SMLVState Street SPDR US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF
Seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the total return performance of a small cap, low volatility index.
By State Street Investment Management · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.12%
#606 of 5,562 · low cost
Fund Size
$241M
#2,164 of 5,562 · mid-size
Return (1Y)Goal
+27.6%
Track Record
13 years
#1,059 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,401+24.0%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Small
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Low volatility
Index tracked
State Street US Small Cap Low Volatility Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 13.5% of fund✓ well diversified
State Street Global Advisors
7.6%
TXNM Energy Inc
0.7%
Phillips Edison & Co Inc
0.7%
Northwestern Energy Group Inc
0.7%
Argan Inc
0.7%
Sensient Technologies Corp
0.6%
Safety Insurance Group Inc
0.6%
Black Hills Corp
0.6%
City Holding Co
0.6%
Horace Mann Educators Corp
0.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.3%
Cash
0.7%
By sector
Financial Services
30.4%
Industrials
14.2%
Real Estate
12.3%
Technology
11.7%
Consumer Cyclical
8.9%
Healthcare
8.7%
Consumer Defensive
4.0%
Basic Materials
3.4%
Other
6.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.7%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-42.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.69Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.07Good downside protection
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the total return performance of a small cap, low volatility index.
- Strategy
- Employs a sampling strategy to track the State Street US Small Cap Low Volatility Index, investing at least 80% of assets in securities comprising the Index. May invest in a subset of securities or substantially all, based on factors like asset size. The Index measures performance of U.S. small-cap companies with low volatility, selecting stocks based on a proprietary rules-based process that increases exposure to low volatility stocks.
- Inception date
- February 20, 2013
- Fund family
- State Street Investment Management
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Data updated on 2026-06-19