UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-09729
iShares Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors
400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000
Date of fiscal year end: April 30, 2023
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2023
Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders. |
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.
APRIL 30, 2023 |
2023 Annual Report |
iShares Trust
· | iShares Core Dividend ETF | DIVB | Cboe BZX |
· | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | DGRO | NYSE Arca |
· | iShares Core High Dividend ETF | HDV | NYSE Arca |
· | iShares Select Dividend ETF | DVY | NASDAQ |
Dear Shareholder,
Investors faced an uncertain economic landscape during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2023, amid mixed indicators and rapidly changing market conditions. The U.S. economy returned to modest growth beginning in the third quarter of 2022, although the pace of growth slowed thereafter. Inflation was elevated, reaching a 40-year high as labor costs grew rapidly and unemployment rates reached the lowest levels in decades. However, inflation moderated as the period continued, while continued strength in consumer spending backstopped the economy.
Equity returns varied substantially, as large-capitalization U.S. stocks gained for the period amid a rebound in big tech stocks, whereas small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined. International equities from developed markets advanced strongly, while emerging market stocks declined, pressured by higher interest rates and volatile commodities prices.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, although high-yield corporate bonds posted a positive return as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and incrementally reduced its balance sheet by not replacing securities that reach maturity. In addition, the Fed added liquidity to markets amid the failure of prominent regional banks.
Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth was modest in the last year, we believe that stickiness in services inflation and continued wage growth will keep inflation above central bank targets for some time. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes and indicated a pause could be its next step, we believe that the Fed still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the rapid increase in interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.
While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar could provide a supportive backdrop. We also see selective, long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing, and higher yields offer attractive income. However, we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most significant opportunities in short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of April 30, 2023 | ||||||||
6-Month | 12-Month | |||||||
U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) | 8.63 | % | 2.66 | % | ||||
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) | (3.45 | ) | (3.65 | ) | ||||
International equities | 24.19 | 8.42 | ||||||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | 16.36 | (6.51 | ) | |||||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | 2.09 | 2.83 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) | 7.14 | (1.68 | ) | |||||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | 6.91 | (0.43 | ) | |||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) | 7.65 | 2.87 | ||||||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | 6.21 | 1.21 | ||||||
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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iShares Trust
Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 1.50%. Despite headwinds, including elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy, equities were supported by the economy’s continued resilience. While inflation was high throughout the reporting period, the pace of inflationary growth slackened, driving investor optimism. Markets endured in the face of disruption from the banking industry late in the reporting period. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value and leading to concern about the stability of a third bank. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.
Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at a multi-decade high. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. The rate of inflation began to decline beginning in July 2022, continuing to decelerate for 10 consecutive months. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.
The U.S. economy recovered from a contraction in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the second half of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest posted level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate — which measures the total proportion of working age persons employed or looking for work — rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.
To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to decrease the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.
Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, as many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) (formerly the iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. stocks with a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, as represented by the Morningstar® US Dividend and Buyback IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | (1.75 | )% | 10.66 | % | 10.11 | % | (1.75 | )% | 65.91 | % | 69.50 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | (1.71 | ) | 10.65 | 10.12 | (1.71 | ) | 65.88 | 69.52 | ||||||||||||||||
Index | (1.62 | ) | 10.92 | 10.37 | (1.62 | ) | 67.88 | 71.77 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)
The inception date of the Fund was November 7, 2017. The first day of secondary market trading was November 9, 2017.
Past performance is not and indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | Annualized Expense Ratio | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.60 | $ 0.25 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.55 | $ 0.25 | 0.05% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with histories of paying dividends or making buybacks declined moderately for the reporting period in an environment of rising interest rates and elevated inflation. Despite the relative attractiveness of rising bond yields, dividend-bearing stocks witnessed record inflows as some investors viewed their underlying businesses as more resilient in an extended downturn.
Stocks in the communication services sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects in the interactive media and services industry. Demand for online advertisements slowed during the reporting period as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Heightened competition also worked against large companies in the industry, which lost market share to new players. Significant expenditures on low-profitability ventures in virtual reality also dented earnings.
Information technology companies also detracted from the Index’s return as increased concerns about economic growth worked against investors’ growth expectations for information technology stocks, which are sensitive to economic conditions. Lingering COVID-19 production disruptions in China lowered sales margins of a large technology hardware, storage, and peripherals company, resulting in the company’s first quarterly profit miss since 2016.
On the upside, U.S. oil, gas, and consumable fuels companies contributed the most to the Index’s performance as high energy prices sent their stocks climbing to record highs. Companies in the industry posted record profits and rewarded shareholders by buying back their own stock and raising dividends. Despite relatively high oil prices, oil and gas companies resisted political pressure to increase production, focusing instead on returning cash to shareholders. This constrained supply, putting upward pressure on prices.
The consumer discretionary sector also contributed to the Index’s return, as higher pricing and production efficiency gains supported profitability in the restaurant industry. Improved staffing and measures to improve the accuracy and speed of fast-food ordering also benefited stocks in the industry.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
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Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Information Technology | 18.5% | |||
Financials | 18.3 | |||
Health Care | 11.3 | |||
Consumer Staples | 11.1 | |||
Industrials | 10.3 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 9.3 | |||
Energy | 8.7 | |||
Communication Services | 3.5 | |||
Utilities | 3.3 | |||
Materials | 2.9 | |||
Real Estate | 2.8 | |||
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Broadcom, Inc. | 3.2% | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.0 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.8 | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2.7 | |||
Home Depot, Inc. | 2.5 | |||
Oracle Corp. | 2.4 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.4 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 2.2 | |||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 2.2 | |||
Intel Corp. | 2.0 | |||
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(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities with a history of consistently growing dividends, as represented by the Morningstar® U.S. Dividend Growth IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | 3.13 | % | 11.12 | % | 10.89 | % | 3.13 | % | 69.40 | % | 150.61 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 3.12 | 11.11 | 10.89 | 3.12 | 69.37 | 150.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 3.20 | 11.21 | 10.96 | 3.20 | 70.08 | 151.98 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)
The inception date of the Fund was June 10, 2014. The first day of secondary market trading was June 12, 2014.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | Annualized Expense Ratio | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,052.00 | $ 0.41 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.40 | $ 0.40 | 0.08% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with a history of consistently increasing dividends advanced moderately for the reporting period amid rapidly rising interest rates and a weakening global economy. Dividend-bearing stocks witnessed record inflows as investors viewed their underlying businesses as more resilient in an extended economic downturn.
The industrials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, with the capital goods industry accounting for the bulk of that gain. Industrial machinery and supplies and components producers benefited as China’s market reopened after easing strict pandemic restrictions, reducing supply-chain challenges. Pent-up demand for equipment upgrades increased revenue for producers of aircraft parts, large truck engines, and related components. Meanwhile, solid growth in orders to help Ukraine replenish weapons buoyed defense contractors, as did expectations for increased defense spending by the U.S. and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”).
The consumer discretionary sector contributed to the Index’s return, led by stocks within the hotels, restaurants, and leisure industry. Investors rewarded large fast-food and drink chains whose growth surpassed competitors in past economic downturns. Despite the current economic challenges, these companies gained market share, exhibited solid sales growth, and maintained forecasts for that growth to continue, particularly with China’s reopening. Higher product prices and production efficiency gains supported that growth. Improved staffing and measures to improve the accuracy and speed of fast-food ordering also benefited stocks in the industry.
Information technology stocks also contributed to the Index’s performance as the sector rebounded strongly in early 2023. High-profile companies known for substantial dividends again increased their payouts to investors by moderate to considerable margins. Demand for cloud computing services and semiconductors used in data centers and networking equipment remained strong. Sales also benefited from the surging interest in artificial intelligence capabilities.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
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Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Health Care | 19.6% | |||
Financials | 18.3 | |||
Information Technology | 16.0 | |||
Consumer Staples | 11.0 | |||
Industrials | 10.8 | |||
Energy | 7.2 | |||
Utilities | 6.8 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 6.2 | |||
Materials | 2.5 | |||
Communication Services | 1.6 | |||
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Microsoft Corp. | 3.5% | |||
Apple Inc. | 3.2 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.1 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 3.0 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.8 | |||
Chevron Corp. | 2.7 | |||
AbbVie, Inc. | 2.5 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.4 | |||
Pfizer, Inc. | 2.1 | |||
Home Depot, Inc. | 1.9 | |||
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(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar® Dividend Yield Focus IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | 3.16 | % | 8.01 | % | 7.97 | % | 3.16 | % | 46.97 | % | 115.32 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 3.18 | 8.01 | 7.97 | 3.18 | 46.98 | 115.33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 3.24 | 8.10 | 8.10 | 3.24 | 47.60 | 117.94 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,019.50 | $ 0.40 | $ 1,000.00 | $ �� 1,024.40 | $ 0.40 | 0.08 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with a history of paying high dividends advanced modestly for the reporting period amid rapidly rising interest rates and a weakening global economy. Dividend-bearing stocks witnessed record inflows as investors viewed their underlining businesses as more resilient in an extended economic downturn.
Energy stocks contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by integrated oil and gas companies. Global crude oil and natural gas prices surged after Russia’s early 2022 invasion of Ukraine, benefiting exploration and production businesses. The higher prices boosted earnings in upstream businesses for integrated energy firms. Oil and natural gas demand declined somewhat toward the end of the reporting period, but refineries continued performing strongly as lower input prices aided their margins. E.U. sanctions banning imports of Russian fuel and U.S.-led measures capping prices on Russian oil exports also supported higher U.S. refining margins. Meanwhile, both the reopening of China’s economy and production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) put upward pressure on prices.
The healthcare and information technology sectors also contributed to performance. Within healthcare, biotechnology stocks rose as demand increased for oncology treatment therapies. Revenue from immunology and neurology drugs also increased as the industry shifted focus from COVID-19 treatments. Within information technology, stocks of semiconductor producers increased along with demand for chips used in data centers and networking equipment.
The consumer staples, financials, and utilities sectors all detracted from the Index’s return. Inflation increased expenses for manufacturers of household products, reducing profit margins below pre-pandemic levels as they found it difficult to raise prices. In financials, the Fed’s interest rate increases raised borrowing costs for private equity managers and narrowed net interest income margins for lenders. Utilities providers encountered rising costs and supply chain disruptions that drove higher utility rates for customers and negatively impacted the industry’s finances.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
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Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Health Care | 27.2% | |||
Energy | 25.9 | |||
Information Technology | 12.9 | |||
Communication Services | 9.3 | |||
Utilities | 8.9 | |||
Consumer Staples | 6.0 | |||
Financials | 4.7 | |||
Industrials | 2.8 | |||
Materials | 1.7 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 0.6 | |||
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8.8% | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 6.9 | |||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 6.2 | |||
Chevron Corp. | 6.1 | |||
AbbVie, Inc. | 5.8 | |||
Pfizer, Inc. | 4.9 | |||
Broadcom, Inc. | 4.1 | |||
Coca-Cola Co. | 4.0 | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3.3 | |||
International Business Machines Corp. | 3.2 | |||
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(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index™ (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | (1.23 | )% | 7.90 | % | 9.72 | % | (1.23 | )% | 46.28 | % | 152.86 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | (1.26 | ) | 7.90 | 9.72 | (1.26 | ) | 46.25 | 152.74 | ||||||||||||||||
Index | (0.84 | ) | 8.33 | 10.16 | (0.84 | ) | 49.20 | 163.05 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Past performance is not and indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) |
| | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) |
| | Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,013.20 | $ 1.91 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.90 | $ 1.91 | 0.38 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
U.S. stocks with relatively high dividends declined slightly for the reporting period amid rapidly rising interest rates and a weakening global economy. Dividend-bearing stocks witnessed record inflows as investors viewed their underlying businesses as more resilient in an extended economic downturn.
Stocks in the materials sector detracted the most from the Index’s return. A shift in consumer spending from goods to services significantly impacted the containers and packaging industry as the drop in demand for products such as corrugated boxes and containerboard translated into lower sales volumes and compressed margins for packaging producers. Higher operating costs due to inflation and a weakening U.S. dollar were additional factors lowering sales for global consumer packaging firms.
Financials stocks also detracted from the Index’s return following the failure of two regional U.S. banks in the largest collapse for the industry since 2008. The disruption created by the failures led investors to scrutinize the reliability of regional banks’ dividends more closely, amid further credit concerns. Regional banks also reported an increase in outflows, as depositors shifted funds to the perceived stability of larger banks.
On the upside, energy stocks contributed the most to the Index’s return during the reporting period as higher natural gas prices throughout 2022 offset declining oil prices. Oil, gas, and consumable fuels companies posted record profits on strong demand for oil products. Some large oil companies also used excess cash to buy back their own stock and raise dividends.
The healthcare sector also contributed to returns as biotechnology companies increased dividends and stock buybacks, reflecting the robustness of their balance sheets. Biotechnology stocks rose as drug sales increased from a year prior and companies focused on developing their drug pipelines.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
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Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Utilities | 28.0% | |||
Financials | 22.3 | |||
Consumer Staples | 10.6 | |||
Materials | 8.1 | |||
Communication Services | 7.4 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 7.3 | |||
Energy | 5.7 | |||
Information Technology | 4.0 | |||
Health Care | 3.4 | |||
Industrials | 3.2 | |||
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||
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Altria Group, Inc. | 2.6% | |||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 2.2 | |||
ONEOK, Inc. | 1.8 | |||
AT&T Inc. | 1.8 | |||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 1.7 | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 1.7 | |||
International Business Machines Corp. | 1.6 | |||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 1.6 | |||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 1.6 | |||
Edison International | 1.5 | |||
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(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
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April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Aerospace & Defense — 2.4% | ||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 3,427 | $ | 748,251 | |||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 416 | 83,891 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 5,067 | 988,825 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 5,462 | 2,536,826 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 19,372 | 1,935,263 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,293,056 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.4% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 4,142 | 417,804 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 4,900 | 1,116,122 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 11,056 | 1,987,979 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,521,905 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 877 | 75,255 | ||||||
Dana, Inc. | 1,516 | 22,422 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 333 | 37,616 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 660 | 84,255 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
219,548 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.3% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 60,586 | 719,762 | ||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 701 | 55,393 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
775,155 | ||||||||
Banks — 9.1% | ||||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 2,371 | 42,275 | ||||||
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | 1,232 | 35,260 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 161,585 | 4,731,209 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 631 | 30,559 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 2,779 | 99,266 | ||||||
Banner Corp. | 212 | 10,583 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 379 | 31,787 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp | 1,910 | 60,872 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 50,820 | 2,392,097 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 7,537 | 233,195 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 1,200 | 25,632 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 3,011 | 130,587 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 479 | 52,810 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 1,317 | 19,715 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 1,225 | 63,320 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 14,071 | 368,660 | ||||||
First Financial Bancorp | 654 | 13,538 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 2,130 | 40,704 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 7,846 | 137,697 | ||||||
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | 2,115 | 54,123 | ||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 731 | 21,331 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 4,644 | 53,313 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 2,426 | 28,942 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 922 | 30,638 | ||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. | 785 | 28,668 | ||||||
Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc. | 334 | 10,875 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 2,362 | 51,421 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 23,353 | 261,554 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 622 | 22,628 | ||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 610 | 26,029 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 44,902 | 6,207,252 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 20,780 | 233,983 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 3,391 | 426,588 | ||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 15,984 | 170,869 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 3,649 | 48,933 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 361 | 8,029 | ||||||
PacWest Bancorp | 1,678 | 17,032 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Park National Corp. | 140 | $ | 15,165 | |||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 9,021 | 1,174,985 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 2,778 | 166,708 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,052 | 65,876 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 13,211 | 241,233 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 1,033 | 71,256 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 2,318 | 71,394 | ||||||
Towne Bank | 700 | 16,583 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 24,506 | 798,405 | ||||||
Trustmark Corp. | 329 | 7,860 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 19,649 | 673,568 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 1,579 | 52,312 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 781 | 19,447 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 5,800 | 54,404 | ||||||
Washington Federal, Inc. | 1,940 | 54,398 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 2,561 | 95,525 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 91,722 | 3,645,950 | ||||||
WesBanco, Inc. | 1,823 | 48,528 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 4,298 | 119,742 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
23,615,313 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.9% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 37,154 | 2,383,429 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 1,882 | 111,941 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 13,246 | 2,528,529 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,023,899 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 3.3% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 24,611 | 3,719,214 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 14,121 | 3,385,369 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 17,856 | 1,467,942 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,572,525 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.0% | ||||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 1,732 | 26,777 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Building Products — 0.7% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 2,598 | 177,417 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 3,943 | 255,073 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 11,219 | 671,345 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 7,737 | 414,007 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 2,753 | 294,048 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,811,890 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 4.3% | ||||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 1,511 | 52,386 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 17,530 | 746,603 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(a) | 1,971 | 1,322,935 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 11,876 | 1,060,883 | ||||||
Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A | 4,740 | 53,372 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 3,041 | 92,234 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 4,076 | 757,199 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 311 | 18,679 | ||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 2,144 | 88,740 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 4,119 | 110,719 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 5,810 | 1,995,386 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 916 | 83,704 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 7,960 | 136,355 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 4,493 | 116,593 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 5,827 | 186,639 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 1,895 | 71,783 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 37,053 | 3,333,658 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 2,259 | 176,563 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 3,839 | 277,406 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 1,210 | $ | 72,564 | |||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 5,025 | 564,458 | ||||||
|
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11,318,859 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.0% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 1,623 | 477,746 | ||||||
Avient Corp. | 784 | 30,192 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 461 | 33,081 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 2,059 | 218,748 | ||||||
Chemours Co. | 4,649 | 135,147 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 19,476 | 1,059,494 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 17,264 | 1,203,646 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 5,258 | 443,092 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 8,099 | 216,972 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 3,029 | 293,692 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 5,364 | 507,488 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 184 | 73,526 | ||||||
Olin Corp. | 4,844 | 268,358 | ||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. | 970 | 64,806 | ||||||
Sensient Technologies Corp. | 405 | 30,156 | ||||||
Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A | 1,592 | 21,795 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,077,939 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0% | ||||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS | 635 | 32,404 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Communications Equipment — 2.9% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 150,449 | 7,108,715 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 12,150 | 366,323 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,475,038 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.0% | ||||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 1,486 | 43,421 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.3% | ||||||||
Discover Financial Services | 7,345 | 759,987 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.6% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 1,284 | 26,836 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 13,400 | 651,642 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 5,926 | 454,761 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 16,239 | 2,561,702 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 14,479 | 510,385 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,205,326 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.6% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 36,631 | 401,842 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS | 341 | 21,411 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class B | 111 | 8,740 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 15,145 | 501,451 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,921 | 259,835 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 1,860 | 112,753 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 6,331 | 189,487 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,495,519 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 6,654 | 384,135 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 4,189 | 142,049 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 2,458 | 182,384 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 146,875 | 2,595,281 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued) | ||||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 796 | $ | 54,956 | |||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 94,176 | 3,656,854 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,307,091 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.9% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 2,590 | 142,813 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 3,446 | 318,479 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 10,576 | 1,045,755 | ||||||
Edison International | 5,016 | 369,177 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 945 | 101,663 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 2,660 | 165,213 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 3,442 | 267,134 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 8,588 | 364,475 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,075 | 122,385 | ||||||
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | 1,227 | 48,111 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 498 | 55,338 | ||||||
MGE Energy, Inc. | 268 | 20,531 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 6,360 | 217,321 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 3,022 | 113,446 | ||||||
Otter Tail Corp. | 327 | 23,528 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 1,659 | 130,165 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 1,260 | 63,781 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 13,710 | 393,751 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 10,117 | 744,105 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 3,673 | 256,779 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,963,950 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.5% | ||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 2,752 | 459,914 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 10,321 | 859,327 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,319,241 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4% | ||||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 4,338 | 178,986 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 19,379 | 643,770 | ||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 2,725 | 158,677 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
981,433 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 14,168 | 414,272 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 1,692 | 56,107 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
470,379 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 2,417 | 153,214 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 12,870 | 334,491 | ||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 1,551 | 65,871 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 31,609 | 1,856,081 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 8,974 | 133,443 | ||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 1,454 | 17,506 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 329 | 22,145 | ||||||
Western Union Co. | 13,658 | 149,282 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,732,033 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.7% | ||||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 1,720 | 160,992 | ||||||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 688 | 32,680 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 2,323 | 126,139 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 6,611 | 250,954 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 2,320 | 63,823 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 9,837 | 871,853 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 2,510 | 101,504 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 854 | 90,669 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 1,431 | 220,961 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 3,415 | 238,265 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. | 10,791 | 423,763 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food Products (continued) | ||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 20,384 | $ | 1,563,860 | |||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 5,968 | 372,940 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,518,403 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 1,016 | 56,794 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 898 | 46,373 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 234 | 18,006 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 594 | 40,232 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 2,732 | 92,560 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
253,965 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.8% | ||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 6,657 | 1,351,571 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 1,391 | 110,111 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 15,970 | 3,125,329 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,587,011 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9% | ||||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 7,463 | 355,836 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 21,316 | 1,938,690 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,294,526 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 7,815 | 641,611 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 19,232 | 1,409,898 | ||||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 1,374 | 37,249 | ||||||
Premier, Inc., Class A | 2,408 | 80,259 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 5,012 | 695,716 | ||||||
Select Medical Holdings Corp. | 2,081 | 63,470 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,928,203 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 7,361 | 161,721 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 5,864 | 51,427 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 1,307 | 65,050 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 6,546 | 175,171 | ||||||
Physicians Realty Trust | 696 | 10,036 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 3,524 | 40,174 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 2,800 | 134,540 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
638,119 | ||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 2,794 | 41,603 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3% | ||||||||
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. | 1,400 | 34,678 | ||||||
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | 653 | 69,323 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 3,199 | 486,024 | ||||||
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | 1,047 | 140,884 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 8,127 | 2,403,560 | ||||||
Papa John’s International, Inc. | 582 | 43,528 | ||||||
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | 2,324 | 113,411 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 13,637 | 1,558,573 | ||||||
Travel + Leisure Co. | 2,402 | 91,925 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 439 | 105,588 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. | 4,442 | 98,168 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,681 | 114,678 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 5,261 | 739,591 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,999,931 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.8% | ||||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 3,357 | 329,557 | ||||||
KB Home | 1,855 | 81,286 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 2,628 | 84,911 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 5,603 | 632,074 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 338 | 33,063 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Household Durables (continued) | ||||||||
MDC Holdings, Inc. | 1,020 | $ | 41,789 | |||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 12,012 | 145,946 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 6,798 | 456,486 | ||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc. | 2,684 | 171,534 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,976,646 | ||||||||
Household Products — 3.6% | ||||||||
Clorox Co. | 1,934 | 320,309 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 13,051 | 1,041,470 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 1,070 | 35,770 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 4,775 | 691,850 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 46,559 | 7,280,896 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 646 | 18,107 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 917 | 60,981 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,449,383 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | ||||||||
AES Corp. | 5,648 | 133,632 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A | 617 | 17,881 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | 1,284 | 38,995 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 17,069 | 407,266 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
597,774 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.4% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 15,589 | 1,655,864 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 10,353 | 2,068,943 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,724,807 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 77 | 12,825 | ||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 495 | 25,973 | ||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 2,038 | 19,157 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 7,579 | 949,270 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,007,225 | ||||||||
Insurance — 3.4% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 12,612 | 880,948 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 8,371 | 969,027 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 23,215 | 1,231,324 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 755 | 42,688 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 1,689 | 179,777 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 369 | 14,358 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 292 | 110,376 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 7,307 | 259,325 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 2,447 | 140,972 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 441 | 52,726 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 7,914 | 561,815 | ||||||
Kemper Corp. | 797 | 38,774 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 18,393 | 1,128,043 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 4,013 | 101,408 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 5,535 | 413,409 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 10,926 | 950,562 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 597 | 84,965 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 4,619 | 836,686 | ||||||
Unum Group | 2,341 | 98,790 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 3,362 | 778,639 | ||||||
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8,874,612 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Shutterstock, Inc. | 248 | 16,616 | ||||||
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IT Services — 1.9% | ||||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 17,131 | 1,022,892 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 31,231 | 3,947,911 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,970,803 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Leisure Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 1,465 | $ | 124,217 | |||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 2,618 | 155,038 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 1,638 | 177,969 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
457,224 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.6% | ||||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 3,217 | 156,957 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 7,608 | 1,664,630 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 2,187 | 514,033 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. | 1,092 | 36,462 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 1,574 | 71,806 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 3,611 | 873,645 | ||||||
Kennametal, Inc. | 1,362 | 35,358 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 700 | 181,587 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 6,031 | 520,717 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,055,195 | ||||||||
Marine Transportation — 0.0% | ||||||||
Matson, Inc. | 1,744 | 118,644 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Media — 1.0% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 42,319 | 1,750,737 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 3,339 | 101,973 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 5,787 | 206,770 | ||||||
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | 730 | 28,156 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | 1,520 | 263,644 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 4,140 | 374,960 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,726,240 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.3% | ||||||||
Newmont Corp. | 15,494 | 734,415 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 1,300 | 99,879 | ||||||
Worthington Industries, Inc. | 666 | 39,554 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
873,848 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1% | ||||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | 1,254 | 22,873 | ||||||
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 4,069 | 48,665 | ||||||
Rithm Capital Corp. | 8,514 | 69,475 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 3,072 | 54,958 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
195,971 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.0% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 1,136 | 101,070 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 289 | 18,869 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 5,302 | 161,552 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 2,719 | 169,285 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 2,644 | 260,355 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 7,059 | 403,351 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 335 | 37,657 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 7,326 | 463,003 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 4,363 | 678,403 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 3,610 | 347,174 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,640,719 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 2,810 | 149,942 | ||||||
Corporate Office Properties Trust | 1,672 | 38,272 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 1,927 | 42,028 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 4,327 | 55,732 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 2,477 | 56,773 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 2,264 | 66,199 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 5,516 | 82,795 | ||||||
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| |||||||
491,741 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.5% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 9,665 | 103,995 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) | ||||||||
California Resources Corp. | 2,269 | $ | 91,895 | |||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 6,053 | 500,462 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 20,510 | 3,457,576 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 859 | 122,261 | ||||||
Civitas Resources, Inc. | 475 | 32,799 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 24,744 | 633,446 | ||||||
CVR Energy, Inc. | 534 | 14,066 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 24,064 | 1,285,740 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 5,626 | 800,017 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 1,635 | 80,556 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 5,210 | 622,439 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. | 14,346 | 73,882 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 66,347 | 7,851,504 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 3,232 | 142,564 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 44,324 | 760,157 | ||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 5,229 | 110,436 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 8,083 | 528,709 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 8,396 | 831,204 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 11,188 | 2,433,949 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 9,371 | 1,074,573 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 21,878 | 662,028 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
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Personal Care Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 1,248 | 49,246 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 6.0% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 57,127 | 3,814,370 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 35,262 | 5,772,389 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 22,645 | 2,614,818 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 4,027 | 99,185 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 1,236 | 45,967 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 81,486 | 3,168,991 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 17,974 | 167,697 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
15,683,417 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 1,469 | 111,218 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 3,042 | 334,194 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 2,024 | 147,752 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 328 | 11,175 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
604,339 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0% | ||||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 2,973 | 49,887 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Residential REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 1,571 | 58,096 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1,628 | 293,642 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 1,026 | 70,691 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 4,173 | 263,942 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 946 | 207,865 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 1,214 | 186,713 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,080,949 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 3,886 | 82,888 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 327 | 32,337 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 7,743 | 148,588 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 3,067 | 63,548 | ||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 1,913 | 83,216 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 1,943 | 119,359 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 613 | 7,987 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 5,800 | 657,256 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,195,179 |
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 17 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 10.2% | ||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 15,954 | $ | 2,869,806 | |||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 13,036 | 8,167,054 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 163,700 | 5,084,522 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 12,887 | 2,110,117 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 34,413 | 4,019,438 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 5,383 | 570,060 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 21,917 | 3,664,522 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
26,485,519 | ||||||||
Software — 2.6% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 26,306 | 464,827 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 66,992 | 6,345,482 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,810,309 | ||||||||
Specialized REITs — 1.0% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 688 | 140,620 | ||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 6,646 | 818,056 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,635 | 261,260 | ||||||
EPR Properties | 2,028 | 85,095 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 1,396 | 212,248 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 4,384 | 242,172 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 1,246 | 131,677 | ||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 3,338 | 55,611 | ||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 1,186 | 54,829 | ||||||
Public Storage | 1,308 | 385,638 | ||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 251 | 7,871 | ||||||
Uniti Group, Inc. | 10,542 | 36,054 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 9,067 | 271,194 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,702,325 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 5.1% | ||||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 3,991 | 53,439 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 2,677 | 388,192 | ||||||
Foot Locker, Inc. | 3,028 | 127,146 | ||||||
Gap, Inc. | 6,607 | 63,427 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 21,945 | 6,595,350 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 27,564 | 5,728,626 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 589 | 81,624 | ||||||
Signet Jewelers Ltd. | 2,179 | 160,331 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,198,135 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5% | ||||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 43,762 | 626,672 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 10,589 | 665,942 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,292,614 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4% | ||||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. | 13,214 | $ | 69,241 | |||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 1,175 | 53,075 | ||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 1,663 | 190,896 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 1,792 | 62,791 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 9,142 | 373,085 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 10,819 | 254,355 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,003,443 | ||||||||
Tobacco — 2.1% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 58,081 | 2,759,428 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 27,109 | 2,710,087 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,469,515 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
Air Lease Corp., Class A | 1,239 | 49,832 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 5,258 | 283,091 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 813 | 73,763 | ||||||
Triton International Ltd. | 2,301 | 190,224 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 355 | 122,965 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
719,875 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.0% | ||||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 944 | 40,309 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% |
| 259,789,784 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Short-Term Securities |
| |||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.3% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, | ||||||||
4.75%(a)(b) | 859,810 | 859,810 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3% |
| 859,810 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 100.0% |
| 260,649,594 | ||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0% |
| 49,887 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 260,699,481 | |||||
|
|
(a) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | $ | 490,000 | $ | 369,810 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 859,810 | 859,810 | $ | 19,527 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 922,028 | 960,673 | (584,496 | ) | (67,192 | ) | 91,922 | 1,322,935 | 1,971 | 22,689 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | (67,192 | ) | $ | 91,922 | $ | 2,182,745 | $ | 42,216 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||||
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index | 41 | 06/16/23 | $ | 859 | $ | 17,829 | ||||||||||
|
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,829 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,829 | ||||||||||||||
|
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|
|
(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (120,194 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (120,194 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 77,277 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 77,277 | ||||||||||||||
|
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 806,731 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 19 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 259,789,784 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 259,789,784 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 859,810 | — | — | 859,810 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 260,649,594 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 260,649,594 | |||||||||
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Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Equity Contracts | $ | 17,829 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,829 | ||||||||
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(a) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
20 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
| |||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 2.2% | ||||||||
BWX Technologies, Inc. | 71,257 | $ | 4,601,777 | |||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 9,930 | 1,686,412 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 278,326 | 60,769,699 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. | 2,572 | 433,742 | ||||||
HEICO Corp., Class A | 5,708 | 766,185 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 52,096 | 10,505,679 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 228,323 | 44,557,233 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 325,668 | 151,256,503 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 120,301 | 55,491,242 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 1,852,520 | 185,066,748 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
515,135,220 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 156,400 | 15,776,068 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 107,513 | 12,239,280 | ||||||
Forward Air Corp. | 13,258 | 1,398,851 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 1,431,617 | 257,419,053 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
286,833,252 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.0% | ||||||||
Gentex Corp. | 222,387 | 6,135,657 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Automobiles — 0.0% | ||||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 61,069 | 4,825,672 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Banks — 7.3% | ||||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 326,642 | 5,824,027 | ||||||
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | 130,119 | 3,724,006 | ||||||
BancFirst Corp. | 18,065 | 1,443,213 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 10,524,105 | 308,145,794 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 87,945 | 4,259,176 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 208,047 | 7,431,439 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 37,955 | 3,183,286 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 119,539 | 2,417,079 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp | 140,803 | 4,487,392 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 4,349,621 | 204,736,660 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 300,451 | 13,030,560 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 107,317 | 5,993,654 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 53,253 | 2,660,520 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 100,755 | 11,108,239 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 235,800 | 3,529,926 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 211,244 | 10,919,202 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 1,505,434 | 39,442,371 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 146,152 | 4,276,408 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 843,065 | 14,795,791 | ||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 111,626 | 3,257,247 | ||||||
First Republic Bank(a) | 100,198 | 351,695 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 350,085 | 4,176,514 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 187,294 | 6,223,780 | ||||||
Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc. | 56,894 | 1,852,469 | ||||||
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. | 57,742 | 1,791,157 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 339,678 | 7,394,790 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 33,994 | 1,903,664 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 54,152 | 1,970,050 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4,750,235 | 656,672,486 | ||||||
Lakeland Financial Corp. | 38,155 | 1,933,314 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 330,442 | 41,569,604 | ||||||
Park National Corp. | 27,354 | 2,962,985 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 930,349 | 121,177,957 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 138,447 | 8,308,204 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 160,398 | 10,044,123 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 1,924,324 | 35,138,156 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 44,600 | 2,252,300 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Simmons First National Corp., Class A | 177,423 | $ | 2,964,738 | |||||
SouthState Corp. | 108,882 | 7,510,680 | ||||||
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | 34,848 | 1,693,613 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 292,245 | 9,001,146 | ||||||
Towne Bank | 117,817 | 2,791,085 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 3,184,123 | 109,151,736 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 46,192 | 2,938,273 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 154,182 | 3,839,132 | ||||||
Washington Federal, Inc. | 116,724 | 3,272,941 | ||||||
WesBanco, Inc. | 133,555 | 3,555,234 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 65,222 | 4,459,228 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 31,138 | 1,095,123 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 299,363 | 8,340,253 | ||||||
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1,721,002,420 | ||||||||
Beverages — 3.6% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A | 41,610 | 2,741,267 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS | 132,379 | 8,616,549 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 6,365,215 | 408,328,542 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 132,430 | 30,388,712 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,042,465 | 389,886,144 | ||||||
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839,961,214 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 4.5% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,904,372 | 590,028,697 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,110,319 | 266,187,877 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 2,547,720 | 209,448,061 | ||||||
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1,065,664,635 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.0% | ||||||||
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A | 880 | 262,583 | ||||||
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Building Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 127,005 | 8,673,172 | ||||||
AAON, Inc. | 12,255 | 1,200,990 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 20,385 | 1,747,402 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 70,421 | 7,780,112 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 32,865 | 7,093,910 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 108,584 | 7,024,299 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 29,530 | 8,324,802 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 279,915 | 14,978,252 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 110,280 | 11,779,007 | ||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 22,766 | 2,863,508 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 179,557 | 33,363,486 | ||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 28,345 | 2,225,649 | ||||||
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107,054,589 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 6.0% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 88,262 | 26,930,501 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 1,217,480 | 51,852,473 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(b) | 242,559 | 162,805,601 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 1,985,744 | 368,891,663 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 42,888 | 2,575,853 | ||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 44,522 | 5,078,625 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 18,582 | 7,650,024 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 540,883 | 185,760,857 | ||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 41,094 | 3,027,806 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 65,918 | 6,023,587 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 460,551 | 50,167,820 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 341,754 | 10,946,381 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 16,870 | 5,370,902 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 92,235 | 28,880,623 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 2,377,469 | 213,900,886 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. | 10,137 | 1,807,528 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc., Class A | 46,047 | 22,215,375 |
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Nasdaq, Inc. | 274,989 | $ | 15,226,141 | |||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 376,491 | 29,426,537 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 170,687 | 15,452,294 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 197,033 | 71,440,225 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 82,664 | 4,869,736 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 594,395 | 42,950,983 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 130,407 | 7,820,508 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 530,336 | 59,572,643 | ||||||
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1,400,645,572 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.9% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 275,995 | 81,241,888 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 41,288 | 7,657,272 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 37,062 | 3,765,870 | ||||||
Avient Corp. | 112,254 | 4,322,901 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. | 11,314 | 1,486,660 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 58,706 | 4,212,743 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 132,382 | 14,064,264 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 250,888 | 21,142,332 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 183,850 | 30,857,384 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 33,815 | 2,237,539 | ||||||
