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OCTOBER 31, 2021 |
2021 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
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iShares Trust
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iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | DGRO | NYSE Arca |
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iShares Core High Dividend ETF | HDV | NYSE Arca |
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iShares International Select Dividend ETF | IDV | Cboe BZX |
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iShares Select Dividend ETF | DVY | NASDAQ |
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iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF | DIVB | Cboe BZX |
Dear Shareholder,
The 12-month reporting period as of October 31, 2021 was a remarkable period of adaptation and recovery, as the global economy dealt with the implications of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic. The United States began the reporting period as the initial reopening-led economic rebound was beginning to slow. Nonetheless, the economy continued to grow at a solid pace for the reporting period, eventually regaining the output lost from the pandemic. However, a rapid rebound in consumer spending pushed up against supply constraints and led to elevated inflation.
Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of two additional fiscal stimulus packages further boosted stocks, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. In the United States, returns of small-capitalization stocks, which benefited the most from the resumption of in-person activities, outpaced large-capitalization stocks. International equities also gained, as both developed and emerging markets continued to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) had fallen sharply prior to the beginning of the reporting period, which meant bonds were priced for extreme risk avoidance and economic disruption. Despite expectations of doom and gloom, the economy expanded rapidly, stoking inflation concerns in early 2021, which led to higher yields and a negative overall return for most U.S. Treasuries. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to solid returns for high-yield corporate bonds, outpacing investment-grade corporate bonds.
The Fed remained committed to accommodative monetary policy by maintaining near-zero interest rates and by reiterating that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. In response to rising inflation late in the period, the Fed changed its market guidance, raising the possibility of higher rates in 2022 and reducing bond purchasing beginning in late 2021.
Looking ahead, we believe that the global expansion will continue to broaden as Europe and other developed market economies gain momentum, although the Delta variant of the coronavirus remains a threat, particularly in emerging markets. While we expect inflation to remain elevated in the medium-term as the expansion continues, we believe the recent uptick owes more to temporary supply disruptions than a lasting change in fundamentals. The change in Fed policy also means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the economic expansion.
Overall, we favor a moderately positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in equities. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long-term. U.S. small-capitalization stocks and European equities are likely to benefit from the continuing vaccine-led restart, while Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment as the Chinese economy slows. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.
In this environment, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of October 31, 2021
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U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500 Index)
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10.91% | 42.91% | ||||||
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000 Index)
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1.85 | 50.80 | ||||||
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)
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4.14 | 34.18 | ||||||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)
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(4.87) | 16.96 | ||||||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)
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0.01 | 0.06 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)
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1.59 | (4.77) | ||||||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)
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1.06 | (0.48) | ||||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index)
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0.33 | 2.76 | ||||||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)
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2.36 | 10.53 |
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2021 | iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities with a history of consistently growing dividends, as represented by the Morningstar U.S. Dividend Growth IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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Fund NAV |
7.59 | % | 39.48 | % | 17.04 | % | 13.35 | % | 39.48 | % | 119.60 | % | 152.56 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
7.52 | 39.36 | 17.03 | 13.35 | 39.36 | 119.56 | 152.59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
7.60 | 39.58 | 17.12 | 13.42 | 39.58 | 120.41 | 153.61 |
The inception date of the Fund was 6/10/14. The first day of secondary market trading was 6/12/14.
Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 9 for more information.
Expense Example
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,075.90 | $ 0.42 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.80 | $ 0.41 | 0.08 | % |
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Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 9 for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | Percent
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Financials |
20.1% | |||
Information Technology |
19.5 | |||
Health Care |
16.6 | |||
Industrials |
12.2 | |||
Consumer Staples |
9.3 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
7.7 | |||
Utilities |
7.1 | |||
Communication Services |
4.2 | |||
Materials |
3.2 | |||
Energy |
0.1 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent
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Microsoft Corp. |
3.3% | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
2.9 | |||
Apple Inc. |
2.8 | |||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
2.6 | |||
Johnson & Johnson |
2.6 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
2.6 | |||
Pfizer Inc. |
2.5 | |||
Home Depot Inc. (The) |
2.4 | |||
Merck & Co. Inc. |
2.4 | |||
Bank of America Corp. |
1.9 |
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2021 | iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
4.59 | % | 31.03 | % | 8.29 | % | 10.31 | % | 31.03 | % | 48.94 | % | 166.68 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
4.61 | 31.01 | 8.29 | 10.30 | 31.01 | 48.95 | 166.64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
4.61 | 31.15 | 8.38 | 10.50 | 31.15 | 49.51 | 171.38 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 9 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,045.90 | $ 0.41 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.80 | $ 0.41 | 0.08 | % |
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Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 9 for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | Percent
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Health Care |
20.6% | |||
Energy |
19.0 | |||
Consumer Staples |
16.4 | |||
Communication Services |
12.7 | |||
Information Technology |
9.3 | |||
Utilities |
8.0 | |||
Financials |
5.9 | |||
Industrials |
4.8 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
2.9 | |||
Materials |
0.4 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent of Total Investments(a) |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. |
9.4% | |||
AT&T Inc. |
7.2 | |||
Chevron Corp. |
6.6 | |||
Johnson & Johnson |
5.6 | |||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
5.3 | |||
AbbVie Inc. |
5.1 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
4.5 | |||
Merck & Co. Inc. |
4.1 | |||
Philip Morris International Inc. |
3.6 | |||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
3.5 |
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2021 | iShares® International Select Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares International Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying equities in non-U.S. developed markets, as represented by the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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Fund NAV |
(0.68 | )% | 35.98 | % | 7.13 | % | 5.16 | % | 35.98 | % | 41.14 | % | 65.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(0.46 | ) | 36.00 | 7.16 | 5.27 | 36.00 | 41.34 | 67.17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(0.78 | ) | 35.11 | 7.16 | 5.25 | 35.11 | 41.34 | 66.86 |
Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 9 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 993.20 | $ 2.66 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.50 | $ 2.70 | 0.53 | % |
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Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 9 for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | Percent
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Financials |
31.8% | |||
Utilities |
21.2 | |||
Materials |
10.4 | |||
Energy |
7.7 | |||
Communication Services |
7.6 | |||
Industrials |
6.1 | |||
Real Estate |
5.3 | |||
Consumer Staples |
5.0 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
2.3 | |||
Health Care |
2.2 | |||
Information Technology |
0.4 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION
Country/Geographic Region | Percent
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United Kingdom |
14.6% | |||
Australia |
11.5 | |||
Canada |
11.0 | |||
Hong Kong |
10.1 | |||
Spain |
9.3 | |||
Italy |
7.6 | |||
South Korea |
7.5 | |||
France |
5.4 | |||
Switzerland |
4.5 | |||
Japan |
4.5 |
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2021 | iShares® Select Dividend ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
1.40 | % | 47.29 | % | 10.89 | % | 12.34 | % | 47.29 | % | 67.68 | % | 220.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
1.50 | 47.15 | 10.89 | 12.34 | 47.15 | 67.68 | 220.04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
1.55 | 47.99 | 11.33 | 12.76 | 47.99 | 71.05 | 232.46 |
Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 9 for more information.
