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  MARCH 31, 2022

 

   2022 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF | XVV | Cboe BZX

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF | XJH | Cboe BZX

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF | XJR | Cboe BZX


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of March 31, 2022 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. However, rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices were mixed, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, which particularly weighed on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted a strong advance. International equities from developed markets gained slightly, although emerging market stocks declined, 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 during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, although the improving economy assuaged credit concerns and high-yield corporate bonds consequently declined less than investment-grade corporate bonds.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is growing faster than expected, raised interest rates in March 2022, the first increase of this business cycle. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and raised the prospect of reversing the flow and reducing its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new tone led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.

Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metal markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even higher. Sharp increases in energy prices will exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks amid the ebb and flow of the pandemic, will be an especially challenging environment for setting effective monetary policy. Despite the likelihood of more rate increases on the horizon, we believe the Fed will err on the side of protecting employment, even at the expense of higher inflation.

In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as valuations have become more attractive and inflation-adjusted interest rates remain low. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. We favor U.S. equities due to strong earnings momentum, while Japanese equities should benefit from supportive monetary and fiscal policy. We are underweight credit overall, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities for additional yield. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability and quality can help provide portfolio resilience.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2022

 

     
  6-Month   12-Month 
   

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

  5.92 %     15.65
   

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

  (5.55 )   (5.79 )
   

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

  (3.38 )   1.16
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (8.20 )   (11.37 )
   

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

  0.05   0.07
   

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

  (6.04 )   (3.31 )
   

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

  (5.92 )   (4.15 )
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (5.55 )   (4.47 )
   

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

  (4.16 )   (0.66 )
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

Market Overview

   4

Fund Summary

   5

About Fund Performance

   11

Shareholder Expenses

   11

Schedules of Investments

   12

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   36

Statements of Operations

   37

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   38

Financial Highlights

   40

Notes to Financial Statements

   43

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   51

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

   52

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   53

Supplemental Information

   54

Trustee and Officer Information

   55

General Information

   58

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   59

 

 

 


Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended March 31, 2022 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 11.92%. The strengthening economy supported equities, as high consumer spending drove robust growth, and most remaining coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions were eased. Increased economic activity led to strong corporate earnings as companies reaped the benefits of the recovery. Nonetheless, significant challenges emerged, particularly during the second half of the reporting period, including high inflation, rising interest rates, and the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. economic recovery was powered primarily by consumers, who were supported by strong household balance sheets. Prior to the beginning of the reporting period, fiscal stimulus and business closures led to record-high personal savings rates. This allowed consumers to spend at an elevated level throughout much of the reporting period, as pent-up demand was released. The ensuing acceleration in economic activity allowed the U.S. to reach and then surpass its pre-pandemic output level. Hiring increased as businesses restored capacity, and unemployment decreased substantially, falling to 3.6% in March 2022.

The growing economy and rapid increases in consumer spending drove a significant rise in inflation. Supply chains for many goods were disrupted by the pandemic and were unable to quickly adapt to the rapid rebound in demand. In one prominent example of this dynamic, a global shortage of semiconductors created bottlenecks in the production of many goods, including automobiles. Consequently, the price of used cars rose sharply during the reporting period and was a notable factor in overall inflation. Oil prices also rose significantly as demand increased, and the supply of oil was constrained by a lack of investment. The strong job market led to higher wages, particularly at the lower end of the market. These factors led to higher prices in many areas of the economy. By the end of the reporting period the consumer price index, a widely used measure of prices in the U.S., grew at the fastest rate since 1982.

Rising inflation led to a shift in policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”). As the reporting period began, the Fed was using accommodative monetary policy to stimulate the economy. Short-term interest rates were kept at near zero levels, and the Fed used bond-buying programs to stabilize debt markets. However, rising prices led the Fed to tighten monetary policy in the second half of the reporting period in an attempt to prevent runaway inflation. The Fed slowed and then ended its bond-buying activities and discussed plans to begin reducing its balance sheet by selling bonds later in 2022. In March 2022, it raised short-term interest rates and indicated that further increases could be necessary. Interest rates rose significantly in anticipation of further tightening, leading to higher borrowing costs for businesses.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 raised the prospect of substantial disruptions to the global economy and increased uncertainty in financial markets. The invasion was met with widespread condemnation and sanctions imposed by many countries on the Russian state, businesses, and individuals. This led to sharp volatility in energy markets, as Russia is a top producer of both oil and natural gas. Furthermore, both Russia and Ukraine are notable exporters of wheat, and the war’s disruption led to concerns surrounding food prices.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P 500 Sustainability Screened 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    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    14.74      23.54       14.74      38.00

Fund Market

    14.47        23.59         14.47        38.08  

Index

    14.81        23.69               14.81        38.21  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
      $        1,000.00          $        1,046.80          $        0.41               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.50          $        0.40          0.08

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (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 “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of large-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, posted a strong advance for the reporting period. The information technology sector contributed the most to the Index’s relative return, driven primarily by the strong performance of the largest companies in the sector. These companies benefited from network effects, which allowed them to use existing products and services to make their offerings more attractive to new customers.

Stocks in the healthcare sector advanced, buoyed by earnings growth and a partial return to normalcy in medical care as the coronavirus pandemic abated. The financials sector also contributed to the Index’s return, as the strengthening economy and higher interest rates drove earnings growth.

In terms of relative performance, the Index slightly underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P 500 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 7.8 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of AA. The Index held relatively overweight positions in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors and underweight positions in the energy and industrials sectors. The underweight in energy was the largest detractor from relative performance, while the overweight to information technology contributed slightly.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Information Technology

    30.9

Health Care

    13.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    13.3  

Financials

    11.7  

Communication Services

    10.3  

Industrials

    6.3  

Consumer Staples

    5.4  

Real Estate

    3.0  

Materials

    2.8  

Utilities

    1.5  

Energy

    1.1  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Apple Inc.

    7.8

Microsoft Corp.

    6.7  

Amazon.com Inc.

    4.1  

Tesla Inc.

