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, 2024
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2024
Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders. |
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.
APRIL 30, 2024 |
2024 Annual Report
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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,
The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.
Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.
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. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.
Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.
Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.
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, 2024
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U.S. large cap equities
| 20.98% | 22.66% | ||
U.S. small cap equities
| 19.66 | 13.32 | ||
International equities
| 18.63 | 9.28 | ||
Emerging market equities
| 15.40 | 9.88 | ||
3-month Treasury bills
| 2.66 | 5.36 | ||
U.S. Treasury securities
| 3.66 | (6.40) | ||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)
| 4.97 | (1.47) | ||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)
| 7.06 | 2.08 | ||
U.S. high yield bonds
| 8.99 | 9.01 |
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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Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.
While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.
To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.
The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.
Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) 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 | 17.14 | % | 11.41 | % | 11.17 | % | 17.14 | % | 71.67 | % | 98.55 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 17.15 | 11.39 | 11.17 | 17.15 | 71.48 | 98.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 17.20 | 11.63 | 11.40 | 17.20 | 73.33 | 101.31 |
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 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 or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
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| Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24 | ) | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/23 | ) | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24 | ) | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,196.00 | $ 0.27 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.61 | $ 0.25 | 0.05 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with histories of paying dividends or making buybacks advanced for the reporting period. Corporate dividends reached an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, as the vast majority of dividend-paying companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments amid continued economic growth. Buybacks took a step back, however, as companies repurchased considerably less stock in 2023 relative to the previous year. Toward the end of the reporting period, an improvement in corporate earnings drove a resurgence in buybacks.
The information technology sector contributed the most to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Semiconductor companies also benefited from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which allotted funds for construction of new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing facilities. During the reporting period, a leading U.S. semiconductor manufacturer announced a deal with a major producer of smartphones to produce chips in new facilities across the country, bolstering investor sentiment.
The financials sector also contributed to the Index’s return, led by diversified banks, which benefited from increases in net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits). While higher interest rates typically bolster banking profitability, the value of diversified banks’ existing bond investments declined, forcing banks to raise deposit rates to retain customers. Consequently, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy benefited banks. Stocks in the financial services industry also advanced. Despite a cool market for merger and acquisition activity, strong revenues from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth in the industry.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Information Technology | 22.7 | % | ||
Financials | 19.2 | |||
Industrials | 10.1 | |||
Health Care | 9.9 | |||
Energy | 9.7 | |||
Consumer Staples | 9.0 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 5.6 | |||
Communication Services | 4.5 | |||
Materials | 3.2 | |||
Real Estate | 3.1 | |||
Utilities | 3.0 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Broadcom, Inc. | 4.8 | % | ||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 4.7 | |||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 3.1 | |||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 2.8 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.8 | |||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2.6 | |||
Chevron Corp. | 2.2 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.1 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1.8 | |||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 1.8 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 12.77 | % | 10.63 | % | 11.08 | % | 12.77 | % | 65.69 | % | 182.62 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 12.76 | 10.63 | 11.08 | 12.76 | 65.73 | 182.60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 12.83 | 10.70 | 11.14 | 12.83 | 66.26 | 184.30 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)
The inception date of the Fund was June 10, 2014. The first day of secondary market trading was June 12, 2014.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,174.60 | $ | 0.43 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.47 | $ | 0.40 | 0.08 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks of firms with a history of consistently growing dividends advanced during the reporting period. Corporate dividends reached an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, as the vast majority of dividend-paying companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments amid continued economic growth.
The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by banks, which benefited from increases in net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits). While higher interest rates typically bolster banking profitability, the value of banks’ existing bond investments declined, forcing banks to raise deposit rates to retain customers. Consequently, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy benefited the banking industry. Additionally, the announcement of positive client retention figures following the integration of a failed high-profile regional bank by the nation’s largest bank further reinforced industry strength. Stocks in the capital markets industry also advanced. Despite a cool market for merger and acquisition activity, strong revenues from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth in the industry.
The information technology sector also contributed to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Semiconductor companies also benefited from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which allotted funds for construction of new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing facilities. During the reporting period, a leading U.S. semiconductor manufacturer announced a deal with a major producer of smartphones to produce chips in new facilities across the country, bolstering investor sentiment.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Financials | 19.3 | % | ||
Health Care | 16.5 | |||
Information Technology | 16.2 | |||
Industrials | 11.7 | |||
Consumer Staples | 10.8 | |||
Energy | 8.5 | |||
Utilities | 7.3 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 5.9 | |||
Materials | 2.5 | |||
Communication Services | 1.3 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.3 | % | ||
Chevron Corp. | 3.2 | |||
Apple Inc. | 3.0 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.0 | |||
Microsoft Corp. | 2.9 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 2.5 | |||
AbbVie, Inc. | 2.4 | |||
Broadcom, Inc. | 2.3 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 2.2 | |||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 2.0 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 8.82 | % | 6.44 | % | 7.74 | % | 8.82 | % | 36.65 | % | 110.71 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 8.84 | 6.46 | 7.74 | 8.84 | 36.75 | 110.73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 8.95 | 6.53 | 7.84 | 8.95 | 37.23 | 112.68 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,149.20 | $ | 0.43 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.47 | $ | 0.40 | 0.08 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with histories of high dividend yields advanced during the reporting period, as the vast majority of dividend-paying U.S. companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments. The information technology sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Investors reacted positively to the strategic acquisition of a provider of cloud-based software solutions, which diversified the revenue stream of the acquiring semiconductors firm. The software and services industry also advanced, as IT services companies benefited from investor enthusiasm for generative AI tools. Strong sales of applications that allow businesses to customize their own AI platforms also supported IT services firms. Growth in consulting services associated with implementation of new AI-driven systems further bolstered the industry.
The energy sector also contributed to the Index’s performance, led by the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Rising oil prices encouraged increased exploration, driving gains for some of the larger companies in the industry as the resulting expanded production led to higher profits. Additionally, merger and acquisition activity was relatively high within the industry, driving stock price gains for some large companies slated to be acquired by even larger companies. The oil and gas storage and transportation industry also advanced, as providers of energy infrastructure benefited from greater use of long-haul gas pipelines for the distribution of liquefied natural gas. The prospect of natural gas as a power source for data centers further buoyed sentiment toward the industry as AI-based demand drives electricity use higher.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Energy | 27.1 | % | ||
Consumer Staples | 18.8 | |||
Health Care | 16.4 | |||
Utilities | 8.9 | |||
Information Technology | 8.5 | |||
Communication Services | 7.8 | |||
Financials | 7.0 | |||
Materials | 2.8 | |||
Industrials | 2.1 | |||
Other (each representing less than 1%) | 0.6 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8.6 | % | ||
Chevron Corp. | 6.8 | |||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 5.7 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 5.3 | |||
AbbVie, Inc. | 5.1 | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 4.3 | |||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 4.2 | |||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 3.9 | |||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 3.9 | |||
Altria Group, Inc. | 3.8 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 5.58 | % | 7.29 | % | 8.50 | % | 5.58 | % | 42.18 | % | 126.15 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 5.59 | 7.30 | 8.50 | 5.59 | 42.22 | 126.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 6.01 | 7.72 | 8.94 | 6.01 | 45.06 | 135.40 |
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,161.90 | $ 2.05 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.97 | $ 1.91 | 0.38 | % |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Stocks with relatively high dividends advanced during the reporting period, as the vast majority of dividend-paying U.S. companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments. The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by insurance companies. Within the life and health insurance industry, optimism surrounding continued economic growth drove gains in net investment income for insurers. Also within the industry, strength in group life and disability underwriting raised investor sentiment and led companies to increase dividends and repurchase shares. Property and casualty insurance companies also advanced, benefiting from cost improvements that boosted operating income. Diversified banks further supported the Index’s performance, gaining as the Fed pivoted away from interest rate increases. Although higher interest rates often drive higher bank earnings, in this case the Fed’s move signaled confidence in the economy, which can itself be a tailwind for banks.
The information technology sector contributed to the Index’s return, as IT services companies benefited from investor enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools. Strong sales of applications that allow businesses to customize their own AI platforms also supported IT services firms. In the technology hardware and equipment industry, a newly announced partnership with a consumer electronics giant to produce AI-related disk drives benefited a data storage company.
The energy sector also contributed to the Index’s performance, led by the oil and gas refining and marketing and transportation industry. Oil refining companies benefited from strong demand for gasoline and jet fuel amid production cuts by major oil producers.
On the downside, drug retailers in the consumer staples sector detracted from the Index’s return, as a change in executive leadership and muted earnings expectations weighed on the stock price of a major drugstore chain’s parent company. The healthcare sector also detracted, as a decline in COVID-19 cases translated into lower revenues from vaccines and antiviral treatments for a large pharmaceutical firm.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
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Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Utilities | 28.3 | % | ||
Financials | 26.2 | |||
Consumer Staples | 10.7 | |||
Materials | 8.2 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 7.5 | |||
Communication Services | 5.7 | |||
Energy | 5.0 | |||
Health Care | 3.4 | |||
Information Technology | 2.8 | |||
Industrials | 2.2 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | | Percent of Total Investments( | a) | |
Altria Group, Inc. | 2.9 | % | ||
AT&T Inc. | 1.8 | |||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1.8 | |||
Truist Financial Corp. | 1.7 | |||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 1.7 | |||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 1.7 | |||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1.7 | |||
KeyCorp | 1.7 | |||
ONEOK, Inc. | 1.6 | |||
Pfizer, Inc. | 1.6 |
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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.
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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.”
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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, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 3.0% | ||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 2,794 | $ | 802,129 | |||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 361 | 99,972 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 2,799 | 599,126 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 7,778 | 3,616,226 | ||||||
RTX Corp. | 46,554 | 4,726,162 | ||||||
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| |||||||
9,843,615 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 5,563 | 394,973 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 3,248 | 850,261 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 18,379 | 2,710,535 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,955,769 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 1,290 | 154,529 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 403 | 41,904 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 1,059 | 133,296 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
329,729 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.4% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 87,512 | 1,063,271 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 4,502 | 154,823 | ||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 695 | 69,097 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,287,191 | ||||||||
Banks — 8.3% | ||||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 2,160 | 45,511 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 110,925 | 4,105,334 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 3,418 | 152,614 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 503 | 44,631 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 353 | 9,768 | ||||||
Cathay General BanCorp. | 1,460 | 50,282 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 42,553 | 2,609,776 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 13,842 | 472,151 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 2,926 | 55,038 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 2,755 | 138,218 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 1,820 | 99,518 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 272 | 11,756 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 780 | 81,385 | ||||||
East West BanCorp., Inc. | 1,881 | 140,116 | ||||||
Fifth Third BanCorp. | 10,301 | 375,574 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 1,297 | 38,339 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 2,467 | 52,029 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 8,521 | 127,133 | ||||||
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | 3,527 | 94,171 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 5,678 | 75,745 | ||||||
Glacier BanCorp., Inc. | 1,429 | 51,701 | ||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. | 1,102 | 50,020 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 3,060 | 72,461 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 23,401 | 315,211 | ||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 630 | 35,060 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 35,574 | 6,820,959 | ||||||
KeyCorp. | 19,335 | 280,164 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 5,373 | 775,807 | ||||||
New York Community BanCorp., Inc., Class A | 45,673 | 121,033 | ||||||
Old National BanCorp. | 4,673 | 77,291 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 11,232 | 1,721,416 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 1,937 | 164,626 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,588 | 98,408 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 21,001 | 404,689 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 340 | 20,046 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 953 | 72,142 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 2,126 | 76,090 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 1,856 | $ | 22,291 | |||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 28,787 | 1,080,952 | ||||||
U.S. BanCorp. | 22,160 | 900,361 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 436 | 34,732 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 2,466 | 80,046 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 781 | 19,705 | ||||||
Valley National BanCorp. | 9,277 | 65,032 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 3,554 | 155,772 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 89,295 | 5,296,979 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 768 | 32,817 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
27,624,900 | ||||||||
Beverages — 2.2% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 53,297 | 3,292,156 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 15,412 | 519,384 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 2,486 | 142,348 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 19,291 | 3,393,480 | ||||||
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| |||||||
7,347,368 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 2.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 26,026 | 4,232,869 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 10,821 | 2,964,305 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 24,621 | 1,605,289 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,802,463 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.0% | ||||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 2,479 | 47,126 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Building Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
A. O. Smith Corp. | 2,326 | 192,686 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 2,302 | 168,276 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 9,733 | 633,326 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 4,472 | 306,108 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 2,331 | 392,098 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,692,494 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 5.1% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 2,311 | 951,647 | ||||||
Ares Management Corp.., Class A | 1,442 | 191,916 | ||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 1,045 | 42,772 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.. (The) | 17,144 | 968,465 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(a) | 2,182 | 1,646,624 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 8,552 | 997,249 | ||||||
Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A | 5,296 | 100,041 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 3,065 | 137,312 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 5,183 | 1,086,564 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 407 | 27,993 | ||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 3,252 | 106,828 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 6,134 | 140,101 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | 7,701 | 3,286,094 | ||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 625 | 69,825 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 628 | 80,064 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 9,804 | 138,923 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 3,260 | 101,777 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 4,088 | 176,029 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 1,345 | 66,013 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 46,533 | 4,227,058 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 3,691 | 304,101 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 18,312 | 1,327,437 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 2,074 | 165,754 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 5,164 | 565,819 | ||||||
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| |||||||
16,906,406 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.9% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 2,458 | 580,924 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 1,524 | 145,283 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
Avient Corp. | 1,056 | $ | 44,795 | |||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 755 | 115,976 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 5,687 | 449,102 | ||||||
Chemours Co. (The) | 8,745 | 233,929 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 21,836 | 1,242,468 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 20,480 | 1,484,800 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 4,192 | 395,892 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 4,114 | 348,250 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 5,840 | 583,825 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. (The) | 17,938 | 563,074 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 105 | 55,327 | ||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) | 916 | 62,783 | ||||||
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| |||||||
6,306,428 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 4.9% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 328,011 | 15,409,957 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 24,129 | 840,172 | ||||||
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| |||||||
16,250,129 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.0% | ||||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 2,505 | 61,873 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.3% | ||||||||
Discover Financial Services | 8,786 | 1,113,450 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.8% | ||||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 8,832 | 489,116 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 6,710 | 498,687 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 7,785 | 1,253,229 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 23,886 | 423,499 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,664,531 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.4% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 49,448 | 442,065 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 2,484 | 203,862 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS | 578 | 35,420 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class B | 128 | 7,998 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,523 | 263,449 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 3,007 | 94,660 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 1,523 | 85,364 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 4,768 | 228,673 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,361,491 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.2% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 2,042 | 321,023 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. | 6,372 | 274,824 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
595,847 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
ADT, Inc. | 1,883 | 12,240 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 6,123 | 289,189 | ||||||
Service Corp. International | 4,011 | 287,629 | ||||||
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| |||||||
|
589,058 |
| ||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 5,184 | 284,291 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 188,860 | 3,189,846 | ||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 902 | 57,890 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 106,241 | 4,195,457 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,443,193 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.8% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 2,615 | 130,227 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 4,140 | 356,164 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 12,789 | 1,256,647 | ||||||
Edison International | 6,367 | 452,439 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Entergy Corp. | 1,556 | $ | 165,979 | |||||
Evergy, Inc. | 4,150 | 217,668 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 5,548 | 336,320 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 11,339 | 426,120 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 8,439 | 323,551 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 717 | 67,957 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 4,651 | 337,988 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 3,776 | 130,838 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 2,197 | 161,809 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 1,412 | 52,329 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 10,119 | 277,868 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 11,436 | 840,546 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 6,754 | 362,892 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,897,342 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.3% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 8,900 | 959,242 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6% | ||||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 10,603 | 518,169 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 46,003 | 1,535,580 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,053,749 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 13,079 | 426,637 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 2,318 | 91,167 | ||||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 5,596 | 60,549 | ||||||
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| |||||||
578,353 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.0% | ||||||||
Warner Music Group Corp., Class A | 965 | 31,845 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Financial Services — 1.4% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 3,751 | 406,533 | ||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 337 | 10,019 | ||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 1,423 | 75,376 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 55,099 | 3,742,324 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 8,866 | 179,802 | ||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 11 | 329 | ||||||
Voya Financial, Inc. | 3,804 | 259,281 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 460 | 42,150 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,715,814 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.5% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 16,925 | 992,821 | ||||||
Bunge Global SA | 2,969 | 302,125 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 3,362 | 153,677 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 9,603 | 295,580 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 3,566 | 88,936 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 17,360 | 1,223,186 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 3,682 | 130,932 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 1,003 | 114,934 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. (The) | 3,019 | 346,732 | ||||||
Kellanova | 4,702 | 272,058 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 15,528 | 599,536 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 6,188 | 375,302 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,895,819 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 1,031 | 54,746 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 1,098 | 47,972 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 257 | 16,582 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 323 | 19,958 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 5,159 | 131,864 | ||||||
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| |||||||
271,122 |
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 15 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.1% | ||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 4,662 | $ | 1,073,752 | |||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 1,882 | 229,322 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 10,163 | 2,410,257 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,713,331 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6% | ||||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 5,389 | 217,554 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 20,657 | 1,657,518 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,875,072 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 6,806 | 701,290 | ||||||
Cigna Group (The) | 7,196 | 2,569,260 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 30,603 | 2,072,129 | ||||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 3,248 | 82,726 | ||||||
Premier, Inc., Class A | 2,537 | 52,973 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 3,499 | 483,492 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,961,870 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 11,765 | 218,947 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | 45,680 | 210,128 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 1,516 | 95,599 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 6,879 | 209,190 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 7,138 | 99,361 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 5,636 | 249,562 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,082,787 | ||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 2,973 | 43,882 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 9,714 | 183,303 | ||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 11,003 | 177,478 | ||||||
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| |||||||
404,663 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5% | ||||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 2,577 | 395,338 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 397 | 210,120 | ||||||
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | 2,235 | 214,806 | ||||||
Papa John’s International, Inc. | 1,281 | 79,025 | ||||||
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | 755 | 40,106 | ||||||
Travel + Leisure Co. | 4,008 | 174,508 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 955 | 180,848 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. (The) | 5,641 | 112,764 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 2,781 | 204,431 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,611,946 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.4% | ||||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 6,343 | 916,373 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 5,162 | 93,277 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 12,544 | 99,600 | ||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | 3,031 | 151,732 | ||||||
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. | 432 | 24,693 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,285,675 | ||||||||
Household Products — 2.5% | ||||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 1,515 | 224,023 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 12,336 | 1,133,925 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 1,100 | 31,592 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 5,540 | 756,376 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 36,119 | 5,894,621 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 731 | 20,929 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 2,028 | 166,032 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,227,498 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 10,604 | 189,811 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (continued) | ||||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A | 984 | $ | 21,363 | |||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | 2,248 | 52,558 | ||||||
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| |||||||
263,732 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.2% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 16,850 | 1,626,193 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 12,379 | 2,385,805 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,011,998 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 4,582 | 38,259 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 9,277 | 946,718 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
984,977 | ||||||||
Insurance — 3.8% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 14,818 | 1,239,526 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 5,557 | 945,023 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 24,752 | 1,864,073 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 1,091 | 190,270 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 905 | 55,504 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 5,559 | 1,382,190 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 2,198 | 254,287 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 3,137 | 82,597 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 4,609 | 228,146 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 3,006 | 161,031 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) | 400 | 51,928 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 7,032 | 681,330 | ||||||
Kemper Corp. | 583 | 33,995 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 20,696 | 1,471,072 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 8,352 | 249,391 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 7,839 | 620,378 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 10,359 | 1,144,462 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 732 | 136,877 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 4,084 | 866,461 | ||||||
Unum Group. | 2,726 | 138,208 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 3,498 | 878,488 | ||||||
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| |||||||
12,675,237 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.6% | ||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 51,557 | 8,568,773 | ||||||
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Leisure Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 888 | 54,150 | ||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 2,114 | 170,473 | ||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 3,256 | 199,593 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 1,902 | 161,974 | ||||||
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586,190 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.7% | ||||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 1,700 | 125,035 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 8,189 | 2,739,794 | ||||||
Crane Co. | 399 | 55,864 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 1,516 | 428,255 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. | 979 | 46,170 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 1,195 | 57,025 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 4,729 | 1,154,396 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 693 | 77,803 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 784 | 210,081 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 6,951 | 635,321 | ||||||
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Marine Transportation — 0.0% | ||||||||
Matson, Inc. | 1,209 | 130,306 | ||||||
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Cable One, Inc. | 213 | 83,890 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 153,738 | 5,858,955 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Media (continued) | ||||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 12,490 | $ | 387,315 | |||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 6,887 | 197,519 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 9,843 | 299,621 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 4,685 | 434,956 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class A | 154 | 3,186 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 7,336 | 83,557 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | 12,798 | 37,626 | ||||||
TEGNA, Inc. | 2,164 | 29,517 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 0.9% | ||||||||
Arch Resources, Inc., Class A | 593 | 94,157 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 20,360 | 827,430 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 5,528 | 931,634 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 1,540 | 179,672 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 5,433 | 706,942 | ||||||
United States Steel Corp. | 4,517 | 164,870 | ||||||
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Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2% | ||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 7,429 | 67,975 | ||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | 7,237 | 127,661 | ||||||
Rithm Capital Corp. | 17,139 | 190,586 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 10,297 | 195,334 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 1.0% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 1,599 | 118,118 | ||||||
Avista Corp. | 128 | 4,605 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 555 | 30,470 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 6,683 | 194,743 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 2,838 | 172,011 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 6,952 | 656,269 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 10,212 | 520,608 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 610 | 67,295 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 8,182 | 565,213 | ||||||
Sempra | 9,113 | 652,764 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 4,941 | 408,324 | ||||||
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Office REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 3,737 | 231,283 | ||||||
COPT Defense Properties | 2,016 | 48,323 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 2,138 | 49,046 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 2,743 | 92,713 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 2,120 | 55,184 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.5% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 5,960 | 82,486 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 10,357 | 325,624 | ||||||
California Resources Corp. | 1,868 | 98,742 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 44,295 | 7,143,455 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 1,151 | 203,704 | ||||||
Civitas Resources, Inc. | 2,041 | 146,870 | ||||||
Comstock Resources, Inc. | 1,666 | 16,760 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 24,130 | 3,031,211 | ||||||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. | 710 | 58,760 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 17,311 | 473,629 | ||||||
CVR Energy, Inc. | 719 | 21,843 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 15,825 | 809,923 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 3,573 | 718,637 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 1,253 | 77,937 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 5,869 | 775,471 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. | 7,117 | 96,293 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 78,379 | $ | 9,269,884 | |||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 5,643 | 306,133 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 39,378 | 719,830 | ||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 3,814 | 95,617 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 33,078 | 888,144 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 1,698 | 75,799 | ||||||
New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A | 480 | 12,576 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 7,706 | 609,699 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 4,493 | 230,581 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 8,144 | 1,166,302 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 4,981 | 1,341,483 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 2,025 | 230,972 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 11,536 | 1,844,260 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 16,245 | 623,158 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 4.9% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 80,949 | 3,556,899 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 35,795 | 5,175,599 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 25,330 | 3,273,143 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 6,106 | 113,633 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 2,022 | 66,038 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 145,342 | 3,723,662 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 21,054 | 243,595 | ||||||
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Professional Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 5,377 | 1,300,642 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 1,917 | 144,638 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 3,901 | 463,478 | ||||||
Robert Half, Inc. | 2,358 | 163,032 | ||||||
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Residential REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 5,559 | 213,354 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1,338 | 253,645 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 1,702 | 102,614 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 5,825 | 375,130 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,110 | 273,337 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 6,366 | 217,717 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 1,652 | 214,760 | ||||||
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Retail REITs — 0.6% | ||||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 4,892 | 108,113 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 560 | 58,335 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 12,257 | 228,348 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 3,847 | 83,865 | ||||||
Macerich Co. (The) | 3,908 | 53,774 | ||||||
NNN REIT, Inc. | 2,466 | 99,947 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 2,901 | 171,797 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 7,020 | 986,521 | ||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 3,159 | 42,615 | ||||||
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 12.6% | ||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 12,144 | 15,790,479 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 56,028 | 1,707,173 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 14,199 | 3,637,642 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 56,087 | 9,302,029 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 12,896 | 1,374,585 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 57,439 | 10,133,388 | ||||||
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Software — 0.3% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 56,642 | 1,140,770 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialized REITs — 1.1% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 3,478 | $ | 596,686 | |||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 9,452 | 886,408 | ||||||
EPR Properties | 2,180 | 88,486 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 2,725 | 365,913 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 1,834 | 78,367 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 3,543 | 274,653 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 1,414 | 163,812 | ||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 1,509 | 60,375 | ||||||
Public Storage | 2,524 | 654,852 | ||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 1,390 | 41,227 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 9,498 | 286,555 | ||||||
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3,497,334 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 3.4% | ||||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 2,989 | 72,513 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 1,766 | 354,860 | ||||||
Gap, Inc. (The) | 3,380 | 69,358 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 15,950 | 5,330,809 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 21,954 | 5,005,292 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 621 | 94,957 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 1,319 | 378,263 | ||||||
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11,306,052 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.6% | ||||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 88,955 | 1,512,235 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 20,387 | 2,083,755 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 20,429 | 1,755,056 | ||||||
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5,351,046 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2% | ||||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 939 | 58,274 | ||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 1,243 | 203,404 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 1,927 | 77,870 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 8,955 | 357,484 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 8,610 | 107,281 | ||||||
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804,313 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Tobacco — 2.0% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 75,868 | $ | 3,323,777 | |||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 33,951 | 3,223,308 | ||||||
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6,547,085 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. | 4,855 | 329,849 | ||||||
Ferguson PLC | 3,364 | 706,103 | ||||||
Herc Holdings, Inc. | 425 | 60,788 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 1,192 | 108,758 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 356 | 159,388 | ||||||
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1,364,886 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.0% | ||||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 1,238 | 45,286 | ||||||
|
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6% | 330,799,891 | |||||||
|
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Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.3% |
| |||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, | 806,429 | 806,429 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3% | 806,429 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 99.9% | 331,606,320 | |||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% | 479,806 | |||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 332,086,126 | ||||||
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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, 2024 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 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at 04/30/24 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 9 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 859,810 | — | (53,381 | )(c) | — | — | 806,429 | 806,429 | 43,586 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 1,322,935 | 535,789 | (349,525 | ) | (26,788 | ) | 164,213 | 1,646,624 | 2,182 | 36,276 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
(c) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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Long Contracts | 48 | 06/21/24 | $ | 1,216 | $ | (36,577 | ) | |||||||||
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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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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 36,577 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 36,577 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 205,313 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 205,313 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (54,406 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (54,406 | ) | ||||||||||||
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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, 2024 | 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.
