LOGO

  SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

 

 

2021 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Micro-Cap ETF | IWC | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Russell 2500 ETF | SMMD | Cboe BZX

·  iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | IWR | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF | IWP | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF | IWS | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2021 was a remarkable period of adaptation and recovery, as the global economy dealt with the implications of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic. The United States began the reporting period as the initial reopening-led economic rebound was beginning to slow. Nonetheless, the economy continued to grow at a brisk pace for the reporting period, eventually regaining the output lost from the pandemic.

Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as strong fiscal and monetary support, as well as the development of vaccines, made investors increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook. The implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of two additional fiscal stimulus packages further boosted stocks, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. In the United States, returns of small-capitalization stocks, which benefited the most from the resumption of in-person activities, outpaced large-capitalization stocks. International equities also gained, as both developed and emerging markets continued to recover from the effects of the pandemic.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) had fallen sharply prior to the beginning of the reporting period, which meant bonds were priced for extreme risk avoidance and economic disruption. Despite expectations of doom and gloom, the economy expanded rapidly, stoking inflation concerns in early 2021, which led to higher yields and a negative overall return for most U.S. Treasuries. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to solid returns for high-yield corporate bonds, although investment-grade corporates declined slightly.

The Fed remained committed to accommodative monetary policy by maintaining near-zero interest rates and by reiterating that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. In response to rising inflation late in the period, the Fed changed its market guidance, raising the possibility of higher rates in 2022 and reducing bond purchasing beginning in late 2021.

Looking ahead, we believe that the global expansion will continue to broaden as Europe and other developed market economies gain momentum, although the delta variant of the coronavirus remains a threat, particularly in emerging markets. While we expect inflation to remain elevated in the medium-term as the expansion continues, we believe the recent uptick owes more to temporary supply disruptions than a lasting change in fundamentals. The change in Fed policy also means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the economic expansion.

Overall, we favor a moderately positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in equities. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long-term. U.S. small-capitalization stocks and European equities are likely to benefit from the continuing vaccine-led restart, while Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment as the Chinese economy slows. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

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

Sincerely,

Trust

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2021
     
     6-Month     12-Month  
   

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

      9.18 %       30.00 %
   

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

      (0.25 )       47.68
   

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

      4.70       25.73
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

      (3.45 )       18.20
   

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

      0.01       0.07
   

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

      2.92       (6.22 )
   

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

      1.88       (0.90 )
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(S&P Municipal Bond Index)

      1.24       2.71
   

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

      3.65       11.27
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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T H I S   P A G E   I S   N O T   P A R T   O F   Y O U R   F U N D   R E P O R T


Table of Contents

 

      Page

The Markets in Review

   2

Fund Summary

   4

About Fund Performance

   10

Shareholder Expenses

   10

Schedules of Investments

   11

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   89

Statements of Operations

   91

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   93

Financial Highlights

   96

Notes to Financial Statements

   102

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

   114

Supplemental Information

   124

General Information

   125

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   126


Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Micro-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of micro-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell MicroCap® 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 Months      1 Year      5 Years     10 Years              1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (1.34 )%       60.63      14.28     15.29       60.63      94.92      314.76

Fund Market

    (1.53      60.64        14.30       15.32         60.64        95.07        315.82  

Index

    (1.05      61.07        14.47       15.42               61.07        96.53        319.40  

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual   Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

   


Beginning

Account Value
(04/01/21)

 


 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/21)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

 (a) 

          

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/21)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/21)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

 (a) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

      $       1,000.00          $        986.60          $       2.99             $      1,000.00          $      1,022.10          $      3.04            0.60

 

  (a)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Health Care

  29.4%

Financials

  19.7   

Industrials

  11.4   

Consumer Discretionary

  11.3   

Information Technology

  9.4   

Energy

  6.2   

Real Estate

  3.7   

Materials

  3.2   

Communication Services

  3.1   

Consumer Staples

  2.1   

Other (each representing less than 1%)

  0.5   
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.

  0.7%

Prothena Corp. PLC

  0.5   

Celldex Therapeutics Inc.

  0.5   

Beauty Health Co. (The)

  0.4   

Everi Holdings Inc.

  0.4   

Dynavax Technologies Corp.

  0.4   

Trillium Therapeutics Inc.

  0.3   

Lantheus Holdings Inc.

  0.3   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.

  0.3   

IVERIC bio Inc.

  0.3   
  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell 2500 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid- and small-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell 2500TM 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 Months      1 Year     

Since

Inception

   

    

         1 Year    

Since

Inception

 

Fund NAV

    2.51      44.90      14.09         44.90     74.81

Fund Market

    2.66        45.23        14.14           45.23       75.16  

Index

    2.61        45.03        14.10                   45.03       74.83  

The inception date of the Fund was 7/6/17. The first day of secondary market trading was 7/7/17.