    2.6  

Alphabet Inc., Class A

    2.4  

Alphabet Inc., Class C

    2.2  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.0  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

    1.9  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A

    1.5  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    1.4  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Sustainability Screened 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    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    2.88      29.02       2.88      47.42

Fund Market

    2.77        29.16         2.77        47.67  

Index

    3.01        29.29               3.01        47.86  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
      $        1,000.00          $        1,018.00          $        0.60               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.30          $        0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (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 “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of mid-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, advanced for the reporting period. The real estate sector was the top contributor to the Index’s return amid a nationwide rise in both residential and commercial property prices. Despite rising interest rates, borrowing costs were historically low for much of the reporting period, benefiting the sector, which relies heavily on debt financing.

The financials sector was another source of strength, as premiums and income grew in the insurance industry, and many insurers were able to increase insurance rates in an environment of higher inflation. On the downside, stocks in the consumer discretionary sector declined amid slowing revenue growth and supply chain constraints.

In terms of relative performance, the Index underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 6.3 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of A. The Index held relatively overweight positions in the industrials and financials sectors and underweight positions in the utilities and energy sectors. The underweight position in energy and stock selection in consumer discretionary were the largest detractors from relative performance, while stock selection in information technology contributed.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Industrials

    19.2

Information Technology

    15.0  

Financials

    14.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    14.2  

Real Estate

    10.7  

Health Care

    9.8  

Materials

    7.6  

Consumer Staples

    3.0  

Energy

    2.1  

Utilities

    1.9  

Communication Services

    1.8  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Targa Resources Corp.

    0.8

Camden Property Trust

    0.8  

Alcoa Corp.

    0.8  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    0.7  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

    0.7  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    0.6  

Cognex Corp.

    0.6  

Darling Ingredients Inc.

    0.6  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    0.6  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    0.6  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022     iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Small Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened 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    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (0.47 )%       33.10       (0.47 )%       54.59

Fund Market

    (0.52      33.10         (0.52      54.58  

Index

    (0.23      33.89               (0.23      55.94  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
      $        1,000.00          $        990.80          $        0.60               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.30          $        0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (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 “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of small-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, posted a slightly negative return for the reporting period. The consumer discretionary sector was the largest detractor from the Index’s return, as the Omicron COVID-19 variant led to reduced operating hours and temporary closures at restaurants. The healthcare sector also declined, as the stocks of many smaller companies in the sector weakened. Rising interest rates worked against companies early in the product development process, with investors seeking more predictable cash flows as the cost of borrowing increased. On the upside, the real estate sector benefited from a nationwide rise in both residential and commercial property prices, and increased production helped equipment manufacturers in the energy sector.

In terms of relative performance, the Index underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 5.3 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of BBB. The Index held a relatively overweight position in the information technology sector and underweight positions in the energy and financials sectors. The underweight position and stock selection in energy detracted the most from relative performance, while stock selection in healthcare and financials contributed.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Financials

    17.5

Industrials

    16.4  

Information Technology

    14.6  

Health Care

    12.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    11.7  

Real Estate

    9.6  

Materials

    5.7  

Consumer Staples

    4.8  

Energy

    3.2  

Communication Services

    1.9  

Utilities

    1.9  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Independence Realty Trust Inc.

    0.6

Omnicell Inc.

    0.6  

Exponent Inc.

    0.6  

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc.

    0.6  

Vonage Holdings Corp.

    0.6  

Rogers Corp.

    0.6  

Matson Inc.

    0.6  

AMN Healthcare Services Inc.

    0.5  

UFP Industries Inc.

    0.5  

ExlService Holdings Inc.

    0.5  

 

  (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. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Shareholder 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 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 a 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

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%            

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    2,507     $ 90,101  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    348       226,736  
   

 

 

 
      316,837  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    857       92,307  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    1,118       115,333  

FedEx Corp.

    1,615       373,695  

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B

    4,800       1,029,408  
   

 

 

 
          1,610,743  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    820       47,568  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    4,303       78,530  

Delta Air Lines Inc.(a)

    4,194       165,957  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    3,935       180,223  

United Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,148       99,581  
   

 

 

 
      571,859  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    1,785       213,682  

BorgWarner Inc.

    1,542       59,984  
   

 

 

 
      273,666  
Automobiles — 3.0%            

Ford Motor Co.

    25,874       437,529  

General Motors Co.(a)

    9,578       418,942  

Tesla Inc.(a)

    5,511       5,938,654  
   

 

 

 
      6,795,125  
Banks — 3.7%            

Bank of America Corp.

    46,760       1,927,447  

Citigroup Inc.

    13,079       698,419  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    2,838       128,646  

Comerica Inc.

    862       77,951  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

    4,493       193,379  

First Republic Bank/CA

    1,173       190,143  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    9,491       138,758  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    19,380       2,641,882  

KeyCorp

    6,190       138,532  

M&T Bank Corp.

    849       143,905  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    2,711       54,193  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    2,778       512,402  

Regions Financial Corp.

    6,223       138,524  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    414       121,505  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    388       217,067  

Truist Financial Corp.

    8,819       500,037  

U.S. Bancorp.

    8,920       474,098  

Zions Bancorp. N.A.

    1,014       66,478  
   

 

 

 
      8,363,366  
Beverages — 1.6%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    1,214       81,362  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    25,594       1,586,828  

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A

    1,085       249,897  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    1,238       66,084  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    2,483       198,392  

PepsiCo Inc.

    9,099       1,522,991  
   

 

 

 
      3,705,554  
Biotechnology — 2.1%            

AbbVie Inc.

    11,629       1,885,177  

Amgen Inc.

    3,706       896,185  

Biogen Inc.(a)

    969       204,071  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    8,265     $ 491,354  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    1,229       97,607  

Moderna Inc.(a)

    2,221       382,590  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    704       491,688  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,677       437,647  
   

 

 

 
          4,886,319  
Building Products — 0.5%            

A O Smith Corp.

    844       53,923  

Allegion PLC

    591       64,880  

Carrier Global Corp.