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Common Stocks | $ | 330,799,891 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 330,799,891 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 806,429 | — | — | 806,429 | ||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
| |||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 2.4% | ||||||||
BWX Technologies, Inc. | 50,889 | $ | 4,873,640 | |||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 9,464 | 2,398,367 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 294,167 | 84,452,404 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. | 3,786 | 785,217 | ||||||
HEICO Corp., Class A | 7,458 | 1,236,909 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 44,870 | 12,425,849 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 241,041 | 51,594,826 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 396,528 | 184,357,763 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 155,325 | 75,337,285 | ||||||
RTX Corp. | 2,208,043 | 224,160,525 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
641,622,785 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 251,966 | 17,889,586 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 105,269 | 11,717,493 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 1,967,392 | 290,150,972 | ||||||
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| |||||||
319,758,051 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.0% | ||||||||
Gentex Corp. | 193,762 | 6,646,037 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 56,834 | 5,909,599 | ||||||
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| |||||||
12,555,636 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.0% | ||||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 57,199 | 5,686,725 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Banks — 7.2% | ||||||||
BancFirst Corp. | 25,514 | 2,275,083 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 11,835,212 | 438,021,196 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 237,954 | 10,624,646 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 44,679 | 3,964,368 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 145,900 | 4,037,053 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp. | 153,149 | 5,274,452 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 4,477,562 | 274,608,878 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 464,604 | 23,309,183 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 165,408 | 9,044,509 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 101,724 | 4,396,511 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 128,535 | 13,411,342 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 256,527 | 19,108,696 | ||||||
First Bancorp. | 340,696 | 5,877,006 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 222,060 | 6,564,094 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 245,492 | 8,881,901 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 377,559 | 8,940,597 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 67,804 | 3,406,473 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4,056,518 | 777,796,761 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 389,215 | 56,198,754 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 1,043,118 | 159,868,265 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 126,566 | 10,756,844 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 208,855 | 12,942,744 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 68,676 | 4,049,137 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 117,069 | 8,862,123 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 53,990 | 4,300,843 | ||||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 238,669 | 6,021,619 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp. | 162,151 | 9,215,041 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 70,884 | 6,850,230 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 31,138 | 1,330,527 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 375,480 | 15,312,074 | ||||||
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Beverages — 3.8% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A | 46,271 | 2,270,518 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS | 298,976 | 14,306,002 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 7,711,356 | 476,330,460 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Beverages (continued) | ||||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 142,224 | $ | 36,048,095 | |||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,716,322 | 477,828,203 | ||||||
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| |||||||
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Biotechnology — 4.3% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,847,655 | 625,782,609 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 1,108,301 | 303,607,976 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,275,631 | 213,571,141 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,142,961,726 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.1% | ||||||||
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A | 880 | 385,431 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 656,633 | 33,842,865 | ||||||
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34,228,296 | ||||||||
Building Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
A. O. Smith Corp. | 118,484 | 9,815,215 | ||||||
AAON, Inc. | 21,801 | 2,051,256 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 15,142 | 2,377,294 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 78,578 | 9,551,942 | ||||||
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 26,003 | 2,987,225 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 29,338 | 11,390,478 | ||||||
CSW Industrials, Inc. | 4,896 | 1,163,388 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 99,034 | 7,239,385 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 19,150 | 8,874,493 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 217,698 | 14,901,428 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 90,263 | 15,183,139 | ||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 13,779 | 2,396,030 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 169,783 | 53,878,937 | ||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 45,755 | 5,156,589 | ||||||
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146,966,799 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 6.4% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 84,038 | 34,606,008 | ||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 241,903 | 32,194,870 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 1,452,575 | 82,055,962 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(a) | 219,790 | 165,862,326 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 2,187,857 | 458,662,341 | ||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 35,585 | 6,458,677 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 20,743 | 8,647,549 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | 581,075 | 247,950,513 | ||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 41,230 | 4,606,216 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 62,508 | 7,969,145 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 438,435 | 56,452,891 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 286,145 | 12,321,404 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 34,470 | 6,897,102 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 88,431 | 32,748,652 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 3,200,843 | 290,764,578 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. | 8,856 | 2,503,148 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc., Class A | 58,877 | 27,424,318 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 388,663 | 23,261,481 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 484,704 | 39,934,763 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 178,495 | 21,776,390 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 170,750 | 71,002,972 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 95,127 | 6,273,626 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 753,079 | 54,590,697 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 140,937 | 11,263,685 | ||||||
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1,706,229,314 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.0% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 407,218 | 96,241,902 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 100,247 | 12,060,717 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 52,648 | 5,018,934 | ||||||
Avient Corp. | 154,391 | 6,549,266 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. | 11,419 | 1,614,418 |
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Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
Cabot Corp. | 65,354 | $ | 5,962,246 | |||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 121,669 | 18,689,575 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 533,237 | 28,864,119 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 281,411 | 26,576,455 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 161,092 | 36,430,956 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 300,289 | 17,720,054 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 37,003 | 2,764,494 | ||||||
Innospec, Inc. | 21,135 | 2,536,200 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 338,833 | 149,411,800 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. (The) | 530,570 | 16,654,592 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 278,291 | 35,899,539 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. | 8,221 | 1,533,463 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 124,252 | 13,283,781 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 127,725 | 38,267,687 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 33,223 | 4,895,741 | ||||||
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| |||||||
520,975,939 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 92,123 | 4,025,775 | ||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS | 46,059 | 2,717,481 | ||||||
Cintas Corp. | 48,266 | 31,775,438 | ||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 24,893 | 4,490,697 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 152,490 | 29,232,333 | ||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 20,715 | 4,033,625 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 316,281 | 65,792,774 | ||||||
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| |||||||
142,068,123 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 1.6% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8,205,053 | 385,473,390 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 123,256 | 41,802,272 | ||||||
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| |||||||
427,275,662 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | ||||||||
Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc. | 7,297 | 2,257,764 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 285,884 | 7,061,335 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 14,805 | 3,827,981 | ||||||
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| |||||||
13,147,080 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.1% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 19,239 | 11,294,640 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 52,856 | 13,617,291 | ||||||
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| |||||||
24,911,931 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.7% | ||||||||
American Express Co. | 401,841 | 94,042,849 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 374,658 | 47,480,408 | ||||||
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. | 30,906 | 3,491,760 | ||||||
Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 16,370 | 1,541,727 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 609,860 | 26,821,643 | ||||||
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| |||||||
173,378,387 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2% | ||||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 14,864 | 4,750,237 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 149,048 | 107,746,799 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 212,062 | 29,516,910 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 977,085 | 54,110,967 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 804,214 | 59,769,185 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 744,271 | 119,812,746 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 3,475,567 | 206,274,901 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
581,981,745 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.2% | ||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 47,841 | 6,907,284 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 77,548 | 16,849,629 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Containers & Packaging (continued) | ||||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 86,353 | $ | 4,029,231 | |||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 222,810 | 12,488,501 | ||||||
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| |||||||
40,274,645 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.2% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 239,073 | 37,584,666 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 26,130 | 9,472,909 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
47,057,575 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Graham Holdings Co., Class B | 2,623 | 1,839,693 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 248,490 | 11,736,183 | ||||||
Service Corp. International | 142,876 | 10,245,638 | ||||||
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| |||||||
23,821,514 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 4.7% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 639,099 | 31,827,130 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,403,800 | 120,768,914 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 2,137,898 | 210,069,858 | ||||||
Edison International | 1,115,986 | 79,301,965 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 590,523 | 62,991,088 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 1,026,061 | 62,199,818 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 121,592 | 11,524,490 | ||||||
MGE Energy, Inc. | 49,567 | 3,882,088 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 4,839,223 | 324,082,764 | ||||||
Otter Tail Corp. | 58,276 | 4,974,439 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 365,938 | 26,951,334 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 228,867 | 8,481,811 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 302,990 | 13,098,258 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 2,723,462 | 200,174,457 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1,507,991 | 81,024,356 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,241,352,770 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.9% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 81,709 | 14,271,294 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 294,587 | 93,755,259 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 693,220 | 74,715,252 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 39,578 | 14,664,440 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 115,695 | 8,338,139 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 35,488 | 5,726,698 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 125,288 | 33,948,036 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
245,419,118 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 295,201 | 35,651,425 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 143,516 | 7,013,627 | ||||||
Badger Meter, Inc. | 12,849 | 2,350,339 | ||||||
CDW Corp. | 85,850 | 20,763,681 | ||||||
Cognex Corp. | 81,483 | 3,384,804 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 1,679,272 | 56,054,099 | ||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 16,408 | 3,784,341 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 50,267 | 5,923,463 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 320,408 | 45,331,324 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
180,257,103 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Cactus, Inc., Class A | 45,274 | 2,247,401 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Financial Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 526,082 | 19,417,687 | ||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 134,628 | 7,131,245 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 1,122,137 | 76,215,545 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 56,621 | 9,211,671 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 295,233 | 133,209,130 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 405,355 | 8,220,599 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 746,198 | 200,436,245 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Financial Services (continued) | ||||||||
Voya Financial, Inc. | 156,583 | $ | 10,672,697 | |||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 57,964 | 5,311,241 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
469,826,060 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.6% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 1,248,792 | 73,254,139 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 488,887 | 12,192,842 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) | 270,879 | 52,528,856 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 607,904 | 21,617,066 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 111,095 | 12,730,376 | ||||||
J & J Snack Foods Corp. | 19,709 | 2,705,848 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. (The) | 238,987 | 27,447,657 | ||||||
Kellanova | 700,507 | 40,531,335 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 130,045 | 10,837,950 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 24,157 | 4,609,397 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 395,232 | 30,061,346 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 2,055,852 | 147,897,993 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
436,414,805 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 264,893 | 31,230,885 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 220,592 | 11,713,435 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 246,386 | 10,764,604 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 141,543 | 9,132,355 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 167,753 | 10,365,458 | ||||||
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| |||||||
73,206,737 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.3% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. | 1,584,846 | 52,648,584 | ||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 43,661 | 7,097,969 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 16,241 | 2,832,593 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 305,468 | 70,355,390 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 44,610 | 8,106,083 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 73,462 | 8,951,345 | ||||||
Schneider National, Inc., Class B | 39,634 | 819,631 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 802,987 | 190,436,397 | ||||||
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 53,331 | 1,823,920 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
343,071,912 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 2,034,818 | 215,629,664 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 874,457 | 35,301,829 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 285,133 | 66,892,202 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 216,601 | 6,500,196 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 2,731,136 | 219,146,353 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 97,864 | 20,941,917 | ||||||
STERIS PLC | 57,302 | 11,721,697 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 199,990 | 67,296,635 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
643,430,493 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 285,258 | 29,392,984 | ||||||
Cencora, Inc. | 87,221 | 20,850,180 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 2,822 | 1,602,896 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 166,667 | 88,096,843 | ||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. (The) | 8,904 | 1,053,877 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 94,380 | 29,240,812 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 77,402 | 23,382,370 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 39,566 | 21,255,251 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 160,565 | 22,186,872 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 935,757 | 452,625,661 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
689,687,746 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0% | ||||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 16,000 | 2,064,000 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 24,071 | 12,740,058 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued) | ||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 1,047,985 | $ | 286,141,824 | |||||
Starbucks Corp. | 1,797,934 | 159,099,180 | ||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | 62,037 | 9,974,309 | ||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 4,211 | 1,620,351 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 344,197 | 48,617,826 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
520,257,548 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.2% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 155,329 | 22,132,829 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 205,028 | 29,620,395 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 98,723 | 10,999,717 | ||||||
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. | 48,477 | 2,770,945 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
65,523,886 | ||||||||
Household Products — 3.1% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 174,704 | 18,848,815 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1,154,096 | 106,084,504 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 811,783 | 110,832,733 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 3,531,364 | 576,318,605 | ||||||
WD-40 Co. | 12,256 | 2,771,449 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
814,856,106 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 1,817,944 | 32,541,198 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 296,803 | 22,509,539 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
55,050,737 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7% | ||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 903,950 | 174,218,284 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Insurance — 3.1% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 828,761 | 69,325,858 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 378,967 | 64,447,128 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 100,311 | 12,814,730 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 98,977 | 27,912,504 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 132,482 | 31,092,201 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 56,629 | 9,876,098 | ||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 44,560 | 3,417,752 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 139,790 | 8,573,321 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 91,110 | 7,429,109 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 333,463 | 82,912,240 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 252,269 | 29,185,001 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 172,366 | 4,538,397 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS | 19,928 | 7,625,648 | ||||||
Everest Group Ltd. | 51,732 | 18,955,122 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 481,733 | 23,845,783 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 239,980 | 12,855,729 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 46,324 | 3,528,499 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) | 58,774 | 7,630,041 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 343,486 | 33,280,358 | ||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 2,631 | 955,711 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 439,677 | 87,684,784 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 1,147,963 | 81,597,210 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 557,902 | 16,658,954 | ||||||
Primerica, Inc. | 26,932 | 5,705,813 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 503,559 | 39,851,659 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 75,380 | 14,095,306 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 20,599 | 4,516,331 | ||||||
RLI Corp. | 21,297 | 3,010,331 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | 53,731 | 5,461,756 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 264,286 | 56,070,918 | ||||||
Unum Group | 340,275 | 17,251,942 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 68,133 | 5,244,197 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 79,778 | 20,035,447 | ||||||
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| |||||||
817,385,878 |
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 | ||||||
IT Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 540,654 | $ | 162,688,195 | |||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 1,967,200 | 326,948,640 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
489,636,835 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 28,232 | 1,721,587 | ||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 83,059 | 6,697,878 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 94,627 | 8,058,435 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
16,477,900 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 119,297 | 16,348,461 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 163,905 | 40,422,251 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 58,458 | 33,246,234 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 10,097 | 3,609,475 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
93,626,421 | ||||||||
Machinery — 2.4% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 41,762 | 4,768,803 | ||||||
Albany International Corp., Class A | 21,682 | 1,729,140 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 501,980 | 167,947,449 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 212,551 | 60,043,532 | ||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. | 104,900 | 7,573,780 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 106,631 | 19,118,938 | ||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 25,535 | 2,458,254 | ||||||
Graco, Inc. | 119,237 | 9,562,807 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 82,425 | 3,933,321 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 50,198 | 11,066,651 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 410,750 | 100,268,182 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 21,298 | 1,987,529 | ||||||
ITT, Inc. | 47,525 | 6,146,883 | ||||||
Kadant, Inc. | 3,510 | 961,003 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 40,767 | 8,949,580 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. | 33,452 | 8,636,972 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 63,316 | 7,108,487 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 373,851 | 34,095,211 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 305,824 | 32,450,985 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 87,442 | 47,648,020 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 122,715 | 9,705,529 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 87,611 | 23,476,244 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 351,509 | 32,127,923 | ||||||
Terex Corp. | 54,395 | 3,048,840 | ||||||
Timken Co. (The) | 70,756 | 6,312,850 | ||||||
Toro Co. (The) | 96,628 | 8,463,647 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | 12,749 | 2,530,167 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 175,573 | 22,947,391 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
645,068,118 | ||||||||
Marine Transportation — 0.0% | ||||||||
Matson, Inc. | 29,604 | 3,190,719 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Media — 1.3% | ||||||||
Cable One, Inc. | 7,845 | 3,089,753 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 6,940,270 | 264,493,690 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,014,019 | 30,866,738 | ||||||
New York Times Co. (The), Class A | 101,931 | 4,386,091 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | 86,989 | 13,923,459 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 377,496 | 35,046,729 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | 1,022,354 | 3,005,721 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
354,812,181 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.3% | ||||||||
Nucor Corp. | 182,440 | 30,746,613 | ||||||
Reliance, Inc. | 45,591 | 12,980,670 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Metals & Mining (continued) | ||||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 60,647 | $ | 7,285,524 | |||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 131,043 | 17,051,315 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
68,064,122 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.8% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 547,065 | 40,411,692 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 636,086 | 38,553,172 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 811,878 | 76,641,283 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 478,811 | 52,822,430 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 1,127,448 | 31,410,701 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 1,113,281 | 76,905,451 | ||||||
Sempra | 1,349,524 | 96,666,404 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 828,715 | 68,485,008 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.5% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 5,182,509 | 835,783,227 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 2,086,739 | 262,136,153 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 1,157,357 | 152,921,580 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 7,278,807 | 860,864,504 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 393,523 | 20,195,600 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 781,632 | 111,937,519 | ||||||
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 10,324 | 5,949,721 | ||||||
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 62,252 | 4,556,224 | ||||||
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Inter Parfums, Inc. | 22,090 | 2,570,834 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 6.7% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 5,822,403 | 255,836,388 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 358,601 | 280,103,241 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 4,576,777 | 661,756,187 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 4,013,961 | 518,684,040 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 336,573 | 10,992,474 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | 276,401 | 44,014,095 | ||||||
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Professional Services — 1.0% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 600,712 | 145,306,226 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 107,635 | 15,894,461 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 115,275 | 22,295,338 | ||||||
Exponent, Inc. | 38,876 | 3,573,093 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 154,261 | 4,741,983 | ||||||
Insperity, Inc. | 48,777 | 5,020,617 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 61,959 | 8,892,975 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 124,552 | 9,397,448 | ||||||
Robert Half, Inc. | 177,940 | 12,302,772 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 210,080 | 13,001,851 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 53,566 | 11,675,245 | ||||||
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.9% | ||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 566,785 | 113,702,739 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 320,690 | 63,705,068 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 463,473 | 602,640,038 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 70,075 | 48,301,997 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 68,216 | 61,013,072 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 692,428 | 63,689,527 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 15,723 | 10,523,876 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 264,835 | 67,848,079 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 39,510 | 2,636,107 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,350,188 | 223,928,680 |
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Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 263,793 | $ | 28,117,696 | |||||
Universal Display Corp. | 23,889 | 3,773,984 | ||||||
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Software — 3.8% | ||||||||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A | 55,496 | 4,309,819 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 93,909 | 58,751,349 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 1,982,517 | 771,853,344 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 1,446,151 | 164,499,676 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 35,086 | 17,945,085 | ||||||
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Specialty Retail — 2.7% | ||||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 82,029 | 16,482,907 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 5,916 | 1,739,422 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 1,401,575 | 468,434,397 | ||||||
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A | 13,112 | 3,335,431 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 667,861 | 152,265,629 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 28,926 | 4,423,075 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 180,806 | 23,423,417 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 121,259 | 33,113,408 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 58,258 | 16,707,229 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.3% | ||||||||
Apple Inc. | 4,577,130 | 779,622,553 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 2,008,693 | 56,424,186 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 254,809 | 26,044,028 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5% | ||||||||
Carter’s, Inc. | 82,404 | 5,637,258 | ||||||
Columbia Sportswear Co. | 34,326 | 2,733,379 | ||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 120,705 | 7,490,952 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 1,142,242 | 105,383,247 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 99,894 | 4,036,717 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6% | ||||||||
Air Lease Corp., Class A | 130,544 | 6,558,531 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 21,155 | $ | 3,876,654 | |||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 17,524 | 2,317,899 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 762,899 | 51,831,358 | ||||||
Ferguson PLC | 202,912 | 42,591,229 | ||||||
GATX Corp. | 39,705 | 4,858,304 | ||||||
McGrath RentCorp | 27,428 | 2,925,470 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 99,042 | 9,036,592 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 61,025 | 2,680,218 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B | 9,950 | 407,055 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 53,867 | 24,117,333 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. | 21,810 | 20,094,643 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. | 56,973 | 4,035,967 | ||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 292,881 | 35,825,204 | ||||||
California Water Service Group | 86,726 | 4,259,981 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 562,656 | 20,581,957 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6% | 26,382,854,744 | |||||||
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Short-Term Securities |
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Money Market Funds — 0.3% |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, | 72,964,605 | 72,964,605 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3% |
| 72,964,605 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 99.9% |
| 26,455,819,349 | ||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% |
| 28,219,475 | ||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 26,484,038,824 | |||||
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(a) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
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Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 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 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BlackRock Cash | $ | 644,774 | $ | — | $ (640,471 | )(b) | $ | (4,303) | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 942,446 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash | 46,636,422 | 26,328,183 | (b) | — | — | — | 72,964,605 | 72,964,605 | 3,137,753 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 162,805,601 | 24,926,507 | (44,511,786 | ) | 6,414,845 | 16,227,159 | 165,862,326 | 219,790 | 4,894,684 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 6,410,542 | $ | 16,227,159 | $ | 238,826,931 | $ | 8,974,883 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
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Long Contracts | 383 | 06/21/24 | $ | 97,033 | $ | (2,203,914) | ||||||||||
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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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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,203,914 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,203,914 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,670,097 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,670,097 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (6,815,274 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (6,815,274 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Futures contracts | $ | 87,997,925 | ||
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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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Assets | $ | 26,382,854,744 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 26,382,854,744 | ||||||||||
Short-Term Securities | 72,964,605 | — | — | 72,964,605 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 27 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
| |||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.5% | ||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 325,927 | $ | 151,533,240 | |||||
|
| |||||||
Banks — 4.0% | ||||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 857,451 | 131,412,940 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 4,615,333 | 273,781,554 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
405,194,494 | ||||||||
Beverages — 8.2% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 6,338,581 | 391,534,148 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 1,483,658 | 49,999,275 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,232,772 | 392,766,923 | ||||||
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| |||||||
834,300,346 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 5.0% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 3,162,771 | 514,393,075 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Capital Markets — 2.4% | ||||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 217,170 | 8,888,768 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 1,146,456 | 133,688,234 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 322,268 | 14,437,606 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 40,631 | 2,794,600 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 666,835 | 15,230,512 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 336,577 | 10,507,934 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 161,036 | 7,903,647 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 483,667 | 52,995,393 | ||||||
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| |||||||
246,446,694 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.4% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 334,833 | 79,134,431 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 1,805,105 | 102,710,474 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 677,075 | 67,687,188 | ||||||
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| |||||||
249,532,093 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 3.1% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6,744,409 | 316,852,335 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.4% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 4,096,506 | 36,622,764 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 195,351 | 30,711,131 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.7% | ||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 14,651,343 | 578,581,535 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 5.4% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 522,338 | 26,012,432 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,153,938 | 99,273,286 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 1,757,303 | 172,672,593 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 1,178,478 | 45,182,847 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 99,717 | 9,451,177 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 1,379,606 | 37,883,981 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 2,238,612 | 164,537,982 | ||||||
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555,014,298 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 262,497 | 7,840,785 | ||||||
Western Union Co. (The) | 1,305,538 | 17,546,431 | ||||||
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| |||||||
25,387,216 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.3% | ||||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 1,072,802 | 75,589,629 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) | 222,623 | 43,171,052 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 91,589 | 10,495,184 | ||||||
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| |||||||
129,255,865 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 216,525 | $ | 25,528,297 | |||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 202,152 | 8,832,021 | ||||||
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8% | ||||||||
Medtronic PLC | 2,245,014 | 180,139,923 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3% | ||||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 187,257 | 28,727,096 | ||||||
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Household Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 206,450 | 30,527,762 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 667,270 | 91,102,373 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 73,448 | 2,102,816 | ||||||
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Insurance — 0.4% | ||||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 206,189 | 23,854,005 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 457,594 | 13,663,757 | ||||||
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IT Services — 2.6% | ||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 1,616,989 | 268,743,572 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Media — 2.1% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 5,704,820 | 217,410,690 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Multi-Utilities — 2.9% | ||||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 931,752 | 27,151,253 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 393,526 | 43,413,788 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 921,617 | 25,676,250 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 915,559 | 63,246,816 | ||||||
Sempra | 1,109,455 | 79,470,262 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 677,178 | 55,961,990 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 27.0% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 1,099,609 | 15,218,588 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 154,766 | 13,910,368 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 4,256,444 | 686,436,724 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 132,886 | 23,518,164 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 1,715,322 | 215,478,750 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 1,184,955 | 32,420,369 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 2,266,856 | 116,017,690 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 665,306 | 133,812,996 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 240,277 | 14,945,229 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 951,361 | 125,703,329 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 7,386,209 | 873,566,938 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 6,518,388 | 119,156,133 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 642,441 | 92,003,976 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 650,143 | 175,096,513 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 3,113,482 | 119,433,169 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 9.5% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 3,762,101 | 543,962,184 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 3,299,423 | 426,351,440 | ||||||
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| |||||||
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Professional Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 498,739 | 59,255,181 | ||||||
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7% | ||||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 217,525 | 23,185,990 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,436,065 | 253,350,587 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Tobacco — 8.1% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 8,750,333 | $ | 383,352,089 | |||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 4,631,539 | 439,718,312 | ||||||
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| |||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 81,304 | 7,418,177 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Water Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 460,952 | 16,861,624 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% |
| 10,169,552,277 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(a)(b) | 12,064,701 | 12,064,701 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1% |
| 12,064,701 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 99.9% |
| 10,181,616,978 | ||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% |
| 10,194,144 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 10,191,811,122 | |||||
|
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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, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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| BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | $ | — | $ | 3,265 | (b) | $ | — | $ | (3,265) | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 2,419 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL | 22,682,184 | — | (10,617,483 | )(b) | — | — | 12,064,701 | 12,064,701 | 987,260 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(a) | — | 200,966,076 | (224,482,552 | ) | 23,516,476 | — | — | — | 2,565,445 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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E-Mini Consumer Staples Index | 135 | 06/21/24 | $ | 10,333 | $ | 133,152 | ||||||||||
E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index | 21 | 06/21/24 | 3,989 | (78,093 | ) | |||||||||||
E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index | 67 | 06/21/24 | 6,600 | 378,991 | ||||||||||||
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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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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 512,143 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 512,143 | ||||||||||||||
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For the period ended April 30, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,965,060 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,965,060 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024 | 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 | $ | 10,169,552,277 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 10,169,552,277 | ||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | 512,143 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 512,143 | ||||||||
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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, 2024 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9% | ||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 349,220 | $ | 162,362,855 | |||||
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Automobiles — 1.4% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 20,159,240 | 244,934,766 | ||||||
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Banks — 13.9% | ||||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 8,802,411 | 300,250,239 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 2,986,995 | 149,857,539 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 6,245,924 | 227,726,389 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 12,051,265 | 179,804,874 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 7,936,596 | 105,874,191 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 18,982,643 | 255,696,201 | ||||||
KeyCorp. | 20,660,353 | 299,368,515 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 14,219,701 | 274,013,638 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 8,413,670 | 315,933,308 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 5,825,566 | 236,692,747 | ||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 3,048,347 | 98,949,344 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 9,904,663 | 69,431,688 | ||||||
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Beverages — 0.9% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 2,749,065 | 169,809,745 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 1.1% | ||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3,008,553 | 196,157,656 | ||||||
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Broadline Retail — 0.3% | ||||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 2,377,063 | 56,906,888 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 4.1% | ||||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 1,859,359 | 61,079,943 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 6,213,865 | 141,924,677 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 9,910,786 | 140,435,838 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 2,858,565 | 89,244,399 | ||||||
Lazard, Inc. | 2,388,471 | 91,956,133 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 2,061,453 | 225,873,405 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 3.3% | ||||||||
Chemours Co. (The) | 3,162,095 | 84,586,041 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 2,779,454 | 164,015,580 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 3,486,495 | 83,187,771 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 2,633,275 | 263,248,502 | ||||||
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Consumer Finance — 0.8% | ||||||||
OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 2,598,157 | 135,389,961 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.1% | ||||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 10,929,243 | 193,775,478 | ||||||
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Containers & Packaging — 3.8% | ||||||||
International Paper Co. | 7,587,432 | 265,104,874 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 857,916 | 148,402,310 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 2,104,505 | 117,957,505 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 3,124,897 | 149,870,060 | ||||||
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Distributors — 0.8% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 937,434 | 147,373,999 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 2,789,804 | 131,762,443 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.6% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 19,604,174 | 331,114,499 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 8,327,650 | 328,858,898 | ||||||
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659,973,397 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electric Utilities — 15.9% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 4,244,203 | $ | 211,361,309 | |||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 2,639,788 | 227,100,962 | ||||||
Edison International | 3,525,000 | 250,486,500 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 2,281,142 | 243,329,417 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 4,213,408 | 255,416,793 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 5,856,833 | 220,099,784 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 6,052,045 | 232,035,405 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 1,107,631 | 104,981,266 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 3,335,944 | 223,408,170 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 2,918,544 | 212,090,592 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 4,358,067 | 151,007,022 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 2,513,410 | 185,112,647 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 7,489,839 | 205,670,979 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 3,103,699 | 166,761,747 | ||||||
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Financial Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Western Union Co. (The) | 7,760,448 | 104,300,421 | ||||||
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Food Products — 2.7% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 9,297,429 | 286,174,865 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 2,910,559 | 205,077,987 | ||||||
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Gas Utilities — 1.7% | ||||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 2,167,225 | 94,686,061 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 1,168,797 | 87,215,632 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 4,550,834 | 116,319,317 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0% | ||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 393,909 | 107,552,913 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. (The) | 3,644,921 | 72,861,971 | ||||||
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Household Durables — 2.0% | ||||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 884,657 | 127,806,397 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 2,802,354 | 50,638,537 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 8,742,743 | 69,417,379 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 1,203,429 | 114,157,275 | ||||||
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Household Products — 1.3% | ||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,729,797 | 236,169,184 | ||||||
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Insurance — 6.8% | ||||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 1,294,919 | 149,809,179 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 3,756,863 | 185,964,719 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 2,217,245 | 157,601,775 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 5,567,134 | 166,234,621 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 2,175,785 | 172,191,625 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 2,281,151 | 252,021,562 | ||||||
Unum Group | 3,092,503 | 156,789,902 | ||||||
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IT Services — 0.9% | ||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 970,734 | 161,335,991 | ||||||
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Media — 2.0% | ||||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 6,514,568 | 198,303,450 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 1,846,110 | 171,392,852 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 1.1% | ||||||||
Newmont Corp. | 5,090,512 | 206,878,408 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 10.6% | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 1,703,022 | 61,274,732 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 1,489,507 | 81,773,934 |
32 | 2 0 2 4 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, 2024 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Multi-Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 5,307,795 | $ | 154,669,146 | |||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 3,206,610 | 194,352,632 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 6,120,884 | 312,042,666 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 1,779,710 | 196,337,607 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 8,047,828 | 224,212,488 | ||||||
Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. | 1,363,844 | 68,792,291 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 3,257,870 | 225,053,660 | ||||||
Sempra | 2,428,554 | 173,957,323 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 2,816,943 | 232,792,170 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.1% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 1,406,932 | 226,895,924 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1,785,028 | 211,115,261 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 3,759,747 | 297,471,183 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 1,119,973 | 179,050,083 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.3% | ||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 955,724 | 123,498,655 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 11,434,370 | 292,948,560 | ||||||
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Specialty Retail — 1.3% | ||||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 3,183,243 | 234,414,015 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.9% | ||||||||
HP, Inc. | 6,826,936 | 191,768,632 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 1,775,174 | 152,505,199 | ||||||
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344,273,831 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Tobacco — 4.6% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 12,098,501 | $ | 530,035,329 | |||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 3,260,784 | 309,578,833 | ||||||
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839,614,162 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3% | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 994,334 | 90,723,034 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 329,798 | 147,657,161 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% | 18,091,618,033 | |||||||
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Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.4% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, | 64,708,693 | 64,708,693 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4% | 64,708,693 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 100.2% | 18,156,326,726 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)% | (30,208,664 | ) | ||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 18,126,118,062 | ||||||
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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, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at | Income | Capital Gain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) | $ | — | $ | 14,183 | (b) | $ | — | $ | (14,183 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 30,369 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 30,848,274 | 33,860,419 | (b) | — | — | — | 64,708,693 | 64,708,693 | 1,934,089 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) | As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
(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 | 33 |
Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index | 41 | 06/21/24 | $ | 4,039 | $ | 157,517 | ||||||||||
E-Mini Financials Select Sector Index | 132 | 06/21/24 | 16,516 | (128,859 | ) | |||||||||||
E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index | 180 | 06/21/24 | 12,166 | 451,038 | ||||||||||||
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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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Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 608,555 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 608,555 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 128,859 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 128,859 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
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Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 9,070,417 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 9,070,417 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,649,859 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,649,859 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 41,967,804 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
34 | 2 0 2 4 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, 2024 | iShares® Select 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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Long-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 18,091,618,033 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 18,091,618,033 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 64,708,693 | — | — | 64,708,693 | ||||||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | 608,555 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 608,555 | ||||||||
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Equity Contracts | (128,859 | ) | — | — | (128,859 | ) | ||||||||||
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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 | 35 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2024
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | iShares Core High Dividend ETF | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a) | $ | 329,153,267 | $ | 26,216,992,418 | $ | 10,169,552,277 | $ | 18,091,618,033 | ||||||||
Investments, at value — affiliated(b) | 2,453,053 | 238,826,931 | 12,064,701 | 64,708,693 | ||||||||||||
Cash | — | 5,654 | 1,052 | 6,674 | ||||||||||||
Cash pledged: | ||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 58,000 | 4,565,000 | 875,000 | 1,079,000 | ||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated | — | 4,145 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Capital shares sold | — | 228,273 | 34,305 | — | ||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 476,288 | 26,440,434 | 21,327,728 | 32,142,181 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 4,023 | 251,854 | 65,974 | 166,835 | ||||||||||||
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Total assets | 332,144,631 | 26,487,314,709 | 10,203,921,037 | 18,189,721,416 | ||||||||||||
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Bank overdraft | 25,545 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments purchased | — | — | 11,340,615 | 57,081,409 | ||||||||||||
Capital shares redeemed | — | — | — | 569,520 | ||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 13,760 | 1,743,885 | 674,965 | 5,700,163 | ||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 19,200 | 1,532,000 | 94,335 | 252,262 | ||||||||||||
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Total liabilities | 58,505 | 3,275,885 | 12,109,915 | 63,603,354 | ||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 332,086,126 | $ | 26,484,038,824 | $ | 10,191,811,122 | $ | 18,126,118,062 | ||||||||
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Paid-in capital | $ | 334,797,158 | $ | 22,751,216,722 | $ | 11,250,437,278 | $ | 19,171,321,427 | ||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | (2,711,032 | ) | 3,732,822,102 | (1,058,626,156 | ) | (1,045,203,365 | ) | |||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 332,086,126 | $ | 26,484,038,824 | $ | 10,191,811,122 | $ | 18,126,118,062 | ||||||||
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Shares outstanding | 7,800,000 | 473,350,000 | 94,500,000 | 151,800,000 | ||||||||||||
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Net asset value | $ | 42.58 | $ | 55.95 | $ | 107.85 | $ | 119.41 | ||||||||
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Shares authorized | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||||||||||||
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | $ | 306,050,362 | $ | 21,518,447,182 | $ | 9,667,618,120 | $ | 18,046,030,663 | ||||||||
(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 2,445,874 | $ | 206,369,387 | $ | 12,064,701 | $ | 64,708,693 |
See notes to financial statements.
36 | 2 0 2 4 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 |
Year Ended April 30, 2024
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | iShares Core High Dividend ETF | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 8,837,471 | $ | 630,228,479 | $ | 402,873,503 | $ | 829,584,909 | ||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 79,862 | 8,032,437 | 3,552,705 | 1,934,089 | ||||||||||||
Interest — unaffiliated | 139 | 21,361 | 9,521 | 32,652 | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | 9 | 942,446 | 2,419 | 30,369 | ||||||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld | (8,866 | ) | (222,711 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
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Total investment income | 8,908,615 | 639,002,012 | 406,438,148 | 831,582,019 | ||||||||||||
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Investment advisory | 136,678 | 19,580,231 | 8,224,956 | 71,884,231 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | 5 | 61 | 257 | 153 | ||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 136,683 | 19,580,292 | 8,225,213 | 71,884,384 | ||||||||||||
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Net investment income | 8,771,932 | 619,421,720 | 398,212,935 | 759,697,635 | ||||||||||||
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Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | 605,127 | 185,060,626 | (78,052,675 | ) | 177,204,889 | |||||||||||
Investments — affiliated | (39,269 | ) | 1,463,600 | 23,486,723 | (14,183 | ) | ||||||||||
Futures contracts | 205,313 | 19,670,097 | 2,965,060 | 9,070,417 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 3,852,975 | 539,142,844 | 225,374,702 | 787,160,997 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a) | 12,481 | 4,946,942 | 26,488 | — | ||||||||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | 30,090,430 | 1,633,541,373 | 271,307,458 | (846,347,981 | ) | |||||||||||
Investments — affiliated | 164,213 | 16,227,159 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Futures contracts | (54,406 | ) | (6,815,274 | ) | (1,351,677 | ) | (1,649,859 | ) | ||||||||
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30,200,237 | 1,642,953,258 | 269,955,781 | (847,997,840 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain | 34,836,864 | 2,393,237,367 | 443,756,079 | 125,424,280 | ||||||||||||
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 43,608,796 | $ | 3,012,659,087 | $ | 841,969,014 | $ | 885,121,915 | ||||||||
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(a) See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
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
iShares Core Dividend ETF | iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | |||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | |||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 8,771,932 | $ | 6,460,263 | $ | 619,421,720 | $ | 575,258,915 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 4,636,627 | (12,617,681 | ) | 750,284,109 | 248,197,630 | |||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 30,200,237 | (962,486 | ) | 1,642,953,258 | (65,720,886 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 43,608,796 | (7,119,904 | ) | 3,012,659,087 | 757,735,659 | |||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (8,487,745 | ) | (6,069,221 | ) | (616,886,891 | ) | (566,321,278 | ) | ||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 36,265,594 | 13,625,180 | 577,063,593 | 576,990,646 | ||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Total increase in net assets | 71,386,645 | 436,055 | 2,972,835,789 | 768,405,027 | ||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 260,699,481 | 260,263,426 | 23,511,203,035 | 22,742,798,008 | ||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 332,086,126 | $ | 260,699,481 | $ | 26,484,038,824 | $ | 23,511,203,035 | ||||||||
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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 4 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 (continued)
iShares Core High Dividend ETF | iShares Select Dividend ETF | |||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | |||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 398,212,935 | $ | 467,160,044 | $ | 759,697,635 | $ | 779,187,674 | ||||||||
Net realized gain | 173,800,298 | 187,210,528 | 973,422,120 | 684,182,466 | ||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 269,955,781 | (426,134,339 | ) | (847,997,840 | ) | (1,827,432,545 | ) | |||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 841,969,014 | 228,236,233 | 885,121,915 | (364,062,405 | ) | |||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (372,509,745 | ) | (476,667,345 | ) | (737,378,830 | ) | (783,757,169 | ) | ||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | (1,415,312,932 | ) | 1,755,194,226 | (3,444,012,541 | ) | 908,270,822 | ||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (945,853,663 | ) | 1,506,763,114 | (3,296,269,456 | ) | (239,548,752 | ) | |||||||||
Beginning of year | 11,137,664,785 | 9,630,901,671 | 21,422,387,518 | 21,661,936,270 | ||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 10,191,811,122 | $ | 11,137,664,785 | $ | 18,126,118,062 | $ | 21,422,387,518 | ||||||||
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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 | 39 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core Dividend ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 37.51 | $ | 39.14 | $ | 38.39 | $ | 25.94 | $ | 27.96 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 1.27 | 0.96 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.64 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | 5.04 | (1.68 | ) | 0.68 | 12.43 | (2.02 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 6.31 | (0.72 | ) | 1.45 | 13.13 | (1.38 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (1.24 | ) | (0.91 | ) | (0.70 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.64 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 42.58 | $ | 37.51 | $ | 39.14 | $ | 38.39 | $ | 25.94 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 17.14 | % | (1.75 | )% | 3.71 | % | 51.33 | % | (4.95 | )% | ||||||||||
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Total expenses | 0.05 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 3.21 | % | 2.54 | % | 1.87 | % | 2.20 | % | 2.31 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 332,086 | $ | 260,699 | $ | 260,263 | $ | 67,180 | $ | 24,645 | ||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover rate(f) | 36 | % | 65 | % | 25 | % | 30 | % | 33 | % | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
40 | 2 0 2 4 B L A C K R O C K 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 Dividend Growth ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 50.88 | $ | 50.58 | $ | 49.87 | $ | 36.39 | $ | 38.13 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 1.33 | 1.22 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 0.99 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | 5.07 | 0.28 | 0.68 | 13.44 | (1.77 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 6.40 | 1.50 | 1.78 | 14.52 | (0.78 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (1.33 | ) | (1.20 | ) | (1.07 | ) | (1.04 | ) | (0.96 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 55.95 | $ | 50.88 | $ | 50.58 | $ | 49.87 | $ | 36.39 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 12.77 | % | 3.13 | % | 3.51 | % | 40.52 | % | (2.05 | )% | ||||||||||
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Total expenses | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 2.53 | % | 2.47 | % | 2.10 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.55 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 26,484,039 | $ | 23,511,203 | $ | 22,742,798 | $ | 18,403,156 | $ | 9,355,727 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | 41 |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core High Dividend ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 102.75 | $ | 103.67 | $ | 95.59 | $ | 81.85 | $ | 95.42 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) | 3.95 | 3.95 | 3.68 | 3.56 | 3.24 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | 4.84 | (0.88 | ) | 7.80 | 13.72 | (13.51 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 8.79 | 3.07 | 11.48 | 17.28 | (10.27 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | (3.69 | ) | (3.99 | ) | (3.40 | ) | (3.54 | ) | (3.30 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 107.85 | $ | 102.75 | $ | 103.67 | $ | 95.59 | $ | 81.85 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 8.82 | % | 3.16 | % | 12.21 | % | 21.70 | % | (10.86 | )% | ||||||||||
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Total expenses | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 10,191,811 | $ | 11,137,665 | $ | 9,630,902 | $ | 6,839,327 | $ | 6,036,798 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 117.61 | $ | 123.50 | $ | 118.37 | $ | 80.66 | $ | 101.13 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | 1.67 | (5.87 | ) | 4.97 | 37.74 | (20.30 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 18,126,118 | $ | 21,422,388 | $ | 21,666,936 | $ | 18,495,567 | $ | 13,257,023 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
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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 | Diversified | |
Core Dividend Growth | Diversified | |
Core High Dividend | Non-Diversified | |
Select Dividend | 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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.
ForeignTaxes: 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 jurisdictions 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, 2024, 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.
Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.
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.
