VUSE: VIDENT U.S. EQUITY STRATEGY ETF
What this ETF is trying to do
The VIDENT U.S. EQUITY STRATEGY ETF (VUSE) is an exchange-traded fund that focuses on U.S. stocks. It holds a variety of different companies to follow its specific investment strategy. Based on the current data, this fund holds 129 different companies in total.
What the numbers show
The performance of VUSE can be looked at in two ways: price return and total return. The price return only tracks how much the share price itself has changed. The total return includes both the change in share price and any cash distributions paid out to investors.
Here is how the fund has performed:
• Year-to-Date (YTD): The price return is approximately 11.60%, while the total return is approximately 11.90%.
• One-Year: The price return is approximately 10.99%, and the total return is approximately 11.38%.
• Three-Year: The price return is approximately 56.41%, and the total return is approximately 59.96%.
• Five-Year: The total return is approximately 76.54%.
To give you an idea of recent price movement, the current price is $73.70. The estimated price from roughly one year ago was approximately $66.40.
Income and distribution explanation
VUSE provides some cash income to investors through distributions. The distribution yield is approximately 0.32%. This number represents the cash paid out relative to the current ETF price.
The fund usually pays these distributions on a quarterly basis. Over the last 12 months, there were 4 payouts. The trailing distributions (the total cash paid out per share over the last year) were approximately $0.24.
NAV erosion explanation
"NAV erosion" refers to a decline in the Net Asset Value (the actual value of the assets held by the fund). It is important to distinguish this from a simple drop in the market price of a share.
For VUSE, the erosion-risk score is 100, which is labeled as "No price erosion detected." The erosion severity is listed as "good," and there is no severe erosion-risk flag. The supplied data is sufficient to evaluate price erosion, but it does not include enough historical NAV-per-share data to confirm or rule out NAV erosion.
Top Holdings
The following are the top holdings in the fund (note that this is a partial list):
• ELI LILLY AND CO (2.68%)
• ALPHABET INC CLASS A (2.67%)
• BROADCOM INC (2.57%)
• MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (2.54%)
• ABBVIE INC (2.52%)
• SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC (2.37%)
• NVIDIA CORP (2.31%)
• WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (2.23%)
• AMAZON.COM INC (2.13%)
• VISA INC CLASS A (2.07%)
Please remember that holdings can change over time.
Pros
• The fund has shown positive price returns and total returns over the one-year, three-year, and five-year periods.
• The erosion-risk score indicates no price erosion has been detected.
Cons
• The distribution yield is relatively low at approximately 0.32%.
Beginner takeaway
VUSE is a U.S. equity ETF that has seen growth in both its share price and total return over several years. While it pays a small amount of regular income, most of its performance comes from the increase in share price.
Top Holdings
Structured portfolio holdings supplied by the ETF data provider. These figures are not generated by the AI article.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELI LILLY AND CO | LLY | 2.68% |
| 2 | ALPHABET INC CLASS A | GOOGL | 2.67% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC | AVGO | 2.57% |
| 4 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | MU | 2.54% |
| 5 | ABBVIE INC | ABBV | 2.52% |
| 6 | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC | STX | 2.37% |
| 7 | NVIDIA CORP | NVDA | 2.31% |
| 8 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | WDC | 2.23% |
| 9 | AMAZON.COM INC | AMZN | 2.13% |
| 10 | VISA INC CLASS A | V | 2.07% |