Innospec, Inc. | 16,914 | 1,718,970 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 522,479 | 50,659,564 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 363,724 | 134,377,832 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 9,150 | 3,656,340 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 248,337 | 34,831,748 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. | 8,396 | 1,566,945 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 137,062 | 11,243,196 | ||||||
Sensient Technologies Corp. | 52,588 | 3,915,702 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 144,988 | 34,440,449 | ||||||
Stepan Co. | 18,052 | 1,664,394 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 23,188 | 2,638,331 | ||||||
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451,702,324 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 68,263 | 2,906,638 | ||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS | 43,794 | 2,234,808 | ||||||
Cintas Corp. | 50,874 | 23,186,843 | ||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 29,559 | 3,835,280 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 177,659 | 25,693,045 | ||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 20,263 | 2,803,791 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 360,853 | 59,919,641 | ||||||
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| |||||||
120,580,046 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 1.6% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 7,090,083 | 335,006,422 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 122,969 | 35,833,166 | ||||||
|
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370,839,588 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | ||||||||
Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc. | 8,056 | 1,204,291 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 331,894 | 9,697,943 | ||||||
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| |||||||
10,902,234 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.1% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 25,212 | 9,156,999 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 67,393 | 11,801,862 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
20,958,861 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.5% | ||||||||
American Express Co. | 396,113 | 63,908,871 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 331,451 | 34,295,235 | ||||||
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. | 34,655 | 3,570,505 | ||||||
Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 11,351 | 1,093,101 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 672,041 | 19,831,930 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
122,699,642 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2% |
| |||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 14,568 | $ | 3,333,450 | |||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 182,994 | 92,086,241 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 127,454 | 28,225,963 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 798,152 | 38,814,132 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 739,193 | 56,725,671 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 678,514 | 107,035,583 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 1,277,228 | 192,823,111 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
519,044,151 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.2% | ||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 48,107 | 5,701,160 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 76,220 | 13,298,866 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 252,931 | 13,450,871 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 59,258 | 2,919,049 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 183,265 | 11,109,524 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
46,479,470 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.2% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 167,214 | 28,143,788 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 24,480 | 8,600,314 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
36,744,102 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Graham Holdings Co., Class B | 2,273 | 1,308,271 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 271,249 | 9,198,054 | ||||||
Service Corp. International | 140,708 | 9,876,294 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
20,382,619 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 4.3% | ||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 140,707 | 8,777,303 | ||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 492,546 | 27,158,986 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,066,174 | 98,535,801 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 1,824,330 | 180,389,750 | ||||||
Edison International | 918,790 | 67,622,944 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 467,289 | 50,270,951 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 534,666 | 33,208,105 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 660,087 | 51,229,352 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 89,347 | 9,928,239 | ||||||
MGE Energy, Inc. | 46,350 | 3,550,874 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 2,792,162 | 213,963,374 | ||||||
Otter Tail Corp. | 56,920 | 4,095,394 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 146,808 | 7,065,869 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 191,394 | 9,688,364 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 2,552,247 | 187,717,767 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 922,911 | 64,520,708 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,017,723,781 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.8% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 79,955 | 11,028,193 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 406,216 | 67,886,818 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 802,447 | 66,811,737 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 53,568 | 14,426,934 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 141,389 | 5,928,441 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 32,497 | 4,229,810 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 100,240 | 28,409,018 | ||||||
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198,720,951 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 351,089 | 26,496,687 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 132,216 | 5,455,232 | ||||||
Badger Meter, Inc. | 12,377 | 1,637,848 | ||||||
CDW Corp. | 89,313 | 15,146,592 | ||||||
Cognex Corp. | 55,653 | 2,654,092 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 1,380,427 | 45,857,785 | ||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 12,394 | 3,002,322 | ||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 161,070 | 9,379,106 |
22 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued) | ||||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 35,216 | $ | 3,135,633 | |||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 306,181 | 37,467,369 | ||||||
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| |||||||
150,232,666 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 505,114 | 13,127,913 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 987,477 | 57,984,649 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 48,759 | 7,964,295 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 300,790 | 114,309,224 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 738,976 | 171,981,885 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 47,543 | 3,200,119 | ||||||
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368,568,085 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.7% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 691,753 | 54,012,074 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 347,571 | 9,561,678 | ||||||
Hershey Co. | 142,484 | 38,906,681 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 442,498 | 17,894,619 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 106,366 | 11,292,878 | ||||||
J & J Snack Foods Corp. | 17,170 | 2,630,444 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 160,907 | 24,845,650 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 521,800 | 36,405,986 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 89,780 | 10,038,302 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 19,948 | 4,171,526 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 300,441 | 26,393,742 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 1,802,593 | 138,294,935 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 531,316 | 33,201,937 | ||||||
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407,650,452 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.4% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 206,931 | 23,619,104 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 171,247 | 9,572,707 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 163,637 | 8,450,215 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 101,344 | 7,798,421 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 140,272 | 7,855,232 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 125,295 | 8,486,230 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 460,652 | 15,606,890 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
81,388,799 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.3% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. | 1,701,643 | 52,138,342 | ||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 44,008 | 7,714,162 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 15,040 | 2,647,491 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 321,898 | 65,354,951 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 23,225 | 7,441,058 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 72,766 | 5,760,157 | ||||||
Schneider National, Inc., Class B | 33,543 | 877,820 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 876,160 | 171,464,512 | ||||||
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 36,276 | 1,638,587 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
315,037,080 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 1,996,391 | 220,541,314 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 828,891 | 39,521,523 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 245,792 | 64,965,284 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 158,298 | 6,637,435 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 2,572,709 | 233,987,884 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 68,022 | 16,390,581 | ||||||
STERIS PLC | 60,062 | 11,324,690 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 211,890 | 63,492,838 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
656,861,549 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 115,649 | 19,296,036 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 397,932 | 32,670,217 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 2,478 | 1,365,998 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Providers & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 145,937 | $ | 68,393,375 | |||||
Encompass Health Corp. | 61,480 | 3,943,942 | ||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. | 8,678 | 842,547 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 105,619 | 30,347,507 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 45,560 | 24,169,124 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 50,629 | 18,441,107 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 122,939 | 17,065,163 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 731,078 | 359,756,173 | ||||||
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| |||||||
576,291,189 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1% | ||||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 27,897 | 8,856,461 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 936,364 | 276,929,653 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 1,324,585 | 151,386,820 | ||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | 65,928 | 7,292,955 | ||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 7,438 | 1,488,418 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 299,480 | 42,100,898 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
488,055,205 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.2% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 186,570 | 20,489,117 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 255,057 | 25,038,946 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
45,528,063 | ||||||||
Household Products — 3.3% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 177,655 | 17,253,854 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1,217,947 | 97,192,170 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 705,977 | 102,289,007 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 3,510,534 | 548,977,307 | ||||||
WD-40 Co. | 15,287 | 2,910,645 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
768,622,983 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. | 1,002,429 | 23,717,470 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7% | ||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 790,188 | 157,911,170 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Insurance — 2.9% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 800,631 | 55,924,075 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 429,452 | 49,713,364 | ||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 34,116 | 1,314,831 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 77,749 | 9,542,135 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 86,130 | 28,007,753 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 127,230 | 26,471,474 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 61,757 | 7,604,139 | ||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 61,035 | 3,287,955 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 130,963 | 7,404,648 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 105,890 | 6,818,257 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 378,382 | 76,266,676 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 207,302 | 22,065,225 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 61,611 | 2,397,284 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 144,453 | 3,241,525 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS | 28,221 | 6,133,270 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 37,821 | 14,296,338 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 223,084 | 12,851,869 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 36,944 | 4,009,163 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 48,184 | 5,760,879 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 410,429 | 29,136,355 | ||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 2,934 | 958,567 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 402,998 | 72,616,210 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 1,087,634 | 66,704,593 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 576,921 | 14,578,794 | ||||||
Primerica, Inc. | 30,175 | 5,507,239 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 389,831 | 29,116,477 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 84,000 | 11,954,880 |
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 23 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance (continued) | ||||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 17,141 | $ | 3,692,343 | |||||
RLI Corp. | 19,253 | 2,677,130 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | 41,346 | 3,982,860 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 272,978 | 49,447,235 | ||||||
Unum Group | 313,630 | 13,235,186 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 70,336 | 4,144,197 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 83,015 | 19,226,274 | ||||||
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| |||||||
670,089,200 | ||||||||
IT Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 597,289 | 167,414,134 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Leisure Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 25,539 | 1,280,270 | ||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 73,372 | 6,221,212 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 66,726 | 7,249,780 | ||||||
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| |||||||
14,751,262 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 105,726 | 14,318,472 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 147,831 | 35,022,642 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 47,432 | 26,320,017 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 9,840 | 3,554,602 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
79,215,733 | ||||||||
Machinery — 2.2% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 25,738 | 3,189,968 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 559,368 | 122,389,718 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 192,172 | 45,168,107 | ||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. | 95,440 | 6,065,212 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 103,960 | 15,194,794 | ||||||
EnPro Industries, Inc. | 14,281 | 1,346,270 | ||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 22,708 | 2,031,685 | ||||||
Graco, Inc. | 126,726 | 10,048,104 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 73,465 | 3,351,473 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 45,045 | 9,293,684 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 344,049 | 83,239,215 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 35,683 | 2,034,645 | ||||||
ITT, Inc. | 53,257 | 4,497,021 | ||||||
Kadant, Inc. | 3,142 | 583,878 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 48,123 | 8,075,039 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. | 35,869 | 7,758,823 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 67,980 | 5,201,830 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 316,567 | 27,003,165 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 383,908 | 28,674,088 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 105,312 | 34,213,763 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 145,098 | 8,427,292 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 77,947 | 20,220,231 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 314,886 | 27,187,257 | ||||||
Terex Corp. | 33,134 | 1,477,445 | ||||||
Timken Co. | 51,982 | 3,994,817 | ||||||
Toro Co. | 69,938 | 7,291,736 | ||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. | 180,037 | 4,311,886 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | 10,435 | 1,687,653 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 130,684 | 13,570,227 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
507,529,026 | ||||||||
Marine Transportation — 0.0% | ||||||||
Matson, Inc. | 40,258 | 2,738,752 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Media — 1.6% | ||||||||
Cable One, Inc. | 4,730 | 3,587,279 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 7,240,476 | 299,538,492 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 770,630 | 27,534,610 | ||||||
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | 76,696 | 2,958,165 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | 66,265 | 11,493,664 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Omnicom Group, Inc. | 354,434 | $ | 32,101,087 | |||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | 981,538 | 3,729,845 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 0.3% | ||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 168,844 | 25,019,304 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 44,234 | 10,961,185 | ||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 49,872 | 6,605,048 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 256,794 | 19,729,483 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 95,638 | 9,941,570 | ||||||
Worthington Industries, Inc. | 34,790 | 2,066,178 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 1.8% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 408,674 | 36,359,726 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 148,255 | 9,679,569 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 529,483 | 32,965,612 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 698,405 | 68,771,940 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 384,468 | 43,218,048 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 817,871 | 23,276,609 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 1,016,871 | 64,266,247 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 540,805 | 84,089,769 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 616,448 | 59,283,804 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.2% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 3,677,911 | 620,022,237 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 1,322,570 | 136,079,227 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 917,892 | 109,660,557 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 6,081,100 | 719,637,374 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 1,115,168 | 110,401,632 | ||||||
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 2,337 | 3,453,268 | ||||||
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 61,936 | 3,700,057 | ||||||
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Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | 137,362 | 33,889,953 | ||||||
Inter Parfums, Inc. | 14,672 | 2,227,063 | ||||||
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 110,785 | 4,371,576 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 9.4% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 4,019,222 | 268,363,453 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 636,319 | 251,893,239 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 4,310,313 | 705,598,238 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 3,814,537 | 440,464,588 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 211,222 | 7,855,346 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 12,801,600 | 497,854,224 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | 231,758 | 40,738,421 | ||||||
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Professional Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 520,444 | 114,497,680 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 150,213 | 14,378,388 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 133,937 | 19,475,779 | ||||||
CSG Systems International, Inc. | 34,606 | 1,823,044 | ||||||
Exponent, Inc. | 28,294 | 2,604,463 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 100,673 | 4,484,982 | ||||||
Insperity, Inc. | 33,636 | 4,119,065 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 91,210 | 6,905,509 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 144,017 | 10,513,241 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 167,526 | 9,806,972 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 27,327 | 931,031 | ||||||
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.0% | ||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 529,268 | $ | 95,204,728 | |||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 419,907 | 47,462,088 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 657,581 | 411,974,496 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 105,821 | 40,904,049 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 106,608 | 55,871,121 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 518,534 | 37,847,797 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 14,805 | 6,839,466 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 267,290 | 43,766,065 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 32,504 | 2,365,641 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,548,047 | 180,811,889 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 193,904 | 20,534,434 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,425,182 | 238,290,430 | ||||||
Universal Display Corp. | 20,654 | 2,756,483 | ||||||
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Software — 4.3% | ||||||||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A | 44,945 | 3,761,447 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 117,550 | 52,186,322 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 2,698,519 | 829,146,948 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 1,240,254 | 117,476,859 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 38,132 | 17,341,671 | ||||||
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Best Buy Co., Inc. | 485,864 | 36,206,585 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 40,494 | 5,872,035 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 6,454 | 1,448,794 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 1,489,141 | 447,546,436 | ||||||
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A | 9,753 | 2,154,340 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 723,099 | 150,281,665 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 23,358 | 3,236,952 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 220,025 | 23,483,268 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 111,372 | 26,551,085 | ||||||
Valvoline, Inc. | 139,110 | 4,806,251 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 93,926 | 11,368,803 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.6% | ||||||||
Apple Inc. | 4,350,813 | 738,245,950 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 2,278,072 | 32,621,991 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 1,838,075 | 54,609,208 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 374,693 | 23,564,443 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5% | ||||||||
Carter’s, Inc. | 87,389 | 6,097,131 | ||||||
Columbia Sportswear Co. | 28,336 | 2,367,189 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 797,696 | 101,084,037 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 96,377 | 3,377,050 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5% | ||||||||
Air Lease Corp., Class A | 117,724 | $ | 4,734,859 | |||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 21,194 | 2,875,178 | ||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 19,297 | 1,318,178 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 842,844 | 45,378,721 | ||||||
GATX Corp. | 39,524 | 4,502,179 | ||||||
McGrath RentCorp | 26,750 | 2,377,540 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 97,747 | 8,868,585 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 39,635 | 2,105,015 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B | 6,480 | 379,598 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 59,425 | 20,583,632 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. | 24,686 | 17,170,841 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. | 38,072 | 3,378,890 | ||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 192,648 | 28,560,066 | ||||||
California Water Service Group | 59,798 | 3,353,472 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 360,944 | 15,412,309 | ||||||
SJW Group | 31,304 | 2,376,599 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% |
| 23,431,670,051 | ||||||
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Money Market Funds — 0.2% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.02%(b)(c)(d) | 644,581 | 644,774 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(b)(c) | 46,636,422 | 46,636,422 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2% |
| 47,281,196 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 99.9% |
| 23,478,951,247 | ||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% | 32,251,788 | |||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ 23,511,203,035 | |||||||
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(a) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(b) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(d) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | — | $ | 618,622 | (a) | $ | — | $ | 26,152 | $ | — | $ | 644,774 | 644,581 | $ | 347,885 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 48,180,000 | — | (1,543,578 | )(a) | — | — | 46,636,422 | 46,636,422 | 1,570,355 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 146,773,563 | 56,094,714 | (55,958,243 | ) | 943,676 | 14,951,891 | 162,805,601 | 242,559 | 4,034,692 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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S&P 500 E-Mini Index | 367 | 06/16/23 | $ | 76,859 | $ | 4,611,360 | ||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,611,360 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,611,360 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (7,825,050 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (7,825,050 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,667,797 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,667,797 | ||||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 78,356,019 | ||
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For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Common Stocks | $ | 23,431,670,051 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 23,431,670,051 | ||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 47,281,196 | — | — | 47,281,196 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Air Freight & Logistics — 2.5% | ||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 1,562,288 | $ | 280,915,005 | |||||
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| |||||||
Banks — 1.7% | ||||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 3,775,270 | 42,283,024 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 175,028 | 10,960,253 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 3,838,630 | 125,062,565 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 311,967 | 10,335,467 | ||||||
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188,641,309 | ||||||||
Beverages — 4.0% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 6,946,194 | 445,598,345 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 10.4% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 4,260,747 | 643,884,087 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,211,658 | 290,482,889 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 2,780,262 | 228,565,339 | ||||||
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1,162,932,315 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 2.4% | ||||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 286,397 | 9,929,384 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 1,699,533 | 151,819,283 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 46,933 | 2,818,796 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 725,887 | 19,511,843 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 468,643 | 12,161,286 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 224,388 | 8,499,817 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 580,292 | 65,184,200 | ||||||
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269,924,609 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.0% | ||||||||
Dow, Inc. | 2,132,442 | 116,004,845 | ||||||
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Communications Equipment — 3.3% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 7,737,213 | 365,583,314 | ||||||
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Containers & Packaging — 0.5% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 4,059,566 | 44,533,439 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 199,822 | 12,113,210 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.3% | ||||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 152,844 | 10,552,350 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 17,782,282 | 690,486,010 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 6.3% | ||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 153,434 | 9,571,213 | ||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 538,244 | 29,678,774 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,163,135 | 107,496,937 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 1,990,835 | 196,853,765 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 583,430 | 36,236,837 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 95,780 | 10,643,074 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 309,353 | 24,271,836 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 156,513 | 7,532,971 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 2,785,197 | 204,851,239 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1,009,389 | 70,566,385 | ||||||
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Financial Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 534,579 | 7,949,190 | ||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 386,824 | 9,388,218 | ||||||
Western Union Co. | 1,493,415 | 16,323,026 | ||||||
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Food Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 341,098 | 18,521,622 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food Products (continued) | ||||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 377,765 | $ | 10,392,315 | |||||
Kellogg Co. | 569,065 | 39,703,665 | ||||||
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Gas Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 183,650 | 10,266,035 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 178,050 | 9,194,502 | ||||||
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3% | ||||||||
Medtronic PLC | 2,807,521 | 255,344,035 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3% | ||||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 247,849 | 37,655,699 | ||||||
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Household Durables — 0.3% | ||||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 278,861 | 27,375,784 | ||||||
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Household Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
Clorox Co. | 234,843 | 38,894,698 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 770,115 | 111,581,962 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 113,820 | 3,190,375 | ||||||
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Insurance — 0.2% | ||||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 143,380 | 8,106,705 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 68,122 | 2,650,627 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 630,004 | 15,920,201 | ||||||
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IT Services — 3.2% | ||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,837,190 | 358,649,188 | ||||||
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Media — 2.9% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 7,901,344 | 326,878,601 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 0.2% | ||||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 276,743 | 21,262,165 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 2.5% | ||||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 418,937 | 47,092,708 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 1,112,159 | 70,288,449 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 589,756 | 91,701,160 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 671,970 | 64,623,355 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 25.8% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 1,771,269 | 19,058,854 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 4,013,604 | 676,613,362 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 5,191,699 | 132,907,494 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 679,812 | 96,669,266 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 297,406 | 14,653,194 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 1,001,565 | 119,656,971 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8,298,508 | 982,045,437 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 7,717,903 | 132,362,037 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 1,549,400 | 101,346,254 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 1,216,956 | 120,478,644 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1,617,056 | 351,790,533 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 4,150,940 | 125,607,444 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 14.4% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 4,386,069 | 292,857,827 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 4,703,723 | 769,999,455 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 13,970,036 | 543,294,700 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.4% | ||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 717,598 | $ | 449,575,147 | |||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,555,259 | 260,039,305 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 106,637 | 9,675,175 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 64,760 | 22,431,569 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% | 11,109,004,735 | |||||||
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Money Market Funds — 0.2% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(a)(b) | 22,682,184 | 22,682,184 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2% |
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Total Investments — 99.9% |
| 11,131,686,919 | ||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% | 5,977,866 | |||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ 11,137,664,785 | |||||||
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(b) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (22,951 | )(b) | $ | 22,951 | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 210,968 | (c) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 14,010,000 | 8,672,184 | (b) | — | — | — | 22,682,184 | 22,682,184 | 595,499 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(c) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 29 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||||
E-Mini Consumer Staples Index | 118 | 06/16/23 | $ | 9,234 | $ | 631,763 | ||||||||||
E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index | 67 | 06/16/23 | 11,457 | 568,214 | ||||||||||||
E-mini Energy Select Sector Index | 77 | 06/16/23 | 6,891 | 585,750 | ||||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,785,727 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,785,727 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,373,736 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,373,736 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,405,406 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,405,406 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 29,818,559 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
30 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Common Stocks | $ | 11,109,004,735 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 11,109,004,735 | ||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 22,682,184 | — | — | 22,682,184 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 31 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8% | ||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 355,314 | $ | 165,025,587 | |||||
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Automobiles — 1.4% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 25,787,111 | 306,350,879 | ||||||
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Banks — 10.5% | ||||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 7,113,533 | 220,092,711 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 3,506,206 | 152,064,154 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 7,255,041 | 190,082,074 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 7,639,443 | 134,072,225 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 9,549,410 | 109,627,227 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 18,871,183 | 211,357,250 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 17,439,596 | 196,369,851 | ||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 18,517,276 | 197,949,680 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 10,615,389 | 193,837,003 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 6,815,296 | 222,042,344 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 5,954,255 | 204,111,861 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 3,630,906 | 120,291,916 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 11,476,996 | 107,654,222 | ||||||
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Beverages — 1.0% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 3,467,534 | 222,442,306 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 1.2% | ||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,127,683 | 257,126,819 | ||||||
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Broadline Retail — 0.3% | ||||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 3,062,791 | 67,473,286 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 4.5% | ||||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 2,144,386 | 88,756,136 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 7,402,934 | 198,990,866 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 11,727,122 | 200,885,600 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 3,476,639 | 90,218,782 | ||||||
Lazard Ltd., Class A | 2,931,842 | 91,766,655 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 2,597,882 | 291,820,085 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 2.7% | ||||||||
Chemours Co. | 3,831,107 | 111,370,280 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 4,664,795 | 124,969,858 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 3,558,932 | 336,710,557 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.7% | ||||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 10,552,907 | 371,989,972 | ||||||
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Containers & Packaging — 4.1% | ||||||||
International Paper Co. | 8,899,691 | 294,668,769 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,783,494 | 241,235,398 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 2,500,995 | 151,610,317 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 6,428,085 | 192,392,584 | ||||||
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Distributors — 0.7% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 855,769 | 144,034,480 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 3,901,355 | 132,294,948 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.9% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 21,238,240 | 375,279,701 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 12,065,678 | 468,510,277 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 15.4% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 4,609,476 | 254,166,507 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 2,845,674 | $ | 262,997,191 | |||||
Edison International | 4,393,136 | 323,334,810 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 2,699,966 | 290,462,342 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 3,220,021 | 249,905,830 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 5,819,664 | 246,986,540 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 6,689,928 | 266,259,134 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 1,310,371 | 145,608,426 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 2,383,680 | 182,661,398 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 5,636,885 | 192,612,361 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 5,074,421 | 190,493,764 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 2,738,840 | 214,889,386 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 8,844,081 | 254,002,006 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 3,368,062 | 235,461,215 | ||||||
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Electrical Equipment — 0.8% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 1,977,719 | 164,664,884 | ||||||
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Financial Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Western Union Co. | 8,566,884 | 93,636,042 | ||||||
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Food Products — 2.2% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 6,799,740 | 258,118,131 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 2,310,494 | 204,779,083 | ||||||
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462,897,214 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 1.9% | ||||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 2,450,472 | 126,542,374 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 1,586,240 | 88,829,440 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 5,368,889 | 181,897,959 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3% | ||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 584,649 | 172,909,942 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. | 4,410,034 | 97,461,751 | ||||||
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270,371,693 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 3.0% | ||||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 2,041,799 | 200,443,408 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 3,485,141 | 112,604,906 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 10,407,608 | 126,452,437 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 1,392,288 | 194,349,482 | ||||||
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Household Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 2,052,914 | 297,446,709 | ||||||
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Insurance — 6.8% | ||||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 1,451,135 | 154,458,809 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 7,412,558 | 263,071,683 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 2,821,637 | 173,050,997 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 7,488,814 | 189,242,330 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 2,327,508 | 173,841,573 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 3,553,986 | 309,196,782 | ||||||
Unum Group | 4,534,273 | 191,346,321 | ||||||
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IT Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,684,106 | 339,297,840 | ||||||
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Media — 3.5% | ||||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 6,721,875 | 240,172,594 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 2,311,401 | 209,343,589 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 12,523,265 | 292,167,772 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 1.3% | ||||||||
Newmont Corp. | 5,859,580 | 277,744,092 |
32 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Multi-Utilities — 10.7% | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 1,734,605 | $ | 76,444,042 | |||||
Black Hills Corp. | 1,660,116 | 108,388,974 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 6,574,191 | 200,315,600 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 3,725,858 | 231,971,919 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 5,881,216 | 336,052,682 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 2,178,668 | 244,904,070 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 8,861,922 | 252,210,300 | ||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 1,488,345 | 87,246,784 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 4,303,710 | 271,994,472 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 1,438,096 | 223,609,547 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 2,654,926 | 255,324,233 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.7% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 1,552,047 | 261,644,083 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2,027,606 | 239,946,894 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 1,275,954 | 155,666,388 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 5,857,730 | 383,154,120 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 1,570,758 | 180,118,820 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.2% | ||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,709,151 | 197,355,666 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 6,784,398 | 263,845,238 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.4% | ||||||||
HP, Inc. | 8,471,897 | 251,700,060 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 4,589,505 | 269,725,209 | ||||||
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Tobacco — 4.2% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 11,651,360 | $ | 553,556,114 | |||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 3,524,286 | 352,322,871 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.6% | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 1,186,095 | 107,614,399 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 706,022 | 244,551,901 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% |
| 21,378,052,886 | ||||||
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Short-Term Securities |
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Money Market Funds — 0.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(a)(b) | 30,848,274 | 30,848,274 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1% (Cost: $30,848,274) | 30,848,274 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 99.9% | 21,408,901,160 | |||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% | 13,486,358 | |||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ 21,422,387,518 | |||||||
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(a) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | $ | 24,690,000 | $ | 6,158,274 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 30,848,274 | 30,848,274 | $ | 1,131,705 | $ | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||||
E-mini Energy Select Sector Index | 56 | 06/16/23 | $ | 5,011 | $ | 410,216 | ||||||||||
E-Mini Financial Select Sector Index | 232 | 06/16/23 | 23,821 | 976,738 | ||||||||||||
E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index | 197 | 06/16/23 | 13,768 | 742,601 | ||||||||||||
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S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 33 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,129,555 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,129,555 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (15,402,860 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (15,402,860 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,993,958 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,993,958 | ||||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 43,990,064 | ||
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For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 21,378,052,886 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 21,378,052,886 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 30,848,274 | — | — | 30,848,274 | ||||||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | 2,129,555 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,129,555 | ||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
34 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2023
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | iShares Core High | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | $ | 258,466,849 | $ | 23,268,864,450 | $ | 11,109,004,735 | $ | 21,378,052,886 | ||||||||
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | 2,182,745 | 210,086,797 | 22,682,184 | 30,848,274 | ||||||||||||
Cash | 27 | 1,788 | 3,019 | 11,220,584 | ||||||||||||
Cash pledged: | ||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 41,000 | 3,778,400 | 1,264,600 | 2,332,200 | ||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments sold | — | 54,734 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated | — | 38,248 | 22,951 | — | ||||||||||||
Capital shares sold | — | — | — | 163,762 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 499,642 | 29,808,281 | 27,275,983 | 40,471,740 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 2,507 | 199,426 | 69,797 | 104,945 | ||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 6,536 | 603,460 | 199,349 | 291,058 | ||||||||||||
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Total assets | 261,199,306 | 23,513,435,584 | 11,160,522,618 | 21,463,485,449 | ||||||||||||
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Collateral on securities loaned | — | 644,774 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments purchased | 489,057 | 50,174 | 22,012,243 | 33,422,139 | ||||||||||||
Capital shares redeemed | — | — | 104,915 | 842,259 | ||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 10,768 | 1,537,601 | 740,675 | 6,833,533 | ||||||||||||
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Total liabilities | 499,825 | 2,232,549 | 22,857,833 | 41,097,931 | ||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 260,699,481 | $ | 23,511,203,035 | $ | 11,137,664,785 | $ | 21,422,387,518 | ||||||||
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Paid-in capital | $ | 294,667,656 | $ | 21,630,932,128 | $ | 12,442,637,407 | $ | 21,831,688,920 | ||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | (33,968,175 | ) | 1,880,270,907 | (1,304,972,622 | ) | (409,301,402 | ) | |||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 260,699,481 | $ | 23,511,203,035 | $ | 11,137,664,785 | $ | 21,422,387,518 | ||||||||
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Shares outstanding | 6,950,000 | 462,050,000 | 108,400,000 | 182,150,000 | ||||||||||||
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Net asset value | $ | 37.51 | $ | 50.88 | $ | 102.75 | $ | 117.61 | ||||||||
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Shares authorized | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||||||||||||
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | $ | 265,454,374 | $ | 20,203,860,587 | $ | 10,878,378,036 | $ | 20,486,117,535 | ||||||||
(b) Securities loaned, at value | $ | — | $ | 348,178 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 2,339,779 | $ | 193,856,412 | $ | 22,682,184 | $ | 30,848,274 |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S | 35 |
Year Ended April 30, 2023
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | iShares Core High | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 6,793,989 | $ | 588,051,257 | $ | 476,045,883 | $ | 862,494,768 | ||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 42,216 | 5,605,047 | 595,499 | 1,131,705 | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | — | 347,885 | 210,968 | — | ||||||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld | (3,728 | ) | (80,601 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
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Total investment income | 6,832,477 | 593,923,588 | 476,852,350 | 863,626,473 | ||||||||||||
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EXPENSES | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory | 372,214 | 18,664,673 | 9,692,306 | 84,438,799 | ||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 372,214 | 18,664,673 | 9,692,306 | 84,438,799 | ||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 6,460,263 | 575,258,915 | 467,160,044 | 779,187,674 | ||||||||||||
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Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (23,615,437 | ) | (678,216,458 | ) | (582,942,404 | ) | (732,465,409 | ) | ||||||||
Investments — affiliated | (78,635 | ) | (8,262,192 | ) | 22,951 | — | ||||||||||
Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated | — | 39 | 11 | 31 | ||||||||||||
Futures contracts | (120,194 | ) | (7,825,050 | ) | (1,373,736 | ) | (15,402,860 | ) | ||||||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 11,185,142 | 933,269,271 | 771,503,706 | 1,432,050,704 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a) | 11,443 | 9,232,020 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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(12,617,681 | ) | 248,197,630 | 187,210,528 | 684,182,466 | ||||||||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (1,131,685 | ) | (87,340,574 | ) | (427,539,745 | ) | (1,830,426,503 | ) | ||||||||
Investments — affiliated | 91,922 | 14,951,891 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 77,277 | 6,667,797 | 1,405,406 | 2,993,958 | ||||||||||||
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(962,486 | ) | (65,720,886 | ) | (426,134,339 | ) | (1,827,432,545 | ) | |||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (13,580,167 | ) | 182,476,744 | (238,923,811 | ) | (1,143,250,079 | ) | |||||||||
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | (7,119,904 | ) | $ | 757,735,659 | $ | 228,236,233 | $ | (364,062,405 | ) | ||||||
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(a) | See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
See notes to financial statements.
36 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 6,460,263 | $ | 2,926,970 | $ | 575,258,915 | $ | 445,718,048 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | (12,617,681 | ) | 9,208,877 | 248,197,630 | 971,722,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (962,486 | ) | (19,291,256 | ) | (65,720,886 | ) | (933,077,494 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (7,119,904 | ) | (7,155,409 | ) | 757,735,659 | 484,363,070 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (6,069,221 | ) | (2,605,463 | ) | (566,321,278 | ) | (433,784,061 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 13,625,180 | 202,844,254 | 576,990,646 | 4,289,062,601 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total increase in net assets | 436,055 | 193,083,382 | 768,405,027 | 4,339,641,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 260,263,426 | 67,180,044 | 22,742,798,008 | 18,403,156,398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 260,699,481 | $ | 260,263,426 | $ | 23,511,203,035 | $ | 22,742,798,008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S | 37 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
iShares Core High Dividend ETF | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 467,160,044 | $ | 282,262,323 | $ | 779,187,674 | $ | 627,979,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain | 187,210,528 | 479,090,410 | 684,182,466 | 1,169,713,678 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (426,134,339 | ) | 55,124,197 | (1,827,432,545 | ) | (420,759,814 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 228,236,233 | 816,476,930 | (364,062,405 | ) | 1,376,933,682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (476,667,345 | ) | (262,993,551 | ) | (783,757,169 | ) | (605,570,050 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 1,755,194,226 | 2,238,090,827 | 908,270,822 | 2,395,005,483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,506,763,114 | 2,791,574,206 | (239,548,752 | ) | 3,166,369,115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 9,630,901,671 | 6,839,327,465 | 21,661,936,270 | 18,495,567,155 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 11,137,664,785 | $ | 9,630,901,671 | $ | 21,422,387,518 | $ | 21,661,936,270 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
38 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core Dividend ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | Year Ended 04/30/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 39.14 | $ | 38.39 | $ | 25.94 | $ | 27.96 | $ | 25.30 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 0.96 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.61 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | (1.68 | ) | 0.68 | 12.43 | (2.02 | ) | 2.67 | |||||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | (0.72 | ) | 1.45 | 13.13 | (1.38 | ) | 3.28 | |||||||||||||||||
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From net investment income | (0.91 | ) | (0.70 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.58 | ) | ||||||||||||||
From net realized gain | — | — | — | — | (0.04 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total distributions | (0.91 | ) | (0.70 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.62 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 37.51 | $ | 39.14 | $ | 38.39 | $ | 25.94 | $ | 27.96 | ||||||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | (1.75 | )% | 3.71 | % | 51.33 | % | (4.95 | )% | 13.21 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 0.15 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 2.54 | % | 1.87 | % | 2.20 | % | 2.31 | % | 2.34 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 260,699 | $ | 260,263 | $ | 67,180 | $ | 24,645 | $ | 8,389 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover rate(f) | 65 | % | 25 | % | 30 | % | 33 | % | 31 | % | ||||||||||||||
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(b) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | 39 |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | Year Ended 04/30/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 50.58 | $ | 49.87 | $ | 36.39 | $ | 38.13 | $ | 33.86 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 1.22 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 0.99 | 0.91 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | 0.28 | 0.68 | 13.44 | (1.77 | ) | 4.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 1.50 | 1.78 | 14.52 | (0.78 | ) | 5.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (1.20 | ) | (1.07 | ) | (1.04 | ) | (0.96 | ) | (0.84 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 50.88 | $ | 50.58 | $ | 49.87 | $ | 36.39 | $ | 38.13 | ||||||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 3.13 | % | 3.51 | % | 40.52 | % | (2.05 | )% | 15.30 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 2.47 | % | 2.10 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 23,511,203 | $ | 22,742,798 | $ | 18,403,156 | $ | 9,355,727 | $ | 7,084,809 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover rate(f) | 30 | % | 22 | % | 31 | % | 24 | % | 26 | % | ||||||||||||||
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(b) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
40 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core High Dividend ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | Year Ended 04/30/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 103.67 | $ | 95.59 | $ | 81.85 | $ | 95.42 | $ | 84.44 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 3.95 | 3.68 | 3.56 | 3.24 | 3.09 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | (0.88 | ) | 7.80 | 13.72 | (13.51 | ) | 11.01 | |||||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 3.07 | 11.48 | 17.28 | (10.27 | ) | 14.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (3.99 | ) | (3.40 | ) | (3.54 | ) | (3.30 | ) | (3.12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 102.75 | $ | 103.67 | $ | 95.59 | $ | 81.85 | $ | 95.42 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 3.86 | % | 3.68 | % | 4.13 | % | 3.53 | % | 3.48 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 11,137,665 | $ | 9,630,902 | $ | 6,839,327 | $ | 6,036,798 | $ | 7,175,741 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover rate(f) | 74 | % | 74 | % | 75 | % | 62 | % | 57 | % | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 123.50 | $ | 118.37 | $ | 80.66 | $ | 101.13 | $ | 96.31 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 4.24 | 3.91 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 3.31 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | (5.87 | ) | 4.97 | 37.74 | (20.30 | ) | 4.80 | |||||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (4.26 | ) | (3.75 | ) | (3.54 | ) | (3.68 | ) | (3.29 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 117.61 | $ | 123.50 | $ | 118.37 | $ | 80.66 | $ | 101.13 | ||||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 3.52 | % | 3.23 | % | 3.78 | % | 3.60 | % | 3.40 | % | ||||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 21,422,388 | $ | 21,666,936 | $ | 18,495,567 | $ | 13,257,023 | $ | 17,585,695 | ||||||||||||||
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(b) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
42 | 2 0 2 3 I S H A R E S A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
1. | ORGANIZATION |
iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.
These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
iShares ETF | Diversification Classification | |||
Core Dividend(a) | Diversified | |||
Core Dividend Growth | Diversified | |||
Core High Dividend | Non-Diversified | |||
Select Dividend | Diversified |
(a) | Formerly the iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF. |
2. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.
Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of April 30, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.
In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.
Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
3. | INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise
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accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:
• | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price. |
• | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV. |
• | Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded. |
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.
Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
• | Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access; |
• | Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and |
• | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. | SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in
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connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
iShares ETF and Counterparty | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received | (a) | | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value | (a) | | Net Amount | | ||||
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(a) | Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund
5. | DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6. | INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).
For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:
iShares ETF | Investment Advisory Fees | |||
Core Dividend | 0.05 | % | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 0.08 | |||
Core High Dividend | 0.08 |
Prior to October 25, 2022, BFA was entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.25%, accrued daily and paid monthly by the iShares Core Dividend ETF, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.
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For its investment advisory services to the iShares Select Dividend ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets | Investment Advisory Fees | |||
First $46 billion | 0.4000 | % | ||
Over $46 billion, up to and including $81 billion | 0.3800 | |||
Over $81 billion, up to and including $111 billion | 0.3610 | |||
Over $111 billion, up to and including $141 billion | 0.3430 | |||
Over $141 billion, up to and including $171 billion | 0.3259 | |||
Over $171 billion | 0.3096 |
Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.
ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
iShares ETF | Amounts | |||
Core Dividend Growth | $ | 85,696 | ||
Core High Dividend | 52,652 |
Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.
For the year ended April 30, 2023, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | |||||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 94,969,928 | $ | 76,161,801 | $ | (16,925,550 | ) | |||||
Core Dividend Growth | 1,285,177,404 | 1,174,612,485 | (118,224,806 | ) | ||||||||
Core High Dividend | 1,335,495,881 | 1,828,547,937 | (85,312,331 | ) | ||||||||
Select Dividend | 218,257,809 | 481,992,957 | (136,150,018 | ) |
Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.
A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.
