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iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF

$56.66+2.20% today
486452-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in investments that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in the index, but which BFA believes will help the fund track the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
55.153.051.056.66DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$18M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$18M of net buying over the past month, about 0.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -8.5% 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

$3.4Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$18Mnet flow, trailing month
2.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
57holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed April 30, 2006 · beta 0.45
The book at a glance
ABT+1.8%ISRG+2.3%SYK+2.8%BDX+3.2%DXCM+0.3%MDT+1.5%GEHC+2.5%RMD+4.3%BSX+3.5%EW+1.4%IDXX+2.4%STE+2.1%ZBH+1.5%BAX+2.3%PEN+0.7%GKOS+2.8%PODD+2.7%GMED+2.4%TFXNVSTLIVN

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES18.50%$114.72+1.8%
2ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL13.30%$400.00+2.3%
3SYKSTRYKER11.01%$340.69+2.8%
4BDXBECTON DICKINSON &5.00%$186.92+3.2%
5DXCMDEXCOM4.76%$89.90+0.3%
6MDTMEDTRONIC4.58%$93.64+1.5%
7GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES4.58%$74.55+2.5%
8RMDRESMED4.45%$229.57+4.3%
9BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC4.32%$52.29+3.5%
10EWEDWARDS LIFESCIENCES4.29%$92.22+1.4%
11IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES3.98%$566.12+2.4%
12STESTERIS3.13%$238.24+2.1%
13ZBHZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS2.64%$100.81+1.5%
14BAXBAXTER INTERNATIONAL1.86%$26.58+2.3%
15PENPENUMBRA1.79%$327.28+0.7%

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Sector weights
Health Care99.89%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.0%
1 month+12.2%
3 months+13.8%
6 months-2.3%
YTD-8.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$42M
1 month+$18M
3 months−$62M
YTD−$240M
1 year−$550M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-26.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-12.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 18.5% of the book; the top ten carry 75%. Spread across 48+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
7Kcalls today
45puts today
0.01put/call ratio
1.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MDT MEDTRONIC$5M$3M
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL$3M$2M
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIES$2M$1M
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC$1M$2M
DXCM DEXCOM$2M$771,783

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

The case against IHI

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IHI 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 · 38× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 10× 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 · 7× 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 · 5× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-33bp on fee · 58× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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