IWMiShares Russell 2000 ETF

$279.11+16% 1Y

Is it safe?

Good

Steady price behavior. That is the only one of 6 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 good, 5 without data
Drawdown risk21% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Relatively steady, low volatility. Worst drawdown -41% · now 8% below its 52-week high.

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can IWM take a bad year?

The deepest fall in IWM's price history on file is −41%; it is 8.5% below its high today.

−41%

Worst drawdown on file · −8.5% today

Annualised volatility
21%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details›
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
21%
Worst drawdown on file
−41%
Below its 52-week high
8.5%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.