    5,602       256,964  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    883       65,589  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    4,613       302,474  

Masco Corp.

    1,545       78,795  

Trane Technologies PLC

    1,541       235,311  
   

 

 

 
      1,057,936  
Capital Markets — 3.3%            

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    741       222,567  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    4,887       242,542  

BlackRock Inc.(b)

    942       719,848  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    719       82,268  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    9,902       834,838  

CME Group Inc.

    2,372       564,204  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    250       108,537  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    1,886       52,657  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    2,240       739,424  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

    3,712       490,429  

Invesco Ltd.

    2,288       52,761  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    252       85,730  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,070       361,029  

Morgan Stanley

    9,330       815,442  

MSCI Inc.

    537       270,047  

Nasdaq Inc.

    764       136,145  

Northern Trust Corp.

    1,367       159,187  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    1,215       133,541  

S&P Global Inc.

    2,341       960,231  

State Street Corp.

    2,432       211,876  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    1,513       228,750  
   

 

 

 
      7,472,053  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

    1,459       364,619  

Albemarle Corp.

    775       171,391  

Celanese Corp.

    712       101,723  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    1,419       146,242  

Corteva Inc.

    4,805       276,191  

Dow Inc.

    4,838       308,277  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    847       94,915  

Ecolab Inc.

    1,646       290,618  

FMC Corp.

    825       108,545  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    1,679       220,503  

Linde PLC

    3,373       1,077,437  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    1,740       178,907  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    2,431       161,662  

PPG Industries Inc.

    1,569       205,649  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    1,585       395,648  
   

 

 

 
      4,102,327  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

Cintas Corp.

    577       245,450  

Copart Inc.(a)

    1,411       177,038  

Republic Services Inc.

    1,378       182,585  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Rollins Inc.

    1,494     $ 52,365  

Waste Management Inc.

    2,537       402,114  
   

 

 

 
          1,059,552  
Communications Equipment — 1.0%  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    1,490       207,080  

Cisco Systems Inc.

    27,737       1,546,615  

F5 Inc.(a)

    401       83,789  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    2,066       76,773  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    1,114       269,811  
   

 

 

 
      2,184,068  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Quanta Services Inc.

    940       123,713  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    410       157,805  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    878       161,288  
   

 

 

 
      319,093  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%  

American Express Co.

    4,049       757,163  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    2,735       359,078  

Discover Financial Services

    1,901       209,471  

Synchrony Financial

    3,443       119,851  
   

 

 

 
      1,445,563  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Amcor PLC

    9,799       111,023  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    546       94,988  

Ball Corp.

    2,108       189,720  

International Paper Co.

    2,547       117,544  

Packaging Corp. of America

    611       95,383  

Sealed Air Corp.

    970       64,951  

Westrock Co.

    1,769       83,196  
   

 

 

 
      756,805  
Distributors — 0.1%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    929       117,073  

LKQ Corp.

    1,777       80,693  

Pool Corp.

    262       110,787  
   

 

 

 
      308,553  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B(a)

    12,053       4,253,624  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%  

AT&T Inc.

    47,168       1,114,580  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

    6,036       68,026  

Verizon Communications Inc.

    27,727       1,412,413  
   

 

 

 
      2,595,019  
Electric Utilities — 1.0%  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    2,156       121,275  

Edison International

    2,489       174,479  

Entergy Corp.

    1,334       155,745  

Eversource Energy

    2,255       198,868  

Exelon Corp.

    6,396       304,642  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    3,714       170,324  

NextEra Energy Inc.

    12,958       1,097,672  
   

 

 

 
          2,223,005  
Electrical Equipment — 0.6%  

AMETEK Inc.

    1,526       203,232  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    2,612       396,397  

Emerson Electric Co.

    3,915       383,866  

Generac Holdings Inc.(a)

    423       125,741  
Security   Shares     Value  

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    767     $ 214,783  
   

 

 

 
          1,324,019  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    3,950       297,633  

CDW Corp./DE

    897       160,464  

Corning Inc.

    4,934       182,114  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    221       24,257  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,220       192,723  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    2,150       281,607  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    1,639       118,237  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    355       146,864  
   

 

 

 
      1,403,899  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    5,921       215,584  

Halliburton Co.

    5,950       225,326  

Schlumberger NV

    9,263       382,655  
   

 

 

 
      823,565  
Entertainment — 1.6%  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    5,159       413,288  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    1,862       235,562  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    877       103,170  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    2,880       1,078,819  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    763       117,304  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

    11,878       1,629,186  
   

 

 

 
      3,577,329  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.9%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

    961       193,401  

American Tower Corp.

    3,013       756,926  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

    912       226,513  

Boston Properties Inc.

    945       121,716  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    2,853       526,664  

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

    1,866       264,599  

Duke Realty Corp.

    2,488       144,453  

Equinix Inc.

    594       440,522  

Equity Residential

    2,236       201,061  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

    430       148,556  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    870       178,872  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    469       57,251  

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    3,519       120,807  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    4,683       90,991  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    1,906       105,611  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    4,038       99,739  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

    744       155,831  

Prologis Inc.

    4,889       789,476  

Public Storage

    999       389,890  

Realty Income Corp.

    3,726       258,212  

Regency Centers Corp.

    1,027       73,266  

SBA Communications Corp.

    717       246,720  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    2,172       285,748  

UDR Inc.

    1,984       113,822  

Ventas Inc.

    2,613       161,379  

Vornado Realty Trust

    1,065       48,266  

Welltower Inc.

    2,876       276,499  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    4,909       186,051  
   

 

 

 
      6,662,842  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    2,922       1,682,634  

Kroger Co. (The)

    4,379       251,223  

Sysco Corp.

    3,351       273,609  

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

 

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    4,756     $ 212,926  
   

 

 

 
          2,420,392  
Food Products — 1.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    3,667       330,984  

Campbell Soup Co.

    1,347       60,036  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    3,113       104,503  

General Mills Inc.

    3,951       267,562  

Hershey Co. (The)

    956       207,098  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    1,885       97,153  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    678       91,808  

Kellogg Co.

