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iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

ACWVCboeiSharesB

$129.46+0.04 (+0.03%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B68/ 100

Rank 2 of 15 in International Factor Index

B68/100Rank 2 of 15inInternational Factor Index
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Expense ratio
0.20%
Fund size
$3.44B
1Y total return
+11.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.83%
Holdings
407
Avg volume · 30D
93.5K sh
52W range
low $116.96high $130.11
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net ACWV Grade

B

Score 68 out of 100

Category
International Factor Index⁠
Rank
2 of 15
Six-pillar profile for ACWV. Scores out of 100: Cost 89, Risk 77, Mission 25, Tradability 83, Holdings 76, Durability 76. Strongest: Cost (89). Weakest: Mission (25). Leans toward Cost and Tradability.

Score 68 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    A89 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 15

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    D25 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 9

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    A77 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 15

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A83 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 15

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 15

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 15

Our read on ACWV

ETF.net Research

In short

BGlobal min vol in one ticker: an optimizer sifts the MSCI ACWI universe, developed and emerging, for the lowest-risk mix of roughly 400 stocks. Same playbook since 2011, at 0.20% a year.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index of developed and emerging market equities that collectively exhibit lower volatility than the broader developed and emerging equity markets.

Why people hold it

  • 0.20% a year for a globally optimized factor build, well under the 0.41% median for international factor ETFs.
  • Not a simple low-vol screen. The index optimizes the MSCI ACWI for the lowest absolute risk within a set of constraints, so how stocks move together shapes the weights.msci.com
  • One ticker for the whole map. The developed-only sibling EFAV charges the same 0.20%; ACWV folds emerging markets into the same wrapper.
  • Running since 2011 with billions in assets, it sits among the stronger implementations in its international factor peer group.

Worth knowing

  • Minimum volatility is the aim, not a floor. iShares states the fund may experience more than minimum volatility, with no guarantee the index strategy lowers it.ishares.com
  • Emerging markets ride along inside this defensive build, bringing the political and economic swings iShares flags as heightened in those markets.ishares.com
  • By design it leans away from the cap-weighted world index, so its country and sector mix can look quite different and its path can diverge in either direction.msci.com

ACWV Holdings

Holdings pillarA76 out of 100Rank 4 of 15 in International Factor Index
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
407
Top-10 weight
12%
Largest holding
JNJ1.5%

Sectors

  • Technology26.5%
  • Financials14.5%
  • Health Care13.7%
  • Communication10.4%
  • Consumer Staples9.8%
  • Utilities7.4%
  • Industrials7.0%
  • Consumer Discretionary4.8%
  • Energy4.5%
  • Materials0.9%
  • Real Estate0.7%

Geography

  • United States66.58%
  • Japan11.53%
  • China6.83%
  • Taiwan5.04%
  • India4.37%
  • Switzerland1.79%
  • Canada1.47%
  • Hong Kong1.21%
  • Other countries (1)1.18%

Developed 51% · Emerging 49% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 28.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1JNJJohnson & Johnson1.48%184,017$50.6M524
2MSFTMicrosoft1.35%87,467$46.4M819
3MSIMotorola Solutions Inc1.34%93,751$46.1M373
4CSCOCisco Systems Inc1.33%421,839$45.8M585
5DUKDuke Energy Corp1.18%322,498$40.6M329
62330.TWTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing1.17%540,000$40M176
7BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc Class B1.12%71,112$38.5M374
8XOMExxonmobil Holdings Corp1.06%197,860$36.3M525
9SOSouthern1.04%384,634$35.8M340
10CORCencora1.02%105,721$34.9M344
11WMWaste Management Inc1.01%150,724$34.8M330
12CBChubb0.99%93,615$33.9M298
139433.TKddi0.97%1,892,600$33.3M139
144502.TTakeda Pharmaceutical0.97%811,200$33.3M144
15NVDANVIDIA0.94%151,546$32.4M848

Showing 1–15 of 407 holdings

ACWV Performance

Launched Oct 18, 2011

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

ACWV$11,169
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. ACWV $11,169. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for ACWV. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodACWV
Year to date+9.9%
1 month+5.5%
3 months+4.0%
1 year+11.7%
3 yearsper year+13.8%
5 yearsper year+6.4%
10 yearsper year+8.1%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for ACWV
YearReturn barACWV
2026 YTD+9.9%
2025+11.0%
2024+11.4%
2023+8.3%
2022−10.3%
2021+14.0%
2020+3.0%

ACWV in the news

ACWV Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
1.83%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$2.36Last 12 months
Last payment
$1.07 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 19 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2017 $0.85; Dec 19, 2017 $0.87; Jun 19, 2018 $0.90; Dec 18, 2018 $0.99; Jun 17, 2019 $1.02; Dec 16, 2019 $1.41; Jun 15, 2020 $0.92; Dec 14, 2020 $0.79; Jun 10, 2021 $0.95; Dec 13, 2021 $1.13; Jun 9, 2022 $0.87; Dec 13, 2022 $1.20; Jun 7, 2023 $0.87; Dec 20, 2023 $1.55; Jun 11, 2024 $0.91; Dec 17, 2024 $1.63; Jun 16, 2025 $1.18; Dec 16, 2025 $1.30; Jun 15, 2026 $1.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$1.07
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$1.30
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$1.18
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$1.63
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.91
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$1.55
Jun 7, 2023Jun 13, 2023$0.87
Dec 13, 2022Dec 19, 2022$1.20
Jun 9, 2022Jun 15, 2022$0.87
Dec 13, 2021Dec 17, 2021$1.13
Jun 10, 2021Jun 16, 2021$0.95
Dec 14, 2020Dec 18, 2020$0.79

See all 30 payments⁠

$10,000 in ACWV 10 years ago paid $2,947 in dividends.⁠

ACWV Risk

Risk pillarA77 out of 100Rank 3 of 15 in International Factor Index
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
8.7%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.03
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−18.1%
Trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.53
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

ACWV Cost

Compare ACWV and VDG

Overpaying vs VDG, cheapest in International Factor Index

$2,466

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • ACWV 0.20%

    $4,155

  • VDG 0.08% Cheapest

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • ACWV 0.20%
  • VDG 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K$5K051015202530ACWV $4,155VDG $1,689

Year by year

YearACWVVDGOverpaying
10$365$147$218
20$1,421$575$846
30$4,155$1,689$2,466

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