SEIM vs VFMO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

SEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Momentum Active ETF

SEIMACboe

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

VFMOACboe

Overlap

15.2%by weight

Expense ratio

VFMO −0.02pt a year

SEIM0.15%VFMO0.13%

Avg volume · 30D

SEIM 1.6×the volume

SEIM93.1KVFMO58.8K

3Y return · a year

SEIM +0.6pt

SEIM+28.0%VFMO+27.4%

SEIM vs VFMO Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+10.9%SEIM+11.2%VFMO

Expense ratio: SEIM 0.15%; VFMO 0.13%, better
Fund size: SEIM $1.48B; VFMO $1.9B
1Y total return: SEIM +10.9%; VFMO +11.2%, better
Yield (12M): SEIM 0.63%, better; VFMO 0.62%
Holdings: SEIM 73; VFMO 700
Avg volume (30D): SEIM 93.1K sh, better; VFMO 58.8K sh
NAV per share: SEIM $50.83; VFMO $217.36
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for SEIM, VFMO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	SEIM	VFMO
Cost30% weight	A90	A95Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	D39
Risk15% weight	A70Higher	C51
Tradability15% weight	A86Higher	B62
Holdings10% weight	B68	A89Higher
Durability5% weight	A78	A93Higher

Rank among US Active Momentum funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. SEIM and VFMO are both graded against the same 20 US Active Momentum funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Momentum⁠

Category · 20 funds

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SEIM ranks 2nd and VFMO 3rd of 20 funds in the US Active Momentum Category.

Rank 1AJMOMJPMorgan U.S. Momentum Factor ETFScore 86
Rank 2ASEIMSEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Momentum Active ETFScore 81
Rank 3AVFMOVanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETFScore 78
Rank 4AQMOMAlpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Momentum ETFScore 73

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SEIMASEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Momentum Active ETF

VFMOAVanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

In short

SEIM Momentum with a chaperone. SEI's quant model buys U.S. large caps that have been running, then leans on quality, value and low volatility to sand off the edges, all for 0.15% a year.

VFMO Vanguard doing active. A quant team buys the strongest recent performers across the entire US market, roughly 600 names deep, at 0.13% a year for a job that usually costs several times more.

Stated mandate

SEIM The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in U.S. common stocks with relatively strong recent performance, using quantitative active stock selection and portfolio optimization.

VFMO The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in U.S. stocks with strong recent performance selected through the advisor’s quantitative process.

Why people hold it

SEIM Charges 0.15% a year, a fraction of the typical fund in its active momentum peer group and level with the cheapest brand-name momentum ETFs like MTUM.
Not pure chase-the-winners: the prospectus model also weighs quality, value and low volatility, so recent strength gets vetted, not just ranked.
Roughly 70 names, concentrated enough for the factor to actually show up, run as an active quant mandate rather than a fixed index rebuild.
Stacks up as one of the stronger implementations among the systematic U.S. momentum funds we cover.

VFMO Costs 0.13% a year, sitting with the cheapest systematic momentum funds (JMOM 0.12%, SPMO 0.13%, MTUM 0.15%) and well under the group's typical fee.
Hunts winners across the full Russell 3000, small and mid caps included, and spreads the bet over about 600 stocks rather than a short list of mega caps.vanguard.com
Actively run through Vanguard's quantitative process: the Russell 3000 is the yardstick, not a rulebook the fund has to copy on index-review day.vanguard.com
A multi-billion-dollar fund paying quarterly, and one of the stronger implementations in the US momentum group on cost and portfolio construction.

Worth knowing

SEIM Momentum buys what has already moved. When market leadership rotates, this style can turn over quickly and trail the broad market.
Launched in 2022, so the live record is short and hasn't spanned many market regimes.
Mid-sized and moderately traded, so bid-ask spreads are worth a glance at the moment you trade.

VFMO Momentum by design owns what has already run. When market leadership flips, this style tends to take the turn harder than a plain total-market fund.
No index to hide behind. Results ride on Vanguard's model, and the portfolio can look very different from the Russell 3000 in either direction.
Trading activity is moderate rather than category-leading, which shows up in spreads on large orders more than small ones.

Full SEIM profile⁠

Full VFMO profile⁠

SEIM vs VFMO Holdings

How SEIM and VFMO differ

Overlap by weight

15.2%

Shared holdings make up 69.1% of SEIM and 17.9% of VFMO.

