Look Beyond Growth: Buy These Value ETFs

AI bubble fears rise due to stretched valuations. Time to shift gears?

Zacks Investment Research • Nov 7, 2025

ILCV: Ultra-Low-Cost Value ETF Deserves A Conservative Hold Rating

iShares Morningstar Value ETF is a passively managed ETF focused on large-mid capitalization U.S. stocks exhibiting value characteristics. I initiate coverage of ILCV with a Hold rating, emphasizing that it looks superior to IVE, mainly because of a more comfortable expense ratio of 4 bps. Heavy in financials and IT, ILCV offers stronger value characteristics than IVE, but maximalists should take a closer look at RPV.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 6, 2025

ILCV: Not Among The Top-Performers Among Value Funds

The iShares Morningstar Value ETF (ILCV) offers exposure to U.S. mid- and large-cap value stocks, focusing on defensive sectors like financial services, healthcare, and consumer staples. Despite its conservative stance and valuation discount, ILCV has underperformed the broader market and key peers like MGV and IVE over time. ILCV's low-beta strategy and balanced sector allocation provide stability, but its profitability metrics and earnings growth lag behind the Russell 1000 index.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 30, 2025

ILCV: Value With Some Tech Exposure

The iShares Morningstar Value ETF offers a low expense ratio of 0.04% and a diversified portfolio of 444 large- and mid-cap U.S. stocks. The fund's sector allocation balances value sectors like Financials and Industrials with growth areas such as Information Technology and Health Care. ILCV's focus on U.S. stocks provides pure domestic market exposure, avoiding currency risks but missing international opportunities.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 22, 2024

Value ETFs Make the Most of the Dow Jones Surge

Amid the Dow Jones rally, value stocks have made an impressive comeback, with investors looking for bargains.

Zacks Investment Research • Jul 25, 2023

ILCV: There Are Better Options Among Large Cap Value ETFs

iShares Morningstar Large-Cap Value ETF implements a strategy similar to the S&P 500 Value Index. ILCV looks cheaper than SPYV regarding valuation ratios.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 4, 2023

4 Cheapest U.S. Value ETFs for Q4 2022

Recession concerns continue to grow after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the commitment to driving down inflation even at the cost of economic “pain” after the most recent FOMC meeting and 0.75% rate hike.

ETF Trends • Sep 30, 2022

7 Large-Cap Stocks to Buy on the Dip

Following this year's sell-off, seasoned investors are increasingly hunting for large-cap stocks to buy on the dip. For instance, the S&P 500 index and Dow Jones Industrial Average have lost 185 and 13% so far in 2022.

InvestorPlace • Jul 27, 2022

ILCV: Large-Cap Value ETF Review

ILCV strategy and portfolio.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 7, 2021

ETF Odds & Ends: 9 iShares See Splits

Plus, a number of funds made changes to their names and indexes.

ETFcom • Apr 19, 2021