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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

 

   

 

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | IJH | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | IJR | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF | IUSG | NASDAQ

·  iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF | IUSV | NASDAQ

 

 

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, 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,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022
     
     6-Month    12-Month 
     

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

  (20.20)%   (15.47)%
     

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

  (19.01)      (23.50)   
     

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

  (22.51)      (25.13)   
     

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (21.70)      (28.11)   
     

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

  0.58    0.63 
     

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

  (10.81)      (16.20)   
     

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

  (9.22)    (14.60)   
     

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (6.30)    (11.50)   
     

U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

  (10.42)      (14.15)   
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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Table of Contents

 

 

      Page

The Markets in Review

   2

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

   4

About Fund Performance

   8

Disclosure of Expenses

   8

Schedules of Investments

   9

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   60

Statements of Operations

   61

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   62

Financial Highlights

   64

Notes to Financial Statements

   68

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

   77

Supplemental Information

   81

General Information

   82

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   83

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400® (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

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (17.50 )%      (15.28 )%      5.76     9.97     (15.28 )%      32.33     158.66

Fund Market

    (17.52     (15.31     5.76       9.97       (15.31     32.32       158.77  

Index

    (17.50     (15.25     5.82       10.04       (15.25     32.68       160.30  

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      


Ending

        Account Value
(09/30/22)

 


 

      

Expenses
      Paid During

the Period

 
 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00          $          825.00          $         0.23               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.82          $         0.25        0.05% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). 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 “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Industrials

  19.0%

Financials

  15.7   

Consumer Discretionary

  13.6   

Information Technology

  12.7   

Health Care

  10.4   

Real Estate

  8.2   

Materials

  6.6   

Consumer Staples

  4.0   

Energy

  4.0   

Utilities

  4.0   

Communication Services

  1.8   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

  0.8%

Targa Resources Corp.

  0.7   

First Solar, Inc.

  0.7   

Wolfspeed, Inc.

  0.7   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

  0.7   

First Horizon Corp.

  0.7   

Hubbell, Inc.

  0.6   

Alleghany Corp.

  0.6   

RPM International, Inc.

  0.6   

Darling Ingredients, Inc.

  0.6   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022   

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600® (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

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (18.63 )%      (18.93 )%      4.80     10.05     (18.93 )%      26.44     160.66

Fund Market

    (18.51     (18.83     4.81       10.07       (18.83     26.50       161.04  

Index

    (18.58     (18.83     4.84       10.09       (18.83     26.68       161.50  

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 


Beginning

Account Value
(04/01/22)

 


 

      


Ending

        Account Value
(09/30/22

 


      


Expenses

      Paid During
the Period

 


(a) 

   

        

 

 

   


Beginning

Account Value
(04/01/22

 


      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

               
$ 1,000.00          $          813.70          $         0.27               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.77          $         0.30        0.06% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). 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 “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Financials

  18.3%

Industrials

  16.3   

Health Care

  12.9   

Consumer Discretionary

  12.8   

Information Technology

  12.6   

Real Estate

  7.5   

Materials

  5.5   

Consumer Staples

  5.1   

Energy

  4.6   

Utilities

  2.3   

Communication Services

  2.1   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Livent Corp.

  0.7%

Agree Realty Corp.

  0.7   

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

  0.6   

SM Energy Co.

  0.6   

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

  0.6   

Cytokinetics, Inc.

  0.6   

Rogers Corp.

  0.6   

Exponent, Inc.

  0.6   

SPS Commerce, Inc.

  0.6   

UFP Industries, Inc.

  0.6   
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Growth Index™ (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

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (23.57 )%      (21.01 )%      11.00     12.87     (21.01 )%      68.51     235.62

Fund Market

    (23.74     (21.04     10.99       12.87       (21.04     68.46       235.69  

Index

    (23.55     (20.99     11.07       12.96       (20.99     69.02       238.26  

Index performance through January 22, 2017 reflects the performance of the Russell 3000® Growth Index. Index performance beginning on January 23, 2017 reflects the performance of the S&P 900 Growth IndexTM.

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00          $          764.30          $         0.18               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.87              $         0.20        0.04% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). 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 “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  41.2%

Consumer Discretionary

  17.2   

Health Care

  12.4   

Communication Services

  10.0   

Financials

  7.2   

Industrials

  4.4   

Real Estate

  2.5   

Consumer Staples

  1.9   

Materials

  1.7   

Energy

  1.4   

Utilities

  0.1   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Apple, Inc.

  13.4%

Microsoft Corp.

  11.2   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  6.5   

Tesla, Inc.

  4.6   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

  3.7   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

  3.3   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

  2.0   

NVIDIA Corp.

  2.0   

Eli Lilly & Co.

  1.7   

Home Depot, Inc.

  1.4   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P U.S.Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Value Index™ (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

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (16.49 )%      (9.78 )%      6.11     9.60     (9.78 )%      34.54     150.08

Fund Market

    (16.52     (9.74     6.12       9.61       (9.74     34.61       150.31  

Index

    (16.46     (9.71     6.13       9.67       (9.71     34.62       151.62  

Index performance through January 22, 2017 reflects the performance of the Russell 3000® Value Index. Index performance beginning on January 23, 2017 reflects the performance of the S&P 900 Value IndexTM.

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00        $          835.10          $         0.18               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.87          $         0.20        0.04% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). 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 “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Health Care

  17.1%

Financials

  15.2   

Industrials

  12.4   

Consumer Staples

  11.3   

Information Technology

  10.8   

Energy

  7.5   

Consumer Discretionary

  6.7   

Utilities

  6.1   

Communication Services

  5.5   

Materials

  3.8   

Real Estate

  3.6   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

  2.9%

Johnson & Johnson

  2.6   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  2.2   

Procter & Gamble Co.

  1.8   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  1.7   

Chevron Corp.

  1.6   

Merck & Co., Inc.

  1.3   

Coca-Cola Co.

  1.3   

Walmart, Inc.

  1.1   

Walt Disney Co.

  1.1   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

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 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. 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.

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,964,792     $ 227,424,674  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.(b)

    1,115,980       155,299,777  

Hexcel Corp.(b)

    2,453,248       126,881,986  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,678,152       68,132,971  

Woodward, Inc.(b)

    1,754,988       140,855,337  
   

 

 

 
      718,594,745  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,459,980       121,306,899  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    9,442,163       62,601,541  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 1.4%  

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    2,761,474       76,630,903  

Dana, Inc.

    3,695,699       42,241,840  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,232,172       97,440,162  

Gentex Corp.

    6,836,296       162,977,297  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)(b)

    8,243,991       83,181,869  

Lear Corp.(b)

    1,727,495       206,763,876  

Visteon Corp.(a)(b)

    819,811       86,949,155  
   

 

 

 
      756,185,102  
Automobiles — 0.4%  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.(b)

    3,879,797       135,327,319  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    1,583,107       110,785,828  
   

 

 

 
      246,113,147  
Banks — 7.5%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    4,384,373       88,038,210  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,170,950       89,132,714  

Bank OZK

    3,243,956       128,330,899  

Cadence Bank(b)

    4,482,419       113,898,267  

Cathay General Bancorp

    2,168,360       83,395,126  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    3,173,843       209,981,453  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.(b)

    1,866,402       246,775,672  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    4,101,489       275,373,972  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(b)

    3,781,206       158,167,847  

First Horizon Corp.(b)

    15,618,304       357,659,162  

FNB Corp.

    10,230,922       118,678,695  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    4,870,869       76,959,730  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    3,219,896       158,193,491  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    2,500,320       114,539,659  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    5,563,012       125,223,400  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,538,472       65,385,060  

Old National Bancorp

    8,510,060       140,160,688  

PacWest Bancorp

    3,429,482       77,506,293  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    2,222,224       180,222,366  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    2,652,338       176,857,898  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    4,225,550       158,500,381  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    1,453,449       85,797,095  

UMB Financial Corp.

    1,265,374       106,658,374  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    6,331,358       108,202,908  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    3,910,258       139,791,724  

Valley National Bancorp

    12,207,950       131,845,860  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    1,897,036       56,873,139  

Webster Financial Corp.

    5,116,797       231,279,224  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    1,771,666       144,479,362  
   

 

 

 
      4,147,908,669  
Beverages — 0.5%  

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    276,800       89,586,320  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,169,183     $ 106,021,514  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.(b)

    134,546       55,396,625  
   

 

 

 
      251,004,459  
Biotechnology — 1.8%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,085,592       101,978,816  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,352,934       146,654,005  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,004,974       158,356,672  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,783,616       295,647,855  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,324,765       277,379,296  
   

 

 

 
      980,016,644  
Building Products — 2.5%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,542,640       267,652,349  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.(b)

    1,505,452       422,143,795  

Lennox International, Inc.(b)

    938,052       208,876,039  

Owens Corning

    2,800,302       220,131,740  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    1,258,587       98,673,221  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    3,216,357       141,326,727  
   

 

 

 
      1,358,803,871  
Capital Markets — 1.9%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(b)

    1,110,159       124,171,284  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,049,367       86,310,436  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    2,466,383       81,686,605  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    2,991,293       191,173,536  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    3,857,250       78,340,747  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    5,405,505       159,462,397  

SEI Investments Co.(b)

    2,992,639       146,788,943  

Stifel Financial Corp.(b)

    3,085,735       160,180,504  
   

 

 

 
      1,028,114,452  
Chemicals — 2.4%  

Ashland, Inc.(b)

    1,446,982       137,419,880  

Avient Corp.

    2,490,290       75,455,787  

Cabot Corp.(b)

    1,642,229       104,922,011  

Chemours Co.

    4,525,354       111,549,976  

Ingevity Corp.(a)(b)

    1,039,727       63,038,648  

NewMarket Corp.

    200,708       60,378,988  

Olin Corp.(b)

    3,924,392       168,277,929  

RPM International, Inc.

    3,754,871       312,818,303  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    1,173,883       50,183,498  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,224,808       84,928,187  

Valvoline, Inc.

    5,163,661       130,847,170  
   

 

 

 
      1,299,820,377  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.5%  

Brink’s Co.

    1,373,814       66,547,550  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,462,673       160,864,777  

IAA, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,901,397       124,259,494  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    2,219,777       34,628,521  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,067,788       116,687,873  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,688,859       113,227,853  

Tetra Tech, Inc.(b)

    1,550,931       199,341,161  
   

 

 

 
      815,557,229  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%  

Calix, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,654,677       101,166,952  

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    4,353,485       176,011,399  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,004,769       137,467,010  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,197,091       66,418,061  
   

 

 

 
      481,063,422  
Construction & Engineering — 1.9%  

AECOM

    4,064,580       277,895,335  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    861,093       82,260,214  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

EMCOR Group, Inc.(b)

    1,434,660     $ 165,674,537  

Fluor Corp.(a)(b)

    4,143,946       103,142,816  

MasTec, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,666,903       105,848,340  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    5,911,543       161,680,701  

Valmont Industries, Inc.(b)

    620,703       166,733,240  
   

 

 

 
      1,063,235,183  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,093,986       117,253,419  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,428,490       44,926,010  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    1,109,934       81,413,659  

Navient Corp.

    3,245,053       47,669,829  

SLM Corp.

    7,292,688       102,024,705  
   

 

 

 
      276,034,203  
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%  

AptarGroup, Inc.(b)

    1,900,108       180,567,263  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    778,634       46,383,228  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.(b)

    2,429,680       102,143,747  

Sonoco Products Co.

    2,834,404       160,795,739  
   

 

 

 
      489,889,977  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    112,696       60,628,194  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)(b)

    930,074       76,498,587  

H&R Block, Inc.

    4,642,750       197,502,585  

Service Corp. International(b)

    4,589,211       264,981,043  
   

 

 

 
      599,610,409  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    2,847,105       172,249,853  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

 

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    6,485,159       151,947,275  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,691,346       163,785,022  
   

 

 

 
      315,732,297  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%  

ALLETE, Inc.

    1,663,386       83,252,469  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    3,193,186       110,675,827  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,469,406       145,485,888  

OGE Energy Corp.

    5,825,347       212,392,152  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    2,503,799       114,498,728  

Portland General Electric Co.

    2,591,317       112,618,637  
   

 

 

 
      778,923,701  
Electrical Equipment — 2.3%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.(b)

    954,236       150,263,543  

EnerSys(b)

    1,182,836       68,805,570  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,562,327       348,398,921  

nVent Electric PLC

    4,838,597       152,948,051  

Regal Rexnord Corp.(b)

    1,934,879       271,579,617  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    2,478,635       57,107,750  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,168,871       170,199,151  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    652,016       38,560,226  
   

 

 

 
      1,257,862,829  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.0%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,865,907       172,017,966  

Avnet, Inc.

    2,760,457       99,707,707  

Belden, Inc.(b)

    1,266,951       76,042,399  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    5,045,004       209,115,416  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    3,765,730       131,235,691  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    965,094       81,405,679  

Jabil, Inc.(b)

    4,003,090       231,018,324  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Littelfuse, Inc.(b)

    722,099     $ 143,473,850  

National Instruments Corp.(b)

    3,859,628       145,662,361  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,035,076       119,706,539  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,223,538       99,339,050  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    3,800,783       67,615,930  

Vontier Corp.(b)

    4,599,909       76,864,479  
   

 

 

 
      1,653,205,391  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%  

ChampionX Corp.

    5,919,522       115,845,046  

NOV, Inc.(b)

    11,420,875       184,789,757  
   

 

 

 
      300,634,803  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.,
Class A(b)

    1,259,673       88,391,254  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.7%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    4,483,041       173,135,043  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    8,711,300       160,897,711  

Corporate Office Properties Trust(b)

    3,265,963       75,868,321  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    4,393,635       102,591,377  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    5,125,227       91,895,320  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    1,266,909       182,865,645  

EPR Properties

    2,184,998       78,354,028  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,840,111       172,075,374  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,074,181       230,896,674  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    3,064,142       82,609,268  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(b)

    6,470,535       108,252,051  

JBG SMITH Properties

    2,889,064       53,678,809  

Kilroy Realty Corp.(b)

    3,068,216       129,202,576  

Kite Realty Group Trust(b)

    6,391,538       110,062,284  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    2,534,554       209,075,359  

Life Storage, Inc.

    2,456,070       272,034,313  

Macerich Co.

    6,253,434       49,652,266  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    17,425,832       206,670,368  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    5,152,678       205,385,745  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    2,478,636       103,061,685  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    6,810,000       200,826,900  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    6,546,419       73,712,678  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b)

    3,841,212       55,735,986  

Physicians Realty Trust

    6,587,187       99,071,292  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2,349,546       96,425,368  

Rayonier, Inc.(b)

    4,271,115       128,005,317  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    4,978,989       258,907,428  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    6,730,581       88,305,223  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    1,871,822       75,172,372  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    3,977,094       143,811,719  

STORE Capital Corp.

    7,733,295       242,284,132  
   

 

 

 
      4,260,522,632  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,934,537       286,473,639  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    1,083,825       219,496,239  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    2,567,292       85,465,151  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)(b)

    4,508,731       193,649,996  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,129,996       86,857,389  
   

 

 

 
      871,942,414  
Food Products — 1.5%  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,667,705       308,768,685  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    5,606,249       138,418,288  

Ingredion, Inc.

    1,904,415       153,343,496  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    577,564       86,796,318  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)(b)

    1,331,821     $ 30,658,519  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,586,247       129,929,492  
   

 

 

 
      847,914,798  
Gas Utilities — 1.5%  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    2,659,398       163,685,947  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    2,806,964       108,629,507  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    1,571,762       110,636,327  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    1,798,217       125,425,636  

Spire, Inc.

    1,522,641       94,906,213  

UGI Corp.

    6,090,815       196,916,049  
   

 

 

 
      800,199,679  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.8%  

Enovis Corp.(a)(b)

    1,383,996       63,760,696  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    4,749,391       155,827,519  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,237,707       133,300,206  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,489,322       110,254,508  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    584,896       88,085,338  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,400,240       101,713,434  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    2,117,038       89,677,730  

LivaNova PLC(a)(b)

    1,561,921       79,298,729  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    1,405,794       198,441,881  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    6,298,595       87,991,372  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,518,617       66,530,611  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,291,913       112,435,188  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,102,267       208,989,823  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    1,581,930       113,076,356  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,045,676       290,771,125  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)(b)

    1,400,506       98,805,698  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,870,487       89,502,803  
   

 

 

 
      2,088,463,017  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    2,642,783       206,612,775  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    945,994       91,562,759  

Chemed Corp.(b)

    433,509       189,252,689  

Encompass Health Corp.(b)

    2,910,497       131,641,779  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,452,993       164,767,540  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    901,641       147,562,566  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,509,136       141,902,510  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    2,513,441       60,372,853  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,171,596       80,479,348  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,995,608       74,038,616  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    3,136,425       161,776,802  
   

 

 

 
      1,449,970,237  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,358,095       112,363,227  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    845,129       92,558,528  

Churchill Downs, Inc.(b)

    964,694       177,648,400  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    662,677       61,350,637  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,739,117       117,453,337  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.(b)

    1,145,972       139,648,148  

Papa John’s International, Inc.(b)

    937,692       65,647,817  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,625,267       127,241,095  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    1,943,791       169,615,203  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    2,439,769       83,244,918  

Wendy’s Co.

    4,962,082       92,741,312  

Wingstop, Inc.(b)

    872,592       109,440,489  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    2,625,877       161,097,554  
   

 

 

 
      1,510,050,665  
Household Durables — 1.3%  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    695,517       67,075,659  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

KB Home

    2,456,418     $ 63,670,355  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    3,852,205       127,970,250  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)(b)

    3,308,239       77,148,133  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)

    5,022,912       121,253,096  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    3,119,107       131,002,494  

TopBuild Corp.(a)(b)

    941,133       155,079,896  
   

 

 

 
      743,199,883  
Household Products — 0.1%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    1,930,482       48,532,317  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.(b)

    1,305,254       112,512,895  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.4%  

Alleghany Corp.(a)(b)

    391,615       328,709,883  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    2,032,430       249,846,620  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,093,672       90,907,238  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    3,323,525       59,723,744  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,026,241       139,509,710  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.(b)

    1,039,445       133,194,482  

Kemper Corp.(b)

    1,859,534       76,724,373  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

    628,009       160,406,059  

Old Republic International Corp.

    8,353,997       174,849,157  

Primerica, Inc.(b)

    1,092,484       134,867,150  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,950,078       245,339,313  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.(b)

    1,270,794       178,406,770  

RLI Corp.

    1,174,021       120,196,270  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.(b)

    1,759,798       143,247,557  

Unum Group

    5,469,466       212,215,281  
   

 

 

 
      2,448,143,607  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,029,223       66,885,244  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,375,764       94,212,319  
   

 

 

 
      161,097,563  
IT Services — 2.0%  

Concentrix Corp.(b)

    1,244,895       138,967,629  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,373,952       104,090,603  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    961,790       141,729,374  

Genpact Ltd.(b)

    4,911,321       214,968,520  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,920,851       48,965,438  

Maximus, Inc.

    1,765,695       102,180,770  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    9,513,038       48,992,146  

Western Union Co.

    11,211,006       151,348,581  

WEX, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,284,217       163,018,506  
   

 

 

 
      1,114,261,567  
Leisure Products — 1.2%  

Brunswick Corp.

    2,169,349       141,983,892  

Mattel, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,275,483       194,617,648  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    1,627,576       155,677,645  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)(b)

    4,035,340       77,720,648  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,509,200       71,562,384  
   

 

 

 
      641,562,217  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%  

Azenta, Inc.

    2,187,310       93,748,107  

Bruker Corp.(b)

    2,927,463       155,331,187  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    732,429       115,115,866  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    1,502,039       281,046,517  

Sotera Health Co.(a)(b)

    2,921,620       19,925,448  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    2,982,589       140,629,071  
   

 

 

 
      805,796,196  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery — 4.3%            

AGCO Corp.

    1,805,055     $ 173,592,139  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,043,135       192,301,937  

Crane Holdings Co.

    1,384,480       121,197,379  

Donaldson Co., Inc.(b)

    3,593,000       176,092,930  

Esab Corp.

    1,327,860       44,297,409  

Flowserve Corp.(b)

    3,809,908       92,580,764  

Graco, Inc.(b)

    4,922,201       295,085,950  

ITT, Inc.(b)

    2,404,064       157,081,542  

Kennametal, Inc.

    2,358,915       48,546,471  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.(b)

    1,685,068       211,846,749  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,567,422       200,896,478  

Oshkosh Corp.

    1,906,904       134,036,282  

Terex Corp.

    1,969,478       58,572,276  

Timken Co.

    1,949,620       115,105,565  

Toro Co.

    3,043,594       263,210,009  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A(b)

    796,068       100,089,630  
   

 

 

 
      2,384,533,510  
Marine — 0.2%  

Kirby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,747,248       106,180,261  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

Cable One, Inc.(b)

    142,333       121,417,166  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    1,246,028       46,800,812  

New York Times Co., Class A(b)

    4,807,375       138,212,031  

TEGNA, Inc.

    6,481,802       134,043,665  
   

 

 

 
      440,473,674  
Metals & Mining — 2.9%  

Alcoa Corp.

    5,232,359       176,121,204  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,049,134       202,711,835  

Commercial Metals Co.

    3,499,513       124,162,721  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    2,688,139       73,386,195  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    1,754,883       306,069,144  

Royal Gold, Inc.(b)

    1,908,597       179,064,571  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.(b)

    5,049,233       358,243,081  

United States Steel Corp.(b)

    6,919,873       125,388,099  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    885,822       33,785,251  
   

 

 

 
      1,578,932,101  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    12,546,707       215,301,492  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.6%  

Kohl’s Corp.

    3,745,566       94,200,985  

Macy’s, Inc.

    7,868,075       123,292,735  

Nordstrom, Inc.(b)

    3,270,437       54,714,411  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,694,533       87,437,903  
   

 

 

 
      359,646,034  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

Black Hills Corp.

    1,898,379       128,577,210  

NorthWestern Corp.

    1,635,709       80,607,739  
   

 

 

 
      209,184,949  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    9,761,599       89,611,479  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    5,514,099       85,633,957  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    2,811,069       145,866,370  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    12,549,804       93,872,534  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    4,227,547       227,611,130  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    3,261,663       159,560,554  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    4,262,468       149,911,000  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    2,808,124       162,281,486  

Range Resources Corp.(b)

    7,205,125       182,001,458  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)(b)

    32,415,032     $ 198,379,996  

Targa Resources Corp.

    6,594,050       397,884,977  
   

 

 

 
      1,892,614,941  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)

    2,154,848       110,306,669  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.4%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,945,235       81,311,293  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    10,509,012       66,416,956  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    1,465,014       48,887,517  
   

 

 

 
      196,615,766  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)

    1,824,019       243,123,492  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    3,926,804       140,029,831  
   

 

 

 
      383,153,323  
Professional Services — 1.8%  

ASGN, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,458,210       131,778,438  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    680,949       177,768,546  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,004,115       166,391,897  

Insperity, Inc.(b)

    1,042,642       106,443,322  

KBR, Inc.(b)

    4,043,041       174,740,232  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,508,727       97,599,549  

Science Applications International Corp.(b)

    1,624,302       143,637,026  
   

 

 

 
      998,359,010  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,394,121       210,609,859  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.8%  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    841,257       124,893,014  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(b)

    4,675,266       228,760,765  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    1,058,691       152,843,220  

Ryder System, Inc.

    1,492,950       112,702,795  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    767,615       145,846,850  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.(b)

    1,714,495       64,465,012  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,343,436       148,849,771  
   

 

 

 
      978,361,427  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%  

Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)

    2,932,777       50,003,848  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,631,758       112,264,950  

First Solar, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,885,323       381,641,673  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    3,994,483       196,568,508  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    1,487,612       77,043,425  

MKS Instruments, Inc.(b)

    1,661,428       137,300,410  

Power Integrations, Inc.(b)

    1,667,954       107,282,801  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    1,851,654       54,457,144  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    993,845       122,680,227  

SiTime Corp.(a)(b)

    468,138       36,856,505  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,150,295       113,890,708  

Universal Display Corp.(b)

    1,261,670       119,038,565  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,598,457       371,936,516  
   

 

 

 
      1,880,965,280  
Software — 3.3%  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,316,756       69,320,200  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    841,745       200,503,659  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,293,527       56,992,800  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,307,023       69,324,500  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,850,851       203,668,123  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,104,680       49,047,792  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    735,005       302,829,410  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,825,286       242,817,797  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Software (continued)            

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    3,984,540     $ 75,746,105  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,190,583       287,621,041  

Qualys, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,014,453       141,404,604  

Teradata Corp.(a)(b)

    2,995,657       93,045,107  
   

 

 

 
      1,792,321,138  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,121,780       114,275,729  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(b)

    1,655,141       173,193,954  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,614,551       222,275,236  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    2,339,666       72,833,803  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    7,351,963       184,754,830  

Gap, Inc.

    6,249,112       51,305,209  

Lithia Motors, Inc.(b)

    800,527       171,753,068  

Murphy USA, Inc.(b)

    624,647       171,721,707  

RH(a)(b)

    583,138       143,492,768  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    2,417,539       70,398,736  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.(b)

    2,001,378       235,862,397  
   

 

 

 
      1,611,867,437  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    3,284,454       42,960,658  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    4,012,202       154,229,045  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,135,180       74,388,345  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,029,387       69,277,745  

Crocs, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,798,320       123,472,651  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)(b)

    772,186       241,393,066  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    10,160,312       70,715,772  

PVH Corp.(b)

    1,952,251       87,460,845  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,918,077       124,281,402  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,492,290       36,523,729  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    5,852,944       34,883,546  
   

 

 

 
      1,016,626,146  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%  

Essent Group Ltd.

    3,141,502       109,544,174  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued)  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    8,851,312     $ 113,473,820  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    13,533,594       115,441,557  
   

 

 

 
      338,459,551  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%  

GATX Corp.

    1,029,022       87,621,223  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    1,380,090       100,484,353  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,865,345       110,637,945  

Watsco, Inc.

    966,502       248,835,605  
   

 

 

 
      547,579,126  
Water Utilities — 0.5%  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    6,941,131       287,224,001  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $54,955,154,902)

 

    54,866,559,916  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 6.9%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    3,646,076,521       3,647,170,344  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    126,632,259       126,632,259  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 6.9%
(Cost: $3,772,067,321)

 

    3,773,802,603  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 106.5%
(Cost: $58,727,222,223)

 

    58,640,362,519  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.5)%

 

    (3,580,649,798
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 55,059,712,721  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
      

Affiliated

Issuer

 

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  2,422,524,094     $  1,222,959,299 (a)    $     $ 39,547     $ 1,647,404     $  3,647,170,344       3,646,076,521     $ 18,556,304 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    169,480,000             (42,847,741 )(a)                  126,632,259       126,632,259       1,120,646          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 39,547     $ 1,647,404     $ 3,773,802,603       $  19,676,950     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

                

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

    567          12/16/22        $ 125,205        $ (9,625,765
                

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity  

Payment

Frequency

   Counterparty(a)   

Termination

Date

    

Net

Notional

    

Accrued

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Net Value of

Reference

Entity

    

Gross Notional 

Amount 

Net Asset 

Percentage 

 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

  Monthly    Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)      02/27/23      $ 8,891,325      $ (710,986 )(c)     $ 8,189,788        0.0%  (d) 
 

Monthly

   HSBC Bank PLC(e)      02/10/23        21,109,709        (2,759,590 )(f)       18,400,387        0.0 (d ) 
 

Monthly

   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(g)      02/08/23        17,634,008        (895,107 )(h)       16,773,125        0.0 (d ) 
             

 

 

    

 

 

    
              $ (4,365,683    $  43,363,300     
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(9,449) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (d) 

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

 
  (f) 

Amount includes $(50,268) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (h) 

Amount includes $(34,224) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

 

 

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    The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

     (b)    (e)    (g)  
 

Range:

   20 basis points    65 basis points    65 basis points  

    

 

Benchmarks:    

   USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate        USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate        USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate       
     (FEDL01)    (OBFR01)    (OBFR01)  

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

                  
Common Stocks                          
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    179,230      $ 4,554,234          55.6

Envestnet, Inc.

