iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF
$45.57+0.91 (+2.04%)
- 0.39%
- $166M
- +19.2%
- 1.92%
- 0M sh
- $44.28
- low $38.00high $49.64
The ETF.net VEGI Grade
A
Score 69 out of 100
- 1 of 5
Score 69 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. The letter stays A for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A86 out of 100Rank 1 of 5Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A76 out of 100Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A74 out of 100Rank 1 of 5Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C49 out of 100Rank 2 of 5Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C45 out of 100Rank 3 of 5Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A71 out of 100Rank 2 of 5
Our read on VEGI
AThe picks-and-shovels version of farming: VEGI holds the global companies behind agricultural products and equipment, as stocks rather than crop futures. Running since 2012, and priced under the typical global thematic fund.
The fund seeks to follow an index of global companies involved in agricultural products and equipment.
Why people hold it
- At 0.39% a year it undercuts the 0.56% median for its global thematic peer group, on a niche most broad-market funds barely touch.
- Equity exposure, not commodity futures. You own the producers and equipment makers themselves, so there is no futures roll schedule in the machinery.ishares.com
- Live since 2012 tracking an MSCI ACWI agriculture producers index: a long runway for a theme fund, and it sits in the top quartile of its global thematic cohort.
Worth knowing
- Diversification is the thin spot: roughly 130 stocks, all tied to one global industry, so the whole fund leans on a single crop-and-input story.
- Agriculture equities swing with crop prices, weather and fertilizer cycles, so the ride is bumpier than a broad global index.
- Mid-sized and only moderately traded, so spreads can run wider than in giant index ETFs. That shows up most on large or hurried orders.
VEGI Holdings
- Stocks
- 150
- 66%
- DE
Sectors
- Industrials40.3%
- Consumer Staples30.6%
- Materials29.2%
Geography
- United States64.11%
- Canada6.67%
- Norway4.09%
- Japan4.03%
- India3.30%
- United Kingdom2.89%
- Saudi Arabia2.45%
- China2.27%
- 10.17%
Developed 62% · Emerging 38%
VEGI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VEGI$11,920
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 | VEGI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.8% |
| 1 month | −7.0% |
| 3 months | +1.5% |
| 1 year | +19.2% |
| 3 years | +8.7% |
| 5 years | +4.6% |
| 10 years | +8.6% |
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 | VEGI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.8% | |
| 2025 | +11.3% | |
| 2024 | −4.8% | |
| 2023 | −8.6% | |
| 2022 | +6.3% | |
| 2021 | +21.6% | |
| 2020 | +20.1% |
VEGI in the news
VEGI Dividends
- 1.92%
- $0.86
- $0.36 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
VEGI Risk
- 15.0%
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.
- 0.32
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.
- −28.8%
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.
- 0.56
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VEGI Cost
0.39%
VEGI0.39%
- The middle half of Agriculture & Food funds
- Median 0.56%
No Agriculture & Food fund charges less.
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