SEIS ETF — SEI Select Small Cap ETF

SEI Select Small Cap ETF (SEIS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SEIS is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.28%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.32%, its expense ratio is 0.55%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 78/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 23.3% over the past 2 years, 12.2 points behind SPY at 35.5%.

SEI Select Small Cap ETF is an equity fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in small-cap stocks with market capitalizations similar to those in the Russell 2000 Index. The fund carries a modest current distribution rate, pays distributions quarterly, and has an expense ratio of 0.55%. It may appeal to equity investors seeking exposure to small-cap companies with a modest income component.

SEIS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 23.3% over the past 2 years, 12.2 points behind SPY at 35.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 13.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.2%.

SEIS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

78 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.22%

Issuer

SEI Investments Co

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/08/2024

Expense ratio

0.55%

Distribution rate

0.28%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.32%

Last close

$30.96 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$606,383,331

Average volume

48016.0

Dividend

$0.022

Ex-dividend date

10/05/2026

Payment date

10/06/2026

Beta

1.3097

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.28%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.32%) 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: SEI Investments Co; 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.

SEIS risks and drawbacks

SEIS's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.2%.

Who may consider SEIS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SEIS pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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