    71,645        3,181,038          38.9  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       7,735,272       
Consumer Finance                          

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    14,452        454,516          5.5  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     $   8,189,788       
    

 

 

      

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks                             
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    115,587      $ 2,937,066          16.0

Envestnet, Inc.

    348,273        15,463,321          84.0  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       18,400,387       
    

 

 

      

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

     $ 18,400,387       
    

 

 

      

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

         
Common Stocks                             
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    519,917      $ 13,211,091          78.8

Envestnet, Inc.

    80,226        3,562,034          21.2  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       16,773,125       
    

 

 

      

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     $ 16,773,125       
    

 

 

      

 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

         
Description   

Swap

Premiums

Paid

    

Swap

Premiums

Received

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $      $ (4,365,683

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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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:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

      

Credit

Contracts

      

Equity

Contracts

      

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

      

Interest

Rate

Contracts

      

Other

Contracts

       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts(a)

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

   $        $        $ 9,625,765        $        $        $        $ 9,625,765  

Swaps — OTC

                                

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;

                                

Swap premiums received

                       4,365,683                                     4,365,683  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $   13,991,448        $        $        $        $   13,991,448  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, 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 September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

      

Credit

Contracts

      

Equity

Contracts

      

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

      

Interest

Rate

Contracts

      

Other

Contracts

       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (14,641,148      $        $        $        $ (14,641,148

Swaps

                       (13,106,377                                   (13,106,377
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $  (27,747,525      $        $        $        $  (27,747,525
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (15,649,286      $        $        $        $ (15,649,286

Swaps

                       (5,848,186                                   (5,848,186
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $ (21,497,472      $        $        $        $ (21,497,472
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $140,735,070  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

     $49,590,757  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $      $ 1,198,500  

Swaps — OTC(a)

            4,365,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $      $ 5,564,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

            (1,198,500
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $      $ 4,365,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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The following table presents the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund:

 

           
Counterparty   

Derivative

Liabilities

Subject to

an MNA by

Counterparty

    

Derivatives

Available

for Offset(a)

    

Non-

Cash

Collateral

Pledged

    

Cash

Collateral

Pledged(b)

    

Net

Amount of

Derivative

Liabilities(c)

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 710,986      $      $      $ (490,000    $ 220,986  

HSBC Bank PLC

     2,759,590                      (1,934,000      825,590  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     895,107                      (670,000      225,107  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 4,365,683      $      $      $  (3,094,000    $  1,271,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

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  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 54,866,559,916        $        $        $ 54,866,559,916  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     3,773,802,603                            3,773,802,603  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     58,640,362,519        $        $        $     58,640,362,519  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (9,625,765      $ (4,365,683      $        $ (13,991,448
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps and futures contracts. Swaps and 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)

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iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%            

AAR Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,451,963     $ 87,829,315  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,513,678       220,491,983  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,822,566       151,929,102  

Kaman Corp.(a)

    2,042,764       57,054,399  

Moog, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,112,095       148,585,883  

National Presto Industries, Inc.(a)

    371,751       24,182,403  

Park Aerospace Corp.(a)

    1,471,818       16,248,871  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,871,501       33,256,194  
   

 

 

 
      739,578,150  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,879,455       179,619,514  

Forward Air Corp.(a)(c)

    1,958,212       176,748,215  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,478,704       170,981,002  
   

 

 

 
      527,348,731  
Airlines — 0.4%  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)(b)

    1,126,671       82,224,450  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,747,571       49,280,559  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,696,556       60,106,001  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,382,939       32,431,800  
   

 

 

 
      224,042,810  
Auto Components — 1.3%  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,354,181       57,059,056  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,063,069       169,419,226  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,425,021       120,596,294  

LCI Industries(a)

    1,854,578       188,165,484  

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,455,300       22,149,666  

Patrick Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,584,093       69,446,637  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.(a)

    1,361,772       44,257,590  

XPEL, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,429,953       92,146,171  
   

 

 

 
      763,240,124  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,316,562       123,264,264  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 10.4%            

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,317,626       54,852,770  

Ameris Bancorp(a)(c)

    4,751,262       212,428,924  

Banc of California, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,064,717       64,913,530  

BancFirst Corp.(c)

    1,270,933       113,710,376  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,933,229       86,452,373  

BankUnited, Inc.(a)

    5,287,744       180,682,212  

Banner Corp.(a)

    2,278,712       134,626,305  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,091,585       84,400,270  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    5,223,311       60,851,573  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.(a)

    1,597,517       33,052,627  

City Holding Co.(a)(c)

    990,496       87,847,090  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.(a)

    5,482,372       158,385,727  

Community Bank System, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,698,689       222,217,235  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,147,637       63,312,339  

CVB Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    9,563,598       242,150,301  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,364,491       69,232,296  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,269,116       101,701,779  

FB Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    2,564,414       97,986,259  

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico(a)

    13,109,498       179,337,933  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC(a)(c)

    2,468,038       90,280,830  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.(a)

    6,138,268       78,815,361  

First Financial Bancorp(a)

    6,450,830       135,983,496  

First Hawaiian, Inc.(a)

    9,312,919       229,377,195  

Hanmi Financial Corp.(a)

    2,046,892       48,470,403  

Heritage Financial Corp.(a)

    2,349,446       62,189,836  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,324,324     $ 82,609,451  

HomeStreet, Inc.(a)

    1,256,727       36,206,305  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    7,989,669       100,989,416  

Independent Bank Corp.(a)(c)

    3,141,549       234,139,647  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.(a)

    2,582,072       158,513,400  

Lakeland Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    1,819,940       132,509,831  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A(a)

    2,047,072       75,721,193  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,922,749       110,918,325  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    8,555,530       115,585,210  

OFG Bancorp(a)

    3,245,370       81,556,148  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    6,649,873       205,880,068  

Park National Corp.(a)(c)

    1,054,995       131,325,778  

Pathward Financial, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,077,866       68,486,463  

Preferred Bank(c)

    615,879       40,173,787  

Renasant Corp.(a)

    3,826,536       119,694,046  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,733,139       80,108,304  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(a)(c)

    4,283,468       129,489,238  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,564,611       285,168,880  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A(a)(c)

    8,787,556       191,480,845  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,218,003       78,428,586  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    1,334,128       39,023,244  

Tompkins Financial Corp.(a)

    923,324       67,051,789  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,676,291       91,106,416  

Trustmark Corp.(a)

    3,868,806       118,501,528  

United Community Banks, Inc.(a)

    7,373,377       244,058,779  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,748,074       99,661,288  

Westamerica Bancorp(a)

    1,842,536       96,346,207  
   

 

 

 
      6,107,993,212  
Beverages — 0.3%  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,122,752       119,191,352  

National Beverage Corp.

    1,701,780       65,586,601  
   

 

 

 
      184,777,953  
Biotechnology — 3.0%  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,089,756       25,936,193  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,789,059       99,121,783  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,509,595       86,223,456  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,898,719       88,510,565  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,704,829       45,213,407  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,865,782       332,647,138  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    8,578,021       89,554,539  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    775,098       20,478,089  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,245,759       68,128,481  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,420,779       73,695,807  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,729,178       100,794,284  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,796,740       34,227,897  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,169,702       100,723,039  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,880,642       112,202,649  

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,154,643       16,701,043  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,742,896       72,494,741  

uniQure NV(a)(b)(c)

    3,007,422       56,419,237  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,124,982       40,754,822  

Vericel Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,440,670       79,823,544  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,513,718       106,304,483  

Xencor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,353,727       113,109,827  
   

 

 

 
      1,763,065,024  
Building Products — 2.0%  

AAON, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,062,692       165,017,845  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,210,198       53,079,284  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    1,615,906       61,759,927  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,306,612       94,409,629  

Griffon Corp.(a)(c)

    3,454,158       101,966,744  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products (continued)            

Insteel Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,422,569     $ 37,740,756  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,371,902       91,635,066  

Quanex Building Products Corp.(a)(c)

    2,429,875       44,126,530  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,624,767       202,508,059  

UFP Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,494,075       324,292,452  
   

 

 

 
      1,176,536,292  
Capital Markets — 0.9%  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    1,157,875       51,548,595  

Blucora, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,482,105       67,343,911  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.(a)

    2,356,983       35,142,617  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,869,208       69,104,620  

Piper Sandler Cos.(a)

    999,786       104,717,586  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,256,039       104,175,875  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.(a)

    498,728       79,557,091  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.(a)

    8,149,819       38,141,153  
   

 

 

 
      549,731,448  
Chemicals — 3.2%  

AdvanSix, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,042,545       65,565,695  

American Vanguard Corp.(a)(c)

    2,116,263       39,574,118  

Balchem Corp.(a)(c)

    2,342,539       284,805,892  

FutureFuel Corp.

    1,940,524       11,720,765  

Hawkins, Inc.(a)

    1,385,396       54,016,590  

HB Fuller Co.(a)(c)

    3,877,107       233,014,131  

Innospec, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,807,981       154,889,732  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,537,002       31,938,902  

Livent Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    13,072,064       400,658,762  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,987,417       88,042,167  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,377,125       117,453,746  

Quaker Chemical Corp.(a)(c)

    993,733       143,475,171  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,806,670       15,141,011  

Stepan Co.(a)(c)

    1,545,345       144,752,466  

Tredegar Corp.(a)

    1,849,577       17,460,007  

Trinseo PLC(a)

    2,555,862       46,823,392  
   

 

 

 
      1,849,332,547  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.9%  

ABM Industries, Inc.(a)

    4,870,768       186,209,461  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS(c)

    3,404,835       142,083,765  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,577,913       75,828,751  

Deluxe Corp.(a)

    3,142,179       52,317,280  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,774,972       67,567,284  

Harsco Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    5,792,961       21,665,674  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a)

    5,417,120       65,492,981  

HNI Corp.(a)

    3,014,397       79,911,664  

Interface, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,299,777       38,654,995  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,447,405       94,357,514  

Matthews International Corp., Class A(a)

    2,232,090       50,021,137  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    7,894,604       18,394,427  

UniFirst Corp.(c)

    1,100,714       185,173,116  

Viad Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,503,886       47,492,720  
   

 

 

 
      1,125,170,769  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%  

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,138,031       100,602,647  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    834,003       87,270,074  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.(a)

    1,992,977       19,949,700  

Digi International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,558,730       88,455,296  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,838,562       76,310,005  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,661,955       100,141,752  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,102,431       42,132,717  
Security   Shares      Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)             

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,962,823      $ 155,435,616  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    16,615,417        216,831,192  
    

 

 

 
       887,128,999  
Construction & Engineering — 1.3%  

Arcosa, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,526,615        201,651,846  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,609,094        253,943,119  

Granite Construction, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,217,164        81,683,794  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,214,783        102,928,564  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    909,655        112,633,482  
    

 

 

 
       752,840,805  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,745,450        79,383,066  

Enova International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,334,555        68,332,425  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(b)(c)

    3,948,749        30,444,855  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    3,478,202        66,016,274  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    792,941        18,919,572  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,846,241        93,527,479  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,689,670        55,271,257  

World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)

    265,725        25,727,494  
    

 

 

 
       437,622,422  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Myers Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,673,477        44,032,166  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    11,356,204        147,062,842  
    

 

 

 
       191,095,008  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,296,687        120,164,241  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,942,992        121,177,607  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(b)

    5,768,009        49,489,517  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,941,506        50,897,512  

Strategic Education, Inc.(a)

    1,635,050        100,408,420  

Stride, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,967,288        124,715,115  

WW International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,913,993        15,381,992  
    

 

 

 
       582,234,404  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

ATN International, Inc.(c)

    787,488        30,373,412  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,111,303        162,285,564  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,432,187        22,597,898  
    

 

 

 
       215,256,874  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%  

AZZ, Inc.(a)

    1,807,857        66,004,859  

Encore Wire Corp.(a)(c)

    1,394,837        161,159,467  

Powell Industries, Inc.(a)

    679,827        14,330,753  
    

 

 

 
       241,495,079  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,724,543        210,906,874  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,390,984        29,654,166  

Badger Meter, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,134,551        197,211,167  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,570,837        63,705,341  

CTS Corp.(a)(c)

    2,328,218        96,970,280  

ePlus, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,972,803        81,950,237  

Fabrinet(a)(b)(c)

    2,682,679        256,061,711  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,337,439        36,699,326  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,228,442        183,645,905  

Itron, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,296,718        138,824,795  

Knowles Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    6,700,149        81,540,813  

Methode Electronics, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,680,078        99,564,898  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,155,999        83,301,288  

PC Connection, Inc.

    825,311        37,213,273  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Plexus Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,021,003     $ 176,959,023  

Rogers Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,365,951       330,396,228  

Sanmina Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,219,656       194,441,748  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,839,988       48,594,083  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,471,588       98,475,530  
   

 

 

 
      2,446,116,686  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%  

Archrock, Inc.(a)

    9,760,742       62,663,964  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,738,643       40,840,724  

Core Laboratories NV(a)(c)

    3,378,474       45,541,830  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,352,964       21,620,365  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,506,889       48,934,473  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,436,079       40,283,265  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.(a)

    7,678,650       283,879,690  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    652,509       66,197,038  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,311,940       58,203,042  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,666,972       18,154,521  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.(a)(c)

    15,812,565       184,690,759  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    6,392,221       51,457,379  

RPC, Inc.(c)

    6,068,490       42,054,636  

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,510,285       60,337,621  
   

 

 

 
      1,024,859,307  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,848,492       95,045,238  

Marcus Corp.(c)

    1,779,122       24,712,005  
   

 

 

 
      119,757,243  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.0%  

Acadia Realty Trust(a)

    6,756,663       85,269,087  

Agree Realty Corp.(a)(c)

    5,823,179       393,530,437  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.(a)

    5,301,972       87,906,696  

American Assets Trust, Inc.(a)

    3,806,082       97,892,429  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.(a)

    4,937,857       51,254,956  

Brandywine Realty Trust(a)

    12,544,229       84,673,546  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.(a)

    7,076,235       128,150,616  

Centerspace(a)

    1,121,075       75,470,769  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)(b)

    3,571,247       35,248,208  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,716,815       56,225,691  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a)

    15,382,438       115,522,109  

Diversified Healthcare Trust(a)

    17,945,404       17,767,745  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,154,787       97,060,991  

Elme Communities(a)(c)

    6,382,650       112,079,334  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    10,298,301       200,301,954  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.(a)

    5,948,794       143,901,327  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.(a)

    6,700,794       17,623,088  

Getty Realty Corp.(a)

    2,882,402       77,507,790  

Global Net Lease, Inc.(a)

    7,582,548       80,754,136  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(a)

    2,396,753       19,126,089  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.(a)

    9,401,099       102,942,034  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust(a)

    4,787,315       26,330,233  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.(a)

    2,040,037       180,543,274  

iStar, Inc.(a)

    6,226,528       57,657,649  

LTC Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,953,998       110,627,225  

LXP Industrial Trust(a)

    20,412,404       186,977,621  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,351,111       62,434,839  

Office Properties Income Trust(a)

    3,533,813       49,650,073  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,144,036       36,260,315  

Outfront Media, Inc., REIT

    5,808,837       88,236,234  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.(a)(c)

    8,509,433       117,089,798  

RPT Realty(a)

    6,232,315       47,116,301  

Safehold, Inc.(c)

    1,273,609       33,699,694  

Saul Centers, Inc.(c)

    944,657       35,424,638  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Service Properties Trust(a)(c)

    12,043,479     $ 62,505,656  

SITE Centers Corp.

    9,273,175       99,315,704  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    7,796,122       52,389,940  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.(a)(c)

    14,423,023       135,864,877  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.(a)(c)

    7,611,700       104,128,056  

Uniti Group, Inc.(a)

    17,302,515       120,252,479  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust(a)

    928,990       40,141,658  

Urban Edge Properties(a)

    8,565,022       114,257,393  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,947,702       30,208,858  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,778,929       65,706,423  

Whitestone REIT(a)

    3,384,512       28,632,972  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a)

    8,362,534       115,319,344  
   

 

 

 
      4,080,980,286  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%  

Andersons, Inc.(a)

    2,321,308       72,030,187  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,483,424       71,944,793  

PriceSmart, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,827,235       105,230,464  

SpartanNash Co.(a)

    2,634,657       76,457,746  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,251,176       146,112,919  
   

 

 

 
      471,776,109  
Food Products — 2.2%  

B&G Foods, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,239,319       86,396,370  

Calavo Growers, Inc.(a)

    1,293,920       41,081,960  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)

    2,770,845       154,031,274  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    2,232,609       51,885,833  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,542,222       110,432,707  

Hostess Brands, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,954,544       231,343,603  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.(a)(c)

    1,091,729       141,346,154  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    651,190       49,314,619  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    408,523       20,605,900  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)(b)(c)

    6,221,941       199,039,893  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    1,295,726       43,121,761  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,678,439       156,039,382  
   

 

 

 
      1,284,639,456  
Gas Utilities — 0.9%  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.(a)(c)

    1,160,005       133,852,977  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.(a)

    2,539,125       110,147,242  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.(a)

    8,931,195       298,480,537  
   

 

 

 
      542,480,756  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%  

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,866,395       58,646,442  

Artivion, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,940,237       40,692,880  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,390,281       73,840,320  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,485,739       56,550,562  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,974,443       41,225,780  

CONMED Corp.(a)(c)

    2,221,848       178,125,554  

Cutera, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,299,116       59,239,690  

Embecta Corp.(a)(c)

    4,215,156       121,354,341  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,471,192       184,806,262  

Heska Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    741,685       54,083,670  

Inogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,673,057       40,621,824  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,415,624       150,324,282  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,013,252       352,582,013  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,418,446       71,886,843  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,189,981       100,580,101  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,139,723       233,935,747  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.(a)(c)

    364,502       51,332,817  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,296,089       20,072,177  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,463,721       27,971,708  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,026,776       31,213,990  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,934,516       62,035,668  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

Zimvie, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,521,840     $ 15,020,561  

Zynex, Inc.(c)

    1,659,913       15,055,411  
   

 

 

 
      2,041,198,643  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%            

AdaptHealth Corp.(b)(c)

    5,607,555       105,309,883  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,172,701       111,688,043  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,155,835       334,392,277  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,861,325       111,591,675  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,166,843       19,708,712  

CorVel Corp.(b)(c)

    674,680       93,395,952  

Covetrus, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,636,624       159,452,709  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,648,764       75,145,435  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,618,631       50,805,579  

Ensign Group, Inc.(a)

    4,032,219       320,561,410  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,482,051       56,495,784  

Hanger, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,825,959       52,901,952  

Joint Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,091,216       17,143,003  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    922,257       91,930,578  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    5,560,689       134,012,605  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,151,874       101,567,440  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,055,147       21,394,080  

RadNet, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,484,582       50,561,244  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)

    7,529,984       166,412,646  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.(a)

    948,378       72,095,696  
   

 

 

 
      2,146,566,703  
Health Care Technology — 0.6%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,090,157       123,213,091  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,097,327       30,593,477  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,761,277       37,444,749  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,018,093       71,120,246  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,318,758       19,543,994  

Simulations Plus, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,167,578       56,674,236  
   

 

 

 
      338,589,793  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%            

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,710,496       40,795,330  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,526,123       119,623,835  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,205,293       80,068,219  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,546,509       103,841,784  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,380,395       31,997,556  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,104,852       96,343,558  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.(a)

    1,146,868       72,894,930  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,455,320       12,981,454  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,600,725       55,849,295  

Jack in the Box, Inc.(a)

    1,538,979       113,992,175  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    972,506       54,596,487  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.(a)

    2,247,544       37,893,592  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,724,442       122,545,401  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    5,393,769       95,469,711  
   

 

 

 
      1,038,893,327  
Household Durables — 2.4%            

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    603,295       124,133,979  

Century Communities, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,098,772       89,785,466  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.(a)

    1,641,800       34,707,652  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,975,705       42,240,573  

Installed Building Products, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,719,061       139,226,750  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,980,978       111,588,491  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.(a)

    3,164,712       71,427,550  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,493,605       121,534,639  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,028,088       73,477,628  

MDC Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,158,944       114,038,244  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,666,786       187,395,052  
Security   Shares     Value  

Household Durables (continued)

   

Sonos, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,285,633     $ 129,070,299  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,420,839       112,128,877  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,821,002       18,477,563  

Universal Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    884,169       17,391,604  
   

 

 

 
      1,386,624,367  
Household Products — 0.5%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)(c)

    728,020       26,237,841  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(b)(c)

    3,031,354       103,551,052  

WD-40 Co.(a)(c)

    993,801       174,650,588  
   

 

 

 
      304,439,481  
Insurance — 2.6%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,217,455       28,272,551  

American Equity Investment Life Holding
Co.(a)

    5,176,979       193,049,547  

AMERISAFE, Inc.(a)

    1,414,750       66,111,267  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.(a)

    4,514,725       218,738,426  

Employers Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,722,658       59,414,474  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    31,035,879       108,625,576  

HCI Group, Inc.(a)

    521,690       20,450,248  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.(a)

    2,732,195       96,419,162  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    2,608,057       59,489,780  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,934,114       54,967,520  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,841,163       154,142,166  

ProAssurance Corp.(a)

    3,525,618       68,784,807  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.(a)

    981,992       80,091,268  

Selectquote, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,992,355       6,564,419  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(b)(c)

    6,248,827       30,931,694  

Stewart Information Services Corp.(a)

    1,886,670       82,334,279  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,555,543       151,875,920  

United Fire Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,604,130       46,086,655  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,998,557       19,685,786  
   

 

 

 
      1,546,035,545  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Cars.com, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,602,856       52,932,844  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,757,240       39,451,020  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,757,815       88,189,579  

Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,133,215       174,067,321  
   

 

 

 
      354,640,764  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%            

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,978,808       32,175,418  

PetMed Express, Inc.(a)

    1,537,540       30,012,781  
   

 

 

 
      62,188,199  
IT Services — 0.9%            

CSG Systems International, Inc.(a)

    2,339,711       123,723,918  

EVERTEC, Inc.(a)

    4,811,485       150,840,055  

Perficient, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,523,557       164,081,676  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    1,377,177       61,022,713  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,943,621       37,324,339  
   

 

 

 
      536,992,701  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(a)

    1,288,597       65,447,842  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,122,693       100,263,894  
   

 

 

 
      165,711,736  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%            

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,203,064       79,238,381  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 4.6%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    9,529,452       76,045,027  

Alamo Group, Inc.(a)

    752,715       92,034,463  

Albany International Corp., Class A(a)(c)

    2,268,085       178,793,141  

Astec Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,677,011       52,305,973  

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery (continued)

   

Barnes Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,684,240     $ 106,400,851  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,502,956       24,783,744  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.(a)

    4,253,377       75,837,712  

EnPro Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,517,070       128,920,609  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,886,211       138,523,336  

Federal Signal Corp.(a)(c)

    4,421,457       165,008,775  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.(a)

    2,835,852       231,717,467  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.(a)

    2,380,195       57,767,333  

Hillenbrand, Inc.(a)

    5,065,415       186,002,039  

John Bean Technologies Corp.(a)(c)

    2,323,656       199,834,416  

Lindsay Corp.(a)(c)

    802,829       115,029,339  

Mueller Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,133,887       245,718,243  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,011,700       73,286,231  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,297,330       182,078,563  

Standex International Corp.(a)(c)

    874,393       71,394,188  

Tennant Co.(a)(c)

    1,362,743       77,076,744  

Titan International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,710,088       45,040,468  

Trinity Industries, Inc.(a)

    5,988,855       127,862,054  

Wabash National Corp.(a)(c)

    3,540,742       55,093,946  
   

 

 

 
      2,706,554,662  
Marine — 0.3%            

Matson, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,842,839       174,891,455  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.6%            

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)(c)

    2,045,861       41,530,978  

EW Scripps Co., Class A(a)(b)

    4,222,724       47,590,099  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,313,004       15,778,896  

Scholastic Corp.

    2,212,121       68,044,842  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,979,767       117,202,206  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,240,507       51,150,775  
   

 

 

 
      341,297,796  
Metals & Mining — 1.7%            

Arconic Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    7,487,186       127,581,649  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,473,572       252,091,751  

Carpenter Technology Corp.(a)

    3,520,946       109,642,258  

Century Aluminum Co.(b)(c)

    3,731,124       19,700,335  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,498,130       96,252,949  

Haynes International, Inc.(a)

    915,016       32,135,362  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.(a)

    1,162,572       71,323,792  

Materion Corp.(a)(c)

    1,496,797       119,743,760  

Olympic Steel, Inc.(a)(c)

    701,723       16,006,302  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.(a)

    6,101,800       35,451,458  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,000,350       44,975,247  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.(c)

    2,470,246       70,253,796  
   

 

 

 
      995,158,659  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance,
Inc.(a)

    9,464,094       78,551,980  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.(a)

    8,334,589       40,589,448  

Ellington Financial, Inc.(a)

    4,164,469       47,350,013  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    6,162,148       66,366,334  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)

    3,817,947       24,587,579  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.(a)

    2,410,605       26,757,716  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(a)

    4,235,730       68,830,612  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)

    27,547,266       64,460,602  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)

    6,616,262       77,939,566  

Ready Capital Corp.(a)

    7,437,029       75,411,474  

Redwood Trust, Inc.(a)

    8,515,721       48,880,239  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)

    25,119,929       83,398,164  
   

 

 

 
      703,123,727  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%            

Big Lots, Inc.(a)

    2,104,683       32,854,102  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Multi-Utilities — 0.4%

   

Avista Corp.(a)

    5,208,276     $ 192,966,626  

Unitil Corp.(a)

    1,179,437       54,784,849  
   

 

 

 
      247,751,475  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%            

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)(b)(c)

    3,742,108       131,011,201  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    3,782,777       217,093,572  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,390,312       153,744,868  

Dorian LPG Ltd.(a)

    2,321,920       31,508,454  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,275,537       95,219,861  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,249,609       78,537,926  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,888,579       47,401,581  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    7,824,738       275,117,788  

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A(c)

    1,444,739       45,437,042  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    1,171,022       32,694,934  

SM Energy Co.(a)(c)

    8,940,599       336,255,928  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,770,845       79,434,569  

World Fuel Services Corp.(a)

    4,515,559       105,844,703  
   

 

 

 
      1,629,302,427  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,220,918       45,906,517  

Mercer International, Inc.

    2,943,582       36,206,059  

Sylvamo Corp.(a)

    2,413,622       81,821,786  
   

 

 

 
      163,934,362  
Personal Products — 0.9%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(a)(c)

    3,779,618       141,357,713  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,632,069       136,638,436  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    1,304,868       98,465,339  

Medifast, Inc.(a)

    803,536       87,071,161  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)(c)

    812,061       45,516,019  
   

 

 

 
      509,048,668  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.8%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,791,619       78,444,494  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    879,912       28,280,372  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,291,309       30,806,652  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,497,069       40,003,045  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,951,827       178,244,844  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,157,287       95,546,241  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,575,280       53,119,001  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)(c)

    13,667,409       43,735,709  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,341,890       177,755,129  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    1,534,047       20,387,485  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,629,156       180,840,843  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,901,339       132,060,325  
   

 

 

 
      1,059,224,140  
Professional Services — 1.2%            

Exponent, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,727,887       326,823,853  

Forrester Research, Inc.(b)

    818,299       29,466,947  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.(a)

    1,443,922       37,527,533  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    2,530,853       34,394,292  

Korn Ferry(a)(c)

    3,982,494       186,978,093  

Resources Connection, Inc.(a)

    2,319,838       41,919,473  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,383,783       45,482,580  
   

 

 

 
      702,592,771  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,341,419       67,648,908  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.(a)

    4,919,777       20,171,086  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(c)

    1,832,019       60,053,583  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    1,371,141       25,928,276  

St Joe Co.(c)

    2,491,759       79,811,041  
   

 

 

 
      253,612,894  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Road & Rail — 0.4%

   

ArcBest Corp.(a)(c)

    1,788,876     $ 130,104,951  

Heartland Express, Inc.(c)

    3,396,504       48,603,972  

Marten Transport Ltd.(a)

    4,195,160       80,379,266  
   

 

 

 
      259,088,189  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.1%  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    1,616,891       49,735,567  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,409,134       145,897,155  

CEVA, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,694,305       44,441,620  

Cohu, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,517,166       90,672,539  

Diodes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,316,870       215,298,032  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,625,230       140,912,011  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    2,096,002       50,744,208  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,234,834       163,168,154  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,255,782       171,443,609  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,623,169       232,063,974  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,156,797       52,906,230  

Photronics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,492,549       65,681,066  

Rambus, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,060,740       204,904,011  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,658,103       58,054,095  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,313,257       85,316,368  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,750,415       68,707,603  
   

 

 

 
      1,839,946,242  
Software — 2.5%            

8x8, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,785,844       30,311,162  

A10 Networks, Inc.(a)

    4,833,032       64,134,335  

Adeia, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,654,498       94,094,602  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,442,262       79,829,202  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,627,471       235,277,769  

Cerence, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,873,468       45,257,121  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,286,921       60,871,363  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,559,787       94,526,531  

Ebix, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,712,961       32,494,870  

InterDigital, Inc.(a)

    2,167,126       87,595,233  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,063,996       47,702,842  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,902,171       89,023,425  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,571,145       22,137,558  

Progress Software Corp.(a)(c)

    3,169,641       134,868,225  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,626,520       326,292,580  
   

 

 

 
      1,444,416,818  
Specialty Retail — 4.6%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.(a)

    2,251,963       21,889,080  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    3,679,089       57,209,834  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,206,004       261,769,249  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    11,491,141       111,808,802  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    435,104       26,550,046  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,614,057       243,884,013  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,066,502       30,854,997  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,173,723       127,075,847  

Buckle, Inc.