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual   Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

   

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/21)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/21)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

 (a)(b) 

       

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/21)

 

 

 

      


Ending

Account Value
(09/30/21)

 


 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

 (a)(b) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 (a)  

      $      1,000.00          $      1,025.10          $       0.36           $        1,000.00          $      1,024.70          $       0.36          0.07

 

  (a)

Annualized expense ratio and expenses paid during the period do not include fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 
  (b)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Investment Companies

  44.1%

Information Technology

  10.4   

Industrials

  9.3   

Financials

  7.6   

Consumer Discretionary

  7.2   

Health Care

  6.7   

Real Estate

  5.2   

Materials

  3.5   

Energy

  1.8   

Consumer Staples

  1.6   

Communication Services

  1.3   

Utilities

  1.3   
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

iShares Russell 2000 ETF   44.1%

MongoDB Inc.

  0.4   

Devon Energy Corp.

  0.4   

Avantor Inc.

  0.4   

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

  0.3   

Catalent Inc.

  0.3   

Bill.com Holdings Inc.

  0.3   

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.

  0.3   

Enphase Energy Inc.

  0.3   

PerkinElmer Inc.

  0.3   
  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell 3000 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of a broad-based index composed of U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell 3000® 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 Months      1 Year     5 Years     10 Years              1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    8.04      31.63     16.65     16.40         31.63      115.99      356.65

Fund Market

    8.00        31.80       16.65       16.40           31.80        116.01        356.48  

Index

    8.13        31.88       16.85       16.60                 31.88        117.85        364.64  

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 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

      Actual   Hypothetical 5% Return  
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
         

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
          

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
          $      1,000.00          $      1,080.40          $          1.04           $        1,000.00       $        1,024.10          $        1.01          0.20

 

  (a)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  27.1%

Health Care

  13.6   

Consumer Discretionary

  12.2   

Financials

  11.9   

Communication Services

  10.1   

Industrials

  9.0   

Consumer Staples

  5.3   

Real Estate

  3.4   

Energy

  2.7   

Utilities

  2.4   

Materials

  2.3   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Apple Inc.

  5.1%

Microsoft Corp.

  4.8   

Amazon.com Inc.

  3.3   

Facebook Inc., Class A

  1.9   

Alphabet Inc., Class A

  1.8   

Alphabet Inc., Class C

  1.7   

Tesla Inc.

  1.4   

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

  1.2   

NVIDIA Corp.

  1.1   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  1.1   
  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell 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 Russell MidCap® 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 Months      1 Year     5 Years     10 Years             1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    6.38      37.85     14.22     15.34        37.85      94.38      316.73

Fund Market

    6.36        37.87       14.21       15.34          37.87        94.33        316.52  

Index

    6.50        38.11       14.39       15.52                38.11        95.85        323.39  

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

      Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
         

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
              

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
          $      1,000.00          $       1,063.80          $         0.93               $      1,000.00       $       1,024.20          $         0.91          0.18

 

  (a)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  18.9%

Industrials

  15.1   

Consumer Discretionary

  12.8   

Financials

  12.5   

Health Care

  11.9   

Real Estate

  7.7   

Materials

  5.2   

Utilities

  4.5   

Communication Services

  4.3   

Energy

  3.8   

Consumer Staples

  3.3   
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Dexcom Inc.

  0.5%

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

  0.5   

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

  0.5   

Marvell Technology Inc.

  0.4   

DocuSign Inc.

  0.4   

MSCI Inc.

  0.4   

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A

  0.4   

Agilent Technologies Inc.

  0.4   

Twitter Inc.

  0.4   

Lululemon Athletica Inc.

  0.4   

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the Russell MidCap® 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 Months      1 Year     5 Years     10 Years             1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    10.11      30.17     19.01     17.30        30.17      138.70      393.31

Fund Market

    9.99        30.04       18.99       17.30          30.04        138.57        393.00  

Index

    10.23        30.45       19.27       17.54                30.45        141.30        403.49  

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 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

      Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
         

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
          $      1,000.00          $       1,101.10          $        1.21               $       1,000.00       $      1,023.90          $          1.17          0.23

 

  (a)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  34.3%

Health Care

  17.8   

Consumer Discretionary

  16.3   

Industrials

  14.4   

Financials

  5.0   

Communication Services

  4.9   

Real Estate

  1.9   

Consumer Staples

  1.8   

Materials

  1.8   

Energy

  1.6   

Utilities

  0.2   
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security  

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Dexcom Inc.

  1.3%

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

  1.3   

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

  1.3   

DocuSign Inc.

  1.2   

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A

  1.2   

Lululemon Athletica Inc.

  1.1   

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

  1.1   

Match Group Inc.

  1.1   

Agilent Technologies Inc.

