iShares Morningstar Small Cap Value ETF
$75.68+0.20 (+0.26%)
- 0.06%
- $659M
- +19.7%
- 1.98%
- 0M sh
- $75.35
- low $63.71high $82.03
The ETF.net ISCV Grade
A
Score 71 out of 100
- 7 of 40
Score 71 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.A86 out of 100Rank 5 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F24 out of 100Rank 31 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D35 out of 100Rank 27 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A89 out of 100Rank 1 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B57 out of 100Rank 20 of 40
Our read on ISCV
AA 2004-vintage way to own the cheap end of small caps: roughly 1,100 names screened on value measures, for 0.06% a year, about a third of what the typical value ETF charges.
The fund seeks to follow an index of U.S. small-cap stocks chosen using value-oriented measures including forward earnings, book value, sales, cash flow, and dividend yield, providing targeted U.S. small-cap value exposure.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.06% a year against a 0.18% median for its value peer group. Cost basically stops being part of the conversation.
- About 1,100 holdings, so one small-cap blowup barely registers. This is a wide net across the value patch, not a stock-picker's short list.
- Value is judged on forward earnings, book value, sales, cash flow and dividend yield, not price-to-book alone, and the fund has tracked that index tightly.
- Trading since 2004 under the iShares roof, with cash paid out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded for its category. Spreads can run wider and size can push the price, so limit orders matter more here than at the mega-funds.
- Small caps plus a value screen is the bumpy end of the equity market. Drawdowns here have historically run deeper than large-cap value.
- The low fee isn't exclusive: VTWV matches 0.06%, and large-cap value siblings VTV and SCHV sit lower still.
ISCV Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,046
- 3%
- GTX
Sectors
- Financials24.2%
- Consumer Discretionary12.8%
- Industrials12.3%
- Health Care11.9%
- Real Estate9.3%
- Information Technology7.9%
- Energy6.2%
- Consumer Staples4.7%
- Materials4.3%
- Utilities4.1%
- Communication2.3%
Geography
- United States94.92%
- Bermuda1.73%
- Ireland0.91%
- United Kingdom0.84%
- Switzerland0.67%
- Puerto Rico0.44%
- Sweden0.23%
- Canada0.13%
- 0.12%
ISCV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ISCV$11,973
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 | ISCV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.7% |
| 1 month | −3.8% |
| 3 months | −3.1% |
| 1 year | +19.7% |
| 3 years | +16.8% |
| 5 years | +7.6% |
| 10 years | +8.3% |
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 | ISCV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.7% | |
| 2025 | +10.4% | |
| 2024 | +9.3% | |
| 2023 | +16.6% | |
| 2022 | −10.6% | |
| 2021 | +29.1% | |
| 2020 | +0.8% |
ISCV in the news
Category Review
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ISCV Dividends
- 1.98%
- $1.49
- $0.40 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ISCV Risk
- 17.7%
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.
- 0.65
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.
- −25.3%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ISCV Cost
0.06%
ISCV0.06%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
6 of the 40 US Value Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Value Index
- AVOEVanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +22.3%
- AVLUState Street SPDR S&P 1500 Value Tilt ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +25.4%
- AVTWVVanguard Russell 2000 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +24.8%
- BIWSiShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.23%1 year return +23.4%
- BIWXiShares Russell Top 200 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +32.1%