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iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF

$12.39-2.36% vs prior close
12.242452-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.

iShares Trust - iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. It invests in public equity markets of global region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across lithium ore mining and/or lithium compounds manufacturing sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It seeks to track the performance of the STOXX Global Lithium Miners and Producers Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF is domiciled in the United States.

Price & daily flows
14.6813.8513.0212.39DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET — OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -20.7% so far this year. At 0.47% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GDMN has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$13Massets under management
0.47%expense ratio · $47 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
8Kavg daily volume, 30 days
44holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed June 21, 2023 · beta 1.81
The book at a glance
ELV-1.8%SQM-1.2%ALB-0.7%LAC-2.3%LAR+0.7%CRML-0.8%SGML-11.3%ABAT+3.2%0021920022401.0%0023260024071.6%0024603.1%0024662.7%0024970027092.8%0027381.4%0028122.0%0050703.9%3000372.2%3000733003901.8%3004323005681.0%3013581.9%CXO3.6%EUR2.4%GLN1.1%LTR7.1%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ELVELEVANCE HEALTH3.74%$381.67-1.8%
2SQMCHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE8.15%$64.12-1.2%
3ALBALBEMARLE7.88%$105.03-0.7%
4LACLITHIUM AMERICAS4.73%$2.57-2.3%
5LARLithium Argentina AG3.69%$5.54+0.7%
6CRMLCRITICAL METALS CORP2.83%$7.20-0.8%
7SGMLSIGMA LITHIUM3.11%$8.34-11.3%
8ABATAMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY CO1.49%$2.28+3.2%
9002192YOUNGY CO LTD-A0.66%———
10002240Chengxin Lithium Group Co Ltd1.02%———
11002326ZHEJIANG YONGTAI TECHNOLOGY LTD A0.67%———
12002407DO-FLUORIDE NEW MATERIALS LTD A1.57%———
13002460GANFENG LITHIUM GROUP LTD A3.11%———
14002466TIANQI LITHIUM INDUSTRIES CORP A2.66%———
15002497SICHUAN YAHUA INDUSTRIAL GROUP LTD0.81%———

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Sector weights
Materials87.47%
Industrials7.21%
Information Technology3.93%
Consumer Discretionary0.97%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.43%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China33.77%
Australia26.2%
United States12.34%
Chile8.19%
Canada7.72%
Korea (South)4.99%
Argentina3.69%
Brazil3.11%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-5.0%
1 month-19.0%
3 months-29.1%
6 months-27.0%
YTD-20.7%
1 year-1.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months−$3M
YTD+$2M
1 year+$7M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
27%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
48%realized volatility, 1 year
-47.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-47.8%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 8.2% of the book; the top ten carry 53%. Spread across 51+ 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
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
10Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ALB ALBEMARLE$2M$2M
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH$349,466$972,001
SGML SIGMA LITHIUM$376,819$304,636
CRML CRITICAL METALS CORP$278,158$149,694
LAC LITHIUM AMERICAS$63,242$192,475

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

The case against ILIT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ILIT 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-44bp on fee · 3272× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-44bp on fee · 1435× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-43bp on fee · 2596× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-43bp on fee · 1867× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-43bp on fee · 1466× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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