  1.1   

Cadence Design Systems Inc.

  1.0   

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2021    iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Russell MidCap® 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 Months      1 Year     5 Years     10 Years               1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    4.47      42.07     10.38     13.70        42.07      63.87      261.07

Fund Market

    4.34        42.22       10.39       13.69          42.22        63.91        260.90  

Index

    4.59        42.40       10.59       13.93                42.40        65.44        268.57  

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 10 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense 

Ratio

 
 

 

      $        1,000.00          $        1,044.70          $         1.18               $        1,000.00       $        1,023.90          $         1.17          0.23

 

  (a)

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (183 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 10 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Financials

  16.8%

Industrials

  15.6   

Real Estate

  11.1   

Consumer Discretionary

  10.7   

Information Technology

  9.8   

Health Care

  8.4   

Materials

  7.2   

Utilities

  7.0   

Energy

  5.2   

Consumer Staples

  4.2   

Communication Services

  4.0   
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Marvell Technology Inc.

  0.7%

IHS Markit Ltd.

  0.6   

Twitter Inc.

  0.6   

Prudential Financial Inc.

  0.6   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

  0.6   

Motorola Solutions Inc.

  0.6   

SVB Financial Group

  0.5   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

  0.5   

Welltower Inc.

  0.5   

Aflac 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 by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%  

AerSale Corp.(a)(b)

    21,304     $ 362,168  

Air Industries Group(a)(b)

    61,555       65,864  

Astronics Corp.(a)

    57,485       808,239  

Astrotech Corp.(a)

    112,892       118,537  

Byrna Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    43,100       942,166  

CPI Aerostructures Inc.(a)(b)

    22,681       62,373  

Ducommun Inc.(a)

    25,667       1,292,333  

Innovative Solutions & Support Inc.

    29,987       214,407  

National Presto Industries Inc.

    12,232       1,004,003  

PAE Inc.(a)(b)

    163,472       977,563  

Park Aerospace Corp.

    46,373       634,383  

SIFCO Industries Inc.(a)

    8,604       73,994  

Sigma Labs Inc.(a)(b)

    27,084       82,877  

Triumph Group Inc.(a)

    150,929         2,811,807  

Vectrus Inc.(a)

    27,177       1,366,459  

Virtra Inc.(a)(b)

    18,202       184,568  
   

 

 

 
        11,001,741  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%  

Air T Inc.(a)

    2,818       77,833  

Echo Global Logistics Inc.(a)

    62,215       2,968,278  

Radiant Logistics Inc.(a)

    92,668       592,148  
   

 

 

 
    3,638,259  
Airlines — 0.1%  

Mesa Air Group Inc.(a)(b)

    81,398       623,509  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 0.5%  

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    39,574       867,066  

Horizon Global Corp.(a)

    52,683       370,361  

Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)

    117,434       1,330,527  

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

    44,129       860,516  

Stoneridge Inc.(a)(b)

    62,079       1,265,791  

Strattec Security Corp.(a)

    8,795       342,126  

Superior Industries International Inc.(a)

    58,688       413,750  

Sypris Solutions Inc.(a)

    28,895       103,155  

Unique Fabricating Inc.(a)(b)

    21,556       71,135  

XL Fleet Corp.(a)(b)

    81,680       503,149  
   

 

 

 
    6,127,576  
Automobiles — 0.3%  

Arcimoto Inc.(a)(b)

    64,140       733,120  

AYRO Inc.(a)(b)

    78,649       268,193  

Workhorse Group Inc.(a)(b)

    285,812       2,186,462  
   

 

 

 
    3,187,775  
Banks — 12.0%  

1st Constitution Bancorp.

    21,470       508,195  

ACNB Corp.

    20,758       581,224  

Affinity Bancshares Inc.(a)

    13,844       194,785  

Allegiance Bancshares Inc.

    45,409       1,732,353  

Amalgamated Financial Corp.

    32,941       521,127  

Amerant Bancorp Inc.(a)(b)

    49,343       1,220,746  

American National Bankshares Inc.

    26,007       859,271  

AmeriServ Financial Inc.

    29,993       117,273  

Ames National Corp.

    21,238       493,996  

Arrow Financial Corp.

    33,205       1,140,924  

Atlantic Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    46,611       1,234,725  

Auburn National Bancorp. Inc.

    5,730       194,820  

Bancorp. Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    122,982       3,129,892  

Bank First Corp.(b)

    15,932       1,129,101  

Bank of Marin Bancorp., Class A

    38,063       1,436,878  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Bank of Princeton (The)

    13,602     $ 408,604  

Bank of South Carolina Corp.

    8,478       170,493  

Bank of the James Financial Group Inc.

    9,308       135,897  

Bank7 Corp.

    5,939       127,273  

BankFinancial Corp.