Level by level

Holdings50 in both15.2%
Sector11 Sectors65.6%
Countryby domicile97.1%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in SEIM and VFMO, widest gap first
Sector	More in SEIMMore in VFMO	SEIM	VFMO
Technology	SEIM +16.2 points	44.0%	27.8%
Health Care	VFMO +12.3 points	6.6%	18.9%
Energy	VFMO +12.2 points	0.0%	12.2%
Financials	SEIM +6.7 points	12.3%	5.5%
Consumer Discretionary	SEIM +5.6 points	11.2%	5.6%
Materials	VFMO +5.0 points	0.0%	5.0%
Industrials	VFMO +4.9 points	14.3%	19.2%
Communication	SEIM +3.6 points	7.2%	3.6%
Consumer Staples	SEIM +1.2 points	3.3%	2.1%
Utilities	SEIM +1.2 points	1.3%	0.1%
Real Estate	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in SEIM and VFMO, widest gap first
Country	More in SEIMMore in VFMO	SEIM	VFMO
United States	VFMO +2.9 points	97.1%	100.0%
United Kingdom	SEIM +1.5 points	1.5%	0.0%
Switzerland	SEIM +1.3 points	1.3%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

SEIM36.1%
VFMO9.7%

Securities held

SEIM72
VFMO698

Asset class

SEIM: Equity
VFMO: Equity

Holdings

Only in SEIM22
In both50
Only in VFMO648

Only in SEIM

22 securities, 30.9% of SEIM by weight

NVIDIA Corp6.19%
Alphabet Inc-Cl A5.17%
Visa Inc-Class A Shares3.77%
Microsoft Corp3.09%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc1.95%
Tapestry Inc1.45%
Itt Inc1.30%
Amazon.com Inc1.17%
Netapp Inc0.86%
Paycom Software Inc0.79%
Elastic NV0.71%
Veeva Systems Inc-Class A0.66%
Fox Corp - Class A0.54%
Fox Corp - Class B0.52%
Arista Networks Inc0.51%
Samsara Inc-Cl A0.47%
Cboe Global Markets Inc0.42%
Palantir Technologies Inc-A0.39%
Nasdaq Inc0.36%
F5 Inc0.30%
Ameriprise Financial Inc0.18%
Mongodb Inc0.11%

Only in VFMO

648 securities, 81.9% of VFMO by weight

SLBBH11421.24%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.07%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.99%
Intel Corp0.95%
Valero Energy Corp0.94%
Phillips 660.92%
KLA Corp0.80%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.77%
Merck & Co Inc0.71%
GE Vernova Inc0.66%
EOG Resources Inc0.66%
Corning Inc0.63%
FedEx Corp0.61%
Moderna Inc0.60%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp0.58%
Vertiv Holdings Co0.57%
CSX Corp0.57%
Quanta Services Inc0.54%
Eli Lilly & Co0.52%
Travelers Cos Inc/The0.49%
Texas Instruments Inc0.47%
SLB Ltd0.46%
Analog Devices Inc0.45%
Southern Copper Corp0.43%
Amgen Inc0.43%
Airbnb Inc0.43%
Union Pacific Corp0.41%
Cloudflare Inc0.40%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.40%
Millicom International Cellular SA0.39%
Roivant Sciences Ltd0.34%
HF Sinclair Corp0.33%
Revolution Medicines Inc0.32%
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc0.31%
ImmunityBio Inc0.30%
SiTime Corp0.30%
Allstate Corp/The0.29%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.29%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc0.29%
Illumina Inc0.29%
Morgan Stanley0.29%
Murphy USA Inc0.29%
Delta Air Lines Inc0.29%
FormFactor Inc0.28%
Viasat Inc0.28%
TG Therapeutics Inc0.28%
10X Genomics Inc0.27%
Viavi Solutions Inc0.27%
Okta Inc0.27%
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp0.26%