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7. | PURCHASES AND SALES |
For the year ended April 30, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 165,564,826 | $ | 165,098,872 | ||||
Core Dividend Growth | 7,043,976,956 | 7,040,017,858 | ||||||
Core High Dividend | 8,866,749,370 | 8,856,148,451 | ||||||
Select Dividend | 3,517,995,980 | 3,347,858,226 |
For the year ended April 30, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:
iShares ETF | In-kind Purchases | In-kind Sales | ||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 112,755,863 | $ | 99,353,089 | ||||
Core Dividend Growth | 3,493,981,587 | 2,918,382,552 | ||||||
Core High Dividend | 6,683,682,001 | 4,951,692,725 | ||||||
Select Dividend | 5,436,041,407 | 4,698,943,404 |
8. | INCOME TAX INFORMATION |
Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of April 30, 2023, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of April 30, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:
iShares ETF | Paid-in capital | Accumulated earnings (loss) | ||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 11,113,666 | $ | (11,113,666 | ) | |||
Core Dividend Growth | 940,745,339 | (940,745,339 | ) | |||||
Core High Dividend | 768,374,830 | (768,374,830 | ) | |||||
Select Dividend | 1,420,840,792 | (1,420,840,792 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
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Ordinary income | $ | 6,069,221 | $ | 2,605,463 | ||||
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of April 30, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:
iShares ETF | Undistributed Ordinary Income | Non-expiring Capital Loss Carryforwards(a) | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses)(b) | Total | ||||||||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 790,426 | $ | (27,102,633 | ) | $ | (7,655,968 | ) | $ | (33,968,175 | ) | |||||
Core Dividend Growth | 46,746,271 | (1,198,672,614 | ) | 3,032,197,250 | 1,880,270,907 | |||||||||||
Core High Dividend | 18,169,628 | (1,517,558,189 | ) | 194,415,939 | (1,304,972,622 | ) | ||||||||||
Select Dividend | 26,626,240 | (1,183,909,294 | ) | 747,981,652 | (409,301,402 | ) |
(a) | Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains. |
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts, the characterization of corporate actions, the timing and recognition of partnership income and the timing and recognition of realized gains (losses) for tax purposes. |
As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
iShares ETF | Tax Cost | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 268,305,562 | $ | 9,192,641 | $ | (16,848,609 | ) | $ | (7,655,968 | ) | ||||||
Core Dividend Growth | 20,446,753,997 | 3,567,284,035 | (535,086,785 | ) | 3,032,197,250 | |||||||||||
Core High Dividend | 10,937,270,980 | 781,563,591 | (587,147,652 | ) | 194,415,939 | |||||||||||
Select Dividend | 20,660,919,508 | 2,139,363,711 | (1,391,382,059 | ) | 747,981,652 |
9. | PRINCIPAL RISKS |
In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.
BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.
The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
10. | CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.
Transactions in capital shares were as follows:
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Shares sold | 3,000,000 | $ | 113,592,280 | 5,700,000 | $ | 235,671,266 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (2,700,000 | ) | (99,967,100 | ) | (800,000 | ) | (32,827,012 | ) | ||||||||
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Shares sold | 70,700,000 | $ | 3,514,986,304 | 121,400,000 | $ | 6,428,227,610 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (58,300,000 | ) | (2,937,995,658 | ) | (40,750,000 | ) | (2,139,165,009 | ) | ||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (49,000,000 | ) | (4,950,934,523 | ) | (18,100,000 | ) | (1,864,256,743 | ) | ||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (41,250,000 | ) | (4,764,707,405 | ) | (29,800,000 | ) | (3,649,180,859 | ) | ||||||||
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The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.
From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
11. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Board of Trustees of
iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the four funds listed in the table below
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (four of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of April 30, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
iShares Core Dividend ETF
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
iShares Core High Dividend ETF
iShares Select Dividend ETF
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Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 21, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.
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Important Tax Information (unaudited)
The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated are qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
iShares ETF | Qualified Dividend Income | |||
Core Dividend | $ | 6,495,642 | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 588,412,433 | |||
Core High Dividend | 469,772,321 | |||
Select Dividend | 859,760,474 |
The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
iShares ETF | Qualified Business Income | |||
Core Dividend | $ | 75,933 |
The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:
iShares ETF | Dividends-Received Deduction | |||
Core Dividend | 98.15 | % | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 99.10 | |||
Core High Dividend | 99.55 | |||
Select Dividend | 100.00 |
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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)
In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Core Dividend ETF, iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, iShares Core High Dividend ETF and iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2021 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).
The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.
The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:
a) | The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes. |
b) | Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size ("RATS"). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. |
c) | Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing. |
d) | The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period. |
e) | The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review. |
There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited)
Section 19(a) Notices
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
April 30, 2023
Total Cumulative Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date | % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iShares ETF | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core High Dividend | $ | 3.987997 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3.987997 | 100 | % | — | % | — | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Select Dividend | 4.258177 | — | — | 4.258177 | 100 | — | — | 100 |
Premium/Discount Information
Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.
Regulation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and its United Kingdom (“UK”) equivalent, (“AIFMD”) impose detailed and prescriptive obligations on fund managers established in the European Union (the “EU”) and the UK. These do not currently apply to managers established outside of the EU or UK, such as BFA (the “Company”). Rather, the Company is only required to comply with certain disclosure, reporting and transparency obligations of AIFMD because it has registered the iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) to be marketed to investors in the EU and/or UK.
Report on Remuneration
The Company is required under AIFMD to make quantitative disclosures of remuneration. These disclosures are made in line with BlackRock’s interpretation of currently available regulatory guidance on quantitative remuneration disclosures. As market or regulatory practice develops BlackRock may consider it appropriate to make changes to the way in which quantitative remuneration disclosures are calculated. Where such changes are made, this may result in disclosures in relation to a fund not being comparable to the disclosures made in the prior year, or in relation to other BlackRock fund disclosures in that same year.
Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; and (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund.
All individuals included in the aggregated figures disclosed are rewarded in line with BlackRock’s remuneration policy for their responsibilities across the relevant BlackRock business area. As all individuals have a number of areas of responsibilities, only the portion of remuneration for those individuals’ services attributable to the Fund is included in the aggregate figures disclosed.
BlackRock has a clear and well-defined pay-for-performance philosophy, and compensation programs which support that philosophy.
BlackRock operates a total compensation model for remuneration which includes a base salary, which is contractual, and a discretionary bonus scheme. Although all employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus, there is no contractual obligation to make a discretionary bonus award to any employees. For senior management and staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund, a significant percentage of variable remuneration is deferred over time. All employees are subject to a clawback policy.
Remuneration decisions for employees are made once annually in January following the end of the performance year, based on BlackRock’s full-year financial results and other non-financial goals and objectives. Alongside financial performance, individual total compensation is also based on strategic and operating results and other considerations such as management and leadership capabilities. No set formulas are established and no fixed benchmarks are used in determining annual incentive awards.
Annual incentive awards are paid from a bonus pool which is reviewed throughout the year by BlackRock’s independent compensation committee, taking into account both actual and projected financial information together with information provided by the Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Compliance departments in relation to any activities, incidents or events that warrant consideration in making compensation decisions. Individuals are not involved in setting their own remuneration.
Each of the control functions (Enterprise Risk, Legal & Compliance, and Internal Audit) each have their own organizational structures which are independent of the business units and therefore staff members in control functions are remunerated independently of the businesses they oversee. Functional bonus pools for those control functions are determined with reference to the performance of each individual function and the remuneration of the senior members of control functions is directly overseen by BlackRock’s independent remuneration committee.
Members of staff and senior management of the Company typically provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the Company and across the broader BlackRock group. Conversely, members of staff and senior management of the broader BlackRock group may provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the broader BlackRock group and of the Company. Therefore, the figures disclosed are a sum
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Supplemental Information (unaudited)
of individuals’ portion of remuneration attributable to the Company according to an objective apportionment methodology which acknowledges the multiple-service nature of the Company and the broader BlackRock group. Accordingly, the figures are not representative of any individual’s actual remuneration or their remuneration structure.
The amount of the total remuneration awarded to the Company’s staff in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022 was USD 4,121 million. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 685 million and variable remuneration of USD 3,436 million. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.
The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022, to its senior management was USD 2,958 million, and to other members of its staff whose actions potentially have a material impact on the risk profile of the Company or its funds was USD 970 million. These figures relate to the entire Company and not to the Fund.
Disclosures Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
iShares Select Dividend ETF is registered under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to be marketed to European Union (“EU”) investors, as noted above. As a result, certain disclosures are required under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”).
iShares Select Dividend ETF has not been categorized under the SFDR as an “Article 8” or “Article 9” product. In addition, the Fund’s investment strategy does not take into account the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities under the EU sustainable investment taxonomy regulation or principal adverse impacts (“PAIs”) on sustainability factors under the SFDR. PAIs are identified under the SFDR as the material impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors relating to environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters.
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited)
The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).
The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of April 30, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).
Interested Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Robert S. Kapito(a) (1957) | Trustee (since 2009). | President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002). | Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Salim Ramji(b) (1970) | Trustee (since 2019). | Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019). |
(a) | Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. |
(b) | Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. |
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
John E. Kerrigan (1955) | Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022). | Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022). | |||
Jane D. Carlin (1956) | Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016). | Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016). | |||
Richard L. Fagnani (1954) | Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019). | Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Cecilia H. Herbert (1949) | Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022). | Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Drew E. Lawton (1959) | Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017). | Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021). | |||
John E. Martinez (1961) | Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019). | Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Madhav V. Rajan (1964) | Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019). | Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Officers | ||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||
Dominik Rohé (1973) | President (since 2023). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023). | ||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds. | ||
Charles Park (1967) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006). | Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006). | ||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017). | ||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019). | ||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022). | ||
James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020). |
Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.
Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviation | ||
NVS | Non-Voting Shares | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
S&P | Standard & Poor’s |
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iS-AR-409-0423
APRIL 30, 2023 |
2023 Annual Report
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iShares Trust
· | iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | IMCV | NASDAQ |
· | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | ISCB | NYSE Arca |
· | iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | ILCB | NYSE Arca |
· | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | ILCV | NYSE Arca |
Dear Shareholder,
Investors faced an uncertain economic landscape during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2023, amid mixed indicators and rapidly changing market conditions. The U.S. economy returned to modest growth beginning in the third quarter of 2022, although the pace of growth slowed thereafter. Inflation was elevated, reaching a 40-year high as labor costs grew rapidly and unemployment rates reached the lowest levels in decades. However, inflation moderated as the period continued, while continued strength in consumer spending backstopped the economy.
Equity returns varied substantially, as large-capitalization U.S. stocks gained for the period amid a rebound in big tech stocks, whereas small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined. International equities from developed markets advanced strongly, while emerging market stocks declined, pressured by higher interest rates and volatile commodities prices.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, although high-yield corporate bonds posted a positive return as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and incrementally reduced its balance sheet by not replacing securities that reach maturity. In addition, the Fed added liquidity to markets amid the failure of prominent regional banks.
Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth was modest in the last year, we believe that stickiness in services inflation and continued wage growth will keep inflation above central bank targets for some time. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes and indicated a pause could be its next step, we believe that the Fed still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the rapid increase in interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.
While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar could provide a supportive backdrop. We also see selective, long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing, and higher yields offer attractive income. However, we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most significant opportunities in short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of April 30, 2023 |
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U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) | 8.63 | % | 2.66 | % | ||||||
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) | (3.45 | ) | (3.65 | ) | ||||||
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | 24.19 | 8.42 | ||||||||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | 16.36 | (6.51 | ) | |||||||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | 2.09 | 2.83 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) | 7.14 | (1.68 | ) | |||||||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | 6.91 | (0.43 | ) | |||||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) | 7.65 | 2.87 | ||||||||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | 6.21 | 1.21 |
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Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 1.50%. Despite headwinds, including elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy, equities were supported by the economy’s continued resilience. While inflation was high throughout the reporting period, the pace of inflationary growth slackened, driving investor optimism. Markets endured in the face of disruption from the banking industry late in the reporting period. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value and leading to concern about the stability of a third bank. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.
Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at a multi-decade high. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. The rate of inflation began to decline beginning in July 2022, continuing to decelerate for 10 consecutive months. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.
The U.S. economy recovered from a contraction in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the second half of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest posted level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate — which measures the total proportion of working age persons employed or looking for work — rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.
To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to decrease the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.
Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, as many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Morningstar® US Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | (2.60 | )% | 6.08 | % | 9.36 | % | (2.60 | )% | 34.35 | % | 144.66 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | (2.65 | ) | 6.10 | 9.36 | (2.65 | ) | 34.44 | 144.75 | ||||||||||||||||
Index | (2.61 | ) | 6.25 | 9.60 | (2.61 | ) | 35.38 | 150.14 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar US Mid Value IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,023.10 | $ 0.31 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.49 | $ 0.30 | 0.06 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Value-oriented mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as slower economic growth and elevated inflation and interest rates precipitated a shift toward larger, less expensive stocks and away from smaller and less liquid stocks. The real estate sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates made financing more expensive for REITs. Furthermore, higher interest rates meant increased bond yields, making dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors.
The financials sector detracted significantly from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. Persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses in the banking industry. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks.
The materials sector also detracted notably, led by the chemicals industry. As the price of food commodities declined from the highs reached immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, makers of fertilizer products faced headwinds. The containers and packaging industry also declined amid softening demand for containerboard.
On the upside, industrials stocks contributed the most to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity. Pandemic-related supply chain disruptions led some manufacturers to add domestic production capacity to increase speed and flexibility. The machinery industry was a notable source of strength, as the manufacturing resurgence drove strong demand for industrial machinery, enabling significant price increases.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | Percent of | |||
Financials | 15.7% | |||
Industrials | 12.5 | |||
Utilities | 12.2 | |||
Materials | 10.6 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 10.6 | |||
Real Estate | 9.3 | |||
Health Care | 9.0 | |||
Information Technology | 7.2 | |||
Consumer Staples | 6.0 | |||
Energy | 4.3 | |||
Communication Services | 2.6 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent of | |||
Biogen, Inc. | 1.2% | |||
Dow, Inc. | 1.0 | |||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1.0 | |||
Newmont Corp. | 1.0 | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 1.0 | |||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 0.9 | |||
DR Horton, Inc. | 0.9 | |||
Cummins, Inc. | 0.9 | |||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 0.9 | |||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 0.8 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar® US Small Cap Extended IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | (2.85 | )% | 3.33 | % | 7.13 | % | (2.85 | )% | 17.79 | % | 99.04 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | (3.00 | ) | 3.27 | 7.09 | (3.00 | ) | 17.46 | 98.44 | ||||||||||||||||
Index | (3.06 | ) | 3.35 | 7.19 | (3.06 | ) | 17.90 | 100.29 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Small Core IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar US Small Cap Extended IndexSM.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 995.70 | $ 0.20 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.60 | $ 0.20 | 0.04 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as slower economic growth and elevated inflation and interest rates precipitated a shift toward larger, less expensive stocks and away from smaller and less liquid stocks. The real estate sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on stocks in the sector. Equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) were the largest source of weakness. REITs typically take on substantial debt in order to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates made financing more expensive for REITs. Furthermore, higher interest rates meant increased bond yields, making dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors, although many REITs raised dividends during the reporting period.
The financials sector detracted significantly from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the liquidation of a key bank for cryptocurrency firms followed by the sudden failure of two regional banks.
On the upside, industrials stocks contributed the most to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity. Furthermore, some manufacturers added domestic production capacity following pandemic-related supply chain disruptions. The machinery industry was a notable source of strength, as the manufacturing resurgence drove strong demand for industrial machinery, enabling significant price increases.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | Percent of | |||
Industrials | 18.2% | |||
Financials | 15.7 | |||
Health Care | 15.2 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 14.1 | |||
Information Technology | 12.3 | |||
Real Estate | 5.7 | |||
Materials | 5.3 | |||
Energy | 4.0 | |||
Consumer Staples | 3.6 | |||
Communication Services | 3.3 | |||
Utilities | 2.6 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent of | |||
Exact Sciences Corp. | 0.4% | |||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. | 0.3 | |||
Penumbra, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
DraftKings, Inc., Class A | 0.3 | |||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 0.3 | |||
Masimo Corp. | 0.3 | |||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
EMCOR Group, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Iridium Communications, Inc. | 0.2 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that re included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | 1.77 | % | 10.38 | % | 11.31 | % | 1.77 | % | 63.86 | % | 191.90 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 1.84 | 10.38 | 11.31 | 1.84 | 63.82 | 191.93 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 1.78 | 10.52 | 11.49 | 1.78 | 64.87 | 196.81 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large Core IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar US Large-Mid Cap IndexSM.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,081.90 | $ 0.16 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.64 | $ 0.15 | 0.03 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
FUND SUMMARY | 9 |
Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as slower economic growth and elevated inflation and interest rates precipitated a shift toward larger, less expensive stocks and away from smaller and less liquid stocks. The information technology sector contributed the most to the Index’s return. The semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry advanced strongly amid optimism about the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) applications. The launch and rapid growth of a prominent, consumer-facing AI product captured investors’ attention. Because AI products require substantial computational resources, analysts considered certain semiconductor makers well positioned to benefit from continued AI growth. Late in the reporting period, a series of partnerships between chipmakers and AI companies solidified investors’ optimism. The technology hardware, storage, and peripherals industry also gained amid resilient sales of premium smartphones and rising demand in Asia. Higher revenue from services also boosted earnings, as a large and growing installed base of devices provided a significant pool of customers for advertising and subscription products.
The energy sector also contributed significantly to the Index’s return. The price of oil and natural gas surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While prices subsequently fell as markets stabilized, the relatively high average prices of energy commodities supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry.
On the downside, the consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, as elevated inflation drove up costs for companies and consumer spending growth tapered off. Stocks in the automobiles industry declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales continued to grow, production did not meet analysts’ expectations, and price discounts negatively impacted revenues. Increased competition also weighed on the industry, as more automakers expanded their EV offerings.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |
Information Technology | 25.6% | |
Health Care | 14.2 | |
Financials | 13.3 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.1 | |
Industrials | 8.9 | |
Communication Services | 8.0 | |
Consumer Staples | 7.0 | |
Energy | 4.7 | |
Real Estate | 2.8 | |
Utilities | 2.8 | |
Materials | 2.6 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |
Apple Inc. | 6.8% | |
Microsoft Corp. | 6.2 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.5 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | 1.8 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 1.7 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B | 1.6 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS | 1.5 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 1.4 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.3 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1.2 |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Morningstar Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | 2.53 | % | 8.02 | % | 8.97 | % | 2.53 | % | 47.09 | % | 135.99 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 2.49 | 8.02 | 8.97 | 2.49 | 47.09 | 136.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 2.56 | 8.19 | 9.18 | 2.56 | 48.25 | 140.78 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large Value IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,050.20 | $ 0.20 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.60 | $ 0.20 | 0.04 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
F U N D S U M M A R Y | 11 |
Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Value-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks gained for the reporting period, as slower economic growth and elevated inflation and interest rates precipitated a shift toward larger, less expensive stocks and away from smaller and less liquid stocks. The energy sector contributed the most to the Index’s return. The price of oil and natural gas surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While prices subsequently fell as markets stabilized, the relatively high average prices of energy commodities supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry. A sharp reduction in Russian gas exports to Europe benefited U.S. gas producers, who increased their European exports.
The communication services sector also contributed to the Index’s return amid strength in the interactive media and services industry. Cost-cutting measures reassured investors who were concerned about bloated expenses. New investments in artificial intelligence technologies drove optimism about improved advertising services, and active user growth helped reverse declining revenues.
The consumer discretionary sector also contributed. Periodic rebalancing of the Index meant that the Index added to a position in the internet and direct marketing retail industry, which subsequently advanced amid an increased focus on managing costs.
On the downside, the information technology sector detracted from the Index’s performance. Periodic rebalancing of the Index meant that the Index held a technology hardware, storage, and peripherals stock for an interval when it was declining and subsequently sold the stock. During this interval, the stock faced headwinds due to production disruptions in Chinese factories following the implementation of COVID-19 protocols.
The real estate sector also detracted, particularly equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates made financing more expensive.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |
Financials | 18.2% | |
Health Care | 15.1 | |
Industrials | 10.8 | |
Consumer Staples | 10.5 | |
Communication Services | 9.6 | |
Information Technology | 8.8 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 8.5 | |
Energy | 7.3 | |
Utilities | 5.0 | |
Materials | 3.6 | |
Real Estate | 2.6 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B | 3.3% | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 2.9 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.7 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.5 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 2.4 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.2 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.0 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | 1.5 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 1.4 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS | 1.2 |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
ABOUT FUND PERFORMANCE / DISCLOSURE OF EXPENSES | 13 |
April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.5% | ||||||||
Textron, Inc. | 10,386 | $ | 695,239 | |||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. | 2,852 | 2,181,780 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,877,019 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.(a) | 10,060 | 1,014,752 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.(a) | 21,747 | 2,475,679 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,490,431 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.6% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC(b) | 14,895 | 1,532,100 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 21,514 | 1,035,469 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 4,548 | 580,597 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,148,166 | ||||||||
Banks — 4.0% | ||||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 3,948 | 331,119 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 67,327 | 2,083,097 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 12,196 | 528,941 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 10,744 | 600,053 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 5,568 | 613,872 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 19,315 | 998,392 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 93,380 | 2,446,556 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A | 850 | 856,103 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 73,324 | 1,286,836 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 197,210 | 2,208,752 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 127,678 | 1,437,654 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 23,131 | 2,909,880 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 127,628 | 2,330,487 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 23,864 | 890,127 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp | 9,183 | 340,873 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A | 20,572 | 573,136 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
20,435,878 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.3% | ||||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 25,631 | 1,524,532 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Biotechnology — 1.6% | ||||||||
Biogen, Inc.(b) | 19,677 | 5,986,334 | ||||||
Horizon Therapeutics PLC(b) | 12,740 | 1,416,178 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(b) | 4,206 | 967,927 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,370,439 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 1.1% | ||||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(b) | 139,561 | 2,339,042 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 74,151 | 3,442,831 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,781,873 | ||||||||
Building Products — 2.5% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 9,618 | 656,813 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 6,587 | 727,732 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b) | 12,187 | 1,154,962 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 2,380 | 513,723 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 77,234 | 3,229,926 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 17,577 | 1,137,056 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 2,273 | 640,782 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 30,813 | 1,648,804 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 8,719 | 931,276 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 13,414 | 2,492,455 | ||||||
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| |||||||
13,133,529 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 4.4% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 8,599 | 2,623,727 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 100,505 | 4,280,508 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 29,968 | 908,929 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 21,778 | $ | 1,171,439 | |||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 39,076 | 1,050,363 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 62,328 | 1,067,679 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 24,804 | 794,472 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 24,247 | 1,342,556 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 28,481 | 2,226,075 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 6,383 | 376,022 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 47,691 | 3,446,152 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 30,649 | 3,442,802 | ||||||
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22,730,724 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 5.6% | ||||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 13,649 | 1,450,070 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 26,817 | 1,919,561 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 96,317 | 5,239,645 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 62,599 | 4,364,402 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 16,262 | 1,370,399 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 11,076 | 1,368,772 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 34,839 | 3,377,990 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 22,512 | 2,129,860 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. | 46,535 | 1,994,025 | ||||||
Olin Corp. | 6,811 | 377,329 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 32,114 | 4,504,310 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 6,712 | 550,585 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 2,262 | 257,370 | ||||||
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| |||||||
28,904,318 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.4% | ||||||||
F5, Inc.(b) | 4,726 | 634,985 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 44,325 | 1,336,399 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,971,384 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.4% | ||||||||
AECOM | 9,954 | 826,680 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 7,708 | 1,307,585 | ||||||
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2,134,265 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.8% | ||||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 41,033 | 1,082,450 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 14,263 | 1,475,793 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 59,762 | 1,763,577 | ||||||
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4,321,820 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 22,010 | 460,009 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(b) | 10,695 | 816,777 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 2,058 | 470,912 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 89,009 | 4,328,508 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(b) | 13,951 | 535,718 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 97,819 | 3,448,120 | ||||||
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10,060,044 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 2.3% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 202,581 | 2,222,314 | ||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 4,747 | 562,567 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 5,325 | 929,106 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 42,901 | 2,281,475 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 9,272 | 795,352 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 48,636 | 1,610,338 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 12,653 | 1,711,445 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 12,983 | 623,054 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 34,931 | 1,045,485 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,781,136 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.7% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 10,903 | 1,835,084 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 22,967 | $ | 1,325,885 | |||||
Pool Corp. | 1,853 | 650,996 | ||||||
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3,811,965 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
ADT, Inc. | 28,950 | 193,965 | ||||||
Service Corp. International | 7,986 | 560,537 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
754,502 | ||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 28,788 | 2,136,070 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 126,333 | 299,409 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Electric Utilities — 6.3% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 34,321 | 1,892,460 | ||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 9,566 | 385,127 | ||||||
Edison International | 52,180 | 3,840,448 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 27,804 | 2,991,154 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 31,380 | 1,949,012 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 47,594 | 3,693,770 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 74,220 | 2,953,956 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 14,113 | 482,241 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 27,431 | 1,029,760 | ||||||
PG&E Corp.(b) | 220,000 | 3,764,200 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 15,427 | 1,210,403 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 100,612 | 2,889,577 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 74,777 | 5,227,660 | ||||||
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32,309,768 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.7% | ||||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,396 | 449,359 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 9,018 | 1,173,783 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 6,258 | 1,773,580 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,396,722 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3% | ||||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(b) | 7,990 | 914,296 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 71,701 | 2,381,907 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a)(b) | 39,993 | 822,656 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 7,029 | 549,316 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 5,720 | 509,309 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(b) | 14,164 | 667,124 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b) | 2,697 | 776,817 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,621,425 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 56,047 | 1,638,814 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 60,602 | 1,984,715 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 53,838 | 901,787 | ||||||
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4,525,316 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.5% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 14,762 | 1,878,908 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class A(b) | 1,359 | 88,036 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(b) | 11,844 | 855,018 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,821,962 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 1.3% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 24,583 | 1,558,316 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 47,181 | 1,226,234 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b) | 5,042 | 1,078,585 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 19,964 | 2,250,142 | ||||||
WEX, Inc.(b) | 2,465 | 437,168 | ||||||
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6,550,445 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food Products — 3.2% | ||||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 20,479 | $ | 1,916,835 | |||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 27,450 | 1,490,535 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 65,127 | 2,472,221 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(b) | 13,397 | 798,059 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 19,052 | 770,463 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 14,574 | 2,250,371 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 34,975 | 2,440,206 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 19,894 | 1,747,688 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 39,027 | 2,438,797 | ||||||
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16,325,175 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.4% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 12,078 | 1,378,583 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 28,777 | 974,965 | ||||||
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2,353,548 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.3% | ||||||||
Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b) | 3,422 | 604,565 | ||||||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b) | 12,846 | 214,271 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 13,553 | 763,305 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co. | 929 | 56,725 | ||||||
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1,638,866 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3% | ||||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 68,959 | 3,287,965 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. | 2,696 | 1,028,389 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 29,413 | 1,233,287 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(b) | 14,629 | 1,258,241 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 3,414 | 930,383 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 28,675 | 3,969,767 | ||||||
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11,708,032 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 22,109 | 3,688,887 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 35,204 | 2,890,248 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 1,071 | 590,389 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.(b) | 7,493 | 677,067 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b) | 18,543 | 1,498,460 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 12,107 | 2,744,778 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b) | 3,036 | 904,394 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 15,170 | 2,105,748 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 8,793 | 1,322,027 | ||||||
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16,421,998 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 1.4% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 35,777 | 786,021 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 81,670 | 716,246 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 32,122 | 859,585 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 36,302 | 1,744,311 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 39,998 | 3,168,641 | ||||||
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7,274,804 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5% | ||||||||
Aramark | 20,961 | 727,347 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) | 0 | — | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(b) | 136,638 | 1,258,436 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 9,779 | 1,485,723 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 1,642 | 521,286 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(b) | 20,211 | 1,899,026 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(b) | 18,236 | 1,164,369 | ||||||
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | 57,782 | 771,390 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(b) | 14,203 | 929,302 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 4,202 | 286,660 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd.(b) | 14,108 | 1,612,262 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 15,479 | 2,176,038 | ||||||
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12,831,839 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Household Durables — 2.9% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 42,699 | $ | 4,689,204 | |||||
Garmin Ltd. | 20,959 | 2,057,545 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 22,926 | 2,586,282 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 1,313 | 128,438 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(b) | 413 | 2,411,920 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 30,846 | 2,071,309 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 7,471 | 1,042,877 | ||||||
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14,987,575 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 18,380 | 1,785,065 | ||||||
Clorox Co. | 6,830 | 1,131,185 | ||||||
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2,916,250 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6% | ||||||||
AES Corp. | 91,278 | 2,159,638 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 31,027 | 740,304 | ||||||
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2,899,942 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 36,916 | 1,092,344 | ||||||
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Insurance — 5.0% | ||||||||
Allstate Corp. | 35,937 | 4,160,067 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 5,771 | 708,275 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b) | 28,407 | 2,132,513 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 5,713 | 703,442 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 14,190 | 1,510,384 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 3,713 | 144,473 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 3,639 | 1,375,542 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 36,960 | 1,311,710 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 12,382 | 1,343,695 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 43,056 | 3,056,545 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 21,290 | 462,632 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 26,686 | 1,536,313 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 37,819 | 955,686 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 31,095 | 2,322,485 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 9,130 | 1,299,382 | ||||||
Unum Group | 25,629 | 1,081,544 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 6,632 | 1,535,971 | ||||||
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25,640,659 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,985 | 900,440 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 69,551 | 4,152,890 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co.(b) | 31,216 | 744,502 | ||||||
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5,797,832 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.3% | ||||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 17,801 | 1,054,175 | ||||||
Mattel, Inc.(b) | 25,303 | 455,454 | ||||||
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1,509,629 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(b) | 33,677 | 656,028 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 17,263 | 2,252,649 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(b) | 2,885 | 866,538 | ||||||
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3,775,215 | ||||||||
Machinery — 4.5% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 8,485 | 1,051,631 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 19,307 | 4,537,917 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 9,467 | 1,383,697 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 20,145 | 1,270,948 | ||||||
Middleby Corp.(b) | 4,148 | 584,370 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 35,381 | 3,017,999 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 32,927 | 2,459,318 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 9,132 | $ | 2,966,804 | |||||
Pentair PLC | 22,428 | 1,302,618 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 7,265 | 1,884,614 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 20,239 | 1,747,435 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 9,998 | 976,505 | ||||||
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23,183,856 | ||||||||
Media — 2.0% | ||||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 40,484 | 1,346,498 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 18,793 | 573,938 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 53,113 | 1,897,728 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, | 10,285 | 289,009 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(b) | 20,862 | 582,884 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 52,134 | 918,080 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 16,270 | 288,793 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 27,699 | 2,508,698 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class A(a) | 1,442 | 38,155 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 69,086 | 1,611,776 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(a) | 46,749 | 177,646 | ||||||
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10,233,205 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 2.7% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 24,256 | 900,868 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b) | 70,259 | 1,080,584 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 108,458 | 5,140,909 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 15,318 | 2,269,821 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 8,023 | 1,988,099 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 22,791 | 2,369,125 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,749,406 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 64,123 | 1,281,178 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 4.5% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 23,217 | 2,065,616 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 58,522 | 1,783,165 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 26,295 | 1,637,127 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 48,489 | 4,774,712 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 26,473 | 2,975,830 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 55,557 | 1,581,152 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 68,178 | 4,308,850 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 43,102 | 4,145,119 | ||||||
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| |||||||
23,271,571 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 12,128 | 1,506,055 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 19,582 | 1,044,896 | ||||||
|
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2,550,951 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(a)(b) | 37,861 | 870,424 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 20,438 | 753,140 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 14,708 | 1,216,058 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 54,687 | 1,399,987 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 25,112 | 3,570,926 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 24,772 | 863,057 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 12,320 | 543,435 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 43,707 | 1,055,961 | ||||||
Matador Resources Co. | 5,201 | 255,005 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 11,015 | 404,361 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 61,073 | 3,994,785 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 16,885 | 609,211 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 17,489 | 462,584 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) | ||||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(b) | 98,078 | $ | 509,025 | |||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 13,306 | 1,005,002 | ||||||
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| |||||||
17,512,961 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 1.0% | ||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.(b) | 41,828 | 570,534 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)(b) | 45,327 | 1,555,169 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 37,844 | 1,146,295 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 44,693 | 1,957,553 | ||||||
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5,229,551 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1% | ||||||||
Catalent, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,993 | 550,969 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b) | 8,586 | 1,206,076 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 34,899 | 859,562 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 50,661 | 1,780,734 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 165,867 | 1,547,539 | ||||||
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5,944,880 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 7,421 | 710,338 | ||||||
Clarivate PLC(a)(b) | 31,489 | 278,993 | ||||||
Concentrix Corp. | 3,447 | 332,670 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 5,594 | 1,165,678 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 11,226 | 500,118 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 9,797 | 1,131,162 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 18,693 | 1,743,309 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 14,752 | 1,076,896 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 29,973 | 1,754,619 | ||||||
TransUnion | 10,413 | 716,518 | ||||||