    1,637       105,570  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    4,678       184,266  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    956       57,274  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    1,638       163,472  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    9,188       576,823  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    1,908       171,014  
   

 

 

 
      2,417,563  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    876       104,673  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    11,640       1,377,710  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    300       99,372  

Align Technology Inc.(a)

    486       211,896  

Baxter International Inc.

    3,308       256,502  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    1,865       496,090  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    9,403       416,459  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    324       135,299  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    1,410       69,400  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    641       327,936  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    4,125       485,595  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    1,646       126,446  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    559       305,806  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.(a)

    2,364       713,171  

Medtronic PLC

    8,866       983,683  

ResMed Inc.

    964       233,780  

STERIS PLC

    661       159,810  

Stryker Corp.

    2,219       593,250  

Teleflex Inc.

    308       109,288  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    1,379       176,374  
   

 

 

 
      7,277,867  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    969       149,914  

Anthem Inc.

    1,592       782,022  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    1,840       104,328  

Centene Corp.(a)

    3,835       322,869  

Cigna Corp.

    2,134       511,328  

CVS Health Corp.

    8,623       872,734  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    393       44,452  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

    1,582       396,481  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    894       77,948  

Humana Inc.

    845       367,719  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    614       161,887  

McKesson Corp.

    981       300,313  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    786       107,572  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    6,199       3,161,304  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    484       70,156  
   

 

 

 
      7,431,027  
Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Technology — 0.1%

 

Cerner Corp.

    1,936     $ 181,132  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%  

Booking Holdings Inc.(a)

    271       636,430  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,413       109,310  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    5,377       108,723  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    185       292,675  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    843       112,077  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    241       98,089  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    991       193,909  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,836       278,595  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    2,295       89,207  

Marriott International Inc./MD, Class A(a)

    1,808       317,756  

McDonald’s Corp.

    4,910       1,214,145  

MGM Resorts International

    2,489       104,389  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    2,755       60,279  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(c)

    1,065       45,177  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    1,490       124,832  

Starbucks Corp.

    7,598       691,190  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    689       54,941  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    1,887       223,666  
   

 

 

 
      4,755,390  
Household Durables — 0.3%  

DR Horton Inc.

    2,130       158,706  

Garmin Ltd.

    1,005       119,203  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    1,726       140,099  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    363       45,085  

Newell Brands Inc.

    2,553       54,660  

NVR Inc.(a)

    21       93,813  

PulteGroup Inc.

    1,643       68,842  

Whirlpool Corp.

    390       67,384  
   

 

 

 
      747,792  
Household Products — 1.5%  

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,598       158,809  

Clorox Co. (The)

    813       113,031  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    5,494       416,610  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    2,225       274,031  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    15,778           2,410,879  
   

 

 

 
      3,373,360  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%  

General Electric Co.

    7,261       664,382  

Roper Technologies Inc.

    693       327,255  
   

 

 

 
      991,637  
Insurance — 2.3%  

Aflac Inc.

    3,963       255,178  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    1,834       254,027  

American International Group Inc.

    5,474       343,603  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1,413       460,115  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    1,378       240,599  

Assurant Inc.

    365       66,368  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    1,550       112,018  

Chubb Ltd.

    2,844       608,332  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    989       134,464  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    254       76,550  

Globe Life Inc.

    615       61,869  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    2,201       158,054  

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,099       71,831  

Loews Corp.

    1,159       75,126  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    3,338       568,862  

 

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March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Insurance (continued)

 

MetLife Inc.

    4,566     $ 320,898  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    1,604       117,750  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    3,845       438,292  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    2,492       294,480  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

    1,581       288,896  

W R Berkley Corp.

    1,356       90,296  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    806       190,393  
   

 

 

 
      5,228,001  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.3%  

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    1,984       5,518,198  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,830       5,111,172  

Match Group Inc.(a)

    1,865       202,800  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A(a)

    15,158       3,370,533  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    5,282       204,361  
   

 

 

 
      14,407,064  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.3%  

Amazon.com Inc.(a)

    2,885       9,404,956  

eBay Inc.

    4,121       235,968  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    852       105,887  
   

 

 

 
      9,746,811  
IT Services — 4.7%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    4,173       1,407,261  

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,083       129,299  

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

    2,777       631,879  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    759       118,184  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    3,458       310,079  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    1,614       52,665  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    375       111,229  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    4,018       403,487  

Fiserv Inc.(a)

    3,946       400,124  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    544       135,489  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    548       163,008  

Global Payments Inc.

    1,880       257,259  

International Business Machines Corp.

    5,937       771,929  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    482       94,978  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    5,694       2,034,922  

Paychex Inc.

    2,106       287,406  

PayPal Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,522       869,919  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    639       142,152  

Visa Inc., Class A

    10,941       2,426,385  
   

 

 

 
      10,747,654  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Hasbro Inc.

    855       70,042  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.0%  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    1,992       263,601  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    143       80,542  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    261       113,023  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    337       95,698  

Danaher Corp.

    4,196       1,230,813  

Illumina Inc.(a)

    1,033       360,930  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,260       291,325  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)

    152       208,725  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    833       145,325  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    2,599       1,535,099  

Waters Corp.(a)

    399       123,846  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

    491       201,659  
   

 

 

 
      4,650,586  
Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery — 1.7%

 

Caterpillar Inc.

    3,562     $ 793,685  

Cummins Inc.

    951       195,060  

Deere & Co.

    1,845       766,524  

Dover Corp.

    954       149,682  

Fortive Corp.

    2,363       143,977  

IDEX Corp.

    503       96,440  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

    1,857       388,856  

Ingersoll Rand Inc.

    2,702       136,046  

Nordson Corp.

    358       81,295  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    2,799       215,383  

PACCAR Inc.

    2,275       200,359  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    847       240,345  

Pentair PLC

    1,095       59,360  

Snap-on Inc.

