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Janus Detroit Street Trust Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

JSML
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Feb 23, 2016
Expense Ratio
0.3%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Janus
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$709,229
AUM
$138,985,200
Associated Index
Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

WLK
Westlake Corporation
3.03%
PGNY
Progyny Inc
2.91%
AMPH
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc
2.8%
STAA
Staar Surgical Co.
2.77%
ALGM
Allegro Microsystems Inc.
2.73%
FN
Fabrinet
2.61%
AMKR
AMKOR Technology Inc.
2.55%
CNM
Core & Main Inc - Ordinary Shares Class A
2.21%
BMI
Badger Meter Inc.
2.06%
FELE
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
1.95%

What is JSML?

Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) seeks investment results that correspond generally, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha Index. The Underlying Index, Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha Index, is composed of common stocks of small-sized companies that are selected by the index provider, Janus Index & Calculation Services LLC ( Janus Index Services or the Index Provider ), from those companies included in the Solactive Small Cap Index, a universe of 2,000 small-sized capitalization stocks. The Underlying Index is designed to select small-sized capitalization stocks that are poised for smart growth by evaluating each company s performance in three critical areas: growth, profitability, and capital efficiency. The Index Provider scores such stocks based on fundamental measures of their growth, profitability, and capital efficiency, and selects the top 10% of such eligible stocks scoring the highest using a proprietary quantitative methodology. To arrive at the top 10%, for each security in the stated universe, the quantitative methodology assigns a score in each of 10 different fundamental factors, relative to other eligible securities. The fundamental factors include measures that Janus Capital believes are tied to a stock s outperformance relative to other small cap stocks, and indicate a company s performance with respect to growth (such as the revenue growth rate over 2- 5- and 8- year periods), profitability (such as margin expansion, profit margin and earnings per share over time) and capital efficiency (such as returns on invested capital). The scores for each factor are then added together, with equal weighting, to arrive at an overall score. The stocks with the highest 10% of scores are then weighted within the Underlying Index according to their market capitalization. Finally, the stocks are sector-weighted to reflect the sector allocation weight of Janus Venture Fund, based on its most recent publicly available holdings.

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JSML
Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 25, 2016 to Jul 14, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 0.2%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 14.9%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -39.6%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 24.1%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.66

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.35

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toJSML

ETFs correlated to JSML include IWO, VTWG, JSMD

JSML
Janus Capital Management LLC - Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF
IWO
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
VTWG
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Index ETF
JSMD
Janus Capital Management LLC - Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF
SCHA
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
URTY
ProShares Trust - ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 3x Shares
VTWO
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Russell 2000 Index ETF
IWM
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 2000 ETF
ESML
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
TNA
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Dialy Small Cap Bull 3X Shares
UWM
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra Russell 2000 2X Shares

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

FAQ

JSML is a US Equities ETF. Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) seeks investment results that correspond generally, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha Index. The Underlying Index, Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha Index, is composed of common stocks of small-sized companies that are selected by the index provider, Janus Index & Calculation Services LLC ( Janus Index Services or the Index Provider ), from those companies included in the Solactive Small Cap Index, a universe of 2,000 small-sized capitalization stocks. The Underlying Index is designed to select small-sized capitalization stocks that are poised for smart growth by evaluating each company s performance in three critical areas: growth, profitability, and capital efficiency. The Index Provider scores such stocks based on fundamental measures of their growth, profitability, and capital efficiency, and selects the top 10% of such eligible stocks scoring the highest using a proprietary quantitative methodology. To arrive at the top 10%, for each security in the stated universe, the quantitative methodology assigns a score in each of 10 different fundamental factors, relative to other eligible securities. The fundamental factors include measures that Janus Capital believes are tied to a stock s outperformance relative to other small cap stocks, and indicate a company s performance with respect to growth (such as the revenue growth rate over 2- 5- and 8- year periods), profitability (such as margin expansion, profit margin and earnings per share over time) and capital efficiency (such as returns on invested capital). The scores for each factor are then added together, with equal weighting, to arrive at an overall score. The stocks with the highest 10% of scores are then weighted within the Underlying Index according to their market capitalization. Finally, the stocks are sector-weighted to reflect the sector allocation weight of Janus Venture Fund, based on its most recent publicly available holdings.

JSML tracks the Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha Index.

No, JSML is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, JSML is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on JSML is -0.0508%. This is the percent change in the value of JSML over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on JSML is -0.0642%. This is the percent change in the value of JSML over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of JSML for the past year is 0.2435%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to JSML include VIG, VYM, and DFAS.

ETFs correlated to JSML include IWO, VTWG, and JSMD.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to JSML include TWM, SRTY, and TZA.

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