iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF
$73.83+0.07 (+0.09%)
- 0.25%
- $3.6B
- +20.0%
- 2.20%
- 0.2M sh
- $74.27
- low $62.77high $77.39
The ETF.net EEMV Grade
A
Score 77 out of 100
- 1 of 10
Score 77 of 100 falls in the A 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.A92 out of 100Rank 1 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C52 out of 100Rank 6 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 2 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A74 out of 100Rank 2 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A81 out of 100Rank 1 of 10
Our read on EEMV
AEmerging markets with the volume turned down. Since 2011, EEMV has tracked MSCI's minimum-volatility EM index, holding roughly 300 stocks picked for steadiness rather than size, at 0.25% a year.
The fund seeks to track an index of emerging-market equities selected for minimum-volatility characteristics.
Why people hold it
- At 0.25%, it carries the lowest fee in its emerging-markets factor cohort, undercutting EELV at 0.29% and ECOW at 0.70%, and sitting well below the group median.
- Live since 2011 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund: a long public track record of running the min vol playbook in the world's bumpiest equity markets.
- About 300 emerging-market names, chosen by published index rules rather than a manager's hunch, so what you own is auditable rather than discretionary.
- Stands among the stronger implementations in its emerging-markets factor peer group on our review, largely on cost and issuer staying power.
Worth knowing
- Minimum volatility is a construction rule, not a floor. The index aims for smaller swings; emerging-market currency, country and political risk still ride along.
- Screening for low volatility pulls country and sector weights away from a cap-weighted EM benchmark, so it can move to a different rhythm than the headline index.
- Volume is moderate rather than torrential, so execution habits (limit orders, skipping the opening minutes) matter more here than with a mega-cap index fund.
EEMV Holdings
- Stocks
- 320
- 16%
- 2303.TW
Sectors
- Information Technology36.8%
- Financials20.3%
- Communication11.0%
- Consumer Staples5.9%
- Health Care5.4%
- Utilities4.7%
- Energy4.3%
- Industrials4.3%
- Consumer Discretionary4.2%
- Materials2.4%
- Real Estate0.6%
Geography
- Taiwan23.95%
- China19.33%
- India15.44%
- South Korea15.30%
- Saudi Arabia6.62%
- United Arab Emirates3.42%
- Malaysia2.39%
- Brazil2.19%
- 11.35%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
EEMV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EEMV$11,995
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 | EEMV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.2% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | −0.7% |
| 1 year | +20.0% |
| 3 years | +15.0% |
| 5 years | +6.0% |
| 10 years | +6.0% |
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 | EEMV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.2% | |
| 2025 | +13.5% | |
| 2024 | +8.0% | |
| 2023 | +7.8% | |
| 2022 | −13.9% | |
| 2021 | +5.1% | |
| 2020 | +6.9% |
EEMV in the news
EEMV Dividends
- 2.20%
- $1.62
- $0.65 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
EEMV Risk
- 11.5%
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.
- 0.88
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.
- −21.9%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EEMV Cost
0.25%
EEMV0.25%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Factor Index funds
- Median 0.45%
No Emerging Markets Factor Index fund charges less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Factor Index
- BEELVInvesco S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +12.7%
- BFNDESchwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return +28.3%
- BPXHInvesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETFExpense ratio 0.47%1 year return +26.6%
- CBLESInspire Global Hope ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +16.7%
- CEEMOInvesco S&P Emerging Markets Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +32.4%