iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF
$42.62+0.30 (+0.71%)
- 0.20%
- $160M
- +35.3%
- 2.20%
- 0M sh
- $42.18
- low $31.96high $44.28
The ETF.net SVAL Grade
B
Score 57 out of 100
- 22 of 40
Score 57 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.C50 out of 100Rank 19 of 40Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A91 out of 100Rank 10 of 37Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D30 out of 100Rank 26 of 39Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D32 out of 100Rank 32 of 40Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A81 out of 100Rank 6 of 40Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C47 out of 100Rank 28 of 40
Our read on SVAL
BMost value ETFs buy big, cheap blue chips. SVAL goes small: a focused cut of the Russell 2000, about 300 stocks picked for the most prominent value traits. The deep end of the value pool.
The fund tracks an index of U.S. small-capitalization stocks selected for prominent value characteristics.
Why people hold it
- Truth in labeling: it tracks the Russell 2000 Focused Value Select Index, real small caps screened for value, not mid caps wearing a small-cap name tag.sec.gov
- Focus by design: roughly 300 names out of the Russell 2000's roughly 2,000, so the value screen actually bites instead of getting diluted.lseg.com
- Plain iShares plumbing: a standard 1940 Act index fund at 0.20% a year that pays shareholders quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.20% it costs more than broad Russell 2000 value trackers like VTWV (0.06%). The extra screening is what you are paying for.
- Thinly traded next to the household names in value land, so spreads can be wider. Limit orders matter more here.
- Small-cap value is the jumpy end of equities, and a focused portfolio can wander a long way from the broad market in either direction.
SVAL Holdings
- Stocks
- 243
- 7%
- HSTM
Geography
- United States95.43%
- Bermuda2.16%
- Monaco0.85%
- United Kingdom0.42%
- Canada0.41%
- Panama0.40%
- France0.32%
SVAL Performance
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SVAL$13,534
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 | SVAL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.0% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | +1.8% |
| 1 year | +35.3% |
| 3 years | +19.9% |
| 5 years | +8.9% |
| 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 | SVAL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.0% | |
| 2025 | +8.2% | |
| 2024 | +7.5% | |
| 2023 | +12.3% | |
| 2022 | −10.1% | |
| 2021 | +33.2% | |
| 2020 | +28.0% |
SVAL in the news
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SVAL Dividends
- 2.20%
- $0.93
- $0.25 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
SVAL Risk
- 19.8%
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.
- 0.73
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.
- −27.4%
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.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SVAL Cost
0.20%
SVAL0.20%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
19 of the 40 US Value Index funds charge less.
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- BRPVInvesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +25.6%
- BVLUEiShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +64.8%
- CFABFirst Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX FundExpense ratio 0.66%1 year return +22.3%
- CFTAFirst Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX FundExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +23.1%