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iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF

$15.03-0.03% today
9.892452-WK

iShares Trust - iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. It invests in public equity markets of global region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across lithium ore mining and/or lithium compounds manufacturing sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It seeks to track the performance of the STOXX Global Lithium Miners and Producers Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF is domiciled in the United States.

Price & daily flows
21.518.5315.5515.03DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$4M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$346K walked out over the past month, about 2.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -6.6% so far this year. At 0.47% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VAW runs the same ground at 0.10%.

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

$16Massets under management
0.47%expense ratio · $47 per $10,000 a year
−$346Knet flow, trailing month
9Kavg daily volume, 30 days
44holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed June 20, 2023 · beta 1.77
The book at a glance
SQM-1.6%ALB-1.0%SGML-3.5%LAR-6.2%LAC-4.9%CRML-6.4%ABAT-3.9%3013582.9%0028122.6%3003902.6%3000372.4%0027381.8%0024071.7%0022401.4%3004321.3%6008841.3%6887781.1%3000731.1%0024971.1%2782801.0%688388001301300568688005MIN9.9%PLS8.2%LTR6.3%0024604.1%0050703.9%0027093.8%0024663.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SQMCHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE8.79%$73.93-1.6%
2ALBALBEMARLE7.93%$132.82-1.0%
3SGMLSIGMA LITHIUM3.99%$11.03-3.5%
4LARLithium Argentina AG3.88%$6.18-6.2%
5LACLITHIUM AMERICAS3.78%$2.98-4.9%
6CRMLCRITICAL METALS CORP2.30%$6.14-6.4%
7ABATAMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY CO1.73%$2.34-3.9%
8301358HUNAN YUNENG NEW ENERGY BATTERY MA2.85%
9002812YUNNAN ENERGY NEW MATERIALS LTD A2.62%
10300390CANMAX TECHNOLOGIES LTD A2.61%
11300037SHENZHEN CAPCHEM TECHNOLOGY LTD A2.44%
12002738SINOMINE RESOURCE GROUP LTD A1.83%
13002407DO-FLUORIDE NEW MATERIALS LTD A1.71%
14002240Chengxin Lithium Group Co Ltd1.43%
15300432FULIN PRECISION LTD A1.33%

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Sector weights
Materials85.43%
Industrials9.23%
Information Technology3.88%
Consumer Discretionary1.33%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.11%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China37.68%
Australia24.43%
United States12.02%
Chile8.79%
Korea (South)5.41%
Brazil3.99%
Argentina3.88%
Canada3.78%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.6%
1 month+7.5%
3 months-24.2%
6 months-10.1%
YTD-6.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$527K
1 month−$346K
3 months−$3M
YTD+$2M
1 year+$8M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
33%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
49%realized volatility, 1 year
-44.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-36.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.9% of the book; the top ten carry 61%. Spread across 37+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
5Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ALB ALBEMARLE$2M$2M
CRML CRITICAL METALS CORP$97,539$440,930
LAR Lithium Argentina AG$32,186$438,303
LAC LITHIUM AMERICAS$83,652$207,698
SGML SIGMA LITHIUM$106,559$135,726

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The case against ILIT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ILIT 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-42bp on fee · 8210× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-43bp on fee · 2090× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-43bp on fee · 1497× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-43bp on fee · 1193× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-40bp on fee · 12491× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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