Expense Example
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,014.00 | $1 1.93 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 11,023.30 | $ 1.94 | 0.38 | % |
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Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 9 for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | Percent
of Total Investments(a) |
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Utilities |
26.3% | |||
Financials |
23.7 | |||
Energy |
9.3 | |||
Consumer Staples |
8.2 | |||
Materials |
6.8 | |||
Communication Services |
6.8 | |||
Information Technology |
5.5 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.1 | |||
Health Care |
4.3 | |||
Industrials |
4.0 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent
of Total Investments(a) |
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ONEOK Inc. |
2.8% | |||
Altria Group Inc. |
2.1 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
2.0 | |||
PPL Corp. |
1.9 | |||
Prudential Financial Inc. |
1.8 | |||
AT&T Inc. |
1.8 | |||
Philip Morris International Inc. |
1.8 | |||
Pfizer Inc. |
1.7 | |||
International Business Machines Corp. |
1.6 | |||
Edison International |
1.6 |
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2021 | iShares® U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. stocks with a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, as represented by the Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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1 Year | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
8.60 | % | 51.28 | % | 16.00 | % | 51.28 | % | 80.65 | % | ||||||||||
Fund Market |
8.62 | 51.80 | 16.01 | 51.80 | 80.68 | |||||||||||||||
Index |
8.74 | 51.73 | 16.33 | 51.73 | 82.58 |
The inception date of the Fund was 11/7/17. The first day of secondary market trading was 11/9/17.
Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 9 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,086.00 | $ 1.31 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,023.90 | $ 1.28 | 0.25 | % |
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Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 9 for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | Percent
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Information Technology |
23.2% | |||
Financials |
21.7 | |||
Health Care |
12.6 | |||
Communication Services |
8.9 | |||
Consumer Staples |
7.7 | |||
Industrials |
7.5 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
7.1 | |||
Energy |
5.6 | |||
Materials |
2.5 | |||
Utilities |
1.8 | |||
Real Estate |
1.4 |
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | Percent
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Microsoft Corp. |
4.7% | |||
Apple Inc. |
4.6 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
3.0 | |||
Bank of America Corp. |
2.3 | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
1.9 | |||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
1.8 | |||
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B |
1.8 | |||
AT&T Inc. |
1.8 | |||
Alphabet Inc., Class A |
1.7 | |||
Intel Corp. |
1.7 |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
As a shareholder of your Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.
Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Aerospace & Defense — 2.7% | ||||||||
BWX Technologies Inc. |
90,110 | $ | 5,112,841 | |||||
General Dynamics Corp. |
342,368 | 69,415,112 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. |
4,619 | 643,843 | ||||||
HEICO Corp., Class A |
6,984 | 877,749 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. |
59,136 | 11,988,641 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies Inc. |
231,991 | 53,483,205 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
464,432 | 154,340,042 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
167,033 | 59,667,528 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
2,393,381 | 212,675,836 | ||||||
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568,204,797 | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1% | ||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. |
195,851 | 18,995,588 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington Inc. |
101,822 | 12,550,580 | ||||||
United Parcel Service Inc., Class B |
973,315 | 207,773,553 | ||||||
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239,319,721 | ||||||||
Auto Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
Gentex Corp. |
240,787 | 8,521,452 | ||||||
LCI Industries |
44,882 | 6,267,322 | ||||||
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14,788,774 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.0% | ||||||||
Thor Industries Inc. |
52,928 | 5,396,539 | ||||||
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Banks — 9.7% | ||||||||
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. |
162,473 | 5,827,907 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
8,543,872 | 408,226,204 | ||||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. |
90,550 | 7,651,475 | ||||||
Bank OZK |
215,725 | 9,636,436 | ||||||
BOK Financial Corp. |
48,890 | 4,946,201 | ||||||
Cadence Bank |
102,960 | 2,987,899 | ||||||
Cathay General Bancorp |
150,442 | 6,347,148 | ||||||
Citigroup Inc. |
3,863,449 | 267,196,133 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares Inc. |
103,178 | 7,275,081 | ||||||
Community Bank System Inc. |
53,253 | 3,816,643 | ||||||
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. |
97,172 | 12,583,774 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. |
298,724 | 5,980,454 | ||||||
First Financial Bankshares Inc. |
122,505 | 6,213,454 | ||||||
First Republic Bank/CA |
50,385 | 10,899,787 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. |
379,614 | 6,111,785 | ||||||
Glacier Bancorp. Inc. |
153,064 | 8,462,909 | ||||||
Hilltop Holdings Inc. |
63,662 | 2,256,181 | ||||||
Home BancShares Inc./AR |
253,968 | 6,034,280 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. |
34,417 | 2,908,237 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group Inc. |
47,907 | 3,463,197 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
3,640,452 | 618,476,390 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The) |
711,509 | 150,149,744 | ||||||
Popular Inc. |
126,585 | 10,309,082 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares Inc. |
171,623 | 12,924,928 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
1,967,125 | 46,581,520 | ||||||
ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. |
35,138 | 2,821,933 | ||||||
Simmons First National Corp., Class A |
180,133 | 5,384,175 | ||||||
South State Corp. |
132,902 | 10,378,317 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. |
307,974 | 14,348,509 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. |
2,978,412 | 189,039,810 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
2,642,027 | 159,499,170 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. |
41,016 | 4,053,201 | ||||||
United Community Banks Inc./GA |
94,831 | 3,303,912 | ||||||
Webster Financial Corp. |
191,123 | 10,695,243 | ||||||
Wintrust Financial Corp. |
61,608 | 5,452,308 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Zions Bancorp. NA |
283,495 | $ | 17,857,350 | |||||
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2,050,100,777 | ||||||||
Beverages — 2.1% | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A |
37,998 | 2,433,012 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS |
117,100 | 7,949,919 | ||||||
Constellation Brands Inc., Class A |
152,323 | 33,025,150 | ||||||
PepsiCo Inc. |
2,432,634 | 393,113,654 | ||||||
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436,521,735 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 1.2% | ||||||||
Amgen Inc. |
1,175,188 | 243,228,660 | ||||||
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Building Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
A O Smith Corp. |
124,810 | 9,119,867 | ||||||
AAON Inc. |
15,787 | 1,131,139 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. |
11,582 | 1,306,450 | ||||||
Allegion PLC |
57,528 | 7,380,842 | ||||||
Carlisle Companies Inc. |
35,461 | 7,904,966 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. |
96,717 | 9,807,104 | ||||||
Lennox International Inc. |
24,765 | 7,411,669 | ||||||
Masco Corp. |
263,743 | 17,288,354 | ||||||
Owens Corning |
74,477 | 6,956,897 | ||||||
Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc. |
25,414 | 2,696,171 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC |
186,668 | 33,773,841 | ||||||
UFP Industries Inc. |
33,791 | 2,765,117 | ||||||
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|
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107,542,417 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 6.0% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial Inc. |
125,238 | 37,838,157 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) |
1,329,786 | 78,723,331 | ||||||
BlackRock Inc.(a) |
162,683 | 153,484,903 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) |
