 2023 $0.07; Dec 12, 2023 $0.07; Dec 27, 2023 $0.07; Jan 17, 2024 $0.08; Feb 13, 2024 $0.08; Mar 12, 2024 $0.08; Apr 16, 2024 $0.08; May 14, 2024 $0.08; Jun 11, 2024 $0.08; Jul 16, 2024 $0.08; Aug 13, 2024 $0.08; Sep 17, 2024 $0.08; Oct 15, 2024 $0.08; Nov 12, 2024 $0.08; Dec 17, 2024 $0.08; Dec 30, 2024 $0.07; Jan 22, 2025 $0.09; Feb 19, 2025 $0.09; Mar 18, 2025 $0.09; Apr 15, 2025 $0.09; May 13, 2025 $0.09; Jun 17, 2025 $0.09; Jul 15, 2025 $0.09; Aug 12, 2025 $0.09; Sep 16, 2025 $0.09; Oct 21, 2025 $0.09; Nov 18, 2025 $0.09; Dec 16, 2025 $0.09; Dec 30, 2025 $0.07; Jan 21, 2026 $0.10; Feb 17, 2026 $0.10; Mar 17, 2026 $0.10; Apr 21, 2026 $0.10; May 19, 2026 $0.10; Jun 16, 2026 $0.10; Jul 21, 2026 $0.10; Aug 18, 2026 $0.10; Sep 15, 2026 $0.10; Oct 20, 2026 $0.10. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.1020232026YTD
USMDAll USMD payments⁠

No distribution history available.

HOMZ vs USMD Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
HOMZ 21.8%USMD No data
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
HOMZ 0.41USMD No data
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
HOMZ −33.8%USMD No data
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
HOMZ 1.11USMD 1.83

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