Is VLUE a good investment?

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) is a value and dividend-growth ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VLUE 6.5 out of 10 — highest on Growth (9.1), lowest on Valuation (0.2). It trades at 18.2 times earnings, against its own median of 12.9. Its ten largest holdings are 45% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is VLUE rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) 6.5 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) 6.5 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 6.5 / 10
Growth: 9.1 / 10
Valuation: 0.2 / 10
Risk: 5.1 / 10
Quality: 6.5 / 10
Return: 9.1 / 10

What is VLUE's expense ratio? 0.15% a year

As of September 11, 2026, VLUE charges 0.15% a year, yields 2.16% and holds $9.8B in assets across 148 positions.

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) — cost, income and size
Measure	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.15%
Dividend yield	2.16%
Assets under management	$9.8B
Holdings	148

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in VLUE's data

U.S. value factor stocks, screened for a risk-smoothed profile.

Trades at a richer price than most value peers — you pay up for the earnings it holds.

Its trailing EBITDA multiple of 12.8x sits in the priciest 10% of the category, well above the median of 8.8x. Expense ratio is 0.1%.

A value tilt that costs more per dollar of earnings — a trade-off between cheapness and quality.

Is VLUE expensive right now? It trades at 18.2 times earnings, against its own median of 12.9

As of September 11, 2026, VLUE is more expensive than 96% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 110 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside VLUE? 40% Tech

What's inside VLUE: Size (Large 87%, Mid 13%, Small 0%); Geography (International 3%, US 97%); Tech 40.4%; AI 2.5%; Semiconductors 24.2%; Memory 24.0%.

What are VLUE's top holdings? The ten largest are 45% of the fund

Micron Technology, Cisco Systems, General Motors, Verizon Communications, AT&T, Bank of America, Ford Motor, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and Comcast are VLUE's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 95% of Single Factor - Value & Dividend ETFs.

Half of VLUE's weight sits in its 14 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 17 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vlue