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iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

$223.44+0.54% vs prior close
18622752-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 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The index is based on a traditional market capitalization-weighted parent index, the MSCI USA Index.

Price & daily flows
218.4206.8195.2223.44DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$12B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$65M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.5% so far this year. At 0.15% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$47.7Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$65Mnet flow, trailing month
1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
129holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed July 16, 2013 · beta 0.89
The book at a glance
MSFT-0.0%AAPL-0.8%NVDA+1.1%META+0.1%LRCX+3.5%LLY-0.6%TJX+1.0%AMAT+3.5%V+0.1%KLAC+2.8%XOM+0.7%MA-0.3%JNJ-2.3%GOOGL-1.7%NFLX-2.5%ANET+0.4%GOOG-1.7%ROST+0.3%MRK-1.0%FTNT-0.0%ADP+2.3%COST+0.5%LIN-1.1%WMT+0.3%GRMN-1.5%ACNMMM-0.7%CMG+1.2%LMT-0.7%PG-0.9%KO+0.0%TT+1.5%PLDITW+1.4%GILD-1.0%HWM

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MSFTMICROSOFT7.75%$512.80-0.0%
2AAPLAPPLE7.00%$330.32-0.8%
3NVDANVIDIA6.55%$230.86+1.1%
4METAMETA4.84%$725.93+0.1%
5LRCXLAM RESEARCH3.81%$340.10+3.5%
6LLYELI LILLY3.73%$1149.85-0.6%
7TJXTJX COMPANIES3.34%$133.59+1.0%
8AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS3.09%$529.30+3.5%
9VVISA3.13%$359.85+0.1%
10KLACKLA2.62%$200.33+2.8%
11XOMEXXON MOBIL2.24%$163.82+0.7%
12MAMASTERCARD2.22%$550.00-0.3%
13JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.13%$258.66-2.3%
14GOOGLALPHABET1.94%$338.24-1.7%
15NFLXNETFLIX1.66%$67.85-2.5%

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Sector weights
Information Technology38.21%
Financials11.37%
Communication10.61%
Health Care9.51%
Consumer Discretionary9.07%
Industrials8.38%
Consumer Staples4.2%
Energy3.27%
Utilities1.89%
Materials1.74%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month+1.1%
3 months+2.1%
6 months+19.8%
YTD+12.5%
1 year+14.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$50M
1 month+$65M
3 months−$6.1B
YTD−$5.9B
1 year−$12B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 7.8% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 120+ names, it behaves like roughly 33 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
6calls · latest snapshot
1puts · latest snapshot
0.17put/call ratio
1.8Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NVDA NVIDIA$337M$354M
META META$255M$245M
MSFT MICROSOFT$195M$193M
AAPL APPLE$141M$176M
GOOGL ALPHABET$127M$177M

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

The case against QUAL

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-13bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-11bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-12bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36.2B+$208M-11bp on fee · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-11bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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