SMMViShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF

Grow my money9y track recordRanked #692 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities with lower volatility characteristics.

By iShares · Launched 2016

Annual Cost

0.20%

#1,039 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$279M

#2,004 of 5,562 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+8.0%

Track Record

9 years

#1,456 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,662+6.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Low volatility

Index tracked

MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 16.3% of fund✓ well diversified

BlackRock Funds III

3.1%

Royal Gold, Inc.

2.0%

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

1.5%

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

1.5%

Ensign Group, Inc. (The)

1.4%

Agree Realty Corp.

1.4%

Old Republic International Corp.

1.4%

New York Times Co. (The)

1.3%

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

1.3%

IDACORP, Inc.

1.3%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.8%

Cash

0.2%

By sector

Healthcare

17.6%

Technology

14.5%

Industrials

13.5%

Real Estate

12.6%

Financial Services

8.9%

Consumer Defensive

8.0%

Utilities

7.5%

Communication

5.3%

Other

12.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

9.8%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-38.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.60Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.88Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities with lower volatility characteristics.
Strategy: Tracks the MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index, which measures small-cap U.S. equities expected to have lower volatility. Uses a rules-based methodology to select securities from the MSCI USA Small Cap Index, optimizing for the lowest absolute volatility while applying turnover and weighting constraints.
Inception date: September 7, 2016
Fund family: iShares