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KXIISharesINDEX

iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF

$69.29+0.99% today
637452-WK

The fund generally invests 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 and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The index measures the performance of global equities in the consumer staples sector.

Price & daily flows
71.969.867.669.29DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$107M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$34M of net buying over the past month, about 3.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +7.2% so far this year. At 0.41% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$1.1Bassets under management
0.41%expense ratio · $41 per $10,000 a year
+$34Mnet flow, trailing month
111Kavg daily volume, 30 days
119holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed September 11, 2006 · beta 0.02
The book at a glance
WMT-0.6%COST-0.3%TSCO+2.7%PG+0.8%KO+2.1%PM+1.5%PEP+1.1%MO+1.0%MDLZ+2.3%CL-0.0%TGT+5.6%KDP+1.2%SYY+1.2%ADM-1.5%KVUE+1.7%KMB+1.0%KR+1.0%CASY-2.0%HSY+2.7%BN+0.2%DG+1.0%ELDLTR+1.6%CHD+0.1%RKT+4.6%OR+8.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1WMTWALMART8.60%$114.44-0.6%
2COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE7.26%$959.02-0.3%
3TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY1.03%$35.65+2.7%
4PGPROCTER & GAMBLE5.72%$144.62+0.8%
5KOCOCA COLA4.69%$90.67+2.1%
6PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL4.54%$190.27+1.5%
7PEPPEPSICO4.31%$141.71+1.1%
8MOALTRIA 2.83%$65.94+1.0%
9MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL2.11%$64.10+2.3%
10CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE1.91%$91.41-0.0%
11TGTTARGET1.82%$160.68+5.6%
12MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE1.72%$47.61+0.4%
13LLOEWS0.65%$111.72-0.7%
14SAPSAP SE0.19%$216.72+3.0%
15KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER1.09%$31.15+1.2%

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Sector weights
Consumer Staples99.37%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.62%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States59.65%
United Kingdom11.81%
Japan6.04%
Switzerland5.26%
France4.6%
Canada2.74%
Belgium2.03%
Netherlands1.96%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.9%
1 month+0.0%
3 months-0.6%
6 months-5.4%
YTD+7.2%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$16M
1 month+$34M
3 months+$58M
YTD+$137M
1 year+$179M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.6% of the book; the top ten carry 49%. Spread across 103+ names, it behaves like roughly 31 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against KXI

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat KXI 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-36bp on fee · 119× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-37bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-37bp on fee · 22× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-37bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-34bp on fee · 181× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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