iShares International Equity Factor ETF
$41.44+0.22 (+0.53%)
- 0.16%
- $3.7B
- +20.0%
- 3.02%
- 0.3M sh
- $41.19
- low $35.43high $43.49
The ETF.net INTF Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 1 of 30
Score 78 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.A98 out of 100Rank 1 of 30Mission
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 30Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A72 out of 100Rank 7 of 30Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B68 out of 100Rank 11 of 30Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A86 out of 100Rank 1 of 30
Our read on INTF
AFive factors at once (value, quality, momentum, low volatility, low size) aimed at developed markets outside the US, for 0.16% a year. That is well under half what the typical international multifactor fund charges.
The fund seeks to track an index of international developed-market stocks chosen using value, quality, momentum, low-volatility, and low-size factors.
Why people hold it
- At 0.16% a year it undercuts the peer median of 0.38%, and also GSIE (0.25%), RODM (0.29%) and FDEV (0.18%).
- One basket of roughly 500 developed-market stocks does the work of separate value, quality, momentum, low-volatility and small-size sleeves.
- Live since 2015 and now a multi-billion-dollar iShares fund, giving it more history than much of the international multifactor shelf.
- Rates among the strongest implementations in its international multifactor peer group of 29 funds.
Worth knowing
- Factor tilts are the whole point, so returns can wander from a plain cap-weighted international index in either direction, sometimes for long stretches.
- Developed markets only. No emerging-market exposure here, and returns move with foreign currencies as well as foreign stocks.
- Volume is moderate rather than heavy, so limit orders help. Distributions land once or twice a year, not quarterly.
INTF Holdings
- Stocks
- 500
- 13%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials27.0%
- Industrials17.2%
- Information Technology11.3%
- Consumer Discretionary9.2%
- Health Care8.0%
- Materials7.0%
- Consumer Staples5.7%
- Energy5.3%
- Utilities3.9%
- Communication3.2%
- Real Estate2.2%
Geography
- Japan26.69%
- United Kingdom11.76%
- Switzerland8.53%
- Canada7.31%
- Germany6.52%
- France6.50%
- Australia6.33%
- Netherlands5.54%
- 20.82%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
INTF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
INTF$12,000
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 | INTF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.1% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +20.0% |
| 3 years | +20.8% |
| 5 years | +11.1% |
| 10 years | +9.4% |
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 | INTF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.1% | |
| 2025 | +35.5% | |
| 2024 | +6.0% | |
| 2023 | +18.3% | |
| 2022 | −12.3% | |
| 2021 | +11.7% | |
| 2020 | +2.8% |
INTF in the news
INTF Dividends
- 3.02%
- $1.24
- $0.72 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
INTF Risk
- 11.4%
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.
- 1.34
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.
- −27.6%
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.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
INTF Cost
0.16%
INTF0.16%
- The middle half of International Multifactor funds
- Median 0.35%
1 of the 30 International Multifactor funds charge less.
Other funds in International Multifactor
- AGSWOGoldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return —
- ADFAIDimensional - International Core Equity Market ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +18.2%
- ARODMHartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +20.0%
- AFDEVFidelity International Multifactor ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +14.5%
- BGLOFiShares Global Equity Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +23.7%