LVHD vs USCA: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF

LVHD—Nasdaq

Xtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF

USCAANYSE Arca

Overlap

7.5%by weight

Expense ratio

USCA −0.20pt a year

LVHD0.27%USCA0.07%

Avg volume · 30D

USCA 1.6×the volume

LVHD62.2KUSCA97.9K

3Y return · a year

USCA +6.2pt

LVHD+14.3%USCA+20.5%

LVHD vs USCA Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

+17.9%LVHD+7.7%USCA

Expense ratio: LVHD 0.27%; USCA 0.07%, better
Fund size: LVHD $643M; USCA $3.42B
1Y total return: LVHD +17.9%, better; USCA +7.7%
Yield (12M): LVHD 3.25%, better; USCA 1.05%
Holdings: LVHD 119; USCA 392
Avg volume (30D): LVHD 62.2K sh; USCA 97.9K sh, better
NAV per share: LVHD $45.25; USCA $44.82
52W range

ETF.net Grade

—LVHDUnder classification review

Pillar letters and Scores for LVHD, USCA, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	LVHD	USCA
Cost30% weight	Not scored	A97
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A91
Risk15% weight	Not scored	C54
Tradability15% weight	Not scored	B61
Holdings10% weight	Not scored	D29
Durability5% weight	Not scored	C49

Rank among US Factor Index funds

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US Factor Index⁠

Category · 30 funds

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USCA ranks 2nd of 30 funds in the US Factor Index Category.

Rank 1AMGVVanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETFScore 78
Rank 2AUSCAXtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETFScore 74
Rank 3ASIZEiShares MSCI USA Size Factor ETFScore 72
LVHDNot yet graded

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

LVHD—Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF

USCAAXtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF

In short

LVHD No data

USCA The largest US ETF debut on record when it launched in 2023, seeded by a Finnish pension fund. It owns roughly 400 US large- and mid-caps, keeping only the top half of each sector on MSCI's climate-transition scoring, for 0.07% a year.

Stated mandate

LVHD No data

USCA The fund seeks to track the MSCI USA Climate Action Index before fees and expenses through a passive indexing strategy. The index selects U.S. large- and mid-capitalization companies assessed as leading sector peers in climate-transition positioning and actions.

Why people hold it

LVHD No data

USCA Costs 0.07% a year against a typical screened US equity peer near 0.28%, and undercuts bigger ESG names like SUSA at 0.25%.
No blanket sector bans: the index keeps the top 50% of companies in each GICS sector, so energy and industrials stay in, represented by their climate-transition leaders.dws.com msci.com
Rules do the picking. MSCI's climate metrics, ESG ratings and controversy screens set the roster; no manager discretion, no stock-by-stock calls.dws.com
A multi-billion-dollar fund with an institutional anchor investor from day one, and it pays quarterly.businesswire.com

Worth knowing

LVHD No data

USCA Half of each sector is screened out, so results can drift from a plain MSCI USA index fund in either direction.dws.com
Market-cap weighted and filed as non-diversified, so America's largest companies carry heavy weight at the top.dws.com
Moderately traded next to the giants of US equity, so spreads can be a bigger part of the cost of getting in and out.

Full LVHD profile⁠

Full USCA profile⁠

LVHD vs USCA Holdings

How LVHD and USCA differ

Overlap by weight

7.5%

Shared holdings make up 70.4% of LVHD and 7.5% of USCA.

Level by level

Holdings44 in both7.5%
Sector11 Sectors42.9%
Countryby domicile99.3%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in LVHD and USCA, widest gap first
Sector	More in LVHDMore in USCA	LVHD	USCA
Technology	USCA +39.9 points	3.5%	43.4%
Utilities	LVHD +22.4 points	23.9%	1.5%
Consumer Staples	LVHD +17.2 points	21.0%	3.8%
Real Estate	LVHD +13.1 points	14.8%	1.7%
Communication	USCA +8.1 points	3.5%	11.6%
Health Care	USCA +4.8 points	5.3%	10.1%
Energy	LVHD +4.4 points	6.3%	1.9%
Consumer Discretionary	USCA +1.8 points	7.5%	9.4%
Materials	USCA +1.4 points	0.0%	1.4%
Industrials	USCA +1.1 points	5.1%	6.2%
Financials	Same weight	9.0%	9.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in LVHD and USCA, widest gap first
Country	More in LVHDMore in USCA	LVHD	USCA
United States	LVHD +0.7 points	100.0%	99.3%
Other countries (7)	USCA +0.7 points	0.0%	0.7%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