968,927 | 79,481,082 | ||||||
CME Group Inc. |
428,282 | 94,457,595 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Inc. |
33,111 | 3,141,903 | ||||||
Evercore Inc., Class A |
53,099 | 8,062,552 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems Inc. |
20,768 | 9,218,708 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The) |
431,379 | 178,310,510 | ||||||
Houlihan Lokey Inc. |
63,607 | 7,129,073 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. |
398,839 | 55,223,248 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. |
14,283 | 5,837,034 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. |
67,222 | 27,167,771 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
2,582,291 | 265,407,869 | ||||||
MSCI Inc. |
33,450 | 22,240,236 | ||||||
Nasdaq Inc. |
80,423 | 16,878,375 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. |
327,081 | 40,244,046 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial Inc. |
134,200 | 13,230,778 | ||||||
S&P Global Inc. |
105,890 | 50,208,802 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. |
97,075 | 6,119,608 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
532,704 | 52,497,979 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group Inc. |
290,088 | 62,914,285 | ||||||
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1,267,817,845 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.4% | ||||||||
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. |
318,314 | 95,433,720 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. |
48,942 | 12,258,503 | ||||||
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. |
46,074 | 4,423,565 | ||||||
Avient Corp. |
105,366 | 5,677,120 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. |
8,001 | 1,224,873 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. |
99,196 | 5,292,107 | ||||||
Celanese Corp. |
130,402 | 21,061,227 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. |
221,765 | 23,070,213 | ||||||
Ecolab Inc. |
132,908 | 29,534,816 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
HB Fuller Co. |
34,895 | $ | 2,460,446 | |||||
Innospec Inc. |
20,622 | 1,868,559 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. |
325,022 | 47,924,494 | ||||||
Linde PLC |
454,255 | 144,998,196 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. |
9,998 | 3,399,420 | ||||||
PPG Industries Inc. |
238,231 | 38,252,752 | ||||||
Quaker Chemical Corp. |
5,177 | 1,272,714 | ||||||
RPM International Inc. |
157,153 | 13,703,742 | ||||||
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) |
44,609 | 6,622,652 | ||||||
Sensient Technologies Corp. |
46,802 | 4,474,271 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) |
114,119 | 36,131,217 | ||||||
Stepan Co. |
15,352 | 1,842,547 | ||||||
Valvoline Inc. |
186,921 | 6,347,837 | ||||||
Westlake Chemical Corp. |
31,228 | 3,039,733 | ||||||
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510,314,724 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6% | ||||||||
ABM Industries Inc. |
68,620 | 3,019,966 | ||||||
Brady Corp., Class A, NVS |
53,929 | 2,809,162 | ||||||
Cintas Corp. |
54,162 | 23,457,562 | ||||||
Healthcare Services Group Inc. |
150,139 | 2,881,167 | ||||||
MSA Safety Inc. |
25,028 | 3,830,035 | ||||||
Republic Services Inc. |
184,790 | 24,872,734 | ||||||
Tetra Tech Inc. |
18,292 | 3,213,173 | ||||||
Waste Management Inc. |
370,843 | 59,420,174 | ||||||
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123,503,973 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 2.0% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems Inc. |
6,820,682 | 381,753,572 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions Inc. |
125,772 | 31,265,661 | ||||||
|
|
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413,019,233 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.1% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. |
26,582 | 10,442,473 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. |
72,032 | 13,694,724 | ||||||
|
|
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24,137,197 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 0.8% | ||||||||
Ally Financial Inc. |
478,395 | 22,838,577 | ||||||
American Express Co. |
452,083 | 78,562,984 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services |
330,874 | 37,494,642 | ||||||
FirstCash Inc. |
35,276 | 3,120,868 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial |
670,234 | 31,132,369 | ||||||
|
|
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173,149,440 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.4% | ||||||||
AptarGroup Inc. |
49,084 | 5,928,366 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. |
64,565 | 14,057,092 | ||||||
International Paper Co. |
882,450 | 43,831,291 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings Inc. |
68,730 | 2,762,946 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. |
180,281 | 10,447,284 | ||||||
|
|
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77,026,979 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.2% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. |
252,780 | 33,141,986 | ||||||
Pool Corp. |
16,604 | 8,553,716 | ||||||
|
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41,695,702 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Service Corp. International |
143,138 | 9,803,522 | ||||||
|
|
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6% | ||||||||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
10,437,474 | 553,081,747 | ||||||
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|
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Electric Utilities — 4.3% | ||||||||
ALLETE Inc. |
124,912 | 7,687,084 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. |
424,090 | $ | 23,990,771 | |||||
American Electric Power Co. Inc. |
1,047,097 | 88,699,587 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. |
1,846,438 | 188,355,140 | ||||||
Edison International |
1,093,027 | 68,784,189 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. |
425,225 | 43,806,680 | ||||||
Evergy Inc. |
461,401 | 29,414,314 | ||||||
Eversource Energy |
576,846 | 48,974,225 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. |
1,905,103 | 101,332,429 | ||||||
IDACORP Inc. |
85,173 | 8,885,247 | ||||||
MGE Energy Inc. |
43,804 | 3,324,286 | ||||||
NextEra Energy Inc. |
2,242,450 | 191,348,259 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. |
315,426 | 20,341,823 | ||||||
PNM Resources Inc. |
145,139 | 7,220,665 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. |
192,536 | 9,493,950 | ||||||
Xcel Energy Inc. |
909,979 | 58,775,544 | ||||||
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900,434,193 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 1.0% | ||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC |
476,181 | 78,455,582 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. |
754,577 | 73,201,515 | ||||||
Hubbell Inc. |
69,260 | 13,808,366 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC |
230,394 | 8,167,467 | ||||||
Regal Rexnord Corp. |
23,233 | 3,539,083 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation Inc. |
100,272 | 32,026,877 | ||||||
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|
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209,198,890 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6% | ||||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A |
295,069 | 22,652,447 | ||||||
Badger Meter Inc. |
15,159 | 1,550,008 | ||||||
CDW Corp./DE |
72,005 | 13,439,733 | ||||||
Cognex Corp. |
30,995 | 2,714,852 | ||||||
Corning Inc. |
1,221,822 | 43,460,208 | ||||||
Littelfuse Inc. |
12,434 | 3,662,435 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. |
287,495 | 41,974,270 | ||||||
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. |
155,599 | 2,990,613 | ||||||
|
|
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132,444,566 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.1% | ||||||||
Activision Blizzard Inc. |
292,584 | 22,877,143 | ||||||
|
|
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6% | ||||||||
Casey’s General Stores Inc. |
17,245 | 3,303,107 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
192,511 | 94,626,857 | ||||||
Kroger Co. (The) |
878,712 | 35,166,054 | ||||||
Walmart Inc. |
1,314,546 | 196,419,464 | ||||||
|
|
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329,515,482 | ||||||||
Food Products — 1.7% | ||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
884,415 | 56,814,820 | ||||||
Flowers Foods Inc. |
444,955 | 11,012,636 | ||||||
Hershey Co. (The) |
192,115 | 33,687,365 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. |
417,133 | 17,653,068 | ||||||
Ingredion Inc. |
126,048 | 12,003,551 | ||||||
JM Smucker Co. (The) |
229,074 | 28,144,032 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. |
593,196 | 36,362,915 | ||||||
Lancaster Colony Corp. |
21,531 | 3,660,270 | ||||||
McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS |
246,552 | 19,780,867 | ||||||
Mondelez International Inc., Class A |
