Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV US)
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Performance
Share price activity
- Last (Price)
- 53.26
- Change
- ▼ -0.04 (-0.08)
- Bid / Ask
- 45.74 - 60.85
- Volume
- 208
- Turnover
- 6,178
- Open
- 53.26
- Day Range
- 53.26 - 53.26
- VWAP
- 53.26
- Prev Close
- 53.30
- Last Trade
- 28/10 9:30am
Fund profile
Fund size
$40.1M
OCT 2026
Distributions
Quarterly
Since inception
9.3 yrs
JUL 2017
- Legal name
- Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF
- Issuer
- Franklin Templeton, Inc
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Actively managed
- Morningstar category
- Small Value
- Category index
- Russell 2000 Value TR USD
- Benchmark
- Russell 3000 TR USD
- ETF net assets
- $40.1M
- Units on issue
- 750,000
- Management fee
- 0.60% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 12 JUL 2017
- Listed
- 13 JUL 2017
- Index provider
- Russell Index
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any, in equity securities of quality value small-cap companies. It may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its investment objective, resulting in high portfolio turnover.
Asset allocation
US equity 99.82%Non-US equity 0.00%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.82 | 99.82 | — |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Cash | 0.18 | 0.18 | — |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Sector exposure
Cyclical 38.24%Sensitive 34.98%Defensive 26.78%
- Basic Materials
- 4.02%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 13.42%
- Financial Services
- 19.31%
- Real Estate
- 1.49%
- Communication Services
- 6.04%
- Energy
- 4.32%
- Industrials
- 9.43%
- Technology
- 15.19%
- Consumer Defensive
- 7.71%
- Healthcare
- 18.80%
- Utilities
- 0.27%
Region exposure
Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%
- North America
- 100.00%
- Latin America
- 0.00%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 0.00%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.00%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.00%
Country exposure
- United States
- 100.00%
Style box
- Style
- Small Value
Size score
-38
Value-growth score
20
Economic moat
Wide 2%Narrow 46%None 52%
Market capitalisation
- Giant
- 0.00%
- Large
- 0.00%
- Mid
- 0.00%
- Small
- 15.10%
- Micro
- 84.90%
Small 15%Micro 85%
- Average market cap
- $1.34B
- Number of holdings
- 303
- Shares held
- 299
Portfolio statistics · 22 OCT 2026
- Price / earnings
- 11.34
- Price / book
- 1.41
- Price / sales
- 0.70
- Price / cash flow
- 5.50
- Dividend yield
- 1.42%
- Assets in top 10
- 8.63%
- Return on equity
- 13.68%
- Net margin
- 11.67%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 4.68%
Top holdings · top 10 = 7.58% of assets
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology Co Registered Shs When Issued DXC | 0.93 | FEB 2026 | 354,314 | USD | 32,716 | Technology | United States | |
| Embecta Corp EMBC | 0.82 | FEB 2026 | 311,425 | USD | 55,022 | Healthcare | United States | |
| Qualys Inc QLYS | 0.77 | APR 2026 | 294,466 | USD | 1,573 | Technology | United States | |
| SM Energy Co SM | 0.76 | FEB 2026 | 288,245 | USD | 8,533 | Energy | United States | |
| Vistance Networks Inc VISN | 0.75 | JUN 2026 | 287,542 | USD | 48,084 | Technology | United States | |
| Federated Hermes Inc Class B FHI | 0.75 | FEB 2026 | 285,852 | USD | 5,071 | Financial Services | United States | |
| Crescent Energy Co Class A CRGY | 0.72 | FEB 2026 | 275,537 | USD | 21,376 | Energy | United States | |
| Kohl's Corp KSS | 0.70 | APR 2026 | 266,544 | USD | 14,439 | Consumer Cyclical | United States | |
| H&R Block Inc HRB | 0.69 | FEB 2026 | 264,797 | USD | 6,410 | Consumer Cyclical | United States | |
| Kyndryl Holdings Inc Ordinary Shares KD | 0.69 | JUN 2026 | 261,502 | USD | 23,224 | Technology | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-5.8
