Summary
Alpha Architect US Equity 4 ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Alpha Architect. Positions inside: 408. The ten largest make up 38% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $838.1M
- Positions
- 408
- Running since
- 2026
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.10% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
What to watch
- 93% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2026.
- It trades little: only about $195.0K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -2.1%
- 3 months
- +2.0%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.28T
- P/E
- 27.2x
- Forward P/E
- 23.8x
- P/S
- 6.7x
- P/B
- 7.4x
- P/FCF
- 34.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.0x
- Dividend yield
- 0.60%
- ROIC
- 24.4%
- ROE
- 54.4%
- Gross margin
- 60.6%
- Operating margin
- -701.7%
- Net margin
- -111.3%
- Payout ratio
- 16.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.6x
- Beta
- 0.00
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 65% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 7.3%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.3%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 5.5%
- 4 AMAmazon AMZN 3.3%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOGL 2.8%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.7%
- 7 RORoivant Sciences ROIV 2.6%
- 8 AMAMD AMD 2.3%
- 9 MEMeta META 2.1%
- 10 GOAlphabet GOOG 1.9%
Positions in the fund: 408. The ten largest make up 38% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 93%
- United Kingdom 3.2%
- Ireland 1.1%
- Canada 0.4%
- Other countries 2.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 66%
- Large cap 33%
- Mid cap 1.3%
- Small cap 0.1%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 93% of the fund.
Largest country: United States (93%). Largest size group: Mega cap (66%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $10.00
- Over 20 years
- $501
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $10.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $501.
How has it done?
- Deepest drop
- -3.4%
It has traded for less than a year, too short to judge.
Does it pay dividends?
We have no record of payments from this fund.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $195.0K
- Shares a day
- 3.9K
On an average day about $195.0K of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 27.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 70 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 7.1%
- Fairly valued 4.2%
- Overvalued 89%
On average the companies inside trade for 27.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 89% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 65% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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