Verified factor-similar pair

BUSA vs QUVU

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

HML
Similarity score
83
Verified similar

Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

BUSA

Brandes U.S. Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.820
Rel. Sharpe
1.184
Mkt beta
0.87
AUM
US$287M
MER
0.60%
Valuation
104

QUVU

Hartford Quality Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.810
Rel. Sharpe
0.166
Mkt beta
0.85
AUM
US$179M
MER
0.45%
Valuation
106

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
BUSA
+0.04
|t|
+0.3
QUVU
-0.08
|t|
-0.6
diff +0.11
HML
BUSA
+0.64
|t|
+4.3
QUVU
+0.62
|t|
+4.3
diff +0.02
RMW
BUSA
+0.18
|t|
+1.1
QUVU
+0.11
|t|
+0.7
diff +0.07
CMA
BUSA
+0.17
|t|
+0.9
QUVU
+0.04
|t|
+0.3
diff +0.12
UMD
BUSA
-0.02
|t|
-0.2
QUVU
+0.04
|t|
+0.4
diff -0.06

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
82
Exposure shape
98
Mkt beta diff
0.02
Rel. Sharpe diff
1.018

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

BUSA fund page QUVU fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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