    2,155,517       68,243,668  

Caleres, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,679,295       64,892,525  

Cato Corp., Class A

    1,193,312       11,384,197  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,126,656       44,173,015  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    954,766       29,492,722  

Conn’s, Inc.(b)(c)

    944,795       6,689,149  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(c)

    4,124,352       63,143,829  

Genesco, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    951,191       37,400,830  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,151,401       164,500,661  

Guess?, Inc.

    2,439,642       35,789,548  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    975,326       24,285,617  

Hibbett, Inc.(a)

    945,332       47,086,987  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,811,905       159,043,123  
Security   Shares     Value  

Specialty Retail (continued)

   

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,139,542     $ 14,827,026  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,570,471       46,784,331  

Monro, Inc.(a)

    2,348,104       102,048,600  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,753,132       187,839,760  

ODP Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,126,970       109,912,995  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.(a)

    3,885,616       68,037,136  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,824,626       98,590,288  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.(c)

    1,251,472       26,831,560  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,392,209       194,000,433  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,608,101       54,369,895  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    1,353,165       58,592,045  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)(c)

    4,391,171       86,286,510  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,137,024       24,480,127  
   

 

 

 
      2,709,768,445  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,474,136       57,548,403  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,802,591       31,809,408  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,420,018       13,224,844  
   

 

 

 
      102,582,655  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%            

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    3,165,336       47,321,773  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.(a)

    3,594,868       120,823,513  

Movado Group, Inc.

    1,172,510       33,041,332  

Oxford Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,091,990       98,038,862  

Steven Madden Ltd.(a)

    5,425,374       144,694,725  

Unifi, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    951,362       9,047,453  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,742,169       88,371,981  
   

 

 

 
      541,339,639  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.0%            

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,880,000       132,812,400  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.(a)

    9,398,629       78,008,621  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,593,938       120,037,529  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,187,001       169,573,540  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    6,177,312       125,831,845  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,086,429       44,166,799  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.(a)

    5,125,487       99,946,996  

TrustCo Bank Corp.(a)

    1,208,110       37,958,816  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(a)

    2,240,219       187,573,537  

WSFS Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    4,365,715       202,831,119  
   

 

 

 
      1,198,741,202  
Tobacco — 0.3%            

Universal Corp.(a)

    1,797,517       82,757,683  

Vector Group Ltd.(a)

    9,595,816       84,539,139  
   

 

 

 
          167,296,822  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%            

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,803,666       288,160,791  

Boise Cascade Co.(a)(c)

    2,876,897       171,060,296  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,158,357       27,429,894  

GMS, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,110,207       124,439,382  

NOW, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,084,315       81,247,366  

Veritiv Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,018,458       99,574,639  
   

 

 

 
      791,912,368  
Water Utilities — 0.9%            

American States Water Co.(a)(c)

    2,695,226       210,092,867  

California Water Service Group(a)(c)

    3,964,113       208,869,114  

Middlesex Water Co.(a)

    1,154,264       89,109,181  
   

 

 

 
      508,071,162  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)

    3,240,693       39,277,199  

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications
Co.(a)(c)

    3,683,277     $ 62,689,375  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    7,302,934       101,510,783  
   

 

 

 
      203,477,357  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.3%
(Cost: $61,579,065,535)

 

    57,699,472,435  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(a)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 7.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    3,201,367,768       3,202,328,178  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    1,030,342,399       1,030,342,399  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 7.2%
(Cost: $4,231,024,460)

 

    4,232,670,577  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 105.5%
(Cost: $65,810,089,995)

      61,932,143,012  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.5)%

 

    (3,228,100,163
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   58,704,042,849  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

                                         

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

  

 
 

3D Systems Corp.

  $ 152,404,409      $ 15,760,285     $  (10,815,386   $  (4,029,693   $  (77,274,588   $  76,045,027       9,529,452     $     $    
 

8x8, Inc.

    106,604,327        7,802,690       (6,383,209     (7,338,411     (70,374,235     30,311,162       8,785,844                
 

A10 Networks, Inc.

           79,273,522       (29,051,148     20,756,080       (6,844,119     64,134,335       4,833,032       216,738          
 

AAON, Inc.

    165,097,728        22,932,024       (16,512,917     3,414,332       (9,913,322     165,017,845       3,062,692       551,702          
 

AAR Corp.

    115,530,346        14,290,122       (11,318,485     2,669,911       (33,342,579     87,829,315       2,451,963                
 

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    45,249,919        5,331,930       (5,368,802     (1,189,145     (22,134,822     21,889,080       2,251,963       505,592          

  

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.,
Class A

    129,296,574        11,231,323       (18,986,150     (3,558,336     (60,773,577     57,209,834       3,679,089                
 

ABM Industries, Inc.

    222,000,552        27,174,610       (24,412,044     3,131,616       (41,685,273     186,209,461       4,870,768       1,861,896          
 

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    247,233,030        31,156,424       (31,577,677     54,243       14,903,229       261,769,249       6,206,004       935,212          
 

Acadia Realty Trust

    137,120,154        13,577,633       (7,019,605     1,222,829       (59,631,924     85,269,087       6,756,663       2,403,477          
 

Addus HomeCare Corp.

    106,333,341        13,950,624       (10,627,140     675,339       1,355,879       111,688,043       1,172,701                
 

Adeia, Inc.(a)

    115,255,905                          (21,161,303     94,094,602       6,654,498       665,450          
 

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.

    105,883,558        16,134,827       (23,442,165     (1,090,739     22,678,760       120,164,241       3,296,687                
 

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    64,475,720        53,377,622       (18,698,085     (233,969     1,681,359       100,602,647       5,138,031       832,011          
 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    232,148,377        28,398,031       (24,929,382     5,063,450       (29,773,602     210,906,874       2,724,543       543,155          
 

AdvanSix, Inc.

    103,129,764        10,759,601       (10,089,300     2,907,887       (41,142,257     65,565,695       2,042,545       554,743          
 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.

    210,898,884        31,536,973       (24,513,557     6,309,673       (3,739,990     220,491,983       5,513,678                
 

AeroVironment, Inc.

    155,389,744        29,865,420       (14,246,754     6,095,984       (25,175,292     151,929,102       1,822,566                
 

Agilysys, Inc.

    55,832,998        9,857,979       (7,214,750     3,610,826       17,742,149       79,829,202       1,442,262                
 

Agree Realty Corp.

    338,698,786        85,412,360       (32,461,791     7,003,136       (5,122,054     393,530,437       5,823,179       7,545,631          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
     Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

        
 

Alamo Group, Inc.

  $ 102,110,887     $ 13,591,578     $ (8,126,276   $   2,496,113     $ (18,037,839   $ 92,034,463       752,715     $ 254,306     $    
 

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.

    219,126,130       43,423,608       (19,932,083     3,779,377       (11,119,263     235,277,769       3,627,471                
 

Albany International Corp., Class A

    195,263,787       24,981,205       (28,174,326     4,916,127       (18,193,652     178,793,141       2,268,085       968,475          
 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    120,333,884       14,039,675       (11,912,432     (48,978     (34,505,453     87,906,696       5,301,972       2,208,673          
 

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    59,587,214       1,191,015       (1,714,027     (240,824     (3,970,608     54,852,770       1,317,626       374,576          
 

Allegiant Travel Co.

    176,482,366       17,557,973       (13,334,281     (1,232,397     (97,249,211     82,224,450       1,126,671                
 

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

    195,223,043       13,337,160       (22,668,026     60,657       (62,739,743     123,213,091       8,090,157                
 

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.

          69,396,203       (15,744,500     10,465,162       (14,381,298     49,735,567       1,616,891                
 

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)

    84,999,626       11,005,186       (11,495,245     (3,601,353     (13,360,243     N/A       N/A                
 

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    143,001,293       11,882,786       (10,945,252     (722,691     (45,323,707     97,892,429       3,806,082       2,412,783          
 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

    63,354,402       10,025,334       (7,996,033     (2,545,974     (5,778,673     57,059,056       8,354,181                
 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

          127,613,938       (1,634,778     (145,290     (14,025,068     111,808,802       11,491,141                
 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    235,483,048       26,809,899       (53,139,561     5,523,072       (21,626,911     193,049,547       5,176,979                
 

American Public Education,
Inc.(c)

    28,333,714       2,755,480       (13,022,878     (30,408,883     12,342,567                            
 

American States Water Co.

    235,397,633       28,431,642       (23,498,888     6,226,882       (36,464,402     210,092,867       2,695,226       2,049,338          
 

American Vanguard Corp.

    38,992,028       9,137,227       (4,949,408     1,015,602       (4,621,331     39,574,118       2,116,263       99,957          
 

American Woodmark Corp.

    58,267,437       8,754,017       (7,717,592     (2,458,103     (3,766,475     53,079,284       1,210,198                
 

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

    34,900,525       6,187,280       (5,172,304     (1,276,581     (8,088,874     26,550,046       435,104                
 

Ameris Bancorp

    205,685,482       11,567,411       (8,382,942     (1,842,257     5,401,230       212,428,924       4,751,262       1,400,624          
 

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    68,577,780       10,218,912       (8,453,421     (40,999     (4,191,005     66,111,267       1,414,750       867,365          
 

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

    353,146,095       45,372,075       (64,668,212     9,529,100       (8,986,781     334,392,277       3,155,835                
 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    94,656,884       14,417,283       (8,778,531     3,093,664       (24,944,806     78,444,494       2,791,619                
 

Andersons, Inc.

    109,438,184       13,591,949       (8,783,513     1,593,160       (43,809,593     72,030,187       2,321,308       816,485          
 

AngioDynamics, Inc.

    59,765,035       8,835,528       (6,573,328     760,700       (4,141,493     58,646,442       2,866,395                
 

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    25,597,584       4,157,248       (5,362,711     (2,139,989     6,028,240       28,280,372       879,912                
 

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

    26,046,427       3,317,074       (2,083,916     (365,524     (977,868     25,936,193       1,089,756                
 

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(d)

    130,770,667       13,466,856       (12,767,281     (1,834,396     (61,986,938     67,648,908       8,341,419                
 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    84,458,297       9,775,568       (15,713,637     (965,415     (15,794,886     61,759,927       1,615,906       737,075          
 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    131,414,687       12,306,740       (11,592,351     (3,592,665     (49,984,431     78,551,980       9,464,094       6,540,914          
 

Apollo Medical Holdings,
Inc.(e)

    N/A       3,517,192       (1,800,429     (567,337     (108,026,853     111,591,675       2,861,325                
 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    282,658,706       34,648,774       (30,020,503     9,416,591       (8,542,777     288,160,791       2,803,666       1,900,757          
 

ArcBest Corp.

    143,182,130       18,713,570       (16,506,462     4,153,637       (19,437,924     130,104,951       1,788,876       430,863          
 

Archrock, Inc.

    88,793,680       16,049,217       (10,349,066     (1,046,984     (30,782,883     62,663,964       9,760,742       2,836,469          
 

Arconic Corp.

    195,119,102       23,725,444       (24,091,904     3,572,622       (70,743,615     127,581,649       7,487,186                
 

Arcosa, Inc.

    198,075,840       23,573,832       (20,440,185     5,443,427       (5,001,068     201,651,846       3,526,615       344,505          
 

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.

          137,401,417       (15,826,893     5,718,087       (28,170,828     99,121,783       3,789,059                
 

Arlo Technologies, Inc.

    53,460,460       7,294,200       (4,585,392     654,260       (27,169,362     29,654,166       6,390,984                

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

  $ 70,086,380     $ 10,509,907     $ (8,340,369   $ (580,440   $ (20,420,522   $ 51,254,956       4,937,857     $   1,744,584     $    
 

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    53,925,690       24,114,593       (11,728,837     (7,153,955     (18,568,043     40,589,448       8,334,589       4,173,354          
 

Artivion, Inc.

    60,418,875       8,935,756       (6,630,907     (559,088     (21,471,756     40,692,880       2,940,237                
 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

    265,364,091       33,927,202       (40,545,263     10,654,823       (25,516,840     243,884,013       1,614,057                
 

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    318,170,834       18,655,187       (60,120,445     6,662,682       (64,629,832     218,738,426       4,514,725       2,434,885          
 

Astec Industries, Inc.

    69,718,136       10,978,815       (8,084,043     (1,341,840     (18,965,095     52,305,973       1,677,011       398,726          
 

ATI, Inc.(f)

    244,513,581       39,328,687       (28,511,285     9,441,062       (12,680,294     252,091,751       9,473,572                
 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    166,773,819       23,125,977       (28,274,617     3,174,372         14,819,963       179,619,514       1,879,455                
 

Avanos Medical, Inc.

    115,498,754       13,231,871       (13,887,558     (4,130,909     (36,871,838     73,840,320       3,390,281                
 

Avid Bioservices, Inc.

    89,677,316       11,510,126       (8,625,634     (3,002,553     (3,335,799     86,223,456       4,509,595                
 

Avid Technology, Inc.

          72,821,572       (4,668,341     (544,307     (10,060,521     57,548,403       2,474,136                
 

Avista Corp.

    227,402,896       14,169,487       (6,971,692     (1,248,856     (40,385,209     192,966,626       5,208,276       4,437,760          
 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

    179,950,376       20,014,068       (16,988,081     5,215,794       (42,295,002     145,897,155       2,409,134                
 

Axos Financial, Inc.

    173,668,573       18,316,167       (12,378,263     1,393,395       (48,187,472     132,812,400       3,880,000                
 

AZZ, Inc.

    85,248,715       10,929,990       (9,133,100     (655,383     (20,385,363     66,004,859       1,807,857       601,117          
 

B&G Foods, Inc.

    125,617,072       30,727,086       (12,078,558     (1,640,726     (56,228,504     86,396,370       5,239,319       4,772,081          
 

Badger Meter, Inc.

    208,791,145       23,848,265       (19,372,943     6,700,273       (22,755,573     197,211,167       2,134,551       898,053          
 

Balchem Corp.

    316,937,446       37,402,263       (32,468,106     4,448,319       (41,514,030     284,805,892       2,342,539                
 

Banc of California, Inc.

    75,436,879       10,458,594       (7,548,891     494,774       (13,927,826     64,913,530       4,064,717       463,257          
 

Bancorp, Inc.

    112,651,582             (783,852     (491,079     (24,924,278     86,452,373       3,933,229                
 

BankUnited, Inc.

    243,143,815       5,191,166       (13,985,286     3,079,511       (56,746,994     180,682,212       5,287,744       2,754,492          
 

Banner Corp.

    130,580,723       2,622,835                   1,422,747       134,626,305       2,278,712       1,984,275          
 

Barnes Group, Inc.

    133,984,216       22,620,365       (11,357,447     (2,334,385     (36,511,898     106,400,851       3,684,240       1,078,499          
 

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

    155,271,105       6,058,628       (19,232,457     (8,345,793     (102,896,486     30,854,997       5,066,502                
 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    63,315,343       9,198,929       (8,186,093     92,451       (715,289     63,705,341       2,570,837       828,930          
 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    92,929,531             (3,082,907     (1,914,274     (3,532,080     84,400,270       3,091,585       755,924          
 

Big Lots, Inc.

    75,631,586       7,595,391       (9,672,379     (4,985,617     (35,714,879     32,854,102       2,104,683       1,277,218          
 

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

    48,785,285       11,430,917       (3,804,522     (1,425,338     1,564,220       56,550,562       2,485,739                
 

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.

    47,205,475       6,040,048       (5,100,543     (1,123,546     (6,226,104     40,795,330       1,710,496                
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

    2,943,104,221       257,329,080 (g)            113,153       1,781,724       3,202,328,178       3,201,367,768       4,960,562 (h)         
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,155,360,000             (125,017,601 )(g)                  1,030,342,399       1,030,342,399       6,411,390          
 

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    127,477,631       26,864,830       (12,351,398     (565,871     (21,801,357     119,623,835       6,526,123       1,649,941          
 

Blucora, Inc.

    68,374,913       9,816,357       (9,498,398     (784,640     (564,321     67,343,911       3,482,105                
 

Boise Cascade Co.

    195,603,483       24,701,874       (21,199,889     7,197,600       (35,242,772     171,060,296       2,876,897       7,561,682          
 

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.

    201,268,176       20,427,645       (16,927,427     4,328,762       (82,021,309     127,075,847       2,173,723                
 

Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.(c)

    156,807,601       2,758,945       (160,448,424     42,629,208       (41,747,330                          
 

Brandywine Realty Trust

    173,075,481       17,889,456       (14,963,762     (2,193,304     (89,134,325     84,673,546       12,544,229       4,648,025          
 

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    60,793,028       6,787,043       (9,412,181     1,176,135       (24,201,408     35,142,617       2,356,983       48,554          
 

Brinker International, Inc.

    121,764,897       12,661,853       (12,350,482     (2,842,187     (39,165,862     80,068,219       3,205,293                
 

Bristow Group, Inc.

    61,342,705       6,363,708       (4,463,638     561,128       (22,963,179     40,840,724       1,738,643                
 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    80,283,225       2,204,440                   (21,636,092     60,851,573       5,223,311       1,358,061          
 

CalAmp Corp.(c)

    18,844,288       1,530,954       (14,677,731     (23,125,724     17,428,213                            
 

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    46,121,825       7,569,870       (5,669,549     (2,099,392     (4,840,794     41,081,960       1,293,920                
 

Caleres, Inc.

    52,700,056       10,700,731       (11,318,924     882,488       11,928,174       64,892,525       2,679,295       385,356          
 

California Water Service Group

    223,030,745       30,439,030       (18,543,167     5,240,115       (31,297,609     208,869,114       3,964,113       1,930,517          
 

Callon Petroleum Co.

    199,652,943       30,745,243       (16,120,806     2,730,360       (85,996,539     131,011,201       3,742,108                
 

Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc.(b)

    147,935,153       20,966,997       (15,656,785     2,536,009       (37,233,056     N/A       N/A       2,389,024          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
      

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

  $ 98,848,924     $ 6,782,221     $ (3,487,945   $ (1,057,087   $ (23,077,492   $ 78,008,621       9,398,629     $ 3,405,485     $    
 

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.

    36,412,748       6,173,401       (3,229,278     (1,019,390     (7,530,829     30,806,652       3,291,309                
 

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

    65,640,819       7,132,208       (5,696,828     (3,449,505     (22,400,914     41,225,780       2,974,443                
 

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    133,977,821       18,724,225       (15,375,486     1,694,263       (10,870,207     128,150,616       7,076,235       3,816,376          
 

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    144,959,501       15,364,932       (13,700,241     2,260,766       (39,242,700     109,642,258       3,520,946       1,411,536          
 

Cars.com, Inc.

    67,090,063       7,973,604       (8,223,997     (2,458,714     (11,448,112     52,932,844       4,602,856                
 

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          110,558,102       (3,027,315     (549,861     (18,470,361     88,510,565       6,898,719                
 

Cato Corp., Class A(b)

    19,984,703       2,256,957       (3,940,942     (2,304,648         3,771,245       N/A       N/A       450,519          
 

Cavco Industries, Inc.

    146,793,258       18,502,048       (18,944,791         2,972,372       (25,188,908     124,133,979       603,295                
 

Centerspace

    105,322,106       16,220,282       (12,016,305     157,462       (34,212,776     75,470,769       1,121,075       1,604,472          
 

Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)

    30,929,728       4,165,912       (3,101,199     904,199       (5,851,055     N/A       N/A                
 

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    44,570,724                         (11,518,097     33,052,627       1,597,517       830,709          
 

Century Communities, Inc.

    113,868,713       14,444,087       (14,847,797     69,701       (23,749,238     89,785,466       2,098,772       847,376          
 

Cerence, Inc.

    101,172,885       11,219,086       (8,929,562     (1,671,018     (56,534,270     45,257,121       2,873,468                
 

CEVA, Inc.

    67,094,410       8,785,642       (6,591,499     (431,368     (24,415,565     44,441,620       1,694,305                
 

Chatham Lodging Trust

    48,136,215       6,199,917       (5,261,615     (736,053     (13,090,256     35,248,208       3,571,247                
 

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    138,105,122       14,492,686       (12,797,990     (131,215     (35,826,819     103,841,784       3,546,509       1,922,992          
 

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.

    76,019,288       14,773,053       (8,972,048     3,179,361       (13,054,861     71,944,793       2,483,424                
 

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    159,802,289                         (25,949,312     133,852,977       1,160,005       1,241,206          
 

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

    42,101,966       7,359,168       (5,142,589     1,235,396       (1,380,926     44,173,015       9,126,656                
 

Children’s Place, Inc.

    48,144,408       6,257,381       (7,142,149     (4,598,075     (13,168,843     29,492,722       954,766                
 

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.

    38,410,416       4,193,969       (5,110,274     (1,295,057     (4,201,498     31,997,556       1,380,395                
 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    131,621,622       17,307,704       (12,104,317     (1,054,860     (40,724,911     95,045,238       7,848,492                
 

CIRCOR International, Inc.

    38,868,368       3,609,766       (3,031,067     (1,736,693     (12,926,630     24,783,744       1,502,956                
 

City Holding Co.

    77,952,035                         9,895,055       87,847,090       990,496       1,188,595          
 

Civitas Resources, Inc.(b)

    308,128,260       36,808,936       (124,288,448     22,942,826       (70,286,984     N/A       N/A       16,314,455          
 

Clearfield, Inc.

          97,914,260       (3,070,509     26,787       (7,600,464     87,270,074       834,003                
 

Clearwater Paper Corp.

    33,601,467       6,370,897       (5,551,877     445,007       11,041,023       45,906,517       1,220,918                
 

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    201,346,904       28,850,926       (18,297,536     3,101,497       (52,716,227     162,285,564       3,111,303       5,528,743          
 

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.

    59,117,394       5,972,879       (4,942,504     (1,677,242     (13,257,120     45,213,407       4,704,829                
 

Cohu, Inc.

    103,114,057       13,824,632       (12,374,582     1,584,578       (15,476,146     90,672,539       3,517,166                
 

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

    50,377,440       6,236,390       (5,516,236     (1,197,875     (9,896,674     40,003,045       2,497,069                
 

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    169,115,195       7,571,014       (49,259     (29,527     (18,221,696     158,385,727       5,482,372       3,248,207          
 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    229,414,018       30,272,283       (26,790,186     9,623,081       11,423,923       253,943,119       2,609,094       733,794          
 

Community Bank System, Inc.

    251,364,076       7,205,913                   (36,352,754     222,217,235       3,698,689       3,168,631          
 

Community Health Systems, Inc.

    105,476,808       6,744,340       (5,529,867     (1,182,365     (85,800,204     19,708,712       9,166,843                
 

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    70,949,649       8,970,450       (7,387,582     536,639       (16,843,465     56,225,691       1,716,815       1,518,122          
 

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    153,003,847       13,937,731       (12,106,096     (2,205,951     (56,376,582     96,252,949       2,498,130       739,012          
 

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.

    36,313,263       4,795,887       (3,351,090     261,752       (7,426,335     30,593,477       1,097,327                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

  $ 29,701,641     $ 2,963,973     $ (2,012,432   $ (236,230   $ (10,467,252   $ 19,949,700       1,992,977     $ 377,231     $    
 

CONMED Corp.

    311,068,602       34,652,041       (22,311,915     7,328,498       (152,611,672     178,125,554       2,221,848       844,856          
 

Conn’s, Inc.(b)

    21,217,289       1,744,491       (5,400,613     (6,346,650         7,113,899       N/A       N/A                
 

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.

    68,526,794       13,889,645       (6,190,527     (572,462     (14,782,087     60,871,363       1,286,921                
 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    85,687,461       18,575,207       (11,695,566     7,883,527       53,294,239       153,744,868       2,390,312       2,374,244          
 

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.

    153,670,670       22,629,291       (17,659,986     3,576,107       16,028,762       178,244,844       6,951,827                
 

Core Laboratories NV

    104,744,833       10,223,825       (9,057,512     (1,099,608     (59,269,708     45,541,830       3,378,474       67,230          
 

CoreCivic, Inc.

    96,164,194       13,158,370       (13,075,159     736,806       (21,155,460     75,828,751       8,577,913                
 

Covetrus, Inc.

    124,128,789       21,367,466       (15,641,543     2,353,651       27,244,346       159,452,709       7,636,624                
 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

    54,819,683       10,190,546       (6,322,898     1,929,678       14,528,426       75,145,435       2,648,764                
 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    147,766,049       21,192,258       (19,554,750     2,842,469       (28,522,108     123,723,918       2,339,711       1,214,179          
 

CTS Corp.

    81,370,986       12,390,933       (11,531,499     3,246,426       11,493,434       96,970,280       2,328,218       183,128          
 

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    111,384,075       3,407,654       (2,789,620     (2,654,213     (46,035,557     63,312,339       2,147,637                
 

Cutera, Inc.

    80,707,782       12,540,536       (6,665,495     2,682,660       (30,025,793     59,239,690       1,299,116                
 

CVB Financial Corp.

    214,747,136       16,900,189       (8,492,836     15,296       18,980,516       242,150,301       9,563,598       3,416,979          
 

Cytokinetics, Inc.

    220,819,914       66,342,054       (23,680,901     13,435,985       55,730,086       332,647,138       6,865,782                
 

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.

    136,001,746       23,803,709       (11,446,914     4,074,616       (56,089,599     96,343,558       3,104,852                
 

Deluxe Corp.

    92,194,563       10,756,538       (8,237,083     (2,536,842     (39,859,896     52,317,280       3,142,179       1,861,777          
 

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(b)

    59,732,195       9,426,026       (14,229,575     (894,563     19,061,526       N/A       N/A       639,557          
 

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    152,168,570       18,602,118       (15,855,325     581,347       (39,974,601     115,522,109       15,382,438       462,696          
 

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.

    35,237,668       2,500,227       (1,824,581     (1,394,346     (21,294,124     13,224,844       5,420,018                
 

Digi International, Inc.

    53,901,058       9,978,768       (8,793,607     2,938,498       30,430,579       88,455,296       2,558,730                
 

Digital Turbine, Inc.

          117,985,641       (8,841,761     3,400,614       (18,017,963     94,526,531       6,559,787                
 

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    80,909,910       10,234,598       (9,207,522     911,396       (13,616,086     69,232,296       2,364,491       1,113,348          
 

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    96,314,786       11,752,153       (18,018,162     (1,081,090     (16,072,757     72,894,930       1,146,868       1,201,293          
 

Diodes, Inc.

