Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, the iShares MSCI EAFE Value Index Fund (NYSE: EFV) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at iShares MSCI EAFE Value and see what CAPS investors are saying about the ETF right now.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value facts

Inception August 2005
Total Assets $1.1 billion
Investment Approach Seeks to replicate the MSCI EAFE Value Index, which consists of securities most representing the value style (low price multiples, high dividend yields, and lower forecasted growth rates).
Expense Ratio 0.40%
1-Year / 3-Year / 5-Year Annual Returns (15.9%) / 6% / (7.1%)
Top Holdings with High CAPS Rating (4 or 5 Stars) and Portfolio Weight Vodafone Group (Nasdaq: VOD) (2.8%)
BP (NYSE: BP) (2.8%)
Novartis (NYSE: NVS) (2.6%)
Dividend Yield 4.2%
Alternatives iShares Dow Jones International Select Dividend (NYSE: IDV)
WisdomTree DEFA (NYSE: DWM)

Sources: Morningstar and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, all but one of the 98 members who have rated iShares MSCI EAFE Value believe the ETF will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Stars Equityphile and zwalt99, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

Having gotten on board a few years ago, EquityPhile summed up the opportunity: "A very solid long term investment. I expect the value orientation to boost the rate of return over the next several decades. ... Provides balance to a portfolio and has some very good holdings."

iShares MSCI EAFE Value even sports an expense ratio of 0.40%. That's lower than that of other foreign value ETFs like iShares Dow Jones International Select Dividend (0.50%) and WisdomTree DEFA (0.48%).

CAPS All-Star zwalt99 elaborates on the bull case:

I don't know if this will actually outperform the S&P, but it at least offers diversification against it. It has quite a few aspects I like about it -- low expense ratio (.4%), good yield (>4%), and I find foreign companies and large cap companies to be a pain to analyze and pick myself. This is nothing but foreign AND large cap.

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