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 |
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
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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, redemption fee, 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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the 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, 2024, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
iShares ETF | Amounts | |||
Core Dividend | $ | 4 | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 223,134 | |||
Core High Dividend | 1,035 | |||
Select Dividend | 9,382 |
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, 2024, 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 | $ | 43,619,381 | $ | 42,575,719 | $ | (1,370,832 | ) | |||||
Core Dividend Growth | 1,507,904,537 | 1,481,357,509 | 113,794,870 | |||||||||
Core High Dividend | 1,482,270,616 | 1,047,679,320 | 12,037,035 | |||||||||
Select Dividend | 307,371,074 | 180,474,645 | (4,495,755 | ) |
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, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 99,260,416 | $ | 98,608,151 | ||||
Core Dividend Growth | 6,084,951,766 | 6,086,170,380 | ||||||
Core High Dividend | 6,870,047,720 | 6,834,866,415 | ||||||
Select Dividend | 3,183,719,131 | 3,220,700,160 |
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For the year ended April 30, 2024, in-kind transactions were as follows:
iShares ETF | In-kind Purchases | In-kind Sales | ||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 66,783,248 | $ | 31,110,242 | ||||
Core Dividend Growth | 2,294,625,662 | 1,722,623,010 | ||||||
Core High Dividend | 654,703,850 | 2,072,377,256 | ||||||
Select Dividend | 929,867,557 | 4,300,682,987 |
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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 | $ | 3,863,908 | $ | (3,863,908 | ) | |||
Core Dividend Growth | 543,221,001 | (543,221,001 | ) | |||||
Core High Dividend | 223,112,803 | (223,112,803 | ) | |||||
Select Dividend | 783,645,048 | (783,645,048 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
iShares ETF | Year Ended April 30, 2024 | Year Ended April 30, 2023 | ||||||
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Ordinary income | $ | 8,487,745 | $ | 6,069,221 | ||||
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iShares ETF | Undistributed Ordinary Income | Non-expiring Capital Loss | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses)(b) | Total | ||||||||||||
Core Dividend | $ | 1,077,148 | $ | (26,530,156) | $ | 22,741,976 | $ | (2,711,032 | ) | |||||||
Core Dividend Growth | 49,281,100 | (1,009,048,248) | 4,692,589,250 | 3,732,822,102 | ||||||||||||
Core High Dividend | 43,872,818 | (1,580,879,478) | 478,380,504 | (1,058,626,156 | ) | |||||||||||
Select Dividend | 49,496,952 | (1,029,155,503) | (65,544,814 | ) | (1,045,203,365 | ) |
(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. |
For the year ended April 30, 2024, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:
iShares ETF | Amount Utilized | |||
Core Dividend | $ | 572,477 | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 189,624,366 | |||
Select Dividend | 154,753,791 |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of April 30, 2024, 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 | $ | 308,863,114 | $ | 36,072,455 | $ | (13,329,249 | ) | $ | 22,743,206 | |||||||
Core Dividend Growth | 21,763,230,099 | 5,277,493,558 | (584,904,308 | ) | 4,692,589,250 | |||||||||||
Core High Dividend | 9,703,236,474 | 778,625,550 | (300,245,046 | ) | 478,380,504 | |||||||||||
Select Dividend | 18,221,871,540 | 1,705,180,165 | (1,770,724,979 | ) | (65,544,814 | ) |
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 an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.
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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
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.
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.
Geographic/Asset Class 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
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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 | 1,650,000 | $ | 67,441,257 | 3,000,000 | $ | 113,592,280 | ||||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (33,000,000 | ) | (1,733,627,646 | ) | (58,300,000 | ) | (2,937,995,658 | ) | ||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (20,400,000 | ) | (2,075,678,766 | ) | (49,000,000 | ) | (4,950,934,523 | ) | ||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (38,700,000 | ) | (4,403,543,311 | ) | (41,250,000 | ) | (4,764,707,405 | ) | ||||||||
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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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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
Opinion 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, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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 listed in the table below as of April 30, 2024, 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, 2024 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 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, 2024 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 24, 2024
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, 2024:
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Core Dividend | $ | 8,418,870 | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 631,875,634 | |||
Core High Dividend | 400,227,417 | |||
Select Dividend | 809,554,902 | |||
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Core Dividend | 93.08 | % | ||
Core Dividend Growth | 99.02 | |||
Core High Dividend | 98.26 | |||
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 8, 2023 (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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.
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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile. |
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)
Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs
Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.
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
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, Finance, Human Resources 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.
The Company is required under the 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. BlackRock bases its proportionality approach on a combination of factors that it is entitled to take into account based on relevant guidelines.
Remuneration information at an individual AIF level is not readily available. Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund; and (d) staff of companies to which portfolio management and risk management has been formally delegated.
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.
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 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, 2023 was USD 5.43m. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 0.74m and variable remuneration of USD 4.68m. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited) (continued)
The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2023, to its senior management was USD 3.66m, 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 1.77m.
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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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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Robert S. Kapito(a) (1957) | Trustee (since 2009). | President of 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). | |||
Stephen Cohen(b) (1975) | Trustee (since 2024). | Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). |
(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) | Stephen Cohen 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). | |||
Laura F. Fergerson (1962) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). |
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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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
James Lam (1961) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). | |||
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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 | ||
Jessica Tan (1980) | President (since 2024). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019). | ||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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). | ||
Aaron Wasserman (1974) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023). | ||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022). | ||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2019). | ||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2022). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Officers | ||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||
James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2020). |
Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.
Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
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Portfolio Abbreviation
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APRIL 30, 2024 |
2024 Annual Report |
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,
The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.
Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.
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. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.
Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.
Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.
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, 2024
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U.S. small cap equities | 19.66 | 13.32 | ||||||
International equities | 18.63 | 9.28 | ||||||
Emerging market equities | 15.40 | 9.88 | ||||||
3-month Treasury bills | 2.66 | 5.36 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | 3.66 | (6.40 | ) | |||||
U.S. investment grade | 4.97 | (1.47 | ) | |||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) | 7.06 | 2.08 | ||||||
U.S. high yield bonds | 8.99 | 9.01 | ||||||
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iShares Trust
Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.
While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.
To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.
The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.
Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 14.49 | % | 8.18 | % | 8.32 | % | 14.49 | % | 48.13 | % | 122.42 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 14.36 | 8.17 | 8.31 | 14.36 | 48.07 | 122.14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 14.58 | 8.31 | 8.54 | 14.58 | 49.05 | 126.86 |
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 or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | ||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,209.20 | $ 0.33 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.57 | $ 0.30 | 0.06% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Value-oriented mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The financials sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The capital markets industry gained, benefiting from growing institutional acceptance of cryptocurrencies, which promoted increased transactions and drove revenue at cryptocurrency trading platforms. The financial services industry was another source of strength, bolstered by higher earnings from credit operations, which benefited from higher interest rates, and fees for assets under management. Meanwhile, higher premiums, greater income from investments amid higher bond yields, and slowing inflation in claim costs benefited the property and casualty insurance industry. While underwriting losses weighed on profitability in the wake of damaging storms, this was partially offset by premium growth.
The industrials sector was another significant contributor to the Index’s performance. Strong economic growth increased investor confidence that demand would continue to expand, boosting earnings in the sector. Moderating inflation also helped the sector by reducing cost pressures and allowing companies to maintain profitability. The capital goods industry was the leading source of strength, as spending on factory construction increased following passage of federal legislation granting subsidies for certain types of production facilities. The surge in manufacturing construction benefited makers of building products, machinery, manufacturing equipment, and tools.
The information technology sector also contributed to the Index’s return. The technology hardware, storage, and peripherals industry gained, as strong demand for servers optimized for artificial intelligence applications propelled sales in the industry. Continued growth in cloud computing drove increased demand for data storage, benefiting makers of hard drives and memory chips.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Financials | 17.7 | % | ||
Industrials | 11.7 | |||
Utilities | 11.4 | |||
Health Care | 9.0 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 8.9 | |||
Materials | 8.8 | |||
Information Technology | 8.6 | |||
Consumer Staples | 8.2 | |||
Real Estate | 8.0 | |||
Energy | 6.1 | |||
Communication Services | 1.6 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
PACCAR, Inc. | 1.1 | % | ||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 1.1 | |||
General Motors Co. | 1.1 | |||
American International Group, Inc. | 1.1 | |||
Truist Financial Corp. | 1.0 | |||
Ford Motor Co. | 1.0 | |||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 1.0 | |||
ONEOK, Inc. | 1.0 | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 1.0 | |||
Newmont Corp. | 0.9 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 14.32 | % | 5.19 | % | 6.44 | % | 14.32 | % | 28.78 | % | 86.67 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 14.62 | 5.17 | 6.43 | 14.62 | 28.68 | 86.53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 14.18 | 5.14 | 6.50 | 14.18 | 28.51 | 87.65 |
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 or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | |||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,201.00 | $ 0.22 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.66 | $ 0.20 | 0.04% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Small-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The industrials sector contributed the most to the Index’s performance. Strong economic growth bolstered stocks in the sector, which is sensitive to overall conditions in the broader economy. This supportive backdrop led to investor confidence that demand would continue to expand, boosting earnings in the sector. A key measure of confidence among purchasing managers in manufacturing rose to its highest level in nearly two years, as output improved and suppliers’ delivery times shortened. Moderating inflation also helped reduce cost pressures, allowing companies to maintain profitability. The capital goods industry was the leading source of strength, as spending on factory construction increased following passage of federal legislation granting subsidies for certain types of production facilities. The surge in manufacturing construction benefited makers of machinery, building products, manufacturing equipment, and tools.
The financials sector was another strong contributor to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The capital markets industry advanced, as higher short-term interest rates drove increased interest income, bolstering the industry’s revenue. Regional bank stocks also gained, as investor sentiment recovered following a prominent regional bank failure at the beginning of the reporting period.
The information technology sector further aided performance. The software industry advanced, as the U.S. economy continued to expand and the Fed paused its interest rate increases. The rising price of cryptocurrencies late in the reporting period buoyed the stock of a software company with substantial cryptocurrency assets. Amid growth in cloud computing, strong revenue from a multi-cloud software platform designed to simplify integration of products from different vendors bolstered the industry’s earnings.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Industrials | 18.7 | % | ||
Financials | 17.3 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 14.6 | |||
Health Care | 13.1 | |||
Information Technology | 12.0 | |||
Real Estate | 6.2 | |||
Materials | 5.6 | |||
Energy | 4.6 | |||
Communication Services | 3.0 | |||
Consumer Staples | 2.8 | |||
Utilities | 2.1 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A | 0.4 | % | ||
TopBuild Corp. | 0.3 | |||
Toll Brothers, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Shockwave Medical, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
nVent Electric PLC | 0.3 | |||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 0.3 | |||
Natera, Inc. | 0.3 | |||
Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc. | 0.3 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 23.44 | % | 12.48 | % | 11.73 | % | 23.44 | % | 80.06 | % | 203.30 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 23.48 | 12.50 | 11.74 | 23.48 | 80.22 | 203.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 23.43 | 12.58 | 11.89 | 23.43 | 80.84 | 207.67 |
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 or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | |||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,214.60 | $ 0.17 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.71 | $ 0.15 | 0.03% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced strongly for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The information technology sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained the most, as companies purchased specialized chips to provide computing capacity for AI applications, which require substantial processing power. In some cases corporations set up separate budgetary allocations to expedite increased investment in AI technologies. Consequently, industry revenue and earnings grew rapidly.
The software and services industry also advanced, driven by strength among systems software companies. Enthusiasm for AI products benefited a large company in the industry with a significant investment in a prominent consumer-facing AI platform. Integration of AI into already existing productivity software and cloud services also propelled gains, as many customers adopted new AI features to automate certain tasks.
The financials sector also contributed significantly to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The transaction and payment processing services industry advanced, as growth in consumer spending, cross-border transactions, and e-commerce sales increased earnings at companies that manage consumer payments.
The communication services sector further aided performance, led by the interactive media and services industry. Growth in the online advertising market drove large increases in both revenue and income, and industry companies initiated dividend payments while continuing stock buybacks. Cost cutting efforts also boosted profitability, as the industry refocused on core social media products.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Information Technology | 29.1 | % | ||
Financials | 13.3 | |||
Health Care | 12.0 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 10.3 | |||
Industrials | 9.1 | |||
Communication Services | 9.0 | |||
Consumer Staples | 6.1 | |||
Energy | 4.2 | |||
Materials | 2.4 | |||
Utilities | 2.3 | |||
Real Estate | 2.2 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Microsoft Corp. | 6.5 | % | ||
Apple Inc. | 5.6 | |||
NVIDIA Corp. | 4.7 | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.7 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 2.2 | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 2.2 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS | 2.0 | |||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B | 1.6 | |||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.5 | |||
Broadcom, Inc. | 1.4 |
(a) | Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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 | 16.27 | % | 9.18 | % | 8.81 | % | 16.27 | % | 55.17 | % | 132.56 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market | 16.26 | 9.19 | 8.80 | 16.26 | 55.21 | 132.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Index | 16.27 | 9.30 | 8.99 | 16.27 | 56.02 | 136.61 |
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 or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Beginning Account Value (11/01/23) | | | Ending Account Value (04/30/24) | | | Expenses Paid During the Period | (a) | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | |||||||||||
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,187.90 | $ 0.22 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.66 | $ 0.20 | 0.04% |
(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
Value-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by the capital markets industry. Strong revenue from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth, as assets under management rose due to higher asset prices and solid inflows. The financial services industry also gained, as a large multi-sector holding company with investments in a broad array of companies benefited from rising equity prices. Banks also advanced, as robust net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits) supported earnings. Furthermore, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy raised investor hopes for increased bank loan activity and dealmaking as borrowing costs subside.
The information technology sector was another significant contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained, as companies purchased specialized chips used to provide computing capacity for AI applications. Products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue in the industry.
The communication services sector further aided performance, led by the interactive media and services industry. Growth in the online advertising market drove large increases in both revenue and income, leading companies to initiate dividend payments while continuing stock buybacks. Cost cutting efforts also boosted profitability. In addition, strong sales of cloud computing products bolstered the earnings of a large company in the industry.
Portfolio Information
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Sector | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Financials | 19.7 | % | ||
Health Care | 15.3 | |||
Information Technology | 12.4 | |||
Industrials | 10.9 | |||
Consumer Staples | 9.9 | |||
Communication Services | 8.4 | |||
Energy | 7.5 | |||
Consumer Discretionary | 5.9 | |||
Utilities | 4.1 | |||
Materials | 3.6 | |||
Real Estate | 2.3 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | | Percent of Total Investments | (a) | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B | 3.3 | % | ||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.6 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.2 | |||
Broadcom, Inc. | 1.9 | |||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 1.8 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1.8 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 1.7 | |||
Johnson & Johnson | 1.6 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS | 1.6 | |||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 1.5 |
(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. 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, index returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, index 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, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.1% | ||||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 2,166 | $ | 599,831 | |||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 22,267 | 4,766,251 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 12,617 | 1,067,272 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,433,354 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 14,385 | 1,021,335 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.(a) | 10,499 | 1,168,644 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,189,979 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 0.2% | ||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 28,942 | 948,429 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Automobiles — 2.2% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 488,309 | 5,932,954 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 143,313 | 6,381,728 | ||||||
Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 83,023 | 738,905 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,053,587 | ||||||||
Banks — 3.4% | ||||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 56,016 | 1,910,706 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 79,136 | 2,885,299 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 173,496 | 2,336,991 | ||||||
KeyCorp. | 116,999 | 1,695,315 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 20,639 | 2,980,065 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 115,866 | 2,232,738 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 165,653 | 6,220,270 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
20,261,384 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.5% | ||||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 7,755 | 1,965,582 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 22,222 | 1,272,432 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,238,014 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 1.6% | ||||||||
Biogen, Inc.(b) | 17,948 | 3,855,589 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(b) | 39,776 | 4,387,691 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(b) | 5,809 | 1,361,223 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,604,503 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.6% | ||||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(b) | 55,134 | 1,240,515 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 39,266 | 2,023,769 | ||||||
Etsy, Inc.(b) | 5,619 | 385,857 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,650,141 | ||||||||
Building Products — 2.3% | ||||||||
A. O. Smith Corp. | 5,866 | 485,939 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 5,316 | 646,213 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b) | 15,245 | 2,787,091 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 54,136 | 3,328,823 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 42,387 | 2,758,122 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 27,826 | 1,904,690 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 11,079 | 1,863,598 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,774,476 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 3.5% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 5,333 | 2,196,076 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 94,246 | 5,323,957 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 25,555 | 1,144,864 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 35,704 | 815,479 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 34,003 | 2,035,080 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 25,605 | 2,109,596 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 12,830 | 1,565,260 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
State Street Corp. | 38,152 | $ | 2,765,638 | |||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 27,479 | 3,010,874 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
20,966,824 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 4.4% | ||||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 14,495 | 1,743,893 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 12,850 | 1,973,889 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 21,999 | 1,737,261 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 53,759 | 2,909,975 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 87,027 | 4,951,836 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 25,268 | 1,831,930 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 14,816 | 1,399,223 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 31,646 | 2,678,834 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 32,106 | 3,209,637 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. (The) | 40,412 | 1,268,533 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 13,445 | 1,734,405 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 5,687 | 607,997 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 2,256 | 332,444 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
26,379,857 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2% | ||||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(b) | 2,300 | 435,735 | ||||||
Veralto Corp. | 10,353 | 969,869 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,405,604 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 0.3% | ||||||||
F5, Inc.(b) | 4,039 | 667,687 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 39,406 | 1,372,117 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,039,804 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 0.5% | ||||||||
AECOM | 10,631 | 981,879 | ||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. | 2,388 | 852,922 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 4,858 | 1,256,085 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,090,886 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 1.8% | ||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 45,665 | 6,549,731 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 14,980 | 1,898,415 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 49,014 | 2,155,636 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
10,603,782 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.4% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 52,298 | 1,066,879 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(b) | 8,814 | 658,229 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 1,417 | 452,845 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 27,162 | 3,780,679 | ||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(b) | 15,826 | 1,871,424 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 83,147 | 4,604,681 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(b) | 12,059 | 605,965 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 88,464 | 1,568,467 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
14,609,169 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 1.7% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 178,828 | 1,598,722 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 5,710 | 1,240,669 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 24,718 | 1,719,631 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 9,220 | 756,686 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 40,802 | 1,425,622 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 10,588 | 1,831,512 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 30,755 | 1,475,010 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
10,047,852 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.6% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 10,571 | 1,661,867 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
LKQ Corp. | 23,670 | $ | 1,020,887 | |||||
Pool Corp. | 2,287 | 829,106 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,511,860 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Service Corp. International | 12,431 | 891,427 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 26,932 | 1,476,951 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Electric Utilities — 6.3% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 31,557 | 1,571,539 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 65,165 | 5,606,145 | ||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 8,816 | 322,048 | ||||||
Edison International | 47,565 | 3,379,969 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 26,101 | 2,784,194 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 27,300 | 1,431,885 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 43,241 | 2,621,269 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 123,328 | 4,634,666 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 63,833 | 2,447,357 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 17,156 | 1,246,727 | ||||||
PG&E Corp. | 263,464 | 4,507,869 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 14,015 | 1,032,205 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 91,311 | 2,507,400 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 68,451 | 3,677,872 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
37,771,145 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.1% | ||||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 4,911 | 792,488 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.1% | ||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 95,711 | 3,194,833 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a)(b) | 29,830 | 854,629 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 5,185 | 608,512 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b) | 11,477 | 1,697,907 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 6,498 | 765,724 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 19,593 | 2,772,018 | ||||||
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b) | 2,314 | 882,745 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(b) | 13,841 | 831,429 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b) | 3,367 | 1,059,124 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
12,666,921 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 50,423 | 1,644,798 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Entertainment — 0.3% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 12,059 | 1,529,322 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Financial Services — 1.9% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 21,156 | 2,292,887 | ||||||
Corpay, Inc.(b) | 3,276 | 989,811 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 39,761 | 1,467,578 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 73,527 | 4,993,954 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 14,122 | 1,733,758 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,477,988 | ||||||||
Food Products — 4.1% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 65,892 | 3,865,225 | ||||||
Bunge Global SA | 18,071 | 1,838,905 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 24,614 | 1,125,106 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 56,820 | 1,748,920 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 70,292 | 4,952,774 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 25,124 | 893,409 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. (The) | 13,102 | 1,504,765 | ||||||
Kellanova | 32,601 | 1,886,294 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 99,527 | 3,842,738 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food Products (continued) | ||||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 14,074 | $ | 1,070,468 | |||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 33,354 | 2,022,920 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
24,751,524 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 12,918 | 1,523,032 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.4% | ||||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 18,686 | 863,854 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co.(b) | 539 | 34,081 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co., NVS | 7,156 | 438,806 | ||||||
XPO, Inc.(b) | 7,051 | 757,700 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,094,441 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1% | ||||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(b) | 4,071 | 1,149,569 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 62,792 | 2,534,913 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 10,447 | 930,410 | ||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 25,474 | 1,942,138 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(b) | 29,648 | 2,246,429 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 3,390 | 707,662 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 24,765 | 2,978,734 | ||||||
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12,489,855 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 17,965 | 1,851,114 | ||||||
Cencora, Inc. | 19,530 | 4,668,646 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(b) | 66,207 | 4,837,083 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 574 | 326,032 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(b) | 15,039 | 1,041,902 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 10,518 | 2,118,010 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b) | 2,402 | 821,724 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 13,890 | 1,919,320 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 7,271 | 1,239,197 | ||||||
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18,823,028 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.8% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 59,836 | 1,113,548 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 27,765 | 1,229,434 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 26,341 | 2,509,771 | ||||||
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4,852,753 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.1% | ||||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(b) | 13,127 | 470,209 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) | 117,681 | 1,744,032 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 7,950 | 1,219,610 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(b) | 7,389 | 994,781 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b) | 13,165 | 1,838,229 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 1,967 | 372,491 | ||||||
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6,639,352 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 3.0% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 38,110 | 5,430,294 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 10,523 | 1,520,258 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 30,963 | 4,694,610 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 1,540 | 216,201 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(b) | 380 | 2,826,763 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 26,675 | 2,972,128 | ||||||
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Household Products — 1.0% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 9,204 | 993,020 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 8,675 | 1,282,772 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 25,356 | 3,461,855 | ||||||
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5,737,647 |
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Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 82,878 | $ | 1,483,516 | |||||
Vistra Corp. | 19,918 | 1,510,581 | ||||||
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2,994,097 | ||||||||
Insurance — 6.9% | ||||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 32,486 | 5,524,569 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 5,792 | 739,928 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 84,486 | 6,362,641 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b) | 16,871 | 1,578,113 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 9,337 | 1,080,198 | ||||||
Everest Group Ltd. | 2,798 | 1,025,215 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 32,113 | 1,589,593 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 11,892 | 905,814 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 34,775 | 3,369,350 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 23,049 | 1,732,132 | ||||||
Markel Group, Inc.(b) | 509 | 742,326 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 29,396 | 2,326,399 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 44,835 | 4,953,371 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 8,011 | 1,497,977 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 2,609 | 572,023 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 17,755 | 3,766,901 | ||||||
Unum Group | 20,662 | 1,047,563 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 9,324 | 717,668 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 6,455 | 1,621,109 | ||||||
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41,152,890 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b) | 50,348 | 757,737 | ||||||
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IT Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,484 | 957,220 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 62,118 | 4,079,910 | ||||||
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(b) | 80,740 | 1,956,330 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(b) | 1,488 | 401,388 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b) | 3,329 | 762,341 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.(b) | 11,630 | 1,431,072 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(b) | 7,770 | 1,800,853 | ||||||
Revvity, Inc. | 15,288 | 1,566,561 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(b) | 2,683 | 829,154 | ||||||
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Machinery — 3.4% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 7,717 | 881,204 | ||||||
CNH Industrial NV | 117,816 | 1,343,102 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 9,093 | 2,568,681 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 7,602 | 1,363,039 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 17,451 | 1,313,537 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 17,960 | 1,637,952 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 63,903 | 6,780,747 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 8,708 | 688,716 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 3,782 | 1,013,425 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 18,936 | 1,730,750 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 7,133 | 1,148,984 | ||||||
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Media — 1.2% | ||||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 30,590 | 948,596 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 16,546 | 474,539 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 47,308 | 1,440,055 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(b) | 1,235 | 61,911 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(b) | 8,331 | 414,301 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 46,822 | 1,114,364 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 13,331 | 327,143 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Media (continued) | ||||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 23,691 | $ | 2,199,472 | |||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(a) | 77,930 | 229,114 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining — 2.7% | ||||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(b) | 62,243 | 1,051,907 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 138,243 | 5,618,196 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 30,397 | 5,122,806 | ||||||
Reliance, Inc. | 7,120 | 2,027,206 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 19,416 | 2,526,410 | ||||||
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16,346,525 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 62,505 | 1,171,344 | ||||||
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Multi-Utilities — 4.0% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 20,433 | 1,509,386 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 49,383 | 1,439,021 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 25,525 | 1,547,070 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 42,796 | 4,039,942 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 103,686 | 5,285,912 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 25,508 | 2,814,042 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 55,565 | 1,548,041 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 37,672 | 2,602,382 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 39,020 | 3,224,613 | ||||||
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24,010,409 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 12,738 | 1,475,952 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 19,452 | 1,203,884 | ||||||
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2,679,836 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.8% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(b) | 35,156 | 1,195,655 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 45,629 | 1,434,576 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 11,537 | 1,820,769 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 13,045 | 1,172,485 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 41,799 | 1,143,621 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 54,020 | 2,764,744 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 12,820 | 2,578,487 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 15,209 | 609,729 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 18,638 | 1,011,111 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 244,349 | 4,466,700 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 72,754 | 1,953,445 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 72,110 | 5,705,343 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 31,423 | 1,612,628 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 12,389 | 1,413,089 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 151,031 | 5,793,549 | ||||||
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34,675,931 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.7% | ||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 35,834 | 1,794,208 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 43,401 | 1,125,822 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(b) | 25,130 | 1,293,190 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,213,220 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 25,511 | 291,846 | ||||||
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Pharmaceuticals — 0.6% | ||||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b) | 7,766 | 860,084 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 47,768 | 1,323,174 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 143,518 | 1,660,503 | ||||||
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3,843,761 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 1.2% | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 4,779 | 705,715 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Professional Services (continued) | ||||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 5,866 | $ | 841,947 | |||||
KBR, Inc. | 5,856 | 380,289 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 16,181 | 2,268,900 | ||||||
Robert Half, Inc. | 9,178 | 634,567 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 26,896 | 1,664,593 | ||||||
TransUnion | 8,676 | 633,348 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,129,359 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b) | 20,275 | 1,761,695 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b) | 3,382 | 142,044 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(b) | 10,609 | 451,625 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,355,364 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 1.7% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 16,811 | 601,834 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 10,085 | 1,911,814 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 7,216 | 719,291 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 7,692 | 463,751 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 30,106 | 1,938,826 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 4,191 | 1,032,034 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 29,702 | 1,015,808 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 8,891 | 1,155,830 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 6,951 | 773,785 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 19,909 | 758,135 | ||||||
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| |||||||
10,371,108 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 1.9% | ||||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 83,518 | 1,555,940 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 58,651 | 3,140,175 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 12,275 | 726,926 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 40,463 | 5,686,265 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,109,306 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5% | ||||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 34,524 | 3,175,518 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 19,252 | 4,932,170 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(b) | 33,888 | 2,377,582 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(b) | 12,024 | 1,404,884 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 19,780 | 2,108,350 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 9,365 | 1,089,337 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
15,087,841 | ||||||||
Software — 0.2% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 73,298 | 1,476,222 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Specialized REITs — 2.5% | ||||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 35,090 | 3,290,740 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 15,584 | 630,217 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 13,233 | 1,836,476 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 15,176 | 2,037,833 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 30,643 | 1,309,376 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 20,169 | 1,563,501 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 60,620 | 1,730,701 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 84,831 | 2,559,351 | ||||||
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| |||||||
14,958,195 |
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Specialty Retail — 1.1% | ||||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 23,161 | $ | 1,705,576 | |||||
CarMax, Inc.(b) | 9,623 | 654,075 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 2,493 | 381,205 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 6,067 | 1,656,777 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b) | 2,712 | 1,097,926 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 4,567 | 1,309,724 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,805,283 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.5% | ||||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 19,862 | 2,475,600 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 158,924 | 2,701,708 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 107,168 | 3,010,349 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 16,990 | 1,736,548 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 25,838 | 2,219,742 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(b) | 37,317 | 2,643,163 | ||||||
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| |||||||
14,787,110 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4% | ||||||||
Ferguson PLC | 25,248 | 5,299,556 | ||||||
United Rentals, Inc. | 3,582 | 2,392,740 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 1,796 | 804,105 | ||||||
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8,496,401 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 10,643 | 1,301,852 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 17,740 | 648,929 | ||||||
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1,950,781 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% | 596,761,458 | |||||||
