Hypatia Women CEO ETF Hits $40.14 High as 2026 Gain Nears 20%
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 6
Hypatia Women CEO ETF Hits $40.14 High as 2026 Gain Nears 20%
2 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 6
Summary
$40.14 marked a record high for Hypatia Women CEO ETF on Thursday, with the women-led-company fund up nearly 20% in 2026 through midday, ahead of the S&P 500's less than 13% return.
That outperformance has come as investors rotate beyond the male-run mega-cap tech winners, while WCEO's top holding, AMD under Lisa Su, has surged 129% this year.
The $10 million ETF equal-weights holdings, matches sector weights to the S&P SmallCap 600 and rebalances monthly to isolate what founder Patricia Lizarraga calls the 'female factor.'
Hypatia says women CEOs often outperform in turnarounds, citing Citigroup under Jane Fraser and GM under Mary Barra, even though women still lead only 11% of Fortune 500 companies.
The fund has grown from about $1 million since its 2023 launch, but Lizarraga says wider brokerage distribution is still needed if it is to influence more boardrooms and CEO selections.
Is the WCEO ETF's massive 2026 surge driven by female leadership skills, or just a lucky market rotation into mid-cap stocks?
If women CEOs excel at corporate turnarounds, are they systematically being handed failing companies that artificially boost their recovery statistics?