
GMO International Value ETF
$39.55+0.38 (+0.97%)
- 0.60%
- $654M
- +30.7%
- 1.28%
- 0.1M sh
- $39.03
- low $30.52high $42.15
The ETF.net GMOI Grade
Score 55 out of 100
- 9 of 15
Score 55 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.F14 out of 100Rank 13 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A77 out of 100Rank 5 of 9Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A79 out of 100Rank 1 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 7 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D30 out of 100Rank 11 of 15
Our read on GMOI
BGMO made its name running valuation-driven money for institutions. GMOI is that machinery in an ETF wrapper: an active portfolio of the international stocks GMO's own models read as deepest value, not the ones an index labels that way.
The Fund seeks total return.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed, not index-following. GMO's Systematic Equity team selects the international names its proprietary valuation models identify as most undervalued.gmo.comsec.gov
- The valuation work covers tangible and intangible assets, so cheapness comes from GMO's own return forecasts rather than reported book value alone.sec.gov
- The mandate reaches both developed and emerging markets, a wider net than the developed-only factor funds it sits beside, such as IDMO and QLVD.
- Pays quarterly, and the stated goal is total return, so income arrives as a byproduct of the holdings rather than something the strategy chases.
Worth knowing
- 0.60% a year runs above the typical international factor ETF and well above index peers like QLVD (0.15%) and EFAV (0.20%). Active stock picking is what the extra buys.
- Deep value is a narrow slice by design. The portfolio can look nothing like a broad international index and travel a very different path from one.gmo.com
- The ETF launched in October 2024. GMO has run value strategies far longer, but this fund's own record is still short.
GMOI Holdings
- Stocks
- 175
- 27%
- TTE
Geography
- Canada25.46%
- United Kingdom12.71%
- France11.18%
- United States9.88%
- Switzerland8.52%
- Spain8.20%
- Japan7.54%
- Germany4.77%
- 11.75%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
GMOI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | GMOI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.1% |
| 1 month | −5.5% |
| 3 months | +2.2% |
| 1 year | +30.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | GMOI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.1% | |
| 2025 | +45.6% | |
| 2024 | −4.6% |
GMOI in the news
GMOI Dividends
- 1.28%
- $0.50
- $0.15 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
GMOI Risk
- 11.6%
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.
- 2.05
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.
- −14.7%
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.
- 0.18
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GMOI Cost
- The middle half of International Factor Index funds
- Median 0.34%
12 of the 15 International Factor Index funds charge less.
Other funds in International Factor Index
- BTLTDNorthern Trust Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt ETFExpense ratio 0.41%1 year return +18.1%
- BIMTMiShares MSCI Intl Momentum Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +16.7%
- CIQDGWisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth FundExpense ratio 0.42%1 year return +9.5%
- CFYLDCambria Foreign Shareholder Yield ETFExpense ratio 0.59%1 year return +34.7%
- CIPKWInvesco International BuyBack Achievers ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return +19.5%

