iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
IWS NYSE Arca
The iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics.
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- Fund size
- 10.3B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.25% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.03% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 13.0% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.80 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 131.94172.82
How IWS has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, IWS returned +26.2% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.3 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 ±13% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −7.5% on Mar 30, 2026 — 28 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 10% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.80 means IWS 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 average168.34 +1.0%
- 26-day average167.04 +1.8%
- 50-day average166.45 +2.2%
- 200-day average158.71 +7.2%
The price is above 4 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 · MidCap Value — tracking the Russell Midcap Value Index.
- Assets under management10.3BUSD
- Expense ratio0.25%per year
- Holdings634
- Risk score4.1Medium
Launched July 2001. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 10 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.76
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.76 USD / shareWhere IWS shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold IWS. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
The iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics.
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 634 holdings
- Ticker
- IWS
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642874733
- CUSIP
- 464287473
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- MidCap Value
- Benchmark
- Russell Midcap Value Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.