---
ticker: "ESMV"
name: "iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/ESMV"
grade: "C"
score: 49
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Low Volatility Index"
category_rank: "11 of 16"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# ESMV: iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

Grade **C**, Score 49 of 100. Rank 11 of 16 in US Low Volatility Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 60 | 7 of 16 |
| Mission | 63 | 15 of 16 |
| Risk | 51 | 6 of 16 |
| Tradability | 7 | 16 of 16 |
| Holdings | 55 | 9 of 16 |
| Durability | 39 | 13 of 16 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 162 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | NOW | Servicenow | 1.66% |
| 2 | MSFT | Microsoft | 1.66% |
| 3 | NVDA | NVIDIA | 1.58% |
| 4 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 1.56% |
| 5 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 1.55% |
| 6 | AMAT | Applied Material Inc | 1.53% |
| 7 | TRV | Travelers Companies | 1.53% |
| 8 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 1.45% |
| 9 | MRK | Merck & Co Inc | 1.44% |
| 10 | WELL | Welltower | 1.44% |
| 11 | WMB | Williams | 1.41% |
| 12 | MA | Mastercard Class A | 1.41% |
| 13 | MCK | Mckesson Corp | 1.41% |
| 14 | VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 1.39% |
| 15 | KO | Coca-Cola | 1.35% |
| 16 | MSI | Motorola Solutions Inc | 1.35% |
| 17 | BNY | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1.34% |
| 18 | V | Visa Class A | 1.33% |
| 19 | TXN | Texas Instrument Inc | 1.33% |
| 20 | GILD | Gilead Sciences | 1.33% |
| 21 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 1.27% |
| 22 | COR | Cencora | 1.25% |
| 23 | CB | Chubb | 1.23% |
| 24 | TT | Trane Technologies PLC | 1.23% |
| 25 | MELI | Mercadolibre | 1.22% |
| 26 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc | 1.20% |
| 27 | ED | Consolidated Edison | 1.17% |
| 28 | GEV | Ge Vernova | 1.14% |
| 29 | T | AT&T | 1.09% |
| 30 | PGR | Progressive | 1.09% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/ESMV. Please cite the page URL.