iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF
$125.71+0.04 (+0.03%)
- 0.20%
- $3.3B
- +8.1%
- 1.88%
- 0.1M sh
- $125.30
- low $116.96high $128.45
The ETF.net ACWV Grade
B
Score 66 out of 100
- 2 of 15
Score 66 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 100Rank 2 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.D28 out of 100Rank 9 of 9Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B63 out of 100Rank 5 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A81 out of 100Rank 3 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A74 out of 100Rank 4 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A76 out of 100Rank 3 of 15
Our read on ACWV
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.
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
- Stocks
- 407
- 12%
- CSCO
Sectors
- Information Technology26.9%
- Financials14.4%
- Health Care13.4%
- Communication11.0%
- Consumer Staples9.6%
- Utilities7.2%
- Industrials6.7%
- Consumer Discretionary4.8%
- Energy4.4%
- Materials0.9%
- Real Estate0.7%
Geography
- United States56.08%
- Japan10.37%
- China5.87%
- Taiwan4.73%
- India3.79%
- Switzerland3.01%
- Canada1.50%
- Netherlands1.40%
- 13.25%
Developed 55% · Emerging 45%
ACWV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ACWV$10,806
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | ACWV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.8% |
| 1 month | −0.2% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 1 year | +8.1% |
| 3 years | +12.2% |
| 5 years | +6.4% |
| 10 years | +7.8% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ACWV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.8% | |
| 2025 | +11.0% | |
| 2024 | +11.4% | |
| 2023 | +8.3% | |
| 2022 | −10.3% | |
| 2021 | +14.0% | |
| 2020 | +3.0% |
ACWV in the news
ACWV Dividends
- 1.88%
- $2.36
- $1.07 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
ACWV Risk
- 8.4%
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.
- 0.79
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.
- −18.1%
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.
- 0.53
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACWV Cost
0.20%
ACWV0.20%
- The middle half of International Factor Index funds
- Median 0.34%
1 of the 15 International Factor Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Factor Index
- AEFAViShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +13.1%
- BEFGiShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.34%1 year return +8.5%
- BIDLVInvesco S&P International Developed Low Volatility ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +9.3%
- BIDMOInvesco S&P International Developed Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +18.3%
- BVDGVanguard Developed Markets ex US Growth Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return —