ISRAVanEck Israel ETF
Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the BlueStar Israel Global Index.
By VanEck · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.59%
#3,123 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$153M
#2,597 of 5,861 · mid-size
Return (1Y)Goal
+25.5%
Track Record
13 years
#1,069 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,585+25.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
BlueStar Israel Global Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 53.3% of fundmoderately concentrated
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
10.4%
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM
8.7%
Bank Hapoalim BM
7.7%
Elbit Systems Ltd
7.3%
Tower Semiconductor Ltd
3.8%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
3.5%
Phoenix Financial Ltd
3.4%
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd
3.2%
Israel Discount Bank Ltd
3.1%
Nova Ltd
2.3%
Asset allocation
Stocks
100.0%
By sector
Technology
37.0%
Financial Services
26.8%
Healthcare
8.4%
Industrials
8.0%
Utilities
5.5%
Real Estate
5.4%
Consumer Cyclical
2.7%
Energy
2.3%
Other
3.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
21.5%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-45.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.90Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.33Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the BlueStar Israel Global Index.
- Strategy
- Uses a passive investment approach to replicate the Israel Index by investing at least 80% in equity securities of Israeli companies, including depositary receipts. The Index includes large-, medium-, and small-cap companies, focusing on those with sufficient liquidity.
- Inception date
- June 25, 2013
- Fund family
- VanEck
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Data updated on 2026-08-04