---
ticker: "SMOT"
name: "VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/SMOT"
grade: "C"
score: 43
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Multifactor"
category_rank: "80 of 99"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# SMOT: VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF

Grade **C**, Score 43 of 100. Rank 80 of 99 in US Multifactor.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 26 | 73 of 99 |
| Mission | 66 | 68 of 86 |
| Risk | 20 | 92 of 97 |
| Tradability | 54 | 38 of 99 |
| Holdings | 63 | 35 of 98 |
| Durability | 35 | 79 of 99 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 111 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | BDX | Becton Dickinson & Co | 1.56% |
| 2 | GPN | Global Payments Inc | 1.48% |
| 3 | VLTO | Veralto Corp | 1.48% |
| 4 | DVN | Devon Energy Corp | 1.47% |
| 5 | EL | Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The | 1.45% |
| 6 | LW | Lamb Weston Holdings Inc | 1.43% |
| 7 | ELV | Elevance Health Inc | 1.42% |
| 8 | XYZ | Block Inc | 1.40% |
| 9 | AMCR | Amcor Plc | 1.39% |
| 10 | CI | Cigna Group/The | 1.38% |
| 11 | MAS | Masco Corp | 1.37% |
| 12 | BF.B | Brown-Forman Corp | 1.37% |
| 13 | GEHC | Ge Healthcare Technologies Inc | 1.36% |
| 14 | MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc | 1.36% |
| 15 | ZBH | Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc | 1.35% |
| 16 | OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | 1.34% |
| 17 | DD | Dupont De Nemours Inc | 1.33% |
| 18 | CE | Celanese Corp | 1.33% |
| 19 | HSY | Hershey Co/The | 1.31% |
| 20 | SBAC | Sba Communications Corp | 1.30% |
| 21 | AYI | Acuity Brands Inc | 1.30% |
| 22 | LYB | Lyondellbasell Industries Nv | 1.29% |
| 23 | CNH | Cnh Industrial Nv | 1.28% |
| 24 | KHC | Kraft Heinz Co/The | 1.27% |
| 25 | HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 1.26% |
| 26 | NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp | 1.26% |
| 27 | LAD | Lithia Motors Inc | 1.24% |
| 28 | POR | Portland General Electric Co | 1.23% |
| 29 | TRU | Transunion | 1.23% |
| 30 | BMRN | Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc | 1.22% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/SMOT. Please cite the page URL.