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DIVBISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF

$68.98+1.45% today
516952-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 designed to provide exposure to U.S.-based companies that return capital to shareholders through either dividend payments or share buybacks.

Price & daily flows
65.059.854.668.98DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$528M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$150M of net buying over the past month, about 8.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +29.1% so far this year. At 0.050% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$1.9Bassets under management
0.050%expense ratio · $5 per $10,000 a year
+$150Mnet flow, trailing month
241Kavg daily volume, 30 days
408holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed November 6, 2017 · beta 0.51
The book at a glance
ADP+3.3%ACN+6.3%IBM+1.7%HPQ+0.6%JPM-1.9%PAYX+2.4%CTSH+6.0%XOM-0.3%JNJ+1.0%ABBV+3.0%LDOS+2.2%CVX+0.3%SSNC+2.2%BAC-1.9%MRK+12.6%VZ+1.4%PG+1.0%PFE+3.5%BR+3.7%CDW+1.9%WFC-1.9%UNH-1.5%T+0.9%CMCSA+1.6%SWKS+2.2%PM+1.1%KO+1.8%MCHP-1.2%PEP+1.9%GEN+0.4%TMUS+0.6%HD+2.0%MO+1.1%HCA-0.7%AMGN+4.1%BMY+2.5%C-3.8%ABTMDT

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING5.32%$278.29+3.3%
2ACNACCENTURE4.48%$183.84+6.3%
3IBMIBM3.75%$236.67+1.7%
4HPQHP2.69%$30.16+0.6%
5JPMJPMORGAN CHASE2.78%$356.33-1.9%
6PAYXPAYCHEX2.59%$122.72+2.4%
7CTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS2.39%$61.22+6.0%
8XOMEXXON MOBIL2.37%$165.10-0.3%
9JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.15%$273.70+1.0%
10ABBVABBVIE1.76%$266.65+3.0%
11LDOSLEIDOS HOLDINGS1.67%$146.69+2.2%
12CVXCHEVRON1.67%$206.40+0.3%
13SSNCSS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS1.61%$82.34+2.2%
14BACBANK OF AMERICA1.56%$63.02-1.9%
15MRKMERCK & CO1.37%$152.13+12.6%

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Sector weights
Information Technology18.48%
Financials17.71%
Industrials16.62%
Health Care13.96%
Consumer Staples9.01%
Energy8.51%
Communication4.97%
Consumer Discretionary4.36%
Real Estate2.75%
Utilities2.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.8%
1 month+8.0%
3 months+17.1%
6 months+22.1%
YTD+29.1%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$50M
1 month+$150M
3 months+$246M
YTD+$224M
1 year+$528M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.3% of the book; the top ten carry 30%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 62 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
225Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRK MERCK & CO$37M$40M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$41M$26M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$21M$17M
XOM EXXON MOBIL$15M$15M
PFE PFIZER$15M$12M

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

The case against DIVB

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-2bp on fee · 53× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-1bp on fee · 18× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-1bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-2bp on fee · 485× the assetsHead-to-head
DYNF BLACKROCK US EQUITY FACTOR ROTATION ETF$41.4B+$1.5B22× the assets · +$1.5B in over the monthHead-to-head
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