    280,383,123       30,490,522       (22,549,611     8,355,685       (81,381,687     215,298,032       3,316,870                
 

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    54,951,898       4,526,511       (3,301,164     (1,660,251     (36,749,249     17,767,745       17,945,404       344,671          
 

DMC Global, Inc.

    42,079,172       4,546,395       (5,005,682     (5,882,331     (14,117,189     21,620,365       1,352,964                
 

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

    69,434,773       9,850,245       (17,361,480     2,232,168       4,948,914       69,104,620       1,869,208                
 

Dorian LPG Ltd.(e)

    N/A       3,906,169       (394,187     59,187       (1,683,111     31,508,454       2,321,920                
 

Dorman Products, Inc.

    193,436,796       27,268,121       (22,520,615     3,517,773       (32,282,849     169,419,226       2,063,069                
 

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    34,298,451       5,059,359       (3,555,453     (1,390,560     (14,240,711     20,171,086       4,919,777       489,396          
 

Dril-Quip, Inc.

    94,584,206       9,686,033       (10,255,620     (1,205,457     (43,874,689     48,934,473       2,506,889                
 

DXP Enterprises, Inc.

    33,255,223       5,758,818       (7,110,256     (1,681,097     (2,792,794     27,429,894       1,158,357                
 

Dynavax Technologies Corp.

          95,771,562       (17,121,982     8,220,536       2,684,423       89,554,539       8,578,021                
 

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    124,915,124       4,226,482       (242,969     (90,474     (27,106,384     101,701,779       2,269,116       1,880,122          
 

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    40,256,354       5,083,531       (5,991,689     (1,974,255     (16,895,852     20,478,089       775,098                
 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    125,341,047       15,022,668       (10,725,647     (75,374     (32,501,703     97,060,991       6,154,787       3,176,947          
 

Ebix, Inc.

    56,751,142       5,993,307       (6,270,828     (2,539,534     (21,439,217     32,494,870       1,712,961       257,295          
 

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    141,845,574       19,238,583       (21,690,255     (2,068,472     4,032,283       141,357,713       3,779,618       1,155,252          
 

eHealth, Inc.(c)

    21,176,573       1,910,217       (11,057,983     (79,595,216     67,566,409                            
 

elf Beauty, Inc.

    88,757,898       18,404,244       (10,243,609     697,543       39,022,360       136,638,436       3,632,069                
 

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    69,516,047       10,665,046       (6,953,121     (541,817     (25,336,142     47,350,013       4,164,469       3,632,087          
 

Elme Communities(i)

    154,813,024       25,020,394       (18,297,692     (1,314,557     (48,141,835     112,079,334       6,382,650       2,126,570          

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Embecta Corp.

  $     $   141,627,811     $ (29,615,035   $ 15,684,834     $ (6,343,269   $   121,354,341       4,215,156     $     $    
 

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

    140,635,920       14,573,130       (18,386,067     (6,946,269     (61,748,233     68,128,481       3,245,759                
 

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    70,663,431                         (11,248,957     59,414,474       1,722,658       2,618,440          

    

 

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    92,972,184       14,283,036       (7,841,351     (189,153     (25,528,909     73,695,807       1,420,779                
 

Encore Capital Group, Inc.

    111,610,910       17,263,441       (17,477,223     1,150,536       (33,164,598     79,383,066       1,745,450                
 

Encore Wire Corp.

    165,403,097       21,718,030       (28,205,419     6,434,528       (4,190,769     161,159,467       1,394,837       27,540          
 

Endo International PLC(c)

    38,829,938       757,788       (6,841,898     (106,485,147     73,739,319                            
 

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    94,213,093       12,152,771       (12,487,672     (2,110,331     (15,930,149     75,837,712       4,253,377                
 

Enhabit, Inc.

          86,027,018       (4,319,508     (586,223     (30,315,708     50,805,579       3,618,631                
 

Enova International, Inc.

    92,782,239       11,667,891       (14,358,583     2,110,164       (23,869,286     68,332,425       2,334,555                
 

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    144,434,581       17,858,540       (14,482,766     3,151,158       (22,040,904     128,920,609       1,517,070       836,602          
 

Ensign Group, Inc.

    337,254,869       50,724,247       (27,072,163     15,453,188       (55,798,731     320,561,410       4,032,219       424,775          
 

ePlus, Inc.

    107,854,675       14,457,770       (11,715,245     3,476,170       (32,123,133     81,950,237       1,972,803                
 

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    130,009,877       17,612,177       (15,101,259     842,215       5,160,326       138,523,336       1,886,211       295,427          
 

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    220,199,764       56,810,370       (20,479,950     (1,155,386     (55,072,844     200,301,954       10,298,301       5,261,860          
 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    41,074,589       5,255,965       (3,746,229     364,913       (8,241,586     34,707,652       1,641,800       1,852,810          
 

EVERTEC, Inc.

    175,019,955       35,735,863       (16,347,328     5,535,658       (49,104,093     150,840,055       4,811,485       433,390          
 

EW Scripps Co., Class A(e)

    N/A       9,295,037       (56,864,714     49,524,600       (24,575,228     47,590,099       4,222,724                
 

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(c)

    341,620,008       45,177,268       (395,926,948     182,593,664       (173,463,992                          
 

Exponent, Inc.

    403,165,884       44,275,855       (42,360,318     11,764,783       (90,022,351     326,823,853       3,727,887       1,800,857          
 

Fabrinet

    278,453,731       29,977,000       (26,290,097     8,132,524       (34,211,447     256,061,711       2,682,679                
 

FARO Technologies, Inc.

    67,909,750       6,316,727       (5,303,095     (2,056,905     (30,167,151     36,699,326       1,337,439                
 

FB Financial Corp.

    113,334,609       14,539,204       (13,552,889     1,533,055       (17,867,720     97,986,259       2,564,414       671,710          
 

Federal Signal Corp.

    147,847,950       20,997,674       (18,587,097     5,544,679       9,205,569       165,008,775       4,421,457       791,877          
 

Ferro Corp.(c)

    129,049,292       1,038,682       (131,634,077     11,490,943       (9,944,840                          
 

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico

    178,203,187       2,104,641       (9,518,250     1,142,513       7,405,842       179,337,933       13,109,498       3,203,047          
 

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    102,724,794       2,785,071       (2,341,204     (1,060,796     (11,827,035     90,280,830       2,468,038       1,071,754          
 

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    93,056,143                         (14,240,782     78,815,361       6,138,268       1,473,184          
 

First Financial Bancorp

    140,160,135       8,151,709                   (12,328,348     135,983,496       6,450,830       2,934,133          
 

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    254,293,155       30,548,268       (26,193,521     3,261,927       (32,532,634     229,377,195       9,312,919       4,821,331          
 

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    152,382,971                         (32,345,442     120,037,529       3,593,938       431,273          
 

FormFactor, Inc.

    235,326,769       27,114,736       (23,662,135     5,393,664       (103,261,023     140,912,011       5,625,230                
 

Forward Air Corp.

    188,702,200       24,012,200       (20,470,457     5,078,821       (20,574,549     176,748,215       1,958,212       929,557          
 

Fossil Group,
Inc.(c)

    32,867,927       2,886,111       (16,614,395     (34,896,506     15,756,863                            
 

Four Corners Property

                   
 

Trust, Inc.

    149,620,540       25,530,387       (14,021,494     2,338,271       (19,566,377     143,901,327       5,948,794       3,842,261          
 

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    44,145,890       49,687,498       (6,819,481     (414,184     (20,233,389     66,366,334       6,162,148       4,259,962          
 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    231,867,527       29,763,771       (25,036,403     6,344,360       (11,221,788     231,717,467       2,835,852       1,105,586          
 

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

    40,000,513       3,545,962       (3,781,119     (3,972,441     (18,169,827     17,623,088       6,700,794       682,012          
 

Frontdoor, Inc.

          154,523,435       (8,199,965     (543,873     (24,601,990     121,177,607       5,942,992                
 

Gannett Co., Inc.

    45,945,323       4,139,226       (4,105,955     (6,611,881     (23,587,817     15,778,896       10,313,004                
 

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(c)

    120,964,078       17,487,258       (140,670,194     36,471,313       (34,252,455                          
 

Genesco, Inc.

    62,518,516       8,098,275       (9,493,224     475,850       (24,198,587     37,400,830       951,191                
 

Gentherm, Inc.

    173,591,392       20,279,907       (17,011,067     2,932,413       (59,196,351     120,596,294       2,425,021                
 

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    114,343,065       2,980,582                   (8,698,071     108,625,576       31,035,879                
 

GEO Group, Inc.

    53,377,997       4,885,579       (63,701     (17,236     9,384,645       67,567,284       8,774,972                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Getty Realty Corp.

  $ 80,332,906     $ 7,345,916     $ (5,197,380   $ 498,790     $ (5,472,442   $ 77,507,790       2,882,402     $   2,340,587     $    
 

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.

    100,423,328       14,261,904       (15,007,823     (4,505,658     (762,122     94,409,629       2,306,612                
 

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.

    84,612,968       10,490,735       (9,440,132     (3,036,455     (35,305,343     47,321,773       3,165,336                
 

Glatfelter
Corp.(c)

    39,207,113       3,243,119       (16,125,247     (46,153,571     19,828,586                   436,862          
 

Glaukos Corp.

    193,909,720       22,605,050       (15,860,289     (868,622     (14,979,597     184,806,262       3,471,192                
 

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    116,604,068       19,537,559       (16,476,626     (1,729,379     (37,181,486     80,754,136       7,582,548       5,907,273          
 

GMS, Inc.

    153,272,040       19,874,810       (17,469,965     4,559,480       (35,796,983     124,439,382       3,110,207                
 

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

    84,531,744       13,459,190       (7,597,964     (1,246,753     (33,296,922     55,849,295       1,600,725                
 

Granite Construction, Inc.

    107,549,527       14,102,751       (15,453,687     (1,819,012     (22,695,785     81,683,794       3,217,164       829,867          
 

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    43,005,744       5,488,778       (5,598,877     (2,752,957     (15,555,109     24,587,579       3,817,947       1,909,677          
 

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    99,087,274             (2,590,015     (4,982,149     (25,498,836     66,016,274       3,478,202                
 

Green Plains, Inc.

    85,196,657       20,871,146                   (10,847,942     95,219,861       3,275,537                
 

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    120,280,486       11,272,692       (10,097,968     (283,592     (63,404,285     57,767,333       2,380,195       1,274,951          
 

Greenhill & Co., Inc.(c)

    14,881,274       305,652       (9,420,284     (8,620,414     2,853,772                   92,690          
 

Griffon Corp.

    67,803,473       13,910,221       (12,259,456     2,803,478       29,709,028       101,966,744       3,454,158       7,378,730          
 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    206,661,331       26,314,360       (38,745,946     6,728,698       (36,457,782     164,500,661       1,151,401       912,077          
 

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

          110,500,371                   (67,664     110,432,707       6,542,222                
 

Hanger, Inc.

    48,111,118       8,795,804       (5,414,770     (206,902     1,616,702       52,901,952       2,825,959                
 

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    48,873,245       1,509,395                   (1,912,237     48,470,403       2,046,892       962,039          
 

Harmonic, Inc.

    68,730,495       11,114,738       (8,390,432     2,708,909       25,978,042       100,141,752       7,661,955                
 

Harsco Corp.

    69,390,518       5,353,414       (4,732,486     (4,296,479     (44,049,293     21,665,674       5,792,961                
 

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.(b)

    29,103,177       2,524,127       (4,740,331     (533,020     (5,153,684     N/A       N/A       591,619          
 

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

    72,214,172       8,434,465       (7,105,371     (3,419,213     (20,843,494     49,280,559       3,747,571                
 

Hawkins, Inc.

    61,618,363       7,460,866       (5,811,586     1,763,865       (11,014,918     54,016,590       1,385,396       382,988          
 

Haynes International, Inc.

    37,978,922       3,488,834       (2,784,642     418,349       (6,966,101     32,135,362       915,016       392,042          
 

HB Fuller Co.

    249,889,293       32,331,795       (26,309,923     3,940,906       (26,837,940     233,014,131       3,877,107       1,433,039          
 

HCI Group, Inc.

    39,375,177       5,114,772       (7,568,614     (2,751,505     (13,719,582     20,450,248       521,690       465,888          
 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    99,054,646       12,162,212       (11,022,873     (2,253,892     (32,447,112     65,492,981       5,417,120       2,285,975          
 

HealthStream, Inc.

    35,773,989       5,786,535       (6,087,541     (911,359     2,883,125       37,444,749       1,761,277                
 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    55,504,301       6,708,924       (5,137,548     336,313       (19,884,457     37,527,533       1,443,922       429,106          
 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

    48,527,827       5,549,524       (4,938,646     (868,073     (7,987,367     40,283,265       10,436,079                
 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    323,158,452       40,998,317       (36,122,025     12,130,835       (56,285,889     283,879,690       7,678,650       3,833,251          
 

Heritage Financial Corp.

    56,793,829       2,176,525                   3,219,482       62,189,836       2,349,446       968,877          
 

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    21,546,077       2,611,396       (2,299,220     (645,083     (2,087,081     19,126,089       2,396,753       120,848          
 

Heska Corp.

    105,969,219       10,350,801       (12,279,263     (10,123,955     (39,833,132     54,083,670       741,685                
 

Hibbett, Inc.

    40,842,195       9,022,832       (7,227,300     1,641,442       2,807,818       47,086,987       945,332       452,312          
 

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    230,251,717       28,141,671       (32,773,657     1,339,101       (40,956,793     186,002,039       5,065,415       2,264,101          
 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    115,984,411             (18,052,431     (2,866,813     (12,455,716     82,609,451       3,324,324       1,111,087          
 

HNI Corp.

    115,782,139       14,630,522       (17,583,958     (2,835,125     (30,081,914     79,911,664       3,014,397       1,982,150          
 

HomeStreet, Inc.

    61,438,925             (1,787,123     581,023       (24,026,520     36,206,305       1,256,727       879,709          
 

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    125,113,560       3,214,855                   (27,338,999     100,989,416       7,989,669       2,233,411          
 

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    112,526,716       1,652,020                   (17,759,574     96,419,162       2,732,195       1,748,604          
 

Hostess Brands, Inc.

    217,127,718       29,927,372       (29,244,163     1,178,654       12,354,022       231,343,603       9,954,544                
 

Hub Group, Inc., Class A

    187,277,719       23,070,740       (18,666,417     4,794,030       (25,495,070     170,981,002       2,478,704                
 

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

          123,725,765       (1,507,955     (249,978     (19,025,798     102,942,034       9,401,099                
 

Ichor Holdings Ltd.

    72,429,744       9,109,188       (6,853,874     (435,468     (23,505,382     50,744,208       2,096,002                
 

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(c)

    417,778,942       5,945,068       (357,401,268     40,659,005       (106,981,747                          
 

Independent Bank Corp.

    258,508,413       4,536,977       (6,894,262     280,439       (22,291,920     234,139,647       3,141,549       3,244,925          
 

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    187,312,547       24,472,884       (27,271,453     3,592,854       (29,593,432     158,513,400       2,582,072       2,017,191          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

  $   106,399,151     $ 7,825,806     $ (6,958,335     $     (3,750,041   $ (77,186,348   $ 26,330,233       4,787,315     $   1,595,544     $           
 

Innospec, Inc.

    163,608,317       21,826,516       (17,685,504       4,576,440       (17,436,037         154,889,732       1,807,981       1,109,220          
 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    376,860,731       55,913,362       (23,373,483       200,678         (229,058,014     180,543,274       2,040,037       7,096,107          
 

Innoviva, Inc.

    86,614,896       10,069,734       (8,482,518       1,001,840       (36,084,951     53,119,001       4,575,280                
 

Inogen, Inc.

    47,300,748       9,904,034       (3,907,315       (912,110     (11,763,533     40,621,824       1,673,057                
 

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

    267,725,516       29,504,226       (51,614,028       4,979,708       (66,949,517     183,645,905       2,228,442                
 

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    141,821,788       21,848,529       (17,192,130       2,768,899       (10,020,336     139,226,750       1,719,061       1,057,906          
 

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    51,401,526       7,157,719       (6,168,810       1,271,496       (15,921,175     37,740,756       1,422,569       83,996          
 

Integer Holdings Corp.

    190,269,761       22,594,957       (18,440,439       3,617,358       (47,717,355     150,324,282       2,415,624                
 

InterDigital, Inc.

    140,008,526       18,016,282       (17,467,575       (4,032,330     (48,929,670     87,595,233       2,167,126       1,535,245          
 

Interface, Inc.

    57,147,545       8,276,287       (6,366,559       (1,114,932     (19,287,346     38,654,995       4,299,777       85,837          
 

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    51,136,777       12,029,455       (4,732,163       (14,888,638     (16,787,715     26,757,716       2,410,605       4,124,272          
 

Investors Bancorp.,
Inc.(c)

    241,223,189       1,159,138       (225,120,862       8,155,739       (25,417,204                          
 

iRobot Corp.

    122,285,983       13,101,062       (11,241,492       (276,602     (12,280,460     111,588,491       1,980,978                
 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          134,828,245       (26,590,897       2,891,547       (10,334,611     100,794,284       9,729,178                
 

iStar, Inc.

    116,402,831       25,888,453       (8,075,792       777,755       (77,335,598     57,657,649       6,226,528       1,375,405          
 

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(e)

    N/A       6,506,158       (437,232       (216,280     (32,223,382     34,227,897       1,796,740                
 

Itron, Inc.

    170,586,111       21,541,829       (17,454,185       (5,043,155     (30,805,805     138,824,795       3,296,718                
 

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    165,416,632       19,899,235       (15,862,143       654,956       (28,762,526     141,346,154       1,091,729       1,436,664          
 

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    141,010,428       15,334,175       (13,882,585       (1,109,975     (27,359,868     113,992,175       1,538,979       1,342,657          
 

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    62,174,341       2,229,949                     (4,914,510     59,489,780       2,608,057       257,473          
 

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.(b)

    53,243,648       7,201,260       (6,207,636       77,505       (5,044,762     N/A       N/A       1,498,410          
 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    269,450,300       32,642,739       (25,938,534       2,145,257       (78,465,346     199,834,416       2,323,656       458,645          
 

Joint Corp.

    36,767,591       2,846,817       (2,109,830       (1,951,617     (18,409,958     17,143,003       1,091,216                
 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    106,874,519       12,755,463       (11,122,184       (134,890     (37,049,116     71,323,792       1,162,572       1,764,694          
 

Kaman Corp.

    86,916,564       9,655,750       (8,343,544       (2,612,783     (28,561,588     57,054,399       2,042,764       801,954          
 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

    156,418,231       18,306,082       (19,255,804       (2,369,924     (58,741,071     94,357,514       8,447,405                
 

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(e)

    N/A       12,082,929       (1,360,954       (122,613     (15,975,883     68,830,612       4,235,730       1,821,188          
 

Knowles Corp.

    141,406,715       15,973,045       (12,739,792       1,241,186       (64,340,341     81,540,813       6,700,149                
 

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    140,711,238       22,664,751       (15,081,379       (2,894,656     (24,576,441     120,823,513       3,594,868       3,121,830          
 

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    42,128,249       5,226,850       (5,044,169       (1,411,363     (8,960,665     31,938,902       1,537,002       153,380          
 

Korn Ferry

    252,987,602       31,752,267       (24,300,527       5,468,373       (78,929,622     186,978,093       3,982,494       1,173,785          
 

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    249,869,703       25,957,023       (34,164,740       4,334,334       (82,828,166     163,168,154       4,234,834       1,425,129          
 

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    131,628,490       4,131,819       (2,732,340       (680,473     162,335       132,509,831       1,819,940       1,439,660          
 

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

    268,045,866       44,531,619       (32,092,609       16,783,990       55,313,147       352,582,013       5,013,252                
 

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

    81,468,140       24,244,446       (8,644,710       (144,817     (18,385,133     78,537,926       1,249,609                
 

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    82,855,859       11,766,936       (10,615,115       (2,010,279     (10,569,851     71,427,550       3,164,712       1,036,522          
 

LCI Industries

    187,813,675       27,816,440       (20,839,527       2,734,738       (9,359,842     188,165,484       1,854,578       3,839,837          
 

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    63,919,764       10,018,063       (7,759,498       1,215,842       4,492,672       71,886,843       1,418,446       354,260          
 

LendingTree, Inc.

    98,208,861       6,639,973       (7,703,694       (9,475,971     (68,749,597     18,919,572       792,941                
 

Leslie’s, Inc.

          154,828,035       (631,822       (15,766     4,862,676       159,043,123       10,811,905                
 

LGI Homes, Inc.

    149,225,443       19,597,957       (20,707,033       (216,612     (26,365,116     121,534,639       1,493,605                
 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    134,490,007       15,472,903       (16,963,308       (5,752,176     (26,524,387     100,723,039       1,169,702                
 

Lindsay Corp.

    123,302,622       15,078,912       (12,222,992       3,091,409       (14,220,612     115,029,339       802,829       534,959          
 

Liquidity Services, Inc.

    32,694,355       4,727,074       (3,166,223       1,102,723       (3,182,511     32,175,418       1,978,808                
 

Livent Corp.

    301,581,149       76,700,085       (30,696,181       11,090,914       41,982,795       400,658,762       13,072,064                
 

LivePerson, Inc.

    117,865,230       12,449,565       (8,545,715       (7,024,785     (67,041,453     47,702,842       5,063,996                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.

  $     $ 138,294,802     $ (10,240,970     $ 1,556,966     $ (40,587,373   $ 89,023,425       4,902,171     $     $           
 

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.

    29,300,033       2,991,022       (2,420,585       (1,247,571     (13,795,873     14,827,026       2,139,542                
 

Loyalty Ventures, Inc.(c)

    23,666,877       540,221       (5,925,178       (62,381,063     44,099,143                            
 

LTC Properties, Inc.

    108,384,839       19,680,133       (13,827,517       439,930       (4,050,160     110,627,225       2,953,998       3,237,437          
 

LXP Industrial Trust

    317,911,153       34,131,763       (31,165,862       (4,008,766         (129,890,667     186,977,621       20,412,404       4,855,245          
 

M/I Homes, Inc.

    92,345,659       12,681,872       (14,097,636       (144,480     (17,307,787     73,477,628       2,028,088                
 

ManTech International Corp./VA, Class A(c)

    169,913,587       22,709,117       (211,831,058       67,898,210       (48,689,856                 796,350          
 

Marcus
Corp.(b)

    27,951,362       5,731,694       (2,455,915       (594,826     12,050,364       N/A       N/A       82,879          
 

MarineMax, Inc.

    63,060,808       9,174,957       (8,612,111       1,393,783       (18,233,106     46,784,331       1,570,471                
 

Marten Transport Ltd.

    76,128,648       11,553,439       (12,645,005       2,556,631       2,785,553       80,379,266       4,195,160       514,151          
 

Matador Resources Co.(c)

    418,406,106             (440,317,505       319,326,556       (297,415,157                          
 

Materion Corp.

    125,367,742       15,802,200       (12,961,681       4,301,945       (12,766,446         119,743,760       1,496,797       369,478          
 

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(j)

    62,022,758       88,480,422       (9,133,681       (4,174,495     (49,152,837     88,042,167       3,987,417       2,608,222          
 

Matson, Inc.

    363,006,855       30,684,212       (40,404,038       3,060,467       (181,456,041     174,891,455       2,842,839       1,826,055          
 

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    73,073,863       9,105,117       (9,538,650       (4,102,937     (18,516,256     50,021,137       2,232,090       1,010,797          
 

MaxLinear, Inc.

    295,124,147       27,736,501       (19,617,578       2,274,597       (134,074,058     171,443,609       5,255,782                
 

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    153,007,137       19,307,097       (14,664,908       1,753,256       (45,364,338     114,038,244       4,158,944       4,135,712          
 

Medifast, Inc.

    141,901,102       18,183,715       (20,079,348       2,310,163       (55,244,471     87,071,161       803,536       2,641,366          
 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

    80,791,829       13,778,788       (10,822,925       3,302,125       13,530,284       100,580,101       3,189,981                
 

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

    241,720,177       49,314,866       (20,206,310       8,089,136       (44,982,122     233,935,747       4,139,723                
 

Meritage Homes Corp.

    211,633,392       23,450,306       (22,097,596       3,099,328       (28,690,378     187,395,052       2,666,786                
 

Meritor, Inc.(c)

    180,216,010       18,416,851       (203,316,665       49,989,966       (45,306,162                          
 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    95,859,603       10,625,781       (11,651,747       (5,495,804     (38,005,016     51,332,817       364,502       121,206          
 

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    115,328,504       14,451,695       (14,059,748       1,658,083       (17,813,636     99,564,898       2,680,078       740,520          
 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(e)

    N/A       23,059,415       (1,824,847       363,638       21,884,730       119,191,352       1,122,752                
 

Middlesex Water Co.

    121,393,945                           (32,284,764     89,109,181       1,154,264       669,473          
 

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

          132,966,773       (1,728,882       (148,169     (13,635,976     117,453,746       2,377,125                
 

ModivCare, Inc.

    101,725,170       13,581,916       (9,517,250       2,845,557       (16,704,815     91,930,578       922,257                
 

Monarch Casino & Resort,
Inc.(e)

    N/A       685,882       (1,107,513       46,508       6,318,031       54,596,487       972,506                
 

Monro, Inc.

    106,431,874       15,070,436       (16,797,585       (4,095,321     1,439,196       102,048,600       2,348,104       1,355,312          
 

Moog, Inc., Class A

    182,438,303       22,511,158       (18,778,765       2,004,381       (39,589,194     148,585,883       2,112,095       1,099,212          
 

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

    24,415,724       2,953,316       (1,694,435       (51,059     (3,473,880     22,149,666       1,455,300                
 

Movado Group,
Inc.(b)

    45,775,699       5,934,279       (5,688,037       993,749       (12,499,201     N/A       N/A       1,236,265          
 

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.

    191,220,336                           (21,646,796     169,573,540       4,187,001                
 

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    222,475,811       30,685,106       (27,388,871       6,657,981       13,288,216       245,718,243       4,133,887       2,060,932          
 

Myers Industries, Inc.

    55,670,695       8,664,321       (6,194,376       1,240,308       (15,348,782     44,032,166       2,673,477       706,998          
 

MYR Group, Inc.

    113,820,468       14,980,626       (14,101,333       4,355,414       (16,126,611     102,928,564       1,214,783                
 

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

    143,948,675       17,511,782       (12,687,713       478,288       (37,048,383     112,202,649       5,880,642                
 

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    84,919,956       20,929,769       (8,436,688       1,868,952       (33,084,951     66,197,038       652,509                
 

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    81,266,914       1,099,752                     (6,645,473     75,721,193       2,047,072       928,073          
 

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    27,917,614       3,619,649       (2,959,390       (464,639     (3,930,831     24,182,403       371,751                
 

National Vision Holdings, Inc.

          178,007,514       (23,976,799       5,890,198       27,918,847       187,839,760       5,753,132                
 

Natus Medical, Inc.(c)

    64,241,145       7,114,910       (89,136,027       6,525,152       11,254,820                            
 

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    103,252,531       2,713,758                     4,952,036       110,918,325       2,922,749       1,677,010          
 

Neenah, Inc.(c)

    47,271,785       3,013,196       (80,307,882       (93,409     30,116,310                   568,538          
 

Nektar Therapeutics

    71,195,578       8,293,073       (6,259,119       (5,959,371     (23,534,452     43,735,709       13,667,409                
 

NeoGenomics, Inc.

    107,000,980       12,296,044       (8,291,083       (7,759,516     (24,008,044     79,238,381       9,203,064                
 

NETGEAR, Inc.

    51,698,232       6,105,671       (5,736,144       (1,840,584     (8,094,458     42,132,717       2,102,431                
 

NetScout Systems, Inc.

    169,405,690       23,165,486       (33,351,989       (92,336     (3,691,235     155,435,616       4,962,823                
 

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    99,064,584       19,114,001       (17,693,608       (4,284,425     (31,739,950     64,460,602       27,547,266       5,432,739          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

  $   122,018,834     $ 2,040,175     $ (2,040,175     $     $ (59,583,995   $ 62,434,839       1,351,111     $   1,026,844     $           
 

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.

