5 Best Value ETFs to Invest in Now

2. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV)

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) is an exchange traded fund that invests at least 80% of total assets in securities on the S&P 900 Value Index. The index comprises large and mid-cap firms trading on exchanges in the US that exhibit value characteristics. 

A flagship holding of the iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) is Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), an integrated oil and gas firm. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, 71 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $5.3 billion in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), compared to 64 in the previous quarter worth $4.6 billion. 

In its Q4 2021 investor letter, Saturna Capital highlighted a few stocks and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Few companies maintain their position at the top for more than a decade or two. One that did was Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which appeared decennially from 1980 through 2010. In 2019 it was ranked 10th, but as of writing has dropped to 39th place.”