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ESMLISharesINDEX

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

$56.13+0.79% today
435752-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The underlying index is an optimized equity index designed to produce investment results comparable to the MSCI USA Small Cap Index (the "parent index"), while reflecting a higher allocation than that of the parent index to companies with favorable ESG profiles (as determined by MSCI).

Price & daily flows
55.954.853.856.13DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$7M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$7M walked out over the past month, about 0.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +20.6% so far this year. At 0.17% 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

$2.9Bassets under management
0.17%expense ratio · $17 per $10,000 a year
−$7Mnet flow, trailing month
100Kavg daily volume, 30 days
910holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed April 9, 2018 · beta 1.09
The book at a glance
SNDK-3.7%MRNA+145.6%USFD+1.6%AIZ-1.0%ATI-4.9%OVV+0.9%NVT-5.0%CRS-3.9%JLL+4.7%RGLD+6.7%WWD-1.8%EQH-0.5%GH+1.0%ITT-2.8%EWBC-3.2%OGS+0.8%AKAM-2.1%IVZ-0.4%UBSI-1.5%UNM-1.3%NTNX-0.4%DT+0.9%BRX+0.3%SNX-2.3%FBP-2.8%DOC+1.1%ONTO-5.3%GWRE+3.0%RVTY+5.1%THC+0.4%RGA-1.7%MTSI-8.1%ZION-3.4%CCK+0.5%WCC-1.8%UGI+1.0%ROKU-0.3%STRL-3.7%BWA-1.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SNDKSandisk Corporation 3.66%$1564.02-3.7%
2MRNAMODERNA0.33%$154.60+145.6%
3USFDUS FOODS HOLDING0.56%$108.64+1.6%
4AIZASSURANT0.48%$281.52-1.0%
5ATIATI0.48%$215.47-4.9%
6OVVOVINTIV0.43%$65.59+0.9%
7NVTNVENT ELECTRIC0.43%$156.49-5.0%
8CRSCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY0.40%$510.77-3.9%
9JLLJONES LANG LASALLE0.35%$388.81+4.7%
10RGLDROYAL GOLD0.33%$246.00+6.7%
11WWDWOODWARD0.32%$359.37-1.8%
12EQHEQUITABLE HOLDINGS0.31%$50.58-0.5%
13GHGUARDANT HEALTH0.30%$161.73+1.0%
14ITTITT0.31%$212.44-2.8%
15EWBCEAST WEST BANCORP0.30%$130.79-3.2%

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Sector weights
Information Technology18.85%
Industrials18.58%
Financials14.61%
Health Care14.19%
Consumer Discretionary10.09%
Real Estate5.96%
Energy4.74%
Materials4.29%
Consumer Staples3.29%
Utilities2.77%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month+4.0%
3 months+10.3%
6 months+13.0%
YTD+20.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$11M
1 month−$7M
3 months+$395M
YTD+$424M
1 year+$423M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.7% of the book; the top ten carry 7%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 114 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
49Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $515M$532M
MRNA MODERNA$317M$284M
AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS$14M$17M
QXO SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES INC$4M$12M
U UNITY SOFTWARE$6M$6M

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

The case against ESML

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ESML 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-14bp on fee · 34× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-12bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-13bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-13bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-14bp on fee · 309× the assetsHead-to-head
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