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

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current share price is $41.91. This constitutes a price movement of 1.46% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.67% below WVOL's 12-month high of $43.06 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $42.09, iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current share price of $41.91 constitutes a movement of -$0.18 or -0.43%. iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) share price movement is -1.46% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.67% below WVOL's 52-week high of $43.06.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) 52-week high is $43.06 which was reached on 9 Dec 2024. Relative to this, WVOL's current share price of $41.91 constitutes a -$1.15 or -2.67% drop since that high of $43.06 per WVOL share.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) 52-week low is $36.16 which was reached on 27 Dec 2023. Relative to this, WVOL's current share price of $41.91 constitutes a $5.75 or 15.90% gain since that low of $36.16 per WVOL share.

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF's (WVOL) current market capitalisation is $83,573,150. 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.