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9,410,301 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b) | 29,029 | 2,225,363 | ||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,509 | 905,011 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,130,374 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 1.3% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 15,561 | 517,559 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 7,690 | 1,387,045 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 8,900 | 613,210 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 18,190 | 1,150,518 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 5,104 | 1,121,502 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 7,604 | 1,169,495 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 16,843 | 696,121 | ||||||
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6,655,450 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 2.4% | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 28,091 | 599,181 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 4,367 | 431,853 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 84,597 | 1,623,416 | ||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 24,879 | 1,082,236 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 48,159 | 3,026,312 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 12,593 | 773,588 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 44,675 | 5,062,571 | ||||||
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12,599,157 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.9% | ||||||||
First Solar, Inc.(b) | 13,548 | 2,473,594 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 44,240 | 3,229,077 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(b) | 13,619 | 1,254,037 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 14,882 | 1,576,004 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 8,357 | 763,663 | ||||||
Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,414 | 438,222 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,734,597 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Software — 0.3% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 77,557 | $ | 1,370,432 | |||||
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Specialized REITs — 2.4% | ||||||||
CubeSmart | 10,898 | 495,750 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 18,425 | 1,826,839 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 24,196 | 1,258,192 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 24,411 | 1,348,464 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 8,232 | 869,958 | ||||||
Life Storage, Inc. | 4,676 | 628,361 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 92,278 | 3,131,915 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 100,131 | 2,994,918 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
12,554,397 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.8% | ||||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 8,124 | 1,019,806 | ||||||
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 31,145 | 1,093,190 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 26,920 | 2,006,078 | ||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(b) | 4,031 | 777,217 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b) | 21,619 | 1,513,979 | ||||||
GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 34,470 | 664,926 | ||||||
Murphy U.S.A., Inc. | 1,761 | 484,680 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(a) | 3,418 | 473,666 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 9,120 | 1,103,885 | ||||||
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9,137,427 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.3% | ||||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 33,037 | 1,436,779 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 175,151 | 2,508,162 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 118,098 | 3,508,692 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 19,608 | 1,233,147 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 26,261 | 1,543,359 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(b) | 43,673 | 1,504,098 | ||||||
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11,734,237 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5% | ||||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 32,189 | 1,313,633 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 45,381 | 1,066,907 | ||||||
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2,380,540 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.4% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 10,047 | 1,489,468 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 14,199 | 606,297 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% | 514,827,086 | |||||||
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SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 17 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 2.5% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.02%(c)(d)(e) | 11,871,132 | $ | 11,874,694 | |||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(c)(d) | 872,368 | 872,368 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 2.5% | 12,747,062 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 102.2% | 527,574,148 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.2)% | (11,359,289 | ) | ||||||
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(a) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(e) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 10,213,576 | $ | 1,658,740 | (a) | $ | — | $ | (643 | ) | $ | 3,021 | $ | 11,874,694 | 11,871,132 | $ | 143,732 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 865,000 | 7,368 | (a) | — | — | — | 872,368 | 872,368 | 28,072 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
| ||||||||||||||||
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E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index | 8 | 06/16/23 | $ | 559 | $ | 172 | ||||||||||
S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Index | 3 | 06/16/23 | 750 | 6,962 | ||||||||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,134 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,134 | ||||||||||||||
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For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 19 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.6% | ||||||||
AAR Corp.(a) | 1,993 | $ | 105,191 | |||||
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,562 | 257,342 | ||||||
AeroVironment, Inc.(a) | 1,510 | 152,042 | ||||||
AerSale Corp.(a)(b) | 999 | 16,164 | ||||||
Archer Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,418 | 16,668 | ||||||
BWX Technologies, Inc. | 5,485 | 354,221 | ||||||
Cadre Holdings, Inc. | 904 | 19,038 | ||||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 2,315 | 393,156 | ||||||
Ducommun, Inc.(a) | 679 | 33,950 | ||||||
Hexcel Corp. | 5,069 | 365,373 | ||||||
Kaman Corp. | 1,668 | 36,813 | ||||||
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a) | 7,616 | 98,246 | ||||||
Maxar Technologies, Inc. | 4,504 | 237,451 | ||||||
Mercury Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,513 | 167,465 | ||||||
Moog, Inc., Class A | 1,742 | 156,972 | ||||||
National Presto Industries, Inc. | 331 | 22,515 | ||||||
Parsons Corp.(a) | 2,014 | 87,609 | ||||||
Rocket Lab U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,260 | 51,979 | ||||||
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A | 6,331 | 188,411 | ||||||
Triumph Group, Inc.(a) | 3,871 | 41,845 | ||||||
V2X, Inc.(a) | 653 | 28,210 | ||||||
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 14,403 | 52,427 | ||||||
Woodward, Inc. | 3,610 | 346,632 | ||||||
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Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4% | ||||||||
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,442 | 69,907 | ||||||
Forward Air Corp. | 1,605 | 169,344 | ||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc.(a) | 7,163 | 380,570 | ||||||
Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,973 | 148,764 | ||||||
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Automobile Components — 1.5% | ||||||||
Adient PLC(a) | 5,745 | 212,220 | ||||||
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,884 | 49,221 | ||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 4,678 | 401,419 | ||||||
Dana, Inc. | 7,729 | 114,312 | ||||||
Dorman Products, Inc.(a) | 1,700 | 146,472 | ||||||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a) | 2,544 | 282,053 | ||||||
Garrett Motion, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,470 | 28,662 | ||||||
Gentex Corp. | 14,143 | 390,205 | ||||||
Gentherm, Inc.(a) | 2,009 | 119,837 | ||||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a) | 16,989 | 181,273 | ||||||
Holley, Inc.(a) | 2,976 | 7,172 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 1,537 | 173,620 | ||||||
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 14,166 | 85,279 | ||||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,844 | 107,048 | ||||||
Modine Manufacturing Co.(a) | 3,109 | 65,009 | ||||||
Patrick Industries, Inc. | 1,307 | 89,700 | ||||||
QuantumScape Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 16,690 | 116,830 | ||||||
Solid Power, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,694 | 15,195 | ||||||
Standard Motor Products, Inc. | 1,136 | 40,907 | ||||||
Stoneridge, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,633 | 30,750 | ||||||
Visteon Corp.(a) | 1,702 | 238,944 | ||||||
XPEL, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,197 | 87,453 | ||||||
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Automobiles — 0.4% | ||||||||
Fisker, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 9,597 | 61,805 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 8,012 | 297,245 | ||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 3,231 | 255,314 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Automobiles (continued) | ||||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc. | 1,853 | $ | 107,733 | |||||
Workhorse Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,705 | 9,144 | ||||||
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Banks — 6.6% | ||||||||
1st Source Corp. | 1,061 | 44,222 | ||||||
Amalgamated Financial Corp. | 1,224 | 19,927 | ||||||
Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 1,667 | 31,006 | ||||||
Ameris Bancorp | 3,932 | 131,722 | ||||||
Arrow Financial Corp. | 1,093 | 23,598 | ||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 9,452 | 168,529 | ||||||
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | 4,565 | 130,650 | ||||||
Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,217 | 130,835 | ||||||
Banc of California, Inc. | 3,601 | 40,871 | ||||||
BancFirst Corp. | 1,056 | 84,364 | ||||||
Bancorp, Inc.(a) | 2,833 | 90,401 | ||||||
Bank First Corp.(b) | 450 | 30,775 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 2,437 | 118,024 | ||||||
Bank of Marin Bancorp | 982 | 17,313 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 6,718 | 239,967 | ||||||
BankUnited, Inc. | 4,284 | 96,604 | ||||||
Banner Corp. | 1,687 | 84,215 | ||||||
Bar Harbor Bankshares | 1,023 | 25,370 | ||||||
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 2,458 | 52,282 | ||||||
Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,283 | 12,766 | ||||||
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | 3,486 | 33,256 | ||||||
Business First Bancshares, Inc. | 1,521 | 23,454 | ||||||
Byline Bancorp, Inc. | 1,588 | 30,728 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 9,893 | 200,036 | ||||||
Cambridge Bancorp | 522 | 26,961 | ||||||
Camden National Corp. | 1,032 | 32,972 | ||||||
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. | 980 | 29,851 | ||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 7,999 | 49,594 | ||||||
Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc. | 1,228 | 16,431 | ||||||
Carter Bankshares, Inc.(a) | 1,602 | 20,586 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp | 4,628 | 147,494 | ||||||
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | 531 | 8,432 | ||||||
City Holding Co. | 825 | 75,232 | ||||||
CNB Financial Corp. | 1,513 | 28,384 | ||||||
Coastal Financial Corp.(a) | 704 | 25,520 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 12,661 | 270,439 | ||||||
Columbia Financial, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,057 | 34,516 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 3,105 | 155,126 | ||||||
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. | 1,049 | 37,774 | ||||||
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | 2,226 | 35,126 | ||||||
CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a) | 2,734 | 27,422 | ||||||
Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a) | 1,796 | 39,225 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 7,715 | 115,494 | ||||||
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | 1,983 | 40,850 | ||||||
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. | 1,806 | 45,331 | ||||||
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 9,764 | 113,751 | ||||||
Enterprise Financial Services Corp. | 2,368 | 101,256 | ||||||
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A | 922 | 21,713 | ||||||
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. | 807 | 18,400 | ||||||
Farmers National Banc Corp. | 2,241 | 26,197 | ||||||
FB Financial Corp. | 2,246 | 66,100 | ||||||
First Bancorp | 2,396 | 73,749 | ||||||
First BanCorp | 9,988 | 117,359 | ||||||
First Bancshares, Inc. | 1,871 | 46,962 | ||||||
First Busey Corp. | 3,378 | 61,412 | ||||||
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | 5,575 | 69,576 | ||||||
First Community Bankshares, Inc. | 1,009 | 23,621 | ||||||
First Financial Bancorp | 5,250 | 108,675 |
20 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 7,864 | $ | 230,101 | |||||
First Financial Corp. | 803 | 27,744 | ||||||
First Foundation, Inc. | 3,095 | 19,468 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 7,821 | 149,459 | ||||||
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | 5,432 | 139,005 | ||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 3,753 | 109,513 | ||||||
First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | 1,213 | 31,975 | ||||||
First of Long Island Corp. | 1,465 | 17,141 | ||||||
Flushing Financial Corp. | 1,944 | 23,386 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 22,226 | 255,154 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 10,380 | 123,833 | ||||||
German American Bancorp, Inc. | 2,062 | 59,942 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 6,695 | 222,475 | ||||||
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | 629 | 32,004 | ||||||
Greene County Bancorp, Inc. | 390 | 8,015 | ||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. | 5,227 | 190,890 | ||||||
Hanmi Financial Corp. | 1,167 | 18,859 | ||||||
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. | 2,820 | 30,315 | ||||||
Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc. | 2,520 | 82,051 | ||||||
Heritage Commerce Corp. | 4,006 | 34,051 | ||||||
Heritage Financial Corp. | 1,430 | 25,182 | ||||||
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. | 2,872 | 89,089 | ||||||
Hingham Institution For Savings | 100 | 19,456 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 11,571 | 251,901 | ||||||
HomeStreet, Inc. | 1,070 | 10,443 | ||||||
Hope Bancorp, Inc. | 5,422 | 49,340 | ||||||
Horizon Bancorp, Inc. | 2,400 | 25,272 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 2,573 | 144,088 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 1,516 | 27,015 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 2,184 | 79,454 | ||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 3,235 | 138,037 | ||||||
John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. | 686 | 12,499 | ||||||
Kearny Financial Corp. | 4,148 | 32,313 | ||||||
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | 4,291 | 61,533 | ||||||
Lakeland Financial Corp. | 1,551 | 78,589 | ||||||
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | 2,023 | 47,662 | ||||||
Mercantile Bank Corp. | 1,091 | 30,613 | ||||||
Metrocity Bankshares, Inc. | 1,165 | 19,048 | ||||||
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a) | 700 | 22,463 | ||||||
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | 1,479 | 29,580 | ||||||
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. | 1,014 | 20,990 | ||||||
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | 2,053 | 65,285 | ||||||
NBT Bancorp, Inc. | 2,022 | 65,189 | ||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 41,247 | 440,930 | ||||||
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b) | 838 | 48,026 | ||||||
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | 2,668 | 27,801 | ||||||
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 6,509 | 76,090 | ||||||
OceanFirst Financial Corp. | 3,869 | 61,904 | ||||||
OFG Bancorp | 2,383 | 60,933 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 17,870 | 239,637 | ||||||
Old Second Bancorp, Inc. | 2,552 | 31,364 | ||||||
Origin Bancorp, Inc. | 1,878 | 55,270 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 5,451 | 121,230 | ||||||
PacWest Bancorp | 7,064 | 71,700 | ||||||
Park National Corp. | 862 | 93,372 | ||||||
Pathward Financial, Inc. | 1,555 | 69,244 | ||||||
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. | 1,131 | 30,039 | ||||||
Peoples Bancorp, Inc. | 1,953 | 50,895 | ||||||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 4,644 | 251,844 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 4,369 | 262,184 | ||||||
Premier Financial Corp. | 2,258 | 37,505 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 5,585 | 349,733 |
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Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 4,581 | $ | 80,076 | |||||
QCR Holdings, Inc. | 1,096 | 45,374 | ||||||
RBB Bancorp | 1,041 | 12,950 | ||||||
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 588 | 23,108 | ||||||
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 2,069 | 56,960 | ||||||
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | 2,817 | 63,326 | ||||||
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | 5,016 | 111,305 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 2,967 | 149,833 | ||||||
Shore Bancshares, Inc. | 1,229 | 16,321 | ||||||
Simmons First National Corp., Class A | 6,638 | 110,921 | ||||||
SmartFinancial, Inc. | 1,155 | 24,879 | ||||||
South Plains Financial, Inc. | 913 | 18,744 | ||||||
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | 627 | 22,748 | ||||||
Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 1,959 | 62,159 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 4,599 | 317,239 | ||||||
Stellar Bancorp, Inc. | 2,751 | 63,108 | ||||||
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | 1,815 | 88,209 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 8,812 | 271,410 | ||||||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a) | 2,978 | 149,644 | ||||||
Tompkins Financial Corp. | 816 | 47,834 | ||||||
Towne Bank | 4,340 | 102,815 | ||||||
TriCo Bancshares | 2,147 | 76,884 | ||||||
Triumph Financial, Inc.(a) | 1,243 | 64,586 | ||||||
TrustCo Bank Corp. | 786 | 23,454 | ||||||
Trustmark Corp. | 3,772 | 90,113 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 2,647 | 168,376 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 8,081 | 267,724 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 6,324 | 157,468 | ||||||
Univest Financial Corp. | 2,009 | 40,421 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 25,752 | 241,554 | ||||||
Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 3,247 | 55,881 | ||||||
Washington Federal, Inc. | 3,982 | 111,655 | ||||||
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | 1,168 | 32,832 | ||||||
WesBanco, Inc. | 3,714 | 98,867 | ||||||
Westamerica BanCorp | 1,491 | 60,400 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 3,737 | 255,499 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 3,344 | 117,608 | ||||||
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Beverages — 0.4% | ||||||||
Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 568 | 180,346 | ||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,428 | 232,044 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | 279 | 164,459 | ||||||
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(a) | 2,518 | 38,022 | ||||||
MGP Ingredients, Inc.(b) | 939 | 92,660 | ||||||
National Beverage Corp.(a) | 1,390 | 69,083 | ||||||
Vita Coco Co., Inc.(a) | 1,423 | 30,808 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 5.7% | ||||||||
2seventy bio, Inc.(a) | 2,252 | 21,417 | ||||||
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 7,223 | 154,067 | ||||||
Adicet Bio, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,844 | 10,769 | ||||||
ADMA Biologics, Inc.(a)(b) | 12,321 | 41,275 | ||||||
Agenus, Inc.(a) | 16,382 | 24,737 | ||||||
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,324 | 76,020 | ||||||
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,889 | 84,514 | ||||||
Alector, Inc.(a) | 3,615 | 23,859 | ||||||
Alkermes PLC(a) | 9,916 | 283,102 | ||||||
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,387 | 29,251 | ||||||
ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,300 | 7,722 | ||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 15,010 | 173,215 | ||||||
AnaptysBio, Inc.(a) | 1,221 | 25,421 | ||||||
Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b) | 4,735 | 38,543 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 21 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,664 | $ | 472,547 | |||||
Arcellx, Inc.(a) | 1,675 | 71,489 | ||||||
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,465 | 38,998 | ||||||
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,201 | 57,138 | ||||||
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,368 | 32,773 | ||||||
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 6,516 | 230,732 | ||||||
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a) | 5,774 | 15,648 | ||||||
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 8,616 | 96,930 | ||||||
Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,783 | 68,283 | ||||||
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 4,039 | 50,084 | ||||||
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,567 | 109,543 | ||||||
Biohaven Ltd.(a) | 3,919 | 51,261 | ||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a) | 3,596 | 183,576 | ||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a) | 7,020 | 101,930 | ||||||
C4 Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,551 | 7,704 | ||||||
CareDx, Inc.(a) | 3,187 | 25,783 | ||||||
Caribou Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 3,200 | 13,760 | ||||||
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,737 | 91,333 | ||||||
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,833 | 89,070 | ||||||
Century Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,204 | 3,769 | ||||||
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,860 | 112,094 | ||||||
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,711 | 54,247 | ||||||
Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,230 | 45,515 | ||||||
Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 3,948 | 28,544 | ||||||
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,622 | 51,234 | ||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(a)(b) | 4,708 | 230,409 | ||||||
CTI BioPharma Corp.(a)(b) | 6,329 | 30,759 | ||||||
Cullinan Oncology, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,564 | 15,218 | ||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.(a) | 5,687 | 212,694 | ||||||
Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,615 | 20,026 | ||||||
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,349 | 47,589 | ||||||
Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,647 | 165,111 | ||||||
Design Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,761 | 11,358 | ||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a) | 7,166 | 74,598 | ||||||
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,519 | 15,737 | ||||||
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 602 | 16,904 | ||||||
Editas Medicine, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,094 | 33,407 | ||||||
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a) | 2,641 | 23,320 | ||||||
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,204 | 42,802 | ||||||
EQRx, Inc.(a)(b) | 13,782 | 23,154 | ||||||
Erasca, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,575 | 12,627 | ||||||
Exact Sciences Corp.(a) | 10,716 | 686,574 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.(a) | 19,491 | 356,685 | ||||||
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,976 | 30,204 | ||||||
FibroGen, Inc.(a) | 5,293 | 90,616 | ||||||
Geron Corp.(a) | 23,287 | 57,286 | ||||||
Gossamer Bio, Inc.(a) | 4,581 | 5,909 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 8,141 | 261,570 | ||||||
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 6,744 | 16,118 | ||||||
HilleVax, Inc.(a) | 777 | 10,878 | ||||||
Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 2,429 | 44,354 | ||||||
IGM Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 526 | 5,697 | ||||||
ImmunoGen, Inc.(a) | 11,840 | 63,818 | ||||||
Immunovant, Inc.(a) | 3,426 | 55,296 | ||||||
Inhibrx, Inc.(a) | 1,790 | 37,590 | ||||||
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 14,813 | 11,443 | ||||||
Insmed, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,212 | 160,134 | ||||||
Instil Bio, Inc.(a) | 4,372 | 2,857 | ||||||
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,004 | 188,901 | ||||||
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,248 | 38,935 | ||||||
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,541 | 302,095 | ||||||
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a) | 8,174 | 46,101 |
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Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,072 | $ | 84,030 | |||||
iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,458 | 20,033 | ||||||
IVERIC bio, Inc.(a) | 7,772 | 255,621 | ||||||
Janux Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,017 | 15,580 | ||||||
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 6,338 | 22,690 | ||||||
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,032 | 45,774 | ||||||
Kezar Life Sciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,089 | 7,506 | ||||||
Krystal Biotech, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,298 | 109,032 | ||||||
Kura Oncology, Inc.(a) | 3,844 | 37,441 | ||||||
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,374 | 74,876 | ||||||
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,505 | 17,265 | ||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 737 | 229,944 | ||||||
MannKind Corp.(a)(b) | 15,676 | 60,353 | ||||||
MiNK Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 239 | 428 | ||||||
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,132 | 138,779 | ||||||
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,503 | 40,356 | ||||||
Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,945 | 8,830 | ||||||
Morphic Holding, Inc.(a) | 1,764 | 83,367 | ||||||
Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a) | 4,907 | 104,470 | ||||||
Natera, Inc.(a) | 6,555 | 332,470 | ||||||
Nkarta, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,932 | 9,563 | ||||||
Novavax, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,272 | 40,436 | ||||||
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,600 | 25,038 | ||||||
Nuvalent, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,594 | 56,412 | ||||||
Organogenesis Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,584 | 9,397 | ||||||
PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,931 | 8,902 | ||||||
Point Biopharma Global, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,795 | 37,113 | ||||||
Prime Medicine, Inc.(a)(b) | 568 | 7,821 | ||||||
Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 2,062 | 399,925 | ||||||
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,778 | 62,783 | ||||||
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,337 | 239,142 | ||||||
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,514 | 27,555 | ||||||
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,776 | 37,092 | ||||||
REGENXBIO, Inc.(a) | 2,242 | 43,405 | ||||||
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,369 | 61,046 | ||||||
Replimune Group, Inc.(a) | 2,240 | 37,475 | ||||||
REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,347 | 125,601 | ||||||
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,571 | 63,992 | ||||||
Roivant Sciences Ltd.(a) | 6,541 | 55,926 | ||||||
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,124 | 152,607 | ||||||
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,315 | 28,116 | ||||||
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 8,220 | 12,083 | ||||||
Seres Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,430 | 26,471 | ||||||
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,698 | 63,079 | ||||||
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,351 | 12,010 | ||||||
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,929 | 80,741 | ||||||
Tango Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,631 | 8,945 | ||||||
TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,322 | 206,635 | ||||||
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,825 | 82,505 | ||||||
Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)(b) | 3,472 | 43,331 | ||||||
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 4,213 | 183,982 | ||||||
uniQure NV(a) | 2,441 | 47,380 | ||||||
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,334 | 20,471 | ||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.(a) | 4,454 | 190,765 | ||||||
Vera Therapeutics, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,732 | 11,518 | ||||||
Veracyte, Inc.(a) | 4,365 | 98,824 | ||||||
Vericel Corp.(a) | 2,820 | 88,858 | ||||||
Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,512 | 40,016 | ||||||
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a) | 4,585 | 115,313 | ||||||
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,422 | 67,889 | ||||||
Xencor, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,622 | 95,766 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,616 | $ | 57,630 | |||||
Zymeworks, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,198 | 26,863 | ||||||
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11,345,938 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.4% | ||||||||
Big Lots, Inc. | 1,849 | 16,623 | ||||||
ContextLogic, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,124 | 8,104 | ||||||
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b) | 203 | 60,573 | ||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 6,661 | 146,742 | ||||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 16,401 | 267,992 | ||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 6,727 | 103,999 | ||||||
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,494 | 227,984 | ||||||
Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A(a) | 20,439 | 16,282 | ||||||
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| |||||||
848,299 | ||||||||
Building Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
AAON, Inc. | 2,537 | 248,626 | ||||||
American Woodmark Corp.(a) | 993 | 50,166 | ||||||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | 1,351 | 57,499 | ||||||
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 2,762 | 189,639 | ||||||
AZEK Co., Inc., Class A(a) | 6,569 | 178,283 | ||||||
AZZ, Inc. | 1,522 | 57,425 | ||||||
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a) | 1,900 | 95,076 | ||||||
Griffon Corp. | 2,892 | 82,277 | ||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,972 | 83,943 | ||||||
Insteel Industries, Inc. | 1,149 | 31,632 | ||||||
Janus International Group, Inc.(a) | 4,814 | 43,326 | ||||||
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a) | 5,034 | 64,335 | ||||||
Masonite International Corp.(a)(b) | 1,354 | 123,769 | ||||||
PGT Innovations, Inc.(a) | 3,647 | 93,582 | ||||||
Quanex Building Products Corp. | 2,001 | 38,219 | ||||||
Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a) | 8,844 | 157,423 | ||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 2,561 | 322,123 | ||||||
Tecnoglass, Inc. | 1,206 | 52,883 | ||||||
Trex Co., Inc.(a) | 6,632 | 362,505 | ||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 3,708 | 291,152 | ||||||
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. | 8,719 | 187,894 | ||||||
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2,811,777 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 2.2% | ||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 2,280 | 329,186 | ||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 4,133 | 143,291 | ||||||
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,284 | 39,393 | ||||||
Avantax, Inc.(a) | 2,450 | 62,157 | ||||||
B Riley Financial, Inc.(b) | 959 | 30,209 | ||||||
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A | 19,531 | 88,475 | ||||||
Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A | 21,585 | 243,047 | ||||||
Bridge Investment Group Holdings, Inc., Class A | 1,803 | 18,012 | ||||||
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. | 2,014 | 45,476 | ||||||
CION Investment Corp. | 3,369 | 31,938 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 1,501 | 90,150 | ||||||
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., Class A | 198 | 32,100 | ||||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,521 | 65,783 | ||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 2,164 | 246,848 | ||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 5,098 | 211,006 | ||||||
Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,506 | 182,102 | ||||||
Freedom Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 1,020 | 77,959 | ||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 2,149 | 158,338 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 3,048 | 278,526 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 8,018 | 208,067 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 3,881 | 147,012 | ||||||
Open Lending Corp., Class A(a) | 6,529 | 45,899 | ||||||
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A, NVS | 463 | 17,312 | ||||||
Piper Sandler Cos. | 829 | 112,280 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
PJT Partners, Inc., Class A | 1,495 | $ | 102,811 | |||||
StepStone Group, Inc., Class A | 2,964 | 65,297 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 6,356 | 381,169 | ||||||
StoneX Group, Inc.(a) | 1,073 | 105,229 | ||||||
TPG, Inc., Class A | 3,090 | 89,517 | ||||||
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | 6,717 | 472,944 | ||||||
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A | 1,646 | 50,269 | ||||||
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A | 5,587 | 112,019 | ||||||
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | 409 | 74,524 | ||||||
WisdomTree, Inc. | 6,941 | 43,312 | ||||||
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4,401,657 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.3% | ||||||||
AdvanSix, Inc. | 1,688 | 63,604 | ||||||
American Vanguard Corp. | 1,726 | 33,225 | ||||||
Amyris, Inc.(a)(b) | 15,822 | 12,936 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 3,006 | 305,440 | ||||||
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,305 | 20,689 | ||||||
Avient Corp. | 5,151 | 198,365 | ||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a) | 13,311 | 420,228 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. | 1,937 | 254,522 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 3,393 | 243,482 | ||||||
Chase Corp. | 455 | 49,745 | ||||||
Chemours Co. | 8,925 | 259,450 | ||||||
Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | 4,578 | 37,219 | ||||||
Ecovyst, Inc.(a) | 3,943 | 44,753 | ||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 13,551 | 245,951 | ||||||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 61,022 | 74,447 | ||||||
Hawkins, Inc. | 1,132 | 45,665 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 3,231 | 213,795 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 10,862 | 290,993 | ||||||
Ingevity Corp.(a) | 2,112 | 151,515 | ||||||
Innospec, Inc. | 1,501 | 152,547 | ||||||
Intrepid Potash, Inc.(a)(b) | 614 | 15,829 | ||||||
Koppers Holdings, Inc. | 1,291 | 42,358 | ||||||
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | 1,376 | 12,797 | ||||||
Livent Corp.(a)(b) | 10,797 | 235,914 | ||||||
LSB Industries, Inc.(a) | 3,147 | 28,103 | ||||||
Mativ Holdings, Inc. | 3,332 | 64,541 | ||||||
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | 1,944 | 115,201 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 407 | 162,637 | ||||||
Origin Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,367 | 29,100 | ||||||
Perimeter Solutions SA(a) | 8,805 | 65,861 | ||||||
PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a) | 8,145 | 53,513 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. | 825 | 153,970 | ||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. | 2,467 | 164,820 | ||||||
Sensient Technologies Corp. | 2,537 | 188,905 | ||||||
Stepan Co. | 1,280 | 118,016 | ||||||
Trinseo PLC | 2,088 | 37,834 | ||||||
Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A | 6,966 | 95,364 | ||||||
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4,703,334 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6% | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 4,003 | 170,448 | ||||||
ACCO Brands Corp. | 5,763 | 26,394 | ||||||
ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,181 | 93,568 | ||||||
Aris Water Solutions, Inc., Class A | 1,651 | 12,003 | ||||||
Aurora Innovation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 23,133 | 33,080 | ||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS | 2,777 | 141,710 | ||||||
BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,291 | 12,669 | ||||||
Brink’s Co. | 2,803 | 176,169 | ||||||
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,051 | 271,539 | ||||||
CECO Environmental Corp.(a) | 1,807 | 20,979 | ||||||
Cimpress PLC(a)(b) | 1,209 | 62,808 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(a) | 3,030 | $ | 439,835 | |||||
CoreCivic, Inc.(a) | 7,044 | 61,917 | ||||||
Deluxe Corp. | 2,578 | 39,057 | ||||||
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,348 | 102,784 | ||||||
Ennis, Inc. | 1,657 | 32,195 | ||||||
GEO Group, Inc.(a) | 7,426 | 55,918 | ||||||
Harsco Corp.(a) | 4,732 | 32,509 | ||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 4,455 | 69,543 | ||||||
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(a) | 977 | 34,156 | ||||||
HNI Corp. | 2,559 | 66,483 | ||||||
Interface, Inc., Class A | 3,572 | 28,004 | ||||||
KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a) | 6,533 | 88,457 | ||||||
Liquidity Services, Inc.(a) | 1,480 | 19,344 | ||||||
Matthews International Corp., Class A | 1,836 | 69,529 | ||||||
MillerKnoll, Inc. | 4,609 | 78,399 | ||||||
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,647 | 50,168 | ||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 2,218 | 287,785 | ||||||
SP Plus Corp.(a)(b) | 1,200 | 41,004 | ||||||
Steelcase, Inc., Class A | 5,623 | 44,984 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc.(a) | 5,583 | 254,864 | ||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 911 | 149,112 | ||||||
Viad Corp.(a) | 1,245 | 23,692 | ||||||
VSE Corp. | 627 | 26,516 | ||||||
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3,117,622 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.6% | ||||||||
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. | 4,222 | 38,505 | ||||||
Calix, Inc.(a) | 3,444 | 157,391 | ||||||
Cambium Networks Corp.(a) | 696 | 10,537 | ||||||
Clearfield, Inc.(a)(b) | 766 | 33,459 | ||||||
Digi International, Inc.(a) | 2,167 | 65,357 | ||||||
DZS, Inc.(a) | 961 | 6,535 | ||||||
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a) | 7,721 | 137,279 | ||||||
Harmonic, Inc.(a) | 6,636 | 93,501 | ||||||
Infinera Corp.(a)(b) | 11,531 | 72,991 | ||||||
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,116 | 198,597 | ||||||
NETGEAR, Inc.(a) | 1,723 | 24,346 | ||||||
NetScout Systems, Inc.(a) | 4,099 | 111,534 | ||||||
Ribbon Communications, Inc.(a) | 5,250 | 13,440 | ||||||
Viasat, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,596 | 160,998 | ||||||
Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a) | 13,502 | 120,978 | ||||||
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1,245,448 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 1.7% | ||||||||
Ameresco, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,042 | 84,947 | ||||||
API Group Corp.(a) | 12,106 | 275,533 | ||||||
Arcosa, Inc. | 2,912 | 196,676 | ||||||
Argan, Inc. | 864 | 34,759 | ||||||
Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc. | 2,160 | 322,898 | ||||||
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,537 | 65,810 | ||||||
Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,774 | 164,308 | ||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. | 2,871 | 490,941 | ||||||
Fluor Corp.(a) | 8,553 | 248,550 | ||||||
Granite Construction, Inc. | 2,646 | 100,892 | ||||||
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a) | 3,938 | 22,565 | ||||||
IES Holdings, Inc.(a) | 500 | 21,595 | ||||||
MasTec, Inc.(a) | 3,581 | 318,029 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 12,250 | 357,945 | ||||||
MYR Group, Inc.(a) | 1,001 | 128,118 | ||||||
Primoris Services Corp. | 3,191 | 80,732 | ||||||
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a) | 1,835 | 67,748 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Construction & Engineering (continued) | ||||||||
Tutor Perini Corp.(a) | 2,519 | $ | 13,351 | |||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. | 1,283 | 372,788 | ||||||
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3,368,185 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.3% | ||||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc. | 2,172 | 321,912 | ||||||
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,142 | 195,762 | ||||||
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517,674 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 1.0% | ||||||||
Atlanticus Holdings Corp.(a)(b) | 338 | 9,856 | ||||||
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | 2,962 | 81,751 | ||||||
Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b) | 367 | 179,646 | ||||||
Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,418 | 72,857 | ||||||
Enova International, Inc.(a) | 1,890 | 83,009 | ||||||
EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 3,354 | 28,878 | ||||||
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. | 2,267 | 233,569 | ||||||
Green Dot Corp., Class A(a) | 2,814 | 48,373 | ||||||
LendingClub Corp.(a)(b) | 6,487 | 46,577 | ||||||
Navient Corp. | 6,123 | 101,274 | ||||||
Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 1,092 | 105,160 | ||||||
NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,013 | 27,316 | ||||||
OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 7,318 | 280,792 | ||||||
PRA Group, Inc.(a) | 2,357 | 85,488 | ||||||
PROG Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,078 | 93,048 | ||||||
SLM Corp. | 14,611 | 219,457 | ||||||
SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 49,753 | 309,961 | ||||||
Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,243 | 58,978 | ||||||
World Acceptance Corp.(a) | 220 | 22,198 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,088,188 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5% | ||||||||
Andersons, Inc. | 1,884 | 84,215 | ||||||
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,058 | 68,449 | ||||||
Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(c) | 16,033 | — | ||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 5,318 | 158,370 | ||||||
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A(b) | 875 | 80,535 | ||||||
PriceSmart, Inc. | 1,520 | 111,994 | ||||||
SpartanNash Co. | 2,163 | 53,037 | ||||||
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a) | 6,372 | 220,853 | ||||||
United Natural Foods, Inc.(a) | 3,616 | 98,608 | ||||||
Weis Markets, Inc. | 992 | 81,830 | ||||||
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| |||||||
957,891 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 1.0% | ||||||||
Berry Global Group, Inc. | 7,359 | 425,424 | ||||||
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 18,483 | 455,791 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS | 1,549 | 97,262 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class B | 328 | 25,827 | ||||||
Myers Industries, Inc. | 2,194 | 41,576 | ||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.(a) | 9,269 | 208,274 | ||||||
Pactiv Evergreen, Inc. | 2,367 | 18,699 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 5,035 | 248,024 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 5,880 | 356,446 | ||||||
TriMas Corp. | 2,545 | 64,668 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,941,991 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.0% | ||||||||
Funko, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,004 | 19,759 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0% | ||||||||
2U, Inc.(a) | 4,672 | 25,883 | ||||||
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a) | 2,738 | 111,081 | ||||||
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a) | 3,477 | 264,669 | ||||||
Chegg, Inc.(a) | 7,638 | 137,331 | ||||||
Coursera, Inc.(a) | 5,165 | 64,253 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Diversified Consumer Services (continued) | ||||||||
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,795 | $ | 33,818 | |||||
Frontdoor, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,909 | 134,310 | ||||||
Graham Holdings Co., Class B | 232 | 133,532 | ||||||
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a) | 1,846 | 219,120 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 9,181 | 311,328 | ||||||
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A | 8,096 | 100,309 | ||||||
Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,784 | 42,195 | ||||||
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a) | 3,534 | 42,408 | ||||||
Perdoceo Education Corp.(a) | 4,024 | 52,231 | ||||||
Rover Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,684 | 25,749 | ||||||
Strategic Education, Inc. | 1,338 | 117,744 | ||||||
Stride, Inc.(a) | 2,456 | 105,510 | ||||||
Udemy, Inc.(a) | 3,842 | 34,924 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,956,395 | ||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 4,339 | 83,439 | ||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 3,105 | 56,511 | ||||||
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 4,033 | 47,267 | ||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 10,409 | 168,314 | ||||||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A(b) | 7,655 | 46,772 | ||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 8,579 | 212,330 | ||||||
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | 2,359 | 28,166 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 6,226 | 70,105 | ||||||
One Liberty Properties, Inc. | 948 | 20,875 | ||||||
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| |||||||
733,779 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
Anterix, Inc.(a) | 1,154 | 36,443 | ||||||
ATN International, Inc. | 641 | 23,185 | ||||||
Charge Enterprises, Inc.(a) | 5,680 | 6,021 | ||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 2,578 | 177,985 | ||||||
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,496 | 17,400 | ||||||
EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 2,165 | 36,957 | ||||||
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a) | 13,412 | 302,306 | ||||||
Globalstar, Inc.(a)(b) | 41,896 | 37,958 | ||||||
IDT Corp., Class B(a) | 1,244 | 41,313 | ||||||
Iridium Communications, Inc. | 7,557 | 479,643 | ||||||
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a) | 2,318 | 20,561 | ||||||
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a) | 8,906 | 79,085 | ||||||
Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,660 | 68,455 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,327,312 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.8% | ||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 3,459 | 215,772 | ||||||
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | 6,620 | 259,570 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 3,046 | 338,472 | ||||||
MGE Energy, Inc. | 2,176 | 166,703 | ||||||
Otter Tail Corp. | 2,518 | 181,170 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 5,161 | 248,399 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 5,395 | 273,095 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,683,181 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 1.6% | ||||||||
Acuity Brands, Inc. | 1,931 | 303,901 | ||||||
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. | 822 | 28,293 | ||||||
Amprius Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 742 | 6,960 | ||||||
Atkore, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,374 | 299,907 | ||||||
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,315 | 26,839 | ||||||
Blink Charging Co.(a)(b) | 2,962 | 21,119 | ||||||
Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 10,834 | 180,386 | ||||||
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 16,009 | 138,798 | ||||||
Encore Wire Corp. | 1,110 | 173,526 | ||||||
Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,972 | 6,713 | ||||||
EnerSys | 2,467 | 204,687 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electrical Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
ESS Tech, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,259 | $ | 3,487 | |||||
Fluence Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,282 | 41,213 | ||||||
FREYR Battery SA(a)(b) | 6,142 | 43,424 | ||||||
FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | 24,094 | 45,297 | ||||||
GrafTech International Ltd.(b) | 11,460 | 53,977 | ||||||
NuScale Power Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 1,246 | 11,052 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 10,060 | 421,816 | ||||||
Preformed Line Products Co. | 173 | 21,501 | ||||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | 9,202 | 399,827 | ||||||
SES AI Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 8,470 | 13,806 | ||||||
SunPower Corp.(a)(b) | 5,142 | 67,977 | ||||||
Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b) | 12,895 | 271,311 | ||||||
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,039 | 42,370 | ||||||
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 18,201 | 271,559 | ||||||
Vicor Corp.(a) | 1,366 | 58,697 | ||||||
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4% | ||||||||
908 Devices, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,293 | 8,741 | ||||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 2,253 | 194,885 | ||||||
Aeva Technologies, Inc.(a) | 6,471 | 6,419 | ||||||
Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,358 | 34,506 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 5,494 | 226,682 | ||||||
Badger Meter, Inc. | 1,764 | 233,430 | ||||||
Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B, NVS | 610 | 24,784 | ||||||
Belden, Inc. | 2,575 | 203,142 | ||||||
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | 2,138 | 45,646 | ||||||
Coherent Corp.(a)(b) | 8,374 | 285,888 | ||||||
CTS Corp. | 1,924 | 75,440 | ||||||
ePlus, Inc.(a) | 1,619 | 70,491 | ||||||
Fabrinet(a) | 2,202 | 209,080 | ||||||
FARO Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,165 | 27,203 | ||||||
Focus Universal, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,629 | 3,470 | ||||||
Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,842 | 222,790 | ||||||
IPG Photonics Corp.(a) | 1,933 | 222,256 | ||||||
Itron, Inc.(a) | 2,734 | 145,996 | ||||||
Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a) | 1,493 | 30,054 | ||||||
Knowles Corp.(a)(b) | 5,592 | 94,393 | ||||||
Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,681 | 30,065 | ||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 1,495 | 362,149 | ||||||
Methode Electronics, Inc. | 2,203 | 90,301 | ||||||
MicroVision, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,239 | 20,478 | ||||||
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,416 | 60,070 | ||||||
Napco Security Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,792 | 55,552 | ||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 7,878 | 458,736 | ||||||
nLight, Inc.(a) | 2,704 | 23,714 | ||||||
Novanta, Inc.(a) | 2,145 | 327,842 | ||||||
OSI Systems, Inc.(a) | 948 | 107,086 | ||||||
PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b) | 1,625 | 49,709 | ||||||
PC Connection, Inc. | 747 | 30,082 | ||||||
Plexus Corp.(a) | 1,669 | 145,987 | ||||||
Sanmina Corp.(a) | 3,536 | 184,791 | ||||||
ScanSource, Inc.(a) | 1,541 | 42,146 | ||||||
SmartRent, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,342 | 18,942 | ||||||
TTM Technologies, Inc.(a) | 6,203 | 73,257 | ||||||
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | 7,851 | 167,148 | ||||||
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(a) | 754 | 28,305 | ||||||
Vontier Corp. | 9,511 | 258,033 | ||||||
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4,899,689 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.3% | ||||||||
Archrock, Inc. | 8,147 | 83,833 | ||||||
Bristow Group, Inc.(a) | 1,389 | 31,072 | ||||||
Cactus, Inc., Class A | 3,859 | 156,212 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 25 |
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Energy Equipment & Services (continued) | ||||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 11,972 | $ | 324,202 | |||||
Core Laboratories NV | 2,773 | 62,420 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a) | 6,057 | 69,595 | ||||||
DMC Global, Inc.(a) | 1,102 | 20,872 | ||||||
Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) | 2,072 | 56,524 | ||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a) | 8,663 | 62,807 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 6,329 | 209,870 | ||||||
Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A | 9,027 | 115,636 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd.(a) | 548 | 54,657 | ||||||
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(a) | 9,603 | 77,592 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a) | 6,040 | 107,089 | ||||||
Oil States International, Inc.(a) | 3,969 | 27,942 | ||||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 12,912 | 144,485 | ||||||
ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a) | 1,945 | 21,784 | ||||||
ProPetro Holding Corp.(a) | 5,729 | 39,759 | ||||||
RPC, Inc. | 4,942 | 36,521 | ||||||
Select Energy Services, Inc., Class A | 5,002 | 37,165 | ||||||
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A | 1,942 | 14,915 | ||||||
TETRA Technologies, Inc.(a) | 6,819 | 19,434 | ||||||
Tidewater, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,056 | 137,612 | ||||||
Transocean Ltd.(a)(b) | 40,044 | 236,260 | ||||||
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,620 | 60,291 | ||||||
Valaris Ltd.(a) | 3,644 | 218,640 | ||||||
Weatherford International PLC(a) | 3,896 | 251,798 | ||||||
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Entertainment — 0.8% | ||||||||
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 31,142 | 171,281 | ||||||
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,547 | 110,513 | ||||||
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 10,444 | 269,246 | ||||||
IMAX Corp.(a) | 2,794 | 58,534 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Braves, Class A(a)(b) | 632 | 24,755 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Braves, Class C, NVS(a)(b) | 2,266 | 86,153 | ||||||
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 3,726 | 42,849 | ||||||
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a) | 7,668 | 81,818 | ||||||
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A(b) | 1,073 | 215,137 | ||||||
Playstudios, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,367 | 23,508 | ||||||
Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 5,506 | 55,060 | ||||||
Sphere Entertainment Co., Class A(a)(b) | 1,584 | 44,574 | ||||||
Vivid Seats, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,368 | 9,822 | ||||||
Warner Music Group Corp., Class A | 7,078 | 215,667 | ||||||
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A | 2,610 | 279,714 | ||||||
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1,688,631 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 2.0% | ||||||||
Affirm Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 12,987 | 128,052 | ||||||
Alerus Financial Corp. | 1,174 | 16,894 | ||||||
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. | 1,128 | 40,382 | ||||||
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a) | 8,090 | 60,109 | ||||||
Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,444 | 81,059 | ||||||
Cass Information Systems, Inc. | 737 | 26,959 | ||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings | 3,758 | 71,628 | ||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 1,864 | 44,997 | ||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 6,541 | 277,796 | ||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,847 | 315,277 | ||||||
EVERTEC, Inc. | 3,981 | 138,101 | ||||||
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS | 567 | 75,575 | ||||||
Flywire Corp.(a) | 3,807 | 111,050 | ||||||
I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,407 | 32,713 | ||||||
International Money Express, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,027 | 52,256 | ||||||
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A | 3,595 | 129,456 | ||||||
Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a) | 26,569 | 107,604 | ||||||
Merchants Bancorp | 1,570 | 36,424 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Financial Services (continued) | ||||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 17,789 | $ | 264,522 | |||||
MoneyGram International, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,704 | 57,953 | ||||||
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a) | 4,203 | 194,599 | ||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,131 | 120,065 | ||||||
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A | 1,829 | 114,294 | ||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 9,482 | 230,128 | ||||||
Remitly Global, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,901 | 99,137 | ||||||
Repay Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | 4,788 | 30,021 | ||||||
Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a) | 7,307 | 65,105 | ||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,194 | 216,457 | ||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 3,039 | 36,590 | ||||||
Voya Financial, Inc. | 5,859 | 448,096 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 1,860 | 125,197 | ||||||
Waterstone Financial, Inc. | 1,463 | 20,263 | ||||||
Western Union Co. | 17,516 | 191,450 | ||||||
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3,960,209 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.5% | ||||||||
B&G Foods, Inc. | 4,292 | 68,844 | ||||||
Benson Hill, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,567 | 8,021 | ||||||