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Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 1.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | 5,587,540 | 5,589,216 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, | 944,816 | 944,816 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1% | 6,534,032 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 100.8% | 603,295,490 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.8)% |
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| |||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 598,229,707 | ||||||
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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. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized | Change in (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 11,874,694 | $ | — | $ | (6,285,697 | )(a) | $ | 3,861 | $ | (3,642 | ) | $ | 5,589,216 | 5,587,540 | $ | 122,369 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 872,368 | 72,448 | (a) | — | — | — | 944,816 | 944,816 | 62,045 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index | 11 | 06/21/24 | $ | 744 | $ | 12,031 | ||||||||||
S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Index | 2 | 06/21/24 | 575 | (27,274 | ) | |||||||||||
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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) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 12,031 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 12,031 | ||||||||||||||
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Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 27,274 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 27,274 | ||||||||||||||
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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). |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF |
For the period ended April 30, 2024, 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 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 55,102 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 55,102 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (22,377 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (22,377 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 1,322,283 | ||
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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 | $ | 596,761,458 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 596,761,458 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 6,534,032 | — | — | 6,534,032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | 12,031 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 12,031 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Equity Contracts | (27,274 | ) | — | — | (27,274 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Aerospace & Defense — 1.4% | ||||||||
AAR Corp.(a) | 1,720 | $ | 118,921 | |||||
AeroVironment, Inc.(a) | 1,441 | 230,257 | ||||||
AerSale Corp.(a)(b) | 1,336 | 9,526 | ||||||
BWX Technologies, Inc. | 4,720 | 452,034 | ||||||
Cadre Holdings, Inc. | 1,008 | 33,617 | ||||||
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 1,976 | 500,758 | ||||||
Ducommun, Inc.(a) | 751 | 40,622 | ||||||
Eve Holding, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,368 | 7,373 | ||||||
Hexcel Corp. | 4,327 | 277,837 | ||||||
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a) | 7,653 | 136,376 | ||||||
Leonardo DRS, Inc.(a) | 2,653 | 57,093 | ||||||
Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,605 | 73,461 | ||||||
Moog, Inc., Class A | 1,480 | 235,424 | ||||||
National Presto Industries, Inc. | 275 | 22,547 | ||||||
Rocket Lab U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,656 | 51,347 | ||||||
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,463 | 174,816 | ||||||
Triumph Group, Inc.(a) | 3,863 | 51,610 | ||||||
V2X, Inc.(a) | 659 | 32,014 | ||||||
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 18,626 | 16,206 | ||||||
Woodward, Inc. | 2,893 | 469,707 | ||||||
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2,991,546 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2% | ||||||||
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,618 | 33,563 | ||||||
Forward Air Corp. | 1,589 | 34,990 | ||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc.(a) | 6,087 | 302,280 | ||||||
Hub Group, Inc., Class A | 3,174 | 127,658 | ||||||
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498,491 | ||||||||
Automobile Components — 1.5% | ||||||||
Adient PLC(a) | 4,857 | 145,078 | ||||||
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,908 | 43,365 | ||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 3,686 | 441,546 | ||||||
Dana, Inc. | 6,786 | 84,350 | ||||||
Dorman Products, Inc.(a) | 1,373 | 120,069 | ||||||
Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a) | 2,164 | 84,223 | ||||||
Garrett Motion, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,719 | 64,234 | ||||||
Gentex Corp. | 12,039 | 412,938 | ||||||
Gentherm, Inc.(a) | 1,621 | 81,974 | ||||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a) | 14,162 | 169,377 | ||||||
LCI Industries | 1,295 | 134,654 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 2,999 | 377,484 | ||||||
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 13,880 | 20,404 | ||||||
Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,993 | 110,007 | ||||||
Modine Manufacturing Co.(a) | 2,465 | 228,333 | ||||||
Patrick Industries, Inc. | 1,123 | 117,342 | ||||||
Phinia, Inc. | 2,398 | 93,522 | ||||||
QuantumScape Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 17,943 | 97,251 | ||||||
Standard Motor Products, Inc. | 1,055 | 33,865 | ||||||
Stoneridge, Inc.(a) | 1,401 | 20,987 | ||||||
Visteon Corp.(a) | 1,436 | 158,865 | ||||||
XPEL, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,112 | 58,436 | ||||||
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3,098,304 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.3% | ||||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 7,167 | 246,473 | ||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 2,633 | 261,773 | ||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc. | 1,500 | 92,370 | ||||||
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600,616 | ||||||||
Banks — 7.1% | ||||||||
1st Source Corp. | 870 | 43,152 | ||||||
Amalgamated Financial Corp. | 843 | 20,687 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 1,516 | $ | 32,837 | |||||
Ameris Bancorp | 3,404 | 161,622 | ||||||
Associated Banc-Corp. | 7,905 | 166,558 | ||||||
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | 3,997 | 126,985 | ||||||
Axos Financial, Inc.(a) | 2,870 | 145,251 | ||||||
Banc of California, Inc. | 7,755 | 106,166 | ||||||
BancFirst Corp. | 1,046 | 93,272 | ||||||
Bancorp, Inc. (The)(a) | 2,801 | 83,862 | ||||||
Bank First Corp. | 440 | 33,964 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 2,104 | 119,276 | ||||||
Bank OZK | 5,561 | 248,299 | ||||||
BankUnited, Inc. | 3,808 | 101,788 | ||||||
Banner Corp. | 1,687 | 73,604 | ||||||
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 2,338 | 49,846 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. | 1,260 | 111,800 | ||||||
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | 4,750 | 39,425 | ||||||
Byline Bancorp, Inc. | 1,549 | 33,567 | ||||||
Cadence Bank | 9,502 | 262,920 | ||||||
Cambridge Bancorp | 362 | 22,216 | ||||||
Camden National Corp. | 805 | 25,132 | ||||||
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. | 708 | 18,776 | ||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 6,597 | 31,468 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp | 3,716 | 127,979 | ||||||
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | 531 | 10,588 | ||||||
City Holding Co. | 795 | 80,311 | ||||||
Coastal Financial Corp.(a) | 529 | 20,462 | ||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | 10,663 | 200,571 | ||||||
Columbia Financial, Inc.(a) | 1,526 | 25,332 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 6,806 | 341,457 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 6,534 | 357,279 | ||||||
Community Bank System, Inc. | 2,840 | 122,745 | ||||||
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. | 814 | 34,196 | ||||||
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | 1,947 | 34,871 | ||||||
CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,137 | 25,815 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 3,000 | 313,020 | ||||||
Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a) | 1,520 | 69,418 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. | 7,027 | 114,821 | ||||||
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | 2,025 | 36,855 | ||||||
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. | 1,591 | 29,418 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 7,273 | 541,766 | ||||||
Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | 8,218 | 103,218 | ||||||
Enterprise Financial Services Corp. | 1,926 | 73,207 | ||||||
Farmers National Banc Corp. | 2,042 | 24,157 | ||||||
FB Financial Corp. | 1,825 | 66,886 | ||||||
First Bancorp | 2,149 | 65,351 | ||||||
First Bancorp | 8,262 | 142,519 | ||||||
First Bancshares, Inc. (The) | 1,335 | 31,960 | ||||||
First Busey Corp. | 2,876 | 64,250 | ||||||
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | 5,374 | 70,883 | ||||||
First Financial Bancorp | 5,092 | 112,584 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | 7,350 | 217,266 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 6,750 | 142,357 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. | 28,565 | 426,190 | ||||||
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A | 4,671 | 124,716 | ||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 3,084 | 103,067 | ||||||
First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | 1,228 | 38,019 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 17,976 | 239,800 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 8,329 | 137,845 | ||||||
German American Bancorp, Inc. | 1,497 | 47,500 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 5,748 | 207,963 | ||||||
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | 499 | 25,649 | ||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. | 4,417 | 200,488 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Hanmi Financial Corp. | 1,167 | $ | 17,855 | |||||
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. | 1,893 | 19,176 | ||||||
HBT Financial, Inc. | 689 | 12,715 | ||||||
Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc. | 2,118 | 89,189 | ||||||
Heritage Commerce Corp. | 3,365 | 26,718 | ||||||
Heritage Financial Corp. | 1,894 | 33,600 | ||||||
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. | 2,371 | 69,375 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 10,070 | 238,458 | ||||||
Hope Bancorp, Inc. | 5,856 | 58,677 | ||||||
Horizon Bancorp, Inc. | 2,343 | 26,898 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. | 2,143 | 107,664 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 1,880 | 70,011 | ||||||
International Bancshares Corp. | 2,747 | 152,871 | ||||||
Kearny Financial Corp. | 2,996 | 16,178 | ||||||
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | 3,391 | 41,336 | ||||||
Lakeland Financial Corp. | 1,350 | 79,339 | ||||||
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | 1,480 | 47,834 | ||||||
Mercantile Bank Corp. | 820 | 29,586 | ||||||
Metrocity Bankshares, Inc. | 985 | 22,635 | ||||||
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | 1,163 | 25,470 | ||||||
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | 2,022 | 66,180 | ||||||
NBT Bancorp, Inc. | 2,185 | 76,497 | ||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 37,459 | 99,266 | ||||||
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. | 704 | 53,877 | ||||||
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | 6,509 | 68,995 | ||||||
OceanFirst Financial Corp. | 3,080 | 45,461 | ||||||
OFG Bancorp | 2,511 | 90,672 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 14,433 | 238,722 | ||||||
Old Second Bancorp, Inc. | 2,308 | 31,620 | ||||||
Origin Bancorp, Inc. | 1,465 | 43,510 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 4,560 | 98,040 | ||||||
Park National Corp. | 735 | 96,807 | ||||||
Pathward Financial, Inc. | 1,376 | 69,309 | ||||||
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. | 844 | 18,889 | ||||||
Peoples Bancorp, Inc. | 1,751 | 50,849 | ||||||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 3,963 | 303,962 | ||||||
Popular, Inc. | 3,446 | 292,876 | ||||||
Premier Financial Corp. | 1,794 | 34,768 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 4,784 | 296,464 | ||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 3,736 | 54,844 | ||||||
QCR Holdings, Inc. | 836 | 45,947 | ||||||
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A | 506 | 25,664 | ||||||
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | 1,994 | 60,119 | ||||||
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | 2,321 | 47,464 | ||||||
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida | 4,525 | 104,392 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | 2,760 | 162,730 | ||||||
Simmons First National Corp., Class A | 6,638 | 113,443 | ||||||
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | 523 | 20,972 | ||||||
Southside Bancshares, Inc. | 1,595 | 42,523 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 3,753 | 284,102 | ||||||
Stellar Bancorp, Inc. | 2,656 | 58,963 | ||||||
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | 1,433 | 63,840 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. | 7,265 | 260,014 | ||||||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a) | 2,348 | 134,775 | ||||||
TFS Financial Corp. | 2,788 | 33,484 | ||||||
Tompkins Financial Corp. | 694 | 30,522 | ||||||
Towne Bank | 3,599 | 93,106 | ||||||
TriCo Bancshares | 1,654 | 57,510 | ||||||
Triumph Financial, Inc.(a) | 1,180 | 83,025 | ||||||
TrustCo Bank Corp. | 940 | 25,023 | ||||||
Trustmark Corp. | 3,042 | 90,043 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 2,257 | 179,793 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 6,875 | $ | 223,162 | |||||
United Community Banks, Inc. | 6,254 | 157,788 | ||||||
Univest Financial Corp. | 1,494 | 31,180 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 22,566 | 158,188 | ||||||
Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 2,644 | 51,505 | ||||||
WaFd, Inc. | 3,412 | 92,431 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 8,469 | 371,196 | ||||||
WesBanco, Inc. | 3,046 | 82,242 | ||||||
Westamerica BanCorp | 1,375 | 64,006 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp | 5,358 | 304,495 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. | 3,136 | 303,063 | ||||||
WSFS Financial Corp. | 3,236 | 138,274 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp N.A. | 7,590 | 309,520 | ||||||
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14,926,949 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.2% | ||||||||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A, NVS(a) | 503 | 140,040 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | 245 | 202,370 | ||||||
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (The)(a) | 2,681 | 22,708 | ||||||
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 760 | 59,614 | ||||||
National Beverage Corp.(a) | 1,247 | 55,492 | ||||||
Vita Coco Co., Inc. (The)(a) | 1,734 | 42,032 | ||||||
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522,256 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 5.0% | ||||||||
89bio, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,099 | 34,882 | ||||||
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,998 | 100,227 | ||||||
ACELYRIN, Inc.(a) | 1,173 | 4,903 | ||||||
ADMA Biologics, Inc.(a) | 11,733 | 76,499 | ||||||
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,847 | 92,528 | ||||||
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,836 | 56,408 | ||||||
Alector, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,319 | 16,861 | ||||||
Alkermes PLC(a) | 8,108 | 198,970 | ||||||
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,189 | 14,322 | ||||||
Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc.(a) | 1,875 | 121,106 | ||||||
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 13,464 | 134,505 | ||||||
AnaptysBio, Inc.(a) | 766 | 18,644 | ||||||
Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a) | 4,180 | 15,257 | ||||||
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,043 | 222,850 | ||||||
Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,013 | 50,954 | ||||||
Arcellx, Inc.(a) | 1,967 | 98,389 | ||||||
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,262 | 32,269 | ||||||
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 2,620 | 39,903 | ||||||
Ardelyx, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,064 | 70,810 | ||||||
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 6,081 | 137,552 | ||||||
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 6,989 | 35,574 | ||||||
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,696 | 78,429 | ||||||
Biohaven Ltd.(a) | 3,549 | 137,701 | ||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a) | 2,836 | 259,040 | ||||||
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,591 | 143,241 | ||||||
Cabaletta Bio, Inc.(a) | 1,905 | 20,279 | ||||||
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 5,295 | 79,690 | ||||||
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,138 | 117,424 | ||||||
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,942 | 168,363 | ||||||
Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 4,361 | 28,347 | ||||||
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,236 | 141,802 | ||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(a)(b) | 3,912 | 207,297 | ||||||
Cytokinetics, Inc.(a) | 4,775 | 292,803 | ||||||
Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,926 | 50,035 | ||||||
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,592 | 65,500 | ||||||
Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 5,677 | 87,653 | ||||||
Disc Medicine, Inc.(a) | 414 | 11,526 | ||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a) | 6,663 | 75,758 | ||||||
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,678 | 67,780 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Editas Medicine, Inc.(a) | 4,124 | $ | 21,486 | |||||
Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 993 | 11,767 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.(a) | 15,930 | 373,718 | ||||||
Geron Corp.(a) | 24,159 | 94,945 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 6,820 | 259,842 | ||||||
HilleVax, Inc.(a) | 1,056 | 13,939 | ||||||
Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 3,251 | 132,153 | ||||||
Immunovant, Inc.(a) | 3,183 | 87,342 | ||||||
Inhibrx, Inc.(a) | 1,489 | 50,686 | ||||||
Insmed, Inc.(a) | 6,881 | 170,098 | ||||||
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,446 | 95,144 | ||||||
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,377 | 304,375 | ||||||
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,275 | 132,820 | ||||||
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,031 | 54,490 | ||||||
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,310 | 73,871 | ||||||
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a) | 1,642 | 30,738 | ||||||
Krystal Biotech, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,288 | 197,219 | ||||||
Kura Oncology, Inc.(a) | 3,480 | 68,278 | ||||||
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,144 | 72,081 | ||||||
Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,950 | 17,252 | ||||||
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 696 | 141,998 | ||||||
MannKind Corp.(a) | 13,689 | 56,262 | ||||||
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,708 | 42,888 | ||||||
Morphic Holding, Inc.(a) | 2,062 | 56,231 | ||||||
Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a) | 4,544 | 88,926 | ||||||
Natera, Inc.(a) | 6,189 | 574,834 | ||||||
Novavax, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,680 | 24,594 | ||||||
Nuvalent, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,636 | 112,688 | ||||||
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,088 | 21,235 | ||||||
Prime Medicine, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,232 | 15,901 | ||||||
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,788 | 70,007 | ||||||
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,932 | 126,414 | ||||||
RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 1,422 | 10,949 | ||||||
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,057 | 63,006 | ||||||
REGENXBIO, Inc.(a) | 1,988 | 30,516 | ||||||
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,397 | 28,668 | ||||||
Replimune Group, Inc.(a) | 2,058 | 13,068 | ||||||
REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a) | 6,297 | 234,752 | ||||||
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,502 | 99,480 | ||||||
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,429 | 73,792 | ||||||
Roivant Sciences Ltd.(a)(b) | 19,569 | 213,302 | ||||||
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 2,745 | 38,265 | ||||||
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a) | 5,277 | 47,493 | ||||||
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,648 | 588,716 | ||||||
Savara, Inc.(a) | 4,337 | 19,863 | ||||||
Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a) | 1,636 | 24,000 | ||||||
Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 685 | 30,592 | ||||||
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,156 | 147,354 | ||||||
Summit Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 5,852 | 22,998 | ||||||
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 4,263 | 90,077 | ||||||
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.(a) | 2,985 | 7,254 | ||||||
TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 7,277 | 99,404 | ||||||
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 3,566 | 19,720 | ||||||
Twist Bioscience Corp.(a) | 2,767 | 86,413 | ||||||
Tyra Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 906 | 15,493 | ||||||
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 3,795 | 161,439 | ||||||
Vaxcyte, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,300 | 320,915 | ||||||
Veracyte, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,569 | 69,845 | ||||||
Vericel Corp.(a) | 2,451 | 112,427 | ||||||
Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,244 | 19,496 | ||||||
Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,339 | 424,878 | ||||||
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a) | 4,502 | 38,087 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology (continued) | ||||||||
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,420 | $ | 32,089 | |||||
Xencor, Inc.(a) | 2,980 | 62,401 | ||||||
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,810 | 31,079 | ||||||
Zymeworks, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,085 | 17,889 | ||||||
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10,496,023 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail — 0.5% | ||||||||
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b) | 234 | 102,490 | ||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 5,217 | 124,895 | ||||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 14,129 | 260,398 | ||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 5,436 | 103,338 | ||||||
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,185 | 232,951 | ||||||
Savers Value Village, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,283 | 136,835 | ||||||
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960,907 | ||||||||
Building Products — 2.3% | ||||||||
AAON, Inc.(b) | 3,467 | 326,210 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 3,549 | 557,193 | ||||||
American Woodmark Corp.(a) | 839 | 77,255 | ||||||
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | 1,155 | 71,356 | ||||||
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 2,273 | 261,122 | ||||||
AZEK Co., Inc. (The), Class A(a) | 7,490 | 341,844 | ||||||
AZZ, Inc. | 1,269 | 90,898 | ||||||
CSW Industrials, Inc. | 792 | 188,195 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. | 6,487 | 474,200 | ||||||
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a) | 1,559 | 111,406 | ||||||
Griffon Corp. | 2,223 | 145,651 | ||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,558 | 89,058 | ||||||
Insteel Industries, Inc. | 917 | 29,436 | ||||||
Janus International Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,910 | 85,163 | ||||||
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a) | 4,169 | 85,464 | ||||||
Masonite International Corp.(a) | 1,134 | 150,312 | ||||||
Masterbrand, Inc.(a) | 6,588 | 109,822 | ||||||
Quanex Building Products Corp. | 1,682 | 55,876 | ||||||
Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a) | 7,548 | 147,412 | ||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 2,203 | 383,080 | ||||||
Tecnoglass, Inc. | 1,169 | 64,938 | ||||||
Trex Co., Inc.(a) | 5,586 | 494,640 | ||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. | 3,171 | 357,372 | ||||||
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. | 7,505 | 234,756 | ||||||
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4,932,659 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 2.6% | ||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 1,732 | 270,365 | ||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 3,644 | 149,149 | ||||||
AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,040 | 35,162 | ||||||
B Riley Financial, Inc.(b) | 888 | 30,547 | ||||||
BGC Group, Inc., Class A | 20,267 | 158,691 | ||||||
Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A | 18,692 | 353,092 | ||||||
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. | 1,649 | 36,674 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 1,308 | 89,964 | ||||||
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., Class A | 145 | 21,637 | ||||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a) | 1,214 | 76,215 | ||||||
Evercore, Inc., Class A | 1,826 | 331,419 | ||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B | 4,410 | 144,868 | ||||||
Freedom Holding Corp.(a) | 878 | 59,713 | ||||||
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A | 1,924 | 214,949 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A | 2,664 | 339,633 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 16,799 | 238,042 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC | 6,920 | 216,042 | ||||||
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 8,120 | 349,647 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A | 3,544 | 173,940 | ||||||
Open Lending Corp.(a) | 4,970 | 25,347 | ||||||
Perella Weinberg Partners, Class A | 1,971 | 29,407 |
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Piper Sandler Cos | 757 | $ | 148,213 | |||||
PJT Partners, Inc., Class A | 1,222 | 115,467 | ||||||
Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a) | 25,897 | 427,042 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. | 5,575 | 367,671 | ||||||
StepStone Group, Inc., Class A | 2,758 | 99,481 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. | 5,164 | 412,707 | ||||||
StoneX Group, Inc.(a) | 1,393 | 101,132 | ||||||
TPG, Inc., Class A | 3,069 | 132,274 | ||||||
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A | 2,017 | 102,585 | ||||||
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A | 4,422 | 95,957 | ||||||
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | 353 | 77,420 | ||||||
WisdomTree, Inc. | 5,870 | 52,243 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 2.3% | ||||||||
AdvanSix, Inc. | 1,382 | 34,909 | ||||||
Arcadium Lithium PLC(a)(b) | 52,982 | 233,121 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 2,644 | 252,053 | ||||||
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,596 | 40,653 | ||||||
Avient Corp. | 4,719 | 200,180 | ||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a) | 10,638 | 334,459 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. | 1,653 | 233,701 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 2,840 | 259,093 | ||||||
Chemours Co. (The) | 7,674 | 205,279 | ||||||
Ecovyst, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,584 | 52,657 | ||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 11,629 | 268,979 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 6,418 | 378,726 | ||||||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 76,530 | 68,196 | ||||||
Hawkins, Inc. | 1,028 | 77,892 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 2,779 | 207,619 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. | 8,522 | 203,335 | ||||||
Ingevity Corp.(a) | 1,857 | 94,967 | ||||||
Innospec, Inc. | 1,266 | 151,920 | ||||||
Koppers Holdings, Inc. | 1,089 | 55,844 | ||||||
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | 1,253 | 14,347 | ||||||
LSB Industries, Inc.(a) | 2,571 | 23,910 | ||||||
Mativ Holdings, Inc. | 2,858 | 52,187 | ||||||
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | 1,523 | 111,011 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 392 | 206,553 | ||||||
Olin Corp. | 6,293 | 328,998 | ||||||
Orion SA | 2,748 | 65,018 | ||||||
Perimeter Solutions SA(a) | 7,038 | 49,266 | ||||||
PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,941 | 23,074 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. | 709 | 132,250 | ||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) | 2,090 | 143,249 | ||||||
Sensient Technologies Corp. | 2,157 | 157,936 | ||||||
Stepan Co. | 1,118 | 92,783 | ||||||
Tronox Holdings PLC | 6,175 | 104,913 | ||||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6% | ||||||||
ABM Industries, Inc. | 3,389 | 148,099 | ||||||
ACCO Brands Corp. | 4,967 | 23,941 | ||||||
ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,028 | 122,639 | ||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS | 2,188 | 129,092 | ||||||
BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,129 | 23,951 | ||||||
Brink’s Co. (The) | 2,221 | 194,249 | ||||||
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,918 | 263,787 | ||||||
CECO Environmental Corp.(a) | 1,541 | 33,316 | ||||||
Cimpress PLC(a)(b) | 815 | 69,495 | ||||||
CoreCivic, Inc.(a) | 5,759 | 85,809 | ||||||
Deluxe Corp. | 2,120 | 41,870 | ||||||
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,240 | 46,429 | ||||||
Ennis, Inc. | 1,427 | 28,397 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
Enviri Corp.(a) | 4,229 | $ | 32,902 | |||||
GEO Group, Inc. (The)(a) | 6,192 | 92,013 | ||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a) | 3,559 | 37,797 | ||||||
HNI Corp. | 2,382 | 99,925 | ||||||
Interface, Inc., Class A | 3,032 | 46,359 | ||||||
LanzaTech Global, Inc.(a) | 4,850 | 10,500 | ||||||
Liquidity Services, Inc.(a) | 1,236 | 21,333 | ||||||
Matthews International Corp., Class A | 1,550 | 41,819 | ||||||
MillerKnoll, Inc. | 3,753 | 95,439 | ||||||
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a) | 1,456 | 63,219 | ||||||
MSA Safety, Inc. | 1,919 | 346,188 | ||||||
OPENLANE, Inc.(a) | 5,504 | 94,559 | ||||||
SP Plus Corp.(a) | 1,040 | 53,102 | ||||||
Steelcase, Inc., Class A | 4,488 | 53,991 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc.(a) | 4,575 | 204,640 | ||||||
Tetra Tech, Inc. | 2,732 | 531,975 | ||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 769 | 123,140 | ||||||
Vestis Corp. | 6,757 | 124,464 | ||||||
Viad Corp.(a) | 1,058 | 36,480 | ||||||
VSE Corp. | 687 | 53,634 | ||||||
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Communications Equipment — 0.5% | ||||||||
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. | 3,740 | 16,381 | ||||||
Calix, Inc.(a) | 3,043 | 84,382 | ||||||
Ciena Corp.(a) | 7,552 | 349,129 | ||||||
Digi International, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,887 | 57,855 | ||||||
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a) | 6,629 | 74,245 | ||||||
Harmonic, Inc.(a) | 5,366 | 57,631 | ||||||
Infinera Corp.(a)(b) | 10,303 | 49,660 | ||||||
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,462 | 151,497 | ||||||
NetScout Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,514 | 67,680 | ||||||
Viasat, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,902 | 62,081 | ||||||
Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a) | 11,385 | 89,942 | ||||||
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Construction & Engineering — 1.6% | ||||||||
Ameresco, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,619 | 33,886 | ||||||
API Group Corp.(a) | 11,111 | 428,551 | ||||||
Arcosa, Inc. | 2,504 | 190,354 | ||||||
Argan, Inc. | 672 | 40,495 | ||||||
Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc. | 1,839 | 569,005 | ||||||
Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,253 | 116,345 | ||||||
Dycom Industries, Inc.(a) | 1,460 | 204,429 | ||||||
Fluor Corp.(a) | 8,741 | 352,524 | ||||||
Granite Construction, Inc. | 2,248 | 124,764 | ||||||
IES Holdings, Inc.(a) | 438 | 59,183 | ||||||
MasTec, Inc.(a) | 3,157 | 279,994 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 10,213 | 252,261 | ||||||
MYR Group, Inc.(a) | 820 | 136,325 | ||||||
Primoris Services Corp. | 2,736 | 127,498 | ||||||
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a) | 1,599 | 162,458 | ||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. | 1,067 | 218,522 | ||||||
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Construction Materials — 0.3% | ||||||||
Eagle Materials, Inc.(b) | 1,792 | 449,272 | ||||||
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,103 | 237,407 | ||||||
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | 115 | 35,650 | ||||||
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722,329 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 1.2% | ||||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 13,954 | 535,136 | ||||||
Atlanticus Holdings Corp.(a) | 264 | 6,983 | ||||||
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | 2,531 | 93,419 |
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Consumer Finance (continued) | ||||||||
Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b) | 339 | $ | 174,151 | |||||
Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a) | 1,160 | 47,664 | ||||||
Enova International, Inc.(a) | 1,577 | 95,456 | ||||||
EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 2,654 | 29,141 | ||||||
FirstCash Holdings, Inc. | 2,007 | 226,751 | ||||||
Green Dot Corp., Class A(a) | 2,261 | 19,784 | ||||||
LendingClub Corp.(a) | 5,480 | 41,210 | ||||||
Navient Corp. | 4,384 | 65,848 | ||||||
Nelnet, Inc., Class A | 979 | 92,202 | ||||||
NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,901 | 23,896 | ||||||
OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 5,975 | 311,357 | ||||||
PRA Group, Inc.(a) | 1,870 | 44,487 | ||||||
PROG Holdings, Inc. | 2,354 | 78,247 | ||||||
SLM Corp. | 11,552 | 244,787 | ||||||
SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 45,884 | 311,093 | ||||||
Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,712 | 82,146 | ||||||
World Acceptance Corp.(a) | 177 | 24,350 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.4% | ||||||||
Andersons, Inc. (The) | 1,608 | 88,343 | ||||||
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(a)(b) | 1,850 | 61,198 | ||||||
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a) | 4,843 | 125,773 | ||||||
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A | 747 | 53,597 | ||||||
PriceSmart, Inc. | 1,281 | 103,236 | ||||||
SpartanNash Co. | 1,796 | 34,286 | ||||||
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,249 | 346,591 | ||||||
United Natural Foods, Inc.(a) | 3,021 | 26,978 | ||||||
Weis Markets, Inc. | 842 | 53,155 | ||||||
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893,157 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 1.1% | ||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. | 3,386 | 488,871 | ||||||
Berry Global Group, Inc. | 5,978 | 338,594 | ||||||
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 15,762 | 407,448 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS | 1,287 | 78,867 | ||||||
Greif, Inc., Class B | 156 | 9,747 | ||||||
Myers Industries, Inc. | 1,590 | 34,821 | ||||||
O-I Glass, Inc.(a) | 7,894 | 118,094 | ||||||
Pactiv Evergreen, Inc. | 1,792 | 27,310 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 7,580 | 238,618 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 4,243 | 197,978 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 5,033 | 282,100 | ||||||
TriMas Corp. | 2,103 | 54,657 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9% | ||||||||
ADT, Inc. | 11,424 | 74,256 | ||||||
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a) | 1,961 | 97,305 | ||||||
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a) | 2,739 | 284,062 | ||||||
Chegg, Inc.(a) | 5,139 | 26,569 | ||||||
Coursera, Inc.(a) | 5,424 | 55,433 | ||||||
European Wax Center, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,686 | 19,827 | ||||||
Frontdoor, Inc.(a) | 3,941 | 120,949 | ||||||
Graham Holdings Co., Class B | 184 | 129,052 | ||||||
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a) | 1,451 | 188,659 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 7,393 | 349,171 | ||||||
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A | 6,751 | 97,890 | ||||||
Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,716 | 31,550 | ||||||
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a) | 4,272 | 54,340 | ||||||
Perdoceo Education Corp. | 3,237 | 59,237 | ||||||
Strategic Education, Inc. | 1,179 | 135,396 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Diversified Consumer Services (continued) | ||||||||
Stride, Inc.(a) | 2,193 | $ | 146,383 | |||||
Udemy, Inc.(a) | 4,360 | 43,687 | ||||||
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Diversified REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 3,722 | 61,301 | ||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 2,594 | 55,382 | ||||||
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 3,423 | 36,010 | ||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 8,960 | 130,458 | ||||||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 6,852 | 62,353 | ||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 8,455 | 222,705 | ||||||
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | 2,041 | 27,288 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 9,911 | 68,881 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Anterix, Inc.(a) | 600 | 18,912 | ||||||
ATN International, Inc. | 545 | 10,399 | ||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | 2,271 | 145,753 | ||||||
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,960 | 17,107 | ||||||
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a) | 11,361 | 262,894 | ||||||
Globalstar, Inc.(a)(b) | 39,000 | 50,310 | ||||||
IDT Corp., Class B | 1,078 | 38,312 | ||||||
Iridium Communications, Inc. | 5,752 | 177,104 | ||||||
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a) | 1,820 | 13,741 | ||||||
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a) | 6,398 | 48,241 | ||||||
Lumen Technologies, Inc.(a) | 50,908 | 60,580 | ||||||
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. | 2,476 | 31,742 | ||||||
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875,095 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.7% | ||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 2,978 | 176,357 | ||||||
Genie Energy Ltd., Class B | 720 | 11,009 | ||||||
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | 5,837 | 57,494 | ||||||
IDACORP, Inc. | 2,599 | 246,333 | ||||||
MGE Energy, Inc. | 1,753 | 137,295 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 10,359 | 358,939 | ||||||
Otter Tail Corp. | 2,138 | 182,500 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 4,441 | 164,584 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. | 5,217 | 225,531 | ||||||
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Electrical Equipment — 1.6% | ||||||||
Acuity Brands, Inc. | 1,593 | 395,542 | ||||||
Allient, Inc. | 762 | 22,395 | ||||||
Atkore, Inc. | 1,916 | 335,875 | ||||||
Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a) | 10,366 | 115,374 | ||||||
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 19,728 | 26,238 | ||||||
Encore Wire Corp. | 783 | 218,739 | ||||||
EnerSys | 2,080 | 188,136 | ||||||
Fluence Energy, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,911 | 51,932 | ||||||
Freyr Battery, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,320 | 10,428 | ||||||
FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | 21,389 | 19,845 | ||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,172 | 431,265 | ||||||
GrafTech International Ltd. | 10,140 | 17,441 | ||||||
LSI Industries, Inc. | 1,285 | 18,761 | ||||||
NEXTracker, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,082 | 260,249 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 8,494 | 612,162 | ||||||
Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b) | 31,875 | 73,631 | ||||||
Powell Industries, Inc. | 488 | 69,784 | ||||||
Preformed Line Products Co. | 124 | 15,008 | ||||||
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | 7,805 | 299,009 | ||||||
SES AI Corp., Class A(a) | 6,958 | 10,994 | ||||||
SunPower Corp.(a)(b) | 4,114 | 8,475 | ||||||
Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,297 | 116,246 |
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Electrical Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,689 | $ | 53,930 | |||||
Vicor Corp.(a) | 1,203 | 38,953 | ||||||
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3,410,412 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7% | ||||||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 1,923 | 184,300 | ||||||
Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a) | 4,950 | 61,281 | ||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) | 2,800 | 357,476 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 4,553 | 222,505 | ||||||
Badger Meter, Inc. | 1,511 | 276,392 | ||||||
Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B, NVS | 522 | 30,652 | ||||||
Belden, Inc. | 2,154 | 175,056 | ||||||
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | 1,874 | 56,614 | ||||||
Cognex Corp. | 8,876 | 368,709 | ||||||
Coherent Corp.(a) | 6,689 | 365,420 | ||||||
Crane NXT Co. | 2,923 | 177,748 | ||||||
CTS Corp. | 1,592 | 72,834 | ||||||
Daktronics, Inc.(a) | 1,813 | 17,133 | ||||||
ePlus, Inc.(a) | 1,398 | 107,478 | ||||||
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,179 | 16,340 | ||||||
Fabrinet(a) | 1,867 | 323,122 | ||||||
Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,454 | 265,457 | ||||||
IPG Photonics Corp.(a) | 1,564 | 131,345 | ||||||
Itron, Inc.(a) | 2,352 | 216,666 | ||||||
Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a) | 1,237 | 25,890 | ||||||
Knowles Corp.(a) | 4,697 | 74,354 | ||||||
Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a) | 6,333 | 24,192 | ||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. | 1,286 | 296,603 | ||||||
Methode Electronics, Inc. | 1,771 | 21,588 | ||||||
Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,704 | 105,482 | ||||||
Napco Security Technologies, Inc. | 1,729 | 70,370 | ||||||
Novanta, Inc.(a) | 1,834 | 287,021 | ||||||
OSI Systems, Inc.(a) | 867 | 113,958 | ||||||
PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b) | 1,438 | 60,799 | ||||||
PC Connection, Inc. | 609 | 37,740 | ||||||
Plexus Corp.(a) | 1,400 | 141,414 | ||||||
Rogers Corp.(a) | 969 | 115,398 | ||||||
Sanmina Corp.(a) | 2,944 | 178,612 | ||||||
ScanSource, Inc.(a) | 1,311 | 54,564 | ||||||
SmartRent, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,506 | 22,054 | ||||||
TTM Technologies, Inc.(a) | 5,193 | 77,532 | ||||||
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | 6,234 | 144,255 | ||||||
Vontier Corp. | 7,945 | 322,805 | ||||||
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Energy Equipment & Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
Archrock, Inc. | 7,469 | 143,330 | ||||||
Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc. | 521 | 11,571 | ||||||
Bristow Group, Inc.(a) | 1,124 | 29,572 | ||||||
Cactus, Inc., Class A | 3,201 | 158,898 | ||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 9,647 | 323,850 | ||||||
Core Laboratories, Inc.(b) | 2,268 | 35,834 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a) | 5,209 | 63,758 | ||||||
Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) | 1,640 | 29,815 | ||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a) | 7,338 | 78,810 | ||||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 5,107 | 200,858 | ||||||
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. | 1,018 | 27,669 | ||||||
Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A | 8,146 | 179,212 | ||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd.(a) | 451 | 32,486 | ||||||
Newpark Resources, Inc.(a) | 3,901 | 27,073 | ||||||
NOV, Inc. | 20,240 | 374,238 | ||||||
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a) | 5,128 | 117,482 | ||||||
Oil States International, Inc.(a) | 3,091 | 12,333 | ||||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 19,428 | 210,211 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Energy Equipment & Services (continued) | ||||||||
ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 1,342 | $ | 9,756 | |||||
ProPetro Holding Corp.(a) | 4,104 | 35,787 | ||||||
RPC, Inc. | 5,285 | 35,357 | ||||||
Select Water Solutions, Inc., Class A | 4,636 | 42,837 | ||||||
Tidewater, Inc.(a) | 2,463 | 226,227 | ||||||
Transocean Ltd.(a)(b) | 37,234 | 194,362 | ||||||
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,901 | 60,192 | ||||||
Valaris Ltd.(a) | 3,029 | 197,067 | ||||||
Weatherford International PLC(a) | 3,727 | 460,732 | ||||||
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Entertainment — 0.9% | ||||||||
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 12,833 | 37,601 | ||||||
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 538 | 21,703 | ||||||
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 2,342 | 87,661 | ||||||
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,700 | 97,698 | ||||||
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A | 9,558 | 252,427 | ||||||
Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,341 | 22,920 | ||||||
IMAX Corp.(a)(b) | 2,265 | 36,263 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Live, Class A(a) | 1,290 | 46,259 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Live, Class C, NVS(a) | 2,978 | 111,139 | ||||||
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a) | 2,866 | 28,918 | ||||||
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a) | 6,893 | 65,001 | ||||||
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a) | 2,054 | 80,414 | ||||||
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A(a) | 856 | 159,147 | ||||||
Playtika Holding Corp. | 2,696 | 19,546 | ||||||
Roku, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,111 | 352,360 | ||||||
Sphere Entertainment Co., Class A(a)(b) | 1,231 | 47,837 | ||||||
TKO Group Holdings, Inc., Class A | 2,755 | 260,816 | ||||||
Vivid Seats, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,903 | 20,530 | ||||||
Warner Music Group Corp., Class A | 6,798 | 224,334 | ||||||
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1,972,574 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 2.4% | ||||||||
Affirm Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 11,559 | 368,501 | ||||||
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. | 892 | 35,743 | ||||||
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a) | 8,475 | 98,818 | ||||||
Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,171 | 61,676 | ||||||
Cass Information Systems, Inc. | 637 | 27,512 | ||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings | 2,987 | 65,624 | ||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 1,643 | 48,846 | ||||||
Essent Group Ltd. | 5,500 | 291,335 | ||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a) | 2,279 | 234,008 | ||||||
EVERTEC, Inc. | 3,141 | 117,882 | ||||||
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS | 461 | 85,806 | ||||||
Flywire Corp.(a) | 4,727 | 96,904 | ||||||
I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,125 | 25,549 | ||||||
International Money Express, Inc.(a) | 1,658 | 33,541 | ||||||
Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A | 3,081 | 210,494 | ||||||
Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a) | 20,614 | 114,408 | ||||||
Merchants Bancorp | 810 | 32,667 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp. | 14,162 | 287,205 | ||||||
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a) | 3,228 | 249,202 | ||||||
NCR Atleos Corp.(a) | 3,607 | 71,888 | ||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,903 | 120,447 | ||||||
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A | 1,355 | 116,042 | ||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 8,046 | 240,334 | ||||||
Remitly Global, Inc.(a) | 7,038 | 125,488 | ||||||
Repay Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | 4,189 | 42,602 | ||||||
Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a) | 6,222 | 76,406 | ||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,922 | 169,067 | ||||||
Toast, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 19,910 | 470,473 | ||||||
Voya Financial, Inc. | 5,393 | 367,587 | ||||||
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | 1,707 | 156,412 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Financial Services (continued) | ||||||||
Western Union Co. (The) | 16,315 | $ | 219,274 | |||||
WEX, Inc.(a) | 2,204 | 465,617 | ||||||
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Food Products — 1.3% | ||||||||
B&G Foods, Inc. | 3,992 | 44,311 | ||||||
Calavo Growers, Inc. | 928 | 25,010 | ||||||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 2,135 | 118,130 | ||||||
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a) | 8,186 | 346,841 | ||||||
Flowers Foods, Inc. | 9,793 | 244,237 | ||||||
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | 1,572 | 40,196 | ||||||
Freshpet, Inc.(a) | 2,408 | 255,417 | ||||||
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(a) | 4,410 | 27,077 | ||||||
Ingredion, Inc. | 3,351 | 383,991 | ||||||
J & J Snack Foods Corp. | 773 | 106,125 | ||||||
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | 469 | 46,759 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. | 1,028 | 196,153 | ||||||
Mission Produce, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,200 | 24,970 | ||||||
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a) | 2,179 | 78,488 | ||||||
Post Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,551 | 270,789 | ||||||
Seaboard Corp. | 14 | 46,342 | ||||||
Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a) | 4,654 | 169,638 | ||||||
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | 734 | 21,807 | ||||||
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a) | 2,497 | 93,762 | ||||||
Utz Brands, Inc., Class A | 3,078 | 55,496 | ||||||
Vital Farms, Inc.(a) | 1,270 | 33,985 | ||||||
Westrock Coffee Co.(a) | 1,480 | 15,007 | ||||||
WK Kellogg Co. | 3,755 | 87,642 | ||||||
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Gas Utilities — 0.7% | ||||||||
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 1,109 | 117,410 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 4,570 | 242,667 | ||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 5,038 | 220,110 | ||||||
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 1,930 | 73,629 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc. | 2,661 | 171,688 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 2,767 | 206,474 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 2,735 | 168,996 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 10,752 | 274,821 | ||||||
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1,475,795 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation — 0.7% | ||||||||
ArcBest Corp. | 1,221 | 135,421 | ||||||
Avis Budget Group, Inc. | 967 | 92,300 | ||||||
