About this ETF
Vaughan Nelson seeks to take advantage of temporary information and marketplace inefficiencies to find opportunities to invest in companies at valuations materially below their long-term intrinsic value.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 26, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +1.46% | +0.38% | +6.93% | +8.79% | +12.09% | +12.94% | +3.66% | — | +9.29% |
| Total return | +1.46% | +0.38% | +6.93% | +8.79% | +12.33% | +13.09% | +8.85% | — | +13.89% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Aug 25, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 1.34% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $134.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Aug 22, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 27 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 | NVDA | 8.82% | 5.77K | $1.3M |
| 2 | ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK | LLY | 6.73% | 768 | $955.7K |
| 3 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR | TSM | 6.64% | 2.27K | $942.2K |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 | GOOGL | 6.59% | 2.75K | $935.8K |
| 5 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK | XOM | 5.58% | 4.77K | $792.2K |
| 6 | AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | AMZN | 4.96% | 2.71K | $704.1K |
| 7 | APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 | AAPL | 4.60% | 2.10K | $653.4K |
| 8 | EATON CORP PLC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | 0Y3K.L | 3.93% | 1.34K | $557.3K |
| 9 | CUMMINS INC COMMON STOCK USD2.5 | CMI | 3.68% | 883 | $521.9K |
| 10 | SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 | SCHW | 3.53% | 4.57K | $501.2K |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 | JPM | 3.37% | 1.36K | $478.1K |
| 12 | ROSS STORES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | ROST | 3.21% | 1.99K | $455.7K |
| 13 | VISA INC CLASS A SHARES COMMON STOCK USD.0001 | V | 3.18% | 1.24K | $451.7K |
| 14 | MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC COMMON STOCK… | MPWR | 3.16% | 342 | $448.2K |
| 15 | NUCOR CORP COMMON STOCK USD.4 | NUE | 3.15% | 1.86K | $446.8K |
| 16 | BOEING CO/THE COMMON STOCK USD5.0 | BA | 3.04% | 2.01K | $432.1K |
| 17 | SHOPIFY INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK | SHOP.TO | 3.01% | 2.90K | $426.8K |
| 18 | UNITED RENTALS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | URI | 2.90% | 376 | $411.8K |
| 19 | CELESTICA INC COMMON STOCK | CLS.TO | 2.70% | 1.27K | $383.5K |
| 20 | SYNOPSYS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | SNPS | 2.66% | 949 | $377.6K |
| 21 | META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK… | META | 2.42% | 630 | $343.9K |
| 22 | SOUTHERN CO/THE COMMON STOCK USD5.0 | SO | 2.38% | 3.69K | $337.4K |
| 23 | ILLUMINA INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 | ILMN | 2.25% | 1.50K | $319.0K |
| 24 | QNITY ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK | Q | 2.00% | 2.13K | $284.4K |
| 25 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COMMON STOCK… | BRK-B | 1.98% | 565 | $280.7K |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 0.20% | Paid (last 12 months) | $0.0835 |
| Frequency | Quarterly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Apr 08, 2026 | Last payment | $0.0035 (Apr 09, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | — | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | +1.61% / — |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 08, 2026 | Apr 08, 2026 | Apr 09, 2026 | $0.0035 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.0800 |
| Apr 05, 2024 | Apr 08, 2024 | Apr 09, 2024 | $0.0016 |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.0633 |
| Dec 27, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | $0.0796 |
| Apr 07, 2022 | Apr 08, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | $1.6834 |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 | Dec 29, 2021 | $6.2964 |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Dec 24, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | $0.0170 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 14.51% / 16.39% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 0.678 / 0.671 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -11.89% / -20.91% | Sortino 1Y | 0.979 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 1.01 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 0.938 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 10.05% | Risk-free rate used | 3.72% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 26, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 10 | Average volume | 539 |
| AUM | $13.8M | Premium/Discount | -0.55% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | $0.00 | 0.00% | $13.8M → $13.8M |
| 1 Week | $72.4K | +0.52% | $13.8M → $13.8M |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
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Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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