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IMCGISharesINDEX

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

$98.16-0.22% today
7610152-WK

The fund 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 above-average "growth" characteristics as determined by Morningstar, Inc.'s proprietary index methodology.

Price & daily flows
95.388.381.398.16DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$1.2B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$84M of net buying over the past month, about 2.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +21.6% so far this year. At 0.060% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IJH runs the same ground at 0.05%.

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

$4.1Bassets under management
0.060%expense ratio · $6 per $10,000 a year
+$84Mnet flow, trailing month
119Kavg daily volume, 30 days
309holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed June 27, 2004 · beta 1.16
The book at a glance
SNOW-1.1%FCX+3.3%FTNT-3.3%NET-2.8%JCI-2.1%DELL-6.8%CMI-2.0%DASH+2.3%MSI+2.3%MCO+2.8%ABNB+1.8%AON+2.0%ORLY+0.5%RCL+0.2%HOOD+4.6%HLT+1.9%DDOG-4.7%ECL+1.6%CTAS+1.9%TDG-0.7%MNST+1.1%BNY-2.0%LITE-5.7%BKR-0.3%CSX+1.0%COR+1.7%MPWR-2.3%TER-6.7%GWW-0.4%FIX-3.0%FAST+0.4%AME-2.5%CIEN-2.2%ROST+0.1%EMR-0.2%KEYS-7.4%BE-3.7%ADSK+1.7%SHW+2.5%COHR-7.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SNOWSNOWFLAKE1.46%$322.42-1.1%
2FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN1.28%$68.46+3.3%
3FTNTFORTINET1.27%$153.22-3.3%
4NETCLOUDFLARE1.27%$292.79-2.8%
5JCIJOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL1.23%$146.34-2.1%
6DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES1.26%$436.69-6.8%
7CMICUMMINS1.15%$607.66-2.0%
8DASHDOORDASH1.05%$221.35+2.3%
9MSIMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS1.00%$480.63+2.3%
10MCOMOODYS0.94%$500.34+2.8%
11ABNBAIRBNB0.94%$187.18+1.8%
12AONAON0.97%$350.21+2.0%
13ORLYO REILLY AUTOMOTIVE0.97%$91.22+0.5%
14RCLROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES0.98%$300.54+0.2%
15HOODROBINHOOD0.98%$95.71+4.6%

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Sector weights
Industrials25.54%
Information Technology22.87%
Financials12.22%
Consumer Discretionary10.51%
Health Care7.72%
Materials6.54%
Real Estate3.67%
Energy3.23%
Utilities2.97%
Consumer Staples2.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.85%
United Kingdom0.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.8%
1 month+3.1%
3 months+10.8%
6 months+18.8%
YTD+21.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$44M
1 month+$84M
3 months+$191M
YTD+$306M
1 year+$580M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.5% of the book; the top ten carry 12%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 164 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
92Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
DELL DELL TECHNOLOGIES$61M$63M
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL$65M$45M
LITE LUMENTUM HOLDINGS$52M$51M
CRWV CoreWeave$49M$44M
BE BLOOM ENERGY$44M$41M

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

The case against IMCG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IMCG 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-1bp on fee · 31× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-2bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-2bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-2bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-2bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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