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SVALISharesINDEX

iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF

$43.71-0.64% today
324452-WK

The index measures the performance of small-capitalization U.S. companies with prominent value factor characteristics, as determined by the index provider. The fund 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.

Price & daily flows
41.638.134.6Tue Aug 18 · Three small-cap ETFs surface as Russell 2000 sets record43.71DAILY NET FLOWAug 18Dec 1Mar 17Aug 18

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$22M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$2M of net buying over the past month, about 1.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +27.0% so far this year. At 0.20% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$211Massets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
+$2Mnet flow, trailing month
13Kavg daily volume, 30 days
279holdings · US-domiciled
2020listed October 26, 2020 · beta 0.79
The book at a glance
OCFC-0.4%NSIT-0.2%PENG-7.5%MGNI+1.8%FIVN+1.9%CBRL-1.6%HZO-0.1%CBZ+0.2%UTZ+0.1%CRSR-2.4%AMN-0.3%GEO-0.8%LFST-0.6%QNST+3.3%CXW-2.6%BXC-1.6%MYE-2.4%ICUI+0.4%BVS+5.2%EFOR+0.0%MTW-4.2%ITGR-0.1%STGW+2.3%CXM+2.8%PGNY+1.5%HSTM+1.1%OSPN-0.4%CNMD+0.4%AZTA-1.6%SXC-3.9%UFCS+0.9%FET-3.8%MITK-0.5%PEB+0.8%IBEX+3.2%RAMP-0.8%MSBI+0.1%WASH0.5%MDXG+1.8%AMTB+0.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1OCFCOCEANFIRST FINANCIAL0.77%$19.55-0.4%
2NSITINSIGHT ENTERPRISES0.76%$148.81-0.2%
3PENGPenguin Solutions0.77%$58.35-7.5%
4MGNIMAGNITE0.70%$24.53+1.8%
5FIVNFIVE90.69%$32.48+1.9%
6CBRLCRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE0.70%$58.09-1.6%
7HZOMARINEMAX0.68%$52.18-0.1%
8CBZCBIZ0.67%$54.79+0.2%
9UTZUTZ BRANDS0.66%$14.17+0.1%
10CRSRCORSAIR GAMING0.67%$11.94-2.4%
11AMNAMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES0.63%$34.41-0.3%
12GEOGEO GROUP0.63%$30.91-0.8%
13LFSTLIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP0.62%$12.46-0.6%
14QNSTQUINSTREET0.59%$20.83+3.3%
15CXWCORECIVIC0.61%$32.56-2.6%

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Sector weights
Financials22.88%
Industrials13.66%
Consumer Discretionary11.81%
Energy11.53%
Health Care10.51%
Information Technology9.89%
Materials4.9%
Consumer Staples4.19%
Utilities3.64%
Real Estate3.63%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.24%
Bermuda1.18%
Monaco0.79%
Panama0.38%
United Kingdom0.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+3.0%
3 months+13.5%
6 months+15.0%
YTD+27.0%
1 year+34.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$2M
3 months+$4M
YTD+$107M
1 year+$22M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.8% of the book; the top ten carry 7%. Spread across 249+ names, it behaves like roughly 229 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
8Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
PENG Penguin Solutions$580,237$2M
HCI HCI GROUP$641,939$114,179
LBRT LIBERTY ENERGY$246,765$503,759
VSH VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY$404,211$342,095
MCY MERCURY GENERAL$656,586$1,940

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

The case against SVAL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SVAL 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-15bp on fee · 608× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-16bp on fee · 160× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-16bp on fee · 155× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-16bp on fee · 133× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-16bp on fee · 111× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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