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VLUEISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

$199.76-0.22% vs prior close
12220652-WK

Price through Oct 5 · Flows through Oct 2. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 5. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 5.

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 (the "parent index"). The parent index includes U.S. large- and mid- capitalization stocks.

Price & daily flows
187.6163.9140.2Mon Oct 05 · VettaFi buys the index behind Invesco's $8 billion PPAMon Oct 05 · Direxion's MUIB targets a 20% distribution yield on a single Micron positionThu Oct 01 · BlackRock files to add ETF share classes to five active funds holding $55 billionThu Oct 01 · Meta and Mercury announce deals as nuclear generation sets a recordWed Sep 30 · Micron earnings loom over iShares VLUE's 23.5% Micron position199.76DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 3Oct 5

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$21M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +46.1% 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

$9.5Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$21Mnet flow, trailing month
591Kavg daily volume, 30 days
156holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed April 16, 2013 · beta 1.20
The book at a glance
MU-1.0%CSCO+0.6%GM+2.5%VZ-0.2%T-0.2%HPE-1.4%DELL-1.8%BAC+0.5%F+0.4%PFE-1.4%QCOM-2.2%DIS+1.4%CMCSA+0.0%C+0.0%CVS+0.6%CRM-2.1%FDX-0.4%WFC+1.2%BMY-3.8%ACN-1.9%ADM+2.5%VLO+3.2%UPS+0.1%CI+0.3%PCAR-0.3%TGT-1.9%DHI-1.3%COF+0.2%DVN+0.7%EOG+1.9%TEL-0.6%NEM+0.2%KHC-1.6%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY23.78%$1063.96-1.0%
2CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS4.32%$112.82+0.6%
3GMGENERAL MOTORS3.37%$80.23+2.5%
4VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS2.79%$45.85-0.2%
5TAT&T2.55%$24.24-0.2%
6HPEHEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE2.18%$68.36-1.4%
7DELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES1.89%$552.29-1.8%
8BACBANK OF AMERICA1.84%$54.00+0.5%
9FFORD1.69%$12.15+0.4%
10PFEPFIZER1.70%$27.41-1.4%
11QCOMQUALCOMM1.71%$180.79-2.2%
12DISWALT DISNEY1.56%$103.61+1.4%
13CMCSACOMCAST1.53%$21.57+0.0%
14CCITIGROUP1.51%$128.55+0.0%
15CVSCVS 1.22%$87.01+0.6%

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Sector weights
Information Technology44%
Financials10.49%
Communication9.1%
Consumer Discretionary8.45%
Health Care7.82%
Industrials7.59%
Consumer Staples4.26%
Energy3.32%
Materials1.69%
Utilities1.63%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month-2.8%
3 months+3.5%
6 months+37.6%
YTD+46.1%
1 year—
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$40M
1 month+$21M
3 months−$927M
YTD−$4B
1 year−$3.7B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 23.8% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 149+ names, it behaves like roughly 15 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
646Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$707M$749M
MSTR MICROSTRATEGY$72M$70M
DELL DELL TECHNOLOGIES$48M$59M
QCOM QUALCOMM$14M$19M
SMCI SUPER MICRO COMPUTER$10M$11M

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

The case against VLUE

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$888.3B+$19B-12bp on fee · 93× the assets · +$19B in over the monthHead-to-head
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 · 6× the assets · +$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 · 4× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
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