    84,060,458       10,519,304       (10,371,333       1,393,921       (14,482,104     71,120,246       4,018,093                
 

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A

    126,486,977       15,925,229       (15,450,230       1,508,153       (2,638,284     125,831,845       6,177,312                
 

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    44,128,998       2,694,248       (2,490,170       420,577       (586,854     44,166,799       3,086,429       795,406          
 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    110,620,029       4,927,681                     37,500       115,585,210       8,555,530       3,356,250          
 

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    114,034,325       28,317,050       (10,668,720       78,281       (21,613,694     110,147,242       2,539,125       2,268,285          
 

NOW, Inc.

    87,533,937       11,510,691       (10,110,623       1,079,009       (8,765,648     81,247,366       8,084,315                
 

NV5 Global, Inc.

    113,096,919       18,329,058       (10,011,249       (58,296     (8,722,950     112,633,482       909,655                
 

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    108,248,797       10,899,743       (9,065,439       (1,154,663     (50,725,396     58,203,042       7,311,940                
 

ODP Corp.

    150,472,218       15,774,732       (21,669,235       1,311,470       (35,976,190     109,912,995       3,126,970                
 

Office Properties Income Trust

    89,434,675       10,258,954       (8,847,717       (4,451,423     (36,744,416     49,650,073       3,533,813       3,840,941          
 

OFG Bancorp

    86,662,184       559,589       (781,787       (83,288     (4,800,550     81,556,148       3,245,370       1,137,037          
 

O-I Glass, Inc.

    146,725,678       20,292,979       (16,960,189       501,181       (3,496,807     147,062,842       11,356,204                
 

Oil States International, Inc.

    30,532,455       3,734,577       (2,508,520       101,858       (13,705,849     18,154,521       4,666,972                
 

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    25,713,971       2,705,270       (1,918,560       967,436       (11,461,815     16,006,302       701,723       121,702          
 

Omnicell,
Inc.(c)

    407,429,926       17,797,448       (380,212,794       105,673,887           (150,688,467                          
 

OneSpan, Inc.

    35,579,568       4,101,809       (2,854,783       (622,617     (14,066,419     22,137,558       2,571,145                
 

Onto Innovation, Inc.

    306,564,777       34,426,487       (25,375,424       10,266,999       (93,818,865     232,063,974       3,623,169                
 

OptimizeRx Corp.

    47,963,311       4,994,390       (3,475,955       (3,621,411     (26,316,341     19,543,994       1,318,758                
 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

    35,093,429       2,686,376       (2,771,489       (1,888,097     (13,048,042     20,072,177       5,296,089                
 

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    56,739,102       6,719,448       (5,779,042       (2,208,647     (19,210,546     36,260,315       4,144,036       811,891          
 

Orthofix Medical, Inc.

    46,236,230       5,395,986       (4,122,293       (1,706,917     (17,831,298     27,971,708       1,463,721                
 

OSI Systems, Inc.

    99,778,004       8,008,831       (8,705,496       (779,565     (15,000,486     83,301,288       1,155,999                
 

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    237,798,945       23,645,084       (17,496,652       9,051,392       (118,986,164     134,012,605       5,560,689                
 

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    102,821,032       14,197,269       (17,445,465       1,643,887       (3,177,861     98,038,862       1,091,990       1,227,977          
 

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    228,019,766       8,067,513       (1,293,032       (640,946     (28,273,233         205,880,068       6,649,873       4,370,271          
 

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

    243,118,352       27,233,389       (18,304,914       3,887,474       (78,179,172     177,755,129       3,341,890                
 

Palomar Holdings, Inc.

    110,545,925       21,425,605       (12,549,266       (1,355,487     36,075,389       154,142,166       1,841,163                
 

Park Aerospace Corp.

    18,232,507       2,348,250       (1,415,985       (72,099     (2,843,802     16,248,871       1,471,818       283,133          
 

Park National Corp.

    135,674,418       16,579,218       (13,602,819       2,532,281       (9,857,320     131,325,778       1,054,995       2,171,010          
 

Pathward Financial, Inc.(k)

    112,957,040       1,486,572       (569,248       (371,071     (45,016,830     68,486,463       2,077,866       206,731          
 

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    96,958,481       12,707,529       (13,449,967       (1,425,685     (25,343,721     69,446,637       1,584,093       1,055,258          
 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    238,134,784       29,556,615       (23,300,059       11,333,296       (71,033,877     184,690,759       15,812,565       1,244,804          
 

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    166,060,470       48,696,083       (20,509,920       11,480,328       69,390,827       275,117,788       7,824,738                
 

PDF Solutions, Inc.

    59,598,908       7,785,871       (6,955,348       1,258,708       (8,781,909     52,906,230       2,156,797                
 

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(l)

    143,173,761       17,702,213       (14,732,622       (1,809,011     (42,766,901     101,567,440       6,151,874                
 

Pennant Group, Inc.

    35,999,327       4,454,245       (2,866,776       1,771,832       (17,964,548     21,394,080       2,055,147                
 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(e)

    N/A       14,155,112       (16,072,947       (4,182,527     (43,512,795     77,939,566       6,616,262       6,261,055          
 

Perdoceo Education Corp.

    57,606,112       9,060,264       (9,140,170       (764,447     (5,864,247     50,897,512       4,941,506                
 

Perficient, Inc.

    259,611,926       37,616,202       (20,878,012       9,064,429       (121,332,869     164,081,676       2,523,557                
 

PetMed Express, Inc.

    38,966,720       4,630,009       (3,981,158       (387,621     (9,215,169     30,012,781       1,537,540       910,618          
 

PGT Innovations, Inc.

    76,723,141       11,729,627       (9,749,623       2,587,584       10,344,337       91,635,066       4,371,902                
 

Phibro Animal Health Corp.,
Class A(b)

    29,130,392       3,843,399       (2,356,830       (257,469     14,016,696       N/A       N/A       354,150          
 

Photronics, Inc.

    74,493,294       13,562,889       (9,743,080       1,646,003       (14,278,040     65,681,066       4,492,549                
 

Piper Sandler Cos

    132,389,775       16,694,980       (16,958,538       1,863,512       (29,272,143     104,717,586       999,786       1,221,816          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Plantronics, Inc.(c)

  $ 120,668,371     $ 15,230,749     $     (137,743,925     $ 39,460,421       $    (37,615,616   $           $     $    
 

Plexus Corp.

    164,407,748       22,398,619       (20,963,939       4,705,569       6,411,026       176,959,023       2,021,003                       

    

 

Powell Industries, Inc.

    12,559,186       2,106,759       (1,321,278       80,447       905,639       14,330,753       679,827       343,987          
 

PRA Group, Inc.

    141,038,099       15,424,046       (25,212,815       (1,413,697     (36,308,154     93,527,479       2,846,241                
 

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.

    190,225,543       26,388,568       (23,104,125       2,665,552       (15,334,695     180,840,843       3,629,156                
 

PriceSmart, Inc.

    135,818,557       19,757,942       (13,171,183       (862,383     (36,312,469     105,230,464       1,827,235       767,728          
 

ProAssurance Corp.

    92,923,542       1,499,669                     (25,638,404     68,784,807       3,525,618       352,562          
 

PROG Holdings, Inc.

          123,275,984       (59,968,680       35,784,511       (43,820,558     55,271,257       3,689,670                
 

Progress Software Corp.

    148,916,992       19,047,822       (18,298,145       3,967,026       (18,765,470     134,868,225       3,169,641       1,111,212          
 

ProPetro Holding Corp.

    84,754,257       9,816,364       (7,432,487       306,899       (35,987,654     51,457,379       6,392,221                
 

Proto Labs, Inc.

    104,431,636       13,044,493       (10,397,879       (6,689,673     (27,102,346     73,286,231       2,011,700                
 

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    119,936,396                           (19,989,400     99,946,996       5,125,487       2,460,234          
 

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    165,876,863       20,212,796       (14,138,374       (161,446     (28,314,668     143,475,171       993,733       794,472          
 

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    50,273,695       7,644,837       (6,205,863       89,278       (7,675,417     44,126,530       2,429,875       385,891          
 

QuinStreet, Inc.

    41,592,937       5,808,781       (3,814,604       402,903       (4,538,997     39,451,020       3,757,240                
 

Rambus, Inc.

    249,695,511       25,197,800       (19,334,990       6,190,662       (56,844,972         204,904,011       8,060,740                
 

Ranger Oil Corp.,
Class A(b)

    52,271,514       7,603,103       (10,114,108       (3,840,245     14,399,708       N/A       N/A       115,098          
 

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.

    30,075,292       2,385,736       (1,879,992       (94,430     (15,345,595     15,141,011       4,806,670                
 

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.,
Class A(b)

    37,066,442       6,129,492       (4,115,747       (2,116,876     14,002,988       N/A       N/A       641,897          
 

Ready Capital Corp.(e)

    N/A       32,721,393       (1,195,479       (213,094     (29,990,334     75,411,474       7,437,029       3,123,255          
 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers,
Inc.(c)

    19,037,149       344,178       (9,882,769       (29,592,094     20,093,536                            
 

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    86,418,394       12,982,041       (10,542,036       (4,697,586     (35,280,574     48,880,239       8,515,721       3,899,329          
 

REGENXBIO, Inc.

    89,410,873       11,433,059       (8,940,564       (3,035,698     (16,372,929     72,494,741       2,742,896                
 

Renasant Corp.

    122,659,043       5,263,796                     (8,228,793     119,694,046       3,826,536       1,662,243          
 

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(c)

    218,275,772       2,502,921       (223,831,696       101,187,403       (98,134,400                          
 

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    108,999,473       13,215,759       (22,074,866       (16,536,977     (15,566,253     68,037,136       3,885,616       2,918,987          
 

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

    246,333,903       29,030,829       (22,555,176       5,792,326       (56,093,823     202,508,059       10,624,767                
 

Resources Connection, Inc.

    37,511,987       6,537,744       (3,655,826       873,996       651,572       41,919,473       2,319,838       632,160          
 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    165,489,597             (425,137       (77,844     (47,896,818     117,089,798       8,509,433       2,382,641          
 

REX American Resources Corp.

    37,138,350       4,759,475       (3,149,835       733,666       (6,786,722     32,694,934       1,171,022                
 

Rogers Corp.

    364,370,893       44,710,494       (37,211,774       16,602,418       (58,075,803     330,396,228       1,365,951                
 

RPT Realty

    83,319,640       11,400,875       (9,482,964       (422,081     (37,699,169     47,116,301       6,232,315       1,580,103          
 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    51,970,044       5,967,633       (6,420,760       127,676       (13,751,001     37,893,592       2,247,544       642,377          
 

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    70,123,531       10,366,710       (111,592       (57,690     (212,655     80,108,304       2,733,139       1,641,106          
 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    86,228,006       2,834,203                     (8,970,941     80,091,268       981,992       1,751,694          
 

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

    123,084,093       14,526,158       (15,035,920       666,231       (24,650,274     98,590,288       7,824,626                
 

Sanmina Corp.

    183,729,393       25,473,652       (39,343,212       5,997,541       18,584,374       194,441,748       4,219,656                
 

ScanSource, Inc.

    63,970,113       6,632,214       (6,669,398       108,887       (15,447,733     48,594,083       1,839,988                
 

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    146,555,548       10,766,396       (7,459,522       1,916,537       (22,289,721     129,489,238       4,283,468       1,422,930          
 

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    181,828,319       25,217,613       (24,655,104       1,971,649       (17,949,831     166,412,646       7,529,984       1,899,909          
 

Selectquote, Inc.

    24,980,028       2,575,668       (2,047,824       (9,306,440     (9,637,013     6,564,419       8,992,355                
 

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A

    22,360,474       3,397,420       (4,516,664       628,547       (1,263,877     20,605,900       408,523                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Service Properties Trust

  $   103,192,254     $ 10,240,721     $ (7,116,867     $ (5,079,743   $ (38,730,709   $ 62,505,656       12,043,479     $ 238,815     $    
 

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    332,974,896       35,698,710       (29,318,132       11,950,929       (66,137,523         285,168,880       3,564,611       1,605,894          

    

 

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A

    190,071,451       18,647,386       (21,856,106       (9,311,382     (55,005,948     122,545,401       2,724,442                
 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    84,576,037       11,191,866       (8,948,181       (3,297,084     (20,833,263     62,689,375       3,683,277                       
 

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    273,905,174       27,168,307       (48,657,650       774,642       (59,190,040     194,000,433       3,392,209       1,449,110          
 

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    190,104,518       39,195,347                     (37,819,020     191,480,845       8,787,556       3,339,272          
 

Simply Good Foods Co.

    229,837,648       36,333,830       (28,487,580       (678,365     (37,965,640     199,039,893       6,221,941                
 

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    57,561,518       9,469,186       (6,627,583       (176,557     (3,552,328     56,674,236       1,167,578       136,374          
 

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

          136,516,705       (10,609,098       274,661       (30,712,557     95,469,711       5,393,769                
 

SkyWest, Inc.

    104,003,904       11,810,202       (9,629,118       (3,983,814     (42,095,173     60,106,001       3,696,556                
 

Sleep Number Corp.

    82,168,963       9,766,744       (10,172,077       (748,984     (26,644,751     54,369,895       1,608,101                
 

SM Energy Co.

    338,768,910       41,925,416       (33,063,212       16,292,063       (27,667,249     336,255,928       8,940,599       87,181          
 

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.

    86,032,317       13,411,626       (7,546,379       1,001,584       (34,845,053     58,054,095       3,658,103                
 

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A(b)

    63,134,619       8,925,714       (14,550,486       1,305,750       (20,272,859     N/A       N/A       727,644          
 

Sonos, Inc.

    258,040,886       24,892,482       (20,497,529       (7,255,345     (126,110,195     129,070,299       9,285,633                
 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    277,815,513       58,926,203       (28,347,918       6,755,173       (16,668,434     298,480,537       8,931,195       5,264,740          
 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    88,968,366       1,414,742                     (11,954,522     78,428,586       2,218,003       1,481,717          
 

Southwestern Energy Co.(c)

    572,104,123       29,177,779       (502,896,112       177,290,495       (275,676,285                          
 

SpartanNash Co.

    85,110,307       11,998,879       (10,249,408       3,082,829       (13,484,861     76,457,746       2,634,657       1,095,048          
 

SPS Commerce, Inc.

    337,838,163       37,608,388       (29,993,119       12,114,458       (31,275,310     326,292,580       2,626,520                
 

SPX FLOW, Inc.(c)

    259,082,047       1,269,690       (261,195,167       118,154,523           (117,311,093                          
 

SPX Technologies, Inc.(m)

    160,498,750       23,582,645       (19,959,533       5,965,537       11,991,164       182,078,563       3,297,330                
 

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    59,270,564       8,435,336       (8,140,640       (1,205,366     (14,102,304     44,257,590       1,361,772       752,245          
 

Standex International Corp.

    87,658,417       11,422,758       (11,341,847       386,925       (16,732,065     71,394,188       874,393       461,349          
 

Stepan Co.

    150,510,653       21,282,149       (18,504,523       2,214,701       (10,750,514     144,752,466       1,545,345       1,027,733          
 

Steven Madden Ltd.

    211,645,113       24,067,120       (25,211,716       667,707       (66,473,499     144,694,725       5,425,374       2,295,276          
 

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    108,673,669       4,637,916                     (30,977,306     82,334,279       1,886,670       1,530,831          
 

StoneX Group, Inc.

    90,898,940       13,732,478       (10,674,285       3,692,774       6,525,968       104,175,875       1,256,039                
 

Strategic Education, Inc.

    107,496,569       16,043,044       (14,249,305       (364,756     (8,517,132     100,408,420       1,635,050       1,975,199          
 

Stride, Inc.

          135,717,013       (15,822,580       2,761,734       2,058,948       124,715,115       2,967,288                
 

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    87,670,726       11,503,978       (9,413,573       630,051       (24,943,340     65,447,842       1,288,597       1,468,149          
 

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    75,886,774       9,455,914       (8,127,659       (1,920,042     (22,905,047     52,389,940       7,796,122       318,890          
 

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    52,991,824       6,542,447       (5,362,051       (227,995     (18,492,767     35,451,458       6,101,800       855,800          
 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

          156,032,666       (2,503,829       89,964       (17,753,924     135,864,877       14,423,023       654,243          
 

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    122,972,590       15,758,555       (12,687,386       1,377,907       4,638,659       132,060,325       3,901,339                
 

Surmodics, Inc.

    45,178,643       5,427,653       (4,113,479       549,134       (15,827,961     31,213,990       1,026,776                
 

Sylvamo Corp.

    84,035,262       13,736,184       (18,509,802       1,747,007       813,135       81,821,786       2,413,622       551,440          
 

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(c)

    28,711,529       493,892       (10,817,864       (48,778,697     30,391,140                            
 

Talos Energy, Inc.(e)

    N/A       35,912,562       (985,914       109,606       (5,755,208     79,434,569       4,770,845                
 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    127,881,154       21,014,256       (18,420,973       447,667       (26,794,048     104,128,056       7,611,700       3,021,412          
 

TechTarget, Inc.

    155,056,230       18,532,763       (13,823,906       5,091,884       (47,654,765     117,202,206       1,979,767                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.(b)

  $   133,432,927     $ 19,488,380     $ (16,033,288     $ (1,518,662   $ 2,282,510     $ N/A       N/A     $ 2,564,801     $           
 

Tennant Co.

    104,301,650       12,109,051       (9,451,055       (676,805     (29,206,097     77,076,744       1,362,743       672,758          
 

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(e)

    N/A       23,984,996       (713,353       (204,712     (17,675,373     51,150,775       2,240,507                
 

TimkenSteel Corp.

    64,404,568       8,336,003       (7,139,560       2,704,099       (23,329,863     44,975,247       3,000,350                
 

Titan International, Inc.

    53,931,214       8,142,465       (7,185,721       3,307,327       (13,154,817     45,040,468       3,710,088                
 

Tivity Health,
Inc.(c)

    102,231,306       4,597,360       (107,819,062       34,087,411       (33,097,015                          
 

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    66,250,624       11,837,172       (6,026,832       393,863       (5,403,038     67,051,789       923,324       974,485          
 

Tredegar Corp.

    22,063,926       2,752,239       (2,689,708       (1,041,747     (3,624,703     17,460,007       1,849,577       466,036          
 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

    128,739,659       21,937,696       (35,173,243       1,095,304       39,439,966       156,039,382       3,678,439                
 

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.

          180,979,351       (114,682,881       86,092,424       (40,260,017     112,128,877       7,420,839                
 

Trinity Industries, Inc.

          143,171,105       (7,581,027       2,527,112       (10,255,136     127,862,054       5,988,855                
 

Trinseo PLC

    133,136,232       14,235,707       (20,697,650       (7,109,924     (72,740,973     46,823,392       2,555,862       1,693,722          
 

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

    159,258,692       10,246,436       (10,905,996       676,196       (68,168,912     91,106,416       1,676,291                
 

Triumph Group, Inc.

    93,800,075       6,906,827       (5,211,642       291,935       (62,531,001     33,256,194       3,871,501                
 

TrueBlue, Inc.

    73,580,548       7,586,203       (10,480,297       (2,023,189     (23,180,685     45,482,580       2,383,783                
 

Trupanion, Inc.

    218,695,578       22,504,617       (14,912,560       (1,385,972     (73,025,743     151,875,920       2,555,543                
 

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    38,574,952                           (616,136     37,958,816       1,208,110       845,677          
 

Trustmark Corp.

    114,546,413       3,416,802                     538,313       118,501,528       3,868,806       1,756,745          
 

TTM Technologies, Inc.

    110,982,608       14,046,383       (14,189,718       455,509       (12,819,252     98,475,530       7,471,588                
 

Tupperware Brands Corp.

    68,309,820       4,252,486       (9,788,640       (13,293,541     (31,002,562     18,477,563       2,821,002                
 

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    136,053,578       23,351,639       (20,120,319       (3,161,485     (52,725,249     83,398,164       25,119,929       12,619,818          
 

U.S. Ecology, Inc.(c)

    107,128,388       1,442,682       (108,839,944       7,170,326       (6,901,452                          
 

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    91,860,274       13,981,156       (10,285,218       2,404,230       (25,864,746     72,095,696       948,378       774,112          
 

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

    99,876,624       10,245,930       (8,951,961       1,990,457       (42,823,429     60,337,621       5,510,285                
 

UFP Industries, Inc.

    341,909,849       47,200,515       (41,047,529       11,710,381       (35,480,764     324,292,452       4,494,075       2,243,594          
 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.

    136,152,483       14,680,687       (10,493,661       1,831,226       (56,854,367     85,316,368       3,313,257                
 

Unifi, Inc.

    17,937,480       1,858,721       (2,142,166       (1,710,826     (6,895,756     9,047,453       951,362                
 

UniFirst Corp.(b)

    200,629,322       26,205,256       (22,405,107       999,754       (18,168,596     N/A       N/A       661,218          
 

uniQure NV

    46,786,302       14,245,799       (5,102,616       (1,087,004     1,576,756       56,419,237       3,007,422                
 

Unisys Corp.

    103,901,420       9,300,592       (6,917,865       (2,336,144     (66,623,664     37,324,339       4,943,621                
 

United Community Banks, Inc.

    254,860,619       2,581,227       (742,290       (254,917     (12,385,860         244,058,779       7,373,377       3,160,095          
 

United Fire Group, Inc.

    47,725,571       5,992,002       (3,645,521       502,311       (4,487,708     46,086,655       1,604,130       497,806          
 

United Natural Foods, Inc.

    171,786,549       22,977,261       (18,432,559       7,388,294       (37,606,626     146,112,919       4,251,176                
 

Uniti Group, Inc.

    232,300,985       22,942,979       (18,230,288       433,973           (117,195,170)       120,252,479       17,302,515       5,118,318          
 

Unitil Corp.

    57,003,513       9,553,519       (7,221,120       505,678       (5,056,741     54,784,849       1,179,437       916,970          
 

Universal Corp.

    102,545,813       13,718,679       (11,869,214       894,717       (22,532,312     82,757,683       1,797,517       2,753,054          
 

Universal Electronics, Inc.

    29,321,395       3,424,291       (4,343,006       (3,311,371     (7,699,705     17,391,604       884,169                

    

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    53,217,155       7,442,290       (6,298,179       (1,567,227     (12,652,381     40,141,658       928,990       1,317,188          
 

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    27,029,508       1,644,878       (1,724,504       (56,752     (7,207,344     19,685,786       1,998,557       636,059          
 

Urban Edge Properties

    150,439,087       24,240,325       (13,706,900       (671,447     (46,043,672     114,257,393       8,565,022       2,548,719          
 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    36,636,275                           (6,427,417     30,208,858       1,947,702       925,158          
 

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    45,100,344       6,626,959       (4,941,787       (1,507,411     (4,523,283     40,754,822       4,124,982                       
 

Varex Imaging Corp.

    60,217,722       9,573,966       (7,038,297       (779,065     61,342       62,035,668       2,934,516                
 

Vector Group Ltd.

    112,743,909       14,508,325       (11,731,253       1,620,320       (32,602,162     84,539,139       9,595,816       3,810,719          
 

Veeco Instruments, Inc.

    98,540,068       11,247,179       (8,513,339       2,805,340       (35,371,645     68,707,603       3,750,415                
 

Vera Bradley, Inc.(c)

    13,955,166       240,570       (8,795,020       (11,624,937     6,224,221                            
 

Vericel Corp.

    128,020,145       13,695,997       (10,612,788       (4,192,793     (47,087,017     79,823,544       3,440,670                
 

Veris Residential, Inc.

    99,880,230       11,799,329       (11,291,836       (772,879     (33,908,421     65,706,423       5,778,929                
 

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    134,887,513       12,960,548       (6,357,624       2,894,692       (44,723,841     99,661,288       3,748,074       1,455,286          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Veritiv Corp.

  $   132,495,898     $ 16,940,401     $ (13,757,546     $ 7,384,723     $ (43,488,837   $ 99,574,639       1,018,458     $     $    
 

Viad Corp.

    52,372,980       7,114,832       (6,131,392       (747,660     (5,116,040     47,492,720       1,503,886                
 

Viavi Solutions, Inc.

    264,487,828       30,251,424         (27,009,999       5,900,899       (56,798,960     216,831,192       16,615,417                
 

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    122,805,763       13,579,972       (15,269,723       (865,588     (40,693,333     79,557,091       498,728       1,541,470          
 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

    143,628,159       16,596,496       (14,192,399       5,261,208       (51,029,570     100,263,894       4,122,693                
 

Wabash National Corp.

    51,999,241       8,196,093       (7,284,553       (29,284     2,212,449       55,093,946       3,540,742       558,188          
 

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    273,111,920       34,366,058       (20,874,529       9,543,064           (108,572,976     187,573,537       2,240,219       2,623,331          
 

WD-40 Co.

    179,528,754       23,484,434       (20,635,057       2,611,842       (10,339,385         174,650,588       993,801       1,520,708          
 

Westamerica Bancorp

    106,501,356       4,786,926                     (14,942,075     96,346,207       1,842,536       1,513,213          
 

Whitestone REIT

    43,783,817       5,693,501       (4,743,362       224,143       (16,325,127     28,632,972       3,384,512       804,317          

    

 

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    128,875,490       17,604,191       (20,395,448       1,538,860       (4,358,829     123,264,264       2,316,562       1,508,631          
 

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    45,910,215       5,773,189       (4,104,611       (279,603     (9,158,037     38,141,153       8,149,819       479,944          
 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    132,926,995       17,167,153       (18,489,612       (6,918,478     (36,314,077     88,371,981       5,742,169       1,140,259          
 

World Fuel Services Corp.

    122,548,498       14,868,647       (15,488,448       (2,325,936     (13,758,058     105,844,703       4,515,559       1,166,428          
 

WSFS Financial Corp.

    193,477,522       8,533,207                     820,390       202,831,119       4,365,715       1,194,370          
 

WW International, Inc.

    39,112,420       3,825,256       (3,098,478       (2,544,682     (21,912,524     15,381,992       3,913,993                
 

Xencor, Inc.

    111,628,239       17,080,208       (11,670,524       (2,337,579     (1,590,517     113,109,827       4,353,727                
 

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    157,588,903       18,044,758       (15,126,605       131,249       (45,318,961     115,319,344       8,362,534       836,180          
 

XPEL, Inc.(e)

    N/A       15,079,109       (1,422,569       (5,672     2,192,821       92,146,171       1,429,953                
 

Yelp, Inc.

          154,047,188       (8,668,102       3,168,769       25,519,466       174,067,321       5,133,215                
 

Zimvie, Inc.

    34,275,851       3,845,054       (3,418,031       (877,915     (18,804,398     15,020,561       1,521,840                
 

Zumiez, Inc.

    53,421,286       5,439,912       (12,389,154       (3,430,179     (18,561,738     24,480,127       1,137,024                
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
            $   1,441,299,550     $   (14,139,340,800   $   57,775,398,662       $   500,276,673     $           
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Formerly the Xperi Holding Corp.

 
  (b) 

As of period end, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (c) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (d) 

Formerly the Realogy Holdings Corp.

 
  (e) 

As of the beginning of the period, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (f) 

Formerly the Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

 
  (g) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (h) 

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.

 
  (i) 

Formerly the Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

 
  (j) 

Formerly the Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 
  (k) 

Formerly the Meta Financial Group, Inc.

 
  (l) 

Formerly the MEDNAX, Inc.

 
  (m) 

Formerly the SPX Corp.

 

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

           

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     2,495        12/16/22      $   208,308      $ (14,585,348
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

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OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
   Counterparty(a)      Termination
Date
    

Net

Notional

     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Net Value of
Reference
Entity
       Gross Notional   
Amount    
Net Asset   
Percentage   
 

 

 
Equity Securities Long/Short    Monthly      Goldman Sachs Bank USA (b)       02/27/23      $   377,552,102      $ (31,620,814 )(c)     $ 345,828,964          0.6%  
   Monthly      HSBC Bank PLC (d)       02/10/23        275,195,812        (23,980,099 )(e)       251,536,750          0.5     
   Monthly      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA (f)       02/08/23        244,773,535        (20,811,336 )(g)       223,919,720          0.4     
              

 

 

    

 

 

      
               $ (76,412,249    $   821,285,434       
              

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

  (a)

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $102,324 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(321,037) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $42,479 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

  (b)   (d)   (f)  

Range:

  65 basis points   65 basis points   65 basis points  

Benchmarks:

  USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate           
  (FEDL01)   (OBFR01)   (OBFR01)  

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of
    Basket
Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Aerospace & Defense                           

Triumph Group, Inc.