    354       72,740  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    1,080       150,973  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    1,236       118,866  

Xylem Inc./NY

    1,181       100,692  
   

 

 

 
          3,910,283  
Media — 1.1%  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    788       429,870  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    29,445       1,378,615  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)

    1,088       27,113  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    2,033       50,764  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    1,639       51,874  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,087       82,332  

Fox Corp., Class B

    968       35,119  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    2,587       91,709  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,585       57,258  

News Corp., Class B

    822       18,511  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    1,362       115,607  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    4,049       153,093  
   

 

 

 
      2,491,865  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%            

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

    9,673       481,135  

Newmont Corp.

    5,215       414,332  

Nucor Corp.

    1,798       267,272  
   

 

 

 
      1,162,739  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

    4,149       127,126  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    2,249       212,935  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    3,321       232,470  

Sempra Energy

    2,110       354,733  
   

 

 

 
      927,264  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%  

Dollar General Corp.

    1,517       337,730  

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    1,481       237,182  

Target Corp.

    3,155       669,554  
   

 

 

 
      1,244,466  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

    12,698       240,119  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    3,825       327,037  

ONEOK Inc.

    2,946       208,076  

Phillips 66

    3,085       266,513  

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,651       269,183  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

    7,970       266,278  
   

 

 

 
      1,577,206  
Personal Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The), Class A

    1,537       418,556  
   

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    14,351     $ 1,048,054  

Catalent Inc.(a)

    1,186       131,528  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    5,223       1,495,711  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    16,626       1,364,163  

Organon & Co.

    1,640       57,285  

Pfizer Inc.

    36,942       1,912,487  

Viatris Inc.

    8,022       87,279  

Zoetis Inc.

    3,127       589,721  
   

 

 

 
      6,686,228  
Professional Services — 0.2%  

Equifax Inc.

    811       192,288  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    2,332       63,524  

Robert Half International Inc.

    722       82,438  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    1,060       227,508  
   

 

 

 
      565,758  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    2,212       202,442  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.1%  

CSX Corp.

    14,592       546,470  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    546       109,631  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    1,584       451,789  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    617       184,286  

Union Pacific Corp.

    4,186       1,143,657  
   

 

 

 
      2,435,833  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.6%  

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(a)

    10,782       1,178,904  

Analog Devices Inc.

    3,470       573,175  

Applied Materials Inc.

    5,845       770,371  

Broadcom Inc.

    2,714       1,708,952  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)

    886       178,777  

Intel Corp.

    26,820       1,329,199  

KLA Corp.

    991       362,765  

Lam Research Corp.

    920       494,601  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    3,690       277,267  

Micron Technology Inc.

    7,397       576,152  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    281       136,476  

NVIDIA Corp.

    16,436       4,484,727  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,750       323,890  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    715       88,732  

QUALCOMM Inc.

    7,417       1,133,466  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    1,091       145,408  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.(a)

    348       112,185  

Teradyne Inc.

    1,071       126,624  

Texas Instruments Inc.

    6,068       1,113,357  
   

 

 

 
      15,115,028  
Software — 9.8%  

Adobe Inc.(a)

    3,071       1,399,209  

ANSYS Inc.(a)

    575       182,649  

Autodesk Inc.(a)

    1,446       309,950  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    1,831       301,126  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)

    881       60,225  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    817       82,435  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    896       306,199  

Intuit Inc.

    1,824       877,052  

Microsoft Corp.

    49,370       15,221,265  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    3,901       103,455  

Oracle Corp.

    10,406       860,888  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    314       108,763  
Security   Shares     Value  

Software (continued)

 

PTC Inc.(a)

    683     $ 73,573  

salesforce.com Inc.(a)

    6,411       1,361,184  

ServiceNow Inc.(a)

    1,321       735,652  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    1,009       336,269  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    270       120,120  
   

 

 

 
      22,440,014  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    421       87,130  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    136       278,063  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    1,703       81,403  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    1,429       129,896  

CarMax Inc.(a)

    1,082       104,391  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    6,834       2,045,621  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    4,437       897,117  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    440       301,383  

Ross Stores Inc.

    2,335       211,224  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    7,881       477,431  

Tractor Supply Co.

    753       175,728  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc.(a)

    358       142,563  
   

 

 

 
      4,931,950  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.1%  

Apple Inc.

    102,057       17,820,173  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    8,594       143,606  

HP Inc.

    7,152       259,617  

NetApp Inc.

    1,486       123,338  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,330       119,567  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    2,032       100,889  
   

 

 

 
      18,567,190  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%  

Nike Inc., Class B

    8,429       1,134,206  

PVH Corp.

    461       35,317  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    305       34,599  

Tapestry Inc.

    1,780       66,127  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)

    1,222       20,799  

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

    1,355       21,084  

VF Corp.

    2,156       122,590  
   

 

 

 
      1,434,722  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.

    3,767       223,760  

United Rentals Inc.(a)

    478       169,790  
   

 

 

 
      393,550  
Water Utilities — 0.1%  

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    1,194       197,643  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

T-Mobile U.S. Inc.(a)

    3,869       496,586  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $239,951,218)

      227,966,748  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments            
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(b)(d)(e)

    12,356       12,354  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Money Market Funds (continued)  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.25%(b)(d)

    320,000     $ 320,000  
   

 

 

 
      332,354  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $332,356)

 

    332,354  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%
(Cost: $240,283,574)

 

    228,299,102  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    114,902  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  228,414,004  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(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 year ended March 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
    

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

     Value at
03/31/22
     Shares
Held at
03/31/22
     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $      $ 12,532 (a)     $      $ (176    $ (2    $ 12,354        12,356      $ 428 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     60,000        260,000 (a)                            320,000        320,000        80         

BlackRock Inc.

     106,308        1,891,184        (1,166,362      15,977        (127,259      719,848        942        13,110         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 15,801      $ (127,261    $ 1,052,202         $ 13,618      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

           

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

     18        06/17/22      $ 408      $ 22,998  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 22,998  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

   iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

For the period ended March 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (8,950
  

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:       

Futures contracts

   $ 22,244  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 283,110      

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 227,966,748        $        $        $ 227,966,748  

Money Market Funds

     332,354                            332,354  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 228,299,102        $        $        $ 228,299,102  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 22,998        $        $        $ 22,998  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    2,401     $ 330,690  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    1,377       206,770  

Hexcel Corp.