Beyond Meat, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,692 | 49,990 | ||||||
BRC, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,127 | 11,082 | ||||||
Calavo Growers, Inc. | 1,066 | 34,069 | ||||||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 2,276 | 108,110 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 11,553 | 317,823 | ||||||
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | 1,835 | 52,683 | ||||||
Freshpet, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,904 | 200,289 | ||||||
Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,460 | 97,898 | ||||||
Hostess Brands, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,039 | 207,085 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 3,954 | 419,796 | ||||||
J & J Snack Foods Corp. | 907 | 138,952 | ||||||
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | 540 | 56,133 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 1,200 | 250,944 | ||||||
Mission Produce, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,367 | 26,960 | ||||||
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a) | 2,702 | 61,633 | ||||||
Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,228 | 292,102 | ||||||
Seaboard Corp. | 16 | 63,057 | ||||||
Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a) | 312 | 14,851 | ||||||
Simply Good Foods Co.(a) | 5,084 | 184,905 | ||||||
Sovos Brands, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,260 | 38,759 | ||||||
Tattooed Chef, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,814 | 4,333 | ||||||
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | 1,090 | 44,559 | ||||||
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a) | 3,045 | 162,146 | ||||||
Utz Brands, Inc., Class A | 3,993 | 75,508 | ||||||
Vital Farms, Inc.(a) | 1,688 | 21,741 | ||||||
Westrock Coffee Co.(a) | 664 | 8,121 | ||||||
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3,020,394 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.8% | ||||||||
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 1,060 | 130,910 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 5,535 | 309,407 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 5,833 | 301,216 | ||||||
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 2,151 | 101,011 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 3,256 | 250,549 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 3,929 | 220,024 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 3,176 | 215,110 | ||||||
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1,528,227 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.0% | ||||||||
ArcBest Corp. | 1,461 | 137,919 | ||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 2,786 | 40,341 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc.(b) | 2,163 | 380,753 | ||||||
Lyft, Inc., Class A(a) | 19,355 | 198,389 | ||||||
Marten Transport Ltd. | 3,469 | 70,039 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Ground Transportation (continued) | ||||||||
PAM Transportation Services, Inc.(a) | 412 | $ | 9,249 | |||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 3,040 | 240,647 | ||||||
Saia, Inc.(a) | 1,594 | 474,645 | ||||||
Schneider National, Inc., Class B | 2,218 | 58,045 | ||||||
TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,130 | 11,047 | ||||||
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. | 392 | 10,035 | ||||||
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 3,548 | 160,263 | ||||||
XPO, Inc.(a) | 6,944 | 306,786 | ||||||
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2,098,158 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.0% | ||||||||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,263 | 61,558 | ||||||
AngioDynamics, Inc.(a) | 2,334 | 19,419 | ||||||
Artivion, Inc.(a) | 2,508 | 34,786 | ||||||
AtriCure, Inc.(a) | 2,822 | 124,140 | ||||||
Atrion Corp. | 81 | 49,839 | ||||||
Avanos Medical, Inc.(a) | 2,783 | 82,210 | ||||||
Axonics, Inc.(a) | 2,990 | 171,805 | ||||||
Bioventus, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,826 | 1,844 | ||||||
Butterfly Network, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,564 | 18,498 | ||||||
Cerus Corp.(a) | 10,994 | 25,396 | ||||||
CONMED Corp. | 1,845 | 231,677 | ||||||
Cue Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,548 | 4,366 | ||||||
Cutera, Inc.(a) | 1,068 | 24,350 | ||||||
Embecta Corp. | 3,440 | 95,460 | ||||||
Enovis Corp.(a) | 2,885 | 168,051 | ||||||
Envista Holdings Corp.(a) | 9,812 | 377,664 | ||||||
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,347 | 93,872 | ||||||
Figs, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,543 | 54,310 | ||||||
Glaukos Corp.(a) | 2,902 | 137,874 | ||||||
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,681 | 272,153 | ||||||
Haemonetics Corp.(a) | 3,052 | 255,483 | ||||||
Heska Corp.(a) | 623 | 72,991 | ||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,217 | 230,183 | ||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,921 | 194,013 | ||||||
Inogen, Inc.(a) | 1,358 | 18,075 | ||||||
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,747 | 467,550 | ||||||
Integer Holdings Corp.(a) | 2,003 | 164,947 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a) | 4,373 | 241,914 | ||||||
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,820 | 239,148 | ||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,145 | 354,190 | ||||||
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1,153 | 62,262 | ||||||
LivaNova PLC(a) | 3,253 | 155,819 | ||||||
Masimo Corp.(a) | 2,910 | 550,398 | ||||||
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,422 | 278,174 | ||||||
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. | 300 | 49,953 | ||||||
Neogen Corp.(a) | 13,022 | 224,239 | ||||||
Nevro Corp.(a) | 2,160 | 63,223 | ||||||
NuVasive, Inc.(a) | 3,139 | 135,103 | ||||||
Omnicell, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,701 | 164,140 | ||||||
OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a) | 985 | 49,683 | ||||||
Outset Medical, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,935 | 52,801 | ||||||
Paragon 28, Inc.(a) | 1,502 | 27,667 | ||||||
Penumbra, Inc.(a) | 2,292 | 651,203 | ||||||
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a) | 1,990 | 60,476 | ||||||
Pulmonx Corp.(a) | 2,276 | 26,743 | ||||||
QuidelOrtho Corp.(a) | 3,223 | 289,909 | ||||||
Senseonics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 27,672 | 16,468 | ||||||
SI-BONE, Inc.(a) | 1,809 | 39,979 | ||||||
Silk Road Medical, Inc.(a) | 2,301 | 101,290 | ||||||
STAAR Surgical Co.(a) | 2,920 | 205,772 | ||||||
Surmodics, Inc.(a) | 832 | 19,169 | ||||||
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a) | 3,860 | 152,779 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,937 | $ | 153,217 | |||||
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a) | 2,092 | 51,233 | ||||||
UFP Technologies, Inc.(a) | 423 | 58,306 | ||||||
Varex Imaging Corp.(a) | 2,370 | 42,044 | ||||||
Vicarious Surgical, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,182 | 4,909 | ||||||
ViewRay, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,659 | 10,218 | ||||||
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7,984,943 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
23andMe Holding Co., Class A(a)(b) | 17,853 | 35,170 | ||||||
Accolade, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,759 | 50,859 | ||||||
Addus HomeCare Corp.(a) | 967 | 79,043 | ||||||
Agiliti, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,963 | 32,821 | ||||||
Amedisys, Inc.(a) | 1,953 | 156,826 | ||||||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a) | 2,615 | 225,805 | ||||||
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,363 | 83,863 | ||||||
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,118 | 47,696 | ||||||
Cano Health, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 11,976 | 13,892 | ||||||
CareMax, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,559 | 11,489 | ||||||
Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 1,465 | 33,153 | ||||||
Clover Health Investments Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 19,446 | 14,363 | ||||||
Community Health Systems, Inc.(a) | 7,587 | 48,102 | ||||||
CorVel Corp.(a)(b) | 548 | 110,712 | ||||||
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 2,099 | 46,136 | ||||||
DocGo, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,037 | 42,815 | ||||||
Encompass Health Corp. | 6,031 | 386,889 | ||||||
Enhabit, Inc.(a) | 3,072 | 37,632 | ||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. | 3,361 | 326,319 | ||||||
Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a) | 1,164 | 34,419 | ||||||
GeneDx Holdings Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 35,952 | 9,836 | ||||||
Guardant Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,217 | 140,256 | ||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.(a) | 5,085 | 271,793 | ||||||
Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,259 | 84,132 | ||||||
Innovage Holding Corp.(a) | 1,198 | 7,320 | ||||||
Invitae Corp.(a)(b) | 13,374 | 18,189 | ||||||
LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,556 | 45,281 | ||||||
ModivCare, Inc.(a) | 767 | 48,781 | ||||||
National HealthCare Corp. | 815 | 47,197 | ||||||
National Research Corp., Class A | 849 | 36,957 | ||||||
NeoGenomics, Inc.(a) | 7,609 | 111,244 | ||||||
Oak Street Health, Inc.(a) | 7,038 | 274,271 | ||||||
OPKO Health, Inc.(a) | 24,510 | 36,030 | ||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.(a) | 10,104 | 324,844 | ||||||
Owens & Minor, Inc.(a) | 4,600 | 71,484 | ||||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 5,254 | 142,436 | ||||||
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a) | 4,895 | 70,145 | ||||||
Premier, Inc., Class A | 7,147 | 238,210 | ||||||
Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,042 | 84,050 | ||||||
Progyny, Inc.(a) | 4,543 | 151,009 | ||||||
RadNet, Inc.(a) | 2,965 | 82,012 | ||||||
Select Medical Holdings Corp. | 6,279 | 191,509 | ||||||
Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,071 | 161,456 | ||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a) | 6,505 | 476,947 | ||||||
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | 781 | 83,145 | ||||||
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5,026,538 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 6,066 | 118,226 | ||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 1,406 | 50,321 | ||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | 3,741 | 34,716 | ||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 2,482 | 83,023 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 2,641 | 131,443 | ||||||
Physicians Realty Trust | 13,737 | 198,088 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 27 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 13,896 | $ | 158,414 | |||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 769 | 33,452 | ||||||
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807,683 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.7% | ||||||||
American Well Corp., Class A(a) | 14,295 | 31,306 | ||||||
Certara, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,386 | 154,350 | ||||||
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.(a) | 869 | 22,490 | ||||||
Definitive Healthcare Corp., Class A(a) | 2,313 | 24,749 | ||||||
Doximity, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,131 | 262,064 | ||||||
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,450 | 198,435 | ||||||
GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,548 | 21,239 | ||||||
Health Catalyst, Inc.(a) | 3,292 | 41,479 | ||||||
HealthStream, Inc. | 1,483 | 36,541 | ||||||
Multiplan Corp., Class A(a) | 15,100 | 14,772 | ||||||
NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 3,203 | 53,618 | ||||||
Phreesia, Inc.(a) | 3,184 | 100,742 | ||||||
Schrodinger, Inc.(a) | 3,198 | 94,405 | ||||||
Sharecare, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 18,808 | 28,964 | ||||||
Simulations Plus, Inc. | 991 | 41,374 | ||||||
Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,770 | 259,198 | ||||||
Veradigm, Inc.(a) | 6,542 | 81,710 | ||||||
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1,467,436 | ||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.7% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 12,795 | 190,518 | ||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 2,951 | 30,218 | ||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 12,617 | 102,324 | ||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 13,522 | 162,940 | ||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b) | 7,927 | 112,801 | ||||||
RLJ Lodging Trust | 9,807 | 99,051 | ||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 3,315 | 297,223 | ||||||
Service Properties Trust | 9,927 | 87,060 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 6,367 | 41,003 | ||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 12,616 | 120,230 | ||||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 6,659 | 84,303 | ||||||
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1,327,671 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.2% | ||||||||
Accel Entertainment, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,266 | 28,904 | ||||||
Bally’s Corp.(a)(b) | 1,635 | 28,122 | ||||||
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a) | 1,395 | 45,393 | ||||||
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. | 5,305 | 131,405 | ||||||
Bowlero Corp.(a)(b) | 2,041 | 29,860 | ||||||
Boyd Gaming Corp. | 4,781 | 331,802 | ||||||
Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,638 | 105,309 | ||||||
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | 2,919 | 98,341 | ||||||
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,075 | 37,496 | ||||||
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | 1,344 | 142,679 | ||||||
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 2,526 | 89,572 | ||||||
Denny’s Corp.(a) | 3,427 | 38,417 | ||||||
Dine Brands Global, Inc. | 939 | 60,969 | ||||||
DraftKings, Inc., Class A(a) | 27,034 | 592,315 | ||||||
Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,816 | 56,568 | ||||||
Everi Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,355 | 81,396 | ||||||
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.(a) | 667 | 10,725 | ||||||
Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 1,314 | 55,398 | ||||||
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a) | 4,773 | 204,284 | ||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a) | 2,910 | 332,613 | ||||||
Jack in the Box, Inc. | 1,246 | 115,492 | ||||||
Krispy Kreme, Inc. | 4,089 | 62,889 | ||||||
Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a) | 222 | 15,300 | ||||||
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,442 | 71,559 | ||||||
Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,655 | 340,940 |
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Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,946 | $ | 22,009 | |||||
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | 2,311 | 310,968 | ||||||
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. | 792 | 54,933 | ||||||
Papa John’s International, Inc. | 1,943 | 145,317 | ||||||
Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 9,375 | 279,281 | ||||||
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,017 | 417,113 | ||||||
Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,590 | 55,996 | ||||||
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.(b) | 506 | 37,899 | ||||||
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | 2,961 | 144,497 | ||||||
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. | 1,880 | 30,381 | ||||||
Sabre Corp.(a)(b) | 19,604 | 78,416 | ||||||
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,377 | 127,550 | ||||||
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,261 | 123,926 | ||||||
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a) | 4,482 | 108,778 | ||||||
Sonder Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,332 | 3,417 | ||||||
Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,556 | 36,175 | ||||||
Target Hospitality Corp.(a) | 1,439 | 18,146 | ||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | 4,031 | 445,909 | ||||||
Travel + Leisure Co. | 4,892 | 187,217 | ||||||
Vacasa, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,909 | 3,911 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. | 10,273 | 227,033 | ||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 1,808 | 361,799 | ||||||
Xponential Fitness, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,359 | 44,956 | ||||||
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6,373,375 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 2.4% | ||||||||
Cavco Industries, Inc.(a) | 486 | 145,907 | ||||||
Century Communities, Inc. | 1,715 | 115,488 | ||||||
Cricut, Inc., Class A(b) | 2,415 | 22,049 | ||||||
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | 1,387 | 38,739 | ||||||
GoPro, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,829 | 33,508 | ||||||
Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a) | 1,635 | 60,936 | ||||||
Helen of Troy Ltd.(a) | 1,442 | 144,690 | ||||||
Installed Building Products, Inc. | 1,423 | 176,836 | ||||||
iRobot Corp.(a) | 1,621 | 63,754 | ||||||
KB Home | 4,940 | 216,471 | ||||||
La-Z-Boy, Inc. | 2,588 | 74,353 | ||||||
Legacy Housing Corp.(a) | 563 | 12,161 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 7,962 | 257,252 | ||||||
LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,239 | 147,193 | ||||||
M/I Homes, Inc.(a) | 1,664 | 112,553 | ||||||
MDC Holdings, Inc. | 3,514 | 143,969 | ||||||
Meritage Homes Corp. | 2,199 | 281,582 | ||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,184 | 337,186 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 22,613 | 274,748 | ||||||
Skyline Champion Corp.(a) | 3,213 | 238,308 | ||||||
Snap One Holdings Corp.(a)(b) | 1,012 | 9,877 | ||||||
Sonos, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,698 | 162,736 | ||||||
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a) | 6,514 | 280,688 | ||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | 10,250 | 384,067 | ||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc. | 6,183 | 395,156 | ||||||
TopBuild Corp.(a) | 1,930 | 435,176 | ||||||
Traeger, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,314 | 10,075 | ||||||
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a) | 6,067 | 174,002 | ||||||
Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 3,322 | 28,470 | ||||||
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4,777,930 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.3% | ||||||||
Central Garden & Pet Co.(a) | 582 | 21,441 | ||||||
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a) | 2,515 | 88,855 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 4,014 | 134,188 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 3,283 | 92,022 |
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Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 2,471 | $ | 164,322 | |||||
WD-40 Co. | 825 | 157,080 | ||||||
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657,908 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3% | ||||||||
Altus Power, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,103 | 9,548 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A | 2,133 | 61,814 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | 4,943 | 150,119 | ||||||
Montauk Renewables, Inc.(a) | 3,722 | 24,751 | ||||||
Ormat Technologies, Inc.(b) | 3,170 | 272,018 | ||||||
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,970 | 107,221 | ||||||
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625,471 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.7% | ||||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 7,945 | 416,874 | ||||||
Indus Realty Trust, Inc. | 312 | 20,770 | ||||||
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 1,696 | 116,261 | ||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 16,649 | 156,501 | ||||||
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 2,322 | 46,997 | ||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 10,791 | 365,491 | ||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 4,387 | 270,195 | ||||||
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1,393,089 | ||||||||
Insurance — 2.6% | ||||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 4,183 | 161,213 | ||||||
AMERISAFE, Inc. | 1,273 | 70,842 | ||||||
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. | 2,186 | 64,290 | ||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 3,633 | 195,710 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 4,666 | 263,816 | ||||||
Bright Health Group, Inc.(a) | 14,673 | 2,358 | ||||||
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a) | 4,151 | 183,474 | ||||||
BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,764 | 94,815 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 6,942 | 155,778 | ||||||
Donegal Group, Inc., Class A | 1,210 | 17,037 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 1,020 | 40,382 | ||||||
Enstar Group Ltd.(a) | 836 | 201,142 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 6,233 | 359,083 | ||||||
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,269 | 72,968 | ||||||
Hagerty, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,899 | 19,009 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 2,172 | 259,684 | ||||||
Hippo Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 900 | 16,416 | ||||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 1,984 | 62,060 | ||||||
James River Group Holdings Ltd. | 2,320 | 45,170 | ||||||
Kemper Corp. | 3,852 | 187,400 | ||||||
Lemonade, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,837 | 30,753 | ||||||
MBIA, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,070 | 30,884 | ||||||
Mercury General Corp. | 1,672 | 50,846 | ||||||
National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A | 150 | 38,247 | ||||||
Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,922 | 46,585 | ||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,536 | 77,199 | ||||||
Primerica, Inc. | 2,222 | 405,537 | ||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 2,298 | 41,272 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 2,642 | 569,113 | ||||||
RLI Corp. | 2,459 | 341,924 | ||||||
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,027 | 205,403 | ||||||
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | 676 | 49,409 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | 3,656 | 352,183 | ||||||
SiriusPoint Ltd.(a) | 5,293 | 45,996 | ||||||
Stewart Information Services Corp. | 1,375 | 57,269 | ||||||
Tiptree, Inc. | 1,235 | 17,006 | ||||||
Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,131 | 74,819 | ||||||
United Fire Group, Inc. | 1,321 | 35,535 | ||||||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b) | 153 | 219,117 | ||||||
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5,161,744 |
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Interactive Media & Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Bumble, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,601 | $ | 101,994 | |||||
Cargurus, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,676 | 93,314 | ||||||
Cars.com, Inc.(a) | 3,781 | 73,994 | ||||||
Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,931 | 35,848 | ||||||
fuboTV, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,920 | 13,589 | ||||||
IAC, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,702 | 243,423 | ||||||
MediaAlpha, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,337 | 9,894 | ||||||
Nextdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,668 | 16,180 | ||||||
QuinStreet, Inc.(a) | 3,025 | 33,608 | ||||||
Rumble, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,774 | 38,001 | ||||||
Shutterstock, Inc. | 1,445 | 96,815 | ||||||
System1, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,231 | 3,545 | ||||||
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a) | 6,280 | 111,344 | ||||||
Vimeo, Inc.(a) | 9,300 | 30,597 | ||||||
Yelp, Inc.(a) | 4,221 | 126,292 | ||||||
Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,843 | 207,937 | ||||||
ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,149 | 53,344 | ||||||
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IT Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1(a) | 3,623 | 26,774 | ||||||
Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corp.(a) | 6,525 | 1,384 | ||||||
Cyxtera Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,297 | 1,072 | ||||||
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,661 | 115,468 | ||||||
Edgio, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,732 | 5,111 | ||||||
Fastly, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,736 | 99,558 | ||||||
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,065 | 33,317 | ||||||
Hackett Group, Inc. | 1,468 | 27,246 | ||||||
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a) | 12,419 | 179,579 | ||||||
Perficient, Inc.(a) | 2,093 | 135,878 | ||||||
Rackspace Technology, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,374 | 4,926 | ||||||
Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,482 | 77,190 | ||||||
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,110 | 25,605 | ||||||
Tucows, Inc., Class A(a) | 596 | 13,344 | ||||||
Unisys Corp.(a)(b) | 4,048 | 12,994 | ||||||
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759,446 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.9% | ||||||||
Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 1,942 | 97,352 | ||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 4,360 | 369,684 | ||||||
Clarus Corp. | 1,669 | 16,239 | ||||||
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A | 345 | 20,010 | ||||||
Latham Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,511 | 6,052 | ||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,219 | 69,178 | ||||||
MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,060 | 31,026 | ||||||
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 19,667 | 174,643 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 3,283 | 356,698 | ||||||
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | 2,748 | 33,031 | ||||||
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. | 1,051 | 60,496 | ||||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)(b) | 8,353 | 185,186 | ||||||
Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,406 | 82,085 | ||||||
YETI Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,199 | 205,101 | ||||||
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1,706,781 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,780 | 303,045 | ||||||
AbCellera Biologics, Inc.(a)(b) | 12,556 | 85,130 | ||||||
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b) | 6,587 | 47,031 | ||||||
Azenta, Inc.(a) | 4,158 | 180,831 | ||||||
BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a) | 2,024 | 35,541 | ||||||
Bionano Genomics, Inc.(a)(b) | 17,368 | 11,948 | ||||||
CryoPort, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,910 | 61,226 | ||||||
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,604 | 91,069 | ||||||
Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,518 | 303,813 |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued) | ||||||||
NanoString Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,549 | $ | 24,980 | |||||
OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(c) | 359 | — | ||||||
OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(c) | 359 | — | ||||||
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(a)(b) | 13,730 | 145,538 | ||||||
Quanterix Corp.(a) | 2,157 | 27,265 | ||||||
Seer, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,197 | 7,338 | ||||||
SomaLogic, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,997 | 25,192 | ||||||
Sotera Health Co.(a)(b) | 5,985 | 100,369 | ||||||
Syneos Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,185 | 242,823 | ||||||
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1,693,139 | ||||||||
Machinery — 3.4% | ||||||||
3D Systems Corp.(a) | 7,964 | 72,950 | ||||||
Alamo Group, Inc. | 623 | 110,103 | ||||||
Albany International Corp., Class A | 1,877 | 171,201 | ||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 5,567 | 271,614 | ||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 1,366 | 56,388 | ||||||
Barnes Group, Inc. | 3,062 | 128,696 | ||||||
CIRCOR International, Inc.(a) | 1,252 | 34,856 | ||||||
Columbus McKinnon Corp. | 1,712 | 59,423 | ||||||
Crane NXT Co. | 2,876 | 136,207 | ||||||
Desktop Metal, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,832 | 30,430 | ||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. | 7,348 | 466,965 | ||||||
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | 1,382 | 40,506 | ||||||
Energy Recovery, Inc.(a) | 3,405 | 76,715 | ||||||
Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Class A | 3,464 | 82,305 | ||||||
EnPro Industries, Inc. | 1,263 | 119,063 | ||||||
Esab Corp. | 3,136 | 183,017 | ||||||
Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.(a) | 7,374 | 364,644 | ||||||
Federal Signal Corp. | 3,646 | 187,331 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. | 7,851 | 262,145 | ||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 2,339 | 209,270 | ||||||
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a) | 6,125 | 82,504 | ||||||
Gorman-Rupp Co. | 1,352 | 33,192 | ||||||
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. | 1,953 | 51,657 | ||||||
Helios Technologies, Inc. | 1,976 | 118,837 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 4,187 | 191,011 | ||||||
Hillman Solutions Corp.(a) | 8,751 | 73,508 | ||||||
Hyliion Holdings Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 7,956 | 10,900 | ||||||
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A | 641 | 33,755 | ||||||
Hyzon Motors, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,417 | 4,505 | ||||||
ITT, Inc. | 4,994 | 421,693 | ||||||
John Bean Technologies Corp. | 1,913 | 207,962 | ||||||
Kadant, Inc. | 701 | 130,267 | ||||||
Kennametal, Inc. | 4,874 | 126,529 | ||||||
Lindsay Corp. | 661 | 79,809 | ||||||
Luxfer Holdings PLC | 1,605 | 24,476 | ||||||
Markforged Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 5,169 | 5,039 | ||||||
Microvast Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,221 | 11,782 | ||||||
Mueller Industries, Inc. | 3,439 | 247,092 | ||||||
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A | 9,425 | 126,295 | ||||||
Nikola Corp.(a)(b) | 22,142 | 19,607 | ||||||
Omega Flex, Inc.(b) | 178 | 19,582 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 3,936 | 301,183 | ||||||
Proterra, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,548 | 13,511 | ||||||
Proto Labs, Inc.(a) | 1,666 | 47,931 | ||||||
REV Group, Inc. | 1,911 | 20,505 | ||||||
Shyft Group, Inc. | 1,970 | 49,408 | ||||||
SPX Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,720 | 173,210 | ||||||
Standex International Corp. | 725 | 89,037 | ||||||
Symbotic, Inc., Class A(a) | 894 | 23,745 | ||||||
Tennant Co. | 1,145 | 87,501 | ||||||
Terex Corp. | 4,093 | 182,507 |
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Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Timken Co. | 3,983 | $ | 306,094 | |||||
Titan International, Inc.(a) | 3,063 | 29,895 | ||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. | 4,961 | 118,816 | ||||||
Velo3D, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,714 | 8,691 | ||||||
Wabash National Corp. | 2,850 | 73,159 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | 1,652 | 267,178 | ||||||
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6,876,202 | ||||||||
Marine Transportation — 0.2% | ||||||||
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. | 571 | 25,535 | ||||||
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | 2,284 | 35,197 | ||||||
Kirby Corp.(a) | 3,618 | 259,917 | ||||||
Matson, Inc. | 2,276 | 154,836 | ||||||
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475,485 | ||||||||
Media — 1.1% | ||||||||
Advantage Solutions, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,629 | 7,205 | ||||||
Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 12,880 | 45,080 | ||||||
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,665 | 29,454 | ||||||
Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a) | 1,146 | 23,447 | ||||||
Cable One, Inc. | 292 | 221,456 | ||||||
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 28,122 | 35,715 | ||||||
DISH Network Corp., Class A(a) | 15,213 | 114,250 | ||||||
EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(a) | 3,454 | 29,117 | ||||||
Gray Television, Inc. | 5,093 | 39,267 | ||||||
iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,220 | 21,583 | ||||||
Innovid Corp.(a) | 4,401 | 4,133 | ||||||
Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 2,206 | 34,700 | ||||||
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | 2,564 | 98,893 | ||||||
Magnite, Inc.(a) | 7,129 | 67,013 | ||||||
New York Times Co., Class A | 9,909 | 393,883 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | 2,271 | 393,905 | ||||||
PubMatic, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,668 | 36,445 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp., NVS | 1,796 | 69,092 | ||||||
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A | 2,690 | 53,504 | ||||||
Stagwell, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,118 | 38,054 | ||||||
TechTarget, Inc.(a) | 1,600 | 54,544 | ||||||
TEGNA, Inc. | 13,502 | 230,884 | ||||||
Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,828 | 41,057 | ||||||
WideOpenWest, Inc.(a) | 3,142 | 35,913 | ||||||
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2,118,594 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 1.5% | ||||||||
5E Advanced Materials, Inc.(a) | 1,787 | 7,541 | ||||||
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | 876 | 128,387 | ||||||
Arconic Corp.(a) | 6,115 | 151,346 | ||||||
ATI, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,778 | 300,386 | ||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 2,920 | 154,001 | ||||||
Century Aluminum Co.(a) | 3,120 | 26,801 | ||||||
Coeur Mining, Inc.(a)(b) | 17,142 | 58,283 | ||||||
Commercial Metals Co. | 7,050 | 329,164 | ||||||
Compass Minerals International, Inc. | 2,035 | 66,606 | ||||||
Haynes International, Inc. | 763 | 35,869 | ||||||
Hecla Mining Co. | 33,995 | 205,670 | ||||||
Ivanhoe Electric, Inc.(a)(b) | 859 | 10,231 | ||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 971 | 63,814 | ||||||
Materion Corp. | 1,234 | 133,654 | ||||||
MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 5,556 | 120,398 | ||||||
Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(a) | 976 | 56,120 | ||||||
Ramaco Resources, Inc. | 1,439 | 11,699 | ||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 3,956 | 523,933 | ||||||
Ryerson Holding Corp. | 1,234 | 46,608 | ||||||
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A | 1,571 | 45,386 | ||||||
SunCoke Energy, Inc. | 5,163 | 40,168 |
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Metals & Mining (continued) | ||||||||
TimkenSteel Corp.(a) | 2,386 | $ | 39,942 | |||||
United States Steel Corp. | 13,640 | 312,083 | ||||||
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | 3,135 | 108,377 | ||||||
Worthington Industries, Inc. | 1,828 | 108,565 | ||||||
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3,085,032 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2% | ||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 34,774 | 344,610 | ||||||
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | 7,971 | 80,667 | ||||||
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. | 10,360 | 118,829 | ||||||
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. | 3,479 | 29,954 | ||||||
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | 10,213 | 52,086 | ||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | 10,475 | 191,064 | ||||||
BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A | 7,738 | 44,107 | ||||||
Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc. | 8,025 | 39,403 | ||||||
Chimera Investment Corp. | 14,215 | 80,741 | ||||||
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 7,379 | 88,253 | ||||||
Dynex Capital, Inc. | 3,351 | 39,743 | ||||||
Ellington Financial, Inc. | 3,834 | 48,960 | ||||||
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,964 | 62,695 | ||||||
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 3,520 | 15,735 | ||||||
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | 5,351 | 151,861 | ||||||
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 2,251 | 23,883 | ||||||
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. | 3,497 | 37,558 | ||||||
Ladder Capital Corp., Class A | 6,753 | 63,141 | ||||||
MFA Financial, Inc. | 5,626 | 60,142 | ||||||
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 5,568 | 57,239 | ||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 5,493 | 68,278 | ||||||
Ready Capital Corp. | 6,047 | 64,884 | ||||||
Redwood Trust, Inc. | 7,012 | 44,035 | ||||||
Rithm Capital Corp. | 28,746 | 234,567 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 18,377 | 328,765 | ||||||
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. | 3,711 | 26,460 | ||||||
Two Harbors Investment Corp. | 5,898 | 82,159 | ||||||
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2,479,819 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 4,204 | 185,270 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 3,922 | 256,067 | ||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 3,482 | 204,115 | ||||||
Unitil Corp. | 979 | 54,423 | ||||||
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699,875 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.8% | ||||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 10,122 | 39,780 | ||||||
City Office REIT, Inc. | 2,409 | 14,020 | ||||||
Corporate Office Properties Trust | 6,769 | 154,942 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 9,177 | 200,150 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 10,699 | 137,803 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 5,478 | 77,076 | ||||||
Equity Commonwealth | 6,660 | 137,995 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 6,398 | 146,642 | ||||||
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | 7,660 | 42,590 | ||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 5,989 | 85,463 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 6,326 | 184,972 | ||||||
Office Properties Income Trust | 2,948 | 19,221 | ||||||
Orion Office REIT, Inc. | 3,389 | 20,808 | ||||||
Paramount Group, Inc. | 9,841 | 42,612 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 7,472 | 48,643 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 3,878 | 91,792 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 9,671 | 145,162 | ||||||
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1,589,671 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6% | ||||||||
Amplify Energy Corp.(a) | 2,270 | $ | 15,686 | |||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 20,443 | 219,967 | ||||||
Arch Resources, Inc., Class A | 1,093 | 133,619 | ||||||
Berry Corp. | 3,910 | 29,872 | ||||||
California Resources Corp. | 4,427 | 179,293 | ||||||
Callon Petroleum Co.(a) | 3,084 | 102,204 | ||||||
Centrus Energy Corp., Class A(a) | 620 | 18,166 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 2,517 | 358,245 | ||||||
Civitas Resources, Inc. | 3,141 | 216,886 | ||||||
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)(b) | 10,508 | 44,869 | ||||||
CNX Resources Corp.(a) | 10,241 | 159,043 | ||||||
Comstock Resources, Inc. | 5,504 | 63,296 | ||||||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. | 1,980 | 117,493 | ||||||
Crescent Energy Co., Class A | 2,244 | 26,075 | ||||||
CVR Energy, Inc. | 1,963 | 51,705 | ||||||
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc. | 4,452 | 96,831 | ||||||
Denbury, Inc.(a) | 3,005 | 280,607 | ||||||
Dorian LPG Ltd. | 1,926 | 42,796 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 5,851 | 288,279 | ||||||
Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,250 | 30,510 | ||||||
Enviva, Inc. | 1,846 | 39,689 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. | 26,278 | 135,332 | ||||||
Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A | 1,053 | 22,640 | ||||||
Gevo, Inc.(a)(b) | 16,965 | 19,679 | ||||||
Gran Tierra Energy, Inc.(a) | 22,326 | 17,892 | ||||||
Green Plains, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,656 | 56,586 | ||||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.(a) | 696 | 62,960 | ||||||
HighPeak Energy, Inc.(b) | 849 | 16,776 | ||||||
International Seaways, Inc. | 2,442 | 97,240 | ||||||
Kinetik Holdings, Inc., Class A | 1,306 | 40,225 | ||||||
Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a) | 27,583 | 176,531 | ||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 10,126 | 213,861 | ||||||
NextDecade Corp.(a)(b) | 3,707 | 23,095 | ||||||
Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. | 4,461 | 147,971 | ||||||
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,533 | 82,778 | ||||||
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A | 6,923 | 241,336 | ||||||
PDC Energy, Inc. | 5,551 | 361,093 | ||||||
Peabody Energy Corp.(a)(b) | 7,012 | 168,428 | ||||||
Permian Resources Corp., Class A | 14,198 | 148,369 | ||||||
Ranger Oil Corp., Class A | 1,185 | 48,822 | ||||||
REX American Resources Corp.(a) | 1,125 | 31,826 | ||||||
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. | 272 | 11,427 | ||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc.(a) | 1,829 | 25,917 | ||||||
SilverBow Resources, Inc.(a)(b) | 801 | 19,104 | ||||||
SM Energy Co. | 7,443 | 208,999 | ||||||
Talos Energy, Inc.(a) | 3,986 | 54,329 | ||||||
Tellurian, Inc.(a)(b) | 31,979 | 45,410 | ||||||
Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b) | 22,226 | 58,010 | ||||||
VAALCO Energy, Inc. | 6,282 | 26,887 | ||||||
Vertex Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,650 | 28,835 | ||||||
Vital Energy, Inc.(a) | 1,009 | 46,949 | ||||||
W&T Offshore, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,726 | 25,023 | ||||||
World Fuel Services Corp. | 3,777 | 89,288 | ||||||
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5,268,749 | ||||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Clearwater Paper Corp.(a) | 988 | 35,667 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 4,308 | 257,360 | ||||||
Mercer International, Inc. | 2,429 | 23,634 | ||||||
Sylvamo Corp. | 1,927 | 88,295 | ||||||
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404,956 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.5% | ||||||||
Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a) | 7,668 | 333,251 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 31 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Passenger Airlines (continued) | ||||||||
Allegiant Travel Co.(a) | 951 | $ | 98,819 | |||||
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,215 | 21,020 | ||||||
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,058 | 25,473 | ||||||
JetBlue Airways Corp.(a) | 19,638 | 140,215 | ||||||
Joby Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 17,507 | 75,805 | ||||||
SkyWest, Inc.(a) | 3,033 | 85,834 | ||||||
Spirit Airlines, Inc. | 6,601 | 112,877 | ||||||
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,924 | 37,961 | ||||||
Wheels Up Experience, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 10,104 | 4,673 | ||||||
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935,928 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.8% | ||||||||
Beauty Health Co., Class A(a) | 5,601 | 64,187 | ||||||
BellRing Brands, Inc.(a) | 8,066 | 290,295 | ||||||
Coty, Inc., Class A(a) | 22,106 | 262,398 | ||||||
Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 3,096 | 135,202 | ||||||
elf Beauty, Inc.(a) | 3,062 | 284,031 | ||||||
Herbalife Ltd.(a)(b) | 5,860 | 87,080 | ||||||
Inter Parfums, Inc. | 1,080 | 163,933 | ||||||
Medifast, Inc. | 659 | 60,397 | ||||||
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 3,006 | 118,617 | ||||||
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,917 | 18,193 | ||||||
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a) | 672 | 44,601 | ||||||
Veru, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,113 | 3,954 | ||||||
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1,532,888 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5% | ||||||||
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,073 | 27,319 | ||||||
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,293 | 82,021 | ||||||
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,391 | 67,904 | ||||||
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 723 | 27,272 | ||||||
Arvinas, Inc.(a) | 2,918 | 76,481 | ||||||
Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,484 | 14,663 | ||||||
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,064 | 147,638 | ||||||
Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,670 | 11,214 | ||||||
Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,372 | 55,078 | ||||||
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 2,013 | 46,842 | ||||||
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 5,407 | 121,820 | ||||||
DICE Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,030 | 65,975 | ||||||
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,396 | 21,013 | ||||||
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a) | 26,974 | 255,444 | ||||||
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,232 | 5,586 | ||||||
Evolus, Inc.(a) | 2,272 | 19,857 | ||||||
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,768 | 57,000 | ||||||
Innoviva, Inc.(a) | 3,739 | 43,858 | ||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a) | 5,304 | 329,644 | ||||||
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 959 | 73,220 | ||||||
Nektar Therapeutics(a) | 11,469 | 8,628 | ||||||
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,191 | 9,881 | ||||||
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a) | 2,789 | 126,370 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 8,104 | 301,388 | ||||||
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,427 | 15,269 | ||||||
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,996 | 184,344 | ||||||
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,696 | 167,666 | ||||||
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,946 | 157,431 | ||||||
Scilex Holding Co. (Acquired 01/09/23, cost $19,912)(a)(d) | 3,943 | 27,548 | ||||||
SIGA Technologies, Inc. | 2,371 | 13,823 | ||||||
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,289 | 121,232 | ||||||
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,091 | 16,278 | ||||||
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,433 | 37,179 | ||||||
Third Harmonic Bio, Inc.(a)(b) | 664 | 3,008 | ||||||
Tilray Brands, Inc.(a)(b) | 36,851 | 86,600 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 1,647 | $ | 61,927 | |||||
WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.(a) | 3,723 | 14,855 | ||||||
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2,903,276 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 2.7% | ||||||||
Alight, Inc., Class A(a) | 19,104 | 176,712 | ||||||
ASGN, Inc.(a) | 2,997 | 214,555 | ||||||
Barrett Business Services, Inc. | 421 | 35,200 | ||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,415 | 443,348 | ||||||
CBIZ, Inc.(a) | 3,023 | 159,282 | ||||||
Conduent, Inc.(a) | 10,097 | 35,440 | ||||||
CRA International, Inc. | 427 | 44,895 | ||||||
CSG Systems International, Inc. | 1,804 | 95,035 | ||||||
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. | 13,120 | 146,550 | ||||||
ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,990 | 354,976 | ||||||
Exponent, Inc. | 3,063 | 281,949 | ||||||
First Advantage Corp.(a)(b) | 3,543 | 45,563 | ||||||
FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,255 | 7,702 | ||||||
Forrester Research, Inc.(a) | 666 | 20,606 | ||||||
Franklin Covey Co.(a) | 723 | 26,549 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.(a) | 2,075 | 374,537 | ||||||
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 1,224 | 30,735 | ||||||
HireRight Holdings Corp.(a)(b) | 1,138 | 12,063 | ||||||
Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,194 | 101,239 | ||||||
ICF International, Inc. | 1,023 | 116,622 | ||||||
Insperity, Inc. | 2,147 | 262,922 | ||||||
KBR, Inc. | 8,261 | 468,646 | ||||||
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS | 2,076 | 34,067 | ||||||
Kforce, Inc. | 1,186 | 70,140 | ||||||
Korn Ferry | 3,193 | 153,328 | ||||||
Legalzoom.com, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,766 | 54,085 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 3,043 | 230,385 | ||||||
Maximus, Inc. | 3,675 | 307,414 | ||||||
NV5 Global, Inc.(a) | 747 | 70,763 | ||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,898 | 68,103 | ||||||
Planet Labs PBC, Class A(a)(b) | 11,838 | 48,299 | ||||||
Resources Connection, Inc. | 1,936 | 28,246 | ||||||
Science Applications International Corp. | 3,288 | 335,475 | ||||||
Sterling Check Corp.(a)(b) | 1,354 | 15,219 | ||||||
TaskUS, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,570 | 21,132 | ||||||
TriNet Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,228 | 206,714 | ||||||
TrueBlue, Inc.(a) | 1,924 | 29,149 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 1,118 | 38,090 | ||||||
Upwork, Inc.(a) | 7,210 | 69,000 | ||||||
Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 8,382 | 142,075 | ||||||
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5,376,810 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5% | ||||||||
Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a) | 6,575 | 41,883 | ||||||
Compass, Inc., Class A(a) | 15,649 | 36,619 | ||||||
Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a) | 9,751 | 96,047 | ||||||
DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Class A | 8,725 | 108,452 | ||||||
eXp World Holdings, Inc. | 4,495 | 52,547 | ||||||
Forestar Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,130 | 21,854 | ||||||
FRP Holdings, Inc.(a) | 380 | 22,040 | ||||||
Howard Hughes Corp.(a)(b) | 2,069 | 160,079 | ||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 7,092 | 119,004 | ||||||
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. | 1,533 | 48,243 | ||||||
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A | 7,480 | 47,423 | ||||||
Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 30,182 | 41,651 | ||||||
Redfin Corp.(a)(b) | 6,581 | 49,028 | ||||||
RMR Group, Inc., Class A | 930 | 22,087 | ||||||
Seritage Growth Properties, Class A(a) | 2,142 | 16,044 |
32 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Real Estate Management & Development (continued) | ||||||||
St. Joe Co. | 2,065 | $ | 84,871 | |||||
WeWork, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,914 | 5,865 | ||||||
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973,737 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 8,942 | 330,675 | ||||||
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A | 9,087 | 71,151 | ||||||
BRT Apartments Corp. | 747 | 12,946 | ||||||
Centerspace | 923 | 52,039 | ||||||
Elme Communities | 5,314 | 91,560 | ||||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 13,458 | 224,076 | ||||||
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 1,356 | 58,213 | ||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 3,375 | 51,300 | ||||||
Veris Residential, Inc.(a) | 4,844 | 79,199 | ||||||
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971,159 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 1.2% | ||||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 5,700 | 77,007 | ||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 5,325 | 362,047 | ||||||
Alexander’s, Inc. | 127 | 23,631 | ||||||
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 1,463 | 33,839 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 2,462 | 82,058 | ||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 4,100 | 92,455 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 13,247 | 274,478 | ||||||
Macerich Co.(b) | 12,810 | 127,972 | ||||||
Necessity Retail REIT, Inc., Class A | 7,994 | 44,047 | ||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 3,268 | 59,543 | ||||||
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | 7,089 | 223,587 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 7,510 | 97,855 | ||||||
RPT Realty | 5,115 | 47,570 | ||||||
Saul Centers, Inc. | 796 | 28,680 | ||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 11,147 | 137,554 | ||||||
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 8,421 | 323,872 | ||||||
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | 6,271 | 122,974 | ||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 7,400 | 108,558 | ||||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A | 1,853 | 31,909 | ||||||
Whitestone REIT | 2,794 | 25,006 | ||||||
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2,324,642 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6% | ||||||||
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a) | 3,942 | 141,005 | ||||||
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b) | 1,368 | 32,668 | ||||||
Ambarella, Inc.(a) | 2,216 | 137,348 | ||||||
Amkor Technology, Inc. | 6,076 | 135,920 | ||||||
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,981 | 234,352 | ||||||
CEVA, Inc.(a) | 1,383 | 34,755 | ||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a) | 3,341 | 286,624 | ||||||
Cohu, Inc.(a) | 2,863 | 96,884 | ||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(a)(b) | 5,480 | 44,443 | ||||||
Diodes, Inc.(a) | 2,735 | 217,979 | ||||||
FormFactor, Inc.(a) | 4,672 | 127,592 | ||||||
Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | 1,710 | 47,624 | ||||||
Impinj, Inc.(a) | 1,287 | 113,784 | ||||||
indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,145 | 31,378 | ||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 3,407 | 162,378 | ||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 8,263 | 658,561 | ||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,128 | 182,488 | ||||||
Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 2,571 | 22,830 | ||||||
MaxLinear, Inc.(a) | 4,367 | 105,376 | ||||||
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 3,436 | 288,177 | ||||||
Navitas Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b) | 4,686 | 24,976 | ||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc.(a) | 2,979 | 241,239 | ||||||
PDF Solutions, Inc.(a) | 1,771 | 63,845 | ||||||
Photronics, Inc.(a) | 3,687 | 53,314 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 3,423 | $ | 249,126 | |||||
Rambus, Inc.(a) | 6,480 | 287,323 | ||||||
Semtech Corp.(a) | 3,809 | 74,237 | ||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,917 | 267,038 | ||||||
SiTime Corp.(a) | 978 | 106,084 | ||||||
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,022 | 46,599 | ||||||
Synaptics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,376 | 210,419 | ||||||
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,774 | 79,170 | ||||||
Universal Display Corp. | 2,624 | 350,199 | ||||||
Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a) | 3,092 | 56,955 | ||||||
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5,212,690 | ||||||||
Software — 5.9% | ||||||||
8x8, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,976 | 20,021 | ||||||
A10 Networks, Inc. | 3,837 | 54,255 | ||||||
ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a) | 6,802 | 172,295 | ||||||
Adeia, Inc. | 6,409 | 48,965 | ||||||
Agilysys, Inc.(a) | 1,204 | 93,960 | ||||||
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,037 | 144,835 | ||||||
Alkami Technology, Inc.(a) | 2,153 | 25,814 | ||||||
Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,148 | 217,369 | ||||||
Alteryx, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,704 | 152,346 | ||||||
American Software, Inc., Class A | 1,950 | 23,283 | ||||||
Amplitude, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,231 | 36,672 | ||||||
Appfolio, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,146 | 160,005 | ||||||
Appian Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 2,477 | 93,011 | ||||||
AppLovin Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 7,426 | 126,242 | ||||||
Asana, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,600 | 74,428 | ||||||
AvePoint, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,367 | 23,293 | ||||||
Blackbaud, Inc.(a) | 2,694 | 186,842 | ||||||
Blackline, Inc.(a) | 3,289 | 183,230 | ||||||
Blend Labs, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 10,822 | 6,408 | ||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,620 | 228,085 | ||||||
Braze, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,128 | 62,563 | ||||||
C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,156 | 91,880 | ||||||
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,395 | 55,509 | ||||||
Cerence, Inc.(a) | 2,447 | 62,521 | ||||||
Clear Secure, Inc., Class A(b) | 4,685 | 113,330 | ||||||
Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,939 | 60,700 | ||||||
CommVault Systems, Inc.(a) | 2,693 | 156,921 | ||||||
Confluent, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 9,295 | 204,490 | ||||||
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a) | 1,062 | 39,644 | ||||||
Couchbase, Inc.(a) | 1,448 | 22,241 | ||||||
CS Disco, Inc.(a) | 1,022 | 6,009 | ||||||
Cvent Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 3,922 | 32,984 | ||||||
Digital Turbine, Inc.(a) | 5,372 | 63,014 | ||||||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A | 3,616 | 302,623 | ||||||
Domo, Inc., Class B(a) | 1,830 | 29,060 | ||||||
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,303 | 156,014 | ||||||
Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a) | 16,263 | 330,789 | ||||||
E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 10,279 | 64,655 | ||||||
Ebix, Inc. | 1,390 | 22,601 | ||||||
Elastic NV(a) | 4,661 | 266,842 | ||||||
Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a) | 782 | 6,553 | ||||||
EngageSmart, Inc.(a) | 1,767 | 30,339 | ||||||
Envestnet, Inc.(a) | 2,878 | 182,408 | ||||||
Everbridge, Inc.(a) | 2,437 | 64,044 | ||||||
EverCommerce, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,730 | 20,881 | ||||||
Expensify, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,637 | 20,015 | ||||||
Five9, Inc.(a) | 4,242 | 275,051 | ||||||
Freshworks, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 9,735 | 130,060 | ||||||
Gitlab, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,787 | 114,973 | ||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,946 | 376,836 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 33 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Software (continued) | ||||||||
HashiCorp, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,930 | $ | 132,173 | |||||
Informatica, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,381 | 36,810 | ||||||
Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,063 | 28,201 | ||||||
Intapp, Inc.(a) | 941 | 37,941 | ||||||
InterDigital, Inc. | 1,638 | 110,958 | ||||||
Jamf Holding Corp.(a) | 2,670 | 50,516 | ||||||
JFrog Ltd.(a) | 3,637 | 67,539 | ||||||
LivePerson, Inc.(a) | 4,173 | 19,321 | ||||||