1,866,235 | 113,355,114 | ||||||
Tyson Foods Inc., Class A |
443,021 | 35,428,389 | ||||||
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367,903,027 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.4% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. |
215,187 | 19,823,026 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. |
203,555 | 11,690,164 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Gas Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
New Jersey Resources Corp. |
219,567 | $ | 8,301,828 | |||||
ONE Gas Inc. |
110,777 | 7,455,292 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. |
123,739 | 8,568,926 | ||||||
Spire Inc. |
131,872 | 8,276,287 | ||||||
UGI Corp. |
398,485 | 17,298,234 | ||||||
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81,413,757 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.9% | ||||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
1,590,248 | 204,967,065 | ||||||
Baxter International Inc. |
437,798 | 34,568,530 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. |
235,199 | 56,351,328 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. |
103,841 | 32,374,509 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. |
99,145 | 5,672,085 | ||||||
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. |
27,040 | 4,188,496 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC |
1,609,580 | 192,924,259 | ||||||
ResMed Inc. |
52,898 | 13,907,413 | ||||||
STERIS PLC |
46,077 | 10,770,038 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. |
188,844 | 50,245,723 | ||||||
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605,969,446 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
134,692 | 16,435,118 | ||||||
Anthem Inc. |
191,043 | 83,128,541 | ||||||
Cardinal Health Inc. |
685,440 | 32,770,886 | ||||||
Chemed Corp. |
3,314 | 1,598,176 | ||||||
Encompass Health Corp. |
88,856 | 5,647,687 | ||||||
Ensign Group Inc. (The) |
9,932 | 774,795 | ||||||
Humana Inc. |
55,942 | 25,910,097 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
92,832 | 19,297,916 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics Inc. |
131,915 | 19,362,484 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
845,565 | 389,357,316 | ||||||
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|
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594,283,016 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0% | ||||||||
Domino’s Pizza Inc. |
18,001 | 8,801,949 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. |
1,035,436 | 254,251,310 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
1,153,028 | 122,301,680 | ||||||
Yum! Brands Inc. |
292,771 | 36,578,808 | ||||||
|
|
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421,933,747 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 0.2% | ||||||||
DR Horton Inc. |
184,680 | 16,486,384 | ||||||
Leggett & Platt Inc. |
311,027 | 14,571,615 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. |
104,369 | 22,004,116 | ||||||
|
|
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53,062,115 | ||||||||
Household Products — 3.7% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co. Inc. |
188,345 | 16,453,819 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) |
217,450 | 35,446,524 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
1,256,421 | 95,726,716 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings Inc. |
113,433 | 4,136,902 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
698,002 | 90,384,279 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
3,780,110 | 540,517,929 | ||||||
WD-40 Co. |
11,038 | 2,505,626 | ||||||
|
|
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785,171,795 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1% | ||||||||
AES Corp. (The) |
1,068,326 | 26,847,032 | ||||||
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|
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Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8% | ||||||||
3M Co. |
1,172,042 | 209,420,465 | ||||||
Honeywell International Inc. |
738,870 | 161,531,759 | ||||||
Roper Technologies Inc. |
31,571 | 15,402,544 | ||||||
|
|
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386,354,768 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance — 3.5% | ||||||||
Aflac Inc. |
972,169 | $ | 52,176,310 | |||||
Allstate Corp. (The) |
469,266 | 58,034,126 | ||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. |
54,277 | 1,729,808 | ||||||
American Financial Group Inc./OH |
64,940 | 8,834,438 | ||||||
Aon PLC, Class A |
102,764 | 32,876,259 | ||||||
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. |
175,112 | 29,361,029 | ||||||
Assurant Inc. |
61,132 | 9,861,203 | ||||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. |
89,864 | 4,994,641 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. |
178,735 | 9,306,731 | ||||||
Brown & Brown Inc. |
95,060 | 5,999,237 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. |
506,264 | 98,913,860 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. |
201,956 | 24,525,537 | ||||||
CNO Financial Group Inc. |
188,239 | 4,544,089 | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS |
37,814 | 7,782,499 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. |
60,699 | 15,872,789 | ||||||
Fidelity National Financial Inc. |
564,493 | 27,044,860 | ||||||
First American Financial Corp. |
190,616 | 13,941,654 | ||||||
Globe Life Inc. |
51,880 | 4,618,358 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The) |
46,483 | 5,856,858 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The) |
468,965 | 34,201,617 | ||||||
Kinsale Capital Group Inc. |
3,518 | 658,394 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. |
293,611 | 21,184,034 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. |
439,531 | 73,313,771 | ||||||
MetLife Inc. |
1,503,456 | 94,417,037 | ||||||
Primerica Inc. |
32,322 | 5,437,853 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America Inc. |
109,505 | 12,930,350 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. |
29,913 | 4,241,663 | ||||||
RLI Corp. |
25,247 | 2,734,503 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group Inc. |
47,008 | 3,684,017 | ||||||
Travelers Companies Inc. (The) |
358,430 | 57,664,218 | ||||||
W R Berkley Corp. |
63,155 | 5,027,138 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
731,768,881 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.8% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A |
421,902 | 151,374,219 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing Inc. |
495,190 | 111,165,203 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. |
100,013 | 17,843,319 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. |
476,526 | 52,770,489 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates Inc. |
50,722 | 8,444,199 | ||||||
Mastercard Inc., Class A |
281,473 | 94,439,821 | ||||||
TTEC Holdings Inc. |
8,972 | 846,867 | ||||||
Visa Inc., Class A |
606,589 | 128,457,352 | ||||||
Western Union Co. (The) |
1,152,548 | 20,999,425 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
586,340,894 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Brunswick Corp./DE |
71,685 | 6,673,156 | ||||||
Hasbro Inc. |
228,168 | 21,849,368 | ||||||
Polaris Inc. |
80,924 | 9,302,214 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
37,824,738 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1% | ||||||||
Agilent Technologies Inc. |
84,759 | 13,348,695 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. |
6,744 | 2,899,111 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
16,247,806 | ||||||||
Machinery — 2.4% | ||||||||
AGCO Corp. |
24,290 | 2,968,481 | ||||||
Barnes Group Inc. |
42,150 | 1,767,771 | ||||||
Caterpillar Inc. |
754,828 | 153,992,460 | ||||||
Cummins Inc. |
232,372 | 55,732,100 | ||||||
Donaldson Co. Inc. |
117,585 | 7,056,276 | ||||||
Dover Corp. |
105,882 | 17,902,529 |
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iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Franklin Electric Co. Inc. |
19,593 | $ | 1,692,443 | |||||
Graco Inc. |
104,654 | 7,867,888 | ||||||
Hillenbrand Inc. |
97,469 | 4,430,941 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. |
47,729 | 10,623,044 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works Inc. |
379,364 | 86,445,675 | ||||||
ITT Inc. |
51,688 | 4,862,290 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. |
57,575 | 8,198,680 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. |
28,968 | 7,363,955 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. |
52,788 | 5,648,316 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. |
274,824 | 22,071,115 | ||||||
PACCAR Inc. |
368,892 | 33,060,101 | ||||||
Pentair PLC |
110,816 | 8,197,059 | ||||||
Snap-on Inc. |
76,657 | 15,579,002 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. |
154,457 | 27,760,557 | ||||||
Timken Co. (The) |
73,813 | 5,237,032 | ||||||
Toro Co. (The) |
66,949 | 6,391,621 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies Inc., Class A |
