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IDUISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF

$101.30+0.46% vs prior close
10112152-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of the utilities sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
116.4110.6104.9101.30DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$142M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$145M of net inflows over the past month, about 10.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -6.5% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLU has a reported fee of 0.09%.

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

$1.4Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$145Mnet flow, trailing month
229Kavg daily volume, 30 days
50holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 12, 2000 · beta 0.12
The book at a glance
NEE+0.8%SO+0.7%DUK-0.2%CEG+1.9%WM-1.0%AEP+0.9%D+0.4%SRE+0.1%VST+1.0%ETR+1.1%XEL+0.1%EXC+0.2%RSG-1.4%ED+1.3%PEG+0.8%WEC+0.9%AEE+0.3%PCG-0.7%ATO-0.0%DTE+1.2%AWK-1.2%PPL-0.4%CNP+1.1%ES+0.2%FE+0.1%EIX+0.1%CMS+0.9%NRG+1.3%NI+1.3%EVRG+0.4%LNT+0.6%CLH+0.7%AESOGE

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NEENEXTERA ENERGY10.74%$76.35+0.8%
2SOSOUTHERN6.52%$83.47+0.7%
3DUKDUKE ENERGY6.03%$113.74-0.2%
4CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY5.76%$258.92+1.9%
5WMWASTE MANAGEMENT5.23%$201.90-1.0%
6AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO4.41%$119.75+0.9%
7DDOMINION ENERGY3.62%$60.76+0.4%
8SRESEMPRA3.47%$78.05+0.1%
9VSTVISTRA3.21%$139.75+1.0%
10ETRENTERGY3.15%$100.40+1.1%
11XELXCEL ENERGY2.99%$70.55+0.1%
12EXCEXELON2.83%$40.47+0.2%
13RSGREPUBLIC SERVICES2.86%$206.98-1.4%
14EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON2.58%$103.50+1.3%
15PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP2.29%$67.89+0.8%

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Sector weights
Utilities89.58%
Industrials10.16%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.24%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.72%
Canada1.26%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month-6.5%
3 months-10.6%
6 months-12.8%
YTD-6.5%
1 year-9.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$30M
1 month+$145M
3 months+$28M
YTD−$215M
1 year−$142M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-16.1%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 10.7% of the book; the top ten carry 52%. Spread across 49+ names, it behaves like roughly 25 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
163Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CEG CONSTELLATION ENERGY$7M$8M
PCG PG&E$13M$1M
VST VISTRA$6M$6M
OKLO OKLO$2M$6M
GFL GFL ENVIRONMENTAL$6M$2M

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

The case against IDU

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-37bp on fee · 31× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-37bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-36bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-36bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-36bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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