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,909 | 94,168 | ||||||
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,653 | 66,996 | ||||||
Matterport, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,366 | 31,143 | ||||||
MeridianLink, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,177 | 17,584 | ||||||
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 577 | 189,475 | ||||||
Mitek Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,612 | 23,560 | ||||||
Model N, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,058 | 63,386 | ||||||
Momentive Global, Inc.(a) | 7,630 | 71,646 | ||||||
N-able, Inc.(a) | 3,988 | 50,847 | ||||||
nCino, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,666 | 115,390 | ||||||
NCR Corp.(a) | 8,294 | 184,873 | ||||||
New Relic, Inc.(a) | 3,527 | 252,075 | ||||||
Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a) | 13,900 | 333,322 | ||||||
Olo, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,369 | 43,628 | ||||||
ON24, Inc.(a) | 2,538 | 22,081 | ||||||
OneSpan, Inc.(a) | 2,115 | 31,175 | ||||||
PagerDuty, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,967 | 149,308 | ||||||
Pegasystems, Inc. | 2,474 | 112,864 | ||||||
PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,392 | 49,945 | ||||||
Progress Software Corp. | 2,604 | 142,908 | ||||||
PROS Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,450 | 69,507 | ||||||
Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,470 | 85,431 | ||||||
Qualtrics International, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,814 | 122,175 | ||||||
Qualys, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,090 | 236,045 | ||||||
Rapid7, Inc.(a) | 3,557 | 172,906 | ||||||
Rimini Street, Inc.(a) | 2,937 | 10,984 | ||||||
RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,717 | 130,001 | ||||||
Riot Platforms, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,131 | 121,167 | ||||||
Samsara, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,813 | 122,975 | ||||||
SEMrush Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,105 | 20,334 | ||||||
SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,176 | 211,738 | ||||||
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,901 | 322,914 | ||||||
SolarWinds Corp.(a) | 2,967 | 25,576 | ||||||
SoundHound AI, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,966 | 18,530 | ||||||
SoundThinking, Inc.(a)(b) | 518 | 15,411 | ||||||
Sprinklr, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,712 | 44,396 | ||||||
Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,848 | 140,293 | ||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc.(a) | 2,172 | 319,936 | ||||||
Sumo Logic, Inc.(a) | 6,728 | 80,736 | ||||||
Telos Corp.(a)(b) | 3,298 | 5,607 | ||||||
Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,798 | 251,458 | ||||||
Teradata Corp.(a) | 6,122 | 236,983 | ||||||
UiPath, Inc., Class A(a) | 21,247 | 299,158 | ||||||
Varonis Systems, Inc.(a) | 6,482 | 150,123 | ||||||
Verint Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,964 | 144,646 | ||||||
Vertex, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,158 | 44,563 | ||||||
Workiva, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,765 | 258,306 | ||||||
Xperi, Inc.(a) | 2,474 | 23,478 | ||||||
Yext, Inc.(a) | 6,344 | 55,700 | ||||||
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,847 | 1,778 | ||||||
Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | 7,564 | 73,446 | ||||||
Zuora, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,611 | 59,290 | ||||||
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Specialized REITs — 0.7% | ||||||||
EPR Properties | 4,538 | $ | 190,414 | |||||
Farmland Partners, Inc. | 3,012 | 31,445 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 5,074 | 129,438 | ||||||
Gladstone Land Corp. | 1,981 | 31,914 | ||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust | 5,084 | 195,988 | ||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 8,803 | 146,658 | ||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 4,876 | 225,418 | ||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 8,907 | 279,324 | ||||||
Safehold, Inc. | 2,420 | 67,082 | ||||||
Uniti Group, Inc. | 14,452 | 49,426 | ||||||
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a) | 2,985 | 70,267 | ||||||
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(b) | 4,709 | 299,116 | ||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 10,452 | 139,952 | ||||||
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b) | 354 | 28,458 | ||||||
Arhaus, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,245 | 9,985 | ||||||
Arko Corp., Class A | 4,357 | 36,424 | ||||||
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a) | 1,334 | 258,076 | ||||||
AutoNation, Inc.(a) | 2,057 | 270,907 | ||||||
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,814 | 131,461 | ||||||
Buckle, Inc. | 1,818 | 60,958 | ||||||
Caleres, Inc. | 2,195 | 50,046 | ||||||
Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A | 2,443 | 54,699 | ||||||
Carvana Co., Class A(a)(b) | 6,001 | 41,647 | ||||||
Chewy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,603 | 173,749 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a) | 7,574 | 38,173 | ||||||
Children’s Place, Inc.(a)(b) | 750 | 22,230 | ||||||
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A | 3,017 | 24,709 | ||||||
Destination XL Group, Inc.(a) | 3,428 | 15,049 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 3,601 | 522,181 | ||||||
EVgo, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,243 | 25,416 | ||||||
Foot Locker, Inc. | 4,772 | 200,376 | ||||||
Franchise Group, Inc. | 1,655 | 48,409 | ||||||
Gap, Inc. | 12,677 | 121,699 | ||||||
Genesco, Inc.(a) | 720 | 24,955 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 879 | 197,318 | ||||||
Guess?, Inc. | 1,822 | 34,345 | ||||||
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. | 781 | 23,539 | ||||||
Hibbett, Inc. | 767 | 41,671 | ||||||
Leslie’s, Inc.(a) | 9,048 | 98,171 | ||||||
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A | 1,646 | 363,585 | ||||||
MarineMax, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,342 | 39,079 | ||||||
Monro, Inc. | 1,880 | 91,894 | ||||||
National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,742 | 99,772 | ||||||
ODP Corp.(a) | 2,416 | 104,395 | ||||||
OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(a) | 641 | 16,922 | ||||||
Overstock.com, Inc.(a) | 2,720 | 55,379 | ||||||
Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.(a)(b) | 4,714 | 46,951 | ||||||
PetMed Express, Inc. | 1,383 | 21,257 | ||||||
Revolve Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,439 | 50,365 | ||||||
RH(a) | 1,130 | 288,297 | ||||||
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,494 | 92,410 | ||||||
Shoe Carnival, Inc. | 1,022 | 23,761 | ||||||
Signet Jewelers Ltd. | 2,727 | 200,653 | ||||||
Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b) | 1,332 | 30,037 | ||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | 999 | 44,475 | ||||||
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,365 | 14,710 | ||||||
Torrid Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,281 | 4,381 | ||||||
TravelCenters of America, Inc.(a) | 756 | 65,114 | ||||||
Upbound Group, Inc. | 3,047 | 81,233 | ||||||
Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a) | 3,643 | 98,580 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Specialty Retail (continued) | ||||||||
Valvoline, Inc. | 10,376 | $ | 358,491 | |||||
Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b) | 4,872 | 151,081 | ||||||
Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,701 | 38,971 | ||||||
Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,646 | 161,820 | ||||||
Winmark Corp. | 166 | 55,431 | ||||||
Zumiez, Inc.(a)(b) | 971 | 16,978 | ||||||
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Avid Technology, Inc.(a) | 2,033 | 59,994 | ||||||
Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a) | 2,506 | 43,654 | ||||||
Eastman Kodak Co.(a) | 4,484 | 14,752 | ||||||
IonQ, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,276 | 51,111 | ||||||
Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a) | 2,809 | 296,153 | ||||||
Xerox Holdings Corp. | 6,876 | 107,747 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5% | ||||||||
Capri Holdings Ltd.(a) | 7,558 | 313,657 | ||||||
Carter’s, Inc. | 2,312 | 161,308 | ||||||
Columbia Sportswear Co. | 2,142 | 178,943 | ||||||
Crocs, Inc.(a) | 3,717 | 459,681 | ||||||
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)(b) | 2,585 | 40,585 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. | 20,913 | 109,584 | ||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 2,982 | 134,697 | ||||||
Levi Strauss & Co., Class A | 5,826 | 84,244 | ||||||
Movado Group, Inc. | 965 | 24,723 | ||||||
Oxford Industries, Inc. | 898 | 92,665 | ||||||
PVH Corp. | 3,812 | 327,108 | ||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 2,477 | 284,335 | ||||||
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a) | 8,076 | 429,562 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 4,418 | 154,807 | ||||||
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a) | 11,346 | 100,639 | ||||||
Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 11,735 | 94,349 | ||||||
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | 4,703 | 78,728 | ||||||
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Turning Point Brands, Inc. | 918 | 21,839 | ||||||
Universal Corp. | 1,481 | 81,292 | ||||||
Vector Group Ltd. | 8,028 | 102,277 | ||||||
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Air Lease Corp., Class A | 6,202 | 249,444 | ||||||
Alta Equipment Group, Inc., Class A | 1,496 | 21,153 | ||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 2,320 | 314,731 | ||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,053 | 183,730 | ||||||
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a) | 547 | 38,323 | ||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 2,385 | 162,919 | ||||||
Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,447 | 115,889 | ||||||
Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a) | 3,629 | 22,790 | ||||||
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.(a) | 251 | 11,717 | ||||||
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a) | 939 | 23,663 | ||||||
GATX Corp. | 2,120 | 241,489 | ||||||
Global Industrial Co. | 996 | 26,543 | ||||||
GMS, Inc.(a) | 2,506 | 145,498 | ||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 2,056 | 75,044 | ||||||
Herc Holdings, Inc. | 1,510 | 151,030 | ||||||
Hudson Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,253 | 17,416 |
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McGrath RentCorp | 1,470 | $ | 130,654 | |||||
MRC Global, Inc.(a) | 4,958 | 48,291 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 2,856 | 259,125 | ||||||
NOW, Inc.(a) | 6,690 | 71,382 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 2,546 | 135,218 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B | 439 | 25,717 | ||||||
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,724 | 402,444 | ||||||
Titan Machinery, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,219 | 38,216 | ||||||
Transcat, Inc.(a) | 419 | 31,966 | ||||||
Triton International Ltd. | 3,551 | 293,561 | ||||||
Univar Solutions, Inc.(a) | 9,821 | 348,645 | ||||||
Veritiv Corp. | 808 | 92,815 | ||||||
WESCO International, Inc. | 2,695 | 388,080 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. | 2,236 | 198,445 | ||||||
Artesian Resources Corp., Class A, NVS | 486 | 26,623 | ||||||
California Water Service Group | 3,304 | 185,288 | ||||||
Middlesex Water Co. | 1,050 | 76,629 | ||||||
SJW Group | 1,623 | 123,218 | ||||||
York Water Co. | 862 | 36,239 | ||||||
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Gogo, Inc.(a) | 3,903 | 52,339 | ||||||
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. | 3,002 | 62,472 | ||||||
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | 6,045 | 60,450 | ||||||
United States Cellular Corp.(a) | 849 | 18,033 | ||||||
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Money Market Funds — 12.5% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | 24,576,755 | 24,584,128 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, | 345,266 | 345,266 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 12.5% |
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Total Investments — 112.2% | 224,663,462 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (12.2)% |
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(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(c) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
(d) | Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Fund held restricted securities with a current value of $27,548, representing 0.0% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $19,912. |
(e) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(f) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(g) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 22,100,871 | $ | 2,475,975 | (a) | $ | — | $ | (2,948 | ) | $ | 10,230 | $ | 24,584,128 | 24,576,755 | $ | 423,271 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 250,000 | 95,266 | (a) | — | — | — | 345,266 | 345,266 | 11,379 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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Russel 2000 E-Mini Index | 2 | 06/16/23 | $ | 178 | $ | (2,847 | ) | |||||||||
S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Index | 1 | 06/16/23 | 250 | 1,639 | ||||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,639 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,639 | ||||||||||||||
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Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,847 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,847 | ||||||||||||||
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For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (43,488) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (43,488) | ||||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 413,051 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Common Stocks | $ | 199,706,520 | $ | 27,548 | $ | — | $ | 199,734,068 | ||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 24,929,394 | — | — | 24,929,394 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 37 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7% | ||||||||
Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a) | 1,347 | $ | 283,826 | |||||
Boeing Co.(a) | 11,271 | 2,330,617 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 4,519 | 986,678 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. | 793 | 133,732 | ||||||
HEICO Corp., Class A | 1,383 | 185,640 | ||||||
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | 7,301 | 323,361 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 809 | 163,143 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 3,813 | 744,107 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 4,555 | 2,115,570 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 2,884 | 1,330,303 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 29,362 | 2,933,264 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 4,190 | 280,479 | ||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. | 1,035 | 791,775 | ||||||
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Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 2,367 | 238,759 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 3,168 | 360,645 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 4,637 | 1,056,216 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 14,628 | 2,630,261 | ||||||
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Automobile Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC(a) | 5,457 | 561,307 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 4,627 | 222,698 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 1,179 | 150,511 | ||||||
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Automobiles — 1.5% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 78,472 | 932,247 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 28,049 | 926,739 | ||||||
Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 12,870 | 102,188 | ||||||
Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 10,866 | 139,302 | ||||||
Tesla, Inc.(a) | 53,905 | 8,857,131 | ||||||
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Banks — 3.1% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 139,890 | 4,095,979 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 579 | 48,561 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 38,793 | 1,825,986 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 9,883 | 305,780 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 2,636 | 114,323 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 2,322 | 129,684 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 1,276 | 140,679 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 2,774 | 143,388 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 13,784 | 361,141 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A | 239 | 240,716 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 10,778 | 189,154 | ||||||
First Republic Bank(b) | 3,639 | 12,773 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 28,829 | 322,885 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 58,791 | 8,127,268 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 18,612 | 209,571 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 3,405 | 428,349 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 8,064 | 1,050,336 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 18,758 | 342,521 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 26,570 | 865,650 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 27,828 | 953,944 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 3,532 | 131,744 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 76,373 | 3,035,827 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp | 2,122 | 78,769 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 2,953 | 82,270 | ||||||
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| |||||||
23,237,298 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Beverages — 1.7% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A | 1,124 | $ | 74,049 | |||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS | 3,663 | 238,425 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 78,008 | 5,004,213 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 3,246 | 744,860 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 17,128 | 560,086 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 3,767 | 224,061 | ||||||
Monster Beverage Corp.(a) | 15,196 | 850,976 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 27,604 | 5,269,327 | ||||||
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12,965,997 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 2.4% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 35,446 | 5,356,599 | ||||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,459 | 489,833 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 10,702 | 2,565,697 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a) | 2,899 | 881,963 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 3,701 | 355,444 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 24,994 | 2,054,757 | ||||||
Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a) | 4,555 | 506,334 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.(a) | 3,719 | 276,731 | ||||||
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 598 | 118,667 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(a) | 6,598 | 876,808 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 1,938 | 195,816 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,153 | 1,726,254 | ||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,751 | 214,970 | ||||||
Seagen, Inc.(a) | 2,763 | 552,600 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | 925 | 212,870 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,146 | 1,753,397 | ||||||
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18,138,740 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 2.8% | ||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 178,686 | 18,842,439 | ||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(a) | 20,389 | 341,719 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 10,888 | 505,530 | ||||||
Etsy, Inc.(a) | 2,491 | 251,666 | ||||||
MercadoLibre, Inc.(a)(b) | 927 | 1,184,233 | ||||||
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21,125,587 | ||||||||
Building Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 2,594 | 177,144 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(b) | 1,277 | 109,464 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 1,738 | 192,014 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | 2,961 | 280,614 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 1,045 | 225,563 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 16,640 | 695,885 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 2,549 | 164,895 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 13,728 | 821,484 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 655 | 184,651 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 4,496 | 240,581 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 1,880 | 200,803 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 4,588 | 852,496 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,145,594 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 3.0% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 2,118 | 646,244 | ||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 3,083 | 270,040 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 14,762 | 628,714 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(c) | 3,002 | 2,014,942 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 14,284 | 1,275,990 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 4,323 | 131,117 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 30,555 | 1,596,193 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 7,218 | 1,340,888 | ||||||
Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,159 | 169,923 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 771 | 317,413 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 5,728 | 153,969 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 6,787 | 2,330,927 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | 2,053 | $ | 159,826 | |||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 11,209 | 1,220,996 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 9,058 | 155,164 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 3,700 | 118,511 | ||||||
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A | 11,619 | 616,620 | ||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 1,599 | 333,935 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 757 | 241,006 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 3,162 | 990,085 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 26,186 | 2,355,954 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. | 498 | 88,798 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc., Class A | 1,597 | 770,473 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 6,751 | 373,803 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 4,154 | 324,677 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 3,892 | 352,343 | ||||||
Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 10,150 | 89,828 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 6,599 | 2,392,665 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 1,985 | 116,936 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 7,019 | 507,193 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 4,511 | 506,721 | ||||||
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22,591,894 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.7% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 4,451 | 1,310,196 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 2,345 | 434,904 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 1,980 | 210,355 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 3,973 | 284,387 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 14,254 | 871,204 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 14,127 | 768,509 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 9,214 | 642,400 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 2,363 | 199,130 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 4,984 | 836,515 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 2,524 | 311,916 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 5,133 | 497,696 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 9,871 | 3,646,841 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 5,075 | 480,146 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. | 6,883 | 294,937 | ||||||
Olin Corp. | 2,475 | 137,115 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 4,709 | 660,484 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 2,583 | 211,883 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 4,722 | 1,121,664 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 670 | 76,233 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
12,996,515 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 1,726 | 786,659 | ||||||
Copart, Inc.(a) | 8,636 | 682,676 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 4,126 | 596,702 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. | 4,606 | 194,604 | ||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 1,058 | 146,395 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 7,457 | 1,238,235 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,645,271 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.8% | ||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | 4,969 | 795,835 | ||||||
Ciena Corp.(a) | 2,920 | 134,437 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 82,339 | 3,890,518 | ||||||
F5, Inc.(a) | 1,229 | 165,128 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 6,472 | 195,131 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 3,355 | 977,647 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,158,696 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | ||||||||
AECOM | 2,819 | 234,118 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Construction & Engineering (continued) | ||||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 2,842 | $ | 482,117 | |||||
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a) | 4,240 | 192,496 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
908,731 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.1% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1,235 | 448,552 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 2,687 | 470,547 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
919,099 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.5% | ||||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 6,154 | 162,343 | ||||||
American Express Co. | 11,932 | 1,925,109 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 7,651 | 744,442 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 5,351 | 553,668 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 8,789 | 259,363 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,644,925 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 3,182 | 66,504 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,673 | 204,137 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 743 | 170,013 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 8,894 | 4,475,639 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 4,496 | 995,684 | ||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | 4,155 | 638,665 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 13,131 | 638,560 | ||||||
Performance Food Group Co.(a) | 3,192 | 200,106 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 10,209 | 783,439 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 9,213 | 1,453,351 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a) | 4,065 | 156,096 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 14,279 | 503,335 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 28,107 | 4,243,314 | ||||||
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| |||||||
14,528,843 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.3% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 30,227 | 331,590 | ||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 1,297 | 153,708 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,638 | 285,798 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 6,359 | 338,172 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 2,405 | 206,301 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 7,137 | 236,306 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,831 | 247,661 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 2,824 | 135,524 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 5,109 | 152,912 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,087,972 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 2,818 | 474,298 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. | 5,143 | 296,905 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 783 | 275,084 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,046,287 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
ADT, Inc. | 4,289 | 28,736 | ||||||
Service Corp. International | 3,141 | 220,467 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
249,203 | ||||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.0% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 4,236 | 314,311 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 142,867 | 2,524,460 | ||||||
Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 18,688 | 44,290 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 84,179 | 3,268,671 | ||||||
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| |||||||
5,837,421 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.8% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 5,097 | 281,049 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 10,290 | $ | 951,002 | |||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 1,377 | 55,438 | ||||||
Constellation Energy Corp. | 6,597 | 510,608 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 15,413 | 1,524,037 | ||||||
Edison International | 7,681 | 565,322 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 4,095 | 440,540 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 4,652 | 288,936 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 7,018 | 544,667 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 19,987 | 848,248 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 10,820 | 430,636 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 39,828 | 3,052,020 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 4,694 | 160,394 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 3,964 | 148,809 | ||||||
PG&E Corp.(a) | 32,077 | 548,837 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 2,225 | 174,573 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 14,685 | 421,753 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 21,787 | 1,602,434 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 10,956 | 765,934 | ||||||
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| |||||||
13,315,237 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.6% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 4,596 | 633,926 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 7,965 | 1,331,111 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 11,405 | 949,580 | ||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,260 | 128,797 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 1,085 | 292,212 | ||||||
Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,624 | 95,935 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 1,327 | 172,722 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 2,304 | 652,977 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,257,260 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 11,958 | 902,470 | ||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) | 1,173 | 134,226 | ||||||
CDW Corp. | 2,702 | 458,232 | ||||||
Cognex Corp. | 3,422 | 163,195 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 15,263 | 507,037 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a) | 9,039 | 185,932 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 2,644 | 206,629 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) | 3,564 | 515,497 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 820 | 73,013 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 6,377 | 780,354 | ||||||
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a) | 931 | 385,806 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(a) | 4,885 | 230,084 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 1,035 | 298,111 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,840,586 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 20,160 | 589,479 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 18,047 | 591,039 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 7,843 | 131,370 | ||||||
Schlumberger NV | 28,414 | 1,402,231 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,714,119 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 1.3% | ||||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 14,291 | 1,110,554 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 5,202 | 662,111 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class A(a) | 511 | 33,103 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a) | 4,137 | 298,650 | ||||||
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 2,828 | 191,682 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc.(a) | 8,926 | 2,944,955 | ||||||
ROBLOX Corp., Class A(a) | 7,239 | 257,708 | ||||||
Roku, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,497 | 140,356 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Entertainment (continued) | ||||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a) | 3,159 | $ | 392,632 | |||||
Walt Disney Co.(a) | 36,615 | 3,753,037 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,784,788 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 4.4% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 8,750 | 554,662 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 36,112 | 11,864,598 | ||||||
Block, Inc., Class A(a) | 10,740 | 652,885 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 7,008 | 182,138 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 11,893 | 698,357 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 12,707 | 1,551,779 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,491 | 318,955 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 5,291 | 596,349 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 1,441 | 235,373 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 16,910 | 6,426,307 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | 22,660 | 1,722,160 | ||||||
Toast, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,170 | 112,294 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 32,569 | 7,579,783 | ||||||
WEX, Inc.(a) | 872 | 154,649 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
32,650,289 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.1% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 11,003 | 859,114 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 3,010 | 281,736 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 4,052 | 220,024 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 9,629 | 365,517 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a) | 3,176 | 189,194 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 11,818 | 1,047,429 | ||||||
Hershey Co. | 2,930 | 800,066 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 5,767 | 233,218 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 2,124 | 327,967 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 5,181 | 361,478 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. | 15,861 | 622,861 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 2,886 | 322,684 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 5,068 | 445,224 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 27,344 | 2,097,832 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 5,778 | 361,067 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,535,411 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 2,879 | 328,609 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 4,151 | 140,636 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
469,245 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.9% | ||||||||
Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a) | 500 | 88,335 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 42,138 | 1,291,108 | ||||||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,145 | 52,459 | ||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 1,670 | 292,734 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 3,260 | 183,603 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 4,582 | 930,283 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 1,812 | 580,547 | ||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | 39,932 | 1,239,889 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co. | 197 | 12,029 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 12,264 | 2,400,065 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,071,052 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.9% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 34,947 | 3,860,595 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | 1,461 | 475,263 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 10,107 | 481,902 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 5,709 | 1,508,946 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 28,744 | 1,498,137 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. | 982 | 374,584 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 4,244 | 177,951 |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
Dexcom, Inc.(a) | 7,767 | $ | 942,448 | |||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | 12,409 | 1,091,744 | ||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a) | 7,302 | 593,945 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a) | 4,959 | 426,524 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) | 1,666 | 819,938 | ||||||
Insulet Corp.(a) | 1,389 | 441,757 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | 7,017 | 2,113,661 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 26,661 | 2,424,818 | ||||||
Novocure Ltd.(a)(b) | 1,801 | 118,686 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 2,930 | 706,013 | ||||||
Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a) | 720 | 208,915 | ||||||
STERIS PLC | 1,993 | 375,780 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 6,754 | 2,023,836 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 943 | 256,986 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 4,207 | 582,417 | ||||||
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| |||||||
21,504,846 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0% | ||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a) | 1,816 | 131,279 | ||||||
agilon health, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,930 | 95,381 | ||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 3,236 | 539,927 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 5,181 | 425,360 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(a) | 11,077 | 763,538 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 294 | 162,068 | ||||||
Cigna Group | 5,980 | 1,514,674 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 25,730 | 1,886,266 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.(a) | 1,113 | 100,571 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 4,793 | 2,246,239 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 4,250 | 1,221,153 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | 2,751 | 222,308 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 2,498 | 1,325,164 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 1,791 | 406,038 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 2,733 | 995,468 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 1,172 | 349,127 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 2,231 | 309,685 | ||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.(a) | 2,748 | 42,841 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 18,727 | 9,215,369 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 1,272 | 191,245 | ||||||
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| |||||||
22,143,701 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 11,108 | 244,043 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 12,016 | 105,380 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 4,675 | 125,103 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 8,007 | 384,736 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 9,431 | 747,124 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,606,386 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.1% | ||||||||
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,804 | 502,140 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0% | ||||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 14,444 | 233,559 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3% | ||||||||
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,962 | 952,813 | ||||||
Aramark | 5,285 | 183,389 | ||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a) | 777 | 2,087,263 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 4,360 | 197,464 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) | 20,097 | 185,093 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a) | 552 | 1,141,326 | ||||||
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 581 | 74,089 | ||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 667 | 195,118 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 2,434 | 369,798 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 716 | 227,309 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued) | ||||||||
DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,326 | $ | 325,898 | |||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) | 2,944 | 276,618 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 5,360 | 771,947 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a) | 6,547 | 418,026 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 5,368 | 909,017 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 14,680 | 4,341,610 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International | 6,328 | 284,254 | ||||||
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | 8,202 | 109,497 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a) | 4,373 | 286,125 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 23,035 | 2,632,670 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 823 | 197,948 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,822 | 124,297 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a) | 2,097 | 239,645 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 5,628 | 791,184 | ||||||
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17,322,398 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.3% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 6,264 | 687,912 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 3,064 | 300,793 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 5,055 | 570,255 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 315 | 30,813 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(a) | 61 | 356,240 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 4,532 | 304,324 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 1,065 | 148,663 | ||||||
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2,399,000 | ||||||||
Household Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 4,914 | 477,248 | ||||||
Clorox Co. | 2,459 | 407,260 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 16,718 | 1,334,096 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 6,788 | 983,513 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 47,285 | 7,394,428 | ||||||
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10,596,545 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. | 13,359 | 316,074 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 7,496 | 178,855 | ||||||
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494,929 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 11,024 | 1,170,969 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | 21,832 | 2,160,713 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 13,392 | 2,676,258 | ||||||
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6,007,940 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,325 | 157,567 | ||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 874 | 145,573 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 18,501 | 2,317,250 | ||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 3,802 | 212,038 | ||||||
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2,832,428 | ||||||||
Insurance — 2.3% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 11,260 | 786,511 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 5,290 | 612,370 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 1,426 | 175,013 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 14,943 | 792,577 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 4,107 | 1,335,514 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a) | 7,360 | 552,515 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 4,266 | 887,584 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 1,064 | 131,010 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 4,771 | 307,205 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 8,329 | 1,678,793 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 3,174 | 337,841 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 538 | 20,934 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS | 492 | 106,926 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 41 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance (continued) | ||||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 776 | $ | 293,328 | |||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 5,572 | 197,750 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 1,778 | 192,949 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 6,309 | 447,876 | ||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 428 | 139,832 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 3,084 | 67,015 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 3,858 | 222,105 | ||||||
Markel Corp.(a) | 270 | 369,503 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 9,908 | 1,785,323 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 13,210 | 810,169 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 5,577 | 140,931 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 4,561 | 340,661 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 11,741 | 1,601,472 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 7,379 | 641,973 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 1,306 | 185,870 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 4,647 | 841,758 | ||||||
Unum Group | 3,736 | 157,659 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 4,064 | 239,451 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 2,141 | 495,856 | ||||||
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16,896,274 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 4.8% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 119,376 | 12,813,820 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 104,066 | 11,262,022 | ||||||
Match Group, Inc.(a) | 5,644 | 208,264 | ||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | 44,611 | 10,720,915 | ||||||
Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a) | 11,809 | 271,607 | ||||||
Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 19,753 | 172,049 | ||||||
ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,380 | 117,876 | ||||||
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| |||||||
35,566,553 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.4% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 12,622 | 3,537,820 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | 3,193 | 261,730 | ||||||
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,744 | 270,255 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 10,202 | 609,161 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co.(a) | 4,509 | 107,540 | ||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a) | 1,162 | 328,195 | ||||||
Gartner, Inc.(a) | 1,576 | 476,677 | ||||||
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,114 | 235,668 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 18,145 | 2,293,709 | ||||||
MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,382 | 331,625 | ||||||
Okta, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,097 | 212,237 | ||||||
Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,756 | 852,349 | ||||||
Twilio, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,537 | 186,082 | ||||||
VeriSign, Inc.(a) | 1,824 | 404,563 | ||||||
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| |||||||
10,107,611 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 2,534 | 150,063 | ||||||
Mattel, Inc.(a) | 7,294 | 131,292 | ||||||
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| |||||||
281,355 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.7% | ||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 5,945 | 805,131 | ||||||
Avantor, Inc.(a) | 13,435 | 261,714 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a) | 435 | 196,094 | ||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 3,197 | 255,376 | ||||||
Bruker Corp. | 2,011 | 159,130 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a) | 1,008 | 191,641 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 13,138 | 3,112,524 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.(a) | 3,138 | 645,047 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,719 | 700,027 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a) | 441 | 657,752 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 2,514 | 328,052 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Repligen Corp.(a) | 1,024 | $ | 155,269 | |||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 7,861 | 4,362,069 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(a)(b) | 1,202 | 361,033 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 1,489 | 537,886 | ||||||
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| |||||||
12,728,745 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.8% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 1,253 | 155,297 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 10,430 | 2,282,084 | ||||||
Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | 836 | 111,272 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 2,841 | 667,749 | ||||||
Deere & Co. | 5,419 | 2,048,490 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 2,809 | 410,563 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 7,042 | 444,280 | ||||||
Graco, Inc. | 3,357 | 266,176 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 1,515 | 312,575 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 5,560 | 1,345,186 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 8,090 | 461,292 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 1,172 | 196,662 | ||||||
Middleby Corp.(a) | 1,096 | 154,404 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. | 1,081 | 233,831 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 8,287 | 706,881 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 10,469 | 781,930 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 2,576 | 836,891 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 3,332 | 193,523 | ||||||
RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)(b) | 581 | 131,893 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 1,074 | 278,606 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 2,993 | 258,416 | ||||||
Toro Co. | 2,096 | 218,529 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 3,611 | 352,686 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 3,616 | 375,485 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,224,701 | ||||||||
Media — 0.9% | ||||||||
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,119 | 781,275 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 84,313 | 3,488,029 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 5,991 | 199,261 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 2,808 | 85,756 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 7,774 | 277,765 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a) | 344 | 29,078 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a) | 2,384 | 202,116 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a) | 1,456 | 40,914 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a) | 3,121 | 87,201 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 7,784 | 137,076 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 2,439 | 43,292 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 4,023 | 364,363 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 10,068 | 234,886 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b) | 13,972 | 53,094 | ||||||
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,872 | 570,824 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,594,930 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.5% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 3,537 | 131,364 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a) | 10,313 | 158,614 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 28,557 | 1,082,596 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 15,929 | 755,035 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 5,089 | 754,088 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 1,168 | 289,430 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 1,703 | 130,842 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,354 | 348,648 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,650,617 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 9,340 | 186,613 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.8% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 5,148 | $ | 458,018 | |||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 12,535 | 381,941 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 5,863 | 365,030 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 7,106 | 699,728 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 16,682 | 953,209 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 3,849 | 432,666 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 8,276 | 235,535 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 10,043 | 634,718 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 6,294 | 978,654 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 6,346 | 610,295 | ||||||
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| |||||||
5,749,794 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 3,168 | 393,402 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 2,849 | 152,023 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
545,425 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(a) | 5,609 | 128,951 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 6,504 | 239,672 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 4,974 | 761,022 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 2,147 | 177,514 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 35,655 | 6,010,720 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 24,529 | 2,523,789 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 15,851 | 405,786 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 13,054 | 697,475 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 3,696 | 525,571 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 11,763 | 1,405,326 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 7,374 | 256,910 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 82,537 | 9,767,429 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 5,569 | 807,839 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 2,687 | 118,523 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 39,498 | 677,391 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 12,772 | 308,571 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 9,130 | 1,113,860 | ||||||
Matador Resources Co. | 2,238 | 109,729 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 2,919 | 107,156 | ||||||
New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A | 968 | 29,321 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 14,624 | 899,815 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 8,990 | 588,036 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 4,907 | 177,044 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 9,297 | 920,403 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 4,769 | 1,037,496 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 4,828 | 127,701 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(a) | 22,093 | 114,663 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 4,498 | 339,734 | ||||||
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 124 | 183,229 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 7,729 | 886,284 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 24,445 | 739,706 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
32,186,666 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.2% | ||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a) | 13,138 | 179,202 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a) | 12,794 | 438,962 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 11,806 | 357,604 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,503 | 284,832 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,260,600 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | 4,659 | 1,149,468 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 4.1% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 42,614 | 2,845,337 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.(a) | 3,635 | 182,186 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 15,807 | 6,257,359 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | 1,247 | $ | 175,166 | |||||
Johnson & Johnson | 52,402 | 8,578,207 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 50,816 | 5,867,724 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 4,958 | 122,116 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 112,508 | 4,375,436 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 7,514 | 264,117 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 24,141 | 225,236 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | 9,353 | 1,644,070 | ||||||
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| |||||||
30,536,954 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.9% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 8,304 | 1,826,880 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 2,662 | 254,807 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 2,366 | 344,040 | ||||||
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,045 | 193,297 | ||||||
Clarivate PLC(a)(b) | 8,586 | 76,072 | ||||||
Concentrix Corp. | 865 | 83,481 | ||||||