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc., Class A | 419 | 18,935 | ||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 2,438 | 24,234 | ||||||
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,560 | 29,848 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 1,844 | 321,612 | ||||||
Lyft, Inc., Class A(a) | 17,454 | 272,981 | ||||||
Marten Transport Ltd. | 3,025 | 51,183 | ||||||
RXO, Inc.(a) | 5,953 | 112,571 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 2,298 | 280,011 | ||||||
Schneider National, Inc., Class B | 1,911 | 39,520 | ||||||
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. | 362 | 16,174 | ||||||
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 3,232 | 110,534 | ||||||
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1,505,324 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0% | ||||||||
Agiliti, Inc.(a) | 1,778 | 18,047 | ||||||
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,016 | 63,302 | ||||||
Artivion, Inc.(a) | 2,157 | 42,320 | ||||||
AtriCure, Inc.(a) | 2,410 | 58,129 | ||||||
Atrion Corp. | 70 | 29,630 | ||||||
Avanos Medical, Inc.(a) | 2,357 | 42,615 | ||||||
Axonics, Inc.(a) | 2,609 | 173,681 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
CONMED Corp. | 1,573 | $ | 106,933 | |||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 10,583 | 317,596 | ||||||
Embecta Corp. | 2,664 | 26,986 | ||||||
Enovis Corp.(a) | 2,683 | 148,182 | ||||||
Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b) | 8,754 | 172,279 | ||||||
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,207 | 60,362 | ||||||
Glaukos Corp.(a)(b) | 2,426 | 232,896 | ||||||
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,930 | 295,255 | ||||||
Haemonetics Corp.(a) | 2,598 | 238,886 | ||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.(a) | 1,043 | 102,131 | ||||||
Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,448 | 91,408 | ||||||
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,519 | 367,082 | ||||||
Integer Holdings Corp.(a) | 1,720 | 192,004 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a) | 3,568 | 104,079 | ||||||
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,573 | 172,369 | ||||||
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,521 | 234,287 | ||||||
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1,018 | 65,966 | ||||||
LivaNova PLC(a) | 2,758 | 153,758 | ||||||
Masimo Corp.(a)(b) | 2,538 | 341,133 | ||||||
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a) | 2,980 | 220,818 | ||||||
Neogen Corp.(a) | 11,159 | 137,590 | ||||||
Nevro Corp.(a) | 1,740 | 18,409 | ||||||
Novocure Ltd.(a) | 5,402 | 66,120 | ||||||
Omnicell, Inc.(a) | 2,326 | 62,360 | ||||||
OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)(b) | 803 | 23,793 | ||||||
Paragon 28, Inc.(a) | 1,951 | 17,988 | ||||||
Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,877 | 368,774 | ||||||
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a) | 2,181 | 115,549 | ||||||
QuidelOrtho Corp.(a) | 2,583 | 104,741 | ||||||
RxSight, Inc.(a) | 1,164 | 60,679 | ||||||
Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a) | 1,894 | 625,380 | ||||||
SI-BONE, Inc.(a) | 1,925 | 27,450 | ||||||
STAAR Surgical Co.(a) | 2,536 | 116,555 | ||||||
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,382 | 124,086 | ||||||
TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,628 | 153,244 | ||||||
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a) | 2,256 | 23,395 | ||||||
UFP Technologies, Inc.(a) | 373 | 76,816 | ||||||
Varex Imaging Corp.(a)(b) | 2,161 | 35,116 | ||||||
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Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a) | 4,691 | 346,853 | ||||||
Accolade, Inc.(a) | 3,606 | 27,514 | ||||||
Addus HomeCare Corp.(a) | 784 | 75,382 | ||||||
agilon health, Inc.(a)(b) | 15,544 | 85,492 | ||||||
Amedisys, Inc.(a) | 1,552 | 142,862 | ||||||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a) | 1,968 | 118,041 | ||||||
Astrana Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,062 | 76,603 | ||||||
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,934 | 60,662 | ||||||
Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 1,243 | 26,215 | ||||||
CorVel Corp.(a) | 482 | 115,126 | ||||||
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 1,685 | 29,656 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,849 | 396,039 | ||||||
DocGo, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,672 | 15,791 | ||||||
Encompass Health Corp. | 5,135 | 428,156 | ||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. (The) | 2,900 | 343,244 | ||||||
Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a) | 1,065 | 21,673 | ||||||
Guardant Health, Inc.(a) | 5,623 | 101,214 | ||||||
HealthEquity, Inc.(a) | 4,421 | 348,861 | ||||||
Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,775 | 84,891 | ||||||
LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,994 | 30,863 | ||||||
ModivCare, Inc.(a) | 573 | 13,448 | ||||||
National HealthCare Corp. | 768 | 69,788 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Providers & Services (continued) | ||||||||
National Research Corp., Class A | 724 | $ | 24,797 | |||||
NeoGenomics, Inc.(a) | 6,642 | 92,457 | ||||||
OPKO Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 23,130 | 28,219 | ||||||
Option Care Health, Inc.(a) | 9,116 | 272,477 | ||||||
Owens & Minor, Inc.(a) | 3,720 | 92,033 | ||||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 4,504 | 114,717 | ||||||
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a) | 4,369 | 38,753 | ||||||
Premier, Inc., Class A | 6,124 | 127,869 | ||||||
Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,451 | 100,298 | ||||||
Progyny, Inc.(a) | 4,224 | 135,421 | ||||||
R1 RCM, Inc.(a) | 10,180 | 125,112 | ||||||
RadNet, Inc.(a) | 3,573 | 173,290 | ||||||
Select Medical Holdings Corp. | 5,456 | 154,787 | ||||||
Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,460 | 86,327 | ||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a) | 5,187 | 582,448 | ||||||
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | 738 | 74,914 | ||||||
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5,182,293 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.5% | ||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 6,613 | 163,473 | ||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 1,237 | 32,818 | ||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | 3,232 | 26,212 | ||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 2,134 | 70,635 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(b) | 31,129 | 143,193 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 2,144 | 135,201 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 12,585 | 382,710 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 10,800 | 150,336 | ||||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 746 | 26,878 | ||||||
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1,131,456 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.4% | ||||||||
Certara, Inc.(a) | 5,685 | 97,270 | ||||||
Definitive Healthcare Corp., Class A(a) | 2,659 | 18,454 | ||||||
Doximity, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,102 | 148,218 | ||||||
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,809 | 161,142 | ||||||
Health Catalyst, Inc.(a) | 2,797 | 17,397 | ||||||
HealthStream, Inc. | 1,298 | 33,450 | ||||||
Multiplan Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 14,316 | 9,303 | ||||||
Phreesia, Inc.(a) | 2,538 | 52,638 | ||||||
Schrodinger, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,856 | 69,629 | ||||||
Simulations Plus, Inc. | 804 | 36,461 | ||||||
Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,059 | 102,752 | ||||||
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746,714 | ||||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.6% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 11,667 | 172,205 | ||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 2,535 | 23,246 | ||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 10,250 | 91,225 | ||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 10,828 | 174,656 | ||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b) | 6,042 | 87,790 | ||||||
RLJ Lodging Trust | 8,155 | 89,705 | ||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 2,995 | 315,913 | ||||||
Service Properties Trust | 8,441 | 51,743 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 5,695 | 34,227 | ||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 9,635 | 98,277 | ||||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 5,517 | 76,521 | ||||||
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1,215,508 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.1% | ||||||||
Accel Entertainment, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,760 | 29,642 | ||||||
Aramark | 12,737 | 401,343 | ||||||
Bally’s Corp.(a) | 1,521 | 19,986 | ||||||
Biglari Holdings, Inc., Class B, NVS(a) | 35 | 6,899 | ||||||
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,159 | 37,772 | ||||||
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. | 4,039 | 104,166 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued) | ||||||||
Bowlero Corp., Class A(b) | 1,988 | $ | 23,359 | |||||
Boyd Gaming Corp. | 3,749 | 200,609 | ||||||
Brinker International, Inc.(a) | 2,251 | 120,654 | ||||||
Cava Group, Inc.(a) | 903 | 64,962 | ||||||
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The) | 2,443 | 84,332 | ||||||
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 1,379 | 163,081 | ||||||
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a) | 872 | 25,689 | ||||||
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | 1,134 | 65,987 | ||||||
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 1,663 | 88,804 | ||||||
Denny’s Corp.(a) | 2,622 | 21,028 | ||||||
Dine Brands Global, Inc. | 753 | 33,207 | ||||||
Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,872 | 109,036 | ||||||
Everi Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,290 | 35,049 | ||||||
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,004 | 25,622 | ||||||
Golden Entertainment, Inc. | 1,177 | 37,723 | ||||||
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a) | 3,986 | 165,977 | ||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A | 2,072 | 308,293 | ||||||
Jack in the Box, Inc. | 996 | 56,842 | ||||||
Krispy Kreme, Inc. | 4,027 | 50,942 | ||||||
Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 288 | 31,703 | ||||||
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,978 | 40,679 | ||||||
Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,646 | 414,702 | ||||||
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | 1,646 | 158,197 | ||||||
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. | 705 | 47,778 | ||||||
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a) | 21,945 | 415,199 | ||||||
Papa John’s International, Inc. | 1,672 | 103,146 | ||||||
Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 7,725 | 127,771 | ||||||
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,394 | 262,937 | ||||||
Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,374 | 29,105 | ||||||
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. | 421 | 21,370 | ||||||
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | 2,568 | 136,412 | ||||||
Sabre Corp.(a) | 18,445 | 52,937 | ||||||
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,938 | 205,137 | ||||||
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a) | 3,640 | 85,831 | ||||||
Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,392 | 98,688 | ||||||
Target Hospitality Corp.(a)(b) | 1,876 | 20,871 | ||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | 3,442 | 553,405 | ||||||
Travel + Leisure Co. | 3,701 | 161,142 | ||||||
United Parks & Resorts, Inc.(a) | 1,857 | 94,373 | ||||||
Wendy’s Co. (The) | 8,708 | 174,073 | ||||||
Wingstop, Inc. | 1,453 | 559,100 | ||||||
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 4,255 | 312,785 | ||||||
Xponential Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,371 | 17,480 | ||||||
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Household Durables — 2.5% | ||||||||
Cavco Industries, Inc.(a) | 399 | 145,320 | ||||||
Century Communities, Inc. | 1,483 | 117,632 | ||||||
Cricut, Inc., Class A | 1,519 | 8,081 | ||||||
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | 1,217 | 34,368 | ||||||
Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a) | 1,525 | 82,548 | ||||||
Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b) | 1,233 | 114,311 | ||||||
Installed Building Products, Inc. | 1,228 | 289,476 | ||||||
iRobot Corp.(a)(b) | 1,406 | 12,035 | ||||||
KB Home | 3,612 | 233,913 | ||||||
La-Z-Boy, Inc. | 2,182 | 71,657 | ||||||
Legacy Housing Corp.(a) | 598 | 12,181 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 6,865 | 124,051 | ||||||
LGI Homes, Inc.(a) | 1,030 | 92,628 | ||||||
M/I Homes, Inc.(a) | 1,441 | 167,473 | ||||||
Meritage Homes Corp. | 1,809 | 299,824 | ||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a) | 2,732 | 315,054 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | 18,604 | 147,716 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Household Durables (continued) | ||||||||
Skyline Champion Corp.(a) | 2,793 | $ | 209,447 | |||||
Sonos, Inc.(a) | 6,315 | 106,724 | ||||||
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a) | 5,210 | 291,812 | ||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | 8,772 | 439,126 | ||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc. | 5,550 | 661,061 | ||||||
TopBuild Corp.(a) | 1,639 | 663,254 | ||||||
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a) | 5,013 | 184,729 | ||||||
Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 3,522 | 37,333 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 2,821 | 267,600 | ||||||
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. | 1,657 | 94,714 | ||||||
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Household Products — 0.3% | ||||||||
Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)(b) | 440 | 18,018 | ||||||
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a)(b) | 2,713 | 96,122 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 3,421 | 98,251 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | 2,280 | 65,276 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 1,523 | 124,688 | ||||||
WD-40 Co.(b) | 697 | 157,613 | ||||||
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559,968 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | ||||||||
Altus Power, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,509 | 12,878 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A | 1,738 | 37,732 | ||||||
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C | 4,342 | 101,516 | ||||||
Montauk Renewables, Inc.(a) | 3,447 | 12,409 | ||||||
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | 2,756 | 175,916 | ||||||
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,921 | 20,717 | ||||||
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361,168 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.9% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 13,819 | 303,604 | ||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 2,384 | 370,378 | ||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 6,162 | 279,878 | ||||||
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 1,456 | 150,550 | ||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 15,286 | 127,638 | ||||||
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 1,992 | 41,593 | ||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 9,326 | 320,721 | ||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 4,457 | 242,238 | ||||||
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Insurance — 2.9% | ||||||||
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a) | 2,445 | 35,330 | ||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | 3,217 | 180,506 | ||||||
AMERISAFE, Inc. | 1,042 | 47,515 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. | 2,742 | 478,205 | ||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 2,966 | 227,492 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 3,948 | 242,131 | ||||||
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a) | 3,222 | 155,461 | ||||||
BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,290 | 87,646 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | 5,716 | 150,502 | ||||||
Crawford & Co., Class A, NVS | 781 | 7,248 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 1,020 | 43,442 | ||||||
Enstar Group Ltd.(a) | 596 | 173,061 | ||||||
F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. | 894 | 33,811 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. | 5,316 | 284,778 | ||||||
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,219 | 69,373 | ||||||
Hagerty, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,327 | 11,877 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) | 1,851 | 240,297 | ||||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 1,984 | 73,130 | ||||||
James River Group Holdings Ltd. | 1,974 | 17,549 | ||||||
Kemper Corp. | 2,932 | 170,965 | ||||||
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | 1,140 | 414,105 | ||||||
Lemonade, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,268 | 56,308 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 8,621 | 235,095 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance (continued) | ||||||||
Mercury General Corp. | 1,381 | $ | 72,171 | |||||
National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A | 104 | 50,837 | ||||||
Old Republic International Corp. | 13,539 | 404,275 | ||||||
Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,400 | 128,538 | ||||||
Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,241 | 97,629 | ||||||
Primerica, Inc. | 1,818 | 385,161 | ||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 2,607 | 34,830 | ||||||
RLI Corp. | 2,129 | 300,934 | ||||||
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A | 5,127 | 252,966 | ||||||
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | 774 | 61,587 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | 3,153 | 320,502 | ||||||
SiriusPoint Ltd.(a) | 4,833 | 56,933 | ||||||
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(a) | 1,104 | 38,552 | ||||||
Stewart Information Services Corp. | 1,375 | 85,264 | ||||||
Tiptree, Inc. | 1,151 | 18,335 | ||||||
Trupanion, Inc.(a) | 1,691 | 38,048 | ||||||
United Fire Group, Inc. | 1,144 | 25,271 | ||||||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b) | 131 | 232,936 | ||||||
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6,040,596 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Bumble, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,783 | 48,308 | ||||||
Cargurus, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,424 | 99,363 | ||||||
Cars.com, Inc.(a) | 3,181 | 53,154 | ||||||
Getty Images Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,251 | 8,284 | ||||||
IAC, Inc.(a) | 3,787 | 180,110 | ||||||
QuinStreet, Inc.(a) | 2,497 | 45,171 | ||||||
Rumble, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,268 | 30,132 | ||||||
Shutterstock, Inc. | 1,275 | 54,455 | ||||||
Taboola.com Ltd.(a) | 7,539 | 31,664 | ||||||
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a) | 5,551 | 146,158 | ||||||
Vimeo, Inc.(a) | 8,032 | 28,835 | ||||||
Yelp, Inc.(a) | 3,319 | 133,557 | ||||||
Ziff Davis, Inc.(a) | 2,305 | 115,503 | ||||||
ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,342 | 34,356 | ||||||
ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 14,434 | 228,923 | ||||||
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IT Services — 0.5% | ||||||||
Applied Digital Corp.(a)(b) | 3,582 | 9,689 | ||||||
ASGN, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,432 | 234,566 | ||||||
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1(a) | 3,320 | 18,791 | ||||||
Couchbase, Inc.(a) | 1,546 | 37,320 | ||||||
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,566 | 84,319 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co.(a)(b) | 9,399 | 183,187 | ||||||
Fastly, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,321 | 79,961 | ||||||
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,932 | 28,646 | ||||||
Hackett Group, Inc. (The) | 1,287 | 27,915 | ||||||
Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a) | 11,759 | 231,182 | ||||||
Perficient, Inc.(a) | 1,757 | 83,036 | ||||||
Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,319 | 80,840 | ||||||
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,014 | 9,313 | ||||||
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1,108,765 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.9% | ||||||||
Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 1,552 | 94,641 | ||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 3,541 | 285,546 | ||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 6,752 | 413,898 | ||||||
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A | 344 | 14,107 | ||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,006 | 34,224 | ||||||
Mattel, Inc.(a) | 17,457 | 319,812 | ||||||
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 17,119 | 53,240 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 2,638 | 224,652 | ||||||
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. | 2,280 | 38,692 |
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Leisure Products (continued) | ||||||||
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. | 905 | $ | 41,838 | |||||
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a) | 7,514 | 120,374 | ||||||
Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a) | 2,856 | 100,217 | ||||||
YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,484 | 160,169 | ||||||
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,126 | 150,089 | ||||||
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a) | 5,833 | 15,282 | ||||||
Azenta, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,676 | 140,383 | ||||||
BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,746 | 30,625 | ||||||
CryoPort, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,575 | 41,689 | ||||||
Fortrea Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,265 | 156,056 | ||||||
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,753 | 47,175 | ||||||
Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,214 | 471,457 | ||||||
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. | 268 | 28,429 | ||||||
OmniAb, Inc.(a) | 5,013 | 22,258 | ||||||
OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(a)(c) | 359 | — | ||||||
OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(a)(c) | 359 | — | ||||||
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(a) | 12,827 | 21,165 | ||||||
Quanterix Corp.(a) | 1,640 | 26,437 | ||||||
Repligen Corp.(a)(b) | 2,507 | 411,649 | ||||||
Sotera Health Co.(a) | 5,464 | 61,197 | ||||||
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Machinery — 3.9% | ||||||||
3D Systems Corp.(a) | 6,943 | 23,259 | ||||||
Alamo Group, Inc. | 514 | 99,911 | ||||||
Albany International Corp., Class A | 1,610 | 128,397 | ||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 4,632 | 340,684 | ||||||
Astec Industries, Inc. | 1,160 | 48,488 | ||||||
Atmus Filtration Technologies, Inc.(a) | 878 | 26,595 | ||||||
Barnes Group, Inc. | 2,599 | 90,237 | ||||||
Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,200 | 316,932 | ||||||
Columbus McKinnon Corp. | 1,455 | 60,048 | ||||||
Crane Co. | 2,525 | 353,525 | ||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. | 6,201 | 447,712 | ||||||
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | 1,176 | 26,625 | ||||||
Energy Recovery, Inc.(a) | 2,870 | 42,763 | ||||||
Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Class A | 2,773 | 98,802 | ||||||
Enpro, Inc. | 1,030 | 154,634 | ||||||
Esab Corp. | 2,747 | 290,852 | ||||||
Federal Signal Corp. | 3,132 | 254,632 | ||||||
Flowserve Corp. | 6,787 | 320,075 | ||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 2,069 | 199,183 | ||||||
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a) | 7,351 | 129,525 | ||||||
Gorman-Rupp Co. (The) | 1,119 | 37,117 | ||||||
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,620 | 80,012 | ||||||
Helios Technologies, Inc. | 1,554 | 70,085 | ||||||
Hillenbrand, Inc. | 3,612 | 172,365 | ||||||
Hillman Solutions Corp.(a) | 9,851 | 94,176 | ||||||
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A | 555 | 32,506 | ||||||
ITT, Inc. | 4,228 | 546,850 | ||||||
John Bean Technologies Corp. | 1,624 | 144,682 | ||||||
Kadant, Inc.(b) | 574 | 157,155 | ||||||
Kennametal, Inc. | 3,943 | 92,779 | ||||||
Lindsay Corp. | 562 | 65,276 | ||||||
Middleby Corp. (The)(a)(b) | 2,648 | 367,993 | ||||||
Miller Industries, Inc. | 554 | 26,985 | ||||||
Mueller Industries, Inc. | 5,837 | 325,821 | ||||||
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A | 8,015 | 126,958 | ||||||
Nikola Corp.(a)(b) | 50,276 | 31,201 | ||||||
Omega Flex, Inc. | 171 | 11,330 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 3,156 | 354,324 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Proto Labs, Inc.(a) | 1,244 | $ | 37,917 | |||||
RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,395 | 341,147 | ||||||
REV Group, Inc. | 2,156 | 47,130 | ||||||
SPX Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,341 | 285,157 | ||||||
Standex International Corp. | 608 | 105,111 | ||||||
Symbotic, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,026 | 39,573 | ||||||
Tennant Co. | 956 | 111,355 | ||||||
Terex Corp. | 3,456 | 193,709 | ||||||
Timken Co. (The) | 3,410 | 304,240 | ||||||
Titan International, Inc.(a) | 2,678 | 29,512 | ||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. | 4,248 | 110,533 | ||||||
Wabash National Corp. | 2,351 | 54,332 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | 1,405 | 278,836 | ||||||
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| |||||||
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Marine Transportation — 0.3% | ||||||||
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | 2,177 | 46,457 | ||||||
Kirby Corp.(a) | 2,935 | 320,297 | ||||||
Matson, Inc. | 1,793 | 193,249 | ||||||
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560,003 | ||||||||
Media — 1.0% | ||||||||
Advantage Solutions, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,699 | 24,278 | ||||||
Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a) | 11,000 | 21,230 | ||||||
Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 1,068 | 16,490 | ||||||
Cable One, Inc. | 238 | 93,736 | ||||||
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 15,064 | 20,939 | ||||||
EchoStar Corp., Class A(a) | 6,219 | 99,442 | ||||||
Gray Television, Inc. | 4,230 | 24,323 | ||||||
Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a) | 2,581 | 24,752 | ||||||
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | 2,311 | 86,824 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, NVS(a) | 8,218 | 197,725 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a) | 4,055 | 97,563 | ||||||
Magnite, Inc.(a) | 6,021 | 53,166 | ||||||
New York Times Co. (The), Class A | 8,013 | 344,799 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | 1,668 | 266,980 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class A(b) | 281 | 5,814 | ||||||
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | 26,460 | 301,380 | ||||||
PubMatic, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,034 | 45,643 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp., NVS | 1,302 | 46,377 | ||||||
Sinclair, Inc., Class A | 1,977 | 24,317 | ||||||
Stagwell, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,301 | 31,541 | ||||||
TechTarget, Inc.(a) | 1,358 | 37,345 | ||||||
TEGNA, Inc. | 9,808 | 133,781 | ||||||
Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,625 | 37,391 | ||||||
WideOpenWest, Inc.(a) | 2,844 | 10,153 | ||||||
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2,045,989 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 1.6% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp. | 9,191 | 322,972 | ||||||
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | 549 | 179,589 | ||||||
Arch Resources, Inc., Class A | 872 | 138,456 | ||||||
ATI, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,563 | 391,811 | ||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 2,405 | 206,108 | ||||||
Century Aluminum Co.(a) | 2,702 | 46,880 | ||||||
Coeur Mining, Inc.(a) | 19,837 | 89,663 | ||||||
Commercial Metals Co. | 6,008 | 322,870 | ||||||
Compass Minerals International, Inc. | 1,759 | 21,900 | ||||||
Haynes International, Inc. | 622 | 37,413 | ||||||
Hecla Mining Co. | 30,133 | 142,529 | ||||||
Ivanhoe Electric, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,795 | 38,329 | ||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 817 | 73,930 | ||||||
Materion Corp. | 1,074 | 123,446 | ||||||
Metallus, Inc.(a) | 1,960 | 40,298 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Metals & Mining (continued) | ||||||||
MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 6,398 | $ | 102,368 | |||||
Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(a)(b) | 943 | 11,552 | ||||||
Radius Recycling, Inc., Class A | 1,343 | 23,395 | ||||||
Ramaco Resources, Inc., Class B | 250 | 2,777 | ||||||
Royal Gold, Inc. | 3,387 | 406,880 | ||||||
Ryerson Holding Corp. | 1,532 | 43,739 | ||||||
SunCoke Energy, Inc. | 4,283 | 44,158 | ||||||
United States Steel Corp. | 11,482 | 419,093 | ||||||
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | 2,679 | 183,110 | ||||||
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3,413,266 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0% | ||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp. | 34,276 | 313,625 | ||||||
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | 6,423 | 61,853 | ||||||
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.(b) | 9,548 | 122,501 | ||||||
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. | 2,680 | 18,197 | ||||||
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | 2,377 | 43,190 | ||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | 8,519 | 150,275 | ||||||
BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A | 6,874 | 43,237 | ||||||
Chimera Investment Corp. | 11,672 | 48,089 | ||||||
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 5,925 | 51,547 | ||||||
Dynex Capital, Inc. | 2,973 | 34,695 | ||||||
Ellington Financial, Inc. | 4,123 | 47,167 | ||||||
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,187 | 52,296 | ||||||
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | 5,666 | 141,707 | ||||||
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. | 2,955 | 27,807 | ||||||
Ladder Capital Corp., Class A | 5,830 | 62,556 | ||||||
MFA Financial, Inc. | 5,189 | 54,951 | ||||||
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | 4,596 | 31,483 | ||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 4,207 | 58,267 | ||||||
Ready Capital Corp. | 8,989 | 76,586 | ||||||
Redwood Trust, Inc. | 5,986 | 33,103 | ||||||
Rithm Capital Corp. | 24,949 | 277,433 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 15,446 | 293,011 | ||||||
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. | 2,852 | 20,905 | ||||||
Two Harbors Investment Corp. | 4,728 | 59,715 | ||||||
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| |||||||
2,124,196 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
Avista Corp. | 4,047 | 145,611 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 3,480 | 191,052 | ||||||
Northwestern Energy Group, Inc. | 2,960 | 149,302 | ||||||
Unitil Corp. | 819 | 41,720 | ||||||
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| |||||||
527,685 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.8% | ||||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 9,009 | 40,901 | ||||||
COPT Defense Properties | 5,748 | 137,779 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 7,241 | 166,108 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 8,198 | 112,394 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 4,946 | 57,819 | ||||||
Equity Commonwealth(a) | 5,499 | 102,941 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 5,409 | 141,716 | ||||||
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | 7,365 | 42,717 | ||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 4,658 | 69,917 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 5,782 | 195,432 | ||||||
Paramount Group, Inc. | 9,322 | 43,254 | ||||||
Peakstone Realty Trust, Class E | 1,812 | 25,314 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 6,357 | 43,800 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 3,420 | 170,419 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 8,750 | 227,762 | ||||||
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1,578,273 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.0% | ||||||||
Antero Midstream Corp. | 16,381 | $ | 226,713 | |||||
Berry Corp. | 3,640 | 30,904 | ||||||
California Resources Corp. | 3,481 | 184,006 | ||||||
Centrus Energy Corp., Class A(a) | 659 | 28,291 | ||||||
Chord Energy Corp. | 2,134 | 377,675 | ||||||
Civitas Resources, Inc. | 3,554 | 255,746 | ||||||
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)(b) | 8,763 | 20,330 | ||||||
CNX Resources Corp.(a) | 8,108 | 190,700 | ||||||
Comstock Resources, Inc. | 4,845 | 48,741 | ||||||
CONSOL Energy, Inc. | 1,469 | 121,574 | ||||||
Crescent Energy Co., Class A | 4,527 | 48,167 | ||||||
CVR Energy, Inc. | 1,913 | 58,117 | ||||||
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc. | 3,289 | 89,888 | ||||||
Dorian LPG Ltd. | 1,789 | 73,921 | ||||||
DT Midstream, Inc. | 5,010 | 311,622 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. | 22,357 | 302,490 | ||||||
Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. | 3,226 | 21,034 | ||||||
Green Plains, Inc.(a) | 1,948 | 40,265 | ||||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.(a) | 623 | 98,876 | ||||||
Hallador Energy Co.(a) | 1,149 | 5,871 | ||||||
HighPeak Energy, Inc.(b) | 1,092 | 15,517 | ||||||
International Seaways, Inc. | 1,800 | 99,522 | ||||||
Kinetik Holdings, Inc., Class A | 909 | 34,851 | ||||||
Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a) | 22,600 | 128,142 | ||||||
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 8,690 | 217,858 | ||||||
Matador Resources Co. | 5,802 | 361,465 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 7,954 | 355,067 | ||||||
New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A | 4,185 | 109,647 | ||||||
NextDecade Corp.(a) | 4,680 | 30,046 | ||||||
Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. | 4,729 | 192,896 | ||||||
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,162 | 97,390 | ||||||
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A | 5,614 | 299,058 | ||||||
Peabody Energy Corp. | 5,705 | 125,168 | ||||||
Permian Resources Corp., Class A | 24,433 | 409,253 | ||||||
REX American Resources Corp.(a) | 852 | 47,141 | ||||||
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. | 283 | 7,338 | ||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 1,705 | 23,359 | ||||||
SilverBow Resources, Inc.(a) | 650 | 19,968 | ||||||
Sitio Royalties Corp., Class A | 4,171 | 96,934 | ||||||
SM Energy Co. | 5,968 | 289,388 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(a) | 53,800 | 402,962 | ||||||
Talos Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,682 | 74,889 | ||||||
Uranium Energy Corp.(a) | 18,616 | 125,658 | ||||||
VAALCO Energy, Inc. | 5,633 | 36,051 | ||||||
Vital Energy, Inc.(a) | 1,243 | 65,904 | ||||||
Vitesse Energy, Inc. | 1,113 | 24,697 | ||||||
W&T Offshore, Inc. | 4,680 | 10,530 | ||||||
World Kinect Corp. | 3,137 | 73,720 | ||||||
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| |||||||
6,309,350 | ||||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Clearwater Paper Corp.(a) | 840 | 37,834 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 3,309 | 242,186 | ||||||
Mercer International, Inc. | 2,003 | 20,290 | ||||||
Sylvamo Corp. | 1,835 | 114,687 | ||||||
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| |||||||
414,997 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.6% | ||||||||
Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a) | 6,602 | 284,018 | ||||||
Allegiant Travel Co. | 726 | 39,611 | ||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a) | 31,358 | 423,647 | ||||||
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,110 | 12,744 | ||||||
JetBlue Airways Corp.(a) | 17,175 | 97,554 | ||||||
Joby Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 21,862 | 110,403 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Passenger Airlines (continued) | ||||||||
SkyWest, Inc.(a) | 2,088 | $ | 152,487 | |||||
Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b) | 5,559 | 19,623 | ||||||
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,821 | 24,237 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,164,324 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
Beauty Health Co. (The), Class A(a)(b) | 4,447 | 14,364 | ||||||
BellRing Brands, Inc.(a) | 6,736 | 371,625 | ||||||
Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 2,544 | 95,705 | ||||||
elf Beauty, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,617 | 425,341 | ||||||
Herbalife Ltd.(a) | 4,960 | 42,904 | ||||||
Inter Parfums, Inc. | 938 | 109,165 | ||||||
Medifast, Inc. | 562 | 15,472 | ||||||
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 2,552 | 30,012 | ||||||
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,621 | 9,203 | ||||||
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a) | 572 | 23,749 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,137,540 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5% | ||||||||
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,920 | 79,200 | ||||||
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,318 | 4,195 | ||||||
AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 427 | 1,025 | ||||||
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 879 | 58,014 | ||||||
Arvinas, Inc.(a) | 2,555 | 81,172 | ||||||
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,880 | 138,669 | ||||||
Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,158 | 47,800 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.(a) | 9,277 | 518,120 | ||||||
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 1,563 | 57,722 | ||||||
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,886 | 113,941 | ||||||
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)(b) | 24,437 | 321,591 | ||||||
Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,223 | 21,268 | ||||||
Evolus, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,275 | 26,777 | ||||||
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,882 | 58,173 | ||||||
Harrow, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,796 | 18,301 | ||||||
Innoviva, Inc.(a) | 2,850 | 43,063 | ||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a) | 4,951 | 355,531 | ||||||
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 898 | 62,761 | ||||||
Liquidia Corp.(a)(b) | 2,360 | 30,326 | ||||||
Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,975 | 36,133 | ||||||
Organon & Co. | 13,221 | 246,043 | ||||||
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a) | 2,371 | 62,239 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 7,004 | 228,751 | ||||||
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,698 | 15,333 | ||||||
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,402 | 28,392 | ||||||
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 2,538 | 182,127 | ||||||
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | 4,128 | 14,902 | ||||||
Scilex Holding Co. (Acquired 01/09/23, cost $19,912)(a)(d) | 3,943 | 3,221 | ||||||
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,722 | 81,932 | ||||||
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,333 | 41,896 | ||||||
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a) | 2,188 | 18,467 | ||||||
Tilray Brands, Inc.(a)(b) | 38,106 | 94,122 | ||||||
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,475 | 9,256 | ||||||
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| |||||||
3,100,463 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 2.3% | ||||||||
Alight, Inc., Class A(a) | 19,141 | 172,652 | ||||||
Barrett Business Services, Inc. | 321 | 39,002 | ||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,150 | 462,565 | ||||||
CBIZ, Inc.(a) | 2,428 | 172,825 | ||||||
Clarivate PLC(a)(b) | 17,611 | 119,050 | ||||||
Concentrix Corp. | 2,229 | 121,859 | ||||||
Conduent, Inc.(a) | 8,713 | 27,446 | ||||||
CRA International, Inc. | 342 | 49,621 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Professional Services (continued) | ||||||||
CSG Systems International, Inc. | 1,571 | $ | 74,214 | |||||
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. | 13,122 | 119,410 | ||||||
ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a) | 8,466 | 245,514 | ||||||
Exponent, Inc. | 2,606 | 239,517 | ||||||
First Advantage Corp. | 2,546 | 41,500 | ||||||
Forrester Research, Inc.(a) | 618 | 11,241 | ||||||
Franklin Covey Co.(a) | 595 | 23,169 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.(a) | 1,823 | 389,812 | ||||||
Genpact Ltd. | 7,960 | 244,690 | ||||||
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | 1,066 | 31,426 | ||||||
HireRight Holdings Corp.(a) | 625 | 8,938 | ||||||
Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a) | 902 | 84,102 | ||||||
ICF International, Inc. | 973 | 140,394 | ||||||
Insperity, Inc. | 1,755 | 180,642 | ||||||
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS | 1,616 | 37,071 | ||||||
Kforce, Inc. | 953 | 58,857 | ||||||
Korn Ferry | 2,573 | 156,233 | ||||||
Legalzoom.com, Inc.(a) | 6,182 | 73,875 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 2,520 | 190,134 | ||||||
Maximus, Inc. | 3,142 | 252,240 | ||||||
NV5 Global, Inc.(a) | 718 | 66,946 | ||||||
Parsons Corp.(a) | 2,253 | 176,883 | ||||||
Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,291 | 57,165 | ||||||
Planet Labs PBC, Class A(a)(b) | 10,491 | 17,730 | ||||||
Resources Connection, Inc. | 1,824 | 20,155 | ||||||
Science Applications International Corp. | 2,631 | 338,610 | ||||||
Sterling Check Corp.(a) | 1,562 | 23,633 | ||||||
TriNet Group, Inc. | 1,619 | 162,499 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 1,032 | 7,513 | ||||||
Upwork, Inc.(a) | 6,376 | 74,599 | ||||||
Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a) | 8,560 | 201,845 | ||||||
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4,915,577 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6% | ||||||||
Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)(b) | 5,802 | 28,198 | ||||||
Compass, Inc., Class A(a) | 17,185 | 54,133 | ||||||
Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a) | 8,127 | 78,426 | ||||||
DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Class A | 7,587 | 124,730 | ||||||
eXp World Holdings, Inc. | 4,196 | 41,792 | ||||||
Forestar Group, Inc.(a) | 955 | 29,596 | ||||||
FRP Holdings, Inc.(a) | 788 | 23,884 | ||||||
Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,537 | 100,151 | ||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a) | 2,446 | 441,992 | ||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 5,651 | 48,542 | ||||||
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. | 1,267 | 40,126 | ||||||
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A | 7,134 | 68,272 | ||||||
Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a) | 32,195 | 64,068 | ||||||
Redfin Corp.(a) | 5,799 | 32,532 | ||||||
St. Joe Co. (The) | 1,842 | 105,363 | ||||||
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1,281,805 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 7,106 | 272,728 | ||||||
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(a) | 6,457 | 51,656 | ||||||
Centerspace | 779 | 52,388 | ||||||
Elme Communities | 4,567 | 69,236 | ||||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 11,562 | 182,333 | ||||||
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 1,180 | 40,403 | ||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 3,339 | 53,157 | ||||||
Veris Residential, Inc. | 4,054 | 58,418 | ||||||
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780,319 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 1.4% | ||||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 5,370 | 92,794 |
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Retail REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 4,868 | $ | 278,547 | |||||
Alexander’s, Inc. | 110 | 23,272 | ||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 15,459 | 341,644 | ||||||
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 767 | 16,682 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 4,164 | 433,764 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 2,533 | 68,644 | ||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 3,320 | 84,129 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 11,296 | 246,253 | ||||||
Macerich Co. (The) | 11,141 | 153,300 | ||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 3,584 | 60,390 | ||||||
NNN REIT, Inc. | 9,413 | 381,509 | ||||||
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | 6,164 | 201,563 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 6,400 | 78,528 | ||||||
Saul Centers, Inc. | 626 | 22,793 | ||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 9,811 | 132,350 | ||||||
Tanger, Inc. | 5,311 | 150,567 | ||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 6,019 | 100,698 | ||||||
Whitestone REIT | 2,573 | 29,589 | ||||||
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2,897,016 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5% | ||||||||
Aehr Test Systems(a)(b) | 1,459 | 17,479 | ||||||
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,863 | 114,692 | ||||||
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a) | 1,181 | 25,828 | ||||||
Ambarella, Inc.(a) | 2,017 | 92,722 | ||||||
Amkor Technology, Inc. | 5,891 | 190,574 | ||||||
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,656 | 171,429 | ||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a) | 2,774 | 245,693 | ||||||
Cohu, Inc.(a) | 2,407 | 72,980 | ||||||
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(a) | 6,746 | 120,551 | ||||||
Diodes, Inc.(a) | 2,368 | 172,888 | ||||||
FormFactor, Inc.(a) | 4,021 | 179,296 | ||||||
Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a) | 1,515 | 58,752 | ||||||
Impinj, Inc.(a) | 1,196 | 190,618 | ||||||
indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 7,256 | 40,779 | ||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 2,799 | 129,538 | ||||||
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,816 | 287,091 | ||||||
MaxLinear, Inc.(a) | 3,915 | 81,393 | ||||||
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 2,994 | 356,226 | ||||||
Navitas Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b) | 6,051 | 26,201 | ||||||
Onto Innovation, Inc.(a) | 2,532 | 469,661 | ||||||
PDF Solutions, Inc.(a) | 1,467 | 44,127 | ||||||
Photronics, Inc.(a) | 3,095 | 84,834 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 2,894 | 193,088 | ||||||
Rambus, Inc.(a) | 5,536 | 303,484 | ||||||
Semtech Corp.(a) | 3,353 | 126,140 | ||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a) | 1,631 | 198,150 | ||||||
SiTime Corp.(a) | 892 | 79,495 | ||||||
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,659 | 48,580 | ||||||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,936 | 172,196 | ||||||
Synaptics, Inc.(a) | 2,022 | 181,899 | ||||||
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,272 | 95,038 | ||||||
Universal Display Corp. | 2,441 | 385,629 | ||||||
Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a) | 2,863 | 101,178 | ||||||
Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,495 | 175,560 | ||||||
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Software — 5.8% | ||||||||
A10 Networks, Inc. | 3,649 | 47,656 | ||||||
ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a) | 5,626 | 191,847 | ||||||
Adeia, Inc. | 5,657 | 55,665 | ||||||
Agilysys, Inc.(a) | 1,183 | 98,248 | ||||||
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,557 | 170,041 | ||||||
Alkami Technology, Inc.(a) | 2,212 | 53,243 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Software (continued) | ||||||||
Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,808 | $ | 225,904 | |||||
Amplitude, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,384 | 33,129 | ||||||
Appfolio, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,079 | 244,696 | ||||||
Appian Corp., Class A(a) | 1,574 | 58,931 | ||||||
Asana, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,225 | 62,826 | ||||||
Aurora Innovation, Inc., Class A(a) | 36,897 | 102,389 | ||||||
AvePoint, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,246 | 40,761 | ||||||
Blackbaud, Inc.(a) | 2,273 | 177,112 | ||||||
BlackLine, Inc.(a) | 2,522 | 146,402 | ||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,425 | 193,198 | ||||||
Braze, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,364 | 99,052 | ||||||
C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,098 | 114,858 | ||||||
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a) | 9,537 | 107,005 | ||||||
Cerence, Inc.(a) | 2,142 | 19,514 | ||||||
Cleanspark, Inc.(a) | 9,098 | 149,025 | ||||||
Clear Secure, Inc., Class A | 3,877 | 67,731 | ||||||
Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,478 | 102,223 | ||||||
CommVault Systems, Inc.(a) | 2,260 | 231,582 | ||||||
Confluent, Inc., Class A(a) | 10,616 | 298,522 | ||||||
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a) | 921 | 10,720 | ||||||
Digital Turbine, Inc.(a) | 4,774 | 9,118 | ||||||
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A | 3,021 | 234,611 | ||||||
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,335 | 185,615 | ||||||
Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a) | 12,827 | 297,073 | ||||||
E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,637 | 46,739 | ||||||
Elastic NV(a) | 4,190 | 428,302 | ||||||
Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,527 | 14,216 | ||||||
Envestnet, Inc.(a) | 2,734 | 169,699 | ||||||
Everbridge, Inc.(a) | 2,122 | 73,740 | ||||||
EverCommerce, Inc.(a) | 1,114 | 10,026 | ||||||
Five9, Inc.(a) | 3,729 | 214,679 | ||||||
Freshworks, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,557 | 152,742 | ||||||
Gitlab, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 4,659 | 244,458 | ||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(a) | 4,226 | 466,550 | ||||||
HashiCorp, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,823 | 189,015 | ||||||
Informatica, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,104 | 65,161 | ||||||
Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,067 | 20,412 | ||||||
Intapp, Inc.(a) | 1,277 | 39,485 | ||||||
InterDigital, Inc. | 1,272 | 125,585 | ||||||
Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b) | 2,497 | 48,617 | ||||||
JFrog Ltd.(a) | 3,920 | 156,330 | ||||||
Klaviyo, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,871 | 41,910 | ||||||
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,348 | 107,504 | ||||||
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 11,440 | 183,726 | ||||||
Matterport, Inc., Class A(a) | 13,240 | 60,904 | ||||||
MeridianLink, Inc.(a) | 978 | 16,313 | ||||||
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 739 | 787,057 | ||||||
Mitek Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,224 | 28,089 | ||||||
Model N, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,937 | 57,432 | ||||||
N-able, Inc.(a) | 3,510 | 43,033 | ||||||
nCino, Inc.(a) | 3,179 | 92,700 | ||||||
NCR Voyix Corp.(a) | 7,304 | 89,474 | ||||||
Olo, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,136 | 24,653 | ||||||
PagerDuty, Inc.(a) | 4,529 | 90,399 | ||||||
Pegasystems, Inc. | 2,115 | 125,673 | ||||||
PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,637 | 62,993 | ||||||
