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IYZISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF

$42.57+2.31% vs prior close
314652-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 3. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 3.

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 the telecommunications sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
44.642.740.942.57DAILY NET FLOWApr 1Jun 2Aug 3Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$242M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$139M in net outflows over the past month, about 12.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +25.6% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV has a reported fee of 0.18%.

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

$1.1Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$139Mnet flow, trailing month
734Kavg daily volume, 30 days
23holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed May 22, 2000 · beta 0.90
The book at a glance
CSCO+3.2%ANET+1.4%VZ-0.1%T+0.0%SPCX+7.4%LITE+3.8%CIEN+3.2%MSI-0.1%TMUS+1.2%VIAV+5.2%CMCSA-0.6%UI+1.8%AAOI+7.7%ECHO+6.8%ROKU+0.7%IRDM+2.3%GSAT+0.4%ASTS+2.5%TIGO+3.2%CHTR-1.9%LBTYA+0.0%LBTYK

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS22.64%$112.20+3.2%
2ANETARISTA NETWORKS11.89%$207.35+1.4%
3VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS10.69%$45.92-0.1%
4TAT&T4.40%$24.30+0.0%
5SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp3.68%$158.96+7.4%
6LITELUMENTUM HOLDINGS3.71%$1085.42+3.8%
7CIENCIENA3.56%$391.34+3.2%
8MSIMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS3.41%$447.41-0.1%
9TMUST-MOBILE US3.30%$163.64+1.2%
10VIAVVIAVI SOLUTIONS3.12%$47.10+5.2%
11CMCSACOMCAST3.20%$21.57-0.6%
12UIUBIQUITI3.10%$620.52+1.8%
13AAOIAPPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS2.70%$115.59+7.7%
14ECHOEchoStar2.68%$94.25+6.8%
15ROKUROKU2.82%$152.39+0.7%

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Sector weights
Information Technology54.13%
Communication45.84%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.51%
Sweden2.49%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+2.4%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+4.3%
6 months+7.9%
YTD+25.6%
1 year+30.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month−$139M
3 months−$169M
YTD+$270M
1 year+$207M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
20%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 22.6% of the book; the top ten carry 70%. Spread across 23+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
471Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp$294M$228M
LITE LUMENTUM HOLDINGS$102M$90M
AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS$21M$19M
ASTS AST SPACEMOBILE$16M$15M
CIEN CIENA$13M$10M

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

The case against IYZ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYZ on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$881.6B+$14.6B-37bp on fee · 819× the assets · +$14.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-38bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-36bp on fee · 52× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-37bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-36bp on fee · 32× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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