10,092 | 1,917,682 | ||||||
Xylem Inc./NY |
95,998 | 12,536,379 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
509,303,397 | ||||||||
Marine — 0.0% | ||||||||
Matson Inc. |
39,097 | 3,255,998 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Media — 1.5% | ||||||||
Cable One Inc. |
1,949 | 3,335,148 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
4,892,173 | 251,604,458 | ||||||
John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A |
67,430 | 3,652,683 | ||||||
Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A |
52,840 | 7,922,301 | ||||||
Omnicom Group Inc. |
532,725 | 36,267,918 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. |
701,543 | 4,272,397 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
307,054,905 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.3% | ||||||||
Nucor Corp. |
277,829 | 31,019,608 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. |
76,141 | 11,128,769 | ||||||
Royal Gold Inc. |
45,662 | 4,521,451 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics Inc. |
203,832 | 13,469,219 | ||||||
Worthington Industries Inc. |
46,717 | 2,537,667 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
62,676,714 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 2.0% | ||||||||
Ameren Corp. |
409,003 | 34,474,863 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. |
130,310 | 8,649,978 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. |
500,768 | 30,221,349 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison Inc. |
887,458 | 66,914,333 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
443,749 | 50,298,949 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group Inc. |
348,122 | 10,697,789 | ||||||
NiSource Inc. |
880,564 | 21,723,514 | ||||||
NorthWestern Corp. |
123,227 | 7,006,687 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. |
1,032,625 | 65,881,475 | ||||||
Sempra Energy |
664,095 | 84,758,445 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group Inc. |
567,719 | 51,128,773 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
431,756,155 | ||||||||
Multiline Retail — 0.7% | ||||||||
Dollar General Corp. |
113,918 | 25,235,115 | ||||||
Target Corp. |
464,383 | 120,563,115 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
145,798,230 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | ||||||||
DTE Midstream LLC(b) |
325,433 | 15,607,767 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Sylvamo Corp.(b) |
79,899 | 2,249,956 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Personal Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Estee Lasuder Companies Inc. (The), Class A |
93,921 | $ | 30,461,398 | |||||
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., Class A |
98,745 | 3,964,612 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
34,426,010 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 9.6% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
4,328,000 | 252,755,200 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. |
681,491 | 173,616,647 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
3,368,649 | 548,685,549 | ||||||
Merck & Co. Inc. |
5,605,917 | 493,600,992 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC |
182,714 | 8,249,537 | ||||||
Pfizer Inc. |
12,048,360 | 526,995,266 | ||||||
Zoetis Inc. |
145,874 | 31,537,959 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,035,441,150 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. |
155,796 | 13,532,440 | ||||||
Exponent Inc. |
22,933 | 2,632,708 | ||||||
Insperity Inc. |
37,249 | 4,656,125 | ||||||
ManpowerGroup Inc. |
73,764 | 7,129,291 | ||||||
Robert Half International Inc. |
107,651 | 12,172,099 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
40,122,663 | ||||||||
Road & Rail — 1.4% | ||||||||
CSX Corp. |
1,708,017 | 61,778,975 | ||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. |
36,392 | 7,176,139 | ||||||
Landstar System Inc. |
15,437 | 2,713,979 | ||||||
Ryder System Inc. |
103,291 | 8,774,570 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. |
847,633 | 204,618,606 | ||||||
Werner Enterprises Inc. |
37,179 | 1,684,952 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
286,747,221 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.8% | ||||||||
Analog Devices Inc. |
582,075 | 100,984,192 | ||||||
Broadcom Inc. |
763,174 | 405,756,721 | ||||||
CMC Materials Inc. |
26,359 | 3,383,705 | ||||||
Intel Corp. |
6,723,571 | 329,454,979 | ||||||
KLA Corp. |
122,402 | 45,626,570 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. |
81,381 | 45,863,890 | ||||||
Microchip Technology Inc. |
399,055 | 29,565,985 | ||||||
Power Integrations Inc. |
19,807 | 2,044,280 | ||||||
QUALCOMM Inc. |
1,381,474 | 183,791,301 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions Inc. |
133,862 | 22,372,356 | ||||||
Texas Instruments Inc. |
1,280,699 | 240,105,448 | ||||||
Xilinx Inc. |
156,794 | 28,222,920 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,437,172,347 | ||||||||
Software — 4.3% | ||||||||
Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A |
38,775 | 3,425,771 | ||||||
Intuit Inc. |
73,060 | 45,734,830 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. |
2,074,950 | 688,094,919 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. |
1,667,781 | 160,006,909 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
897,262,429 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 3.6% | ||||||||
Best Buy Co. Inc. |
359,871 | 43,990,631 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. |
47,465 | 5,895,628 | ||||||
Group 1 Automotive Inc. |
9,277 | 1,668,005 | ||||||
Home Depot Inc. (The) |
1,358,110 | 504,863,811 | ||||||
Lithia Motors Inc. |
8,303 | 2,650,484 | ||||||
Lowe’s Companies Inc. |
711,247 | 166,303,773 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group Inc. |
42,692 | 4,527,487 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. |
77,358 | 16,799,837 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma Inc. |
66,006 | 12,259,294 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
758,958,950 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.1% | ||||||||
Apple Inc. |
3,864,031 | $ | 578,831,844 | |||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. |
2,772,145 | 40,611,924 | ||||||
NetApp Inc. |
320,013 | 28,577,161 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
648,020,929 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6% | ||||||||
Nike Inc., Class B |
560,099 | 93,698,961 | ||||||
VF Corp. |
566,285 | 41,270,851 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
134,969,812 | ||||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0% | ||||||||
Washington Federal Inc. |
129,670 | 4,585,131 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4% |
| |||||||
Air Lease Corp. |
113,199 | 4,533,620 | ||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. |
38,462 | 3,749,276 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. |
764,184 | 43,619,623 | ||||||
GATX Corp. |
51,428 | 4,877,946 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A |
110,932 | 9,326,053 | ||||||
WW Grainger Inc. |
43,612 | 20,197,153 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
86,303,671 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
American States Water Co. |
35,967 | 3,267,242 | ||||||
American Water Works Co. Inc. |
149,125 | 25,974,592 | ||||||
California Water Service Group |
45,717 | 2,783,251 | ||||||
Essential Utilities Inc. |
303,844 | 14,301,937 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Water Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
SJW Group |
33,967 | $ | 2,239,105 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
48,566,127 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. |
36,633 | 1,012,536 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.7% |
|
21,039,537,176 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
|
|||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.3% | ||||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Treasury, |
59,510,000 | 59,510,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.3% |
|
59,510,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.0% |
|
21,099,047,176 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.0)% |
|
(9,417,661 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 21,089,629,515 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) |
Non-income producing security. |
(c) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 10/31/21 |
Shares Held at 10/31/21 |
Income |
Capital Gain |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
$ | 56,230,000 | $ | 3,280,000 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 59,510,000 | 59,510,000 | $ | 1,185 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Inc. |
130,088,454 | 19,547,468 | (15,744,335 | ) | 3,254,632 | 16,338,684 | 153,484,903 | 162,683 | 1,364,246 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 3,254,632 | $ | 16,338,684 | $ | 212,994,903 | $ | 1,365,431 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 E-Mini Index |
