iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF
SMMV CBOE - exBATS
The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the small-capitalization U.S. equity market.
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- Fund size
- 538M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.20% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.76% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 9.2% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.52 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 41.3947.60
How SMMV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SMMV returned +9.4% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +0.8 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±9% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −7.0% on Mar 20, 2026 — 18 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 9% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.52 means SMMV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average45.09 +0.7%
- 26-day average45.45 −0.1%
- 50-day average45.79 −0.8%
- 200-day average44.97 +1.0%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · SmallCap LowVolatility — tracking the MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index.
- Assets under management538MUSD
- Expense ratio0.20%per year
- Holdings388
- Risk score2.1Low
Launched September 2016. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 8 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.35
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Last paid
- Sep 15, 2026
Last 12 months
0.35 USD / shareWhere SMMV shows up
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About iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF
The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the small-capitalization U.S. equity market.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 388 holdings
- Ticker
- SMMV
- Exchange
- CBOE - exBATS
- ISIN
- US46435G4331
- CUSIP
- 46435G433
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- SmallCap LowVolatility
- Benchmark
- MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility (USD) Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.