    666,030     $     5,480,119         1.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                        

Bancorp, Inc.

    170,430       3,746,051         1.1  

BankUnited, Inc.

    223,907       7,650,902         2.2  

Banner Corp.

    36,145       2,135,447         0.6  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    178,778       4,880,639         1.4  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    97,109       1,131,320         0.3  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    108,720       2,249,417         0.7  

City Holding Co.

    87,496       7,760,020         2.2  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    156,299       8,269,531         2.4  

First Bancorp

    93,288       3,412,475         1.0  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    337,382       4,331,985         1.3  

First Financial Bancorp

    400,647       8,445,639         2.4  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    138,325       3,275,536         1.0  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    132,334       3,502,881         1.0  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    18,131       522,354         0.2  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    242,154       3,060,827         0.9  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    20,729       504,544         0.1  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    48,943       1,857,387         0.5  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    720,517       8,968,938         2.6  

OFG Bancorp

    47,358       1,190,107         0.3  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    260,103       7,928,763         2.3  

Preferred Bank

    67,781       4,421,355         1.3  

Renasant Corp.

    3,211       100,440         0.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    78,203       2,292,130         0.7  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    239,668       5,222,366         1.5  

Trustmark Corp.

    241,639       7,401,403         2.1  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks                           

United Community Banks, Inc.

    339,978     $ 11,253,272         3.3

Westamerica Bancorp

    56,588       2,958,986         0.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
        118,474,715      
Commercial Services & Supplies                        

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    3,710,507       8,645,481         2.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment                        

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    2,381,541       31,126,741         9.0  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs)
 

Getty Realty Corp.

    166,265       4,470,866         1.3  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    192,442       8,892,745         2.6  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    4,815,433       73,146,427         21.1  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    22,703       312,393         0.1  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,485,805       15,912,972         4.6  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    160,044       2,482,282         0.7  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      105,217,685      
Gas Utilities                        

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    13,436       1,550,380         0.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services                        

RadNet, Inc.

    754,117       15,346,281         4.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    141,562       1,804,915         0.5  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    79,413       2,738,954         0.8  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,389,278       4,862,473         1.4  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    81,039       2,859,866         0.8  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    74,117       1,427,952         0.4  

ProAssurance Corp.

    209,422       4,085,823         1.2  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    71,378       5,821,590         1.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    39,183       1,709,946         0.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      25,311,519      

 

 

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September 30, 2022

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    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Metals & Mining

                

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    52,133     $ 1,482,663         0.4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Green Plains, Inc.

    52,741       1,533,181         0.5  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    485,407       7,965,529         2.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      9,498,710      
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    123,069       886,615         0.2  

Xperi Holding Co.

    123,069       1,740,196         0.5  

Xperi, Inc.

    49,227       934,860         0.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      3,561,671      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    206,137       4,019,671         1.1  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    84,075       2,641,636         0.8  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    179,645       8,346,307         2.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      15,007,614      
Water Utilities                        

Middlesex Water Co.

    66,391       5,125,385         1.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

  $   345,828,964      
   

 

 

     

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Aerospace & Defense                        

Triumph Group, Inc.

    158,084     $ 1,357,942         0.5
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                           

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    52,665       2,192,444         0.9  

Bancorp, Inc.

    10,317       226,768         0.1  

BankUnited, Inc.

    102,294       3,495,386         1.4  

Banner Corp.

    42,334       2,501,093         1.0  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    53,153       1,451,077         0.6  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    266,778       3,107,964         1.2  

City Holding Co.

    4,321       383,229         0.1  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    22,002       1,321,880         0.5  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    26,537       782,311         0.3  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    20,840       267,586         0.1  

First Financial Bancorp

    48,166       1,015,339         0.4  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    31,783       752,621         0.3  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    72,142       1,909,599         0.8  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    21,263       612,587         0.2  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    230,536       2,913,975         1.2  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    23,766       1,730,402         0.7  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    53,934       1,995,019         0.8  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    143,743       5,455,047         2.2  

OFG Bancorp

    165,602       4,161,578         1.6  

Preferred Bank

    264,460       17,250,726         6.9  

Renasant Corp.

    239,104       7,479,173         3.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    35,523       1,041,179         0.4  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks                        

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    304,610     $ 6,637,452                  2.6

Trustmark Corp.

    348,354       10,670,083         4.2  

Westamerica Bancorp

    60,435       3,160,146         1.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      82,514,664      
Commercial Services & Supplies                        

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    195,729       456,049         0.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs)
                   

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    67,941       1,071,430         0.4  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    70,034       963,668         0.4  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,052,703       11,274,449         4.5  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    93,192       1,445,408         0.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      14,754,955      
Gas Utilities                        

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    116,542       13,447,781         5.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    229,674       2,928,343         1.1  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    186,929       6,447,181         2.5  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,849,410       6,472,935         2.6  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    164,950       5,821,086         2.3  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    65,871       1,502,518         0.6  

ProAssurance Corp.

    189,380       3,694,804         1.5  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    20,924       1,706,561         0.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    45,630       1,991,293         0.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      30,564,721      
Metals & Mining                        

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    138,442       3,937,290         1.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Green Plains, Inc.

    896,421       26,058,958         10.4  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    229,278       3,762,452         1.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      29,821,410      
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    435,896       3,237,761         1.3  

Xperi Holding Co.

    435,896       6,163,569         2.4  

Xperi, Inc.

    174,358       3,414,012         1.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      12,815,342      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    284,448       9,500,563         3.8  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    992,579       40,199,450         16.0  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    125,606       2,449,317         1.0  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    82,672       2,597,554         1.0  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    53,512       2,486,168         1.0  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      57,233,052      
Water Utilities                        

Middlesex Water Co.

    60,020       4,633,544         1.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
HSBC Bank PLC

 

  $   251,536,750      
   

 

 

     

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                      
Aerospace & Defense                      

Triumph Group, Inc.

    70,616     $   606,591              0.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                      

BankUnited, Inc.

    50,876       1,738,433         0.8  

Banner Corp.

    129,325       7,640,521         3.4  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    286,812       5,934,140         2.7  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    235,747       6,810,731         3.0  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    49,288       2,961,223         1.3  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    39,181       1,155,056         0.5  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    67,026       3,004,105         1.3  

First Bancorp

    561,649       7,683,358         3.4  

First Bancorp

    33,767       1,235,197         0.6  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    296,185       3,803,015         1.7  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    226,447       2,862,290         1.3  

Independent Bank Corp.

    196,496       14,644,847         6.5  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    75,008       2,774,546         1.2  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    38,363       1,264,444         0.6  

Preferred Bank

    46,082       3,005,929         1.3  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    182,208       5,508,148         2.5  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    174,919       4,651,096         2.1  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      76,677,079      
Commercial Services & Supplies                      

GEO Group, Inc.

    271,695       2,092,052         0.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment                      

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    1,180,456       15,428,560         6.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                      

Acadia Realty Trust

    166,366       2,099,539         0.9  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)        

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    400,104     $   6,309,640         2.8

Getty Realty Corp.

    45,903       1,234,332                  0.6  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    116,504       5,383,650         2.4  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    455,057       6,261,584         2.8  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,730,781       18,536,665         8.3  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    1,850,734       10,364,609         4.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      50,190,019      
Health Care Providers & Services                        

RadNet, Inc.

    320,797       6,528,219         2.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    681,211       8,685,440         3.9  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,357,817       8,252,360         3.7  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      16,937,800      
Metals & Mining                        

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    1,095,679       31,161,111         13.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                        

Avista Corp.

    98,924       3,665,134         1.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    431,988       7,088,923         3.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    364,044       2,704,057         1.2  

Xperi Holding Co.

    364,044       5,147,582         2.3  

Xperi, Inc.

    145,617       2,851,235         1.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      10,702,874      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    31,115       1,260,158         0.6  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    20,655       648,980         0.3  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    20,065       932,220         0.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      2,841,358      
   

 

 

     
Net Value of Reference Entity —
    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
    $  223,919,720              
   

 

 

     

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

         
Description    Swap
Premiums
Paid
       Swap
Premiums
Received
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

   $        $        $        $   (76,412,249

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

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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:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $ 14,585,348        $        $        $        $ 14,585,348  

Swaps — OTC

                                

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;
Swap premiums received

                       76,412,249                                     76,412,249  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $   90,997,597        $        $        $        $   90,997,597   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, 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 September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (6,829,671    $      $      $      $ (6,829,671

Swaps

                   (94,392,877                           (94,392,877
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (101,222,548    $      $      $      $ (101,222,548
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (15,843,386    $      $      $      $ (15,843,386

Swaps

                   (87,003,947                           (87,003,947
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $  (102,847,333    $      $      $      $  (102,847,333
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 197,666,775  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

   $ 755,732,625   

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $      $ 1,802,568  

Swaps — OTC(a)

            76,412,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $      $ 78,214,817  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

            (1,802,568
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $      $   76,412,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

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The following table presents the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund:

 

           
Counterparty   

Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to

an MNA by
Counterparty

       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
      

Cash

Collateral
Pledged(b)

      

Net
Amount of

Derivative

Liabilities(c)

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 31,620,814        $        $        $ (31,620,814      $  

HSBC Bank PLC

     23,980,099                            (23,980,099         

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     20,811,336                            (20,811,336         
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   76,412,249        $        $        $   (76,412,249      $   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

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  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 57,699,472,435      $      $      $ 57,699,472,435  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     4,232,670,577                      4,232,670,577  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     61,932,143,012      $      $      $     61,932,143,012  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (14,585,348    $         (76,412,249    $                     —      $ (90,997,597
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps and futures contracts. Swaps and 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)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    45,272     $ 5,240,234  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    53,664       11,152,989  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    15,061       7,904,314  
   

 

 

 
      24,297,537  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%            

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    109,697       9,687,342  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,502       2,787,340  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    210,426       33,992,216  
   

 

 

 
      46,466,898  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    73,775       5,769,943  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    27,512       2,175,649  

Gentex Corp.

    83,445       1,989,329  
   

 

 

 
      9,934,921  
Automobiles — 4.5%            

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    1,780,940       472,394,335  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 2.3%            

Bank of America Corp.

    2,056,738       62,113,488  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    11,258       856,959  

Bank OZK

    35,073       1,387,488  

Cathay General Bancorp

    20,102       773,123  

Comerica, Inc.

    39,274       2,792,381  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    36,476       2,413,252  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    24,062       3,181,478  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    94,424       6,339,627  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    85,402       3,572,366  

First Republic Bank

    122,501       15,992,505  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    74,397       3,655,125  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    26,013       1,191,655  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    46,754       1,052,432  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    902,022       94,261,299  

PacWest Bancorp

    80,909       1,828,543  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    50,780       4,118,258  

Regions Financial Corp.

    280,126       5,622,129  

Signature Bank

    41,845       6,318,595  

SVB Financial Group(a)(b)

    39,352       13,213,615  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    38,769       1,454,225  

UMB Financial Corp.

    28,652       2,415,077  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    53,447       913,409  

Webster Financial Corp.

    49,148       2,221,490  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    20,321       1,657,178  

Zions Bancorp NA

    48,130       2,447,892  
   

 

 

 
          241,793,589  
Beverages — 0.8%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    3,673       1,188,766  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)

    26,870       2,436,572  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.(b)

    3,065       1,261,952  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    136,679       4,895,842  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    134,113       11,662,467  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    387,574       63,275,331  
   

 

 

 
      84,720,930  
Biotechnology — 2.4%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    638,420       85,682,348  

Amgen, Inc.

    146,847       33,099,314  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    70,785       2,339,444  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    111,660       1,750,829  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    93,302       3,689,161  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    53,811       3,585,965  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    224,742     $ 26,575,742  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    64,154       6,813,796  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    71,682       49,379,580  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    14,474       3,030,566  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    102,974       29,815,092  
   

 

 

 
          245,761,837  
Building Products — 0.4%            

A O Smith Corp.

    42,174       2,048,813  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    104,688       6,168,217  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    34,357       9,634,046  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    38,772       2,081,669  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    281,766       13,868,522  

Lennox International, Inc.

    12,545       2,793,395  

Masco Corp.

    72,595       3,389,461  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    29,412       2,305,901  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    73,937       3,248,792  
   

 

 

 
      45,538,816  
Capital Markets — 3.4%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    25,847       2,890,987  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    44,241       11,146,520  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    52,372       28,819,264  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    41,210       4,836,818  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    694,295       49,898,982  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    24,147       1,986,091  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    14,607       5,844,407  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    26,695       884,138  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    84,127       1,810,413  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    228,252       66,889,249  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    42,722       2,730,363  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    212,847       19,230,726  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    40,922       831,126  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    124,711       3,678,974  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    12,209       2,716,380  

Moody’s Corp.

    69,419       16,876,453  

Morgan Stanley

    438,756       34,666,112  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    53,987       22,771,177  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    177,283       10,048,400  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    76,671       7,576,628  

S&P Global, Inc.

    138,975       42,436,016  

SEI Investments Co.

    41,631       2,042,001  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    70,726       3,671,387  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    105,940       11,124,759  
   

 

 

 
      355,407,371  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Albemarle Corp.

    53,370       14,113,163  

Ashland, Inc.

    14,867       1,411,919  

Avient Corp.

    57,324       1,736,917  

Celanese Corp.

    28,748       2,597,094  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    80,180       7,717,325  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    13,853       839,907  

Linde PLC

    169,943       45,814,933  

Olin Corp.

    90,525       3,881,712  

RPM International, Inc.

    44,057       3,670,389  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    27,046       1,156,217  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    15,926       1,104,309  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    83,300       17,055,675  

Valvoline, Inc.

    120,302       3,048,453  
   

 

 

 
      104,148,013  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  

Cintas Corp.

    26,522       10,295,575  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    19,741       2,171,115  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    96,585     $     10,276,644  

IAA, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,543       1,546,095  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    12,423       1,357,585  

Republic Services, Inc.

    60,580       8,241,303  

Rollins, Inc.

    66,395       2,302,579  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    36,028       4,630,679  

Waste Management, Inc.

    127,977       20,503,195  
   

 

 

 
      61,324,770  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    165,222       18,651,912  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    36,431       2,227,391  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    62,339       2,520,366  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,246,005       49,840,200  

F5, Inc.(a)

    21,250       3,075,513  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,604       1,481,386  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    65,832       14,744,393  
   

 

 

 
      92,541,161  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,832       748,191  

MasTec, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,539       1,240,727  

Quanta Services, Inc.(b)

    52,087       6,635,363  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    14,055       3,775,454  
   

 

 

 
      12,399,735  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    25,061       2,686,038  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    24,044       7,744,332  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    42,357       6,680,122  
   

 

 

 
      17,110,492  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    176,210       23,772,491  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    123,557       11,388,249  

Discover Financial Services

    182,039       16,550,986  

Navient Corp.

    74,327       1,091,863  

SLM Corp.

    168,627       2,359,092  

Synchrony Financial

    184,160       5,191,470  
   

 

 

 
      60,354,151  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    20,204       1,919,986  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    27,508       4,475,552  

Sealed Air Corp.

    54,277       2,415,869  
   

 

 

 
      8,811,407  
Distributors — 0.1%            

LKQ Corp.

    74,566       3,515,787  

Pool Corp.

    26,645       8,478,705  
   

 

 

 
      11,994,492  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%  

H&R Block, Inc.

    49,236       2,094,499  

Service Corp. International

    106,086       6,125,406  
   

 

 

 
      8,219,905  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    49,157       1,151,748  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    44,224       1,962,219  
   

 

 

 
      3,113,967  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%            

NRG Energy, Inc.

    158,562       6,068,168  

OGE Energy Corp.

    49,319       1,798,171  
   

 

 

 
      7,866,339  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment — 0.3%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    21,929     $ 3,453,160  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,621       7,592,505  

Hubbell, Inc.

    19,646       4,381,058  

nVent Electric PLC

    66,015       2,086,734  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    18,898       2,652,523  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    40,092       8,624,190  

SunPower Corp.(a)

    56,592       1,303,880  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    14,143       836,417  
   

 

 

 
          30,930,467  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    210,799       14,115,101  

CDW Corp.

    53,402       8,334,984  

Cognex Corp.

    74,243       3,077,373  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    41,746       1,454,848  

Jabil, Inc.

    40,072       2,312,555  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    90,469       14,236,202  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    10,184       2,023,459  

National Instruments Corp.

    46,556       1,757,024  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    15,649       1,809,807  

Trimble, Inc.(a)(b)

    93,590       5,079,129  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    25,230       6,610,512  
   

 

 

 
      60,810,994  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%  

ChampionX Corp.

    63,178       1,236,394  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.8%            

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    40,965       3,114,979  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    297,366       70,011,851  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    65,346       7,122,714  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    18,365       1,288,672  
   

 

 

 
      81,538,216  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.5%  

American Tower Corp.

    158,743       34,082,122  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    49,144       1,897,941  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    39,053       7,193,172  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    108,785       2,009,259  

Camden Property Trust

    71,144       8,498,151  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    130,201       18,820,555  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    53,804       964,706  

Duke Realty Corp.

    166,258       8,013,636  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    29,204       4,215,305  

Equinix, Inc.

    27,995       15,924,676  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    19,409       4,701,442  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    89,839       15,516,094  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    19,979       1,800,507  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    59,852       2,681,968  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    124,694       2,599,870  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    147,210       2,462,823  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    178,232       6,018,895  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    119,760       5,265,847  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    38,208       3,151,778  

Life Storage, Inc.

    56,390       6,245,756  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    48,200       7,474,374  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    52,576       2,095,679  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    56,814       2,362,326  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    23,765       975,316  

Prologis, Inc.

    297,562       30,232,299  

Public Storage

    62,491       18,297,990  

Rayonier, Inc.

    57,322       1,717,940  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    114,682       5,963,464  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    40,263       11,460,863  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    131,208       11,775,918  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

UDR, Inc.

    112,618     $ 4,697,297  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    209,539       5,984,434  
   

 

 

 
          255,102,403  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    151,053       71,337,800  

Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(d)

    3,194        
   

 

 

 
      71,337,800  
Food Products — 0.2%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    107,831       7,133,021  

Hershey Co.

    44,108       9,724,491  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    6,259       940,602  
   

 

 

 
      17,798,114  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

National Fuel Gas Co.

    31,544       1,941,533  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  

Abbott Laboratories

    620,613       60,050,514  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    16,590       4,075,499  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    48,369       10,017,704  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    262,267       21,122,984  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)(b)

    261,931       21,643,358  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    12,297       566,523  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    31,551       1,879,493  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    122,989       7,935,250  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    6,124       922,274  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    38,524       12,551,119  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,179       2,337,483  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    24,339       1,031,000  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)(b)

    164,652       30,862,371  

LivaNova PLC(a)(b)

    21,232       1,077,949  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    32,398       4,573,302  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    85,807       1,198,724  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    29,518       2,568,951  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    25,403       4,816,409  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    36,355       2,598,655  

ResMed, Inc.

    56,779       12,394,856  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,856       6,633,638  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    31,511       2,223,101  

STERIS PLC

    28,013       4,658,002  

Stryker Corp.

    92,237       18,681,682  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,254       2,021,854  
   

 

 

 
      238,442,695  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%  

Chemed Corp.

    5,800       2,532,048  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    83,730       15,388,737  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    37,196       2,498,455  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    32,123       6,579,112  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    19,029       6,276,525  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    103,646       3,261,740  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,734       1,064,882  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    35,641       4,372,794  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    51,493       954,165  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    71,233       3,674,198  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    262,688       132,667,948  
   

 

 

 
      179,270,604  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    54,604       2,601,881  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    91,087       2,938,467  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    12,412       18,652,257  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    13,231       1,449,059  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    22,259       4,098,995  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    16,190     $ 5,022,138  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    75,136       9,062,904  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)

    64,308       2,757,527  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    11,868       1,446,234  

McDonald’s Corp.

    221,371       51,079,145  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    21,451       1,501,785  

Starbucks Corp.

    391,343       32,974,561  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    26,606       2,321,640  

Wendy’s Co.

    58,830       1,099,533  

Wingstop, Inc.

    20,098       2,520,691  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    40,410       2,479,153  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    89,416       9,508,497  
   

 

 

 
          151,514,467  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    111,972       7,541,314  

Garmin Ltd.

    51,619       4,145,522  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    16,124       1,554,998  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    133,513       1,854,496  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    971       3,871,455  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    117,308       2,831,815  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    21,818       3,595,170  
   

 

 

 
      25,394,770  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%        

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    10,481       903,462  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.8%            

American Financial Group, Inc.

    21,992       2,703,477  

Aon PLC, Class A

    84,631       22,670,106  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    62,057       10,625,400  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    107,563       6,505,410  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    50,152       4,492,115  

First American Financial Corp.

    31,352       1,445,327  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

    14,522       3,709,209  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    203,391       30,364,242  

Primerica, Inc.

    15,418       1,903,352  

RLI Corp.

    15,974       1,635,418  
   

 

 

 
      86,054,056  
Interactive Media & Services — 9.1%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    4,009,293       383,488,876  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    3,585,245       344,721,307  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,525,003       206,912,407  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    29,603       653,634  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    216,491       9,490,965  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,045       2,194,442  
   

 

 

 
      947,461,631  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 6.6%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    5,926,466       669,690,658  

eBay, Inc.

    283,654       10,441,304  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    84,505       8,461,485  
   

 

 

 
      688,593,447  
IT Services — 3.5%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    245,327       63,122,637  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    45,540       3,657,773  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    147,260       33,308,739  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    34,807       5,023,346  

Concentrix Corp.

    28,567       3,188,934  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    38,211       13,839,642  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    10,743       813,890  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    22,092       3,255,477  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    53,030       14,672,871  

Genpact Ltd.

    76,078       3,329,934  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    268,138     $ 76,242,359  

Maximus, Inc.

    40,973       2,371,108  

Paychex, Inc.

    113,340       12,717,881  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    418,453       36,016,250  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    103,409       532,556  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    29,413       5,109,038  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    470,105       83,514,153  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    12,843       1,630,291  
   

 

 

 
          362,346,879  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Brunswick Corp.

    49,775       3,257,774  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    233,751       4,427,244  

Polaris, Inc.

    16,282       1,557,373  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    58,143       1,658,238  
   

 

 

 
      10,900,629  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.1%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    119,839       14,566,430  

Azenta, Inc.

    50,473       2,163,273  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,905       3,297,492  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    26,152       7,427,168  

Bruker Corp.

    67,649       3,589,456  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    34,121       6,715,013  

Danaher Corp.

    297,691       76,890,608  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    51,637       9,851,823  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    91,297       16,537,539  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,830       2,645,171  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    9,476       10,273,121  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    83,951       10,101,824  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    34,206       6,400,285  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    50,148       342,009  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    69,567       3,280,084  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(b)

    261,974       132,870,593  

Waters Corp.(a)

    29,756       8,020,135  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    49,715       12,233,867  
   

 

 

 
      327,205,891  
Machinery — 1.0%            

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,691       4,367,436  

Crane Holdings Co.

    16,240       1,421,650  

Deere & Co.

    85,548       28,563,622  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    43,271       2,120,712  

Dover Corp.

    44,105       5,141,761  

Esab Corp.

    12,257       408,893  

Graco, Inc.

    67,879       4,069,346  

IDEX Corp.

    20,758       4,148,486  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    77,402       13,982,671  

ITT, Inc.

    31,868       2,082,255  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    22,842       2,871,696  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    23,127       2,964,188  

Nordson Corp.

    21,506       4,565,079  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    113,211       7,222,862  

Pentair PLC

    63,976       2,599,345  

Toro Co.

    69,392       6,001,020  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    18,362       2,308,654  

Xylem, Inc.

    49,237       4,301,344  
   

 

 

 
      99,141,020  
Media — 0.1%            

Cable One, Inc.

    1,847       1,575,583  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    14,572       547,324  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

New York Times Co., Class A

    64,558     $ 1,856,043  

TEGNA, Inc.

    66,337       1,371,849  
   

 

 

 
      5,350,799  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%            

Alcoa Corp.

    46,907       1,578,890  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    346,780       4,671,126  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    421,925       11,531,210  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    61,860       1,688,778  

Nucor Corp.

    94,805       10,143,187  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    26,074       2,446,263  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    116,340       8,254,323  
   

 

 

 
          40,313,777  
Multiline Retail — 0.2%            

Target Corp.

    170,306       25,271,707  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    224,547       2,061,342  

APA Corp.

    120,427       4,117,399  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    59,174       918,972  

Devon Energy Corp.

    438,971       26,395,326  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    119,174       14,355,700  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    26,980       1,399,992  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    180,400       20,156,092  

Hess Corp.

    132,658       14,458,395  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    73,432       3,592,293  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    96,638       3,398,759  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    205,006       12,597,619  

ONEOK, Inc.

    127,653       6,540,940  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    64,849       3,747,624  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    89,113       19,295,638  

Range Resources Corp.

    114,655       2,896,185  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    477,367       2,921,486  

Targa Resources Corp.

    150,848       9,102,168  
   

 

 

 
      147,955,930  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    49,549       2,536,413  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    91,476       19,749,668  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.8%            

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    71,808       5,196,027  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    527,333       170,513,126  

Pfizer, Inc.

    2,026,494       88,679,377  

Zoetis, Inc.

    206,461       30,616,102  
   

 

 

 
      295,004,632  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    33,437       3,021,702  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    132,285       9,213,650  

Equifax, Inc.

    81,856       14,032,574  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,660       3,754,989  

Insperity, Inc.

    24,303       2,481,093  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    37,283       4,044,833  

KBR, Inc.

    60,651       2,621,336  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    49,203       3,764,029  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    53,215       9,074,754  
   

 

 

 
      52,008,960  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    107,671       7,268,869  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,699       2,371,648  
   

 

 

 
      9,640,517  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail — 0.6%            

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,341     $ 2,871,365  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    33,055       5,170,463  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    15,598       2,251,883  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    61,381       15,269,751  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,580       3,340,200  

Union Pacific Corp.

    171,202       33,353,574  
   

 

 

 
          62,257,236  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    1,079,435       68,393,002  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    27,831       474,518  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    581,698       47,658,517  

Broadcom, Inc.

    153,903       68,334,471  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    18,646       1,282,845  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    90,645       25,151,268  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    38,855       5,139,351  

KLA Corp.

    94,770       28,680,245  

Lam Research Corp.

    91,564       33,512,424  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    91,164       4,486,180  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    25,528       1,322,095  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    177,319       10,821,779  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    21,503       1,777,008  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    29,789       10,825,323  

NVIDIA Corp.

    1,674,334       203,247,404  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

    110,565       16,309,443  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    220,169       13,723,134  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    38,349       2,466,608  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    33,916       2,693,269  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    750,899       84,836,569  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    28,318       832,832  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    22,953       2,833,318  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    10,007       787,851  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    50,417       4,299,058  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,775       6,428,801  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    26,092       2,583,369  

Teradyne, Inc.

    105,144       7,901,572  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    299,365       46,335,715  

Universal Display Corp.

    28,748       2,712,374  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    45,306       4,682,828  
   

 

 

 
      710,533,171  
Software — 15.8%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    36,764       768,368  

Adobe, Inc.(a)(b)

    312,942       86,121,638  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    36,044       7,990,955  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    19,388       4,618,222  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    93,040       17,379,872  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    20,075       884,504  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    182,983       29,904,912  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    42,053       2,349,922  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    19,769       1,048,548  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    134,403       4,678,568  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    9,685       430,014  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    9,828       4,049,234  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    438,768       21,556,672  

Intuit, Inc.

    188,620       73,056,298  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,098       5,600,297  

Microsoft Corp.

    4,986,811       1,161,428,282  

Oracle Corp.

