Hartford Disciplined US Equity ETF

HDUS

Market cap $202M

The Hartford Disciplined US Equity ETF (HDUS) was launched on November 16, 2022, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market.

HDUS seeks to enhance a broad market Index of approximately 1,000 U.S. securities by emphasizing risk, value, momentum, and quality. It has $120 million in assets and a 0.19% ER. My analysis revealed only minor advantages in risk and momentum over broad-based ETFs like SPY and IWB. Unfortunately, I found no advantage in quality. Instead, HDUS could benefit from a 20.76x forward P/E that's about two points cheaper than its benchmark. I found similar discounts on other metrics like EV-EBITDA and EV-Sales.

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