iShares MSCI World Small-Cap ETF
$34.65−0.26 (−0.74%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.30%
- Fund size
- $672M
- 1Y return
- +18.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.79%
- Holdings
- 3683
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.63
- 52W range
The ETF.net WSML Grade
Score 73 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 87Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 93Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 77Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 17Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 80Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 49Category rank
Our read on WSML
AOne ticker for small caps across the whole developed world, US included. Most funds on this shelf stop at the water's edge; WSML holds the full map, at 0.30% a year.
The Fund seeks to track an index composed of small-capitalization equities from developed markets globally.
Why people hold it
- The MSCI World Small Cap index spans 23 developed markets including the US, so roughly 3,500 small caps arrive in one holding instead of an ex-US fund plus a US one.msci.com
- At 0.30%, the fee undercuts the typical charge in its peer group and iShares' own EAFE small-cap fund, SCZ, at 0.40%.
- Straight market-cap weighting, no factor tilts, and it has tracked its index closely so far, which lands it in the upper half of its peer group overall.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- A 2025 launch that trades thinly next to the veterans of the category. Limit orders matter, and the risk read rests on a short history.
- Because the index includes US names, it overlaps with a US small-cap fund rather than sitting beside one. Ex-US peers like VSS and SCHC leave that slice out.msci.com
- Dividends land once or twice a year, not quarterly, and foreign holdings are unhedged, so currency moves ride along with the stocks.ishares.com
WSML Holdings
- Stocks
- 3,683
- 2%
- MRNA
Sectors
- Industrials17.8%
- Financials14.3%
- Technology13.7%
- Health Care11.7%
- Consumer Discr.10.4%
- Materials9.0%
- Real Estate8.2%
- Energy5.2%
- Cons. Staples4.0%
- Communication3.1%
- Utilities2.6%
Geography
- United States59.28%
- Japan12.79%
- Canada4.38%
- United Kingdom4.14%
- Australia3.74%
- Sweden1.73%
- Switzerland1.57%
- Israel1.55%
- 10.81%
Developed 93% · Emerging 7%
WSML Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | WSML |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.7% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | −0.1% |
| 1 year | +18.2% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | WSML |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.7% | |
| 2025 | +29.1% |
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WSML Dividends
- 2.79%
- $0.97
- $0.29 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.09 |
WSML Risk
- 12.9%
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.
- 1.97
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.
- −10.7%
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.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
WSML Cost
- The middle half of International Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.44%
2 of the 16 International Small-Cap funds charge less.