    1,015,696       62,028,555  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    24,431       8,061,986  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    27,434       6,627,506  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    35,252       3,687,359  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    23,409       3,262,981  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    405,837       58,375,594  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    135,068     $ 51,003,027  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    68,542       20,940,266  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    68,717       2,134,350  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    17,311       6,015,572  
   

 

 

 
          1,644,003,502  
Specialty Retail — 3.3%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    19,504       3,049,255  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,157       1,136,564  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    13,014       27,875,077  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    99,511       3,244,059  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    57,206       3,776,740  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    37,788       3,954,136  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,240       5,126,831  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    169,458       4,258,480  

Home Depot, Inc.

    522,283       144,118,771  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    427,366       80,263,608  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    42,586       29,952,863  

RH(a)(b)

    13,391       3,295,123  

Tractor Supply Co.

    74,203       13,792,854  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    19,578       7,854,498  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    27,295       794,830  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    45,962       5,416,622  
   

 

 

 
      337,910,311  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 13.6%  

Apple Inc.

    10,101,150       1,395,978,930  

HP, Inc.

    305,284       7,607,677  

NetApp, Inc.

    104,075       6,437,039  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    96,412       5,132,011  
   

 

 

 
      1,415,155,657  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%        

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    56,420       2,168,785  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    12,251       824,492  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    41,232       2,830,989  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    17,795       5,562,895  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    456,279       37,925,911  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    42,174       1,337,759  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    54,048       359,419  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    61,628       367,303  
   

 

 

 
      51,377,553  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.

    183,868       8,465,283  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    28,161       7,606,849  

Watsco, Inc.

    14,585       3,755,054  
   

 

 

 
      19,827,186  
Water Utilities — 0.0%            

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    100,732       4,168,290  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $9,888,486,192)

 

    10,395,191,447  
   

 

 

 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(e)

   

Money Market Funds — 1.7%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    171,468,164     $ 171,519,604  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    12,148,170       12,148,170  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.7%
(Cost: $183,579,633)

 

    183,667,774  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.6%
(Cost: $10,072,065,825)

 

    10,578,859,221  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.6)%

 

    (170,278,726
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   10,408,580,495  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

     

    

 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  58,826,169     $  112,594,811 (a)    $     $ 24,032     $ 74,592     $ 171,519,604       171,468,164     $ 458,096 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    18,116,000             (5,967,830 )(a)                  12,148,170       12,148,170       107,597               
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    35,500,282       5,216,831       (1,506,175     248,234       (10,639,908     28,819,264       52,372       469,080          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 272,266     $ (10,565,316   $   212,487,038       $  1,034,773     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

                   

E-Mini Technology Select Sector Index

     5          12/16/22        $ 602                       $ (74,309

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Index

     36          12/16/22          7,945            (936,408

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     20          12/16/22          3,602            (398,064
                   

 

 

 
                    $   (1,408,781
                   

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. 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:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $  1,408,781        $        $        $        $  1,408,781  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, 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 September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $  (3,561,461)        $        $        $        $  (3,561,461
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (2,845,741      $        $        $        $ (2,845,741
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 15,905,198  

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  
 

 

 
 

Assets

         
 

Investments

         
 

Long-Term Investments
Common Stocks

  $ 10,395,191,447     $      $      $ 10,395,191,447  
 

Short-Term Securities
Money Market Funds

    183,667,774                     183,667,774  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
    $     10,578,859,221     $             —      $             —      $     10,578,859,221  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

         
 

Liabilities

         
 

Equity Contracts

  $ (1,408,781   $      $      $ (1,408,781
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.9%  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    362,430     $ 43,883,025  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    24,590       3,421,944  

General Dynamics Corp.

    146,015       30,980,003  

Hexcel Corp.

    53,949       2,790,242  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    240,055       7,424,901  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    26,076       5,775,834  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    72,063       14,976,853  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    153,225       59,189,285  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    36,289       1,473,333  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    94,425       44,409,966  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    958,709       78,479,919  

Textron, Inc.

    137,350       8,002,011  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    18,738       9,834,077  

Woodward, Inc.

    39,068       3,135,598  
   

 

 

 
          313,776,991  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    79,872       7,692,473  

FedEx Corp.

    155,224       23,046,107  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    270,863       43,755,209  
   

 

 

 
      74,493,789  
Airlines — 0.4%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    82,991       3,249,098  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    423,230       5,095,689  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    418,121       11,732,475  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    204,314       1,354,602  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    386,602       11,922,806  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    213,661       6,950,392  
   

 

 

 
      40,305,062  
Auto Components — 0.2%            

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    60,598       1,681,594  

Aptiv PLC(a)(b)

    103,371       8,084,646  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    153,775       4,828,535  

Dana, Inc.

    83,424       953,536  

Gentex Corp.

    72,511       1,728,662  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    180,508       1,821,326  

Lear Corp.

    39,036       4,672,219  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    17,900       1,898,474  
   

 

 

 
      25,668,992  
Automobiles — 0.6%            

Ford Motor Co.

    2,564,366       28,720,899  

General Motors Co.

    946,723       30,380,341  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    86,978       3,033,793  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    35,529       2,486,319  
   

 

 

 
      64,621,352  
Banks — 5.4%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

    101,705       2,042,236  

Bank of America Corp.

    2,541,892       76,765,138  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    14,951       1,138,070  

Bank OZK

    38,272       1,514,040  

Cadence Bank

    42,877       1,089,505  

Cathay General Bancorp

    30,297       1,165,223  

Citigroup, Inc.

    1,257,519       52,400,817  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    323,982       11,132,022  

Comerica, Inc.

    46,459       3,303,235  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    35,511       2,349,408  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    18,441       2,438,269  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    447,807       14,311,912  

First Horizon Corp.

    350,976       8,037,350  

FNB Corp.

    229,237       2,659,149  
Security   Shares     Value  

Banks (continued)

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

    110,882     $ 1,751,936  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    30,676       1,405,268  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    77,239       1,738,650  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    936,190       12,338,984  

International Bancshares Corp.

    34,183       1,452,777  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1,028,236       107,450,662  

KeyCorp.

    609,778       9,768,644  

M&T Bank Corp.

    114,029       20,105,593  

Old National Bancorp

    189,598       3,122,679  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    266,294       39,789,649  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    59,153       3,944,322  

Regions Financial Corp.

    335,445       6,732,381  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    58,850       2,207,463  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,393       1,912,159  

Truist Financial Corp.

    861,239       37,498,346  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    88,226       1,507,782  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    87,667       3,134,095  

US Bancorp

    877,906       35,397,170  

Valley National Bancorp

    272,929       2,947,633  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    41,762       1,252,025  

Webster Financial Corp.

    67,358       3,044,582  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    2,462,859       99,056,189  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    19,645       1,602,050  

Zions Bancorp NA

    52,162       2,652,959  
   

 

 

 
          582,160,372  
Beverages — 2.7%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    2,502       809,772  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    118,872       7,913,309  

Coca-Cola Co.

    2,527,214       141,574,528  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    103,455       23,761,545  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    418,940       15,006,431  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    122,926       5,899,219  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    119,378       10,381,111  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    519,735       84,851,936  
   

 

 

 
      290,197,851  
Biotechnology — 2.1%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    528,098       70,876,033  

Amgen, Inc.

    204,926       46,190,320  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    94,226       25,158,342  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    95,517       1,497,707  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    813,823       50,204,741  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    68,328       4,553,378  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    15,393       3,222,986  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    66,611       19,286,549  
   

 

 

 
      220,990,056  
Building Products — 0.7%            

A O Smith Corp.

    42,609       2,069,945  

Allegion PLC

    57,638       5,168,976  

Carrier Global Corp.

    546,449       19,431,726  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    45,922       2,465,552  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    174,426       8,585,248  

Lennox International, Inc.

    8,683       1,933,444  

Masco Corp.

    76,673       3,579,862  

Owens Corning

    62,798       4,936,551  

Trane Technologies PLC

    150,455       21,787,389  
   

 

 

 
      69,958,693  
Capital Markets — 2.4%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    27,391       6,901,162  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    477,486       18,392,761  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    46,988       25,856,557  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    28,934       3,395,984  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Charles Schwab Corp.

    317,263     $ 22,801,692  

CME Group, Inc.

    233,383       41,339,131  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    10,446       4,179,549  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    29,350       972,072  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    104,042       2,238,984  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    25,533       1,631,814  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    156,716       14,159,291  

Invesco Ltd.

    297,158       4,071,065  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    46,811       950,731  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    12,778       2,842,977  

Moody’s Corp.

    35,072       8,526,354  

Morgan Stanley

    443,449       35,036,905  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    49,764       2,820,623  

Northern Trust Corp.

    135,311       11,577,209  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    51,587       5,097,827  

S&P Global, Inc.

    86,277       26,344,682  

SEI Investments Co.

    27,855       1,366,288  

State Street Corp.

    238,695       14,515,043  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    44,517       4,674,730  
   

 

 

 
          259,693,431  
Chemicals — 2.6%            

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    144,016       33,516,844  

Albemarle Corp.

    24,526       6,485,655  

Ashland, Inc.

    18,248       1,733,013  

Cabot Corp.

    36,535       2,334,221  

Celanese Corp.

    37,152       3,356,312  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    52,109       5,015,491  

Chemours Co.

    100,601       2,479,815  

Corteva, Inc.

    466,593       26,665,790  

Dow, Inc.

    466,312       20,485,086  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    325,239       16,392,046  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    80,284       5,704,178  

Ecolab, Inc.

    160,989       23,250,031  

FMC Corp.

    81,319       8,595,418  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    11,484       696,275  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    165,507       15,033,001  

Linde PLC

    158,562       42,746,730  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    164,841       12,409,230  

Mosaic Co.

    223,594       10,806,298  

NewMarket Corp.

    4,345       1,307,106  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    152,596       16,890,851  

RPM International, Inc.

    40,836       3,402,047  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    11,484       796,301  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    71,922       14,726,030  
   

 

 

 
      274,827,769  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%  

Brink’s Co.

    31,494       1,525,569  

Cintas Corp.

    30,142       11,700,823  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    13,225       1,454,486  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    44,898       4,777,147  

IAA, Inc.(a)

    39,941       1,272,121  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    48,589       757,988  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    11,631       1,271,036  

Republic Services, Inc.

    74,381       10,118,791  

Rollins, Inc.

    84,715       2,937,916  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    58,914       2,480,869  

Waste Management, Inc.

    119,671       19,172,491  
   

 

 

 
      57,469,237  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%  

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    36,884       1,491,220  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,478,820       59,152,800  
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)  

F5, Inc.(a)

    17,931     $ 2,595,154  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    208,887       5,456,128  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,392       1,741,129  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.(b)

    44,406       9,945,612  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    50,264       1,519,481  
   

 

 

 
          81,901,524  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

AECOM

    90,679       6,199,723  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)

    11,679       1,115,695  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    32,044       3,700,441  

Fluor Corp.(a)(b)

    90,639       2,256,005  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    18,069       1,147,381  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    130,528       3,569,941  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    42,953       5,471,783  
   

 

 

 
      23,460,969  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    17,187       5,535,761  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    45,102       7,113,036  
   

 

 

 
      12,648,797  
Consumer Finance — 0.4%            

American Express Co.

    218,091       29,422,657  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    30,415       956,552  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    129,298       11,917,397  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    24,732       1,814,092  

Synchrony Financial

    135,429       3,817,743  
   

 

 

 
      47,928,441  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%            

Amcor PLC

    974,892       10,460,591  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    23,253       2,209,733  

Avery Dennison Corp.(b)

    26,170       4,257,859  

Ball Corp.

    203,193       9,818,286  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    18,209       1,084,710  

International Paper Co.

    233,339       7,396,846  

Packaging Corp. of America

    61,033       6,853,396  

Sealed Air Corp.

    42,654       1,898,529  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    53,960       2,268,478  

Sonoco Products Co.

    62,999       3,573,933  

Westrock Co.

    164,984       5,096,356  
   

 

 

 
      54,918,717  
Distributors — 0.2%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    91,598       13,677,413  

LKQ Corp.

    95,890       4,521,214  
   

 

 

 
      18,198,627  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    2,432       1,308,368  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    20,913       1,720,094  

H&R Block, Inc.

    56,030       2,383,516  
   

 

 

 
      5,411,978  
Diversified Financial Services — 3.0%            

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    1,171,889       312,917,801  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    62,669       3,791,474  
   

 

 

 
          316,709,275  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%  

AT&T Inc.

    4,626,971       70,977,735  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    113,982       2,670,598  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    40,003       1,774,933  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    622,596       4,532,499  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    2,726,910       103,540,773  
   

 

 

 
      183,496,538  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 3.8%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    37,914     $ 1,897,596  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    162,789       8,626,189  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    333,574       28,837,472  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    212,222       17,654,748  

Duke Energy Corp.

    499,946       46,504,977  

Edison International

    247,668       14,013,056  

Entergy Corp.

    132,629       13,346,456  

Evergy, Inc.

    148,990       8,850,006  

Eversource Energy

    224,945       17,536,712  

Exelon Corp.

    643,954       24,122,517  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    352,113       13,028,181  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    70,034       2,427,379  

IDACORP, Inc.

    32,941       3,261,489  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    1,275,747       100,031,322  

OGE Energy Corp.

    81,081       2,956,213  

PG&E Corp.(a)

    1,172,320       14,654,000  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    74,075       4,778,578  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    55,084       2,518,991  

Portland General Electric Co.

    57,789       2,511,510  

PPL Corp.

    476,558       12,080,745  

Southern Co.

    690,217       46,934,756  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    355,163       22,730,432  
   

 

 

 
          409,303,325  
Electrical Equipment — 0.9%            

AMETEK, Inc.

    149,070       16,906,029  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    258,622       34,489,830  

Emerson Electric Co.

    383,936       28,111,794  

EnerSys

    26,942       1,567,216  

Hubbell, Inc.

    16,165       3,604,795  

nVent Electric PLC

    44,309       1,400,607  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    25,121       3,525,984  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    35,752       7,690,613  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)

    137,553       3,795,087  
   

 

 

 
      101,091,955  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    182,086       12,192,479  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    41,955       3,867,832  

Avnet, Inc.

    60,802       2,196,168  

Belden, Inc.

    28,700       1,722,574  

CDW Corp.

    36,327       5,669,918  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    42,417       1,758,185  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    43,436       1,513,745  

Corning, Inc.

    495,820       14,388,696  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    21,667       1,827,611  

Jabil, Inc.

    49,578       2,861,146  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    29,161       4,588,775  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    6,212       1,234,262  

National Instruments Corp.

    39,915       1,506,392  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,078       934,221  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    27,868       2,262,603  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    207,671       22,918,572  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    30,305       10,227,028  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    71,003       3,853,333  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    85,246       1,516,526  

Vontier Corp.

    102,491       1,712,625  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    8,943       2,343,155  
   

 

 

 
      101,095,846  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    656,362       13,757,348  

ChampionX Corp.

    68,740       1,345,242  

Halliburton Co.

    588,675       14,493,178  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)  

NOV, Inc.

    258,851     $ 4,188,209  

Schlumberger NV

    918,372       32,969,555  
   

 

 

 
      66,753,532  
Entertainment — 1.8%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    462,241       34,362,996  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    171,510       19,845,422  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    52,935       4,025,177  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,741       4,222,769  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    1,183,727       111,660,968  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

    1,434,395       16,495,543  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    10,854       761,625  
   

 

 

 
          191,374,500  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.6%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    96,127       13,476,044  

American Tower Corp.

    148,133       31,804,155  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    53,545       2,067,908  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    52,430       9,657,082  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    92,331       6,922,055  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    85,792       1,584,578  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    72,103       1,674,953  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    99,837       2,331,194  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    154,647       22,354,224  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    186,619       18,508,872  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    60,916       1,092,224  

Duke Realty Corp.

    87,584       4,221,549  

EPR Properties

    48,023       1,722,105  

Equinix, Inc.

    31,935       18,165,905  

Equity Residential

    219,795       14,774,620  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    23,799       5,764,832  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    27,359       2,465,593  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    26,670       1,195,083  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    125,841       2,623,785  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    350,089       8,024,040  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    67,153       1,810,445  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    465,120       7,386,106  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    204,142       6,893,875  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    74,686       3,283,943  

JBG SMITH Properties

    65,073       1,209,056  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    67,278       2,833,077  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    401,046       7,383,257  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    140,606       2,421,235  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    19,096       1,575,229  

Macerich Co.

    136,804       1,086,224  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    390,120       4,626,823  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    28,661       4,444,461  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    64,655       2,577,148  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    153,499       4,526,685  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    142,615       1,605,845  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    84,470       1,225,660  

Physicians Realty Trust

    147,886       2,224,205  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    29,499       1,210,639  

Prologis, Inc.

    192,133       19,520,713  

Public Storage

    41,963       12,287,186  

Rayonier, Inc.

    36,847       1,104,305  

Realty Income Corp.

    400,997       23,338,025  

Regency Centers Corp.

    100,828       5,429,588  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    152,409       1,999,606  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    30,744       8,751,280  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    85,328       7,658,188  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    41,212       1,655,074  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    89,758       3,245,649  

STORE Capital Corp.

    173,679       5,441,363  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

UDR, Inc.

    89,833     $ 3,746,934  

Ventas, Inc.

    258,700       10,391,979  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    627,027       18,716,756  

Vornado Realty Trust

    106,592       2,468,671  

Welltower, Inc.

    300,868       19,351,830  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    277,992       7,939,451  
   

 

 

 
          381,801,312  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%            

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    87,794       6,392,281  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    24,369       4,935,210  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    140,934       66,558,900  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    55,984       1,863,707  

Kroger Co.

    422,805       18,497,719  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    101,463       4,357,836  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)(b)

    67,977       1,886,362  

Sysco Corp.

    330,810       23,391,575  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    467,398       14,676,297  

Walmart, Inc.

    925,522       120,040,204  
   

 

 

 
      262,600,091  
Food Products — 2.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    363,978       29,282,030  

Campbell Soup Co.

    130,173       6,133,752  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    311,662       10,169,531  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    126,146       3,114,545  

General Mills, Inc.

    386,798       29,632,595  

Hershey Co.

    52,419       11,556,817  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    186,792       8,487,829  

Ingredion, Inc.

    42,575       3,428,139  

J M Smucker Co.

    68,871       9,463,564  

Kellogg Co.

    165,222       11,509,365  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    517,196       17,248,487  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    93,668       7,248,030  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    6,955       1,045,197  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    163,038       11,619,718  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    889,916       48,794,094  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    30,069       692,188  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    35,553       2,912,146  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    187,627       12,370,248  
   

 

 

 
          224,708,275  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    90,986       9,266,924  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    28,039       1,725,800  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    61,893       2,395,259  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    35,816       2,521,088  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    40,309       2,811,553  

Spire, Inc.

    34,965       2,179,369  

UGI Corp.

    137,213       4,436,096  
   

 

 

 
      25,336,089  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    534,427       51,711,157  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    13,318       3,271,700  

Baxter International, Inc.

    328,107       17,671,843  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    185,179       41,263,437  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    929,559       36,001,820  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    31,850       8,405,215  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    140,377       3,979,688  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    148,310       12,254,855  

Enovis Corp.(a)(b)

    19,247       886,709  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    106,474       3,493,412  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    20,322       1,210,582  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    32,942       2,438,696  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    42,207     $ 2,723,196  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,870       1,034,622  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    16,910       5,509,278  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    23,012       974,788  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    72,043       13,503,740  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    13,672       694,127  

Medtronic PLC

    862,738       69,666,094  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    59,446       830,461  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    33,310       1,459,311  

ResMed, Inc.

    39,881       8,706,022  

STERIS PLC

    37,825       6,289,541  

Stryker Corp.

    128,986       26,124,824  

Teleflex, Inc.

    30,515       6,147,552  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    136,117       14,231,032  
   

 

 

 
      340,483,702  
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.3%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    59,281       4,634,589  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,142       2,046,334  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    100,810       13,642,617  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    176,328       11,757,551  

Centene Corp.(a)

    371,134       28,877,937  

Chemed Corp.

    4,251       1,855,817  

Cigna Corp.

    198,113       54,970,414  

CVS Health Corp.

    852,427       81,295,963  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,419       3,014,401  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    155,838       70,787,853  

Encompass Health Corp.

    63,836       2,887,302  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    58,529       10,757,045  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    17,643       1,185,080  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    88,977       5,852,017  

Humana, Inc.

    82,172       39,869,033  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    27,588       5,650,298  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)

    20,354       3,331,136  

McKesson Corp.

    93,327       31,719,047  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    19,237       6,345,132  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    55,541       1,334,095  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,001       630,057  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    40,653       4,987,717  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    35,782       663,040  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    352,262       177,906,400  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    42,327       3,732,395  
   

 

 

 
          569,733,270  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,778       42,358,667  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    50,032       1,614,032  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    645,214       4,535,854  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,947       8,936,914  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    5,697       623,935  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    14,971       1,386,015  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    79,594       10,054,314  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    7,633       2,367,757  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    98,412       9,220,220  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    105,075       12,674,147  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    214,815       8,059,859  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    179,125       25,102,578  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    14,030       1,709,696  

McDonald’s Corp.

    262,736       60,623,705  

MGM Resorts International

    213,325       6,340,019  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    269,952       3,066,655  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    102,427       2,817,767  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    142,423       5,397,832  

Starbucks Corp.

    365,061       30,760,040  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)            

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    16,978     $ 1,481,500  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    55,354       1,888,678  

Wendy’s Co.

    56,804       1,061,667  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    20,904       1,282,460  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b)

    68,127       4,294,045  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    97,933       10,414,195  
   

 

 

 
          258,072,551  
Household Durables — 0.5%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    96,500       6,499,275  

Garmin Ltd.

    49,425       3,969,322  

KB Home

    55,009       1,425,833  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    85,636       2,844,828  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    165,242       12,318,791  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    33,371       3,043,102  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    114,142       1,585,432  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    1,073       4,278,137  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    150,312       5,636,700  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    73,796       1,720,923  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    69,903       2,935,926  

Whirlpool Corp.

    35,636       4,804,089  
   

 

 

 
      51,062,358  
Household Products — 2.6%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    157,931       11,282,591  

Clorox Co.

    80,350       10,316,137  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    541,600       38,047,400  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    44,683       1,123,330  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    219,220       24,671,019  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1,551,560       195,884,450  
   

 

 

 
      281,324,927  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%        

AES Corp.

    433,698       9,801,575  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    18,913       1,630,300  
   

 

 

 
      11,431,875  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%            

3M Co.

    359,465       39,720,883  

General Electric Co.

    711,998       44,079,796  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    437,431       73,037,854  
   

 

 

 
      156,838,533  
Insurance — 3.8%            

Aflac, Inc.

    373,380       20,983,956  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    8,791       7,378,902  

Allstate Corp.

    175,507       21,855,887  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    24,457       3,006,499  

American International Group, Inc.

    493,745       23,443,013  

Aon PLC, Class A

    54,782       14,674,454  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    76,803       13,150,210  

Assurant, Inc.

    34,390       4,995,835  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,958       2,038,916  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    46,774       2,828,892  

Chubb Ltd.

    271,178       49,321,855  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    55,145       4,939,338  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    73,169       1,314,847  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    25,621       6,723,975  

First American Financial Corp.

    38,024       1,752,906  

Globe Life, Inc.

    59,541       5,936,238  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    22,981       2,944,785  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    209,453       12,973,519  

Kemper Corp.

    41,729       1,721,739  

Lincoln National Corp.

    101,274       4,446,941  

Loews Corp.

    130,718       6,514,985  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    126,365     $ 18,865,031  

MetLife, Inc.

    435,033       26,441,306  

Old Republic International Corp.

    188,450       3,944,258  

Primerica, Inc.

    9,074       1,120,185  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    151,526       10,932,601  

Progressive Corp.

    379,788       44,135,163  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    241,546       20,719,816  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    43,504       5,473,238  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    28,380       3,984,268  

RLI Corp.

    11,195       1,146,144  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    38,985       3,173,379  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    154,089       23,606,435  

Unum Group

    122,913       4,769,024  

W R Berkley Corp.

    133,532       8,623,497  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    71,401       14,347,317  
   

 

 

 
      404,229,354  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%            

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    184,915       8,829,691  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    36,957       816,011  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    225,916       9,904,157  
   

 

 

 
      19,549,859  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.0%            

eBay, Inc.

    83,321       3,067,046  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 4.9%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    172,504       44,385,279  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,627       4,869,561  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    126,805       28,682,023  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    42,644       6,154,382  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    336,202       19,311,443  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    150,288       3,679,050  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    20,331       1,540,277  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    394,766       29,832,467  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b)

    415,288       38,858,498  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    48,449       8,535,260  

Genpact Ltd.

    37,761       1,652,799  

Global Payments, Inc.

    179,968       19,445,542  

International Business Machines Corp.

    586,442       69,675,174  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    47,512       8,660,012  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    133,365       1,102,929  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    293,619       83,487,626  

Paychex, Inc.

    97,996       10,996,131  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    345,416       29,729,955  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    107,825       555,299  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    32,341       5,617,632  

Visa, Inc., Class A(b)

    605,131       107,501,522  

Western Union Co.

    249,959       3,374,447  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    16,467       2,090,321  
   

 

 

 
          529,737,629  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Hasbro, Inc.

    84,904       5,724,227  

Polaris, Inc.

    20,432       1,954,321  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    90,546       1,743,916  
   

 

 

 
      9,422,464  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.7%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    77,563       9,427,782  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,349       2,648,422  

Danaher Corp.

    136,030       35,135,189  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,163       9,952,179  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    32,641       5,912,591  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,448       5,906,286  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    15,285     $ 104,244  

Waters Corp.(a)

    10,197       2,748,397  
   

 

 

 
      71,835,090  
Machinery — 2.5%            

AGCO Corp.

    40,467       3,891,711  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    342,775       56,242,522  

Crane Holdings Co.

    16,416       1,437,057  

Cummins, Inc.

    91,350       18,590,639  

Deere & Co.

    97,522       32,561,621  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    38,776       1,900,412  

Dover Corp.

    50,030       5,832,497  

Esab Corp.

    16,984       566,586  

Flowserve Corp.

    83,512       2,029,342  

Fortive Corp.

    230,603       13,444,155  

Graco, Inc.

    43,730       2,621,614  

IDEX Corp.

    28,772       5,750,084  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    107,942       19,499,722  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    261,658       11,319,325  

ITT, Inc.

    24,164       1,578,876  

Kennametal, Inc.

    53,804       1,107,286  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    16,031       2,015,417  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    12,933       1,657,623  

Nordson Corp.

    14,098       2,992,582  

Oshkosh Corp.

    42,993       3,021,978  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    163,440       10,427,472  

PACCAR, Inc.

    225,776       18,895,193  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    83,220       20,165,038  

Pentair PLC

    44,615       1,812,707  

Snap-on, Inc.

    34,473       6,941,139  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    95,978       7,218,505  

Terex Corp.

    44,790       1,332,055  

Timken Co.

    44,342       2,617,952  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    118,172       9,613,292  

Xylem, Inc.(b)

    68,685       6,000,322  
   

 

 

 
          273,084,724  
Marine — 0.0%            

Kirby Corp.(a)(b)

    38,513       2,340,435  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.4%            

Cable One, Inc.

    1,293       1,102,994  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    71,977       21,834,223  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    2,859,418       83,866,730  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    160,386       2,218,138  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    198,335       6,084,918  

Fox Corp., Class B

    90,806       2,587,971  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    252,547       6,465,203  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    13,956       524,187  

New York Times Co., Class A

    45,012       1,294,095  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    252,454       3,814,580  

News Corp., Class B

    78,240       1,206,461  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    133,227       8,405,291  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    330,269       6,288,322  

TEGNA, Inc.

    79,492       1,643,895  
   

 

 

 
      147,337,008  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%            

Alcoa Corp.

    69,079       2,325,199  

Commercial Metals Co.

    77,318       2,743,243  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    519,531       14,198,782  

Newmont Corp.

    514,209       21,612,204  

Nucor Corp.