CoStar Group, Inc.(a) | 8,121 | 624,911 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 2,472 | 515,115 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 3,318 | 147,817 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 2,523 | 291,305 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 2,775 | 258,796 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 6,436 | 707,059 | ||||||
Paycom Software, Inc.(a) | 957 | 277,884 | ||||||
Paylocity Holding Corp.(a) | 844 | 163,137 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 2,157 | 157,461 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 4,350 | 254,649 | ||||||
TransUnion | 3,849 | 264,850 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 3,144 | 610,282 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,051,843 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,372 | 488,477 | ||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a) | 969 | 134,730 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,179 | 50,438 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b) | 3,312 | 144,204 | ||||||
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| |||||||
817,849 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 6,263 | 208,308 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 2,822 | 509,004 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 2,216 | 243,871 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 3,482 | 239,910 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 6,861 | 433,958 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,288 | 283,012 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 11,555 | 385,590 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 2,311 | 355,432 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 2,459 | 341,629 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 6,207 | 256,535 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,257,249 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 5,921 | 126,295 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 1,468 | 145,171 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 12,549 | 240,815 | ||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 3,605 | 156,817 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 12,524 | 787,008 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 3,111 | 191,109 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 6,578 | 745,419 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,392,634 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.8% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 32,316 | �� | 2,888,081 | |||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 10,155 | 1,826,681 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 16,895 | 1,909,642 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 43 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 8,376 | $ | 5,247,564 | |||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a) | 2,736 | 449,251 | ||||||
Entegris, Inc. | 2,947 | 220,789 | ||||||
First Solar, Inc.(a) | 1,989 | 363,152 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 82,918 | 2,575,433 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 2,784 | 1,076,127 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 2,700 | 1,415,016 | ||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 17,047 | 673,016 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 10,953 | 799,459 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. | 21,846 | 1,406,009 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 891 | 411,615 | ||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 49,306 | 13,681,922 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 5,199 | 851,284 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 8,688 | 625,188 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(a) | 1,982 | 182,503 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 22,348 | 2,610,246 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 3,195 | 338,351 | ||||||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,121 | 320,191 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 3,107 | 283,918 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 18,163 | 3,036,854 | ||||||
Wolfspeed, Inc.(a) | 2,536 | 118,051 | ||||||
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| |||||||
43,310,343 | ||||||||
Software — 9.8% | ||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(a) | 9,176 | 3,464,491 | ||||||
ANSYS, Inc.(a) | 1,751 | 549,674 | ||||||
Aspen Technology, Inc.(a) | 579 | 102,483 | ||||||
Atlassian Corp., Class A(a) | 3,018 | 445,638 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.(a) | 4,323 | 842,077 | ||||||
Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B | 4,008 | 170,581 | ||||||
BILL Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,872 | 143,788 | ||||||
Black Knight, Inc.(a) | 3,119 | 170,422 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | 5,492 | 1,150,299 | ||||||
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,390 | 527,020 | ||||||
Datadog, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,028 | 338,787 | ||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(a) | 4,003 | 197,908 | ||||||
Dynatrace, Inc.(a) | 4,323 | 182,776 | ||||||
Fair Isaac Corp.(a) | 499 | 363,247 | ||||||
Fortinet, Inc.(a) | 13,038 | 822,046 | ||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 11,618 | 205,290 | ||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(a) | 977 | 411,268 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 5,631 | 2,499,883 | ||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a) | 1,242 | 205,775 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 149,197 | 45,842,270 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 30,803 | 2,917,660 | ||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 35,696 | 276,644 | ||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a) | 6,081 | 1,109,539 | ||||||
Procore Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,380 | 73,706 | ||||||
PTC, Inc.(a) | 2,117 | 266,297 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 2,124 | 965,953 | ||||||
Salesforce, Inc.(a) | 20,043 | 3,975,930 | ||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) | 4,065 | 1,867,542 | ||||||
Splunk, Inc.(a) | 3,022 | 260,617 | ||||||
Synopsys, Inc.(a) | 3,048 | 1,131,783 | ||||||
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a) | 846 | 320,659 | ||||||
Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,866 | 131,236 | ||||||
VMware, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,170 | 521,375 | ||||||
Workday, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,025 | 749,214 | ||||||
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,289 | 263,473 | ||||||
Zscaler, Inc.(a) | 1,737 | 156,504 | ||||||
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| |||||||
73,623,855 | ||||||||
Specialized REITs — 1.2% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 9,327 | 1,906,346 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialized REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 8,691 | $ | 1,069,775 | |||||
CubeSmart | 4,543 | 206,661 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,722 | 567,336 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 1,859 | 1,346,065 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 2,678 | 407,163 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 5,229 | 271,908 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 5,874 | 324,480 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 1,771 | 187,159 | ||||||
Life Storage, Inc. | 1,730 | 232,477 | ||||||
Public Storage | 3,154 | 929,894 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. | 2,150 | 560,913 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 20,186 | 685,113 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 14,725 | 440,425 | ||||||
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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 1,162 | 145,866 | ||||||
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 378 | 1,006,731 | ||||||
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 4,530 | 159,003 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 3,917 | 291,895 | ||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(a) | 1,302 | 251,039 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,124 | 218,774 | ||||||
Five Below, Inc.(a) | 1,126 | 222,227 | ||||||
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,158 | 214,376 | ||||||
GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 5,111 | 98,591 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 20,428 | 6,139,431 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 12,121 | 2,519,107 | ||||||
Murphy U.S.A., Inc. | 412 | 113,395 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 1,245 | 1,142,051 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 517 | 71,646 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 6,873 | 733,555 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 23,145 | 1,824,289 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 2,226 | 530,678 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) | 1,018 | 561,356 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 1,314 | 159,047 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 7.0% | ||||||||
Apple Inc. | 298,091 | 50,580,081 | ||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 4,872 | 211,883 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 25,703 | 368,067 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 17,383 | 516,449 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 4,353 | 273,760 | ||||||
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,556 | 126,843 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 3,919 | 230,320 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(a) | 6,365 | 219,211 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6% | ||||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a) | 521 | 249,736 | ||||||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a) | 2,328 | 884,477 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 24,967 | 3,163,818 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 4,748 | 193,766 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 6,582 | 154,743 | ||||||
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Tobacco — 0.6% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 35,787 | 1,700,240 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 31,071 | 3,106,168 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. | 11,415 | 614,583 | ||||||
United Rentals, Inc. | 1,399 | 505,193 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Trading Companies & Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
Watsco, Inc.(b) | 678 | $ | 234,846 | |||||
WW Grainger, Inc. | 897 | 623,926 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 3,863 | 572,690 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 4,808 | 205,301 | ||||||
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a) | 11,871 | 1,708,237 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% |
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Money Market Funds — 0.9% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.02%(c)(d)(e) | 5,528,959 | 5,530,618 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(c)(d) | 1,674,057 | 1,674,057 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 100.6% | 752,912,606 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)% |
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(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(c) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(e) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 15,484,927 | $ | — | $ | (9,957,584 | )(a) | $ | 2,633 | $ | 642 | $ | 5,530,618 | 5,528,959 | $ | 68,761 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 1,733,000 | — | (58,943 | )(a) | — | — | 1,674,057 | 1,674,057 | 43,673 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 1,846,554 | 184,596 | (162,644 | ) | 54,937 | 91,499 | 2,014,942 | 3,002 | 44,723 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 45 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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S&P 500 E-Mini Index | 11 | 06/16/23 | $ | 2,304 | $ | 113,123 | ||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 113,123 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 113,123 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (297,208) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (297,208) | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 231,868 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 231,868 | ||||||||||||||
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 1,826,256 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
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Common Stocks | $ | 745,707,931 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 745,707,931 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 7,204,675 | — | — | 7,204,675 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 47 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 2.9% | ||||||||
Boeing Co.(a) | 24,114 | $ | 4,986,293 | |||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 6,645 | 1,450,869 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 8,183 | 1,596,912 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 9,743 | 4,525,136 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 6,169 | 2,845,575 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 62,820 | 6,275,718 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 3,219 | 215,480 | ||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. | 895 | 684,675 | ||||||
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22,580,658 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 3,139 | 316,631 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 6,847 | 779,462 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 9,968 | 2,270,511 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 31,296 | 5,627,334 | ||||||
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Automobile Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC(a) | 4,702 | 483,648 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 6,684 | 321,701 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 1,420 | 181,277 | ||||||
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986,626 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.5% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 167,469 | 1,989,532 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 59,887 | 1,978,666 | ||||||
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Banks — 6.3% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 299,294 | 8,763,328 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 1,232 | 103,328 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 83,056 | 3,909,446 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 21,159 | 654,659 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 3,769 | 163,462 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 3,345 | 186,818 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 1,723 | 189,961 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 6,106 | 315,619 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 29,182 | 764,568 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A | 264 | 265,896 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 22,849 | 401,000 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 61,973 | 694,098 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 125,781 | 17,387,965 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 40,153 | 452,123 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 7,241 | 910,918 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 17,213 | 2,241,993 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 40,139 | 732,938 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 56,834 | 1,851,652 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 59,592 | 2,042,814 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 7,408 | 276,318 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 163,401 | 6,495,190 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp | 2,852 | 105,866 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 6,374 | 177,580 | ||||||
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Beverages — 2.0% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 112,326 | 7,205,713 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 4,900 | 1,124,403 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 24,735 | 808,835 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 8,136 | 483,929 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 32,709 | 6,243,821 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 3.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 75,836 | 11,460,336 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 22,898 | $ | 5,489,566 | |||||
Biogen, Inc.(a) | 6,158 | 1,873,448 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 53,474 | 4,396,098 | ||||||
Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a) | 4,042 | 449,309 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(a) | 14,166 | 1,882,520 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,025 | 2,425,415 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | 1,309 | 301,240 | ||||||
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Broadline Retail — 2.8% | ||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 188,287 | 19,854,864 | ||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(a) | 44,042 | 738,144 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 23,272 | 1,080,519 | ||||||
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Building Products — 0.7% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 3,061 | 209,036 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 2,054 | 226,926 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | 3,805 | 360,600 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 744 | 160,592 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 24,141 | 1,009,577 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 5,470 | 353,854 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 20,343 | 1,217,325 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 712 | 200,720 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 9,754 | 521,936 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 2,706 | 289,028 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 4,222 | 784,490 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 4.0% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 2,692 | 821,383 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 31,483 | 1,340,861 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(b) | 6,421 | 4,309,775 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 19,306 | 1,724,605 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 9,288 | 281,705 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 15,428 | 2,866,060 | ||||||
Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(c) | 6,779 | 364,642 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 12,389 | 333,016 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 14,521 | 4,987,092 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 23,977 | 2,611,815 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 19,369 | 331,791 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 7,803 | 249,930 | ||||||
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A | 24,740 | 1,312,952 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 3,382 | 1,058,972 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 56,025 | 5,040,569 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 7,676 | 425,020 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 8,959 | 700,236 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 1,994 | 117,467 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 14,909 | 1,077,324 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 9,585 | 1,076,683 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 2.2% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 6,029 | 1,774,696 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 4,316 | 458,532 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 8,459 | 605,495 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 17,525 | 1,071,128 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 30,150 | 1,640,160 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 19,592 | 1,365,954 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 5,111 | 430,704 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 3,792 | 636,449 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 3,525 | 435,620 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 10,943 | 1,061,033 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 10,489 | 3,875,161 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 7,015 | 663,689 |
48 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
Mosaic Co. | 14,500 | $ | 621,325 | |||||
Olin Corp. | 2,124 | 117,670 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 10,070 | 1,412,418 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 2,084 | 170,951 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 3,814 | 905,978 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 696 | 79,191 | ||||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3% | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 1,397 | 636,711 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 3,651 | 528,007 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 5,999 | 996,134 | ||||||
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Communications Equipment — 1.3% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 176,163 | 8,323,702 | ||||||
F5, Inc.(a) | 1,462 | 196,434 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 13,823 | 416,764 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 3,920 | 1,142,288 | ||||||
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Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | ||||||||
AECOM | 3,104 | 257,787 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 2,455 | 416,466 | ||||||
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Consumer Finance — 0.9% | ||||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 13,011 | 343,230 | ||||||
American Express Co. | 25,530 | 4,119,010 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 16,334 | 1,589,298 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 4,458 | 461,269 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 18,691 | 551,572 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.3% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 6,838 | 142,914 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,344 | 255,381 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 638 | 145,987 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 4,355 | 964,458 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 27,915 | 1,357,507 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 21,712 | 1,666,179 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 19,739 | 3,113,827 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a) | 4,333 | 166,387 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 30,778 | 1,084,925 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 60,135 | 9,078,581 | ||||||
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Containers & Packaging — 0.5% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 63,409 | 695,597 | ||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 1,483 | 175,750 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,653 | 288,415 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 13,520 | 718,994 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 2,875 | 246,617 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 15,354 | 508,371 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 3,996 | 540,499 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 4,018 | 192,824 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 11,091 | 331,954 | ||||||
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Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 3,443 | 579,491 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. | 7,308 | 421,891 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 576 | 202,360 | ||||||
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
ADT, Inc. | 9,142 | $ | 61,252 | |||||
Service Corp. International | 2,496 | 175,194 | ||||||
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Diversified REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 9,066 | 672,697 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 305,662 | 5,401,048 | ||||||
Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 40,533 | 96,063 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 180,099 | 6,993,244 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 3.2% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 10,839 | 597,662 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 22,048 | 2,037,676 | ||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 2,965 | 119,371 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 33,019 | 3,264,919 | ||||||
Edison International | 16,379 | 1,205,494 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 8,741 | 940,357 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 9,904 | 615,137 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 14,931 | 1,158,795 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 42,506 | 1,803,955 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 23,326 | 928,375 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 56,951 | 4,364,155 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 4,359 | 148,947 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 8,528 | 320,141 | ||||||
PG&E Corp.(a) | 69,051 | 1,181,463 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 4,915 | 385,631 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 31,633 | 908,500 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 46,684 | 3,433,608 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 23,408 | 1,636,453 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
25,050,639 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.8% | ||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 17,009 | 2,842,544 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 24,535 | 2,042,784 | ||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(c) | 1,372 | 140,246 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 2,876 | 374,340 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 1,957 | 554,634 | ||||||
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| |||||||
5,954,548 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4% | ||||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) | 2,494 | 285,388 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 22,568 | 749,709 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a) | 12,461 | 256,323 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 2,199 | 171,852 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 1,793 | 159,649 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 8,941 | 1,094,110 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(a) | 4,392 | 206,863 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 840 | 241,945 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,165,839 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 17,612 | 514,975 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 19,161 | 627,523 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 16,730 | 280,227 | ||||||
Schlumberger NV | 22,138 | 1,092,510 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,515,235 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.9% | ||||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 15,884 | 1,234,346 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 4,619 | 587,906 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class A(a) | 424 | 27,467 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a) | 3,795 | 273,961 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 49 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Entertainment (continued) | ||||||||
Netflix, Inc.(a) | 6,526 | $ | 2,153,123 | |||||
Walt Disney Co.(a) | 30,159 | 3,091,297 | ||||||
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| |||||||
7,368,100 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 4.2% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 7,685 | 487,152 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 77,261 | 25,384,102 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 14,904 | 387,355 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 25,518 | 1,498,417 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 12,487 | 1,524,912 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,603 | 342,914 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 6,247 | 704,099 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | 28,996 | 2,203,696 | ||||||
WEX, Inc.(a) | 766 | 135,850 | ||||||
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| |||||||
32,668,497 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.9% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 23,487 | 1,833,865 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 6,465 | 605,124 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 8,695 | 472,139 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 20,385 | 773,815 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a) | 4,183 | 249,181 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 25,305 | 2,242,782 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 5,940 | 240,214 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. | 4,587 | 708,279 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 11,013 | 768,377 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. | 34,104 | 1,339,264 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 6,297 | 553,191 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 58,461 | 4,485,128 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 12,203 | 762,565 | ||||||
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| |||||||
15,033,924 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 3,808 | 434,645 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 8,916 | 302,074 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
736,719 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.2% | ||||||||
Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(c) | 1,062 | 187,624 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 58,700 | 1,798,568 | ||||||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(c) | 4,134 | 68,955 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 4,230 | 238,234 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 9,745 | 1,978,527 | ||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | 45,908 | 1,425,443 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co. | 265 | 16,181 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 18,000 | 3,522,600 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,236,132 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 53,243 | 5,881,754 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 21,628 | 1,031,223 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 12,175 | 3,217,974 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 33,564 | 1,749,356 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. | 840 | 320,418 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 9,152 | 383,743 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a) | 4,628 | 398,054 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 57,041 | 5,187,879 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 7,510 | 2,250,372 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 1,062 | 289,416 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 8,999 | 1,245,822 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
21,956,011 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 6,943 | 1,158,440 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 11,019 | 904,660 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(a) | 15,711 | 1,082,959 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Providers & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Chemed Corp. | 334 | $ | 184,117 | |||||
Cigna Group | 8,596 | 2,177,281 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 55,065 | 4,036,815 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.(a) | 2,339 | 211,352 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 5,825 | 2,729,886 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 6,036 | 1,734,324 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | 5,870 | 474,355 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 3,804 | 862,405 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 5,880 | 2,141,731 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 942 | 280,612 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 4,747 | 658,931 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 2,734 | 411,057 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
19,048,925 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 11,293 | 248,107 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 25,463 | 223,311 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 9,975 | 266,931 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 11,458 | 550,557 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 12,570 | 995,795 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,284,701 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5% | ||||||||
Aramark | 6,667 | 231,345 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a)(c) | 43,412 | 399,825 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 3,066 | 465,817 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 514 | 163,180 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) | 6,324 | 594,203 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a) | 5,663 | 361,583 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 18,304 | 5,413,408 | ||||||
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(c) | 17,947 | 239,592 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a) | 4,411 | 288,612 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 17,602 | 2,011,733 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,302 | 88,822 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a) | 4,458 | 509,460 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 4,852 | 682,094 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,449,674 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.6% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 13,405 | 1,472,137 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 6,530 | 641,050 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 7,175 | 809,412 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 408 | 39,911 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(a) | 130 | 759,200 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 9,650 | 647,997 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 2,378 | 331,945 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,701,652 | ||||||||
Household Products — 2.8% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 5,811 | 564,364 | ||||||
Clorox Co. | 2,166 | 358,733 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 35,825 | 2,858,835 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 14,490 | 2,099,456 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 101,164 | 15,820,027 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
21,701,415 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. | 28,775 | 680,816 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 9,622 | 229,581 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
910,397 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.3% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 23,619 | 2,508,810 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | 16,542 | 1,637,162 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 28,651 | 5,725,616 | ||||||
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| |||||||
9,871,588 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 11,470 | $ | 339,398 | |||||
Prologis, Inc. | 14,865 | 1,861,841 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,201,239 | ||||||||
Insurance — 2.8% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 24,066 | 1,681,010 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 11,315 | 1,309,824 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 1,864 | 228,769 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 31,901 | 1,692,029 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 3,837 | 1,247,716 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a) | 8,947 | 671,651 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 1,237 | 152,312 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 12,582 | 2,536,028 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 4,480 | 476,851 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 1,248 | 48,560 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 1,152 | 435,456 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 11,968 | 424,744 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 3,919 | 425,290 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 13,589 | 964,683 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 6,559 | 142,527 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 8,478 | 488,079 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 9,577 | 1,725,680 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 28,292 | 1,735,148 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 11,798 | 298,135 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 9,767 | 729,497 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 15,774 | 1,372,338 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 2,899 | 412,586 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 9,885 | 1,790,569 | ||||||
Unum Group | 8,147 | 343,803 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 2,098 | 485,897 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
21,819,182 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 5.5% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 101,567 | 10,902,202 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 88,542 | 9,582,015 | ||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | 95,445 | 22,937,342 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
43,421,559 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.2% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 8,560 | 2,399,282 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | 3,413 | 279,764 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 21,773 | 1,300,066 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co.(a) | 9,795 | 233,611 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 38,771 | 4,901,042 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,113,765 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 5,528 | 327,368 | ||||||
Mattel, Inc.(a) | 7,902 | 142,236 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
469,604 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(a) | 10,443 | 203,430 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,775 | 710,568 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 5,433 | 708,952 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 7,429 | 4,122,352 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(a) | 894 | 268,522 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,013,824 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.8% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 2,636 | 326,706 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 12,096 | 2,646,605 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 6,044 | 1,420,582 | ||||||
Deere & Co. | 4,486 | 1,695,798 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 2,972 | 434,388 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 6,309 | 398,035 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 11,908 | $ | 2,881,021 | |||||
Middleby Corp.(a) | 1,298 | 182,862 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 11,075 | 944,697 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 10,358 | 773,639 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 2,873 | 933,380 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 7,151 | 415,330 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 2,294 | 595,087 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 6,391 | 551,799 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 3,105 | 303,265 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
14,503,194 | ||||||||
Media — 1.5% | ||||||||
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,680 | 988,116 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 180,387 | 7,462,610 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 12,656 | 420,939 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 5,931 | 181,133 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 16,763 | 598,942 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)(c) | 3,176 | 89,246 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a) | 6,515 | 182,029 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 16,279 | 286,673 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 5,128 | 91,022 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 8,670 | 785,242 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class A(c) | 353 | 9,340 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 21,880 | 510,460 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c) | 14,273 | 54,237 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,659,989 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.9% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 7,536 | 279,887 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a) | 22,326 | 343,374 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 61,263 | 2,322,480 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 34,112 | 1,616,909 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 4,794 | 710,375 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 2,502 | 619,996 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 3,622 | 278,278 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 7,178 | 746,153 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,917,452 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 20,290 | 405,394 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.5% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 7,233 | 643,520 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 18,492 | 563,451 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 8,287 | 515,949 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 15,198 | 1,496,547 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 35,747 | 2,042,584 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 8,319 | 935,139 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 17,572 | 500,099 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 21,377 | 1,351,026 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 13,485 | 2,096,783 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 13,519 | 1,300,122 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,445,220 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 3,824 | 474,864 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 6,076 | 324,216 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
799,080 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.0% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(a) | 11,757 | 270,293 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 6,349 | 233,961 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 4,660 | 385,289 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 52,365 | 8,827,692 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 30,872 | 3,176,420 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 51 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) |
| |||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 17,383 | $ | 445,005 | |||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 15,008 | 801,877 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 7,898 | 1,123,096 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 25,191 | 3,009,569 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 7,697 | 268,163 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 176,587 | 20,897,306 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 4,403 | 638,699 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 3,848 | 169,735 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 84,654 | 1,451,816 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 13,649 | 329,760 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 11,877 | 1,448,994 | ||||||
Matador Resources Co. | 1,603 | 78,595 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 3,421 | 125,585 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 31,214 | 1,920,597 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 19,154 | 1,252,863 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 5,286 | 190,719 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 20,008 | 1,980,792 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 6,835 | 1,486,954 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 5,423 | 143,438 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(a) | 30,632 | 158,980 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 4,135 | 312,317 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 16,554 | 1,898,247 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 52,098 | 1,576,486 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
54,603,248 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.2% | ||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a) | 12,932 | 176,393 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a) | 14,309 | 490,942 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 12,056 | 365,176 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 14,069 | 616,222 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,648,733 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | 4,089 | 1,008,838 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 5.4% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 91,174 | 6,087,688 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.(a) | 3,433 | 172,062 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | 2,682 | 376,741 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 112,114 | 18,353,062 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 59,084 | 6,822,429 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 10,831 | 266,767 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 240,709 | 9,361,173 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 16,005 | 562,576 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 52,386 | 488,761 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
42,491,259 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.5% | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 2,326 | 222,645 | ||||||
Clarivate PLC(a)(c) | 9,750 | 86,385 | ||||||
Concentrix Corp. | 1,061 | 102,397 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 1,747 | 364,040 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 3,499 | 155,880 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 3,065 | 353,885 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 5,904 | 550,607 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 6,335 | 695,963 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 4,621 | 337,333 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 9,468 | 554,257 | ||||||
TransUnion | 3,253 | 223,839 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,647,231 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,134 | 700,212 | ||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a) | 2,023 | 281,278 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
981,490 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Residential REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 4,842 | $ | 161,045 | |||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 2,448 | 441,546 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 2,776 | 191,266 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 5,641 | 356,793 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,586 | 348,492 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 2,374 | 365,121 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 5,368 | 221,860 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,086,123 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 8,776 | 187,192 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 1,365 | 134,985 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 26,732 | 512,987 | ||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 7,804 | 339,474 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 15,129 | 950,706 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 3,909 | 240,130 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 13,984 | 1,584,667 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,950,141 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.6% | ||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 13,099 | 2,356,248 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 36,153 | 4,086,374 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 9,321 | 5,839,606 | ||||||
First Solar, Inc.(a) | 4,232 | 772,679 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 177,402 | 5,510,106 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 5,943 | 2,297,207 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 5,787 | 3,032,851 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 13,845 | 1,010,547 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. | 27,644 | 1,779,168 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 11,084 | 1,814,894 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(a) | 4,317 | 397,509 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 26,971 | 3,150,213 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 4,655 | 492,964 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 2,592 | 236,857 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 18,242 | 3,050,062 | ||||||
Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(c) | 2,996 | 139,464 | ||||||
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Software — 0.8% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 24,689 | 436,255 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 44,866 | 4,249,708 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 2,698 | 1,226,996 | ||||||
VMware, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,648 | 581,139 | ||||||
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Specialized REITs — 1.0% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 9,278 | 1,896,331 | ||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 9,244 | 1,137,844 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 3,386 | 154,029 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,814 | 576,458 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 7,559 | 393,068 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 7,769 | 429,160 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 2,552 | 269,695 | ||||||
Life Storage, Inc. | 1,454 | 195,389 | ||||||
Public Storage | 2,586 | 762,430 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 29,032 | 985,346 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 31,333 | 937,170 | ||||||
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Specialty Retail — 2.4% | ||||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 2,558 | 321,106 | ||||||
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 274 | 729,747 | ||||||
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 9,727 | 341,418 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 8,423 | 627,682 | ||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(a) | 1,259 | 242,748 |
52 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialty Retail (continued) | ||||||||
CarMax, Inc.(a)(c) | 6,841 | $ | 479,075 | |||||
GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(c) | 10,761 | 207,580 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 29,446 | 8,849,701 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 15,508 | 3,223,028 | ||||||
Murphy U.S.A., Inc. | 570 | 156,881 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 1,273 | 1,167,735 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(c) | 1,091 | 151,191 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 25,289 | 1,993,279 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 2,840 | 343,753 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5% | ||||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 10,364 | 450,730 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 54,768 | 784,278 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 37,164 | 1,104,143 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 6,173 | 388,220 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 8,299 | 487,732 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(a) | 13,734 | 472,999 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4% | ||||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 16,739 | 2,121,166 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 10,259 | 418,670 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 14,067 | 330,715 | ||||||
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Tobacco — 1.3% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 76,567 | 3,637,698 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 66,477 | 6,645,706 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 3,151 | $ | 467,136 | |||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 4,394 | 187,624 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% | 780,754,404 | |||||||
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Money Market Funds — 0.6% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.02%(b)(d)(e) | 2,354,836 | 2,355,543 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(b)(d) | 2,347,896 | 2,347,896 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 100.4% | 785,457,843 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.4)% |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 782,374,181 | ||||||
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(d) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(e) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash | $ | 3,897,401 | $ | — | $ | (1,544,285 | )(a) | $ | 1,722 | $ | 705 | $ | 2,355,543 | 2,354,836 | $ | 98,303 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 2,050,000 | 297,896 | (a) | — | — | — | 2,347,896 | 2,347,896 | 46,691 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 3,367,025 | 1,033,853 | (362,663 | ) | 23,877 | 247,683 | 4,309,775 | 6,421 | 116,010 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 53 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||||
E-Mini Consumer Staples Index | 5 | 06/16/23 | $ | 391 | $ | 7,992 | ||||||||||
E-Mini Financial Select Sector Index | 7 | 06/16/23 | 719 | 18,873 | ||||||||||||
S&P 500 E-Mini Index | 2 | 06/16/23 | 419 | 5,521 | ||||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 32,386 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 32,386 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (34,386) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (34,386) | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 86,274 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 86,274 | ||||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 2,111,264 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
54 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
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Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 780,754,404 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 780,754,404 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 4,703,439 | — | — | 4,703,439 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 785,457,843 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 785,457,843 | |||||||||
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Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Equity Contracts | $ | 32,386 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 32,386 | ||||||||
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(a) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 55 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2023
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | $ | 514,827,086 | $ | 199,734,068 | $ | 743,692,989 | $ | 776,444,629 | ||||||||
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | 12,747,062 | 24,929,394 | 9,219,617 | 9,013,214 | ||||||||||||
Cash | 17,486 | 56,336 | 42,535 | 36,837 | ||||||||||||
Cash pledged: | ||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 68,000 | 30,000 | 125,000 | 82,000 | ||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments sold | 1,565,854 | 767,522 | 112,843 | 16,988 | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated | 10,937 | 42,416 | 4,688 | 3,455 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 435,116 | 71,217 | 587,634 | 1,097,851 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 3,746 | 1,383 | 5,570 | 7,145 | ||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 5,716 | 3,690 | 19,113 | 12,942 | ||||||||||||
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Total assets | 529,681,003 | 225,636,026 | 753,809,989 | 786,715,061 | ||||||||||||
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LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||||||
Collateral on securities loaned | 11,875,090 | 24,584,539 | 5,533,459 | 2,355,189 | ||||||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments purchased | 1,565,854 | 785,575 | 112,843 | 1,959,934 | ||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 25,200 | 6,607 | 18,300 | 25,757 | ||||||||||||
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Total liabilities | 13,466,144 | 25,376,721 | 5,664,602 | 4,340,880 | ||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 516,214,859 | $ | 200,259,305 | $ | 748,145,387 | $ | 782,374,181 | ||||||||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | ||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 527,902,048 | $ | 259,287,288 | $ | 738,065,306 | $ | 759,051,080 | ||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | (11,687,189 | ) | (59,027,983 | ) | 10,080,081 | 23,323,101 | ||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 516,214,859 | $ | 200,259,305 | $ | 748,145,387 | $ | 782,374,181 | ||||||||
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NET ASSET VALUE | ||||||||||||||||
Shares outstanding | 8,300,000 | 4,300,000 | 13,100,000 | 12,050,000 | ||||||||||||
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Net asset value | $ | 62.19 | $ | 46.57 | $ | 57.11 | $ | 64.93 | ||||||||
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Shares authorized | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||||||||||||
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Par value | None | None | None | None | ||||||||||||
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | $ | 491,005,295 | $ | 225,844,869 | $ | 665,889,705 | $ | 706,496,520 | ||||||||
(b) Securities loaned, at value | $ | 11,857,447 | $ | 24,040,096 | $ | 5,439,425 | $ | 2,331,318 | ||||||||
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 12,741,518 | $ | 24,918,931 | $ | 8,622,911 | $ | 9,399,321 |
See notes to financial statements.
