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iShares World Equity Factor ETF

About this ETF

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the STOXX Developed World Equity Factor Index.

IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.35% p.a.
Inception date14 Oct 2016
BenchmarkSTOXX Developed World Equity Factor AUD

Scout Score

62/100
Ranked #21 of 76 in International 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.

Cost65
Diversification70
Tracking83
Liquidity29
Fund Strength43
Performance58
Income59

Strengths

  • Tight index tracking — 1.73% tracking error, tighter than 83% of International Shares peers.
  • Well diversified — top holdings are 26.2% of the fund, less concentrated than 70% of International Shares peers.

Weaknesses

  • Lower liquidity — 0.18% bid/ask spread, wider than 71% of International Shares peers.

Performance (as of 5 Jan 2026)

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

1 Month-2.39%
3 Months+0.48%
YTD+6.86%
1 Year+6.20%
3 Years (p.a.)+18.90%
5 Years (p.a.)+12.48%

Price history

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

-24%+4%+32%+60%+88%2021-112023-022024-042025-072026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Jan 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
70.35%
Japan flagJapan
7.40%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
3.10%
Canada flagCanada
2.57%
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
2.32%
Australia flagAustralia
1.79%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
1.57%
Italy flagItaly
1.55%
Germany flagGermany
1.33%
France flagFrance
1.27%
Spain flagSpain
0.95%
Sweden flagSweden
0.90%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.81%
Norway flagNorway
0.65%
Ireland flagIreland
0.57%
Israel flagIsrael
0.53%
Denmark flagDenmark
0.53%
Finland flagFinland
0.48%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.47%
Austria flagAustria
0.27%
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
0.22%
Belgium flagBelgium
0.20%
Portugal flagPortugal
0.18%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Jan 2026)

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

Information Technology
29.05%
Financials
16.60%
Health Care
10.96%
Consumer Discretionary
10.16%
Industrials
9.74%
Communication Services
7.41%
Consumer Staples
5.76%
Energy
3.64%
Materials
2.64%
Utilities
2.61%
Real Estate
1.05%

Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)

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

  1. 1.NVIDIA logoNVIDIA5.32%
  2. 2.Apple logoApple5.24%
  3. 3.Microsoft logoMicrosoft4.11%
  4. 4.Alphabet Class C logoAlphabet Class C2.93%
  5. 5.Amazon.com Inc logoAmazon.com Inc2.38%
  6. 6.Broadcom Inc logoBroadcom Inc1.80%
  7. 7.Meta Platforms Class A logoMeta Platforms Class A1.32%
  8. 8.Eli Lilly logoEli Lilly1.12%
  9. 9.JPMorgan Chase & Co logoJPMorgan Chase & Co1.01%
  10. 10.Tesla Inc logoTesla Inc0.94%
  11. 11.Johnson & Johnson logoJohnson & Johnson0.94%
  12. 12.Micron Technology logoMicron Technology0.93%
  13. 13.Novartis AG logoNovartis AG0.87%
  14. 14.Abbvie logoAbbvie0.87%
  15. 15.Visa Class A logoVisa Class A0.79%
  16. 16.Bank of New York Mellon Corp0.75%
  17. 17.Walmart logoWalmart0.72%
  18. 18.Advanced Micro Devices logoAdvanced Micro Devices0.70%
  19. 19.ASML Holding logoASML Holding0.60%
  20. 20.Exxonmobil Holdings Corp logoExxonmobil Holdings Corp0.60%