LVHD26.6%
USCA44.6%

Securities held

LVHD117
USCA391

Asset class

LVHD: Equity
USCA: Equity

Holdings

Only in LVHD73
In both44
Only in USCA347

Only in LVHD

73 securities, 29.6% of LVHD by weight

Altria Group Inc2.75%
Lockheed Martin Corp2.52%
Kinder Morgan Inc1.78%
Xcel Energy Inc1.58%
Entergy Corp1.53%
Darden Restaurants Inc1.49%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc1.09%
Vici Properties Inc0.90%
Stit-Treasury Ptf-Ins 7D0.86%
Snap-On Inc0.68%
Healthpeak Properties Inc0.63%
Pinnacle West Capital0.61%
Essential Utilities Inc0.53%
Omega Healthcare Investors0.51%
Cubesmart0.45%
Gaming and Leisure Propertie0.43%
Black Hills Corp0.41%
Oge Energy Corp0.41%
Equity Lifestyle Properties0.40%
Caretrust Reit Inc0.40%
Agree Realty Corp0.39%
American Financial Group Inc0.38%
Federal Realty Invs Trust0.38%
Msc Industrial Direct Co-A0.36%
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc0.36%
Brixmor Property Group Inc0.34%
Eastgroup Properties Inc0.34%
Nnn Reit Inc0.32%
Bank Ozk0.31%
Fidelity National Financial0.30%
Essential Properties Realty0.28%
Portland General Electric Co0.27%
Western Union Co0.26%
Penske Automotive Group Inc0.25%
Ugi Corp0.24%
Epr Properties0.24%
Apple Hospitality Reit Inc0.23%
Broadstone Net Lease Inc0.21%
Stag Industrial Inc0.21%
Northwestern Energy Group In0.19%
Fulton Financial Corp0.18%
One Gas Inc0.18%
Sabra Health Care Reit Inc0.18%
First Interstate Bancsys-A0.17%
United Bankshares Inc0.17%
Spire Inc0.16%
Highwoods Properties Inc0.16%
Phillips Edison & Company In0.15%
Lxp Industrial Trust0.15%
Copt Defense Properties0.14%

Only in USCA

347 securities, 92.1% of USCA by weight

Apple Inc9.49%
NVIDIA Corp8.82%
Microsoft Corp6.90%
Amazon.com Inc4.36%
Alphabet Class A3.08%
Broadcom2.76%
Meta Platform Inc Class A2.53%
Alphabet Class C2.44%
Tesla2.14%
Lilly (Eli) & Co2.13%
Advanced Micro Dev1.54%
Visa Inc-Class A Shares1.29%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.26%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc1.01%
AbbVie Inc0.98%
Mastercard Inc-Class A0.97%
Cisco Systems Inc0.77%
Palantir Technologies Inc Class A0.75%
Exxonmobil Hldgs Corp Npv0.73%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.69%
Merck & Co Inc0.69%
Palo Alto Networks0.56%
Netflix Inc0.48%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.48%
Amgen Inc0.47%
Micron Technology0.47%
Bank of America Corp0.46%
2226792D0.44%
General Electric Co0.44%
Applied Materials Inc0.44%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.42%
Lam Research Corp0.42%
Caterpillar Inc0.41%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.40%
Kla-Tencor Corp0.39%
Analog Devices Inc0.38%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc0.37%
salesforce.com Inc0.34%
International Business Machine Corp0.34%
Arista Networks Inc0.34%
Union Pacific Corp0.34%
QUALCOMM Inc0.33%
Pfizer Inc0.33%
NextEra Energy Inc0.32%
American Express Co0.32%
Oracle Corp0.32%
Blackrock Inc0.31%
Marvell Technology Group Ltd0.31%
Welltower Inc0.31%
Deere & Co0.31%

