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IYRISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

$94.47-0.60% vs prior close
9310752-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through May 14. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index, which measures the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by the "index provider". It generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index.

Price & daily flows
104.199.995.894.47DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$844M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +0.6% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VNQ has a reported fee of 0.12%.

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

$4.6Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
6.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
76holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 11, 2000 · beta 0.30
The book at a glance
AMT-1.6%VTR-1.5%WELL-1.4%BRXBXPCBRE+1.6%CCI-0.8%DLR+0.5%EQIX+0.1%ESS+0.0%EXR+1.2%GLPI-1.0%HRHST+0.5%INVH+0.3%IRM+0.2%JLL+0.8%KIM+0.0%LAMR-0.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SBRASABRA HEALTH CARE REIT0.40%$19.20-2.6%
2ADCAGREE REALTY0.67%$65.03-2.7%
3AGNCAGNC INVESTMENT0.87%$8.95-1.3%
4AMHAMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT0.76%$30.53+0.5%
5AMTAMERICAN TOWER4.07%$161.06-1.6%
6AREALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES0.54%$47.03-0.9%
7VTRVENTAS3.19%$83.73-1.5%
8WELLWELLTOWER10.29%$226.94-1.4%
9WPCW P CAREY1.20%$63.83-1.2%
10WYWEYERHAEUSER1.26%$18.59-2.4%
11ZZILLOW0.49%$27.75+2.3%
12ZGZILLOW0.13%$28.41+2.6%
13BRXBRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP0.67%$27.57-0.1%
14BXPBOSTON PROPERTIES0.65%$60.24-1.4%
15CBRECBRE GROUP2.87%$130.53+1.6%

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Sector weights
Real Estate96.99%
Financials2.89%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.2%
1 month-7.8%
3 months-8.0%
6 months+1.5%
YTD+0.6%
1 year-2.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD+$66M
1 year+$844M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-11.9%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 10.3% of the book; the top ten carry 52%. Spread across 64+ names, it behaves like roughly 26 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
977calls · latest snapshot
5Kputs · latest snapshot
5.13put/call ratio
8Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
AGNC AGNC INVESTMENT$1M$4M
O REALTY INCOME$542,665$873,914
WY WEYERHAEUSER$863,269$515,111
NLY ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT$768,773$501,126
EQIX EQUINIX$639,906$351,614

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

The case against IYR

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYR 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 · 9× 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 · 4× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-36bp on fee · 7× 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 · 5× 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 · 4× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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