VanEck Communication Services TruSector ETF (TRUC US)
TRUC US$23.66
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 23.66
- Change
- ▼ -0.04 (-0.15)
- Bid / Ask
- 23.66 - 23.70
- Volume
- 7,013
- Turnover
- 142,286
- Open
- 23.66
- Day Range
- 22.95 - 23.69
- VWAP
- 23.62
- Prev Close
- 23.70
- Last Trade
- 28/10 3:54pm
Fund profile
Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.
Fund size
$109.3M
OCT 2026
Distributions
Annually
Since inception
0.7 yrs
FEB 2026
- Legal name
- VanEck Communication Services TruSector ETF
- Issuer
- VanEck
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Actively managed
- Morningstar category
- Communications
- Category index
- Morningstar US Com Svc Capped TR USD
- Benchmark
- N/A
- ETF net assets
- $109.3M
- Units on issue
- 4.5M
- Management fee
- 0.10% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 18 FEB 2026
- Listed
- 19 FEB 2026
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of communication services-related companies or instruments that provide exposure to communication services-related companies as determined by the adviser. The fund is non-diversified.
Asset allocation
Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.
US equity 99.93%Non-US equity 0.00%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.93 | 99.93 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.
Cyclical 0.00%Sensitive 100.00%Defensive 0.00%
- Basic Materials
- 0.00%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 0.00%
- Financial Services
- 0.00%
- Real Estate
- 0.00%
- Communication Services
- 100.00%
- Energy
- 0.00%
- Industrials
- 0.00%
- Technology
- 0.00%
- Consumer Defensive
- 0.00%
- Healthcare
- 0.00%
- Utilities
- 0.00%
Region exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.
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
Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
- United States
- 100.00%
Style box
Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
LargeMidSmallValueBlendGrowth
- Style
- Large Value
- Average moat
- Wide
Size score
294
Small
Mid
Large
Value-growth score
79
Value
Blend
Growth
Economic moat
Wide 66%Narrow 29%None 5%
Market capitalisation
Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
- Giant
- 62.01%
- Large
- 16.18%
- Mid
- 18.09%
- Small
- 3.72%
- Micro
- 0.00%
Giant 62%Large 16%Mid 18%Small 4%
- Average market cap
- $742.76B
- Number of holdings
- 6
- Shares held
- 5
Portfolio statistics · 23 OCT 2026
Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
- Price / earnings
- 17.32
- Price / book
- 4.00
- Price / sales
- 3.20
- Price / cash flow
- 11.08
- Dividend yield
- 0.89%
- Assets in top 10
- 100.00%
- Return on equity
- 34.13%
- Net margin
- 33.28%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 35.68%
Top holdings · top 10 = 100.00% of assets
Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF XLC | 64.85 | — | 44.4M | USD | 398,180 | — | United States | |
| Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGL | 14.36 | MAR 2026 | 9.8M | USD | 28,833 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Meta Platforms Inc Class A META | 9.45 | MAR 2026 | 6.5M | USD | 8,753 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Alphabet Inc Class C GOOG | 9.28 | MAR 2026 | 6.4M | USD | 18,835 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Netflix Inc NFLX | 1.69 | MAR 2026 | 1.2M | USD | 16,435 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Verizon Communications Inc VZ | 0.15 | MAR 2026 | 101,064 | USD | 2,198 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Us Dollar | 0.21 | — | 146,723 | — | 146,723 | — | — |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
1.9
3M
3.5
6M
6.3
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 1.87 | 1.93 | — | 31 / 45 |
| 3 months | 3.47 | 3.55 | — | 36 / 45 |
| 6 months | 6.25 | 6.41 | — | 53 / 45 |
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.
Portfolio risk score
Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.
Risk score
92.2
Cash 0
Global shares 100
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
Fees and costs
Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
- Management fees and costs
- 0.10% p.a.
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Average
ESG risk score
19.51
Negligible
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 18.88
- Rank in category
- 62nd percentile of 54 funds
- Environmental risk
- 2.82
- Social risk
- 11.44
- Governance risk
- 4.74
- Portfolio covered
- 99.5%
ESG risk of holdings
Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
- Negligible
- 2.65%
- Low
- 60.13%
- Medium
- 35.81%
- High
- 1.41%
- Severe
- 0.00%
54.32% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Carbon risk score
3.33
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 5.82
- Carbon risk
- Low Risk
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 0.00%
- Category average
- 0.13%
- Low Carbon Designation
- Yes
- Portfolio covered
- 99.5%
Fund managers
Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
- David Schassler
Tenure
Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
- Number of managers
- 1
- Average tenure
- 0.7 years
- Longest tenure
- 0.7 years
- Longest serving
- David Schassler · since 18 FEB 2026
- Most recent appointment
- David Schassler · since 18 FEB 2026
- Managed since
- 18 FEB 2026
- Other funds managed
- 28
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