209 | 12/17/21 | $ | 48,039 | $ | 1,765,808 | ||||||||||
|
|
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Equity Contracts |
||||
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 1,765,808 | ||
|
|
(a) |
Net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended October 31, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Equity Contracts |
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | 7,132,495 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (36,403 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 47,923,710 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | 21,039,537,176 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 21,039,537,176 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
59,510,000 | — | — | 59,510,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 21,099,047,176 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 21,099,047,176 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | 1,765,808 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,765,808 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8% | ||||||||
General Dynamics Corp. |
209,997 | $ | 42,576,892 | |||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
285,111 | 94,748,087 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
137,324,979 | ||||||||
Banks — 2.9% | ||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. |
1,828,181 | 116,034,648 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
1,621,201 | 97,871,905 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
213,906,553 | ||||||||
Beverages — 6.7% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
4,551,957 | 256,593,816 | ||||||
PepsiCo Inc. |
1,493,375 | 241,329,400 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
497,923,216 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 8.8% | ||||||||
AbbVie Inc. |
3,278,459 | 375,940,893 | ||||||
Amgen Inc. |
721,439 | 149,316,230 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences Inc. |
1,952,101 | 126,652,313 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
651,909,436 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 2.4% | ||||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., Class A |
188,510 | 9,338,785 | ||||||
Blackstone Inc., NVS |
588,211 | 81,420,167 | ||||||
Carlyle Group Inc. (The) |
94,221 | 5,290,509 | ||||||
Cohen & Steers Inc. |
19,193 | 1,821,224 | ||||||
Franklin Resources Inc. |
384,417 | 12,105,291 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. |
413,295 | 10,501,826 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC |
242,300 | 11,266,950 | ||||||
Moelis & Co., Class A |
94,200 | 6,852,108 | ||||||
T Rowe Price Group Inc. |
177,830 | 38,567,771 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
177,164,631 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 3.2% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems Inc. |
4,187,165 | 234,355,625 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.4% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC |
2,317,947 | 27,977,620 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Distributors — 0.3% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. |
154,644 | 20,275,375 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 12.6% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. |
21,197,531 | 535,449,633 | ||||||
Cogent Communications Holdings Inc. |
72,236 | 5,532,555 | ||||||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
7,455,256 | 395,054,016 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
936,036,204 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 5.6% | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. |
259,759 | 14,694,567 | ||||||
American Electric Power Co. Inc. |
642,637 | 54,437,780 | ||||||
Avangrid Inc. |
89,966 | 4,741,208 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. |
1,133,513 | 115,629,661 | ||||||
Evergy Inc. |
282,535 | 18,011,606 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. |
1,169,528 | 62,207,194 | ||||||
PNM Resources Inc. |
89,311 | 4,443,222 | ||||||
Portland General Electric Co. |
116,205 | 5,730,069 | ||||||
Southern Co. (The) |
1,635,691 | 101,936,263 | ||||||
Xcel Energy Inc. |
559,806 | 36,157,870 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
417,989,440 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1% | ||||||||
National Instruments Corp. |
133,704 | 5,678,409 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. |
125,109 | 7,185,010 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1% | ||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. |
635,647 | $ | 156,083,121 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products — 6.0% | ||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
771,245 | 58,761,157 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
428,409 | 55,474,682 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
2,320,580 | 331,819,734 | ||||||
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. |
71,280 | 1,923,134 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
447,978,707 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7% | ||||||||
3M Co. |
719,508 | 128,561,690 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Insurance — 0.6% | ||||||||
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS |
23,255 | 4,786,112 | ||||||
Mercury General Corp. |
45,658 | 2,487,904 | ||||||
Travelers Companies Inc. (The) |
219,698 | 35,345,014 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
42,619,030 | ||||||||
IT Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
Paychex Inc. |
297,575 | 36,685,046 | ||||||
Western Union Co. (The) |
706,328 | 12,869,296 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
49,554,342 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Hasbro Inc. |
139,696 | 13,377,289 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 0.6% | ||||||||
Cummins Inc. |
142,953 | 34,285,847 | ||||||
Snap-on Inc. |
46,708 | 9,492,467 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
43,778,314 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 2.1% | ||||||||
CMS Energy Corp. |
306,259 | 18,482,731 | ||||||
NiSource Inc. |
542,024 | 13,371,732 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. |
633,251 | 40,401,414 | ||||||
Sempra Energy |
407,558 | 52,016,628 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group Inc. |
349,256 | 31,453,995 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
155,726,500 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 19.0% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. |
4,233,926 | 484,742,188 | ||||||
Coterra Energy Inc. |
374,314 | 7,980,374 | ||||||
EOG Resources Inc. |
564,672 | 52,209,573 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
10,737,914 | 692,273,316 | ||||||
ONEOK Inc. |
1,253,686 | 79,759,503 | ||||||
Williams Companies Inc. (The) |
3,170,974 | 89,072,660 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,406,037,614 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 0.0% | ||||||||
Medifast Inc. |
11,100 | 2,178,597 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 11.8% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
2,656,927 | 155,164,537 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
2,558,816 | 416,779,950 | ||||||
Merck & Co. Inc. |
3,441,430 | 303,017,911 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
874,962,398 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.3% | ||||||||
Broadcom Inc. |
468,506 | 249,090,585 | ||||||
Texas Instruments Inc. |
786,211 | 147,398,838 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
396,489,423 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3% | ||||||||
VF Corp. |
348,973 | 25,433,152 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% | ||||||||
Radian Group Inc. |
187,377 | 4,472,689 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core High Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued) | ||||||||
TFS Financial Corp. |
109,618 | $ | 2,133,166 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
6,605,855 | ||||||||
Tobacco — 3.6% | ||||||||
Philip Morris International Inc. |
2,842,472 | 268,727,303 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6% | ||||||||
Fastenal Co. |
470,653 | 26,864,873 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A |
67,368 | 5,663,628 | ||||||
Watsco Inc. |
35,626 | 10,316,577 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
42,845,078 | ||||||||
Water Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
Essential Utilities Inc. |
186,005 | 8,755,255 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.7% |
7,397,440,166 | |||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.2% |
||||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Treasury, |
11,570,000 | $ | 11,570,000 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.2% |
|
11,570,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.9% |
|
7,409,010,166 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1% |
|
7,767,470 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 7,416,777,636 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 10/31/21 |