    2,943       175,020  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)

    1,989       128,191  

Woodward Inc.

    2,213       276,426  
   

 

 

 
      1,117,097  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)

    3,458       246,694  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.2%  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    11,157       166,797  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 1.5%  

Adient PLC(a)

    3,325       135,560  

Dana Inc.

    5,058       88,869  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    1,477       144,672  

Gentex Corp.

    8,298       242,053  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)

    9,857       140,856  

Lear Corp.

    2,095       298,726  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    982       107,166  
   

 

 

 
      1,157,902  
Automobiles — 0.5%  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    5,399       212,720  

Thor Industries Inc.

    1,951       153,544  
   

 

 

 
      366,264  
Banks — 7.1%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    5,248       119,444  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,464       122,859  

Bank OZK

    4,303       183,738  

Cadence Bank

    4,744       138,809  

Cathay General Bancorp.

    2,725       121,944  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    3,876       277,483  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    2,004       277,374  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    4,993       394,547  

First Financial Bankshares Inc.

    4,567       201,496  

First Horizon Corp.

    18,732       440,015  

FNB Corp.

    11,919       148,391  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    5,791       96,246  

Glacier Bancorp. Inc.

    3,806       191,366  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    3,074       160,309  

Home BancShares Inc./AR

    5,301       119,803  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,962       82,816  

Old National Bancorp./IN

    10,518       172,285  

PacWest Bancorp.

    4,226       182,267  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    2,677       246,498  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    3,269       226,803  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    5,189       254,261  

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    1,786       102,356  

UMB Financial Corp.

    1,512       146,906  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    7,599       143,317  

United Bankshares Inc./WV

    4,817       168,017  

Valley National Bancorp.

    14,783       192,475  

Webster Financial Corp.

    6,340       355,801  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    2,028       188,462  
   

 

 

 
      5,456,088  
Beverages — 0.2%  

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

    331       128,584  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology — 1.6%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,718     $ 170,991  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    11,098       251,592  

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,939       196,967  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    3,327       311,906  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    1,581       283,647  
   

 

 

 
      1,215,103  
Building Products — 2.5%  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)

    6,718       433,580  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    1,835       451,263  

Lennox International Inc.

    1,181       304,533  

Owens Corning

    3,525       322,537  

Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.

    1,523       166,068  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)

    4,038       263,803  
   

 

 

 
      1,941,784  
Capital Markets — 2.1%  

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    1,435       202,263  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    1,363       151,729  

Federated Hermes Inc.

    3,489       118,835  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    3,107       204,783  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    6,007       210,365  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    6,865       225,515  

SEI Investments Co.

    3,736       224,945  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    3,702       251,366  
   

 

 

 
      1,589,801  
Chemicals — 2.3%  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    1,857       182,747  

Avient Corp.

    3,208       153,984  

Cabot Corp.

    1,984       135,725  

Chemours Co. (The)

    5,614       176,729  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    1,381       88,481  

Minerals Technologies Inc.

    1,178       77,925  

NewMarket Corp.

    244       79,149  

RPM International Inc.

    4,548       370,389  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    1,424       175,095  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,484       124,582  

Valvoline Inc.

    6,292       198,575  
   

 

 

 
      1,763,381  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    1,724       117,232  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    1,756       196,040  

IAA Inc.(a)

    4,731       180,961  

MillerKnoll Inc.

    2,656       91,791  

MSA Safety Inc.

    1,279       169,723  

Stericycle Inc.(a)

    3,226       190,076  

Tetra Tech Inc.

    1,894       312,397  
   

 

 

 
      1,258,220  
Communications Equipment — 1.0%  

Calix Inc.(a)

    1,924       82,559  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    5,442       329,949  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,554       249,270  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    2,609       127,319  
   

 

 

 
      789,097  
Construction & Engineering — 1.6%  

AECOM

    4,958       380,824  

Dycom Industries Inc.(a)

    1,058       100,785  

EMCOR Group Inc.

    1,873       210,956  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    2,064       179,774  

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    7,133       190,094  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    746     $ 177,996  
   

 

 

 
      1,240,429  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Eagle Materials Inc.

    1,395       179,062  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%  

Navient Corp.

    5,609       95,577  

PROG Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,989       57,224  

SLM Corp.

    9,941       182,517  
   

 

 

 
      335,318  
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%  

AptarGroup Inc.

    2,309       271,308  

Greif Inc., Class A, NVS

    932       60,636  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    2,990       138,228  

Sonoco Products Co.

    3,449       215,769  
   

 

 

 
      685,941  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    142       86,829  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    1,390       134,983  

H&R Block Inc.

    5,771       150,277  

Service Corp. International

    5,785       380,768  
   

 

 

 
      752,857  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Iridium Communications Inc.(a)

    4,637       186,964  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    3,846       162,724  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 2.0%  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    1,228       232,460  

EnerSys

    1,446       107,828  

Hubbell Inc.

    1,908       350,633  

nVent Electric PLC

    5,902       205,271  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    2,378       353,799  

Sunrun Inc.(a)

    7,261       220,517  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    752       53,054  
   

 

 

 
      1,523,562  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.4%  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    2,388       283,288  

Avnet Inc.

    3,497       141,943  

Belden Inc.

    1,576       87,310  

Cognex Corp.

    6,202       478,484  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    870       237,823  

II-VI Inc.(a)

    3,730       270,388  

Jabil Inc.

    5,035       310,811  

Littelfuse Inc.

    865       215,740  

National Instruments Corp.

    4,679       189,921  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,458       150,480  

Vishay Intertechnology Inc.

    4,656       91,258  

Vontier Corp.(b)

    5,950       151,070  
   

 

 

 
      2,608,516  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

ChampionX Corp.(a)

    7,089       173,539  

NOV Inc.

