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iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (ASX: WVOL) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for WVOL : $41.310

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) provide diversified exposure to global stocks with potentially less risk. Its minimum volatility strategies aim to lose less than the broad market during downturns. Fund seeks to stay invested through various market conditions. The constituents of the Index are selected from the World Parent Index using the Barra multi-factor equity model (Model) to maximize the exposure to the four targeted style factors while maintaining market risk like the World Parent Index.

WVOL General Information +

ASX Code WVOL
Website http://www.blackrock.com/au/ishares
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 92
WVOL Share Price $41.310
Day High $41.370
Day Low $41.150
Last Close $41.310
WVOL Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 8 Nov 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

WVOL Fund Information

Equity World Large Blend
MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD
starstar
starstar (as at 30 Sep 2024)
Investment Fund
11 Oct 2016
$91.36 million (as at 4 Nov 2024)

WVOL ETF performance (31 Oct 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 3.45 2.34 9.24 19.99 11.38 8.92 6.64 -
Growth return 3.45 2.34 6.23 15.49 8.07 5.82 3.92 -
Income return (Yield) 0 0 3.01 4.5 3.31 3.1 2.72 -

Market index (MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD)

Total return 3.92 2.14 10.2 29.31 20.19 11.39 13.27 13.18

WVOL Related Research

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult $1.07 4.09% 1 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2024 $41.310 $40.940 -
Result 37.5¢ 12.39% 8 Jan 2024 18 Jan 2024 $41.310 $40.940 -
HFResult 49.26¢ 7.52% 3 Jul 2023 13 Jul 2023 $41.310 $40.940 -

See all dividends from iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Recent ASX Announcements

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iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 7 Nov 2024 8:16AM $41.680 $41.310 fallen by 0.89%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 Product Disclosure Statement 29 Oct 2024 8:27AM $41.340 $41.310 fallen by 0.07%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 4 Oct 2024 5:52PM $39.910 $41.310 risen by 3.51%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 Announcement iShares Annual Financial Report 30 June 2024 26 Sep 2024 5:26PM $40.140 $41.310 risen by 2.91%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING UNITS AND FUND FLOWS 5 Sep 2024 5:16PM $40.400 $41.310 risen by 2.25%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Financials $92 UPCOMING TRADING HOLIDAY 30 Aug 2024 6:15PM $40.060 $41.310 risen by 3.12%

WVOL Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $24.76 $841.40 154.70% 4.40 144.40 3.90% 4.6%
2023A $24.77 $330.40 -1,218.10% 10.60 86.80 2.50% 10.3%
2022A -$2.12 -$29.60 -107.80% 0.00 92.10 2.60% 9.7%

WVOL Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
HMC Capital (HMC) $4,267M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 49.6165 0.0000 0.0000 1.16% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,013M 0.2382 0.2683 0.2210 84.0176 66.2428 54.2511 0.98% 1.23% 1.49%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $4,181M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 45.2308 37.7892 31.7250 2.04% 2.38% 2.84%
Perpetual (PPT) $2,359M -0.1521 0.2241 -0.0452 14.5030 11.8479 12.4089 5.73% 6.31% 5.83%
iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) $92M 1.5465 0.0000 0.0000 4.9100 0.0000 0.0000 3.49% 0.00% 0.00%

WVOL Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 4.91 1.07 0.00
Market 0.48 14.10 1.09 0.91
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

WVOL Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr J Collins Non-Executive Director 29 Jul 2015
Mr M S McCorry Non-Executive Director 2 Dec 2009
Mr A Landman Non-Executive Director 3 Feb 2020
Mr A Telfer Non-Executive Director 12 Dec 2013
I Davila Non-Executive Director 5 Mar 2020

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

FAQs about iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL)

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current share price is $41.31. This constitutes a price movement of 0.90% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -0.89% below WVOL's 12-month high of $41.68 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $41.31, iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current share price of $41.31 constitutes a movement of or 0%. iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) share price movement is 0.90% when compared to 7 days ago and is -0.89% below WVOL's 52-week high of $41.68.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) 52-week high is $41.68 which was reached on 6 Nov 2024. Relative to this, WVOL's current share price of $41.31 constitutes a -$0.37 or -0.89% drop since that high of $41.68 per WVOL share.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) 52-week low is $35.79 which was reached on 30 Nov 2023. Relative to this, WVOL's current share price of $41.31 constitutes a $5.52 or 15.42% gain since that low of $35.79 per WVOL share.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current market capitalisation is $92,291,084. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) last distribution or dividend was $1.07 per share and was paid on 11 Jul 2024. This last WVOL distribution or dividend included 4.09% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2024

Upcoming payment date: 11 Jul 2024

ETFs, such as iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) has a franking level of 4.60%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL) has a current dividend yield of 3.70% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.40%. The dividend yield for WVOL is a ratio that tells you the percentage of iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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