Shares Held at 10/31/21 |
Income |
Capital Gain |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
$ | 16,210,000 | $ | — | $ | (4,640,000 | )(a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 11,570,000 | 11,570,000 | $ | 305 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
DIJA Mini e-CBOT Index |
37 | 12/17/21 | $ | 6,605 | $ | 38,117 | ||||||||||
E-Mini Consumer Staples Index |
119 | 12/17/21 | 8,512 | 41,157 | ||||||||||||
E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index |
59 | 12/17/21 | 3,524 | (45,993 | ) | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
$ | 33,281 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Equity Contracts |
||||
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 79,274 | ||
|
|
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Core High Dividend ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure (continued)
Equity Contracts |
||||
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 45,993 | ||
|
|
(a) |
Net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended October 31, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Equity Contracts |
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | 3,170,200 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (550,837 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 15,998,220 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | 7,397,440,166 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,397,440,166 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
11,570,000 | — | — | 11,570,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 7,409,010,166 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 7,409,010,166 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | 79,274 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 79,274 | ||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
(45,993 | ) | — | — | (45,993 | ) | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 33,281 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 33,281 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® International Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
| |||||||
Australia — 11.4% | ||||||||
APA Group |
3,352,619 | $ | 20,801,819 | |||||
AusNet Services Ltd. |
3,436,083 | 6,389,911 | ||||||
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. |
7,283,275 | 75,891,994 | ||||||
JB Hi-Fi Ltd. |
1,340,937 | 51,196,132 | ||||||
Magellan Financial Group Ltd. |
1,847,866 | 48,610,116 | ||||||
Perpetual Ltd. |
681,573 | 19,481,098 | ||||||
Rio Tinto PLC |
4,254,190 | 265,254,976 | ||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. |
1,284,640 | 11,367,577 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
498,993,623 | ||||||||
Austria — 0.4% | ||||||||
Oesterreichische Post AG |
390,728 | 16,486,375 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Belgium — 2.0% | ||||||||
Ageas SA/NV |
1,083,236 | 52,696,929 | ||||||
Proximus SADP |
1,934,772 | 36,434,769 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
89,131,698 | ||||||||
Canada — 10.9% | ||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
707,836 | 76,851,910 | ||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia (The) |
817,641 | 53,606,489 | ||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
855,617 | 103,820,301 | ||||||
Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A, NVS |
1,496,683 | 43,354,950 | ||||||
Emera Inc. |
1,363,437 | 63,434,633 | ||||||
Great-West Lifeco Inc. |
947,643 | 27,879,510 | ||||||
IGM Financial Inc. |
944,700 | 37,510,147 | ||||||
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp. |
756,578 | 21,903,838 | ||||||
Manulife Financial Corp. |
744,275 | 14,499,410 | ||||||
Power Corp. of Canada |
983,574 | 32,759,309 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
475,620,497 | ||||||||
China — 0.6% | ||||||||
BOC Aviation Ltd.(a) |
2,649,300 | 23,183,420 | ||||||
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp. Ltd. |
13,298,000 | 1,294,267 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
24,477,687 | ||||||||
Finland — 3.2% | ||||||||
Fortum OYJ |
1,600,802 | 47,607,954 | ||||||
Sampo OYJ, Class A |
941,854 | 50,070,199 | ||||||
UPM-Kymmene OYJ |
1,209,726 | 42,692,348 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
140,370,501 | ||||||||
France — 5.3% | ||||||||
APERAM SA |
622,295 | 37,103,475 | ||||||
Bouygues SA |
1,171,731 | 47,473,038 | ||||||
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA |
296,893 | 24,541,338 | ||||||
Nexity SA |
600,899 | 27,471,414 | ||||||
Orange SA |
1,705,806 | 18,601,728 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE |
1,565,566 | 78,395,638 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
233,586,631 | ||||||||
Hong Kong — 9.9% | ||||||||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. |
6,880,500 | 21,803,234 | ||||||
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. |
9,745,500 | 65,337,923 | ||||||
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. |
7,748,000 | 46,712,640 | ||||||
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. |
4,993,200 | 94,885,430 | ||||||
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. |
10,969,000 | 45,929,176 | ||||||
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. |
7,789,000 | 27,079,551 | ||||||
Kerry Properties Ltd. |
8,117,000 | 22,944,315 | ||||||
New World Development Co. Ltd. |
10,536,750 | 45,702,406 | ||||||
PCCW Ltd. |
15,356,000 | 7,905,718 | ||||||
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A |
6,611,000 | 41,560,633 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hong Kong (continued) | ||||||||
VTech Holdings Ltd. |
2,064,000 | $ | 15,893,753 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
435,754,779 | ||||||||
Italy — 7.5% | ||||||||
A2A SpA |
8,798,111 | 18,514,283 | ||||||
Anima Holding SpA(a) |
3,166,038 | 16,822,557 | ||||||
Azimut Holding SpA |
1,398,108 | 40,263,134 | ||||||
Enel SpA |
7,006,035 | 58,653,000 | ||||||
Eni SpA |
5,849,053 | 83,831,202 | ||||||
Italgas SpA |
6,187,205 | 39,310,300 | ||||||
Snam SpA |
9,256,306 | 52,425,764 | ||||||
UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA |
5,725,792 | 16,580,175 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
326,400,415 | ||||||||
Japan — 4.5% | ||||||||
Haseko Corp. |
2,388,400 | 31,099,453 | ||||||
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. |
2,107,800 | 57,568,862 | ||||||
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. |
1,569,700 | 50,712,834 | ||||||
Sojitz Corp. |
313,580 | 5,173,771 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
1,599,100 | 51,890,209 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
196,445,129 | ||||||||
Netherlands — 3.4% | ||||||||
Flow Traders(a) |
466,134 | 15,820,661 | ||||||
NN Group NV |
1,091,787 | 58,363,395 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A |
2,250,532 | 51,557,156 | ||||||
SBM Offshore NV |
1,385,860 | 21,880,336 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
147,621,548 | ||||||||
New Zealand — 1.6% | ||||||||
Spark New Zealand Ltd. |
21,619,712 | 70,775,853 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Portugal — 1.0% | ||||||||
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA |
7,956,702 | 44,896,805 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
South Korea — 7.4% | ||||||||
BNK Financial Group Inc. |
1,903,453 | 14,350,188 | ||||||
DB Insurance Co. Ltd. |
618,272 | 31,420,426 | ||||||
DGB Financial Group Inc. |
1,948,424 | 17,264,642 | ||||||
Hana Financial Group Inc. |
1,750,889 | 67,513,976 | ||||||
Industrial Bank of Korea |
2,032,694 | 19,238,690 | ||||||
KB Financial Group Inc. |
1,311,954 | 63,503,672 | ||||||
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. |
3,039,477 | 12,145,385 | ||||||
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. |
802,158 | 32,610,525 | ||||||
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. |
1,616,245 | 52,765,417 | ||||||
Woori Financial Group Inc. |
1,310,546 | 14,898,483 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
325,711,404 | ||||||||
Spain — 9.2% | ||||||||
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA |
3,382,573 | 88,655,937 | ||||||
Cia. de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings SA |
966,210 | 20,592,537 | ||||||
Enagas SA |
2,488,715 | 55,845,439 | ||||||
Mapfre SA |
4,469,678 | 9,463,620 | ||||||
Naturgy Energy Group SA |
4,408,377 | 115,833,972 | ||||||
Red Electrica Corp. SA |
4,109,181 | 85,560,313 | ||||||
Telefonica SA |
6,392,297 | 27,765,952 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
403,717,770 | ||||||||
Sweden — 1.3% | ||||||||
Telia Co. AB |
14,722,669 | 57,990,311 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Switzerland — 4.5% | ||||||||
Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered |
166,144 | 16,891,244 | ||||||
Swiss Re AG |
174,658 | 16,920,082 | ||||||
Swisscom AG, Registered |
