An actively managed ETF: Sapient picks companies across sectors and countries that it judges to combine quality and growth.
SQS, the Sapient Quality Select ETF ($1.4 billion), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: a manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one.
SQS · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+11.6%Total return since launch, March 2026
16.7%Volatility since launch
Checked, and added to the Beta Book
A manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme.
We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y*
5Y*
SQS
+0.2%
+1.7%
–
–
–
–
The marketbroad US ETFs
+0.8%
+2.6%
+14.6%
+16.8%
+22.9%
+12.9%
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on March 16, 2026: +11.6%.
$10,000 invested March 31, 2026
SQS $11,578The market $11,898
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
SQS has traded for less than a year, so how it moves against the market is not shown yet.
Where it sits among discretionary Beta Book ETFs
Each dot is one of 96 unlevered discretionary Beta Book ETFs, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year.
Risk
16.7%Volatility, last year
−7.2%Largest fall, last year
−2.5%Below its high now
0.80%Expense ratio, a year · 45th cheapest of 85
$284,106Traded each day, 3-month average
$1.41bnAssets
Issued by Sapient · launched March 13, 2026
Cost against its peers
SQS is the 45th cheapest of 85 discretionary Beta Book ETFs. The dashed line is the middle of the group, 0.79% a year.
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF.
Leverage1xMoves one for one with what it holds
OptionsNoneNo options on top of what it holds
Exposure–
Underlyings1A single asset or index
Common questions
Why does SQS have no story?
A manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme.
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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →