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iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF

$56.50+0.04% today
415852-WK

The index measures the performance of the healthcare providers sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by SPDJI. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
54.449.544.756.50DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$297M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$25M of net buying over the past month, about 2.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +16.8% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWM runs the same ground at 0.19%.

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

$1.2Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$25Mnet flow, trailing month
556Kavg daily volume, 30 days
70holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed April 30, 2006 · beta 0.39
The book at a glance
UNH-1.5%CVS-1.0%ELV-0.2%VEEV+3.1%HCA-0.7%HUM-2.5%CNC-0.9%CI-0.3%LH+2.0%DGX+2.1%THC-0.4%GH+1.5%EHC-0.7%ENSG+0.1%MOH-1.3%BTSG-0.3%UHS-0.1%HQY+1.3%CHE+0.1%HIMS+13.0%DVARDNT

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP20.62%$387.70-1.5%
2CVSCVS 13.30%$93.89-1.0%
3ELVELEVANCE HEALTH7.11%$398.60-0.2%
4VEEVVEEVA SYSTEMS5.28%$250.81+3.1%
5HCAHCA HEALTHCARE4.61%$409.17-0.7%
6HUMHUMANA4.48%$372.28-2.5%
7CNCCENTENE4.19%$64.63-0.9%
8CICIGNA GROUP3.95%$278.11-0.3%
9LHLABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS3.92%$329.09+2.0%
10DGXQUEST DIAGNOSTICS3.85%$241.57+2.1%
11THCTENET HEALTHCARE3.36%$269.28-0.4%
12GHGUARDANT HEALTH3.17%$162.52+1.5%
13EHCENCOMPASS HEALTH1.79%$121.14-0.7%
14ENSGENSIGN GROUP1.55%$182.68+0.1%
15MOHMOLINA HEALTHCARE1.56%$201.01-1.3%

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Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+10.9%
6 months+22.1%
YTD+16.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$44M
1 month+$25M
3 months+$282M
YTD+$325M
1 year+$297M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-20.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 20.6% of the book; the top ten carry 71%. Spread across 60+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
5calls today
1puts today
0.20put/call ratio
234Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$41M$26M
HIMS HIMS & HERS HEALTH$6M$5M
HUM HUMANA$4M$4M
VEEV VEEVA SYSTEMS$2M$2M
THC TENET HEALTHCARE$1M$3M

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

The case against IHF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IHF 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-35bp on fee · 107× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 27× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-36bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-36bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-33bp on fee · 162× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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