- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 15935 La Cantera Parkway San Antonio TX United States of America 78256
- IPO Date
- Jul 29, 2015
- Business
- VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB) is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq Victory US Small Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index, providing exposure to the 100 highest dividend-yielding small-cap U.S. stocks selected from the largest 500 stocks in the Nasdaq US Small Cap Index that demonstrate positive earnings over the prior 12 months; the underlying index applies volatility weighting based on the inverse of each stock's standard deviation over the past 180 trading days and reconstitutes semiannually in March and September. The ETF holds approximately 100 securities with an average market capitalization of $3.8 billion, a net expense ratio of 0.35%, and sector allocations led by utilities (25.2%) and financials (25.5%), followed by consumer discretionary (14.3%), energy (9.2%), and industrials (7.6%) as of September 30, 2025; top holdings include IDACORP Inc. (1.92%), New Jersey Resources Corp. (1.90%), and Black Hills Corp. (1.79%). CSB offers investors a risk-adjusted approach to small-cap dividend exposure, targeting U.S. small-value stocks for retail investors, financial advisors, and institutions seeking broad market diversification without traditional market-cap biases.
VictoryShares ETFs, including CSB, are issued by Victory Capital Management Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR), a diversified global asset management firm founded in 2013 via a management-led buyout from KeyCorp in Cleveland, Ohio, and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas following its 2019 acquisition of USAA Asset Management Company. Victory Capital operates a multi-boutique model delivering mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, institutional strategies, alternatives, and 529 education savings plans across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset classes to institutions, intermediaries, platforms, and individual investors worldwide; its VictoryShares platform comprises 26 ETFs with over $14 billion in assets under management as of May 31, 2025.
Recent developments include Victory Capital's March 2025 closing of a strategic partnership with Amundi SA, acquiring Amundi US (rebranded Pioneer Investments) to add approximately $119 billion in assets under management, establish 15-year reciprocal global distribution agreements, and achieve over $110 million in targeted net expense synergies; this transaction expanded Victory Capital's total client assets to nearly $300 billion and enhanced U.S. and international distribution capabilities. In June 2025, Victory Capital launched three new VictoryShares ETFs—VictoryShares Pioneer Asset-Based Income ETF (ABI), VictoryShares International Free Cash Flow ETF (IFLO), and VictoryShares International Free Cash Flow Growth ETF (GRIN)—bolstering its rules-based and active ETF offerings with international free cash flow strategies to complement existing U.S.-focused funds like CSB. CSB itself maintains ongoing monthly distributions, with recent payouts including $0.1691 and $0.2293 per share, alongside stable operations under portfolio managers Mannik Dhillon (since 2018) and Lela Dunlap (since November 2024).