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IYTISharesINDEX

iShares Transportation Average ETF

$86.59+0.48% today
689052-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 companies within the transportation sector of the U.S. equity market as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
86.281.176.086.59DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$875M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$59M walked out over the past month, about 2.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +15.0% so far this year. At 0.40% 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

$2.2Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$59Mnet flow, trailing month
523Kavg daily volume, 30 days
48holdings · US-domiciled
2003listed October 5, 2003 · beta 0.94
The book at a glance
UNP+0.8%UBER+4.4%CSX+1.1%UPS+0.7%NSC+1.9%UAL-2.0%DAL-2.8%FDX+0.2%ODFL-1.3%EXPD+0.2%XPO-2.6%JBHT+0.5%LUV-2.5%CHRW-0.2%FDXF-1.1%KNX-1.5%R-2.7%SAIA-3.0%AAL-1.4%KEX-0.8%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1UNPUNION PACIFIC17.35%$301.38+0.8%
2UBERUBER14.88%$77.99+4.4%
3CSXCSX9.16%$50.78+1.1%
4UPSUNITED PARCEL SERVICE5.37%$102.59+0.7%
5NSCNORFOLK SOUTHERN4.74%$345.69+1.9%
6UALUNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS4.93%$116.28-2.0%
7DALDELTA AIR LINES4.91%$83.30-2.8%
8FDXFEDEX4.45%$328.84+0.2%
9ODFLOLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE3.85%$205.27-1.3%
10EXPDEXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON3.06%$186.39+0.2%
11XPOXPO3.08%$197.37-2.6%
12JBHTHUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES2.62%$276.14+0.5%
13LUVSOUTHWEST AIRLINES2.63%$41.43-2.5%
14CHRWC H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE2.12%$144.35-0.2%
15FDXFFedEx Freight Holding Company1.94%$138.31-1.1%

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Sector weights
Industrials99.88%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month-2.9%
3 months+7.8%
6 months+8.4%
YTD+15.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$6M
1 month−$59M
3 months−$74M
YTD+$1.1B
1 year+$1.3B

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)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 17.4% of the book; the top ten carry 73%. Spread across 45+ names, it behaves like roughly 13 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
3calls today
25puts today
8.33put/call ratio
713Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
UBER UBER$16M$14M
UAL UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS$3M$3M
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE$2M$3M
DAL DELTA AIR LINES$1M$3M
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP$2M$2M

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

The case against IYT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYT 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 · 57× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 15× 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 · 10× 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 · 8× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-33bp on fee · 87× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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