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VanEck Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF

Fund Description

At a time when the video gaming industry is growing meteorically, the VanEck Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF provides exposure to the sector’s innovators. They are disrupting traditional media and sport, bringing together entertainment, video gaming, sports and media.

  • Fast-growing, cutting-edge industry
  • Young fans and new technologies look set to support future expansion
  • Disrupting traditional media and sport
  • First UCITS ETF to offer investors access to a diversified portfolio of esports and video gaming companies


Risk Factors: Equity Market Risk, Industry or Sector Concentration Risk, Risk of investing in smaller companies



Underlying Index

MVIS Global Video Gaming and eSports Index (MVESPOTR)

Fund Details
 

  • Fund Ticker

    ESPO

  • Management Company

    VanEck Asset Management B.V.

  • Custodian

    State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited

  • Domicile

    Ireland

  • UCITS Compliant

    Yes

  • Index Ticker

    MVESPOTR

  • Index Provider

    MarketVector Indexes

  • Rebalance Frequency

    Quarterly
1The "Net Asset Value" (NAV) of all ETFs is determined at the close of each business day, and represents the value of one share of the fund; it is calculated by taking the total assets of the fund, subtracting total liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF 's intraday trading value. Investors should not expect to buy or sell ETF shares at NAV.

2The date the fund was launched prior to quotation on the stock exchange.

 
as of 16 May 2022

  • NAV1

    30.50

  • Shares Outstanding

    17,900,000

  • Number of Holdings

    25

  • Base Currency

    USD

  • Net Assets

    $546.0M

  • Product Structure

    Physical (Full Replication)

  • Income Treatment

    Reinvestment

  • Distribution Frequency

    None

  • Total Expense Ratio

    0.55%

  • SFDR Classification

    Article 6
  • Fact Sheet
  • Fund Holiday Calendar

Trading Information as of 16 May 2022

London
Stock Exchange
USD
Exchange Ticker ESPO
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL BJYHVS4
Bloomberg ESPO LN
Reuters (RIC) ESPO.L
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOUSIV
Reuters iNAV ESPOUSDINAV=SOLA
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency USD
Last Traded Price 30.57
Day's Move -0.16
Volume 2,533
30 Day Volume 10,269
VWAP Volume 2,533
London
Stock Exchange
GBP
Exchange Ticker ESGB
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL BJYHVT5
Bloomberg ESGB LN
Reuters (RIC) ESGB.L
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOUSIV
Reuters iNAV ESPOUSDINAV=SOLA
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency GBP
Last Traded Price 24.97
Day's Move -0.15
Volume 7,162
30 Day Volume 6,280
VWAP Volume 7,162
Deutsche
Börse
EUR
Exchange Ticker ESP0
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL --
Bloomberg ESP0 GY
Reuters (RIC) ESP0.DE
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOEUIV
Reuters iNAV ESPOEURINAV=SOLA
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency EUR
Last Traded Price 29.32
Day's Move -0.22
Volume 17,316
30 Day Volume 17,015
VWAP Volume 17,316
SIX
Swiss Exchange
CHF
Exchange Ticker ESPO
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL --
Bloomberg ESPO SE
Reuters (RIC) ESPO.S
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOUSIV
Reuters iNAV ESPOUSDINAV=SOLA
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency CHF
Last Traded Price 30.63
Day's Move 0.60
Volume 177
30 Day Volume 2,009
VWAP Volume 177
Borsa
Italiana
EUR
Exchange Ticker ESPO
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL --
Bloomberg ESPO IM
Reuters (RIC) ESPO.MI
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOEUIV
Reuters iNAV ESPOEURINAV=SOLA
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency EUR
Last Traded Price 29.38
Day's Move -0.11
Volume 5,071
30 Day Volume 15,566
VWAP Volume 5,071

NAVs as of 16 May 2022

Base
Currency 		NAV Daily
Change
NAV 		YTD
Change
NAV 		NAV Price
History 		Total
Expense
Ratio
ESPO USD $30.50 $-0.28 / -0.92% -26.86%
0.55

Performance History* (%)

View All ETFs View All Indices
Month End as of 30 Apr 2022 1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF (NAV) -13.93 -18.45 -24.09 -26.38 -- -- -- 17.48
MVESPOTR (Index) -13.92 -18.32 -23.92 -25.94 17.43 19.31 -- 18.10
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) -0.01 -0.13 -0.17 -0.44 -- -- -- -0.62
Quarter End as of 31 Mar 2022 1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF (NAV) -3.33 -11.80 -11.80 -10.95 -- -- -- 24.61
MVESPOTR (Index) -3.24 -11.62 -11.62 -10.38 25.02 23.66 -- 25.28
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) -0.09 -0.18 -0.18 -0.57 -- -- -- -0.67
Calendar Year as of 31 Dec 2021 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ETF (NAV) -- -- -- 83.67 -1.88
MVESPOTR (Index) 62.99 -10.86 42.56 84.67 -1.32

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Performance quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than average annual returns shown. Discrete performance shows 12 month performance to the most recent Quarter end for each of the last 5yrs where available. E.g. '1st year' shows the most recent of these 12-month periods and '2nd year' shows the previous 12 month period and so on.

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Top 10 Holdings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022 View All Holdings »

Total Holdings: 25
Holding Name
Ticker
Shares Market Value
(USD) 		% of Net
Assets
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD
700 HK
1,025,940
49,347,738 8.66
NVIDIA CORP
NVDA US
219,332
40,679,506 7.14
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC
ATVI US
507,392
38,358,835 6.73
NETEASE INC
NTES US
391,769
37,347,339 6.55
NINTENDO CO LTD
7974 JP
76,170
35,221,864 6.18
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
AMD US
397,725
34,013,442 5.97
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC
EA US
251,339
29,670,569 5.21
NEXON CO LTD
3659 JP
1,227,905
28,167,132 4.94
BANDAI NAMCO HOLDINGS INC
7832 JP
386,202
26,407,560 4.63
ZYNGA INC
ZNGA US
3,106,487
25,690,647 4.51
Top 10 Total (%) 60.52
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Country Weightings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    United States

    40.52
  • ■

    Japan

    22.93
  • ■

    China

    19.37
  • ■

    Taiwan Region

    6.17
  • ■

    South Korea

    4.18
  • ■

    France

    2.94
  • ■

    Sweden

    2.45
  • ■

    Poland

    1.18
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.25

Sector Weightings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Communication Services

    76.2
  • ■

    Information Technology

    18.9
  • ■

    Consumer Discretionary

    4.6
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.3

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