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iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI)

Natural Resources | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
44.30 USD +0.15 (0.334%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 3:58 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT

The agricultural sector is currently firing on all cylinders, pushing VEGI to new 52-week highs and generating a robust 14.6% gain last year. Fundamentally, the business is healthy with a 76% cumulative rise over the last nine years and no recent streak of annual declines, justifying a solid long-term hold. However, the valuation is stretched with a P/E near 21, which limits the upside potential for patient investors. The real story here is the aggressive options positioning; traders are betting hard on a continuation of this rally, with massive call buying at $48-$50 strikes for September. While the statistical forecast model is neutral, the momentum and speculative flow suggest the trend is far from over. This is a high-conviction momentum play for the near term, though the lack of significant dividend growth keeps the income profile modest.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.035142
AutoETS0.035143
AutoTheta0.035216
MSTL0.039498
MSTL_790.054517
MSTL_1050.057807
MSTL_79_1050.075047

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 9.84
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.212
Excess Kurtosis -1.10
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 20.74

As of July 11, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, positioning heavy call volume and open interest at strikes 48 and 50 for September expiration, while put activity is negligible. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expirations, suggesting a fear of a sharp spike rather than a crash.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.83% 2.10% 2.37% 2.13%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-15 0.361 0.831223
2025-12-16 0.497 1.273706
2025-06-16 0.403 0.981013
2024-12-17 0.556 1.507184
2024-06-11 0.372 1.043186
2023-12-20 0.553 1.486559
2023-06-07 0.419 1.076844
2022-12-13 0.387 0.883360
2022-06-09 0.253 0.583218
2021-12-30 0.025 0.061350
2021-12-13 0.371 0.936632
2021-06-10 0.201 0.491202
2020-12-14 0.292 0.890787
2020-06-15 0.236 0.950463
2019-12-16 0.263 0.925079
2019-06-17 0.269 0.983906
2018-12-18 0.285 1.082827
2018-06-19 0.240 0.837404
2017-12-19 0.251 0.875785
2017-06-20 0.262 0.979806
2016-12-21 0.229 0.924879
2016-06-22 0.304 1.296375
2015-12-21 0.228 1.039198
2015-06-25 0.330 1.217712
2014-12-17 0.220 0.847131
2014-06-25 0.320 1.138385
2013-12-27 0.052 0.190546
2013-12-18 0.181 0.678920
2013-06-27 0.188 0.718929
2012-12-18 0.136 0.507652
2012-06-21 0.198 0.862369
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 1.94

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 50.61
All Time Low 18.38
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 37,740
Average Daily Volume3 Month 58,945
Average Volume 58,945
Average Volume10Days 37,740
Beta3 Year 0.6
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Category Natural Resources
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 44.785
Day Low 44.1401
Dividend Yield 1.94
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.1358063
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 44.3484
Fifty Day Average Change -0.051101685
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0011522779
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.154688
Fifty Two Week High 47.27
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.972702
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.062887706
Fifty Two Week Low 38.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.2972984
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.16571838
Fifty Two Week Range 38.0 - 47.27
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,328,193,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.047781702
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family iShares
Fund Inception Date 1,327,968,000
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 generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index measures the combined performance of equity securities of companies in both developed and emerging markets that are primarily engaged in the business of agriculture. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_160287299
Nav Price 44.33209
Net Assets 157,027,920.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.39
Open 44.59
Pre Market Change -0.007297516
Pre Market Change Percent -0.016473953
Pre Market Price 44.29
Pre Market Time 1,784,109,629
Previous Close 44.15
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.147297
Regular Market Change Percent 0.333628
Regular Market Day High 44.785
Regular Market Day Low 44.1401
Regular Market Day Range 44.1401 - 44.785
Regular Market Open 44.59
Regular Market Previous Close 44.15
Regular Market Price 44.2973
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,085
Regular Market Volume 21,174
Shares Outstanding 1,050,000
Short Name iShares MSCI Agriculture Produc
Source Interval 15
Symbol VEGI
Three Year Average Return 0.056830302
Total Assets 157,027,920
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 20.740316
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -1.37425
Trailing Three Month Returns -1.37425
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 42.4935
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.8037987
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.042448815
Type Disp ETF
Volume 21,174
Yield 0.0194
Ytd Return 15.54978