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VanEck Environmental Services ETF

EVXNYSE ArcaVanEckC

$41.10+0.79 (+1.95%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 3:59 PM ET

C52/ 100

Rank 14 of 34 in Infrastructure

C52/100Rank 14 of 34inInfrastructure
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 40.32 to 41.10. Range 40.66 to 41.18. Use the arrow keys to read each point.40.6040.8041.0041.2010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.55%*
Fund size
$99M
1Y total return
+9.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.18%
Holdings
28
Avg volume · 30D
6.83K sh
52W range
low $36.44high $42.44
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

*After a fee waiver that ends Feb 1, 2027. Without it: 0.62%.

The ETF.net EVX Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

C

Score 52 out of 100

Category
Infrastructure⁠
Rank
14 of 34
Six-pillar profile for EVX. Scores out of 100: Cost 53, Risk 56, Mission not scored, Tradability 62, Holdings 28, Durability 67. Strongest: Durability (67). Weakest: Holdings (28). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 52 of 100 falls in the C 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.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 34

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B56 out of 100
    Rank 18 of 34

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B62 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 34

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D28 out of 100
    Rank 28 of 32

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B67 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 34

Our read on EVX

ETF.net Research

In short

CTrash is a business, and EVX has been the way to own it since 2006: waste haulers, recyclers, wastewater outfits and environmental consultants, bundled into a compact global portfolio of roughly two dozen names.

Stated mandate

EVX seeks to track the MarketVector Global Environmental Services Index, which covers companies primarily engaged in environmental consulting, wastewater and drainage, waste management, remediation and protection, non-industrial air filtration, and carbon-capture, waste-to-energy, and biofuel technologies.

Why people hold it

  • Running since 2006, long before 'green' became an ETF marketing category. That's a real track record across multiple market cycles in a niche where most rivals arrived a decade later.
  • The mandate is specific, not vibes-based: the MarketVector Global Environmental Services Index covers waste management, wastewater and drainage, remediation, air filtration, waste-to-energy and biofuels.
  • At 0.55% a year, the fee lands right at the median for its infrastructure-theme peer group. You pay category rates for a far narrower slice of the market.
  • Ranks in the upper half of its infrastructure-theme cohort on our review, with no structural red flags in the fund's setup.

Worth knowing

  • Roughly two dozen holdings means concentration. A stumble at one or two big waste haulers shows up in the fund, with little else to cushion it.
  • Thinly traded and mid-sized in assets, so bid-ask spreads can be wider than at the giant infrastructure funds, especially in fast markets.
  • Broad infrastructure alternatives cost less: IFRA at 0.30% and IGF at 0.37%. They're wider nets, though, not a pure environmental services play.

EVX Performance

Launched Oct 10, 2006

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

EVX$10,906
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. EVX $10,906. 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 EVX. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEVX
Year to date+5.7%
1 month+4.5%
3 months−0.1%
1 year+9.1%
3 yearsper year+15.0%
5 yearsper year+5.8%
10 yearsper year+11.9%

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 EVX
YearReturn barEVX
2026 YTD+5.7%
2025+11.7%
2024+13.0%
2023+13.0%
2022−10.6%
2021+27.5%
2020+13.3%

EVX in the news

EVX 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.
0.18%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.07Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.07 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 9 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Dec 18, 2017 $0.16; Dec 20, 2018 $0.06; Dec 23, 2019 $0.09; Dec 21, 2020 $0.08; Dec 20, 2021 $0.07; Dec 19, 2022 $0.11; Dec 18, 2023 $0.29; Dec 23, 2024 $0.16; Dec 22, 2025 $0.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 22, 2025Dec 26, 2025$0.07
Dec 23, 2024Dec 24, 2024$0.16
Dec 18, 2023Dec 22, 2023$0.29
Dec 19, 2022Dec 23, 2022$0.11
Dec 20, 2021Dec 27, 2021$0.07
Dec 21, 2020Dec 28, 2020$0.08
Dec 23, 2019Dec 30, 2019$0.09
Dec 20, 2018Dec 27, 2018$0.06
Dec 18, 2017Dec 22, 2017$0.16
Dec 19, 2016Dec 23, 2016$0.11
Dec 21, 2015Dec 28, 2015$0.14
Dec 22, 2014Dec 29, 2014$0.21

See all 20 payments⁠

$10,000 in EVX 10 years ago paid $895 in dividends.⁠

EVX Risk

Risk pillarB56 out of 100Rank 18 of 34 in Infrastructure
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.3%
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.
0.71
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.
−21.4%
Trough Jun 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.
0.91
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.

EVX Cost

Compare EVX and IFRA

Overpaying vs IFRA, cheapest in Infrastructure

$4,755

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

  • EVX 0.55%

    $10,904

  • IFRA 0.30% Cheapest

    $6,149

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • EVX 0.55%
  • IFRA 0.30%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530EVX $10,904IFRA $6,149

Year by year

YearEVXIFRAOverpaying
10$988$545$443
20$3,790$2,113$1,677
30$10,904$6,149$4,755
How the 0.55% is worked out

Full fee 0.62%− waiver 0.07%= you pay 0.55%

The waiver ends Feb 1, 2027. After that the fee is 0.62% unless VanEck renews it. Source: prospectus, Jan 2026.

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