iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
$201.66−1.04 (−0.51%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $9.6B
- 1Y return
- +67.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.53%
- Holdings
- 146
- Volume · 30D
- 1.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $201.91
- 52W range
The ETF.net VLUE Grade
Score 56 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 66Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 42Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 53Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 84Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 22Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 78Category rank
Our read on VLUE
BMost value funds cast a wide net and call whatever's slightly cheap a bargain. VLUE follows MSCI's Enhanced Value index and narrows US stocks to about 150 of the cheapest-looking names, for 0.15% a year. A sharper, more concentrated take on value.
The fund aims to follow an index selecting U.S. stocks with value characteristics, providing exposure to undervalued companies with potential for long-term growth.
Why people hold it
- Deep screen, not a wide net: about 150 stocks picked by the MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index, so the value tilt actually shows up instead of getting diluted across half the market.ishares.com
- 0.15% a year, below the 0.18% median for its value-factor peer group. Modest toll for a rules-based screen rather than a plain cap-weighted slice.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that has been running since 2013, trades actively, and pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Concentration cuts both ways. About 150 names means chunkier single-stock and sector positions than the broadest value funds carry.
- Plain broad-market value costs less: VTV, IUSV and SCHV all charge under 0.06%.
- This is a value tilt, not the whole market. The screen can keep it out of step with a standard US index for long stretches.
VLUE Holdings
- Stocks
- 146
- 45%
- MU
Sectors
- Technology41.2%
- Financials10.8%
- Communication10.1%
- Consumer Discr.9.7%
- Health Care8.2%
- Industrials7.4%
- Cons. Staples4.5%
- Energy3.3%
- Utilities1.7%
- Real Estate1.6%
- Materials1.5%
Geography
- United States97.12%
- Ireland1.83%
- Netherlands0.52%
- Bermuda0.32%
- Switzerland0.12%
- United Kingdom0.09%
VLUE Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VLUE$16,780
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | VLUE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +50.1% |
| 1 month | +0.6% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +67.8% |
| 3 years | +33.7% |
| 5 years | +18.0% |
| 10 years | +14.9% |
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 | VLUE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +50.1% | |
| 2025 | +32.7% | |
| 2024 | +7.3% | |
| 2023 | +14.3% | |
| 2022 | −14.2% | |
| 2021 | +28.9% | |
| 2020 | −0.2% |
VLUE in the news
VLUE Dividends
- 1.53%
- $3.09
- $0.95 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.95 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.70 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.63 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.81 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.66 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.74 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.75 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.85 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.59 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.69 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.66 |
VLUE Risk
- 19.7%
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.
- 1.28
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.
- −27.1%
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.
- 1.09
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VLUE Cost
0.15%
VLUE0.15%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
12 of the 41 US Value Index funds charge less.