VanEck Environmental Services ETF
$39.50+0.27 (+0.68%)
- 0.55%
- $96M
- +2.6%
- 0.18%
- 0M sh
- $39.18
- low $36.44high $42.44
The ETF.net EVX Grade
C
Score 51 out of 100
- 15 of 34
Score 51 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.B55 out of 100Rank 15 of 34Mission
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 15 of 34Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B55 out of 100Rank 17 of 34Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D30 out of 100Rank 27 of 32Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B68 out of 100Rank 11 of 34
Our read on EVX
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.
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 Holdings
- Stocks
- 28
- 60%
- ECL
Sectors
- Industrials85.4%
- Materials8.5%
- Consumer Staples4.3%
- Utilities1.9%
Geography
- United States72.26%
- Japan10.50%
- Canada6.43%
- France5.80%
- United Kingdom1.84%
- Netherlands1.75%
- Australia1.43%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
EVX Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
EVX$10,264
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 | EVX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.6% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | −5.4% |
| 1 year | +2.6% |
| 3 years | +12.1% |
| 5 years | +6.4% |
| 10 years | +11.6% |
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 | EVX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.6% | |
| 2025 | +11.7% | |
| 2024 | +13.0% | |
| 2023 | +13.0% | |
| 2022 | −10.6% | |
| 2021 | +27.5% | |
| 2020 | +13.3% |
EVX in the news
EVX Dividends
- 0.18%
- $0.07
- $0.07 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
EVX Risk
- 15.7%
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.
- 0.46
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.
- −21.4%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EVX Cost
0.55%
EVX0.55%
- The middle half of Infrastructure funds
- Median 0.55%
14 of the 33 Infrastructure funds charge less.
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