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IMCBISharesINDEX

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

$100.08+0.33% today
7910152-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 measures the performance of stocks issued by mid-capitalization companies that have exhibited both “growth” and “value” characteristics as determined by Morningstar, Inc.’s (“Morningstar” or the “index provider”) proprietary index methodology.

Price & daily flows
96.490.183.7100.08DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$400M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$15M of net buying over the past month, about 0.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +19.8% so far this year. At 0.040% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

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

$1.7Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
+$15Mnet flow, trailing month
27Kavg daily volume, 30 days
463holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed June 27, 2004 · beta 0.84
The book at a glance
DELL-2.5%SNOW-1.3%ADP+1.3%BNY-0.2%MPC+2.5%VLO+0.9%PNC-0.1%USB-0.3%FTNT+1.7%PSX+1.2%NET-2.0%FCX-3.2%MMM+0.3%CSX-0.7%JCI-2.8%WMB+2.4%EMR-2.7%MRSH+1.1%CMI-3.5%ELV+2.3%NOC+3.4%ITW-0.9%REGN+0.6%DASH+1.7%MDLZ+0.9%SHW-1.2%EOG+1.7%SLB-1.3%MSI+2.6%TRV+0.9%NSC-0.7%DDOG-0.7%UPS-0.1%GM-0.9%ROST+0.5%ORLY+0.6%RCL-0.5%ABNB+2.5%HPE-3.4%AON-1.2%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES0.91%$468.42-2.5%
2SNOWSNOWFLAKE0.75%$325.89-1.3%
3ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING0.72%$269.49+1.3%
4BNYBLACKROCK NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST0.73%$163.83-0.2%
5MPCMARATHON PETROLEUM0.70%$366.92+2.5%
6VLOVALERO ENERGY0.69%$350.37+0.9%
7PNCPNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP0.69%$254.29-0.1%
8USBUS BANCORP0.67%$64.76-0.3%
9FTNTFORTINET0.65%$158.44+1.7%
10PSXPHILLIPS 660.65%$243.43+1.2%
11NETCLOUDFLARE0.65%$301.18-2.0%
12FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN0.66%$66.26-3.2%
13MMM3M0.63%$181.01+0.3%
14CSXCSX0.63%$50.24-0.7%
15JCIJOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL0.63%$149.55-2.8%

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Sector weights
Industrials20.38%
Financials15.69%
Information Technology14.42%
Health Care9.09%
Consumer Discretionary8.81%
Energy7.73%
Materials5.98%
Utilities5.97%
Consumer Staples5.27%
Real Estate4.34%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.8%
United Kingdom0.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month+3.8%
3 months+11.2%
6 months+14.3%
YTD+19.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$15M
1 month+$15M
3 months+$29M
YTD+$28M
1 year+$238M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.9% of the book; the top ten carry 7%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 209 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against IMCB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IMCB 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+$547M74× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M19× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M14× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M11× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M113× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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