Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 37 ASX-listed resources companies, with the top ten at 59.23%.
  • Basic Materials holds 70.49% and Energy 22.28% of the portfolio.
  • The management fee is 0.35% and the fund reports a standard deviation of 20.43.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $0.560 is lower than the $0.620 paid in January 2026.

VanEck Australian Resources ETF (ASX:MVR) gives investors access to a portfolio of the largest and most liquid ASX-listed companies that generate revenues from the Australian resources sector, including mining services and transport companies. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 16 October 2013 and last traded at $46.67 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $822.13 million.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:MVR

Fund

VanEck Australian Resources ETF

Category

Equity Australia Other

Benchmark

MVIS Australia Resources GR AUD

Fund size

$822.13 million

Management fee

0.35%

Total holdings

37

ASX admission date

16 October 2013

Top holdings

The ten largest positions represent 59.23% of the fund. Woodside Energy leads at 8.12%, followed by BHP Group (7.95%), Rio Tinto (6.87%), Northern Star Resources (6.86%) and Fortescue (6.40%).

Santos holds 5.87%, South32 5.04%, Origin Energy 4.54%, Evolution Mining 4.39% and Orica 3.14%. Reported turnover is 27.00%.

Sector and country exposure

Basic Materials accounts for 70.49% of the fund, compared with 29.95% for the category, and Energy for 22.28%, against 5.36%. Utilities holds 4.54% and Industrials 2.69%. The fund has no financial, technology or real estate weighting.

Australia represents 98.46% and the United Kingdom 1.54%. Companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 99.11%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.35% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.99 and a standard deviation of 20.43. The final distribution of $0.560 per unit had an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July and payment on 27 July, equal to an annual yield of 2.49%.

That is lower than the $0.620 paid in January 2026, $0.750 in January 2025 and $0.670 in July 2024, but higher than the $0.510 paid in July 2025.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Australia Other category, which covers funds investing primarily in Australian companies almost exclusively, with less than 20% of the portfolio in assets other than equities and a possible bias towards a single sector or style.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 17,399,678 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 45,388 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 12,600 to 40,900 units, with 40,903 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $46.40 to $47.67, and the day range at $46.51 to $47.27. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged Issued Units Outstanding as at 30 September 2026 on 7 October, the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2026 on 28 September, and dividend component details on 16 July.

Closing Perspective

MVR is a sector-specific fund, with miners and energy producers together at over 92% and no financial holdings. The 0.35% fee and 20.43 standard deviation describe its profile. These facts are structural and carry no forecast.