56 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Year Ended April 30, 2023
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | |||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME |
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Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 12,112,942 | $ | 3,047,064 | $ | 12,264,293 | $ | 18,637,357 | ||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 28,072 | 11,379 | 88,396 | 162,701 | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | 143,732 | 423,271 | 68,761 | 98,303 | ||||||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld | — | (1,766 | ) | (2,875 | ) | (3,721 | ) | |||||||||
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Total investment income | 12,284,746 | 3,479,948 | 12,418,575 | 18,894,640 | ||||||||||||
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EXPENSES | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory | 294,339 | 81,546 | 221,928 | 306,054 | ||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 294,339 | 81,546 | 221,928 | 306,054 | ||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 11,990,407 | 3,398,402 | 12,196,647 | 18,588,586 | ||||||||||||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | ||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (11,260,444 | ) | (13,167,878 | ) | (16,211,441 | ) | (344,051 | ) | ||||||||
Investments — affiliated | (643 | ) | (2,948 | ) | (3,277 | ) | (10,107 | ) | ||||||||
Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Futures contracts | (61,860 | ) | (43,488 | ) | (297,208 | ) | (34,386 | ) | ||||||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 17,922,126 | 886,227 | 6,691,831 | 10,900,277 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a) | — | — | 60,847 | 35,706 | ||||||||||||
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6,599,179 | (12,328,087 | ) | (9,759,247 | ) | 10,547,440 | |||||||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (33,210,541 | ) | 3,198,881 | 7,680,664 | (10,804,932 | ) | ||||||||||
Investments — affiliated | 3,021 | 10,230 | 92,141 | 248,388 | ||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 40,990 | 10,811 | 231,868 | 86,274 | ||||||||||||
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(33,166,530 | ) | 3,219,922 | 8,004,673 | (10,470,270 | ) | |||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (26,567,351 | ) | (9,108,165 | ) | (1,754,574 | ) | 77,170 | |||||||||
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | (14,576,944 | ) | $ | (5,709,763 | ) | $ | 10,442,073 | $ | 18,665,756 | ||||||
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(a) | See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 57 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | |||||||||||||||
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Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | |||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 11,990,407 | $ | 9,049,985 | $ | 3,398,402 | $ | 2,981,463 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 6,599,179 | 34,370,084 | (12,328,087 | ) | 7,667,954 | |||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (33,166,530 | ) | (29,467,257 | ) | 3,219,922 | (46,929,295 | ) | |||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (14,576,944 | ) | 13,952,812 | (5,709,763 | ) | (36,279,878 | ) | |||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (11,819,760 | ) | (9,487,846 | ) | (3,393,435 | ) | (2,987,187 | ) | ||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 45,120,668 | 35,331,452 | 9,391,283 | (2,562,649 | ) | |||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 18,723,964 | 39,796,418 | 288,085 | (41,829,714 | ) | |||||||||||
Beginning of year | 497,490,895 | 457,694,477 | 199,971,220 | 241,800,934 | ||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 516,214,859 | $ | 497,490,895 | $ | 200,259,305 | $ | 199,971,220 | ||||||||
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(a) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
58 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | |||||||||||||||
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Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | |||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 12,196,647 | $ | 11,447,954 | $ | 18,588,586 | $ | 16,182,799 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | (9,759,247 | ) | 19,314,762 | 10,547,440 | 10,355,512 | |||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 8,004,673 | (42,727,180 | ) | (10,470,270 | ) | 1,105,337 | ||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 10,442,073 | (11,964,464 | ) | 18,665,756 | 27,643,648 | |||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (12,049,075 | ) | (11,513,059 | ) | (18,183,374 | ) | (16,144,141 | ) | ||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | (40,561,179 | ) | (77,396,311 | ) | (6,551,556 | ) | 89,185,958 | |||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (42,168,181 | ) | (100,873,834 | ) | (6,069,174 | ) | 100,685,465 | |||||||||
Beginning of year | 790,313,568 | 891,187,402 | 788,443,355 | 687,757,890 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 59 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/19 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 65.46 | $ | 64.01 | $ | 40.13 | $ | 53.28 | $ | 52.55 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | (3.29 | ) | 1.50 | 23.92 | (13.08 | ) | 0.73 | |||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(d) | (1.51 | ) | (1.29 | ) | (1.18 | ) | (1.57 | ) | (1.23 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 62.19 | $ | 65.46 | $ | 64.01 | $ | 40.13 | $ | 53.28 | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 516,215 | $ | 497,491 | $ | 457,694 | $ | 331,048 | $ | 463,524 | ||||||||||
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(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(d) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(e) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
60 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/19 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 48.77 | $ | 58.27 | $ | 35.60 | $ | 43.90 | $ | 42.58 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(b) | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.58 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | (2.20 | ) | (9.50 | ) | 22.71 | (8.23 | ) | 1.34 | ||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | (1.41 | ) | (8.78 | ) | 23.27 | (7.66 | ) | 1.92 | ||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(d) | (0.79 | ) | (0.72 | ) | (0.60 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.60 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 46.57 | $ | 48.77 | $ | 58.27 | $ | 35.60 | $ | 43.90 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | (2.85 | )% | (15.22 | )% | 65.95 | % | (17.58 | )% | 4.56 | % | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 1.67 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.24 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.33 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 200,259 | $ | 199,971 | $ | 241,801 | $ | 185,115 | $ | 237,032 | ||||||||||
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(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(d) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(e) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | 61 |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/19 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 57.06 | $ | 59.02 | $ | 40.80 | $ | 41.90 | $ | 38.08 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(b) | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.81 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 0.04 | (1.95 | ) | 18.21 | (0.88 | ) | 3.82 | |||||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 1.77 | % | (2.08 | )% | 46.58 | % | (0.13 | )% | 12.33 | % | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 1.65 | % | 1.27 | % | 1.32 | % | 1.90 | % | 2.05 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 748,145 | $ | 790,314 | $ | 891,187 | $ | 718,065 | $ | 863,172 | ||||||||||
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(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(d) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(e) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
62 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/19 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 64.89 | $ | 63.68 | $ | 48.12 | $ | 54.18 | $ | 50.55 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 0.00(d) | 1.20 | 15.58 | (6.04 | ) | 3.58 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(e) | (1.50 | ) | (1.37 | ) | (1.57 | ) | (1.67 | ) | (1.44 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 782,374 | $ | 788,443 | $ | 687,758 | $ | 447,483 | $ | 492,996 | ||||||||||
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(a) | Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(d) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
(e) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(f) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(g) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(h) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | 63 |
1. | ORGANIZATION |
iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.
These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
iShares ETF | Diversification Classification | |
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | Diversified | |
Morningstar Small-Cap | Diversified | |
Morningstar U.S. Equity | Diversified | |
Morningstar Value | Diversified |
2. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.
Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of April 30, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.
In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.
Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
3. | INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.
64 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:
• | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price. |
• | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV. |
• | Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded. |
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.
Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
• | Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access; |
• | Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and |
• | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. | SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 65 |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
iShares ETF and Counterparty | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received | (a) | | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value | (a) | | Net Amount | (b) | ||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 2,591,890 | $ | (2,591,890 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 4,987 | (4,987 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. | 7,752 | (7,752 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 2,826 | (2,826 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 944,801 | (929,615 | ) | — | 15,186 | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 328 | (328 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 2,423,161 | (2,412,155 | ) | — | 11,006 | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 1,648,202 | (1,635,775 | ) | — | 12,427 | |||||||||||
Jefferies LLC | 14,490 | (14,490 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 1,391,031 | (1,391,031 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 1,151,090 | (1,151,090 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 746,380 | (746,380 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS AG | 675,216 | (662,572 | ) | — | 12,644 | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | 250,497 | (250,424 | ) | — | 73 | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | 4,796 | (4,796 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 876,359 | $ | (876,359 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 255,230 | (255,230 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. | 8,372 | (8,372 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 2,455,202 | (2,455,202 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 1,577,119 | (1,577,119 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citadel Clearing LLC | 295,555 | (295,555 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 924,245 | (924,245 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | 83,194 | (83,194 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 5,154,900 | (5,154,900 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC | 580,766 | (580,766 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
ING Financial Markets LLC | 13,415 | (13,415 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 3,018,475 | (3,018,475 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Jefferies LLC | 412,285 | (412,285 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 3,308,870 | (3,308,870 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
National Financial Services LLC | 1,003,130 | (1,003,130 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Natixis SA | 662,158 | (662,158 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Pershing LLC | 71 | (71 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 24,676 | (24,676 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. | 216,873 | (216,873 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
SG Americas Securities LLC | 230,048 | (230,048 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. | 205,106 | (205,106 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 407,922 | (407,922 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS AG | 1,120,677 | (1,120,677 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS Securities LLC | 52,436 | (52,436 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | 741,067 | (741,067 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | 411,945 | (411,945 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 140,747 | $ | (140,747 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 8,899 | (8,899 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 1,610,850 | (1,610,850 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 420,681 | (420,681 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citadel Clearing LLC | 357,128 | (357,128 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 160,717 | (160,717 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 673,974 | (673,974 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 306,386 | (306,386 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 440,179 | (440,179 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Natixis SA | 205,932 | (204,191 | ) | — | 1,741 | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 50,014 | (50,014 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1,063,918 | (1,063,918 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 35,179 | $ | (35,179 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 83,745 | (83,745 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 477,823 | (477,823 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 501,852 | (497,708 | ) | — | 4,144 | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 5,893 | (5,893 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Jefferies LLC | 9,234 | (9,234 | ) | — | — |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
iShares ETF and Counterparty | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received | (a) | | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value | (a) | | Net Amount | (b) | ||||
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Morgan Stanley | $ | 178,089 | $ | (178,089 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Natixis SA | 26,321 | (26,037 | ) | — | 284 | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 361,215 | (361,215 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS AG | 237,189 | (232,748 | ) | — | 4,441 | |||||||||||
UBS Securities LLC | 285,313 | (285,313 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | 129,465 | (128,701 | ) | — | 764 | |||||||||||
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(a) | Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. |
(b) | The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of April 30, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.
5. | DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6. | INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).
For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:
iShares ETF | Investment Advisory Fees | |
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | 0.06% | |
Morningstar Small-Cap | 0.04 | |
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 0.03 | |
Morningstar Value | 0.04 |
Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.
ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 67 |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
iShares ETF | Amounts | |||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 38,444 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 109,031 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 20,462 | |||
Morningstar Value | 26,555 |
Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.
For the year ended April 30, 2023, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | |||||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 105,877,754 | $ | 103,998,945 | $ | (7,627,860 | ) | |||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 24,202,645 | 20,493,113 | (3,213,309 | ) | ||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 6,878,490 | 8,406,921 | (11,474,578 | ) | ||||||||
Morningstar Value | 122,743,769 | 101,898,576 | 5,227,356 |
Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.
A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.
7. | PURCHASES AND SALES |
For the year ended April 30, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 182,629,611 | $ | 182,618,124 | ||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 56,631,599 | 55,976,437 | ||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 31,625,944 | 31,585,968 | ||||||
Morningstar Value | 203,250,426 | 202,994,101 |
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For the year ended April 30, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:
iShares ETF | In-kind Purchases | In-kind Sales | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 107,153,899 | $ | 62,747,225 | ||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 17,632,796 | 9,092,428 | ||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 11,033,707 | 51,752,033 | ||||||
Morningstar Value | 47,290,297 | 54,038,640 |
8. | INCOME TAX INFORMATION |
Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of April 30, 2023, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of April 30, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:
iShares ETF | Paid-in capital | Accumulated earnings (loss) | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 17,687,863 | $ | (17,687,863 | ) | |||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 824,916 | (824,916 | ) | |||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 6,576,121 | (6,576,121 | ) | |||||
Morningstar Value | 10,674,984 | (10,674,984 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
iShares ETF | Year Ended April 30, 2023 | Year Ended April 30, 2022 | ||||||
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Ordinary income | $ | 11,819,760 | $ | 9,487,846 | ||||
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As of April 30, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:
iShares ETF | Undistributed Ordinary Income | Non-expiring Capital Loss Carryforwards(a) | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses)(b) | Total | ||||||||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 110,841 | $ | (33,455,274 | ) | $ | 21,657,244 | $ | (11,687,189 | ) | ||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 54,030 | (31,567,199 | ) | (27,514,814 | ) | (59,027,983 | ) | |||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 723,384 | (68,380,131 | ) | 77,736,828 | 10,080,081 | |||||||||||
Morningstar Value | 1,481,338 | (45,692,589 | ) | 67,534,352 | 23,323,101 |
(a) | Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains. |
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net accumulated losses was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the characterization of corporate actions, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the timing and recognition of realized gains/losses for tax purposes and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts. |
A fund may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” Such fund may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.
For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:
iShares ETF | Amounts | |
Morningstar Value | $ 386,280 |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 69 |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
iShares ETF | Tax Cost | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 505,916,904 | $ | 55,988,408 | $ | (34,331,164 | ) | $ | 21,657,244 | |||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 252,178,276 | 26,050,778 | (53,565,592 | ) | (27,514,814 | ) | ||||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 675,175,778 | 154,380,486 | (76,643,658 | ) | 77,736,828 | |||||||||||
Morningstar Value | 717,923,491 | 110,535,820 | (43,001,468 | ) | 67,534,352 |
9. | PRINCIPAL RISKS |
In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.
BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.
The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.
The price the Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
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Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
The Funds invests a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invests.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
10. | CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.
Transactions in capital shares were as follows:
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Shares sold | 1,750,000 | $ | 108,029,844 | 2,650,000 | $ | 174,198,554 | ||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,050,000 | ) | (62,909,176 | ) | (2,200,000 | ) | (138,867,102 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Shares sold | 400,000 | $ | 18,341,725 | 50,000 | $ | 2,817,190 | ||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (200,000 | ) | (8,950,442 | ) | (100,000 | ) | (5,379,839 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Shares sold | 200,000 | $ | 10,798,586 | 100,000 | $ | 6,211,849 | ||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (950,000 | ) | (51,359,765 | ) | (1,350,000 | ) | (83,608,160 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Shares sold | 750,000 | $ | 47,324,307 | 1,600,000 | $ | 105,690,073 | ||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (850,000 | ) | (53,875,863 | ) | (250,000 | ) | (16,504,115 | ) | ||||||||||||
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The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.
From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
11. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 71 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and
Shareholders of each of the four funds listed in the table below
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (four of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of April 30, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF
iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF
iShares Morningstar Value ETF
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Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 21, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.
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Important Tax Information (unaudited)
The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 10,237,944 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 2,335,817 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 11,532,410 | |||
Morningstar Value | 17,793,411 | |||
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The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 805,033 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 304,676 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 396,079 | |||
Morningstar Value | 435,484 | |||
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The following percentage, or maximum percentage allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | 82.36% | |||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 66.57 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 91.76 | |||
Morningstar Value | 93.23 | |||
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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION | 73 |
Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)
In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF and iShares Morningstar Value ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).
The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.
The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:
a) | The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes. |
b) | Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. |
c) | Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing. |
d) | The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period. |
e) | The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review. |
There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited)
Section 19(a) Notices
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
April 30, 2023
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iShares ETF | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 1.506013 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1.506013 | 100 | % | — | % | — | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 0.786688 | — | — | 0.786688 | 100 | — | — | 100 |
Premium/Discount Information
Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION | 75 |
Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited)
The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).
The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of April 30, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).
Interested Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Robert S. Kapito(a) (1957) | Trustee (since 2009). | President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002). | Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Salim Ramji(b) (1970) | Trustee (since 2019). | Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019). |
(a) | Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. |
(b) | Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. |
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
John E. Kerrigan (1955) | Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022). | Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022). | |||
Jane D. Carlin (1956) | Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016). | Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016). | |||
Richard L. Fagnani (1954) | Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019). | Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Cecilia H. Herbert (1949) | Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022). | Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Drew E. Lawton (1959) | Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017). | Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021). | |||
John E. Martinez (1961) | Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019). | Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Madhav V. Rajan (1964) | Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019). | Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). |
Officers | ||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||
Dominik Rohé (1973) | President (since 2023). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023). | ||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds. | ||
Charles Park (1967) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006). | Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006). | ||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017). | ||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019). | ||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022). | ||
James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020). |
Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.
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Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records
A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.
A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.
GENERAL INFORMATION | 79 |
Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviation | ||
NVS | Non-Voting Shares | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
S&P | Standard & Poor’s |
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iS-AR-410-0423
APRIL 30, 2023 |
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iShares Trust
· iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | USRT | NYSE Arca
Dear Shareholder,
Investors faced an uncertain economic landscape during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2023, amid mixed indicators and rapidly changing market conditions. The U.S. economy returned to modest growth beginning in the third quarter of 2022, although the pace of growth slowed thereafter. Inflation was elevated, reaching a 40-year high as labor costs grew rapidly and unemployment rates reached the lowest levels in decades. However, inflation moderated as the period continued, while continued strength in consumer spending backstopped the economy.
Equity returns varied substantially, as large-capitalization U.S. stocks gained for the period amid a rebound in big tech stocks, whereas small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined. International equities from developed markets advanced strongly, while emerging market stocks declined, pressured by higher interest rates and volatile commodities prices.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, although high-yield corporate bonds posted a positive return as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and incrementally reduced its balance sheet by not replacing securities that reach maturity. In addition, the Fed added liquidity to markets amid the failure of prominent regional banks.
Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth was modest in the last year, we believe that stickiness in services inflation and continued wage growth will keep inflation above central bank targets for some time. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes and indicated a pause could be its next step, we believe that the Fed still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the rapid increase in interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.
While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar could provide a supportive backdrop. We also see selective, long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing, and higher yields offer attractive income. However, we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most significant opportunities in short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of April 30, 2023 | ||||
6-Month | 12-Month | |||
U.S. large cap equities | 8.63% | 2.66% | ||
U.S. small cap equities | (3.45) | (3.65) | ||
International equities | 24.19 | 8.42 | ||
Emerging market equities | 16.36 | (6.51) | ||
3-month Treasury bills | 2.09 | 2.83 | ||
U.S. Treasury securities | 7.14 | (1.68) | ||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | 6.91 | (0.43) | ||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) | 7.65 | 2.87 | ||
U.S. high yield bonds | 6.21 | 1.21 | ||
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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iShares Trust
Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 1.50%. Despite headwinds, including elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy, equities were supported by the economy’s continued resilience. While inflation was high throughout the reporting period, the pace of inflationary growth slackened, driving investor optimism. Markets endured in the face of disruption from the banking industry late in the reporting period. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value and leading to concern about the stability of a third bank. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.
Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at a multi-decade high. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. The rate of inflation began to decline beginning in July 2022, continuing to decelerate for 10 consecutive months. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.
The U.S. economy recovered from a contraction in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the second half of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest posted level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate — which measures the total proportion of working age persons employed or looking for work — rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.
To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to decrease the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.
Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, as many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. real estate equities, as represented by the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV | (14.84 | )% | 5.84 | % | 4.98 | % | (14.84 | )% | 32.80 | % | 62.60 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | (14.93 | ) | 5.82 | 4.97 | (14.93 | ) | 32.68 | 62.44 | ||||||||||||||||
Index | (14.80 | ) | 5.90 | 5.16 | (14.80 | ) | 33.18 | 65.33 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Index performance through November 2, 2016 reflects the performance of the FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index. Index performance beginning on November 3, 2016 reflects the performance of the FTSE Nareit Equity REITS Index.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/22) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/23) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,038.40 | $ 0.40 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.40 | $ 0.40 | 0.08 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information. |
FUND SUMMARY | 5 |
Fund Summary as of April 30, 2023 (continued) | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) declined sharply during the reporting period amid a slowing economy, higher inflation, and rising interest rates. REITs typically take on substantial debt in order to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and the sharp rise in interest rates made financing more expensive for REITs. Furthermore, higher interest rates meant increased bond yields, making dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors, although many REITs raised dividends during the reporting period.
Diversified REITs, which own and operate a mix of property types, detracted the most from the Index’s performance. REITs with residential properties such as apartment buildings declined, particularly those that operate in large cities where the real estate markets failed to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic. New apartment buildings constructed during the reporting period added to supply, putting downward pressure on rents. In addition, shifting demographics and concerns about the economic outlook led to fewer households being formed, limiting demand for apartments. Property values for apartment complexes also declined from peak levels.
Diversified REITs with a substantial office property component further detracted from the Index’s performance. Managers of office properties contended with weak office leasing rates, as some businesses continued to allow workers to work from home and many technology companies laid off employees. REITs that build and manage offices and laboratories for the biotechnology industry scaled back development due to high material and labor costs coupled with lingering supply shortages.
Diversified REITs focused on industrial properties also weighed on the Index’s return. A slowdown in e-commerce sales growth raised concerns among investors regarding the outlook for warehouses and logistics facilities used for order fulfilment. Consequently, logistics companies scaled back plans to build new facilities.
Portfolio Information
INDUSTRY ALLOCATION
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Industry | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |
Specialized REITs | 27.1% | |
Residential REITs | 18.3 | |
Industrial REITs | 16.6 | |
Retail REITs | 16.0 | |
Health Care REITs | 10.2 | |
Office REITs | 5.5 | |
Hotel & Resort REITs | 3.4 | |
Diversified REITs | 2.9 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) | |||||
Prologis, Inc. | 11.6% | |||||
Equinix, Inc. | 6.8 | |||||
Public Storage | 4.7 | |||||
Realty Income Corp. | 4.0 | |||||
Welltower, Inc. | 3.8 | |||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 3.7 | |||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 3.4 | |||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2.9 | |||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 2.5 | |||||
Equity Residential | 2.4 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of the Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense example shown (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense example provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
ABOUT FUND PERFORMANCE / DISCLOSURE OF EXPENSES | 7 |
April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Diversified REITs — 2.8% | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 136,778 | $ | 2,630,241 | |||||
Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. | 24,729 | 397,642 | ||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 92,705 | 1,687,231 | ||||||
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 126,232 | 1,479,439 | ||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 327,096 | 5,289,142 | ||||||
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | 41,611 | 700,729 | ||||||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A(a) | 249,181 | 1,522,496 | ||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 266,205 | 6,588,574 | ||||||
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | 74,873 | 893,984 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 197,989 | 2,229,356 | ||||||
One Liberty Properties, Inc. | 31,062 | 683,985 | ||||||
Star Holdings(b) | 24,183 | 390,314 | ||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 397,288 | 29,478,770 | ||||||
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53,971,903 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 10.2% | ||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 187,818 | 3,660,573 | ||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 44,670 | 1,598,739 | ||||||
Diversified Healthcare Trust | 445,972 | 407,351 | ||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | 115,607 | 1,072,833 | ||||||
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 721,476 | 14,270,795 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 1,039,967 | 22,848,075 | ||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 75,437 | 2,523,368 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 1,130,380 | 9,913,433 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 79,137 | 3,938,648 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 447,187 | 11,966,724 | ||||||
Physicians Realty Trust | 430,446 | 6,207,031 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 436,542 | 4,976,579 | ||||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 24,189 | 1,052,222 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 759,849 | 36,510,744 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc.(a) | 900,463 | 71,334,679 | ||||||
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192,281,794 | ||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 3.4% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 406,328 | 6,050,224 | ||||||
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.(a)(b) | 66,147 | 224,900 | ||||||
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 121,419 | 461,392 | ||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 89,476 | 916,234 | ||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 398,375 | 3,230,821 | ||||||
Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A | 60,675 | 382,252 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,347,175 | 21,783,820 | ||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 423,990 | 5,109,079 | ||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(a) | 244,507 | 3,479,335 | ||||||
RLJ Lodging Trust | 304,148 | 3,071,895 | ||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 101,824 | 9,129,540 | ||||||
Service Properties Trust | 310,290 | 2,721,243 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 199,400 | 1,284,136 | ||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 400,571 | 3,817,442 | ||||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 215,319 | 2,725,939 | ||||||
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64,388,252 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 16.6% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 511,457 | 15,134,013 | ||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 78,271 | 13,036,818 | ||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 250,669 | 13,152,602 | ||||||
Indus Realty Trust, Inc. | 10,074 | 670,626 | ||||||
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | 126,197 | 259,966 | ||||||
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 52,639 | 3,608,403 | ||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 514,589 | 4,837,137 | ||||||
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 71,118 | 1,439,428 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 1,753,697 | 219,650,549 | ||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 372,057 | 20,749,619 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Industrial REITs (continued) | ||||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 341,281 | $ | 11,559,188 | |||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 152,630 | 9,400,482 | ||||||
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313,498,831 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 5.5% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 326,971 | 40,603,259 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 298,245 | 15,914,353 | ||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 319,395 | 1,255,222 | ||||||
City Office REIT, Inc. | 72,149 | 419,907 | ||||||
Corporate Office Properties Trust | 213,082 | 4,877,447 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 287,870 | 6,278,445 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 322,165 | 4,149,485 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc.(a) | 172,499 | 2,427,061 | ||||||
Franklin Street Properties Corp. | 190,213 | 220,647 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 197,787 | 4,533,278 | ||||||
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | 262,708 | 1,460,657 | ||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 203,010 | 2,896,953 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 220,760 | 6,455,022 | ||||||
Office Properties Income Trust | 90,058 | 587,178 | ||||||
Orion Office REIT, Inc. | 109,202 | 670,500 | ||||||
Paramount Group, Inc. | 355,296 | 1,538,432 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 233,189 | 1,518,060 | ||||||
Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 34,210 | 525,808 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 121,208 | 2,868,993 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 335,642 | 5,037,987 | ||||||
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104,238,694 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 18.2% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 585,720 | 19,481,047 | ||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 285,894 | 10,572,360 | ||||||
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A | 283,638 | 2,220,886 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 265,852 | 47,951,725 | ||||||
BRT Apartments Corp. | 22,379 | 387,828 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 197,279 | 21,710,554 | ||||||
Centerspace | 28,523 | 1,608,127 | ||||||
Elme Communities | 164,858 | 2,840,503 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 337,968 | 23,285,995 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 704,848 | 44,581,636 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 122,308 | 26,874,737 | ||||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 424,105 | 7,061,348 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 1,161,460 | 38,757,920 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 218,503 | 33,605,762 | ||||||
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 42,924 | 1,842,727 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 231,530 | 32,166,463 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 623,869 | 25,784,506 | ||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 99,593 | 1,513,814 | ||||||
Veris Residential, Inc.(b) | 163,481 | 2,672,914 | ||||||
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344,920,852 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 16.0% | ||||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 172,387 | 2,328,948 | ||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 165,576 | 11,257,512 | ||||||
Alexander’s, Inc. | 4,080 | 759,166 | ||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 567,560 | 12,106,055 | ||||||
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 50,787 | 1,174,703 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 152,733 | 15,103,766 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 78,064 | 2,601,873 | ||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 128,691 | 2,901,982 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 1,149,399 | 22,056,967 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 412,302 | 8,542,897 | ||||||
Macerich Co. | 406,732 | 4,063,253 | ||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc. | 344,373 | 14,980,226 | ||||||
Necessity Retail REIT, Inc., Class A | 253,833 | 1,398,620 | ||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 104,731 | 1,908,199 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Retail REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | 221,824 | $ | 6,996,329 | |||||
Realty Income Corp. | 1,194,629 | 75,070,486 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 326,087 | 20,031,524 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 227,722 | 2,967,218 | ||||||
RPT Realty | 159,157 | 1,480,160 | ||||||
Saul Centers, Inc. | 22,442 | 808,585 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 620,924 | 70,363,108 | ||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 363,655 | 4,487,503 | ||||||
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 264,825 | 10,185,170 | ||||||
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | 192,284 | 3,770,689 | ||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 217,066 | 3,184,358 | ||||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A | 53,908 | 928,296 | ||||||
Whitestone REIT | 89,934 | 804,909 | ||||||
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302,262,502 | ||||||||
Specialized REITs — 27.0% | ||||||||
CubeSmart | 425,346 | 19,348,989 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 546,079 | 54,143,733 | ||||||
EPR Properties | 140,759 | 5,906,248 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 175,921 | 127,380,878 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 252,181 | 38,341,599 | ||||||
Farmland Partners, Inc. | 93,641 | 977,612 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 158,474 | 4,042,672 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 464,626 | 24,160,552 | ||||||
Gladstone Land Corp.(a) | 61,057 | 983,628 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 549,347 | 30,345,928 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 164,533 | 17,387,847 | ||||||
Life Storage, Inc. | 160,078 | 21,511,282 | ||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust | 161,255 | 6,216,380 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Specialized REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 276,505 | $ | 4,606,573 | |||||
Public Storage | 297,637 | 87,752,317 | ||||||
Safehold, Inc. | 76,483 | 2,120,109 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 1,908,318 | 64,768,313 | ||||||
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509,994,660 | ||||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% |
| 1,885,557,488 | ||||||
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Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.8% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.02%(c)(d)(e) | 10,976,050 | 10,979,342 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.75%(c)(d) | 3,910,036 | 3,910,036 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.8% |
| 14,889,378 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 100.5% | 1,900,446,866 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)% |
| (9,109,461 | ) | |||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 1,891,337,405 | ||||||
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(a) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(e) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/23 | Shares Held at 04/30/23 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 3,621,730 | $ | 7,326,066 | (a) | $ | — | $ | 27,169 | $ | 4,377 | $ | 10,979,342 | 10,976,050 | $ | 66,627 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
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Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 7,350,000 | — | (3,439,964 | )(a) | — | — | 3,910,036 | 3,910,036 | 144,871 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | 9 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index | 172 | 06/16/23 | $ | 5,722 | $ | 200,163 | ||||||||||
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As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 200,163 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 200,163 | ||||||||||||||
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(a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended April 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,974,599 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,974,599 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 6,473,025 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2023 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Common Stocks | $ | 1,885,557,488 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,885,557,488 | ||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 14,889,378 | — | — | 14,889,378 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | 11 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2023
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | ||||
ASSETS | ||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | $ | 1,885,557,488 | ||
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | 14,889,378 | |||
Cash pledged: | ||||
Futures contracts | 390,000 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Investments sold | 179,016 | |||
Securities lending income — affiliated | 2,348 | |||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 1,498,501 | |||
Dividends — affiliated | 17,867 | |||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 54,712 | |||
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Total assets | 1,902,589,310 | |||
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Bank overdraft | 108 | |||
Collateral on securities loaned | 10,950,323 | |||
Payables: | ||||
Investments purchased | 179,016 | |||
Investment advisory fees | 122,458 | |||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 1,891,337,405 | ||
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Paid-in capital | $ | 2,223,559,677 | ||
Accumulated loss | (332,222,272 | ) | ||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 1,891,337,405 | ||
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Shares outstanding | 37,200,000 | |||
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Net asset value | $ | 50.84 | ||
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | $ | 2,183,992,204 | ||
(b) Securities loaned, at value | $ | 10,919,632 | ||
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 14,884,885 |
See notes to financial statements.
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Year Ended April 30, 2023
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INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 65,683,722 | ||
Dividends — affiliated | 144,871 | |||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | 66,627 | |||
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Total expenses | 1,587,647 | |||
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Net investment income | 64,307,573 | |||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (10,633,387 | ) | ||
Investments — affiliated | 27,169 | |||
Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated | 2 | |||
Futures contracts | (1,974,599 | ) | ||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 92,903,248 | |||
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Investments — unaffiliated | (491,048,674 | ) | ||
Investments — affiliated | 4,377 | |||
Futures contracts | 237,060 | |||
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Net realized and unrealized loss | (410,484,804 | ) | ||
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NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | (346,177,231 | ) | |
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 13 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 64,307,573 | $ | 47,545,870 | ||||
Net realized gain | 80,322,433 | 188,023,089 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (490,807,237 | ) | 15,691,617 | |||||
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (65,460,022 | ) | (57,050,953 | ) | ||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | (15,575,503 | ) | 137,648,377 | |||||
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (427,212,756 | ) | 331,858,000 | |||||
Beginning of year | 2,318,550,161 | 1,986,692,161 | ||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | Year Ended 04/30/19 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 61.83 | $ | 56.60 | $ | 42.45 | $ | 51.60 | $ | 45.73 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | (10.95 | ) | 5.45 | 14.39 | (8.95 | ) | 6.59 | |||||||||||||
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From net investment income | (1.75 | ) | (1.43 | ) | (1.41 | ) | (1.80 | ) | (2.44 | ) | ||||||||||
From net realized gain | — | (0.03 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | (0.07 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 1,891,337 | $ | 2,318,550 | $ | 1,986,692 | $ | 1,339,443 | $ | 1,290,051 | ||||||||||
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | 15 |
1. | ORGANIZATION |
iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.
These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):
iShares ETF | Diversification Classification | |
Core U.S. REIT | Diversified |
2. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.
Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.
In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains and losses to the Fund. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Fund and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.
Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividend and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
3. | INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of the Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for the Fund. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:
• | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price. |
• | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV. |
• | Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded. |
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or
16 | 2 0 2 3 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.
Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
• | Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access; |
• | Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and |
• | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. | SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 17 |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
Counterparty | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received | (a) | | Non-Cash Collateral Received, at Fair Value | (a) | | Net Amount | (b) | ||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | $ | 6,519,806 | $ | (6,519,806 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 180,101 | (180,101 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 3,746,420 | (3,717,614 | ) | — | 28,806 | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 356,619 | (356,619 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
National Financial Services LLC | 116,686 | (116,686 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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(a) | Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
(b) | The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of April 30, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Fund.
5. | DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6. | INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of the Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).
For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:
iShares ETF | Investment Advisory Fees | |
Core U.S. REIT | 0.08% |
Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.
ETF Servicing Fees: The Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded fund (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by the Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statement of Operations. For the year ended April 30, 2023, the Fund paid BTC $26,269 for securities lending agent services.
Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.
For the year ended April 30, 2023, transactions executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | |||||||||||||
Core U.S. REIT | $ | 13,035,249 | $ | 33,464,597 | $ | (10,358,265 | ) |
The Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statement of Operations.
A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.
7. | PURCHASES AND SALES |
For the year ended April 30, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | ||||
Core U.S. REIT | $ | 178,770,491 | $ 161,509,360 |
For the year ended April 30, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:
iShares ETF | In-kind Purchases | In-kind Sales | ||||
Core U.S. REIT | $ | 610,465,644 | $ 644,502,651 |
8. | INCOME TAX INFORMATION |
The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of April 30, 2023, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of April 30, 2023, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 87,389,161 | $ | (87,389,161 | ) | |||
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Ordinary income | $ | 65,460,022 | $ | 55,839,536 | ||||
Long term capital gains | — | 1,211,417 | ||||||
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | (10,634,310 | ) | $ | (321,587,962 | ) | $ | (332,222,272 | ) | |||
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(a) | Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains. |
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the characterization of corporate actions, the timing and recognition of realized gains/losses for tax purposes and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts. |
As of April 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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iShares ETF | Tax Cost | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 2,222,034,828 | $ | 65,041,750 | $ | (386,629,712 | ) | $ | (321,587,962 | ) | ||||||
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9. | PRINCIPAL RISKS |
In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.
BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.
The Fund may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.
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Counterparty Credit Risk: The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Fund manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.
The Fund invests a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
10. | CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
Capital shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable.
Transactions in capital shares were as follows:
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Shares sold | 11,700,000 | $ | 614,069,077 | 11,850,000 | $ | 729,451,592 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (12,000,000 | ) | (629,644,580 | ) | (9,450,000 | ) | (591,803,215 | ) | ||||||||
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The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.
From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
11. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and
Shareholders of iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of April 30, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended April 30, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of April 30, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 21, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 23 |
Important Tax Information (unaudited)
The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated is qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
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iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | $ | 394,965 | ||
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The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023:
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iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | $ | 36,611,572 | ||
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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)
In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (the “Fund” or “ETF”), a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for the Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of the Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).
The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing the Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish the Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to the Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.
The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing the Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:
a) | The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether the Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes. |
b) | Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. |
c) | Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing. |
d) | The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period. |
e) | The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review. |
There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited)
Section 19(a) Notices
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
April 30, 2023
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iShares ETF | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Capital Gains | Return of Capital | Total Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core U.S. REIT | $ | 1.753845 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1.753845 | 100 | % | — | % | — | % | 100 | % |
Premium/Discount Information
Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited)
The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).
The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). The Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of April 30, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).
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Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Robert S. Kapito(a) (1957) | Trustee (since 2009). | President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002). | Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Salim Ramji(b) (1970) | Trustee (since 2019). | Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019). | |||
(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. (b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. | ||||||
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
John E. Kerrigan (1955) | Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022). | Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022). | |||
Jane D. Carlin (1956) | Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016). | Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016). | |||
Richard L. Fagnani (1954) | Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019). | Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Independent Trustees | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Other Directorships Held by Trustee | |||
Cecilia H. Herbert (1949) | Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022). | Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Drew E. Lawton (1959) | Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017). | Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021). | |||
John E. Martinez (1961) | Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019). | Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
Madhav V. Rajan (1964) | Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019). | Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Officers | ||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||
Dominik Rohé (1973) | President (since 2023). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023). | ||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds. | ||
Charles Park (1967) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006). | Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006). | ||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017). | ||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019). | ||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022). | ||
James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020). |
Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.
Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.
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Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, the Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records
A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.
A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviation | ||
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust |
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(b) Not Applicable
Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the registrant has not amended the code of ethics and there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737.
Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under Item 3(b) and 3(c), serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the registrant’s audit committee are Richard L. Fagnani and Madhav V. Rajan, all of whom are independent, as that term is defined under Item 3(a)(2).
Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
The principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g) are for the nine series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is April 30, 2023 (the “Funds”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1.
(a) Audit Fees – The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $114,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 and $119,700 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023.
(b) Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2022 and April 30, 2023 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this Item.
(c) Tax Fees – The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the Funds were $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023. These services related to the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.
(d) All Other Fees – There were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years ended April 30, 2022 and April 30, 2023 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.
(e) (1) The registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
(2) There were no services described in (b) through (d) above that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not Applicable
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years were $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023.
(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal accountant’s independence.
(i) Not Applicable
(j) Not Applicable
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants |
(a) The registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant’s audit committee members are Richard L. Fagnani, Cecilia H. Herbert and Madhav V. Rajan.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 6. | Investments. |
(a) Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 8. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 13. | Exhibits. |
(a) (1) Code of Ethics is not filed as an exhibit; please refer to Item 2.
(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.
(a) (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable.
(a) (4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable.
(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
iShares Trust
By: | /s/ Dominik Rohe | |||
Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: June 21, 2023
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Dominik Rohe | |||
Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: June 21, 2023
By: | /s/ Trent Walker | |||
Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
Date: June 21, 2023