Weight gaps

All 50 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in SEIM and VFMO, widest gap first
Holding	More in SEIMMore in VFMO	SEIM	VFMO
Apple IncAAPL	SEIM +3.36 points	3.81%	0.45%
Micron Technology IncMU	SEIM +2.61 points	3.49%	0.88%
Ebay IncEBAY	SEIM +2.25 points	2.42%	0.17%
United Rentals IncURI	SEIM +2.25 points	2.38%	0.13%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	SEIM +2.21 points	2.94%	0.73%
Northern Trust CorpNTRS	SEIM +2.18 points	2.21%	0.03%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	SEIM +2.13 points	2.77%	0.64%
Cardinal Health IncCAH	SEIM +2.07 points	2.31%	0.24%
State Street CorpSTT	SEIM +1.96 points	2.00%	0.04%
Target CorpTGT	SEIM +1.96 points	2.03%	0.07%
Keysight Technologies InKEYS	SEIM +1.94 points	2.10%	0.16%
Parker Hannifin CorpPH	SEIM +1.85 points	1.95%	0.10%
Expedia Group IncEXPE	SEIM +1.76 points	1.88%	0.12%
Ross Stores IncROST	SEIM +1.58 points	2.21%	0.63%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	SEIM +1.56 points	2.35%	0.79%
Dell Technologies -CDELL	SEIM +1.53 points	2.47%	0.94%
Ciena CorpCIEN	SEIM +1.50 points	1.66%	0.16%
Nvent Electric PLCNVT	SEIM +1.37 points	1.45%	0.08%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	SEIM +1.29 points	1.78%	0.49%
Td Synnex CorpSNX	SEIM +1.24 points	1.37%	0.13%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	SEIM +1.12 points	2.00%	0.88%
Charles River LaboratoriesCRL	SEIM +1.12 points	1.25%	0.13%
Garmin LtdGRMN	SEIM +1.10 points	1.34%	0.24%
Sharkninja IncSN	SEIM +1.09 points	1.28%	0.19%
Fortinet IncFTNT	SEIM +1.07 points	1.98%	0.91%
Ralph Lauren CorpRL	SEIM +1.04 points	1.11%	0.07%
Snowflake IncSNOW	SEIM +1.01 points	1.44%	0.43%
AramarkARMK	SEIM +0.94 points	1.04%	0.10%
Caterpillar IncCAT	SEIM +0.85 points	1.49%	0.64%
Five BelowFIVE	SEIM +0.79 points	0.96%	0.17%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	SEIM +0.75 points	1.28%	0.53%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	VFMO +0.72 points	0.15%	0.87%
Semtech CorpSMTC	SEIM +0.68 points	0.86%	0.18%
Affiliated Managers GroupAMG	SEIM +0.59 points	0.61%	0.02%
Datadog Inc - Class ADDOG	VFMO +0.57 points	0.17%	0.74%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	VFMO +0.56 points	0.15%	0.71%
Interactive Brokers Gro-Cl AIBKR	SEIM +0.51 points	0.55%	0.04%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	VFMO +0.50 points	0.29%	0.79%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsREGN	SEIM +0.50 points	0.62%	0.12%
Advanced Energy IndustriesAEIS	SEIM +0.49 points	0.64%	0.15%
Howmet Aerospace IncHWM	SEIM +0.42 points	0.90%	0.48%
Science Applications InteSAIC	SEIM +0.34 points	0.47%	0.13%
Cvs Health CorpCVS	SEIM +0.29 points	0.85%	0.56%
Msc Industrial Direct Co-AMSM	SEIM +0.28 points	0.42%	0.14%
Western Digital CorpWDC	VFMO +0.27 points	0.48%	0.75%
Jabil IncJBL	SEIM +0.19 points	0.32%	0.13%
Watts Water Technologies-AWTS	SEIM +0.18 points	0.30%	0.12%
Hunt (Jb) Transprt Svcs IncJBHT	VFMO +0.10 points	0.16%	0.26%
Lumentum Holdings IncLITE	VFMO +0.06 points	0.18%	0.24%
ATI IncATI	VFMO +0.01 points	0.23%	0.24%

All 72 SEIM holdings⁠All 638 VFMO 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.

SEIM vs VFMO Cost

Overpaying SEIM vs VFMO

$411

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

SEIM 0.15%
$3,137
VFMO 0.13%
$2,726

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

SEIM 0.15%
VFMO 0.13%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	SEIM	VFMO	Overpaying
10	$274	$238	$36
20	$1,071	$930	$141
30	$3,137	$2,726	$411

Expense ratio

0.15%SEIM
0.13%VFMO, cheaper

VFMO0.13%SEIM0.15%

0.12%3.53%

Middle half of US Active Momentum funds
Median 0.64%

VFMO 2nd cheapest of 20 funds

SEIM 3rd cheapest of 20 funds

SEIM vs VFMO Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): SEIM 0.63%, better; VFMO 0.62%
Payout (12M): SEIM $0.32; VFMO $1.36
Last payment: SEIM $0.09; VFMO $0.31
Ex-dividend: SEIM Oct 5, 2026; VFMO Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: SEIM Oct 6, 2026; VFMO Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: SEIM Quarterly; VFMO Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2018 to 2026, same scale for both

SEIMQuarterly · 18 paymentsAll SEIM payments⁠

VFMOQuarterly · 34 paymentsAll VFMO payments⁠

SEIM vs VFMO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: SEIM 16.8%, betterVFMO 19.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: SEIM 1.30, betterVFMO 1.12
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: SEIM −22.2%since May 2022VFMO −25.8%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: SEIM 1.08VFMO 1.32; Market = 1

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