Are VETH & MVR worth a closer look in 2022?

Now could be an opportune time to run the rule over the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (ASX: VETH) and Vaneck Australian Resources ETF (ASX: MVR). Using our internal quantitative analysis, these ETFs appear to offer strong exposure to the Australian shares sector.

Getting to know the MVR and VETH ETFs

The VETH ETF tracks the FTSE Australia 300 Choice Index and attempts to provide low-cost exposure to Australian shares, with an ethical filtering process to exclude shares of companies from particular industries and those which have demonstrated ‘severe controversies’.

The VanEck MVR ETF provides focused exposure to the Australian resources sector, which is a significant part of the Australian economy. This is a low-cost way to invest in the Australian resources industry through a single fund.

Note: you can continue learning about the MVR ETF on our report page. ASX MVR report.

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ASX: VETH or ASX: MVR price performance

To make this article easier to digest, we’ll just study the fees or ‘management expense ratio’ (MER). Using data for July 2022, the VETH ETF has an MER of 0.17% while the MVR ETF had a yearly fee of 0.35%. As a result, VETH comes out on top. Keep in mind, a more insightful metric to know is the fee quartiles that these ETFs find themselves in (note: quartile 1 is best). Meaning, we take all the Australian shares ETFs in our database and put them into 4 quartiles, based on their fees. For example, any ETF which has a fee below 0.3% would be considered in our first (best) quartile.

Track record

Let’s look at the past results. Keep in mind, performance isn’t everything — and past performance is not indicative of future performance. It’s just one part of a much bigger picture. The reason we say performance is not everything is because of volatility of financial markets and the economy from one year to the next. Some ETFs and funds can put in a strong return one year just to generate weak returns the next time around. That’s why we prefer three-year or seven-year track records over one-year track records. It can smooth out the temporary performances caused by external factors. MVR achieved a three-year average annual total return of 7.51% as of July 2022 but the VETH ETF had not yet got to the three-year milestone. Again, keep in mind we will still consider shorter-term returns if we believe it is a high quality ETF. And as always, past performance is not indicative of future performance.

Best ETFs Takeaway

To keep reading about these two ETFs, be sure to visit our free VETH ETF report or MVR ETF review.

For us, the MVR ETF rates more effectively against our internal scoring methodology, but only just.

We hope this article helped you analyse ETFs. Don’t forget, there’s a lot more to investing well than what we just outlined (risks, diversification, other potentially better ETFs, etc.). Our analyst team at Rask Australia spends months looking at new ASX investments (it’s our day job!). To make your life easier, you can get the name of our team’s top ETF pick for 2022 in a free report. Keep reading to find out how to get our analyst’s report emailed to you right now…

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