    13,774       270,108  
   

 

 

 
      443,647  
Entertainment — 0.1%  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    1,537       95,970  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.2%  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    4,881       273,190  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    5,506     $ 294,351  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    10,448       269,663  

Camden Property Trust

    3,584       595,661  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    3,940       112,448  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    5,215       210,112  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    6,157       205,767  

EastGroup Properties Inc.

    1,427       290,080  

EPR Properties

    2,623       143,504  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    4,571       282,991  

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

    5,175       142,209  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    3,702       169,329  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    5,348       148,407  

JBG SMITH Properties

    4,004       116,997  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    3,692       282,143  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    7,683       174,942  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    3,047       354,000  

Life Storage Inc.

    2,878       404,157  

Macerich Co. (The)

    7,473       116,878  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    20,934       442,545  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    6,161       276,875  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    2,874       180,372  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    8,383       261,214  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    8,296       162,021  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    4,609       112,828  

Physicians Realty Trust

    7,727       135,532  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2,423       127,765  

PS Business Parks Inc.

    706       118,664  

Rayonier Inc.

    5,099       209,671  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    5,622       419,345  

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc.

    8,022       119,448  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    2,257       183,223  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    4,480       206,170  

STORE Capital Corp.

    8,608       251,612  
   

 

 

 
      7,794,114  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,770       322,500  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    3,065       100,471  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.(a)

    3,938       125,937  
   

 

 

 
      548,908  
Food Products — 1.8%  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    5,676       456,237  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    7,006       180,124  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    3,209       110,389  

Ingredion Inc.

    2,345       204,367  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    712       106,195  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    1,710       42,921  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,018       139,767  

Sanderson Farms Inc.

    745       139,680  
   

 

 

 
      1,379,680  
Gas Utilities — 1.2%  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    3,369       154,502  

ONE Gas Inc.

    1,880       165,891  

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.

    2,295       179,676  

Spire Inc.

    1,815       130,244  

UGI Corp.

    7,359       266,543  
   

 

 

 
      896,856  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.1%  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    5,661       275,747  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    2,777       204,887  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

   

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    1,794     $ 113,417  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    701       156,071  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    2,555       164,184  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    1,866       152,695  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    1,781       259,207  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    3,799       117,161  

NuVasive Inc.(a)

    1,814       102,854  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    1,231       273,442  

Quidel Corp.(a)

    1,331       149,684  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    1,670       133,450  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)

    2,228       259,094  
   

 

 

 
      2,361,893  

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8%

   

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.(a)

    3,155       206,748  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    1,143       196,927  

Chemed Corp.

    540       273,537  

Encompass Health Corp.

    3,490       248,174  

HealthEquity Inc.(a)

    2,935       197,936  

LHC Group Inc.(a)

    1,110       187,146  

Option Care Health Inc.(a)

    4,859       138,773  

Patterson Companies Inc.

    3,043       98,502  

Progyny Inc.(a)

    2,442       125,519  

R1 RCM Inc.(a)

    4,685       125,371  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    3,757       322,952  
   

 

 

 
      2,121,585  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,878       189,315  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    1,150       163,024  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    1,208       267,910  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.

    841       99,852  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,495       235,761  

Papa John’s International Inc.

    1,135       119,493  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    3,386       198,928  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    2,715       118,103  

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

    2,443       204,552  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    3,027       175,384  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    6,191       136,016  

Wingstop Inc.

    1,046       122,748  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    3,269       276,852  
   

 

 

 
      2,307,938  

Household Durables — 1.6%

   

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    846       165,680  

KB Home

    3,007       97,367  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    4,689       163,177  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    4,311       117,345  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    6,753       188,544  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    3,942       185,353  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    1,156       209,687  

Tri Pointe Homes Inc.(a)

    3,921       78,734  
   

 

 

 
      1,205,887  

Household Products — 0.1%

   

Energizer Holdings Inc.

    2,300       70,748  
   

 

 

 

Insurance — 4.3%

   

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    480       406,560  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    2,334       339,877  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    2,731       141,084  

CNO Financial Group Inc.

    4,356       109,292  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,855       249,881  
Security   Shares      Value  

Insurance (continued)

    

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    1,270      $ 189,891  

Kemper Corp.

    2,108        119,186  

Kinsale Capital Group Inc.

    753        171,699  

Mercury General Corp.

    938        51,590  

Old Republic International Corp.

    10,202        263,926  

Primerica Inc.

    1,405        192,232  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    2,356        257,888  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    1,543        244,581  

RLI Corp.

    1,413        156,320  

Selective Insurance Group Inc.

    2,115        188,996  

Unum Group

    7,330        230,968  
    

 

 

 
       3,313,971  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%

    

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    3,475        94,242  

Yelp Inc.(a)

    2,407        82,103  

Ziff Davis Inc.(a)

    1,691        163,655  
    

 

 

 
       340,000  

IT Services — 2.4%

    

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    1,767        99,217  

Concentrix Corp.

    1,505        250,673  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    1,856        241,559  

Genpact Ltd.

    5,980        260,190  

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,290        82,525  

LiveRamp Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,421        90,521  

Maximus Inc.

    2,173        162,866  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    11,377        130,039  

Western Union Co. (The)

    13,814        258,874  

WEX Inc.(a)

    1,566        279,453  
    

 

 

 
       1,855,917  

Leisure Products — 0.9%

    

Brunswick Corp./DE

    2,711        219,293  

Callaway Golf Co.(a)

    4,111        96,280  

Polaris Inc.

    2,002        210,851  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,074        184,378  
    

 

 

 
       710,802  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%

    

Azenta Inc.

    2,629        217,892  

Bruker Corp.

    3,573        229,744  

Medpace Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,011        165,389  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    1,804        339,314  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    3,638        294,496  
    

 

 

 
       1,246,835  

Machinery — 4.5%

    

AGCO Corp.

    2,152        314,257  

Colfax Corp.(a)

    4,769        189,758  

Crane Co.

    1,753        189,815  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    4,357        226,259  

Flowserve Corp.

    4,570        164,063  

Graco Inc.

