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VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

About this ETF

The Fund gives investors access to a portfolio of US ‘wide moat’ companies selected by Morningstar on the basis of their assessment that they are the most attractively priced with competitive advantages that will deliver excess returns more likely than not for 20 years or more.

IssuerVanEck
Management fee (MER)0.49% p.a.
Inception date26 Jun 2015
BenchmarkMorningstar Wide Moat Foc TR AUD

Scout Score

51/100
Ranked #12 of 29 in US Shares

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost21
Diversification87
Tracking38
Liquidity59
Fund Strength72
Performance13
Income86

Strengths

  • Well diversified — top holdings are 28.0% of the fund, less concentrated than 87% of US Shares peers.
  • Attractive yield — 9.38%, higher than 86% of US Shares peers.
  • Large, established fund — $843M in assets, bigger than 72% of US Shares funds.

Weaknesses

  • Weak long-term return — +10.1% p.a. (blended), trails 87% of rated US Shares peers.
  • Higher fee — 0.49% p.a., more expensive than 79% of US Shares funds.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month+5.11%
3 Months+3.75%
YTD+2.64%
1 Year+3.91%
3 Years (p.a.)+12.90%
5 Years (p.a.)+10.60%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-21%-7%+6%+20%+34%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
97.39%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
1.40%
Brazil flagBrazil
1.21%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Information Technology
24.86%
Consumer Staples
18.84%
Industrials
16.61%
Health Care
14.64%
Consumer Discretionary
14.13%
Financials
6.10%
Communication Services
4.82%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Ge Healthcare Technologies Inc2.99%
  2. 2.Tyler Technologies Inc logoTyler Technologies Inc2.97%
  3. 3.Microsoft Corp logoMicrosoft Corp2.86%
  4. 4.Danaher Corp logoDanaher Corp2.80%
  5. 5.Estee Lauder Cos Inc/the2.79%
  6. 6.Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc logoZimmer Biomet Holdings Inc2.77%
  7. 7.Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc logoBroadridge Financial Solutions Inc2.75%
  8. 8.Zoetis Inc logoZoetis Inc2.69%
  9. 9.Brown-Forman Corp2.69%
  10. 10.Otis Worldwide Corp logoOtis Worldwide Corp2.64%
  11. 11.Tractor Supply Co logoTractor Supply Co2.62%
  12. 12.Mondelez International Inc logoMondelez International Inc2.55%
  13. 13.Constellation Brands Inc logoConstellation Brands Inc2.53%
  14. 14.Clorox Co/the2.45%
  15. 15.Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc2.45%
  16. 16.Meta Platforms Inc logoMeta Platforms Inc2.44%
  17. 17.Mccormick & Co Inc/Md2.36%
  18. 18.Copart Inc logoCopart Inc2.35%
  19. 19.Hershey Co/the2.33%
  20. 20.Nike Inc2.32%