    78,189       8,365,441  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    39,418       6,874,894  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    17,282       1,621,397  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

United States Steel Corp.

    155,106     $ 2,810,521  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    20,750       791,405  
   

 

 

 
      61,343,086  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    282,197       4,842,500  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.8%            

Dollar General Corp.

    147,391       35,353,205  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    137,057       18,653,458  

Kohl’s Corp.

    83,212       2,092,782  

Macy’s, Inc.

    176,344       2,763,311  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    71,807       1,201,331  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,749       1,999,448  

Target Corp.

    135,483       20,104,322  
   

 

 

 
      82,167,857  
Multi-Utilities — 1.7%            

Ameren Corp.

    167,217       13,469,329  

Black Hills Corp.

    42,522       2,880,015  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    408,029       11,498,257  

CMS Energy Corp.

    187,975       10,947,664  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    230,234       19,744,868  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    540,548       37,357,272  

DTE Energy Co.

    125,547       14,444,182  

NiSource, Inc.

    262,814       6,620,285  

NorthWestern Corp.

    35,681       1,758,360  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    325,018       18,275,762  

Sempra Energy

    204,081       30,599,905  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    204,813       18,316,427  
   

 

 

 
          185,912,326  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.9%            

APA Corp.

    95,407       3,261,965  

Chevron Corp.

    1,169,300       167,993,331  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    64,802       1,006,375  

ConocoPhillips

    826,591       84,593,323  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    516,084       13,480,114  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    36,171       1,876,913  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    205,482       22,958,504  

EQT Corp.

    239,197       9,747,278  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    282,845       2,115,681  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2,706,080       236,267,845  

Hess Corp.

    52,820       5,756,852  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    94,983       5,113,885  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    1,287,347       21,421,454  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    438,411       9,899,320  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    323,763       32,159,379  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    285,479       17,542,684  

ONEOK, Inc.

    165,090       8,459,212  

PetroCorp Escrow(a)(d)

    190        

Phillips 66

    312,351       25,212,973  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    68,141       14,754,571  

Range Resources Corp.

    50,225       1,268,683  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    259,756       1,589,707  

Valero Energy Corp.

    255,806       27,332,871  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    791,199       22,652,027  
   

 

 

 
      736,464,947  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    88,513       1,824,253  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    229,678       1,451,565  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A(b)

    61,691       13,319,087  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    31,885       1,064,002  
   

 

 

 
      17,658,907  

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    1,386,440     $ 98,562,020  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    46,493       3,364,233  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    41,164       5,486,750  

Johnson & Johnson

    1,707,146       278,879,371  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,644,877       141,656,807  

Organon & Co.

    166,345       3,892,473  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    88,959       3,172,278  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,676,306       73,355,151  

Viatris, Inc.

    784,851       6,686,930  

Zoetis, Inc.

    103,084       15,286,326  
   

 

 

 
          630,342,339  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,267       3,985,603  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    129,074       8,990,004  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    46,269       5,019,724  

KBR, Inc.

    31,463       1,359,831  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    88,515       7,742,407  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    33,109       2,141,821  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    235,246       6,521,019  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    22,973       1,757,434  

Science Applications International Corp.

    35,802       3,165,971  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.(b)

    49,935       8,515,416  
   

 

 

 
      49,199,230  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    104,272       7,039,403  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    15,859       2,395,819  
   

 

 

 
      9,435,222  
Road & Rail — 1.2%            

CSX Corp.

    1,390,328       37,038,338  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    22,477       3,515,852  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    104,174       5,097,234  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    8,156       1,177,482  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    152,509       31,973,512  

Ryder System, Inc.

    32,838       2,478,940  

Union Pacific Corp.

    239,231       46,606,983  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    38,953       1,464,633  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    75,165       3,346,346  
   

 

 

 
      132,699,320  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    37,951       647,065  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    337,517       47,029,619  

Broadcom, Inc.

    112,746       50,060,352  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    19,628       1,350,406  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    26,154       3,459,390  

Intel Corp.

    2,666,055       68,704,237  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    6,984       361,701  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    186,544       11,384,780  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    716,280       35,885,628  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    16,358       1,351,825  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

    62,868       9,273,659  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    67,510       4,207,898  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    34,415       2,732,895  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    14,026       412,505  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    55,176       4,704,858  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,029       2,089,852  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    302,573       46,832,249  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,879       3,708,453  
   

 

 

 
      294,197,372  
Software — 1.1%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    41,260       862,334  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ANSYS, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,668     $ 4,803,796  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    50,738       9,477,858  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    9,540       420,332  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    59,019       3,297,982  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    80,383       8,351,794  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    10,231       542,652  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    5,993       266,089  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    6,869       2,830,097  

NCR Corp.(a)

    88,474       1,681,891  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    384,443       7,742,682  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    7,741       2,554,452  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    33,945       3,550,647  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    68,834       24,755,460  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    251,967       36,242,933  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    32,815       10,025,311  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    10,413       3,618,517  
   

 

 

 
          121,024,827  
Specialty Retail — 1.4%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    20,306       3,174,640  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,384       1,363,428  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    52,249       1,703,317  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    129,418       8,197,336  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,834       3,224,021  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    52,528       1,635,197  

Gap, Inc.

    137,788       1,131,240  

Home Depot, Inc.

    160,157       44,193,723  

Lithia Motors, Inc.

    17,992       3,860,184  

Murphy USA, Inc.(b)

    14,043       3,860,561  

Ross Stores, Inc.(b)

    227,212       19,147,155  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    760,752       47,257,914  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    14,822       5,946,438  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    27,687       806,245  
   

 

 

 
      145,501,399  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    846,242       10,137,979  

HP, Inc.

    297,570       7,415,445  

NetApp, Inc.

    41,591       2,572,403  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    35,395       1,884,076  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    204,534       6,657,582  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    72,017       941,982  
   

 

 

 
      29,609,467  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    34,955       1,343,670  

Carter’s, Inc.

    25,496       1,670,753  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    10,417       701,064  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    224,070       1,559,527  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    377,430       31,371,982  

PVH Corp.

    43,317       1,940,602  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    28,049       2,382,201  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    45,783       1,452,237  

Tapestry, Inc.

    163,112       4,637,274  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    68,992       458,797  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    78,715       469,141  

VF Corp.

    215,844       6,455,894  
   

 

 

 
      54,443,142  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%            

Essent Group Ltd.

    70,996       2,475,631  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    198,384       2,543,283  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    310,246       2,646,398  
   

 

 

 
      7,665,312  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Tobacco — 1.2%

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,169,289     $ 47,215,890  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,006,530       83,552,055  
   

 

 

 
      130,767,945  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.(b)

    194,471       8,953,445  

GATX Corp.(b)

    22,899       1,949,850  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    30,130       2,193,765  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    18,162       4,905,919  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    109,751       2,495,738  

Watsco, Inc.

    7,299       1,879,201  

WW Grainger, Inc.(b)

    29,368       14,366,532  
   

 

 

 
      36,744,450  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    118,038       15,363,826  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    57,673       2,386,509  
   

 

 

 
      17,750,335  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    390,844       52,439,539  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $11,156,138,126)

       10,712,663,733  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(e)

   

Money Market Funds — 1.3%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    126,793,811     $ 126,831,849  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    11,543,967       11,543,967  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3%
(Cost: $138,329,155)

 

    138,375,816  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.1%
(Cost: $11,294,467,281)

 

    10,851,039,549  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (122,470,025
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  10,728,569,524  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

    

    

 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  70,219,115     $  56,558,483 (a)    $     $ 25,395     $ 28,856     $ 126,831,849       126,793,811     $ 92,179 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    22,420,000             (10,876,033 )(a)                  11,543,967       11,543,967       140,189          
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    31,448,652       4,525,942       (826,044     82,821       (9,374,814     25,856,557       46,988       417,806          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $   108,216     $ (9,345,958   $   164,232,373       $   650,174     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

           

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     103             12/16/22           $ 18,548          $ (1,723,925

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     30       12/16/22       6,625          (606,873
           

 

 

 
            $   (2,330,798
           

 

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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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:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $  2,330,798      $      $      $      $  2,330,798  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, 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 September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (4,247,871    $      $      $      $ (4,247,871
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (3,823,517    $      $      $      $  (3,823,517
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 29,778,238  

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  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 313,776,991         $        $        $ 313,776,991   

Air Freight & Logistics

     74,493,789                            74,493,789  

Airlines

     40,305,062                            40,305,062  

Auto Components

     25,668,992                            25,668,992  

Automobiles

     64,621,352                            64,621,352  

Banks

     582,160,372                            582,160,372  

Beverages

     290,197,851                            290,197,851  

Biotechnology

     220,990,056                            220,990,056  

Building Products

     69,958,693                            69,958,693  

Capital Markets

     259,693,431                            259,693,431  

Chemicals

     274,827,769                            274,827,769  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     57,469,237                            57,469,237  

Communications Equipment

     81,901,524                            81,901,524  

Construction & Engineering

     23,460,969                            23,460,969  

Construction Materials

     12,648,797                            12,648,797  

Consumer Finance

     47,928,441                            47,928,441  

Containers & Packaging

     54,918,717                            54,918,717  

Distributors

     18,198,627                            18,198,627  

Diversified Consumer Services

     5,411,978                            5,411,978  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

                                                                                                                               

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Diversified Financial Services

   $ 316,709,275        $        $        $ 316,709,275  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     183,496,538                            183,496,538  

Electric Utilities

     409,303,325                            409,303,325  

Electrical Equipment

     101,091,955                            101,091,955  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     101,095,846                            101,095,846  

Energy Equipment & Services

     66,753,532                            66,753,532  

Entertainment

     191,374,500                            191,374,500  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     381,801,312                            381,801,312  

Food & Staples Retailing

     262,600,091                            262,600,091  

Food Products

     224,708,275                            224,708,275  

Gas Utilities

     25,336,089                            25,336,089  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     340,483,702                            340,483,702  

Health Care Providers & Services

     569,733,270                            569,733,270  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     258,072,551                            258,072,551  

Household Durables

     51,062,358                            51,062,358  

Household Products

     281,324,927                            281,324,927  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     11,431,875                            11,431,875  

Industrial Conglomerates

     156,838,533                            156,838,533  

Insurance

     404,229,354                            404,229,354  

Interactive Media & Services

     19,549,859                            19,549,859  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     3,067,046                            3,067,046  

IT Services

     529,737,629                            529,737,629  

Leisure Products

     9,422,464                            9,422,464  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     71,835,090                            71,835,090  

Machinery

     273,084,724                            273,084,724  

Marine

     2,340,435                            2,340,435  

Media

     147,337,008                            147,337,008  

Metals & Mining

     61,343,086                            61,343,086  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     4,842,500                            4,842,500  

Multiline Retail

     82,167,857                            82,167,857  

Multi-Utilities

     185,912,326                            185,912,326  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     736,464,947                            736,464,947  

Personal Products

     17,658,907                            17,658,907  

Pharmaceuticals

     630,342,339                            630,342,339  

Professional Services

     49,199,230                            49,199,230  

Real Estate Management & Development

     9,435,222                            9,435,222  

Road & Rail

     132,699,320                            132,699,320  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     294,197,372                            294,197,372  

Software

     112,673,033          8,351,794                   121,024,827  

Specialty Retail

     145,501,399                            145,501,399  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     29,609,467                            29,609,467  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     54,443,142                            54,443,142  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     7,665,312                            7,665,312  

Tobacco

     130,767,945                            130,767,945  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     36,744,450                            36,744,450  

Water Utilities

     17,750,335                            17,750,335  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     52,439,539                            52,439,539  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     138,375,816                            138,375,816  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 10,842,687,755        $ 8,351,794        $        $ 10,851,039,549  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (2,330,798      $        $        $ (2,330,798
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Core S&P

Mid-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

Small-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Growth

ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Value ETF

 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 54,866,559,916     $ 4,156,744,350     $ 10,366,372,183     $ 10,686,807,176    

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    3,773,802,603       57,775,398,662       212,487,038       164,232,373  

Cash

    7,987,123       17,053,513       2,504,246       5,296,320  

Cash pledged:

       

Collateral — OTC derivatives

    3,094,000       103,230,000              

Futures contracts

    9,613,100       17,910,000       1,133,620       1,937,190  

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    816,866,044       636,823,097       45,544,796       34,937,154  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    1,654,561       1,008,999       55,469       18,322  

Swaps

    112,632                    

Capital shares sold

    338,610,736       362,273,645       28,409,443       15,643,896  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    69,328,655       74,662,758       2,305,456       14,982,747  

Dividends — affiliated

    328,494       2,084,454       33,016       40,076  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    59,887,957,864       63,147,189,478       10,658,845,267       10,923,895,254  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Collateral on securities loaned

    3,646,278,536       3,201,861,938       171,451,598       126,787,019  

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

    713,070,810       740,803,578       78,183,892       67,769,205  

Swaps

          70,720,849              

Capital shares redeemed

    460,884,920       348,420,920              

Investment advisory fees

    2,446,694       3,124,527       367,775       380,494  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,198,500       1,802,568       261,507       389,012  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

    4,365,683       76,412,249              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    4,828,245,143       4,443,146,629       250,264,772       195,325,730  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 55,059,712,721     $ 58,704,042,849     $ 10,408,580,495      $ 10,728,569,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 56,435,005,325     $ 63,139,095,441     $ 10,140,441,960     $ 11,705,800,656  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    (1,375,292,604     (4,435,052,592     268,138,535       (977,231,132
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  55,059,712,721     $  58,704,042,849     $  10,408,580,495     $  10,728,569,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

       

Shares outstanding

  $ 251,000,000     $ 673,950,000     $ 129,750,000     $ 171,450,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 219.36     $ 87.10     $ 80.22     $ 62.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 54,955,154,902     $ 4,551,004,962     $ 9,855,844,542     $ 11,123,594,421  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 3,522,813,342     $ 3,084,401,547     $ 165,724,283     $ 122,090,752  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 3,772,067,321     $ 61,259,085,033     $ 216,221,283     $ 170,872,860  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Core S&P

Mid-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

Small-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Growth

ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 550,440,655     $ 35,564,901     $ 56,408,329     $ 135,081,215    

Dividends — affiliated

    1,120,646       495,316,111       576,677       557,995  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    18,556,304       4,960,562       458,096       92,179  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (444,093     (27,365     (15,659
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    570,117,605       535,397,481       57,415,737       135,715,730  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    15,213,619       19,656,813       2,288,117       2,338,386  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    15,213,619       19,656,813       2,288,117       2,338,386  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    554,903,986       515,740,668       55,127,620       133,377,344  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (481,434,343     (134,352,677     (53,846,379     (43,768,613

Investments — affiliated

    39,547       (271,473,660     (36,572     (79,372

Futures contracts

    (14,641,148     (6,829,671     (3,561,461     (4,247,871

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    1,016,166,660       139,847,079       232,134,259       66,919,623  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

          1,712,773,210       308,838       187,588  

Swaps

    (13,106,377     (94,392,877            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    507,024,339       1,345,571,404       174,998,685       19,011,355  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (12,719,446,522     (1,154,127,528     (3,288,652,087     (2,197,000,436

Investments — affiliated

    1,647,404       (14,139,340,800     (10,565,316     (9,345,958

Futures contracts

    (15,649,286     (15,843,386     (2,845,741     (3,823,517

Swaps

    (5,848,186     (87,003,947            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (12,739,296,590     (15,396,315,661     (3,302,063,144     (2,210,169,911
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (12,232,272,251     (14,050,744,257     (3,127,064,459     (2,191,158,556
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  (11,677,368,265   $  (13,535,003,589   $  (3,071,936,839   $  (2,057,781,212
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF     iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
                         
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 554,903,986     $ 811,894,676     $ 515,740,668     $ 722,885,353  

Net realized gain

    507,024,339       4,258,650,564       1,345,571,404       5,970,340,526  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (12,739,296,590     (2,379,387,402     (15,396,315,661     (6,138,369,512 )  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (11,677,368,265     2,691,157,838       (13,535,003,589     554,856,367  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (534,910,588     (842,798,749     (502,436,760     (1,058,667,702
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    1,248,172,721       3,037,584,731       671,203,633       4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (10,964,106,132     4,885,943,820       (13,366,236,716     3,797,267,480  

Beginning of period

    66,023,818,853       61,137,875,033       72,070,279,565       68,273,012,085  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  55,059,712,721     $  66,023,818,853     $  58,704,042,849     $  72,070,279,565  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF     iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
                         
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 55,127,620     $ 85,009,485     $ 133,377,344     $ 222,080,510  

Net realized gain

    174,998,685       1,351,036,924       19,011,355       543,813,091  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (3,302,063,144     327,529,213       (2,210,169,911     448,061,179  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,071,936,839     1,763,575,622       (2,057,781,212     1,213,954,780  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (53,419,613     (85,386,412     (128,676,770     (219,854,566 )  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    676,603,699       717,396,779       791,172,816       2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (2,448,752,753     2,395,585,989       (1,395,285,166     3,038,987,686  

Beginning of period

    12,857,333,248       10,461,747,259       12,123,854,690       9,084,867,004  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  10,408,580,495     $  12,857,333,248     $  10,728,569,524     $  12,123,854,690  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 268.39     $ 260.16     $ 143.87     $ 189.34     $ 187.51     $ 171.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    2.24       3.41       2.74       3.12       2.85       2.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss)(b)

    (49.13     8.35       116.36       (45.14     1.84       15.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (46.89     11.76       119.10       (42.02     4.69       18.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (2.14     (3.53     (2.81     (3.45     (2.86     (2.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 219.36     $ 268.39     $ 260.16     $ 143.87     $ 189.34     $ 187.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (17.50 )%(e)      4.51     83.36     (22.53 )%      2.50     10.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.05 %(g)      0.05     0.05     0.07     0.07     0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.82 %(g)      1.26     1.36     1.62     1.50     1.49
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  55,059,713     $  66,023,819     $  61,137,875     $  35,722,456     $  48,206,329     $  44,663,981  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    9     16 %       20 %       15 %       17 %       10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 107.93     $ 108.34     $ 56.22     $ 77.13     $ 77.05     $ 69.23  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.78       1.13       1.03       1.06       1.09       0.98  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (20.85     0.12       52.13       (20.77     0.11       7.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (20.07     1.25       53.16       (19.71     1.20       8.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.76     (1.66     (1.04     (1.20     (1.12     (0.94
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 87.10     $ 107.93     $ 108.34     $ 56.22     $ 77.13     $ 77.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (18.63 )%(e)      1.12     95.23 %(f)      (25.89 )%      1.53     12.71
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

           

Total expenses

    0.06 %(h)      0.06     0.06     0.07     0.07     0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.57 %(h)      1.02     1.28     1.36     1.35     1.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  58,704,043     $  72,070,280     $  68,273,012     $  31,863,332     $  43,064,083     $  36,636,388  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    10     16 %       20 %       16 %       14 %       12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 105.47     $ 90.74     $ 57.16     $ 60.31     $ 54.56     $ 46.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.44       0.72       0.76       0.92       0.81       0.76  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (25.27     14.73       33.62       (2.97     5.68       8.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (24.83     15.45       34.38       (2.05     6.49       8.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.42     (0.72     (0.80     (1.10     (0.74     (0.72
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 80.22     $ 105.47     $ 90.74     $ 57.16     $ 60.31     $ 54.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (23.57 )%(e)      17.03     60.34     (3.54 )%      11.95     19.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 %(g)      0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.05
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.96 %(g)      0.69     0.96     1.44     1.41     1.46
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  10,408,580     $  12,857,333     $  10,461,747     $   6,893,329     $   5,985,790     $   3,693,673  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     15 %       14 %       35 %       31 %       24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 75.80     $ 68.82     $ 46.23     $ 54.82     $ 53.08     $ 50.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.81       1.50       1.43       1.45       1.37       1.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (13.26     6.93       22.60       (8.57     1.68       2.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (12.45     8.43       24.03       (7.12     3.05       3.79  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.77     (1.45     (1.44     (1.47     (1.31     (1.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 62.58     $ 75.80     $ 68.82     $ 46.23     $ 54.82     $ 53.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (16.49 )%(e)      12.33     52.59     (13.34 )%      5.83     7.55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 %(g)      0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.05
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.28 %(g)      2.04     2.48     2.52     2.53     2.42
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  10,728,570     $  12,123,855     $  9,084,867     $   5,270,383     $   5,208,349     $   3,434,150  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     20 %       25 %       34 %       35 %       27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

 

iShares ETF  

Diversification

Classification

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P Small-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Growth(a)

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Value

  Diversified

 

 

  (a) 

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as its underlying index is diversified. The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status due solely to a change in its relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index.

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 

 

(a) 

   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 35,548,522      $ (35,548,522   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    10,572,759        (10,572,759            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    2,942,983        (2,942,983            

BNP Paribas SA

    475,265,387        (475,265,387            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    186,576,894        (186,576,894            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    5,152,533        (5,152,533            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    110,537,843        (110,537,843            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    721,161        (721,161            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,073,260        (1,073,260            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    741,955,017        (741,955,017            

HSBC Bank PLC

    78,578,386        (78,578,386            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    598,094        (598,094            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    474,090,330        (474,090,330            

Jefferies LLC

    18,630,276        (18,630,276            

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

    84,350        (84,350            

Morgan Stanley

    483,727,136        (483,727,136            

National Financial Services LLC

    29,445,694        (29,445,694            

Natixis SA

    14,372,091        (14,372,091            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    3,910        (3,910            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    197,841,069        (197,841,069            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    68,986,018        (68,986,018            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    6,806,525        (6,806,525            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    30,973,949        (30,973,949            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    118,275,857        (118,275,857            

UBS AG

    342,086,008        (342,086,008            

UBS Securities LLC

    34,014,088        (34,014,088            

Virtu Americas LLC

    14,504,658        (14,504,658            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    35,307,599        (35,307,599            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    4,140,945        (4,140,945            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 3,522,813,342      $ (3,522,813,342   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P Small-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 11,593,447      $ (11,593,447   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    5,284,441        (5,284,441            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    139,769        (139,769            

BNP Paribas SA

    416,861,249        (416,861,249            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    175,589,647        (175,589,647            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    11,792,213        (11,792,213            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    100,488,507        (100,488,507            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    232,965        (232,965            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    336,339        (336,339            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    653,082,080        (653,082,080            

HSBC Bank PLC

    34,064,329        (34,064,329            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    65,618        (65,618            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    497,287,025        (497,287,025            

Jefferies LLC

    51,301,548        (51,301,548            

Morgan Stanley

    434,800,526        (434,800,526            

National Financial Services LLC

    92,738,569        (92,738,569            

Natixis SA

    2,057,105        (2,057,105            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    2,680,431        (2,680,431            

Pershing LLC

    4,560,485        (4,560,485            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    9,009,244        (9,009,244            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    28,955,063        (28,955,063            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    11,153,347        (11,153,347            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    108,729,925        (108,729,925            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    107,448,272        (107,448,272            

UBS AG

    139,821,101        (139,821,101            

UBS Securities LLC

    44,793,683        (44,793,683            

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   


Non-Cash

Collateral Received,
at Fair Value

 


(a) 

   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Core S&P Small-Cap (continued)

        

Virtu Americas LLC

  $ 11,222,166      $ (11,222,166   $     $  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    109,877,251        (109,877,251            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    18,435,202        (18,435,202            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 3,084,401,547      $ (3,084,401,547   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Growth

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 47,076,976      $ (47,076,976   $     $  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    424,999        (424,999            

BNP Paribas SA

    10,793,386        (10,793,386            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    30,517,227        (30,517,227            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    1,886,021        (1,886,021            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    7,582,824        (7,582,824            

HSBC Bank PLC

    700,380        (700,380            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    11,070,319        (11,070,319            

Morgan Stanley

    4,165,407        (4,165,407            

National Financial Services LLC

    207,844        (205,100           2,744  

RBC Capital Market LLC

    9,109,899        (9,109,899            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    6,619,650        (6,619,650            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    20,390,845        (20,390,845            

UBS AG

    13,044,865        (13,044,865            

UBS Securities LLC

    1,309,951        (1,309,951            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    823,690        (823,690            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 165,724,283      $ (165,721,539   $     $ 2,744  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 44,002      $ (44,002   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1,324        (1,324            

BNP Paribas SA

    16,027,356        (16,027,356            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    4,474,708        (4,474,708            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    12,080,746        (12,080,746            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    122,304        (122,304            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    3,478,037        (3,478,037            

HSBC Bank PLC

    13,083,275        (13,083,275            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    2,693,731        (2,693,731            

Jefferies LLC

    535,669        (535,669            

Morgan Stanley

    2,937,202        (2,937,202            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    4,573,040        (4,573,040            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    1,147,467        (1,147,467            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    1,675,318        (1,675,318            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    2,821,647        (2,821,647            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    19,372,994        (19,372,994            

UBS AG

    36,109,517        (36,109,517            

UBS Securities LLC

    289,895        (289,895            

Virtu Americas LLC

    240,317        (240,317            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    382,203        (382,203            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 122,090,752      $ (122,090,752   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in

 

 

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an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

 

 

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For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

    0.05

Core S&P Small-Cap

    0.06  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    0.04  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    0.04  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) for the Funds, with the exception of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, which SSB performed ETF Services prior to April 11, 2022.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  5,008,205  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    1,840,012  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    136,666  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    38,585  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

 

 

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For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  883,627,438      $  1,217,727,913      $  (332,592,498

Core S&P Small-Cap

    942,473,576        857,529,031        33,649,741  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    38,738,859        17,730,900        (9,527,051

Core S&P U.S. Value

    52,921,048        25,203,143        (6,540,406

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases     Sales  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  5,404,266,456     $  5,378,145,742  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    6,317,677,675       6,465,991,387  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    195,568,175           190,919,502  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    282,149,704       263,402,715  

 

 

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
   

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  4,318,825,624     $  3,099,861,142  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    6,348,659,947           5,463,772,298  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    1,197,057,804       522,336,037  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    1,060,262,733       273,688,826  

 

 

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  1,362,420,891  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    1,050,074,976  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    395,394,677  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    515,825,848  

 

 

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $   59,158,754,497      $ 7,227,673,615      $ (7,760,057,041   $ (532,383,426

Core S&P Small-Cap

    66,573,148,607        7,071,773,133          (11,803,776,325       (4,732,003,192

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    10,089,186,960        1,313,609,552        (825,240,621     488,368,931  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    11,334,651,189        944,503,838        (1,430,024,471     (485,520,633

 

 

 

 

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9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

 

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LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

       
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

        

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
 iShares ETF   Shares     Amount           Shares     Amount  

 Core S&P Mid-Cap

          

Shares sold

    17,850,000     $ 4,367,020,789          44,950,000     $ 12,187,553,091  

Shares redeemed

    (12,850,000     (3,118,848,068        (33,950,000     (9,149,968,360
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,000,000     $ 1,248,172,721          11,000,000     $ 3,037,584,731  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P Small-Cap

          

Shares sold

    64,950,000     $ 6,333,914,358          122,700,000     $   13,651,203,551  

Shares redeemed

    (58,750,000 )          (5,662,710,725        (85,100,000 )          (9,350,124,736
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    6,200,000     $ 671,203,633          37,600,000     $ 4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P U.S. Growth

          

Shares sold

    13,600,000     $ 1,200,419,873          32,600,000     $ 3,543,506,031  

Shares redeemed

    (5,750,000     (523,816,174        (26,000,000     (2,826,109,252
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    7,850,000     $ 676,603,699          6,600,000     $ 717,396,779  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P U.S. Value

          

Shares sold

    15,550,000     $     1,066,129,278          45,100,000     $ 3,309,869,059  

Shares redeemed

    (4,050,000     (274,956,462        (17,150,000     (1,264,981,587
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    11,500,000     $ 791,172,816          27,950,000     $ 2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Core S&PU.S. Growth ETF, iShares Core S&PU.S. Value ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in

 

 

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response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may

 

 

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impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

                                                                                                                                       
     
   

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

   

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

   

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap(a)

  $   2.067384         $         $   0.072500         $   2.139884               97         3     100

Core S&P Small-Cap(a)

    0.703602             0.052900       0.756502       93             7       100  

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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