Progress Software Corp. | 2,179 | 108,558 | ||||||
PROS Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,200 | 72,050 | ||||||
Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,012 | 154,787 | ||||||
Qualys, Inc.(a) | 1,896 | 310,773 | ||||||
Rapid7, Inc.(a) | 3,166 | 141,837 | ||||||
RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,874 | 114,748 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Software (continued) | ||||||||
Riot Platforms, Inc.(a)(b) | 10,981 | $ | 111,018 | |||||
Samsara, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 8,669 | 302,808 | ||||||
SEMrush Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,583 | 19,376 | ||||||
SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a) | 12,482 | 263,745 | ||||||
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,960 | 263,297 | ||||||
SolarWinds Corp. | 2,453 | 27,032 | ||||||
Sprinklr, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,394 | 74,746 | ||||||
Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,374 | 119,768 | ||||||
SPS Commerce, Inc.(a) | 1,878 | 326,528 | ||||||
Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,026 | 270,989 | ||||||
Teradata Corp.(a) | 5,033 | 186,724 | ||||||
UiPath, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 21,999 | 417,321 | ||||||
Varonis Systems, Inc.(a) | 5,560 | 243,250 | ||||||
Verint Systems, Inc.(a) | 3,280 | 99,318 | ||||||
Vertex, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,370 | 69,038 | ||||||
Weave Communications, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,691 | 18,077 | ||||||
Workiva, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,588 | 203,934 | ||||||
Yext, Inc.(a) | 5,845 | 32,089 | ||||||
Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | 8,101 | 100,128 | ||||||
Zuora, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,840 | 67,442 | ||||||
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12,225,694 | ||||||||
Specialized REITs — 0.7% | ||||||||
EPR Properties | 3,662 | 148,640 | ||||||
Farmland Partners, Inc. | 2,285 | 24,587 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 4,636 | 108,714 | ||||||
Gladstone Land Corp. | 1,720 | 21,810 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 4,485 | 519,587 | ||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust | 4,111 | 144,049 | ||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 7,154 | 113,462 | ||||||
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | 4,090 | 163,641 | ||||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 6,786 | 201,273 | ||||||
Safehold, Inc. | 2,365 | 43,138 | ||||||
Uniti Group, Inc. | 12,204 | 70,173 | ||||||
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1,559,074 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 3.3% | ||||||||
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a) | 2,382 | 289,461 | ||||||
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. | 3,781 | 220,432 | ||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 2,967 | 216,532 | ||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 9,361 | 227,098 | ||||||
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b) | 331 | 18,946 | ||||||
Arhaus, Inc., Class A(b) | 1,751 | 22,168 | ||||||
Arko Corp., Class A | 3,807 | 16,370 | ||||||
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a) | 1,061 | 223,065 | ||||||
AutoNation, Inc.(a) | 1,453 | 234,151 | ||||||
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 11,293 | 512,928 | ||||||
Beyond, Inc.(a) | 2,369 | 47,688 | ||||||
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,564 | 166,519 | ||||||
Buckle, Inc. (The) | 1,612 | 60,273 | ||||||
Caleres, Inc. | 1,720 | 63,348 | ||||||
Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A | 2,076 | 42,081 | ||||||
Carvana Co., Class A(a)(b) | 5,518 | 457,553 | ||||||
Chewy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 6,204 | 92,998 | ||||||
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A | 2,287 | 21,246 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 2,981 | 599,002 | ||||||
Foot Locker, Inc. | 4,283 | 89,301 | ||||||
GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 13,830 | 153,375 | ||||||
Gap, Inc. (The) | 11,058 | 226,910 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 687 | 201,992 | ||||||
Guess?, Inc. | 1,526 | 40,866 | ||||||
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. | 727 | 22,392 | ||||||
Hibbett, Inc. | 625 | 53,900 | ||||||
Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b) | 9,055 | 35,586 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialty Retail (continued) | ||||||||
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A | 1,420 | $ | 361,220 | |||||
MarineMax, Inc.(a) | 1,043 | 25,731 | ||||||
Monro, Inc. | 1,594 | 43,436 | ||||||
Murphy U.S.A., Inc. | 1,061 | 439,063 | ||||||
National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,108 | 71,561 | ||||||
ODP Corp. (The)(a) | 1,865 | 94,947 | ||||||
Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.(a)(b) | 4,847 | 7,270 | ||||||
Revolve Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,020 | 40,218 | ||||||
RH(a) | 770 | 190,228 | ||||||
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a) | 5,427 | 58,883 | ||||||
Shoe Carnival, Inc. | 848 | 28,357 | ||||||
Signet Jewelers Ltd. | 2,269 | 222,430 | ||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | 698 | 40,372 | ||||||
Upbound Group, Inc. | 2,506 | 77,711 | ||||||
Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a) | 3,008 | 117,192 | ||||||
Valvoline, Inc.(a) | 6,735 | 286,372 | ||||||
Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a) | 3,654 | 64,383 | ||||||
Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 3,766 | 44,213 | ||||||
Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,600 | 230,690 | ||||||
Winmark Corp. | 132 | 47,430 | ||||||
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6,847,888 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1% | ||||||||
Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a) | 2,497 | 27,717 | ||||||
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a) | 1,660 | 52,555 | ||||||
IonQ, Inc.(a)(b) | 8,714 | 74,505 | ||||||
Xerox Holdings Corp. | 4,670 | 62,064 | ||||||
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| |||||||
216,841 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7% | ||||||||
Capri Holdings Ltd.(a) | 5,981 | 212,206 | ||||||
Carter’s, Inc. | 1,854 | 126,832 | ||||||
Columbia Sportswear Co. | 1,795 | 142,936 | ||||||
Crocs, Inc.(a) | 3,096 | 385,050 | ||||||
Figs, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,699 | 34,232 | ||||||
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a) | 2,156 | 60,691 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc.(a) | 17,920 | 81,715 | ||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 2,893 | 179,540 | ||||||
Levi Strauss & Co., Class A | 4,747 | 100,731 | ||||||
Movado Group, Inc. | 824 | 20,987 | ||||||
Oxford Industries, Inc. | 802 | 86,440 | ||||||
PVH Corp. | 3,122 | 339,674 | ||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 1,933 | 316,316 | ||||||
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a) | 6,885 | 454,754 | ||||||
Steven Madden Ltd. | 3,715 | 150,123 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 11,801 | 471,096 | ||||||
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,971 | 67,105 | ||||||
Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b) | 8,233 | 53,679 | ||||||
VF Corp. | 17,026 | 212,144 | ||||||
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | 4,206 | 45,172 | ||||||
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3,541,423 | ||||||||
Tobacco — 0.1% | ||||||||
Universal Corp. | 1,255 | 64,545 | ||||||
Vector Group Ltd. | 7,039 | 72,853 | ||||||
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| |||||||
137,398 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.0% | ||||||||
Air Lease Corp., Class A | 5,384 | 270,492 | ||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 1,985 | 363,751 | ||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a) | 2,714 | 267,410 | ||||||
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a) | 436 | 47,816 | ||||||
Boise Cascade Co. | 2,037 | 269,434 | ||||||
Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,337 | 527,260 | ||||||
Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,002 | 14,980 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.(a) | 519 | $ | 17,112 | |||||
DNOW, Inc.(a) | 5,256 | 74,162 | ||||||
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a) | 638 | 31,109 | ||||||
FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 5,108 | 358,633 | ||||||
GATX Corp. | 1,684 | 206,054 | ||||||
Global Industrial Co. | 824 | 31,732 | ||||||
GMS, Inc.(a) | 2,012 | 186,150 | ||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | 1,665 | 80,403 | ||||||
Herc Holdings, Inc. | 1,276 | 182,506 | ||||||
McGrath RentCorp. | 1,260 | 134,392 | ||||||
MRC Global, Inc.(a) | 4,403 | 49,446 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 2,383 | 217,425 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A | 3,108 | 136,503 | ||||||
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B | 412 | 16,855 | ||||||
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,287 | 358,808 | ||||||
Titan Machinery, Inc.(a) | 1,066 | 23,729 | ||||||
Transcat, Inc.(a)(b) | 446 | 47,887 | ||||||
WESCO International, Inc. | 2,286 | 349,187 | ||||||
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| |||||||
4,263,236 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. | 1,911 | 135,375 | ||||||
California Water Service Group | 2,814 | 138,224 | ||||||
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. | 760 | 19,342 | ||||||
Middlesex Water Co. | 904 | 45,851 | ||||||
SJW Group | 1,485 | 80,858 | ||||||
York Water Co. (The) | 699 | 24,822 | ||||||
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444,472 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Gogo, Inc.(a) | 3,531 | 31,991 | ||||||
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | 5,222 | 81,724 | ||||||
United States Cellular Corp.(a)(b) | 743 | 27,016 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
140,731 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9% |
| 209,490,055 | ||||||
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 9.5% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(e)(f)(g) | 19,767,661 | $ | 19,773,591 | |||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(e)(f) | 184,955 | 184,955 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Short-Term Securities — 9.5% |
| 19,958,546 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 109.4% |
| 229,448,601 | ||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (9.4)% |
| (19,681,925 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 209,766,676 | ||||||
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(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 $3,221, 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. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at 04/30/24 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 24,584,128 | $ | — | $ | (4,810,203 | )(a) | $ | 23 | $ | (357 | ) | $ | 19,773,591 | 19,767,661 | $ | 276,578 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 345,266 | — | (160,311 | )(a) | — | — | 184,955 | 184,955 | 24,165 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap 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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Russell 2000 E-Mini Index | 2 | 06/21/24 | $ | 199 | $ | 1,358 | ||||||||||
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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) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,358 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,358 | ||||||||||||||
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For the period ended April 30, 2024, 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 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 38,290 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 38,290 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap 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 | $ | 209,486,834 | $ | 3,221 | $ | — | $ | 209,490,055 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9% | ||||||||
Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a) | 1,378 | $ | 432,223 | |||||
Boeing Co. (The)(a) | 11,801 | 1,980,680 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 4,638 | 1,331,523 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | 20,291 | 3,283,490 | ||||||
HEICO Corp.(b) | 822 | 170,483 | ||||||
HEICO Corp., Class A | 1,450 | 240,483 | ||||||
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | 7,484 | 499,557 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 764 | 211,575 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 3,469 | 742,539 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 4,150 | 1,929,459 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 2,915 | 1,413,862 | ||||||
RTX Corp. | 25,688 | 2,607,846 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 3,787 | 320,342 | ||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. | 1,023 | 1,276,735 | ||||||
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Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 2,232 | 158,472 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 2,832 | 315,230 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 4,572 | 1,196,858 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 14,012 | 2,066,490 | ||||||
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Automobile Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC(a) | 5,512 | 391,352 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 4,519 | 148,088 | ||||||
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Automobiles — 1.4% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 76,210 | 925,952 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 22,329 | 994,310 | ||||||
Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b) | 16,936 | 43,187 | ||||||
Tesla, Inc.(a)(b) | 53,639 | 9,830,956 | ||||||
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Banks — 3.3% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 132,825 | 4,915,853 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 36,805 | 2,257,251 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 8,630 | 294,369 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 12,288 | 448,021 | ||||||
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A | 230 | 387,955 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 26,781 | 360,740 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 55,634 | 10,667,263 | ||||||
KeyCorp. | 18,292 | 265,051 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 3,210 | 463,492 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 7,698 | 1,179,796 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 18,075 | 348,305 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 25,808 | 969,090 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 30,112 | 1,223,451 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 69,670 | 4,132,824 | ||||||
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Beverages — 1.4% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A | 926 | 45,439 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS | 5,890 | 281,837 | ||||||
Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,812 | 200,411 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 75,913 | 4,689,146 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 3,022 | 765,956 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 18,185 | 612,834 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 3,423 | 196,001 | ||||||
Monster Beverage Corp.(a) | 15,070 | 805,491 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 26,616 | 4,682,021 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 1.9% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 34,179 | $ | 5,558,872 | |||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,351 | 338,426 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 10,357 | 2,837,197 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a) | 2,790 | 599,348 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | 3,655 | 295,178 | ||||||
Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b) | 3,554 | 210,930 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 24,154 | 1,574,841 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.(a) | 3,509 | 182,643 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(a)(b) | 6,218 | 685,908 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a) | 1,899 | 261,188 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 2,073 | 1,846,338 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | 900 | 210,897 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 4,986 | 1,958,551 | ||||||
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Broadline Retail — 4.0% | ||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 181,507 | 31,763,725 | ||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(a) | 22,674 | 510,165 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | 10,089 | 519,987 | ||||||
Etsy, Inc.(a) | 2,346 | 161,100 | ||||||
MercadoLibre, Inc.(a) | 943 | 1,375,554 | ||||||
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Building Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
A. O. Smith Corp. | 2,341 | 193,928 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 1,702 | 206,895 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | 2,376 | 434,380 | ||||||
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 952 | 369,614 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 16,245 | 998,905 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 13,210 | 859,575 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. | 635 | 294,272 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 4,361 | 298,511 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 1,716 | 288,648 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC | 4,371 | 1,387,093 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 3.0% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 1,959 | 806,697 | ||||||
Ares Management Corp., Class A | 3,228 | 429,614 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 14,673 | 828,878 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(c) | 2,767 | 2,088,089 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 13,914 | 1,622,512 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 4,068 | 182,246 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 27,789 | 2,054,997 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 6,964 | 1,459,933 | ||||||
Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,320 | 677,048 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 726 | 302,662 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 5,690 | 129,960 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | 6,261 | 2,671,631 | ||||||
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | 2,046 | 235,535 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 11,068 | 1,425,116 | ||||||
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A | 12,835 | 1,194,553 | ||||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 1,457 | 392,122 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 743 | 148,667 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 3,068 | 1,136,172 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 24,537 | 2,228,941 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. | 501 | 141,608 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc., Class A | 1,521 | 708,467 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 7,745 | 463,538 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 4,025 | 331,620 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 3,664 | 447,008 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 6,081 | 2,528,662 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 5,964 | 432,330 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 4,335 | $ | 474,986 | |||||
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | 2,107 | 214,303 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 1.5% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 4,311 | 1,018,862 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 2,245 | 270,096 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 2,003 | 307,681 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 3,440 | 271,657 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 13,560 | 734,003 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 13,619 | 774,921 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 8,317 | 602,982 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 2,320 | 219,101 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 4,796 | 1,084,615 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 4,939 | 418,086 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 9,368 | 4,130,913 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 5,008 | 500,650 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. (The) | 6,289 | 197,412 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 4,569 | 589,401 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 2,400 | 256,584 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 4,576 | 1,371,015 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 686 | 101,089 | ||||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6% | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 1,693 | 1,114,570 | ||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(a) | 987 | 186,987 | ||||||
Copart, Inc.(a) | 16,103 | 874,554 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 3,985 | 763,925 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. | 5,699 | 253,947 | ||||||
Veralto Corp. | 4,484 | 420,061 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 7,110 | 1,479,022 | ||||||
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Communications Equipment — 0.8% | ||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | 4,927 | 1,264,071 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 78,684 | 3,696,574 | ||||||
F5, Inc.(a) | 1,111 | 183,660 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 6,097 | 212,298 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 3,216 | 1,090,706 | ||||||
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Construction & Engineering — 0.2% | ||||||||
AECOM | 2,654 | 245,124 | ||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. | 901 | 321,810 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 2,813 | 727,329 | ||||||
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a) | 3,519 | 130,062 | ||||||
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Construction Materials — 0.2% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1,196 | 702,136 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 2,486 | 640,468 | ||||||
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Consumer Finance — 0.5% | ||||||||
American Express Co. | 11,127 | 2,604,052 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 7,115 | 1,020,504 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 4,821 | 610,965 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 7,619 | 335,084 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 8,071 | 164,648 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,376 | 177,440 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 726 | 232,015 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 8,590 | 6,209,711 |
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Dollar General Corp. | 4,247 | $ | 591,140 | |||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | 3,972 | 469,689 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 12,942 | 716,728 | ||||||
Performance Food Group Co.(a) | 3,012 | 204,455 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 9,608 | 714,067 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 8,928 | 1,437,229 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a) | 4,728 | 237,582 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 13,702 | 242,936 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 84,255 | 5,000,534 | ||||||
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Containers & Packaging — 0.2% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 27,668 | 247,352 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,548 | 336,349 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 5,822 | 405,037 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 2,355 | 193,275 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 6,370 | 222,568 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,654 | 286,109 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 4,816 | 230,975 | ||||||
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Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 2,709 | 425,882 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. | 5,109 | 220,351 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 738 | 267,547 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Service Corp. International | 2,840 | 203,656 | ||||||
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WP Carey, Inc. | 4,224 | 231,644 | ||||||
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AT&T Inc. | 138,480 | 2,338,927 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 81,348 | 3,212,433 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 1.5% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 4,960 | 247,008 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 10,184 | 876,130 | ||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 1,302 | 47,562 | ||||||
Constellation Energy Corp. | 5,937 | 1,103,926 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 14,922 | 1,466,236 | ||||||
Edison International | 7,353 | 522,504 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 4,100 | 437,347 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 4,228 | 221,759 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 6,749 | 409,124 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 19,275 | 724,354 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 10,081 | 386,506 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 39,691 | 2,658,106 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 4,424 | 321,492 | ||||||
PG&E Corp. | 41,177 | 704,538 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 2,189 | 161,220 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 14,440 | 396,522 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 20,296 | 1,491,756 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 10,598 | 569,431 | ||||||
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Electrical Equipment — 0.7% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 4,436 | 774,792 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 7,734 | 2,461,423 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 11,051 | 1,191,077 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 952 | 352,735 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 1,310 | 211,394 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electrical Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 2,222 | $ | 602,073 | |||||
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 6,281 | 584,133 | ||||||
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 11,229 | 1,356,126 | ||||||
CDW Corp. | 2,593 | 627,143 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 14,965 | 499,532 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a)(b) | 8,528 | 244,327 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 2,418 | 283,777 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) | 3,402 | 503,292 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 1,006 | 118,547 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 5,810 | 821,999 | ||||||
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a) | 909 | 346,765 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(a) | 4,586 | 275,481 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 1,007 | 316,762 | ||||||
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 19,567 | 638,276 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 17,241 | 646,020 | ||||||
Schlumberger NV | 27,631 | 1,311,920 | ||||||
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Entertainment — 1.2% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 4,710 | 597,322 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp.—Liberty Formula One, Class A(a) | 481 | 29,952 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp.—Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a) | 4,008 | 280,440 | ||||||
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 2,752 | 244,680 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc.(a) | 8,378 | 4,613,262 | ||||||
ROBLOX Corp., Class A(a) | 9,205 | 327,330 | ||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,087 | 440,855 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) | 35,402 | 3,933,162 | ||||||
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Financial Services — 4.2% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 7,694 | 833,876 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 35,094 | 13,922,843 | ||||||
Block, Inc., Class A(a) | 10,711 | 781,903 | ||||||
Corpay, Inc.(a) | 1,319 | 398,523 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 6,236 | 230,171 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 11,485 | 780,061 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 10,598 | 1,617,997 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 4,632 | 568,671 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 1,450 | 235,900 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 16,043 | 7,238,601 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | 20,859 | 1,416,743 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 30,600 | 8,219,466 | ||||||
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36,244,755 | ||||||||
Food Products — 0.8% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 10,246 | 601,030 | ||||||
Bunge Global SA | 2,807 | 285,640 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 3,827 | 174,932 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 8,809 | 271,141 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 10,984 | 773,933 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) | 2,903 | 562,950 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 5,689 | 202,301 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. (The) | 2,028 | 232,916 | ||||||
Kellanova | 5,189 | 300,235 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 15,364 | 593,204 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 2,789 | 232,435 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 4,894 | 372,238 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food Products (continued) | ||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 26,354 | $ | 1,895,907 | |||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 5,215 | 316,290 | ||||||
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6,815,152 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.0% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 2,843 | 335,190 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.1% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. | 38,342 | 1,273,721 | ||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 1,529 | 248,570 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 2,914 | 134,714 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 4,377 | 1,008,111 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 3,682 | 669,056 | ||||||
Saia, Inc.(a) | 514 | 203,971 | ||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | 38,416 | 2,545,828 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co.(a) | 182 | 11,508 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co., NVS | 1,885 | 115,588 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 11,784 | 2,794,693 | ||||||
XPO, Inc.(a) | 2,244 | 241,140 | ||||||
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9,246,900 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 33,543 | 3,554,552 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | 1,474 | 416,228 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 9,904 | 399,824 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 5,352 | 1,255,579 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 28,325 | 2,035,718 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 3,867 | 344,395 | ||||||
Dexcom, Inc.(a) | 7,375 | 939,501 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | 11,640 | 985,559 | ||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 7,305 | 556,933 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a) | 4,674 | 354,149 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) | 1,591 | 783,981 | ||||||
Insulet Corp.(a) | 1,342 | 230,743 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | 6,448 | 2,389,758 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 25,764 | 2,067,303 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. | 2,842 | 608,160 | ||||||
STERIS PLC | 1,914 | 391,528 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 6,738 | 2,267,337 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 868 | 181,195 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 3,870 | 465,484 | ||||||
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| |||||||
20,227,927 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 4,770 | 491,501 | ||||||
Cencora, Inc. | 3,041 | 726,951 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(a) | 10,338 | 755,294 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 294 | 166,992 | ||||||
Cigna Group (The) | 5,402 | 1,928,730 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 24,910 | 1,686,656 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 4,308 | 2,277,123 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 3,844 | 1,190,948 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b) | 2,346 | 162,531 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 2,246 | 678,494 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 1,640 | 330,247 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 2,538 | 1,363,439 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 1,053 | 360,231 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 2,152 | 297,363 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 17,888 | 8,652,426 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 1,135 | 193,438 | ||||||
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| |||||||
21,262,364 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 13,661 | 254,231 |
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Health Care REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 7,410 | $ | 328,115 | |||||
Welltower, Inc. | 10,720 | 1,021,402 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,603,748 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.1% | ||||||||
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,828 | 561,528 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0% | ||||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 12,882 | 243,083 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1% | ||||||||
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,953 | 1,261,107 | ||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. | 665 | 2,295,600 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 3,936 | 140,988 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a) | 18,384 | 272,451 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a) | 484 | 1,529,246 | ||||||
Churchill Downs, Inc. | 1,391 | 179,439 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 2,346 | 359,900 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 671 | 355,140 | ||||||
DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,346 | 691,024 | ||||||
DraftKings, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,025 | 375,079 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) | 2,577 | 346,942 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 4,580 | 903,542 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 5,898 | 261,635 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 4,822 | 1,138,619 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 13,980 | 3,817,099 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International(a) | 5,360 | 211,398 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b) | 4,568 | 637,830 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 22,002 | 1,946,957 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 697 | 131,991 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | 1,852 | 169,736 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 5,428 | 766,705 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
17,792,428 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.3% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 5,956 | 848,671 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 2,960 | 427,631 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 4,825 | 731,567 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B(b) | 224 | 31,447 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(a) | 59 | 438,892 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 4,174 | 465,067 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,943,275 | ||||||||
Household Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 4,800 | 517,872 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 2,421 | 357,993 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 15,941 | 1,465,297 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 6,534 | 892,087 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 45,552 | 7,434,086 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
10,667,335 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 13,002 | 232,736 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 6,425 | 487,272 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
720,008 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 10,703 | 1,032,946 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 12,764 | 2,460,006 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,492,952 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 17,912 | 1,827,920 | ||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 3,808 | 163,020 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,990,940 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance — 2.2% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 10,337 | $ | 864,690 | |||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 5,063 | 861,014 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 1,371 | 175,145 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 13,077 | 984,829 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 3,875 | 1,092,789 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a) | 7,173 | 670,962 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 4,154 | 974,902 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 4,501 | 367,011 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 7,350 | 1,827,504 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 2,994 | 346,376 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS | 490 | 187,503 | ||||||
Everest Group Ltd. | 839 | 307,418 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 5,120 | 253,440 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 1,823 | 138,858 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 5,392 | 522,431 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 3,518 | 264,378 | ||||||
Markel Group, Inc.(a) | 232 | 338,349 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 9,550 | 1,904,556 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 11,945 | 849,051 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 4,591 | 363,332 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. (The) | 11,309 | 2,355,099 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 6,985 | 771,703 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 1,227 | 229,437 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 936 | 205,218 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 4,411 | 935,838 | ||||||
Unum Group | 3,142 | 159,299 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 4,046 | 311,421 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 1,996 | 501,275 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
18,763,828 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 6.4% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 114,082 | 18,570,268 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 102,319 | 16,845,800 | ||||||
Match Group, Inc.(a) | 5,065 | 156,103 | ||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 42,969 | 18,483,975 | ||||||
Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a) | 10,686 | 357,447 | ||||||
Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 19,733 | 296,981 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
54,710,574 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.3% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 12,141 | 3,653,348 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | 2,894 | 292,091 | ||||||
Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,733 | 501,064 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 9,723 | 638,607 | ||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a) | 1,102 | 259,257 | ||||||
Gartner, Inc.(a) | 1,465 | 604,444 | ||||||
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,538 | 310,601 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 17,668 | 2,936,422 | ||||||
MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,285 | 469,256 | ||||||
Okta, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,034 | 282,101 | ||||||
Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,927 | 919,870 | ||||||
Twilio, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,262 | 195,329 | ||||||
VeriSign, Inc.(a) | 1,719 | 291,336 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,353,726 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4% | ||||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 5,433 | 744,538 | ||||||
Avantor, Inc.(a) | 12,613 | 305,613 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a) | 405 | 109,249 | ||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. | 3,017 | 190,705 | ||||||
Bruker Corp. | 1,785 | 139,248 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a) | 942 | 215,718 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 13,068 | 3,222,830 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.(a) | 3,077 | 378,625 |
40 | 2 0 2 4 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 | ||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued) | ||||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | 3,542 | $ | 820,929 | |||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a) | 417 | 512,785 | ||||||
Revvity, Inc. | 2,364 | 242,239 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 7,480 | 4,254,026 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(a) | 1,155 | 356,941 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 1,375 | 491,535 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
11,984,981 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.8% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 1,178 | 134,516 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 9,855 | 3,297,187 | ||||||
CNH Industrial NV | 18,387 | 209,612 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 2,630 | 742,949 | ||||||
Deere & Co. | 4,982 | 1,950,005 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 2,700 | 484,110 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 6,748 | 507,922 | ||||||
Graco, Inc. | 3,256 | 261,131 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 1,407 | 310,187 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 5,805 | 1,417,059 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 7,318 | 682,916 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 1,111 | 243,898 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. | 990 | 255,608 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 7,895 | 720,024 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 9,967 | 1,057,598 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 2,386 | 1,300,155 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 3,245 | 256,647 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 1,014 | 271,711 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 3,007 | 274,840 | ||||||
Toro Co. (The) | 1,881 | 164,757 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 3,465 | 558,142 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. | 4,663 | 609,454 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
15,710,428 | ||||||||
Media — 0.6% | ||||||||
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,943 | 497,291 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 76,727 | 2,924,066 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 4,843 | 150,181 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 2,643 | 75,801 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 7,324 | 222,943 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a) | 329 | 16,493 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a) | 2,168 | 107,815 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 7,334 | 174,549 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 1,972 | 48,393 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 3,678 | 341,465 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b) | 11,636 | 34,210 | ||||||
Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A(a) | 8,583 | 711,102 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,304,309 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.5% | ||||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a) | 9,728 | 164,403 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 27,770 | 1,386,834 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 21,605 | 878,027 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 4,756 | 801,529 | ||||||
Reliance, Inc. | 1,106 | 314,900 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 1,697 | 197,989 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,047 | 396,476 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,140,158 | ||||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 9,815 | 183,933 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.6% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 4,810 | 355,315 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 12,374 | 360,578 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 5,664 | 343,295 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Multi-Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 6,685 | $ | 631,064 | |||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 16,246 | 828,221 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 3,995 | 440,728 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 8,653 | 241,073 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 9,592 | 662,615 | ||||||
Sempra | 12,195 | 873,528 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 6,078 | 502,286 | ||||||
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| |||||||
5,238,703 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 3,331 | 385,963 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 3,035 | 187,836 | ||||||
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| |||||||
573,799 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(a) | 5,495 | 186,885 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 7,139 | 224,450 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 4,575 | 722,026 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 2,037 | 183,086 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 35,833 | 5,778,788 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 22,784 | 2,862,126 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 14,421 | 394,558 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 12,299 | 629,463 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 3,313 | 666,344 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 11,270 | 1,489,105 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 7,440 | 298,270 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 76,798 | 9,082,899 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 5,387 | 848,399 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 2,903 | 157,488 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 38,048 | 695,517 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 11,240 | 301,794 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 7,118 | 1,293,483 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 12,854 | 850,163 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 11,265 | 891,287 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 4,999 | 256,549 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 8,309 | 1,189,932 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 4,515 | 1,215,980 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 4,638 | 166,551 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 4,324 | 493,195 | ||||||
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 369 | 212,655 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 6,419 | 1,026,205 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 23,520 | 902,227 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
33,019,425 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | ||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 12,433 | 622,520 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 11,612 | 301,215 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,273 | 322,809 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,246,544 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Coty, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,337 | 72,495 | ||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A | 4,498 | 659,902 | ||||||
Kenvue, Inc. | 33,556 | 631,524 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,363,921 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 39,417 | 1,731,983 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 16,356 | 12,775,672 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | 1,232 | 136,444 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 46,602 | 6,738,183 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 49,056 | 6,339,016 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 109,276 | 2,799,651 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 7,375 | 204,287 |
S C H E D U L E S O F I N V E S T M E N T S | 41 |
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 22,722 | $ | 262,894 | |||||
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | 8,891 | 1,415,803 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
32,403,933 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 7,955 | 1,924,235 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 2,315 | 341,856 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 2,193 | 424,148 | ||||||
Dayforce, Inc.(a) | 2,861 | 175,580 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 2,381 | 524,272 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 2,447 | 351,218 | ||||||
KBR, Inc. | 2,588 | 168,065 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 2,509 | 351,812 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 6,270 | 744,939 | ||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. | 954 | 179,333 | ||||||
Paylocity Holding Corp.(a) | 837 | 129,869 | ||||||
Robert Half, Inc. | 2,037 | 140,838 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 4,237 | 262,228 | ||||||
TransUnion | 3,593 | 262,289 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 2,792 | 608,544 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,589,226 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,923 | 514,650 | ||||||