3M
-2.2
6M
15.9
YTD
18.7
1Y
20.3
3Y
13.5
5Y
7.4
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -5.78 | -5.66 | -5.73 | 60 / 480 |
| 3 months | -2.20 | -2.10 | -2.05 | 13 / 477 |
| 6 months | 15.88 | 16.05 | 16.22 | 5 / 475 |
| Year to date | 18.68 | 17.80 | 19.22 | 16 / 474 |
| 1 year | 20.31 | 20.56 | 21.03 | 22 / 473 |
| 3 years p.a. | 13.52 | 13.54 | 14.20 | 56 / 455 |
| 5 years p.a. | 7.38 | 7.37 | 8.03 | 59 / 437 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Total Capital
2018
-9.1
2019
16.5
2020
8.0
2021
35.8
2022
-12.8
2023
21.1
2024
4.8
2025
2.5
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.46 | 1.30 | 80 / 483 |
| 2024 | 4.83 | 3.67 | 82 / 488 |
| 2023 | 21.13 | 19.82 | 21 / 489 |
| 2022 | -12.85 | -13.92 | 68 / 481 |
| 2021 | 35.84 | 34.33 | 24 / 446 |
| 2020 | 7.98 | 6.68 | 68 / 416 |
| 2019 | 16.54 | 15.15 | 96 / 419 |
| 2018 | -9.15 | -10.11 | 17 / 417 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 8.63 | -7.14 | -5.09 | — |
| Beta | 0.61 | 1.00 | 1.00 | — |
| R-squared | 32.91 | 44.79 | 60.24 | — |
| Standard deviation | 13.90 | 18.52 | 20.06 | — |
| Sharpe ratio | 1.13 | 0.53 | 0.26 | — |
| Sortino ratio | 2.11 | 0.92 | 0.41 | — |
| Tracking error | 12.53 | 13.76 | 12.63 | — |
| Information ratio | 0.37 | -0.68 | -0.51 | — |
| Upside capture % | 82.52 | 88.23 | 88.27 | — |
| Downside capture % | -5.69 | 154.97 | 115.01 | — |
| Maximum drawdown % | -3.49 | -19.71 | -19.82 | — |
Measured against S&P 500 (TR) (1970) with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Risk score
85.4
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 8.597
- Market impact cost %
- 0.278
- Best quarter
- 35.30% · JAN 2021
- Worst quarter
- -35.70% · MAR 2020
Fees and costs
- Management fees and costs
- 0.60% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 1 AUG 2026
Distributions
- Latest distribution
- 0.1520
- Ex Date
- 14 SEP 2026
- Record Date
- 14 SEP 2026
- Pay Date
- 17 SEP 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 53.05
- Paid this year
- 0.3902
Distributions by year
2024
0.5
2023
0.5
2022
0.4
2021
0.4
2020
0.4
2019
0.4
2018
0.3
2017
0.3
2016
0.1
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4952 |
| 2023 | 0.4754 |
| 2022 | 0.4485 |
| 2021 | 0.4255 |
| 2020 | 0.4478 |
| 2019 | 0.3609 |
| 2018 | 0.3363 |
| 2017 | 0.2600 |
| 2016 | 0.1100 |
Distribution history
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 14 SEP 2026 | 0.1520 |
| 15 JUN 2026 | 0.1236 |
| 16 MAR 2026 | 0.1146 |
| 15 DEC 2025 | 0.1491 |
| 15 SEP 2025 | 0.1169 |
| 16 JUN 2025 | 0.1108 |
| 17 MAR 2025 | 0.1185 |
| 16 DEC 2024 | 0.1292 |
| 16 SEP 2024 | 0.1286 |
| 17 JUN 2024 | 0.1119 |
| 18 MAR 2024 | 0.1057 |
| 18 DEC 2023 | 0.1268 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Average
ESG risk score
25.23
Category average 25.65
- Rank in category
- 39th percentile of 1,846 funds
- Environmental risk
- 0.74
- Social risk
- 1.59
- Governance risk
- 0.78
- Portfolio covered
- 95.9%
ESG risk of holdings
- Negligible
- 0.99%
- Low
- 28.86%
- Medium
- 41.03%
- High
- 24.14%
- Severe
- 4.97%
0.55% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Carbon risk score
11.75
Category average 14.86
- Carbon risk
- Medium Risk
- Rank in category
- 17th percentile of 570 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 4.96%
- Category average
- 10.86%
- Low Carbon Designation
- No
- Portfolio covered
- 94.9%
Fund managers
- George Necakov
- Michael Connors
Tenure
- Number of managers
- 2
- Average tenure
- 9.3 years
- Longest tenure
- 9.3 years
- Longest serving
- George Necakov, Michael Connors · since 12 JUL 2017
- Most recent appointment
- George Necakov, Michael Connors · since 12 JUL 2017
- Managed since
- 12 JUL 2017
- Other funds managed
- 4
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