GVLE ETF — Goldman Sachs Value Opportunities ETF

Goldman Sachs Value Opportunities ETF (GVLE)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GVLE is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 0.98%, its expense ratio is 0.45%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 23.3% over the past 0.9 years, 7.4 points ahead of SPY at 15.9%.

Goldman Sachs Value Opportunities ETF is an equity fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in a portfolio of U.S. equity securities, with up to 20% allocated to foreign securities including those from emerging markets. The fund has a modest current distribution rate and pays distributions annually, though its latest payout was special and may not recur; it carries an expense ratio of 0.45%. The fund appeals to value-focused equity investors seeking concentrated exposure rather than broad diversification.

GVLE performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 23.3% over the past 0.9 years, 7.4 points ahead of SPY at 15.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 7.9%.

GVLE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Goldman Sachs

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/31/2015

Expense ratio

0.45%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.98%

Last close

$48.21 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$39,736,582

Average volume

289.0

Dividend

$0.474

Ex-dividend date

12/23/2025

Payment date

12/30/2025

Beta

0.8

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.98%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Goldman Sachs; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GVLE risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 7.9%.

Who may consider GVLE — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (GVLE pays annual). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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