    5,962        415,671  

ITT Inc.

    3,025        227,510  

Kennametal Inc.

    2,914        83,370  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    2,071        285,404  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    1,950        319,683  

Oshkosh Corp.

    2,342        235,722  

Terex Corp.

    2,448        87,296  

Timken Co. (The)

    2,435        147,804  

Toro Co. (The)

    3,681        314,689  

Trinity Industries Inc.

    2,868        98,544  

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Machinery (continued)

    

Watts Water Technologies Inc., Class A

    967      $ 134,984  
    

 

 

 
       3,434,829  

Marine — 0.2%

    

Kirby Corp.(a)

    2,108        152,176  
    

 

 

 

Media — 1.0%

    

Cable One Inc.

    174        254,778  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

    1,535        81,401  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    5,863        268,760  

TEGNA Inc.

    7,762        173,869  
    

 

 

 
       778,808  

Metals & Mining — 3.9%

    

Alcoa Corp.

    6,458        581,414  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    16,771        540,194  

Commercial Metals Co.

    4,260        177,301  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    2,197        402,820  

Royal Gold Inc.

    2,303        325,368  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    6,612        551,639  

United States Steel Corp.

    9,153        345,434  

Worthington Industries Inc.

    1,143        58,762  
    

 

 

 
       2,982,932  

Multiline Retail — 1.0%

    

Kohl’s Corp.

    4,881        295,105  

Macy’s Inc.

    10,498        255,731  

Nordstrom Inc.

    3,912        106,054  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,059        88,455  
    

 

 

 
       745,345  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%

    

DTE Midstream LLC(a)

    3,394        184,159  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    14,262        120,371  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    5,244        208,973  

Targa Resources Corp.

    8,031        606,100  
    

 

 

 
       1,119,603  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

    

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    3,085        191,640  
    

 

 

 

Personal Products — 0.3%

    

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    12,063        108,447  

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., Class A

    1,748        83,694  
    

 

 

 
       192,141  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

    

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    2,156        335,624  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    4,693        180,352  
    

 

 

 
       515,976  

Professional Services — 1.5%

    

ASGN Inc.(a)

    1,829        213,463  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)

    1,203        189,136  

Insperity Inc.

    1,251        125,625  

KBR Inc.

    4,924        269,490  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    1,902        178,636  

Science Applications International Corp.

    1,998        184,156  
    

 

 

 
       1,160,506  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%

 

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    1,770        423,844  
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 2.1%

    

Avis Budget Group Inc.(a)

    1,405        369,937  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    5,822        293,778  

Landstar System Inc.

    1,321        199,246  
Security   Shares      Value  

Road & Rail (continued)

    

Ryder System Inc.

    1,889      $ 149,854  

Saia Inc.(a)

    924        225,290  

Werner Enterprises Inc.

    2,100        86,100  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)

    3,460        251,888  
    

 

 

 
       1,576,093  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%

 

Amkor Technology Inc.

    3,517        76,389  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)

    2,010        170,428  

CMC Materials Inc.

    1,003        185,956  

First Solar Inc.(a)

    3,469        290,494  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    4,803        292,743  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    1,945        291,750  

Power Integrations Inc.

    2,074        192,218  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    2,261        156,778  

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(a)

    1,343        201,719  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    527        130,601  

SunPower Corp.(a)

    2,910        62,507  

Synaptics Inc.(a)

    1,386        276,507  

Universal Display Corp.

    1,520        253,764  

Wolfspeed Inc.(a)

    4,334        493,469  
    

 

 

 
       3,075,323  

Software — 4.0%

    

ACI Worldwide Inc.(a)

    4,124        129,865  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)

    2,339        386,800  

Blackbaud Inc.(a)

    1,568        93,876  

CDK Global Inc.

    4,084        198,809  

CommVault Systems Inc.(a)

    1,563        103,705  

Digital Turbine Inc.(a)

    3,096        135,636  

Envestnet Inc.(a)

    1,258        93,646  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    922        430,076  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    2,216        307,381  

Mimecast Ltd.(a)

    2,184        173,759  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    4,630        186,080  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    1,392        286,432  

Qualys Inc.(a)

    1,185        168,756  

SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,272        167,461  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    3,807        187,647  
    

 

 

 
       3,049,929  

Specialty Retail — 3.0%

    

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

    5,382        90,418  

AutoNation Inc.(a)

    1,402        139,611  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    1,966        311,355  

Foot Locker Inc.

    3,064        90,878  

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

    2,170        361,479  

Gap Inc. (The)

    7,466        105,121  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    1,062        318,727  

Murphy USA Inc.

    804        160,768  

RH(a)(b)

    611        199,241  

Urban Outfitters Inc.(a)

    2,301        57,778  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    2,549        130,917  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    2,559        371,055  
    

 

 

 
       2,337,348  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%

 

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    4,306        86,852  
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%

    

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    5,177        266,046  

Carter’s Inc.

    1,497        137,709  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,228        111,171  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)

 

Crocs Inc.(a)

    2,064      $ 157,690  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    956        261,724  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    12,250        182,402  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    4,733        192,917  
    

 

 

 
       1,309,659  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

    

Essent Group Ltd.

    3,881        159,936  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    11,242        152,329  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    16,311        174,854  

Washington Federal Inc.

    2,287        75,059  
    

 

 

 
       562,178  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%

 

  

GATX Corp.

    1,246        153,669  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    1,656        141,108  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    5,997        192,743  

Watsco Inc.

    1,159        353,078  
    

 

 

 
       840,598  

Water Utilities — 0.5%

    

Essential Utilities Inc.

    8,068        412,517  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $77,255,015)

       76,515,233  
    

 

 

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 1.2%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(c)(d)(e)

    815,435      $ 815,271  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.25%(c)(d)

    90,000        90,000  
    

 

 

 
       905,271  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.2%
(Cost: $905,160)

       905,271  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.0%
(Cost: $78,160,175)

       77,420,504  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.0)%

       (754,324
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   76,666,180  
    

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/22
    Shares
Held at
03/31/22
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds