Summary
iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 177. The ten largest make up 15% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $23.8B
- Positions
- 177
- Dividend yield
- 1.39%
- Running since
- 2011
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.15% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 15% of the fund.
- A large fund with $23.8B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $196.6M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.6%.
- It has been running since 2011.
What to watch
- 94% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +2.9%
- 3 months
- +4.8%
- This year
- +7.5%
- 1 year
- +7.7%
- 3 years
- +40%
- 5 years
- +32%
- 10 years
- +127%
- Avg. market cap
- $605.1B
- P/E
- 24.7x
- Forward P/E
- 21.5x
- P/S
- 2.3x
- P/B
- 4.6x
- P/FCF
- 21.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.5x
- Dividend yield
- 1.56%
- ROIC
- 15.4%
- ROE
- 39.3%
- Gross margin
- 55.1%
- Operating margin
- 25.8%
- Net margin
- 20.9%
- Payout ratio
- 38.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 2.5x
- Beta
- 0.48
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 57% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 MSMicrosoft MSFT 1.7%
- 2 APAmphenol APH 1.6%
- 3 XOExxon Mobil XOM 1.5%
- 4 CBChubb CB 1.5%
- 5 MCMcKesson MCK 1.5%
- 6 NVNvidia NVDA 1.5%
- 7 WEWelltower WELL 1.5%
- 8 BRBerkshire Hathaway BRK-B 1.5%
- 9 MRMerck & Co. MRK 1.4%
- 10 MSMotorola MSI 1.4%
Positions in the fund: 177. The ten largest make up 15% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Utilities 6.5%
- Industrials 6.2%
- Energy 4.1%
- Real estate 2.5%
- Other 81%
By country
- United States 94%
- Ireland 2.0%
- Switzerland 1.5%
- Canada 1.2%
- Other countries 1.6%
By company size
- Mega cap 30%
- Large cap 70%
- Mid cap 0.04%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Utilities (6.5%). Largest country: United States (94%). Largest size group: Large cap (70%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $15.00
- Over 20 years
- $748
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $15.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $748.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.6%
- Deepest drop
- -19%
- Yearly volatility
- 8.7%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 19% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.39%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.33
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.41 per share, which is 1.39% of today's price. The last payment was $0.33 on Sep 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $196.6M
- Shares a day
- 1.9M
On an average day about $196.6M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 24.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 68 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 17%
- Fairly valued 18%
- Overvalued 65%
On average the companies inside trade for 24.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 65% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 57% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XM XMS.TO iShares MSCI Min Vol USA Index ETF CAD-Hedged | Canada | 0.33% | $39.6M | +6.2% | Pays out | 98% |
XM XMU.TO iShares MSCI Min Vol USA Index ETF | Canada | 0.33% | $259.6M | +8.5% | Pays out | 98% |
XM XMVU.SG Xtrackers MSCI USA Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF 1D | Ireland | 0.20% | $4.90M | +11% | Reinvests | 95% |
MV MVEA.DE iShares Edge MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Advanced UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.20% | $110.7M | +14% | Reinvests | 75% |
ES ESMV iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | United States | 0.18% | $7.94M | +9.9% | Pays out | 66% |
UE UEEH.DE iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF USD (Dist) | Ireland | 0.30% | $12.4M | +9.9% | Pays out | 64% |