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Is ROUS a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS) is a multi-factor ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores ROUS 5.8 out of 10 — highest on Risk (8.9), lowest on Growth (3.1). It trades at 19.2 times earnings, against its own median of 17.9. Its ten largest holdings are 11% of the fund.

What stands out in ROUS's data

U.S. large-cap stocks picked by a multifactor model for risk-adjusted core exposure.

Priced above its own history and the typical peer — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing EBITDA multiple of 14.0x sits above the category median of 13.5x and its own historical median of 12.7x. Return on equity of 20.5% is above average, and it holds 329 stocks.

A core holding built on multiple stock-picking signals, not a single factor bet.

Why did ROUS move this week? It rose 1.2% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Fortinet and Cisco Systems drove it

ROUS rose 1.2% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Fortinet (+7.6%), Cisco Systems (+5.5%) and Humana (+11.2%); Verizon Communications (−9.3%) pushed the other way.

How is ROUS rated? ETF Copilot scores Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS) 5.8 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS) 5.8 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 5.8 / 10
  • Growth: 3.1 / 10
  • Value: 3.2 / 10
  • Risk: 8.9 / 10
  • Quality: 7.0 / 10
  • Return: 7.2 / 10

Is ROUS expensive right now? It trades at 19.2 times earnings, against its own median of 17.9

As of October 9, 2026, ROUS is more expensive than 65% of its own 115 monthly readings since 2017 — 75 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside ROUS? 36% Tech

What's inside ROUS: Size (Large 74%, Mid 26%, Small 0%); Geography (International 5%, US 95%); Tech 36.2%; Magnificent 7 6.6%; AI 8.7%; Semiconductors 8.7%; Memory 7.1%.

What are ROUS's top holdings? The ten largest are 11% of the fund

Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia, Cisco Systems, Fortinet, HP, NetApp, Texas Instruments and Facebook are ROUS's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 72% of Multi-factor ETFs.

Half of ROUS's weight sits in its 73 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 195 equally weighted holdings.

What is ROUS's expense ratio? 0.19% a year

As of October 9, 2026, ROUS charges 0.19% a year, yields 1.28% and holds $776M in assets across 329 positions.

Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS) — cost, income and size
MeasureROUS
Expense ratio0.19%
Dividend yield1.28%
Assets under management$776M
Holdings329

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/rous

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