Weight gaps

All 44 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in LVHD and USCA, widest gap first
Holding	More in LVHDMore in USCA	LVHD	USCA
Kimberly-Clark CorpKMB	LVHD +2.58 points	2.65%	0.07%
Chevron CorpCVX	LVHD +2.49 points	2.90%	0.41%
Us BancorpUSB	LVHD +2.41 points	2.50%	0.09%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	LVHD +2.23 points	2.32%	0.09%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	LVHD +2.22 points	2.90%	0.68%
Medtronic PLC	LVHD +2.17 points	2.35%	0.18%
Pepsico IncPEP	LVHD +2.08 points	2.43%	0.35%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	LVHD +2.08 points	2.43%	0.35%
Mcdonald's CorpMCD	LVHD +2.06 points	2.40%	0.34%
Southern Co/TheSO	LVHD +2.03 points	2.13%	0.10%
Pnc Financial Services GroupPNC	LVHD +2.01 points	2.05%	0.04%
Keurig Dr Pepper IncKDP	LVHD +1.96 points	2.05%	0.09%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	LVHD +1.94 points	2.65%	0.71%
Mondelez International Inc-AMDLZ	LVHD +1.93 points	2.08%	0.15%
Exelon CorpEXC	LVHD +1.88 points	1.97%	0.09%
Home Depot IncHD	LVHD +1.82 points	2.44%	0.62%
Automatic Data ProcessingADP	LVHD +1.81 points	2.03%	0.22%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	LVHD +1.73 points	1.87%	0.14%
Oneok IncOKE	LVHD +1.67 points	1.78%	0.11%
Illinois Tool WorksITW	LVHD +1.64 points	1.71%	0.07%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	LVHD +1.61 points	2.84%	1.23%
American Electric PowerAEP	LVHD +1.58 points	1.65%	0.07%
Sysco CorpSYY	LVHD +1.51 points	1.57%	0.06%
Realty Income CorpO	LVHD +1.48 points	1.58%	0.10%
Paychex IncPAYX	LVHD +1.44 points	1.51%	0.07%
Dominion Energy IncD	LVHD +1.33 points	1.44%	0.11%
T Rowe Price Group IncTROW	LVHD +1.10 points	1.12%	0.02%
Wec Energy Group IncWEC	LVHD +1.06 points	1.10%	0.04%
Packaging Corp of AmericaPKG	LVHD +1.02 points	1.05%	0.03%
Firstenergy CorpFE	LVHD +0.96 points	1.00%	0.04%
Consolidated Edison IncED	LVHD +0.96 points	1.04%	0.08%
Nisource IncNI	LVHD +0.89 points	0.93%	0.04%
Ameren CorporationAEE	LVHD +0.89 points	0.95%	0.06%
Evergy IncEVRG	LVHD +0.86 points	0.88%	0.02%
Public Service Enterprise GpPEG	LVHD +0.85 points	0.92%	0.07%
Dte Energy CompanyDTE	LVHD +0.77 points	0.81%	0.04%
Alliant Energy CorpLNT	LVHD +0.64 points	0.67%	0.03%
Vivmark ResidentialEQR	LVHD +0.63 points	0.70%	0.07%
Mid-America Apartment CommMAA	LVHD +0.59 points	0.60%	0.01%
Kimco Realty CorpKIM	LVHD +0.53 points	0.56%	0.03%
Essex Property Trust IncESS	LVHD +0.52 points	0.55%	0.03%
Regency Centers CorpREG	LVHD +0.50 points	0.52%	0.02%
AT&T IncT	LVHD +0.30 points	0.58%	0.28%
Public StoragePSA	LVHD +0.09 points	0.17%	0.08%

All 115 LVHD holdings⁠All 394 USCA 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.

LVHD vs USCA Cost

Overpaying LVHD vs USCA

$4,077

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

LVHD 0.27%
$5,557
USCA 0.07%
$1,480

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

LVHD 0.27%
USCA 0.07%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	LVHD	USCA	Overpaying
10	$491	$128	$363
20	$1,907	$503	$1,404
30	$5,557	$1,480	$4,077

Expense ratio

0.27%LVHD
0.07%USCA, cheaper

USCA0.07%LVHD0.27%

0.05%0.63%

Middle half of US Factor Index funds
Median 0.30%

USCA 2nd cheapest of 30 funds

LVHD 13th cheapest of 30 funds

LVHD vs USCA Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026

Yield (12M): LVHD 3.25%, better; USCA 1.05%
Payout (12M): LVHD $1.49; USCA $0.47
Last payment: LVHD $0.38; USCA $0.10
Ex-dividend: LVHD Aug 6, 2026; USCA Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: LVHD Aug 11, 2026; USCA Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: LVHD Quarterly; USCA Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

LVHDQuarterly · 46 paymentsAll LVHD payments⁠

USCAQuarterly · 15 paymentsAll USCA payments⁠

LVHD vs USCA Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: LVHD 13.0%USCA 12.5%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: LVHD 0.80USCA 1.27, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: LVHD −16.7%USCA −19.2%since Apr 2023
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: LVHD 0.46USCA 1.00; Market = 1

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