Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF
USMC NASDAQ
The investment seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before expenses, to the performance of the Nasdaq US Mega Cap Select Leaders Index. The index uses a quantitative model designed to identify equity securities of companies in the Nasdaq US 500 Large Cap Index (the "parent i...
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- Fund size
- 1.42B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.12% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.72% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 12.3% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.89 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 62.1678.39
How USMC has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, USMC returned +17.0% with dividends reinvested — −36.7 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±12% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.3% on Mar 30, 2026 — 152 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 7% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, USMC delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.89 means USMC has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average77.62 +0.5%
- 26-day average77.08 +1.2%
- 50-day average76.33 +2.2%
- 200-day average72.07 +8.2%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap LowVolatility — tracking the Nasdaq US Mega Cap Select Leaders Index.
- Assets under management1.42BUSD
- Expense ratio0.12%per year
- Holdings49
- Risk score4.2Medium
Launched October 2017. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 7 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.56
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
0.56 USD / shareWhere USMC shows up
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About Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF
The investment seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before expenses, to the performance of the Nasdaq US Mega Cap Select Leaders Index. The index uses a quantitative model designed to identify equity securities of companies in the Nasdaq US 500 Large Cap Index (the "parent index") that have the largest market capitalizations, with higher weights given to less volatile securities.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 49 holdings
- Ticker
- USMC
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US74255Y8701
- CUSIP
- 74255Y870
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- Ukraine
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap LowVolatility
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.