187,321 | 102,000,839 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® International Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Switzerland (continued) | ||||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG |
137,572 | $ | 60,974,737 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
196,786,902 | ||||||||
United Kingdom — 14.5% | ||||||||
Abrdn PLC |
2,299,637 | 7,993,761 | ||||||
BP PLC |
3,431,387 | 16,439,434 | ||||||
British American Tobacco PLC |
5,810,257 | 202,106,398 | ||||||
Centamin PLC |
5,803,044 | 7,414,086 | ||||||
Drax Group PLC |
3,202,642 | 23,292,245 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline PLC |
4,530,974 | 94,066,778 | ||||||
IG Group Holdings PLC |
2,493,784 | 27,081,122 | ||||||
Legal & General Group PLC |
2,871,642 | 11,325,132 | ||||||
National Grid PLC |
4,167,114 | 53,353,898 | ||||||
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC |
2,953,078 | 26,514,288 | ||||||
SSE PLC |
4,189,840 | 94,353,494 | ||||||
Tesco PLC |
3,966,223 | 14,644,352 | ||||||
United Utilities Group PLC |
3,429,507 | 48,744,056 | ||||||
Vodafone Group PLC |
4,262,565 | 6,282,386 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
633,611,430 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 98.6% |
4,318,379,358 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Preferred Stocks |
| |||||||
Germany — 0.4% | ||||||||
Schaeffler AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
2,150,337 | 17,086,873 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Italy — 0.1% | ||||||||
Telecom Italia SpA/Milano, Preference Shares, NVS |
9,117,714 | $ | 3,466,315 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Preferred Stocks — 0.5% |
|
20,553,188 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds:
Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(b)(c) |
2,270,000 | 2,270,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.1% |
|
2,270,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.2% |
|
4,341,202,546 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.8% |
|
36,086,683 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 4,377,289,229 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(b) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 04/30/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 10/31/21 |
Shares Held at 10/31/21 |
Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | (1,302 | )(b) | $ | 1,302 | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 989,236 | (c) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
2,930,000 | — | (660,000 | )(b) | — | — | 2,270,000 | 2,270,000 | 92 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 1,302 | $ | — | $ | 2,270,000 | $ | 989,328 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
(b) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(c) |
All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
SPI 200 Index |
59 | 12/16/21 | $ | 8,117 | $ | (27,342 | ) |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® International Select Dividend ETF |
Futures Contracts (continued)
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Euro STOXX 50 Index |
154 | 12/17/21 | $ | 7,551 | $ | 269,631 | ||||||||||
FTSE 100 Index |
212 | 12/17/21 | 20,956 | 527,698 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 769,987 | |||||||||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Equity Contracts |
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Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments |
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Futures contracts |
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Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 797,329 | ||
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Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments |
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Futures contracts |
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Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 27,342 | ||
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(a) |
Net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended October 31, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Equity Contracts |
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
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Futures contracts |
$ | 1,718,665 | ||
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | ||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (27,742 | ) | |
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
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Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 37,751,667 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® International Select Dividend ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments |
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Common Stocks |
$ | 677,922,178 | $ | 3,640,457,180 | $ | — | $ | 4,318,379,358 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
— | 20,553,188 | — | 20,553,188 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds |
2,270,000 | — | — | 2,270,000 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 680,192,178 | $ | 3,661,010,368 | $ | — | $ | 4,341,202,546 | |||||||||
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Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | 797,329 | $ | — | $ | 797,329 | ||||||||
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Futures Contracts |
— | (27,342 | ) | — | (27,342 | ) | ||||||||||
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$ | — | $ | 769,987 | $ | — | $ | 769,987 | |||||||||
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Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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2 0 2 1 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) October 31, 2021 |
iShares® Select Dividend ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Aerospace & Defense — 0.9% | ||||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
496,244 | $ | 164,911,806 | |||||
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Banks — 12.0% | ||||||||
Citizens Financial Group Inc. |
4,322,178 | 204,784,794 | ||||||
Comerica Inc. |
2,839,531 | 241,615,693 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
4,398,274 | 191,456,867 | ||||||
First Horizon Corp. |
11,022,206 | 187,046,836 | ||||||
FNB Corp. |
6,269,955 | 73,044,976 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH |
12,847,108 | 202,213,480 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
9,325,104 | 216,995,170 | ||||||
People’s United Financial Inc. |
8,741,088 | 149,822,248 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
7,506,834 | 177,761,829 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. |
2,886,170 | 183,185,210 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
3,355,178 | 202,552,096 | ||||||
United Bankshares Inc./WV |
2,522,764 | 93,317,040 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp |
7,616,406 | 100,993,543 | ||||||
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2,224,789,782 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.1% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
3,580,348 | 201,824,217 | ||||||
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Biotechnology — 1.4% | ||||||||
Gilead Sciences Inc. |
3,886,678 | 252,167,669 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 3.4% | ||||||||
Federated Hermes Inc. |
1,712,834 | 57,054,501 | ||||||
Franklin Resources Inc. |
5,277,833 | 166,198,961 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. |
5,902,417 | 149,980,416 | ||||||
Janus Henderson Group PLC |
3,321,097 | 154,431,010 | ||||||
Lazard Ltd., Class A |
2,190,217 | 107,298,731 | ||||||
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634,963,619 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.6% | ||||||||
CF Industries Holdings Inc. |
2,883,289 | 163,770,815 | ||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
4,018,539 | 130,924,001 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A |
2,009,103 | 186,484,940 | ||||||
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481,179,756 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 3.1% | ||||||||
International Paper Co. |
4,059,571 | 201,638,892 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America |
1,155,660 | 158,753,014 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. |
2,020,969 | 117,115,153 | ||||||
Westrock Co. |
1,872,206 | 90,053,109 | ||||||
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567,560,168 | ||||||||
Distributors — 1.0% | ||||||||
Genuine Parts Co. |
1,443,039 | 189,196,843 | ||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5% | ||||||||
H&R Block Inc. |
3,632,435 | 83,800,275 | ||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.2% | ||||||||
AT&T Inc. |
13,354,740 | 337,340,733 | ||||||
Lumen Technologies Inc. |
18,520,240 | 219,650,046 | ||||||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
4,270,333 | 226,284,946 | ||||||
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783,275,725 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 15.8% |