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VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT)

Mid-Cap Blend | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
39.18 USD -0.05 (-0.121%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 3:50 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 39.18 +0.06 (0.160%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:01 a.m. EDT

The fund is currently trading near its 52-week high, driven by a robust multi-year uptrend where the asset has gained nearly 17% over the last two years with no recent annual declines. This strong price momentum suggests the market is rewarding the defensive 'moat' strategy, pushing the short-term outlook into a slight upside lean despite a neutral statistical forecast. However, the long-term rating is capped at a solid buy rather than exceptional because the growth trajectory, while positive, lacks the explosive 15%+ revenue expansion and fortress-like balance sheet characteristics required for top-tier status. On the income side, the yield is modest and has shown significant volatility over the past five years, jumping from a fraction of a cent to nearly half a dollar, indicating an inconsistent payout history that prevents it from being rated as a reliable high-yield vehicle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.033466
AutoTheta0.035051
AutoETS0.036190
AutoARIMA0.036672

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 55%
H-stat 10.10
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.431
Excess Kurtosis -0.94
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 22.23

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.36% 1.36% 1.06%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-22 0.498 1.357318
2024-12-23 0.408 1.170732
2023-12-18 0.206 0.663660
2022-12-19 0.064 0.241509
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 1.28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 39.693
All Time Low 24.276
Ask 58.86
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 25,830
Average Daily Volume3 Month 26,575
Average Volume 26,575
Average Volume10Days 25,830
Beta3 Year 1.03
Bid 39.12
Bid Size 500
Category Mid-Cap Blend
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 39.4101
Day Low 39.08
Dividend Yield 1.28
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.7624304
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 38.1674
Fifty Day Average Change 1.0150986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.026595958
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.01122
Fifty Two Week High 39.693
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.51050186
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0128612565
Fifty Two Week Low 34.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.932499
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14401457
Fifty Two Week Range 34.25 - 39.693
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,665,063,000,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family VanEck
Fund Inception Date 1,664,841,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund’s benchmark index. The index is comprised of small- and medium-capitalization companies as defined by Morningstar, that Morningstar determines have sustainable competitive advantages based on a proprietary methodology that considers quantitative and qualitative factors. It is non-diversified.
Long Name VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF
Market us_market
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1797951679
Nav Price 39.02
Net Assets 334,354,432.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.49
Open 39.4101
Phone 888-658-8287
Post Market Change 0.0625
Post Market Change Percent 0.15976483
Post Market Price 39.1825
Post Market Time 1,783,973,404
Previous Close 39.23
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0475006
Regular Market Change Percent -0.121082
Regular Market Day High 39.4101
Regular Market Day Low 39.08
Regular Market Day Range 39.08 - 39.4101
Regular Market Open 39.4101
Regular Market Previous Close 39.23
Regular Market Price 39.1825
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,219
Regular Market Volume 13,421
Short Name VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ET
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMOT
Three Year Average Return 0.105300196
Total Assets 334,354,432
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 22.232082
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 10.48593
Trailing Three Month Returns 10.48593
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 36.790405
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.3920937
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.065019496
Type Disp ETF
Volume 13,421
Yield 0.0128
Ytd Return 7.37365