CoStar Group, Inc.(a) | 7,515 | 687,848 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 944 | 39,648 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b) | 3,109 | 132,350 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,374,496 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 6,362 | 227,760 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 2,571 | 487,384 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 2,108 | 210,125 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 3,316 | 199,922 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 7,222 | 465,097 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,179 | 290,329 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 11,449 | 391,556 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 2,227 | 289,510 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 2,308 | 256,926 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 6,335 | 241,237 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
3,059,846 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 12,967 | 241,575 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 16,044 | 858,996 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 3,255 | 192,761 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 6,273 | 881,545 | ||||||
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.8% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 31,212 | 4,943,356 | ||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 9,619 | 1,929,668 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 16,095 | 3,197,272 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 9,063 | 11,784,347 | ||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a) | 2,619 | 284,842 | ||||||
Entegris, Inc. | 2,743 | 364,600 | ||||||
First Solar, Inc.(a) | 1,969 | 347,135 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 81,902 | 2,495,554 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 2,631 | 1,813,522 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 2,536 | 2,268,224 | ||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 2,614 | 179,320 | ||||||
Marvell Technology, Inc. | 16,072 | 1,059,305 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 10,275 | 945,094 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. | 21,352 | 2,411,922 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 865 | 578,970 |
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NVIDIA Corp. | 46,095 | $ | 39,827,002 | |||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 4,993 | 1,279,157 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 8,280 | 580,925 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(a) | 1,858 | 217,089 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 21,547 | 3,573,570 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 3,087 | 329,043 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 3,009 | 350,007 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 17,564 | 3,098,641 | ||||||
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Software — 10.6% | ||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(a) | 8,752 | 4,050,688 | ||||||
ANSYS, Inc.(a) | 1,681 | 546,123 | ||||||
AppLovin Corp., Class A(a) | 2,637 | 186,093 | ||||||
Aspen Technology, Inc.(a) | 549 | 108,082 | ||||||
Atlassian Corp., Class A(a) | 2,766 | 476,582 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.(a) | 4,133 | 879,709 | ||||||
Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B | 4,383 | 230,239 | ||||||
BILL Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,843 | 114,930 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | 5,262 | 1,450,365 | ||||||
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,379 | 1,281,033 | ||||||
Datadog, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 5,274 | 661,887 | ||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(a) | 3,922 | 221,985 | ||||||
Dynatrace, Inc.(a) | 4,301 | 194,878 | ||||||
Fair Isaac Corp.(a) | 479 | 542,865 | ||||||
Fortinet, Inc.(a) | 12,594 | 795,689 | ||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 11,428 | 230,160 | ||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(a) | 933 | 564,344 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 5,156 | 3,225,697 | ||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a) | 1,205 | 248,302 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 143,845 | 56,003,174 | ||||||
Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,709 | 285,836 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 30,875 | 3,512,031 | ||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(a) | 35,865 | 787,954 | ||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a) | 6,088 | 1,770,938 | ||||||
Procore Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,685 | 115,288 | ||||||
PTC, Inc.(a) | 2,321 | 411,838 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 1,909 | 976,377 | ||||||
Salesforce, Inc. | 18,140 | 4,878,572 | ||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) | 3,777 | 2,618,707 | ||||||
Synopsys, Inc.(a) | 2,839 | 1,506,345 | ||||||
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a) | 782 | 360,932 | ||||||
Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b) | 4,612 | 111,933 | ||||||
Workday, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,035 | 987,486 | ||||||
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,540 | 277,394 | ||||||
Zscaler, Inc.(a) | 1,761 | 304,547 | ||||||
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American Tower Corp. | 9,039 | 1,550,731 | ||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 8,328 | 781,000 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 4,099 | 165,764 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,726 | 794,654 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 1,821 | 1,294,931 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 3,956 | 531,212 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 4,785 | 204,463 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 5,660 | 438,763 | ||||||
Public Storage | 3,077 | 798,328 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. | 2,104 | 391,596 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 20,033 | 571,942 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 13,257 | 399,964 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.9% | ||||||||
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 334 | $ | 987,438 | |||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 3,583 | 263,852 | ||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc.(a) | 1,162 | 209,090 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,041 | 206,697 | ||||||
Five Below, Inc.(a) | 999 | 146,194 | ||||||
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 2,038 | 224,852 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 19,248 | 6,433,066 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 11,134 | 2,538,441 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 1,140 | 1,155,116 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 370 | 56,577 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 6,051 | 783,907 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 22,029 | 2,072,709 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 2,099 | 573,195 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) | 919 | 372,048 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 1,173 | 336,393 | ||||||
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.0% | ||||||||
Apple Inc. | 281,666 | 47,976,170 | ||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 3,105 | 387,007 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 24,671 | 419,407 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 16,637 | 467,334 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 4,092 | 418,243 | ||||||
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a) | 5,393 | 271,807 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 4,032 | 346,389 | ||||||
Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a) | 952 | 817,578 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(a) | 5,811 | 411,593 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4% | ||||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a) | 494 | 404,324 | ||||||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a) | 2,142 | 772,405 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 22,813 | 2,104,728 | ||||||
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Tobacco — 0.5% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 34,245 | 1,500,273 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 30,023 | 2,850,384 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. | 11,055 | $ | 751,077 | |||||
Ferguson PLC | 3,941 | 827,216 | ||||||
United Rentals, Inc. | 1,306 | 872,395 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 654 | 292,809 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. | 870 | 801,574 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 3,772 | 461,391 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 4,754 | 173,901 | ||||||
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. | 8,752 | 1,436,816 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% | 856,181,831 | |||||||
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Money Market Funds — 0.6% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | 3,717,087 | 3,718,202 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, | 1,089,252 | 1,089,252 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6% | 4,807,454 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 100.4% | 860,989,285 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.4)% |
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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, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | $ | 5,530,618 | $ | — | $ (1,814,081 | )(a) | $ | 3,871 | $ | (2,206 | ) | $ | 3,718,202 | 3,717,087 | $ | 37,652 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, | 1,674,057 | — | (584,805 | )(a) | — | — | 1,089,252 | 1,089,252 | 86,931 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 2,014,942 | 117,902 | (275,877 | ) | 72,749 | 158,373 | 2,088,089 | 2,767 | 57,568 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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S&P 500 E-Mini Index | 6 | 06/21/24 | $ | 1,520 | $ | (41,425 | ) | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 41,425 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 41,425 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, 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 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 401,603 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 401,603 | ||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (154,548 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (154,548 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 1,598,191 |
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, 2024 | 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 | $ | 856,181,831 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 856,181,831 | ||||||||
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Money Market Funds | 4,807,454 | — | — | 4,807,454 | ||||||||||||
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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 | 45 |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 2.7% | ||||||||
Boeing Co. (The)(a) | 25,340 | $ | 4,253,066 | |||||
General Dynamics Corp. | 9,973 | 2,863,149 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | 13,587 | 2,198,648 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 710 | 196,620 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 7,462 | 1,597,241 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 8,914 | 4,144,386 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 6,244 | 3,028,527 | ||||||
RTX Corp. | 55,164 | 5,600,249 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 4,189 | 354,348 | ||||||
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24,236,234 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 4,841 | 343,711 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 3,531 | 393,036 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 9,810 | 2,568,062 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 30,070 | 4,434,723 | ||||||
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Automobile Components — 0.0% | ||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 9,767 | 320,065 | ||||||
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Automobiles — 0.5% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 163,494 | 1,986,452 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 47,832 | 2,129,959 | ||||||
Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 28,544 | 254,042 | ||||||
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Banks — 6.6% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 285,239 | 10,556,695 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 79,039 | 4,847,462 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 18,596 | 634,310 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 26,456 | 964,586 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 57,632 | 776,303 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 119,474 | 22,907,945 | ||||||
KeyCorp. | 38,981 | 564,835 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 6,914 | 998,313 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 16,536 | 2,534,307 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 38,723 | 746,192 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 55,435 | 2,081,584 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 64,472 | 2,619,497 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 149,616 | 8,875,221 | ||||||
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Beverages — 2.3% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 163,022 | 10,069,869 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 2,599 | 658,743 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 39,051 | 1,316,019 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 7,417 | 424,697 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 44,953 | 7,907,682 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 3.1% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 73,399 | 11,937,613 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 22,249 | 6,094,891 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a) | 5,997 | 1,288,276 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 51,828 | 3,379,186 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(a) | 13,360 | 1,473,742 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 3,461 | 3,082,574 | ||||||
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | 1,959 | 459,052 | ||||||
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Broadline Retail — 0.1% | ||||||||
Coupang, Inc., Class A(a) | 18,568 | 417,780 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Broadline Retail (continued) | ||||||||
eBay, Inc. | 13,257 | $ | 683,266 | |||||
Etsy, Inc.(a) | 1,897 | 130,267 | ||||||
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Building Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
A. O. Smith Corp. | 1,984 | 164,354 | ||||||
Allegion PLC | 1,795 | 218,200 | ||||||
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) | 5,121 | 936,221 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 18,069 | 1,111,063 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC | 14,266 | 928,289 | ||||||
Masco Corp. | 9,352 | 640,144 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 3,698 | 622,041 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 4.7% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 1,798 | 740,398 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 31,410 | 1,774,351 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc.(c) | 5,950 | 4,490,108 | ||||||
Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS | 29,890 | 3,485,473 | ||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 8,541 | 382,637 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 59,671 | 4,412,670 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 14,964 | 3,137,053 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 11,793 | 269,352 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | 13,444 | 5,736,689 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 17,799 | 2,291,799 | ||||||
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A | 27,578 | 2,566,685 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 2,528 | 936,194 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 52,677 | 4,785,179 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. | 11,441 | 684,744 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 8,605 | 708,966 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 4,269 | 520,818 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 7,307 | 3,038,470 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 12,841 | 930,844 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 9,246 | 1,013,084 | ||||||
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Chemicals — 2.2% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 7,147 | 1,689,122 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 4,881 | 587,233 | ||||||
Celanese Corp., Class A | 4,309 | 661,905 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 7,409 | 585,089 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. | 18,094 | 979,428 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. | 29,189 | 1,660,854 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 8,511 | 617,047 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 4,931 | 465,684 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 4,698 | 1,062,453 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 10,636 | 900,337 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 13,993 | 6,170,353 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 10,776 | 1,077,277 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. (The) | 13,593 | 426,684 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 4,523 | 583,467 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 1,915 | 204,733 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 6,978 | 2,090,679 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 742 | 109,341 | ||||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | ||||||||
Cintas Corp. | 1,171 | 770,916 | ||||||
Clean Harbors, Inc.(a) | 749 | 141,898 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 5,171 | 991,281 | ||||||
Veralto Corp. | 3,488 | 326,756 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 10,733 | 2,232,678 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Communications Equipment — 1.1% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 168,931 | $ | 7,936,378 | |||||
F5, Inc.(a) | 1,357 | 224,326 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 13,259 | 461,678 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 3,160 | 1,071,714 | ||||||
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Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | ||||||||
AECOM | 3,556 | 328,432 | ||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. | 793 | 283,236 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. | 1,619 | 418,609 | ||||||
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1,030,277 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 1.0% | ||||||||
American Express Co. | 23,896 | 5,592,381 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 15,293 | 2,193,475 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 5,012 | 635,171 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | 16,414 | 721,887 | ||||||
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9,142,914 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.8% | ||||||||
Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A | 17,272 | 352,349 | ||||||
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,036 | 226,728 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 470 | 150,203 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 8,981 | 6,492,365 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 9,130 | 1,270,805 | ||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | 5,326 | 629,799 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) | 27,683 | 1,533,084 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 19,188 | 3,088,884 | ||||||
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a) | 4,071 | 204,568 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 29,808 | 528,496 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 180,937 | 10,738,611 | ||||||
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| |||||||
25,215,892 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.4% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 60,317 | 539,234 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,922 | 417,612 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 8,324 | 579,101 | ||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc. | 3,104 | 254,745 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 13,716 | 479,237 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 3,561 | 615,982 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 10,240 | 491,110 | ||||||
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3,377,021 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 3,541 | 556,680 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. | 7,916 | 341,417 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 771 | 279,511 | ||||||
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1,177,608 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Service Corp. International | 4,186 | 300,178 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Diversified REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 9,051 | 496,357 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. | 297,248 | 5,020,518 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 174,777 | 6,901,944 | ||||||
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11,922,462 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 2.8% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 10,625 | 529,125 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 21,892 | 1,883,369 | ||||||
Avangrid, Inc. | 2,989 | 109,188 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 32,073 | 3,151,493 | ||||||
Edison International | 15,864 | 1,127,296 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 8,787 | 937,309 |
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Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 9,189 | $ | 481,963 | |||||
Eversource Energy | 14,574 | 883,476 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. | 41,234 | 1,549,574 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 21,452 | 822,470 | ||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 85,210 | 5,706,514 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 5,700 | 414,219 | ||||||
PG&E Corp. | 87,991 | 1,505,526 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 4,729 | 348,291 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 30,721 | 843,599 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) | 43,615 | 3,205,702 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 22,865 | 1,228,536 | ||||||
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| |||||||
24,727,650 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.7% | ||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC | 10,308 | 3,280,624 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 23,712 | 2,555,679 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 1,651 | 266,422 | ||||||
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| |||||||
6,102,725 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 14,879 | 1,796,937 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 32,212 | 1,075,237 | ||||||
Flex Ltd.(a)(b) | 9,984 | 286,042 | ||||||
Jabil, Inc. | 1,742 | 204,441 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,865 | 571,788 | ||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. | 2,176 | 256,420 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 6,557 | 927,684 | ||||||
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a) | 782 | 298,317 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.(a) | 4,662 | 280,046 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 1,134 | 356,711 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
6,053,623 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | 16,774 | 547,168 | ||||||
Schlumberger NV | 31,354 | 1,488,688 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
2,035,856 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.6% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 4,059 | 514,762 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. (The) | 46,404 | 5,155,485 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
5,670,247 | ||||||||
Financial Services — 4.3% | ||||||||
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 7,072 | 766,463 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 75,365 | 29,899,557 | ||||||
Corpay, Inc.(a)(b) | 1,093 | 330,239 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 13,170 | 486,105 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 24,659 | 1,674,839 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 15,226 | 2,324,554 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 4,738 | 581,684 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | 35,448 | 2,407,628 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
38,471,069 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 22,016 | 1,291,459 | ||||||
Bunge Global SA | 6,044 | 615,037 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. | 8,286 | 378,753 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 18,963 | 583,681 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 23,505 | 1,656,162 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 8,460 | 300,838 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. (The) | 4,419 | 507,522 | ||||||
Kellanova | 10,975 | 635,014 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 33,103 | 1,278,107 | ||||||
McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS | 4,744 | 360,829 |
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Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 56,598 | $ | 4,071,660 | |||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 11,222 | 680,614 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
12,359,676 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 4,348 | 512,629 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Ground Transportation — 1.5% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. | 82,243 | 2,732,112 | ||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | 6,273 | 290,001 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 9,382 | 2,160,862 | ||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | 22,141 | 1,467,284 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co.(a) | 139 | 8,789 | ||||||
U-Haul Holding Co., NVS | 2,399 | 147,107 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 25,317 | 6,004,180 | ||||||
XPO, Inc.(a) | 2,354 | 252,961 | ||||||
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| |||||||
13,063,296 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 72,101 | 7,640,543 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | 1,367 | 386,013 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 21,120 | 852,614 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson & Co. | 11,471 | 2,691,097 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 30,427 | 2,186,788 | ||||||
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 3,508 | 312,423 | ||||||
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 8,559 | 652,538 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a) | 9,982 | 756,336 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 55,299 | 4,437,192 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 7,870 | 2,648,255 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 1,140 | 237,975 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 8,335 | 1,002,534 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
23,804,308 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.1% | ||||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 5,991 | 617,313 | ||||||
Cencora, Inc. | 6,535 | 1,562,192 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(a) | 22,190 | 1,621,201 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. | 195 | 110,760 | ||||||
Cigna Group (The) | 11,608 | 4,144,520 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 53,466 | 3,620,183 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 9,262 | 4,895,708 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 8,251 | 2,556,325 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | 5,045 | 349,518 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 3,504 | 1,058,523 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 3,531 | 711,037 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 5,456 | 2,931,018 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 802 | 274,364 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 4,678 | 646,406 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 22,753 | 11,005,626 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 2,449 | 417,383 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
36,522,077 | ||||||||
Health Care REITs — 0.2% | ||||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 20,137 | 374,750 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 9,342 | 413,664 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 8,869 | 845,038 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,633,452 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3% | ||||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. | 582 | 2,009,081 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a) | 4,433 | 158,790 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) | 39,559 | 586,264 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 2,675 | 410,372 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) | 2,490 | 335,229 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 4,108 | 970,022 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 18,696 | 5,104,756 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued) | ||||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b) | 4,394 | $ | 613,534 | |||||
Starbucks Corp. | 19,499 | 1,725,467 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 657 | 124,416 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
12,037,931 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.7% | ||||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | 12,804 | 1,824,442 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. | 3,540 | 511,424 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A | 10,410 | 1,578,364 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B | 486 | 68,229 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(a)(b) | 127 | 944,734 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 8,964 | 998,769 | ||||||
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| |||||||
5,925,962 | ||||||||
Household Products — 2.3% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 3,096 | 334,027 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) | 2,925 | 432,520 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 34,266 | 3,149,731 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 8,536 | 1,165,420 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 97,822 | 15,964,550 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
21,046,248 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) | 27,847 | 498,461 | ||||||
Vistra Corp. | 6,624 | 502,364 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,000,825 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8% | ||||||||
3M Co. | 22,979 | 2,217,703 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 27,407 | 5,282,151 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
7,499,854 | ||||||||
Industrial REITs — 0.3% | ||||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 23,828 | 2,431,647 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Insurance — 3.0% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 22,170 | 1,854,520 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) | 10,901 | 1,853,824 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 1,873 | 239,276 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 28,194 | 2,123,290 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A | 4,870 | 1,373,389 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a) | 5,575 | 521,485 | ||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 3,848 | 903,087 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 15,797 | 3,927,766 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 3,066 | 354,706 | ||||||
Everest Group Ltd. | 927 | 339,662 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 10,772 | 533,214 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. | 3,919 | 298,510 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 11,603 | 1,124,215 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 7,632 | 573,545 | ||||||
Markel Group, Inc.(a) | 171 | 249,386 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 10,783 | 2,150,454 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 25,548 | 1,815,952 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 9,884 | 782,220 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. (The) | 6,925 | 1,442,131 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 15,026 | 1,660,072 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 2,641 | 493,841 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 863 | 189,213 | ||||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 5,928 | 1,257,684 | ||||||
Unum Group | 6,787 | 344,101 | ||||||
W. R. Berkley Corp. | 3,030 | 233,219 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 2,122 | 532,919 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
27,171,681 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 5.1% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 93,887 | 15,282,926 |
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Interactive Media & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 84,206 | $ | 13,863,676 | |||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 37,761 | 16,243,649 | ||||||
Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a) | 16,937 | 254,902 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
45,645,153 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A | 19,523 | 5,874,666 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | 3,159 | 318,838 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 20,774 | 1,364,436 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 37,961 | 6,309,118 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
13,867,058 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Avantor, Inc.(a) | 27,134 | 657,457 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a) | 506 | 136,494 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a) | 1,120 | 256,480 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 28,078 | 6,924,596 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.(a) | 3,907 | 480,756 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,599 | 602,370 | ||||||
Revvity, Inc. | 5,144 | 527,106 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 11,183 | 6,359,996 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(a) | 903 | 279,063 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
16,224,318 | ||||||||
Machinery — 2.2% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. | 2,604 | 297,351 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 16,040 | 5,366,503 | ||||||
CNH Industrial NV | 39,581 | 451,223 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 3,138 | 886,454 | ||||||
Deere & Co. | 7,221 | 2,826,372 | ||||||
Dover Corp. | 2,556 | 458,291 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. | 5,884 | 442,889 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 12,481 | 3,046,737 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 6,045 | 551,304 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 21,390 | 2,269,693 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 3,200 | 1,743,712 | ||||||
Pentair PLC | 2,926 | 231,417 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. | 1,273 | 341,113 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 6,374 | 582,583 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 2,366 | 381,115 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
19,876,757 | ||||||||
Media — 1.1% | ||||||||
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 4,194 | 1,073,412 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 164,730 | 6,277,860 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | 10,284 | 318,907 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 5,724 | 164,164 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 15,950 | 485,518 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)(b) | 420 | 21,055 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a) | 2,801 | 139,294 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A, NVS | 15,770 | 375,326 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 4,352 | 106,798 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 7,958 | 738,821 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b) | 26,237 | 77,137 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,778,292 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 1.0% | ||||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a) | 20,957 | 354,174 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 59,496 | 2,971,230 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 46,469 | 1,888,500 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 10,200 | 1,719,006 | ||||||
Reliance, Inc. | 2,392 | 681,050 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 3,574 | 416,979 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 6,527 | 849,293 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
8,880,232 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | ||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 20,796 | $ | 389,717 | |||||
|
| |||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.1% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. | 6,881 | 508,299 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 16,391 | 477,634 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 8,596 | 521,003 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 14,292 | 1,349,165 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 34,859 | 1,777,112 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. | 8,590 | 947,649 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. | 18,621 | 518,781 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 12,685 | 876,280 | ||||||
Sempra | 26,186 | 1,875,703 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 13,031 | 1,076,882 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
9,928,508 | ||||||||
Office REITs — 0.1% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 4,285 | 496,503 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 6,526 | 403,894 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
900,397 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.3% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(a) | 11,821 | 402,032 | ||||||
APA Corp. | 15,331 | 482,007 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 3,883 | 612,815 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 4,381 | 393,764 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 76,952 | 12,410,049 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 48,928 | 6,146,335 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 14,065 | 384,818 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 18,181 | 930,504 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 4,290 | 862,848 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 24,217 | 3,199,792 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 5,066 | 203,096 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 164,921 | 19,505,207 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 8,368 | 1,317,876 | ||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. | 6,272 | 340,256 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 81,406 | 1,488,102 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 24,372 | 654,388 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 10,154 | 1,845,185 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 27,645 | 1,828,440 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 24,228 | 1,916,919 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 10,572 | 542,555 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 17,860 | 2,557,731 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 9,670 | 2,604,325 | ||||||
Targa Resources Corp. | 4,119 | 469,813 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 13,754 | 2,198,852 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 50,561 | 1,939,520 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
65,237,229 | ||||||||
Passenger Airlines — 0.2% | ||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 11,934 | 597,536 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 14,594 | 378,568 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 8,463 | 435,506 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
1,411,610 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Coty, Inc., Class A(a) | 8,599 | 98,373 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 3.6% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 84,599 | 3,717,280 | ||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a) | 2,617 | 289,833 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 100,078 | 14,470,278 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 46,171 | 5,966,217 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 234,739 | 6,014,013 | ||||||
Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 16,046 | 444,474 |
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Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Viatris, Inc. | 47,947 | $ | 554,747 | |||||
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | 7,837 | 1,247,964 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
32,704,806 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.5% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 9,510 | 2,300,374 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A | 1,585 | 234,057 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 1,975 | 283,472 | ||||||
KBR, Inc. | 1,926 | 125,074 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 5,398 | 756,907 | ||||||
Robert Half, Inc. | 3,097 | 214,127 | ||||||
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 8,973 | 555,339 | ||||||
TransUnion | 2,920 | 213,160 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
4,682,510 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | ||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 6,830 | 593,459 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,143 | 48,006 | ||||||
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a) | 3,535 | 150,485 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
791,950 | ||||||||
Residential REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 5,702 | 204,132 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 3,385 | 641,694 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 2,429 | 242,123 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 2,612 | 157,477 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 10,132 | 652,501 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1,398 | 344,258 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 9,991 | 341,692 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 2,995 | 389,350 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 2,338 | 260,266 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 6,720 | 255,898 | ||||||
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3,489,391 | ||||||||
Retail REITs — 0.4% | ||||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 27,837 | 518,603 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 19,659 | 1,052,543 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 4,077 | 241,440 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 13,560 | 1,905,587 | ||||||
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3,718,173 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.8% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 37,580 | 5,951,920 | ||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 14,565 | 2,921,885 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 34,557 | 6,864,748 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 12,738 | 16,562,839 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 175,771 | 5,355,742 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 3,457 | 2,382,876 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. | 5,445 | 4,870,062 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 11,530 | 1,060,529 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. | 45,847 | 5,178,877 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV | 6,437 | 1,649,095 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 11,428 | 801,789 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(a) | 4,046 | 472,735 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 46,271 | 7,674,045 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 6,662 | 710,103 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. | 3,153 | 366,757 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 37,719 | 6,654,386 | ||||||
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Software — 0.7% | ||||||||
Gen Digital, Inc. | 24,435 | 492,121 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 43,536 | 4,952,220 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. | 2,043 | 1,044,913 | ||||||
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Specialized REITs — 0.7% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 9,421 | $ | 1,616,267 | |||||
Crown Castle, Inc. | 11,737 | 1,100,696 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 5,258 | 212,633 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 4,446 | 617,016 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 5,103 | 685,231 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 10,295 | 439,905 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 6,718 | 520,779 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 20,325 | 580,279 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 28,551 | 861,384 | ||||||
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Specialty Retail — 2.9% | ||||||||
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 509 | 1,504,807 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 7,745 | 570,342 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,276 | 222,670 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 41,335 | 13,814,984 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 17,833 | 4,065,746 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 1,315 | 1,332,437 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 860 | 131,503 | ||||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 27,130 | 2,552,662 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 2,045 | 558,448 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) | 911 | 368,809 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 1,527 | 437,913 | ||||||
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25,560,321 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6% | ||||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 6,674 | 831,847 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 53,470 | 908,990 | ||||||
HP, Inc. | 35,792 | 1,005,397 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. | 5,710 | 583,619 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 8,672 | 745,012 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.(a) | 12,514 | 886,367 | ||||||
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2% | ||||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 16,705 | 1,541,203 | ||||||
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Tobacco — 1.0% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 73,598 | 3,224,328 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 64,474 | 6,121,162 | ||||||
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9,345,490 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
Ferguson PLC | 8,430 | 1,769,457 | ||||||
United Rentals, Inc. | 1,205 | 804,928 | ||||||
Watsco, Inc. | 607 | 271,766 | ||||||
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Water Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 3,582 | 438,150 | ||||||
Essential Utilities, Inc. | 5,967 | 218,273 | ||||||
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. | 11,377 | 1,867,762 | ||||||
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% |
| 893,390,681 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.6% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL | 3,557,774 | $ | 3,558,842 | |||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL | 1,792,039 | 1,792,039 | ||||||
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6% |
| 5,350,881 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 100.3% |
| 898,741,562 | ||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)% |
| (2,513,704 | ) | |||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 896,227,858 | |||||
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(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, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at 04/30/24 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, | $ | 2,355,543 | $ | 1,202,975 | (a) | $ | — | $ | 1,254 | $ | (930 | ) | $ | 3,558,842 | 3,557,774 | $ | 42,407 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 2,347,896 | — | (555,857 | )(a) | — | — | 1,792,039 | 1,792,039 | 91,736 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 4,309,775 | 440,495 | (809,217 | ) | (13,880 | ) | 562,935 | 4,490,108 | 5,950 | 126,721 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | (12,626 | ) | $ | 562,005 | $ | 9,840,989 | $ | 260,864 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(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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Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||
E-Mini Russell 1000 Value Index | 28 | 06/21/24 | $ 2,374 | $ | (56,927 | ) | ||||||||
E-Mini S&P Communication Services Select Sector Index | 2 | 06/21/24 | 205 | (11,803 | ) | |||||||||
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$ | (68,730 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Morningstar 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:
Commodity Contracts | Credit Contracts | Equity Contracts | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Interest Rate Contracts | Other Contracts | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 68,730 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 68,730 | ||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, 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 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 381,793 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 381,793 | ||||||||||||||
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (101,116 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (101,116 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts | ||||
Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 2,214,374 |
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.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 893,390,681 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 893,390,681 | ||||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 5,350,881 | — | — | 5,350,881 | ||||||||||||
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| |||||||||
$ | 898,741,562 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 898,741,562 | |||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | (68,730 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (68,730 | ) | ||||||
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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.
