

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
$89.39+0.38 (+0.43%)
- 0.04%
- $33.1B
- +16.4%
- 3.23%
- 1.8M sh
- $88.95
- low $78.10high $93.86
The ETF.net IDEV Grade
Score 81 out of 100
- 1 of 21
Score 81 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.A90 out of 100Rank 1 of 21Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 18Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C42 out of 100Rank 13 of 21Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B69 out of 100Rank 5 of 21Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A93 out of 100Rank 1 of 20Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B61 out of 100Rank 9 of 21
Our read on IDEV
AOne ticker for the developed world outside America, top to bottom: roughly 2,300 large, mid and small caps for four basis points. iShares built this as a Core building block and priced it like one.
The fund seeks to track an index of large-, mid-, and small-cap equities from developed markets outside the United States.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.04% a year while the typical developed-markets core fund charges 0.18%. That is roughly a fifth of the usual freight.
- Goes all-cap, not just blue chips: roughly 2,300 large, mid and small companies from developed markets outside the US, so the small end is not left on the cutting room floor.ishares.com
- A plain index wrapper on the MSCI World ex USA IMI Index. No tilts, no manager discretion, and it has run that same mandate since 2017.
- Multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the stronger implementations in a crowded developed-markets core group.
Worth knowing
- VEA, SPDW and SCHF each run a basis point cheaper. Pennies on most balances, but IDEV is not the absolute cost floor of the group.
- Distributions come annually or semiannually rather than monthly, so cash arrives in lumps.
- Every holding is priced in a foreign currency, so moves in the dollar show up in your returns alongside the stocks themselves.
IDEV Holdings
- Stocks
- 2,296
- 11%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials25.1%
- Industrials18.1%
- Information Technology11.3%
- Health Care8.3%
- Materials8.2%
- Consumer Discretionary7.9%
- Consumer Staples6.0%
- Energy5.7%
- Communication3.6%
- Utilities3.4%
- Real Estate2.4%
Geography
- Japan23.72%
- Canada12.02%
- United Kingdom11.74%
- Switzerland7.82%
- Germany6.91%
- France6.60%
- Australia6.21%
- Netherlands5.38%
- 19.60%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
IDEV 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 | IDEV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.5% |
| 1 month | −3.1% |
| 3 months | −0.7% |
| 1 year | +16.4% |
| 3 years | +19.0% |
| 5 years | +9.3% |
| 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 | IDEV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | +32.6% | |
| 2024 | +4.6% | |
| 2023 | +17.4% | |
| 2022 | −15.0% | |
| 2021 | +13.0% | |
| 2020 | +8.3% |
IDEV in the news
IDEV Dividends
- 3.23%
- $2.87
- $1.34 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
IDEV Risk
- 12.1%
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.
- 1.14
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.
- −29.1%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IDEV Cost
- The middle half of Developed International Core funds
- Median 0.09%
3 of the 21 Developed International Core funds charge less.
Other funds in Developed International Core
- AVEAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +21.3%
- ASPDWState Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +21.4%
- AIEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +15.7%
- ASCHFSchwab International Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +21.9%
- AVGKVanguard FTSE Europe ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +11.7%




