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DGROISharesINDEX

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

$80.04+0.45% today
668052-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index is a subset of the Morningstar® US Market IndexSM, which is a diversified broad market index that represents approximately 97% of the market capitalization of publicly-traded U.S. stocks.

Price & daily flows
77.073.169.180.04DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$5.7B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$50M walked out over the past month, about 0.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +14.7% so far this year. At 0.080% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$43.6Bassets under management
0.080%expense ratio · $8 per $10,000 a year
−$50Mnet flow, trailing month
1.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
424holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed June 9, 2014 · beta 0.48
The book at a glance
MSFT+0.3%JPM+0.6%JNJ+3.2%XOM+2.5%ABBV+3.4%AAPL+1.5%AVGO-3.2%HD-0.1%PG+0.3%PM+1.6%KO+2.1%MRK-0.6%BAC+0.5%PEP+1.4%UNH-0.5%AMGN+1.6%CSCO-1.2%WFC-0.1%LLY+3.6%ABT+2.1%NEE+0.1%GS-1.0%IBM+1.8%MCD+0.6%V+1.5%RTX+1.7%MS-0.3%GILD+3.2%COP+1.8%C-0.6%WMT+0.7%MDT+1.8%ACN+1.7%BLK+0.2%UNP-0.4%SO-0.2%DUKMAADPLMT

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MSFTMICROSOFT3.30%$481.85+0.3%
2JPMJPMORGAN CHASE3.20%$363.33+0.6%
3JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON3.09%$271.02+3.2%
4XOMEXXON MOBIL2.94%$165.56+2.5%
5ABBVABBVIE2.91%$258.97+3.4%
6AAPLAPPLE2.79%$310.20+1.5%
7AVGOBROADCOM2.54%$379.84-3.2%
8HDHOME DEPOT2.14%$337.99-0.1%
9PGPROCTER & GAMBLE2.12%$143.45+0.3%
10PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL2.03%$187.52+1.6%
11KOCOCA COLA1.92%$88.83+2.1%
12MRKMERCK & CO1.97%$135.12-0.6%
13BACBANK OF AMERICA1.86%$64.22+0.5%
14PEPPEPSICO1.62%$140.11+1.4%
15UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP1.65%$393.66-0.5%

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Sector weights
Financials21.17%
Health Care17.9%
Information Technology16.23%
Industrials12.01%
Consumer Staples11.55%
Utilities6.73%
Consumer Discretionary6.09%
Energy5.47%
Materials2.49%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.24%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month+3.8%
3 months+8.5%
6 months+8.7%
YTD+14.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$20M
1 month−$50M
3 months+$821M
YTD+$2.4B
1 year+$3.3B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.3% of the book; the top ten carry 27%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 74 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
51calls today
14puts today
0.27put/call ratio
1Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
AAPL APPLE$169M$142M
AVGO BROADCOM$110M$130M
MSFT MICROSOFT$119M$114M
ORCL ORACLE$51M$64M
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS$42M$54M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against DGRO

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat DGRO on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-3bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-4bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-4bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-4bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-4bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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