52 | 2 0 2 4 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, 2024
iShares Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | iShares U.S. Equity ETF | iShares Value ETF | |||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | $ | 596,761,458 | $ | 209,490,055 | $ | 854,093,742 | $ | 888,900,573 | ||||||||
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | 6,534,032 | 19,958,546 | 6,895,543 | 9,840,989 | ||||||||||||
Cash | 167 | — | 91 | 149 | ||||||||||||
Cash pledged: | ||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | 65,000 | 15,000 | 72,000 | 136,000 | ||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated | 3,863 | 10,493 | 1,589 | 1,373 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 494,185 | 82,718 | 502,258 | 968,051 | ||||||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 4,682 | 1,539 | 8,989 | 5,986 | ||||||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||
Total assets | 603,863,387 | 229,558,351 | 861,574,212 | 899,853,121 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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|
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| |||||||||
LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||||||
Bank overdraft | — | 6,104 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Collateral on securities loaned | 5,589,394 | 19,774,335 | 3,719,378 | 3,558,164 | ||||||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 29,734 | 7,086 | 21,433 | 29,769 | ||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 14,552 | 4,150 | 24,000 | 37,330 | ||||||||||||
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|
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| |||||||||
Total liabilities | 5,633,680 | 19,791,675 | 3,764,811 | 3,625,263 | ||||||||||||
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| |||||||||
Commitments and contingent liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS | $ | 598,229,707 | $ | 209,766,676 | $ | 857,809,401 | $ | 896,227,858 | ||||||||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | ||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 551,451,650 | $ | 247,479,373 | $ | 703,968,324 | $ | 778,547,099 | ||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | 46,778,057 | (37,712,697 | ) | 153,841,077 | 117,680,759 | |||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 598,229,707 | $ | 209,766,676 | $ | 857,809,401 | $ | 896,227,858 | ||||||||
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NET ASSET VALUE | ||||||||||||||||
Shares outstanding | 8,600,000 | 4,000,000 | 12,350,000 | 12,150,000 | ||||||||||||
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Net asset value | $ | 69.56 | $ | 52.44 | $ | 69.46 | $ | 73.76 | ||||||||
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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 | $ | 517,971,977 | $ | 209,054,359 | $ | 627,427,498 | $ | 733,647,910 | ||||||||
(b) Securities loaned, at value | $ | 5,296,062 | $ | 18,699,728 | $ | 3,564,868 | $ | 3,400,970 | ||||||||
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 6,532,130 | $ | 19,948,440 | $ | 6,142,670 | $ | 9,665,091 |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S | 53 |
Year Ended April 30, 2024
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | iShares ETF | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | |||||||||||||
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INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 13,859,932 | $ | 2,994,740 | $ | 11,969,777 | $ | 19,771,414 | ||||||||
Dividends — affiliated | 62,045 | 24,165 | 144,499 | 218,457 | ||||||||||||
Interest — unaffiliated | 1,497 | 2,085 | 1,399 | 2,322 | ||||||||||||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | 122,369 | 276,578 | 37,652 | 42,407 | ||||||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld | (8,773 | ) | (1,848 | ) | (3,094 | ) | (4,642 | ) | ||||||||
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| |||||||||
Total investment income | 14,037,070 | 3,295,720 | 12,150,233 | 20,029,958 | ||||||||||||
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EXPENSES | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory | 329,305 | 83,616 | 241,175 | 336,069 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | 16 | 397 | 121 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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Total expenses | 329,321 | 84,013 | 241,296 | 336,074 | ||||||||||||
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| |||||||||
Net investment income | 13,707,749 | 3,211,707 | 11,908,937 | 19,693,884 | ||||||||||||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | ||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | 2,580,326 | (5,342,147 | ) | (5,683,010 | ) | 8,188,904 | ||||||||||
Investments — affiliated | 3,861 | 23 | 8,911 | (50,255 | ) | |||||||||||
Futures contracts | 55,102 | 38,290 | 401,603 | 381,793 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 7,902,825 | 3,365,426 | 13,138,352 | 14,906,744 | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a) | — | — | 67,709 | 37,629 | ||||||||||||
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| |||||||||
10,542,114 | (1,938,408 | ) | 7,933,565 | 23,464,815 | ||||||||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated | 54,967,690 | 26,546,497 | 148,862,960 | 85,304,554 | ||||||||||||
Investments — affiliated | (3,642 | ) | (357 | ) | 156,167 | 562,005 | ||||||||||
Futures contracts | (22,377 | ) | 2,566 | (154,548 | ) | (101,116 | ) | |||||||||
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54,941,671 | 26,548,706 | 148,864,579 | 85,765,443 | |||||||||||||
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| |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain | 65,483,785 | 24,610,298 | 156,798,144 | 109,230,258 | ||||||||||||
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 79,191,534 | $ | 27,822,005 | $ | 168,707,081 | $ | 128,924,142 | ||||||||
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(a) | See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
See notes to financial statements.
54 | 2 0 2 4 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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | |||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | |||||||||||||||||
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 13,707,749 | $ | 11,990,407 | $ | 3,211,707 | $ | 3,398,402 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 10,542,114 | 6,599,179 | (1,938,408 | ) | (12,328,087 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 54,941,671 | (33,166,530 | ) | 26,548,706 | 3,219,922 | |||||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 79,191,534 | (14,576,944 | ) | 27,822,005 | (5,709,763 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (12,832,610 | ) | (11,819,760 | ) | (3,167,971 | ) | (3,393,435 | ) | ||||||||||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 15,655,924 | 45,120,668 | (15,146,663 | ) | 9,391,283 | |||||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total increase in net assets | 82,014,848 | 18,723,964 | 9,507,371 | 288,085 | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 516,214,859 | 497,490,895 | 200,259,305 | 199,971,220 | ||||||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 598,229,707 | $ | 516,214,859 | $ | 209,766,676 | $ | 200,259,305 | ||||||||||||
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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 | 55 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | iShares Morningstar Value ETF | |||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | |||||||||||||||||
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Net investment income | $ | 11,908,937 | $ | 12,196,647 | $ | 19,693,884 | $ | 18,588,586 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 7,933,565 | (9,759,247 | ) | 23,464,815 | 10,547,440 | |||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 148,864,579 | 8,004,673 | 85,765,443 | (10,470,270 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 168,707,081 | 10,442,073 | 128,924,142 | 18,665,756 | ||||||||||||||||
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (11,860,921 | ) | (12,049,075 | ) | (19,636,858 | ) | (18,183,374 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | (47,182,146 | ) | (40,561,179 | ) | 4,566,393 | (6,551,556 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 109,664,014 | (42,168,181 | ) | 113,853,677 | (6,069,174 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 748,145,387 | 790,313,568 | 782,374,181 | 788,443,355 | ||||||||||||||||
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End of year | $ | 857,809,401 | $ | 748,145,387 | $ | 896,227,858 | $ | 782,374,181 | ||||||||||||
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(a) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 62.19 | $ | 65.46 | $ | 64.01 | $ | 40.13 | $ | 53.28 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(b) | 1.62 | 1.53 | 1.24 | 1.14 | 1.50 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 7.26 | (3.29 | ) | 1.50 | 23.92 | (13.08 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 8.88 | (1.76 | ) | 2.74 | 25.06 | (11.58 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(d) | (1.51 | ) | (1.51 | ) | (1.29 | ) | (1.18 | ) | (1.57 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 69.56 | $ | 62.19 | $ | 65.46 | $ | 64.01 | $ | 40.13 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 14.49 | % | (2.60 | )% | 4.28 | % | 63.45 | % | (22.07 | )% | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 2.50 | % | 2.44 | % | 1.88 | % | 2.32 | % | 2.95 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 598,230 | $ | 516,215 | $ | 497,491 | $ | 457,694 | $ | 331,048 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 46.57 | $ | 48.77 | $ | 58.27 | $ | 35.60 | $ | 43.90 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(b) | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.57 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 5.86 | (2.20 | ) | (9.50 | ) | 22.71 | (8.23 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 6.63 | (1.41 | ) | (8.78 | ) | 23.27 | (7.66 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(d) | (0.76 | ) | (0.79 | ) | (0.72 | ) | (0.60 | ) | (0.64 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of year | $ | 52.44 | $ | 46.57 | $ | 48.77 | $ | 58.27 | $ | 35.60 | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 14.32 | % | (2.85 | )% | (15.22 | )% | 65.95 | % | (17.58 | )% | ||||||||||
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Net investment income | 1.54 | % | 1.67 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.24 | % | 1.34 | % | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 209,767 | $ | 200,259 | $ | 199,971 | $ | 241,801 | $ | 185,115 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 57.11 | $ | 57.06 | $ | 59.02 | $ | 40.80 | $ | 41.90 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income(b) | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.66 | 0.81 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 12.35 | 0.04 | (1.95 | ) | 18.21 | (0.88 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 23.44 | % | 1.77 | % | (2.08 | )% | 46.58 | % | (0.13 | )% | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 857,809 | $ | 748,145 | $ | 790,314 | $ | 891,187 | $ | 718,065 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| Year Ended 04/30/24 | | | Year Ended 04/30/23 | | | Year Ended 04/30/22 | | | Year Ended 04/30/21 | (a) | | Year Ended 04/30/20 | (a) | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 64.93 | $ | 64.89 | $ | 63.68 | $ | 48.12 | $ | 54.18 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c) | 8.81 | 0.00 | (d) | 1.20 | 15.58 | (6.04 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 10.42 | 1.54 | 2.58 | 17.13 | (4.39 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions from net investment income(e) | (1.59 | ) | (1.50 | ) | (1.37 | ) | (1.57 | ) | (1.67 | ) | ||||||||||
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Based on net asset value | 16.27 | % | 2.53 | % | 4.02 | % | 36.36 | % | (8.23 | )% | ||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 896,228 | $ | 782,374 | $ | 788,443 | $ | 687,758 | $ | 447,483 | ||||||||||
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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) | 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, if any. |
See notes to financial statements.
60 | 2 0 2 4 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 | |||
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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.
ForeignTaxes: 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 jurisdictions 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, 2024, 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.
Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.
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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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
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 | ||||||||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | ||||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | $ | 845,175 | $ | (845,175 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 758,263 | (758,263 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 1,810,722 | (1,810,722 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 197,406 | (197,406 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 2,660 | (2,660 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Nomura Securities International, Inc. | 38,246 | (38,246 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 1,008,914 | (1,008,914 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. | 346,388 | (346,388 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS AG | 288,288 | (288,288 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 1,116,854 | $ | (1,116,854 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 222,583 | (222,583 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 2,077,593 | (2,077,593 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 2,551,899 | (2,551,899 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citadel Clearing LLC | 91,218 | (91,218 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 518,298 | (518,298 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | 55,402 | (55,402 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 2,602,927 | (2,602,927 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC | 134,487 | (134,487 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 1,904,129 | (1,904,129 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Jefferies LLC | 642,338 | (642,338 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley | 3,146,690 | (3,146,690 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
National Financial Services LLC | 331,979 | (331,979 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Natixis SA | 76,524 | (76,524 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 580,798 | (580,798 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. | 288,478 | (288,478 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
SG Americas Securities LLC | 4,320 | (4,320 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. | 659,195 | (659,195 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 771,852 | (771,852 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
UBS AG | 354,981 | (354,981 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Virtu Americas LLC | 98,235 | (98,235 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A | 439,038 | (439,038 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | 29,910 | (29,910 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 31,026 | $ | (31,026 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 18,328 | (18,328 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 917,733 | (917,733 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 588,252 | (588,252 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citadel Clearing LLC | 661,860 | (661,860 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 266,239 | (266,239 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 9,138 | (9,138 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
HSBC Bank PLC | 208,793 | (208,793 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 659,786 | (659,786 | ) | — | — |
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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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Morgan Stanley | $ | 39,650 | $ | (39,650 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 3,195 | (3,195 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. | 160,868 | (160,868 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 625,716 | $ | (625,716 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 860,232 | (860,232 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. | 274,265 | (274,265 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 53,595 | (53,595 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | 967,925 | (967,925 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
National Financial Services LLC | 600,409 | (600,409 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
RBC Capital Market LLC | 17,740 | (17,740 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1,088 | (1,088 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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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 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 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).
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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.
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, redemption fee, 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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the 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, 2024, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
iShares ETF | Amounts | |||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 32,782 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 74,421 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 11,823 | |||
Morningstar Value | 11,280 |
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, 2024, 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 | $ | 143,464,854 | $ | 120,264,299 | $ | 3,540,767 | ||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 34,066,065 | 23,035,216 | 219,410 | |||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 14,265,581 | 12,512,426 | (3,954,553 | ) | ||||||||
Morningstar Value | 125,400,791 | 98,062,835 | 6,906,623 |
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.
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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, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
iShares ETF | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 235,104,076 | $ | 233,048,345 | ||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 59,374,520 | 59,191,826 | ||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 40,683,688 | 39,508,326 | ||||||
Morningstar Value | 185,137,714 | 185,468,594 |
For the year ended April 30, 2024, in-kind transactions were as follows:
iShares ETF | In-kind Purchases | In-kind Sales | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 51,467,468 | $ | 37,054,667 | ||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 2,501,821 | 17,506,593 | ||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 6,245,197 | 53,496,320 | ||||||
Morningstar Value | 62,138,042 | 58,116,878 |
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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 | $ | 7,893,678 | $ | (7,893,678 | ) | |||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 3,338,748 | (3,338,748 | ) | |||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 13,085,164 | (13,085,164 | ) | |||||
Morningstar Value | 14,929,626 | (14,929,626 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
iShares ETF | Year Ended April 30, 2024 | Year Ended April 30, 2023 | ||||||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | ||||||||
Ordinary income | $ | 12,832,610 | $ | 11,819,760 | ||||
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As of April 30, 2024, 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 | $ | 1,010,347 | $ | (31,958,804 | ) | $ | 77,726,514 | $ | 46,778,057 | |||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 308,915 | (37,298,740 | ) | (722,872 | ) | (37,712,697 | ) | |||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 1,040,969 | (73,847,118 | ) | 226,647,226 | 153,841,077 | |||||||||||
Morningstar Value | 1,905,428 | (38,144,056 | ) | 153,919,387 | 117,680,759 |
(a) | Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains. |
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (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, 2024, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:
iShares ETF | Amount Utilized | |||
Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 1,496,470 | ||
Morningstar Value | 7,548,533 |
As of April 30, 2024, 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 | $ | 525,562,538 | $ | 104,518,531 | $ | (26,785,579 | ) | $ | 77,732,952 | |||||||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 230,171,473 | 41,595,968 | (42,318,840 | ) | (722,872 | ) | ||||||||||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 634,340,061 | 276,551,525 | (49,902,301 | ) | 226,649,224 | |||||||||||
Morningstar Value | 744,817,826 | 194,992,724 | (41,068,988 | ) | 153,923,736 |
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 an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.
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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
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 each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each 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 may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore each Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by each Fund, and each Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. Each Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.
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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.
Geographic/Asset Class 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.
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.
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.
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 | 850,000 | $ | 52,070,944 | 1,750,000 | $ | 108,029,844 | ||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (550,000 | ) | (36,415,020 | ) | (1,050,000 | ) | (62,909,176 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Shares redeemed | (350,000 | ) | (17,769,911 | ) | (200,000 | ) | (8,950,442 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Shares sold | 100,000 | $ | 6,276,740 | 200,000 | $ | 10,798,586 | ||||||||||||||
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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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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.
N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S | 69 |
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, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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 listed in the table below as of April 30, 2024, 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, 2024 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 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, 2024 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 24, 2024
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, 2024:
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 11,688,602 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 2,306,129 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 11,576,799 | |||
Morningstar Value | 19,323,112 | |||
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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, 2024:
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | $ | 1,722,809 | ||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 570,026 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 624,426 | |||
Morningstar Value | 760,991 | |||
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Morningstar Mid-Cap Value | 81.48% | |||
Morningstar Small-Cap | 65.83 | |||
Morningstar U.S. Equity | 91.62 | |||
Morningstar Value | 92.99 | |||
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I M P O R T A N T T A X I N F O R M A T I O N | 71 |
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 8, 2023 (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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.
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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile. |
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)
Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs
Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.
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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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 of 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). | |||
Stephen Cohen(b) (1975) | Trustee (since 2024). | Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). |
(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) | Stephen Cohen 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). | |||
Laura F. Fergerson (1962) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
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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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | |||
James Lam (1961) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). | |||
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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 | ||
Jessica Tan (1980) | President (since 2024). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019). | ||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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). | ||
Aaron Wasserman (1974) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023). | ||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022). | ||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2019). | ||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2022). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
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James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2020). |
Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.
Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
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Electronic Delivery
Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.
To enroll in electronic delivery:
• | Go to icsdelivery.com. |
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Householding
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· iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | USRT | NYSE Arca
Dear Shareholder,
The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.
Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.
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. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.
Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.
Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.
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, 2024
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U.S. small cap equities | 19.66 | 13.32 | ||||||
International equities | 18.63 | 9.28 | ||||||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | 15.40 | 9.88 | ||||||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | 2.66 | 5.36 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | 3.66 | (6.40) | ||||||
U.S. investment grade bonds | 4.97 | (1.47) | ||||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) | 7.06 | 2.08 | ||||||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | 8.99 | 9.01 | ||||||
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Domestic Market Overview
U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.
While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.
To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.
The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.
Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024 | 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
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Fund NAV | 1.82 | % | 2.62 | % | 5.41 | % | 1.82 | % | 13.80 | % | 69.29 | % | ||||||||||||
Fund Market | 1.83 | 2.61 | 5.41 | 1.83 | 13.74 | 69.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index | 1.94 | 2.69 | 5.55 | 1.94 | 14.21 | 71.64 |
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
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(a) | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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, 2024 (continued) | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF |
Portfolio Management Commentary
U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) advanced during the reporting period, supported by resilient economic growth. The retail REITs industry contributed the most to the Index’s return amid strong consumer spending and low vacancy rates. The national shopping center vacancy rate fell to 5.4%, its lowest level in over 15 years, in part due to a slowdown in new construction given higher interest rates and risk-averse lenders. In this environment, one large holder of retail properties posted record high annual operating performance.
The data center REITs industry also contributed meaningfully to the Index’s performance, as the digital economy continued to expand. In particular, generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) sparked substantial investor enthusiasm for AI-related products and technologies, creating a surge in plans for and construction of new data centers.
The office REITs industry also aided the Index’s performance, as the outlook for commercial real estate improved amid investor optimism that interest rates may have peaked while businesses increasingly required employees to return to working in the office. REITs that focus on higher-end workplaces and supply-constrained markets particularly benefited.
On the downside, the industrial REITs industry detracted from the Index’s return. Uncertainty about the economic outlook constrained demand for warehouse space. As freight and logistics companies increasingly focused on reducing costs, landlords lowered their forecasts for occupancy, earnings, and planned development. Additionally, a 12-year low in home sales reduced demand for furniture, building materials, and appliances, prompting some of the largest home goods retailers to close distribution centers. Regional concentrations of investments also hampered the industry, particularly properties in southern California, where both demand and rent growth disappointed.
Portfolio Information
INDUSTRY ALLOCATION
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Specialized REITs | 27.3% | |||
Residential REITs | 17.9 | |||
Retail REITs | 17.1 | |||
Industrial REITs | 14.1 | |||
Health Care REITs | 11.3 | |||
Office REITs | 6.0 | |||
Hotel & Resort REITs | 3.7 | |||
Diversified REITs | 2.6 | |||
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Prologis, Inc. | 9.5% | |||
Equinix, Inc. | 6.7 | |||
Welltower, Inc. | 5.3 | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 4.6 | |||
Realty Income Corp. | 4.5 | |||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 4.2 | |||
Public Storage | 4.1 | |||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 3.0 | |||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 2.8 | |||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 2.7 | |||
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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, index returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, index 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.
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April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Diversified REITs — 2.6% | ||||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | 161,344 | $ | 2,657,336 | |||||
Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. | 28,297 | 422,474 | ||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 108,645 | 2,319,571 | ||||||
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | 150,679 | 1,585,143 | ||||||
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. | 419,398 | 6,106,435 | ||||||
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | 49,947 | 866,580 | ||||||
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 296,292 | 2,696,257 | ||||||
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 347,586 | 9,155,415 | ||||||
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | 88,653 | 1,185,291 | ||||||
Global Net Lease, Inc. | 434,103 | 3,017,016 | ||||||
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | 73,160 | 437,497 | ||||||
One Liberty Properties, Inc. | 36,960 | 846,754 | ||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 487,035 | 26,708,999 | ||||||
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Health Care REITs — 11.2% | ||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 267,401 | 6,610,153 | ||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | 59,543 | 1,579,676 | ||||||
Diversified Healthcare Trust | 528,950 | 1,248,322 | ||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | 136,017 | 1,103,098 | ||||||
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 853,362 | 12,143,341 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 1,587,040 | 29,534,814 | ||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 91,981 | 3,044,571 | ||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(a) | 1,336,432 | 6,147,587 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 93,210 | 5,877,823 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 549,814 | 16,719,844 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 515,855 | 7,180,701 | ||||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | 29,122 | 1,049,266 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. | 897,949 | 39,761,182 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 1,245,776 | 118,697,537 | ||||||
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Hotel & Resort REITs — 3.7% | ||||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | 480,512 | 7,092,357 | ||||||
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 151,031 | 412,315 | ||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust | 107,500 | 985,775 | ||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 470,531 | 4,187,726 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,570,807 | 29,641,128 | ||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 466,921 | 7,531,436 | ||||||
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(a) | 264,771 | 3,847,123 | ||||||
RLJ Lodging Trust | 343,169 | 3,774,859 | ||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 130,049 | 13,717,568 | ||||||
Service Properties Trust | 367,869 | 2,255,037 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 232,982 | 1,400,222 | ||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 459,387 | 4,685,747 | ||||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 234,919 | 3,258,326 | ||||||
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Industrial REITs — 14.1% | ||||||||
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | 636,841 | 13,991,397 | ||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 102,783 | 15,968,367 | ||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 296,534 | 13,468,574 | ||||||
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | 145,644 | 512,667 | ||||||
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | 62,302 | 6,442,027 | ||||||
LXP Industrial Trust | 645,714 | 5,391,712 | ||||||
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. | 102,632 | 2,142,956 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 2,074,864 | 211,739,871 | ||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | 472,912 | 20,245,363 | ||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc. | 408,332 | 14,042,537 | ||||||
Terreno Realty Corp. | 200,074 | 10,874,022 | ||||||
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Office REITs — 6.0% | ||||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 389,844 | $ | 45,171,224 | |||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 352,423 | 21,811,459 | ||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 370,285 | 1,681,094 | ||||||
City Office REIT, Inc. | 90,543 | 421,930 | ||||||
COPT Defense Properties | 251,692 | 6,033,057 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 339,922 | 7,797,811 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 321,437 | 4,406,901 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 214,042 | 2,502,151 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 234,104 | 6,133,525 | ||||||
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | 310,595 | 1,801,451 | ||||||
JBG SMITH Properties | 202,265 | 3,035,998 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp. | 262,318 | 8,866,348 | ||||||
NET Lease Office Properties | 33,100 | 756,666 | ||||||
Office Properties Income Trust | 107,356 | 216,859 | ||||||
Orion Office REIT, Inc. | 131,171 | 409,254 | ||||||
Paramount Group, Inc. | 416,687 | 1,933,428 | ||||||
Peakstone Realty Trust, Class E | 81,493 | 1,138,457 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 275,471 | 1,897,995 | ||||||
Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 45,521 | 630,466 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 138,842 | 6,918,497 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 397,289 | 10,341,433 | ||||||
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Residential REITs — 17.8% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | 748,210 | 26,785,918 | ||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 329,528 | 12,647,285 | ||||||
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(b) | 323,619 | 2,588,952 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 318,550 | 60,387,523 | ||||||
BRT Apartments Corp. | 26,888 | 482,371 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 233,149 | 23,240,292 | ||||||
Centerspace | 33,756 | 2,270,091 | ||||||
Elme Communities | 195,625 | 2,965,675 | ||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 399,208 | 24,068,250 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 838,404 | 53,993,218 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 143,458 | 35,326,533 | ||||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | 502,819 | 7,929,456 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 1,373,696 | 46,980,403 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 260,938 | 33,921,940 | ||||||
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | 50,567 | 1,731,414 | ||||||
Sun Communities, Inc. | 276,167 | 30,742,910 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. | 737,312 | 28,076,841 | ||||||
UMH Properties, Inc. | 135,426 | 2,155,982 | ||||||
Veris Residential, Inc. | 176,463 | 2,542,832 | ||||||
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Retail REITs — 17.0% | ||||||||
Acadia Realty Trust | 224,807 | 3,884,665 | ||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 222,664 | 12,740,834 | ||||||
Alexander’s, Inc. | 4,835 | 1,022,893 | ||||||
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | 672,495 | 14,862,139 | ||||||
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 60,386 | 1,313,395 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 181,638 | 18,921,230 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 106,231 | 2,878,860 | ||||||
InvenTrust Properties Corp. | 151,461 | 3,838,022 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 1,474,318 | 27,466,544 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 485,208 | 10,577,534 | ||||||
Macerich Co. (The) | 481,625 | 6,627,160 | ||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 155,228 | 2,615,592 | ||||||
NNN REIT, Inc. | 407,589 | 16,519,582 | ||||||
Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. | 268,140 | 8,768,178 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 1,869,730 | 100,105,344 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 405,977 | 24,041,958 | ||||||
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | 274,412 | 3,367,035 | ||||||
Saul Centers, Inc. | 25,992 | 946,369 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) April 30, 2024 | iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Retail REITs (continued) | ||||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 729,435 | $ | 102,507,501 | |||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 425,386 | 5,738,457 | ||||||
Tanger, Inc. | 233,305 | 6,614,197 | ||||||
Urban Edge Properties | 255,816 | 4,279,802 | ||||||
Whitestone REIT | 108,475 | 1,247,463 | ||||||
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Specialized REITs — 27.2% | ||||||||
CubeSmart | 502,541 | 20,322,758 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 679,014 | 94,233,563 | ||||||
EPR Properties | 166,803 | 6,770,534 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 209,929 | 149,282,611 | ||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 470,076 | 63,121,805 | ||||||
Farmland Partners, Inc. | 99,619 | 1,071,900 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 202,289 | 4,743,677 | ||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. | 574,815 | 24,561,845 | ||||||
Gladstone Land Corp. | 75,987 | 963,515 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 650,831 | 50,452,419 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A | 195,227 | 22,617,048 | ||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust | 168,884 | 5,917,695 | ||||||
Outfront Media, Inc. | 329,631 | 5,227,948 | ||||||
Public Storage | 352,257 | 91,393,079 | ||||||
Safehold, Inc. | 108,512 | 1,979,259 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 2,324,667 | 66,369,243 | ||||||
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(c)(d)(e) | 2,557,869 | $ | 2,558,636 | |||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(c)(d) | 6,904,914 | 6,904,914 | ||||||
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(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, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/23 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 04/30/24 | Shares Held at 04/30/24 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 10,979,342 | $ | — | $ | (8,420,764 | )(a) | $ | 4,215 | $ | (4,157 | ) | $ | 2,558,636 | 2,557,869 | $ | 69,607 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 3,910,036 | 2,994,878 | (a) | — | — | — | 6,904,914 | 6,904,914 | 289,043 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, 2024 | 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 | 272 | 06/21/24 | $ | 8,650 | $ | (470,503 | ) | |||||||||
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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 depreciation on futures contracts(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 470,503 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 470,503 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, 2024, 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (42,918) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (42,918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Futures contracts | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (670,666 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (670,666 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Average notional value of contracts — long | $ | 6,934,723 |
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, 2024 | 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 | $ | 2,228,969,338 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,228,969,338 | ||||||||
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Equity Contracts | $ | (470,503 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (470,503 | ) | ||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | 11 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2024
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | ||||
ASSETS | ||||
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | $ | 2,228,969,338 | ||
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | 9,463,550 | |||
Cash | 1,897 | |||
Cash pledged: | ||||
Futures contracts | 548,000 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities lending income — affiliated | 4,137 | |||
Dividends — unaffiliated | 1,754,314 | |||
Dividends — affiliated | 21,819 | |||
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Collateral on securities loaned | 2,529,558 | |||
Payables: | ||||
Capital shares redeemed | 55,932 | |||
Investment advisory fees | 146,835 | |||
Variation margin on futures contracts | 149,750 | |||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 2,237,880,980 | ||
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Paid-in capital | $ | 2,635,573,818 | ||
Accumulated loss | (397,692,838 | ) | ||
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NET ASSETS | $ | 2,237,880,980 | ||
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Shares outstanding | $ | 44,700,000 | ||
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Net asset value | $ | 50.06 | ||
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | $ | 2,586,254,134 | ||
(b) Securities loaned, at value | $ | 2,380,699 | ||
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | $ | 9,463,214 |
See notes to financial statements.
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Year Ended April 30, 2024
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||
Dividends — unaffiliated | $ | 73,826,000 | ||
Dividends — affiliated | 289,043 | |||
Interest — unaffiliated | 4,878 | |||
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | 69,607 | |||
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Total investment income | 74,189,528 | |||
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Investment advisory | 1,671,773 | |||
Interest expense | 647 | |||
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Total expenses | 1,672,420 | |||
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Net investment income | 72,517,108 | |||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: | ||||
Investments — unaffiliated | (9,696,273 | ) | ||
Investments — affiliated | 4,215 | |||
Futures contracts | (42,918 | ) | ||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a) | 33,764,205 | |||
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Investments — unaffiliated | (58,850,080 | ) | ||
Investments — affiliated | (4,157 | ) | ||
Futures contracts | (670,666 | ) | ||
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Net realized and unrealized loss | (35,495,674 | ) | ||
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 37,021,434 | ||
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(a) | See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
See notes to financial statements.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 13 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | ||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | ||||||||
OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 72,517,108 | $ | 64,307,573 | ||||
Net realized gain | 24,029,229 | 80,322,433 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (59,524,903 | ) | (490,807,237 | ) | ||||
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | (68,921,006 | ) | (65,460,022 | ) | ||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | 378,443,147 | (15,575,503 | ) | |||||
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 346,543,575 | (427,212,756 | ) | |||||
Beginning of year | 1,891,337,405 | 2,318,550,161 | ||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended 04/30/24 | Year Ended 04/30/23 | Year Ended 04/30/22 | Year Ended 04/30/21 | Year Ended 04/30/20 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 50.84 | $ | 61.83 | $ | 56.60 | $ | 42.45 | $ | 51.60 | ||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) | (0.85 | ) | (10.95 | ) | 5.45 | 14.39 | (8.95 | ) | ||||||||||||
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From net investment income | (1.70 | ) | (1.75 | ) | (1.43 | ) | (1.41 | ) | (1.80 | ) | ||||||||||
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.03 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of year (000) | $ | 2,237,881 | $ | 1,891,337 | $ | 2,318,550 | $ | 1,986,692 | $ | 1,339,443 | ||||||||||
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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, if any. |
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”):
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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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.
Bank Overdraft: The Fund had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Fund is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations.
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
16 | 2 0 2 4 I SHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
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 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.
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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:
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Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | $ | 1,745,360 | $ | (1,745,360 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | 536,273 | (536,273 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
National Financial Services LLC | 99,066 | (99,066 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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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. |
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:
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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 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 SLAgency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, redemption fee, distribution fee or service
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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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of the 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, 2024, the Fund paid BTC $17,751 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, 2024, 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 | $ | 10,751,699 | $ | 24,384,624 | $ | (2,408,423 | ) |
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, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 127,736,073 | $ | 105,214,704 | ||||
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 649,028,717 | $ | 292,888,617 | ||||
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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, 2024, 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.
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, 2024, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 33,570,994 | $ | (33,570,994 | ) | |||
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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
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Ordinary income | $ | 68,921,006 | $ | 65,460,022 | ||||
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iShares ETF | Undistributed Ordinary Income | Non-expiring Capital Loss Carryforwards(a) | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses)(b) | Total | ||||||||||||
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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 3,962,048 | $ | (21,772,127 | ) | $ | (379,882,759 | ) | $ | (397,692,838 | ) | |||||
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(a) | Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains. |
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net 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, 2024, 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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Core U.S. REIT | $ | 2,618,114,336 | $ | 43,542,210 | $ | (423,223,658 | ) | $ | (379,681,448 | ) | ||||||
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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 an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.
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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
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 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
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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 Fund.
Geographic/Asset Class 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 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.
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.
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 | 13,100,000 | $ | 659,303,907 | 11,700,000 | $ | 614,069,077 | ||||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed | (5,600,000 | ) | (280,860,760 | ) | (12,000,000 | ) | (629,644,580 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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.
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, 2024, the related statement of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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, 2024, 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, 2024 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 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, 2024 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and broker. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 24, 2024
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 amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024:
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iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | $ | 1,482,386 | ||
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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, 2024:
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iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | $ | 68,250,261 | ||
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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 Fund, met on December 8, 2023 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Fund, 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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.
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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile. |
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)
Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs
Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Fund.
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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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 of 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). | ||||
Stephen Cohen(b) (1975) | Trustee (since 2024). | Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). | |||||
(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) Stephen Cohen 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). | |||||
Laura F. Fergerson (1962) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). |
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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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021). |
| Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011). | ||||
James Lam (1961) | Trustee (since 2024). | President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020). | Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024). | |||||
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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 | ||||||
Jessica Tan (1980) | President (since 2024). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019). | ||||||
Trent Walker (1974) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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). | ||||||
Aaron Wasserman (1974) | Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023). | ||||||
Marisa Rolland (1980) | Secretary (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022). | ||||||
Rachel Aguirre (1982) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2019). | ||||||
Jennifer Hsui (1976) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2022). |
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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)
Officers | ||||||
Name (Year of Birth) | Position(s) | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||||
James Mauro (1970) | Executive Vice President (since 2022). | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2020). |
Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.
Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.
Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.
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Householding
Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.
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 its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s 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, 2024 (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 $119,700 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 and $119,700 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024.
(b) Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2024 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, 2023 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024. 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, 2023 and April 30, 2024 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, 2023 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024.
(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. | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. |
Not applicable
Item 14. | Exhibits. |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2
(a)(2) Any policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities exchange or registered national securities association upon which the Registrant’s securities are listed – Not Applicable
(a)(3) Section 302 Certifications are attached
(a)(4) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable
(a)(5) 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/ Jessica Tan | |||
Jessica Tan, President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: June 24, 2024
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/ Jessica Tan | |||
Jessica Tan, President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: June 24, 2024
By: | /s/ Trent Walker | |||
Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
Date: June 24, 2024