    30,641       351,759  

Bankwell Financial Group Inc.

    13,987       411,637  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

    35,133       985,481  

Baycom Corp.(a)

    24,211       450,325  

BCB Bancorp. Inc.

    35,489       523,818  

Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc.

    40,573       713,679  

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.

    47,074           2,163,050  

Business First Bancshares Inc.

    45,284       1,059,193  

Byline Bancorp Inc.

    59,421       1,459,380  

C&F Financial Corp.

    8,206       435,821  

California Bancorp Inc.(a)

    17,672       304,842  

Cambridge Bancorp.

    16,215       1,426,920  

Camden National Corp.

    35,502       1,700,546  

Capital Bancorp Inc./MD(b)

    18,570       446,794  

Capital City Bank Group Inc.

    32,334       799,943  

Capstar Financial Holdings Inc.

    48,423       1,028,504  

Carter Bankshares Inc.(a)

    61,680       877,090  

CB Financial Services Inc.

    11,892       273,873  

CBTX Inc.

    43,702       1,152,859  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    45,208       1,160,941  

Central Valley Community Bancorp.

    24,454       525,761  

Century Bancorp. Inc./MA, Class A, NVS

    6,371       734,194  

Chemung Financial Corp.

    8,353       378,391  

ChoiceOne Financial Services Inc.

    17,271       424,694  

Citizens & Northern Corp.

    38,121       962,936  

Citizens Community Bancorp. Inc./WI

    24,065       334,503  

Citizens Holding Co.

    11,812       220,766  

Civista Bancshares Inc.

    35,531       825,385  

CNB Financial Corp./PA

    38,871       946,120  

Coastal Financial Corp./WA(a)

    22,197       707,196  

Codorus Valley Bancorp. Inc.

    22,277       502,124  

Colony Bankcorp Inc.

    20,821       389,977  

Community Bankers Trust Corp.

    51,447       584,952  

Community Financial Corp. (The)

    12,508       461,170  

Community Trust Bancorp. Inc.

    37,993       1,599,505  

Community West Bancshares

    16,676       220,957  

ConnectOne Bancorp. Inc.

    88,586         2,658,466  

Cortland Bancorp.

    9,105       253,210  

County Bancorp. Inc.(b)

    10,860       395,847  

CrossFirst Bankshares Inc.(a)

    111,356       1,447,628  

Customers Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    70,553       3,035,190  

Dime Community Bancshares Inc.

    82,427       2,692,066  

Eagle Bancorp. Montana Inc.

    15,098       337,742  

Emclaire Financial Corp.

    6,010       159,205  

Enterprise Bancorp. Inc./MA

    22,307       801,937  

Equity Bancshares Inc., Class A(b)

    32,147       1,073,067  

Esquire Financial Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    15,861       454,576  

Evans Bancorp. Inc.

    12,428       475,992  

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Inc./Archbold OH

    24,549       549,898  

Farmers National Banc Corp.

    62,112       975,779  

Fidelity D&D Bancorp. Inc.

    9,731       490,734  

Financial Institutions Inc.

    38,102       1,167,826  

First Bancorp. Inc. (The)

    25,090       731,123  

First Bancshares Inc. (The)

    48,426       1,877,960  

First Bank/Hamilton NJ

    37,118       522,993  

First Business Financial Services Inc.

    19,628       563,520  

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

First Capital Inc.

    7,839     $ 319,674  

First Community Bankshares Inc.

    40,826       1,295,001  

First Community Corp./SC

    17,588       350,881  

First Financial Corp./IN

    28,544       1,200,275  

First Financial Northwest Inc.

    17,677       289,372  

First Foundation Inc.

    93,761           2,465,914  

First Guaranty Bancshares Inc.

    12,513       251,136  

First Internet Bancorp.

    21,994       685,773  

First Mid Bancshares Inc.

    39,473       1,620,761  

First National Corp./VA(b)

    9,879       227,711  

First Northwest Bancorp.

    19,478       342,034  

First of Long Island Corp. (The)

    54,641       1,125,605  

First Savings Financial Group Inc.

    13,454       378,326  

First U.S. Bancshares Inc.

    10,536       113,157  

First United Corp.

    15,761       293,155  

First Western Financial Inc.(a)

    15,153       439,285  

Five Star Bancorp.

    13,101       313,638  

Flushing Financial Corp.

    71,109       1,607,063  

FNCB Bancorp Inc.

    40,336       334,789  

Franklin Financial Services Corp.

    10,179       329,291  

FVCBankcorp Inc.(a)(b)

    27,799       555,702  

German American Bancorp. Inc.

    58,869       2,274,109  

Glen Burnie Bancorp.

    6,872       84,869  

Great Southern Bancorp. Inc.

    26,011       1,425,663  

Guaranty Bancshares Inc./TX

    19,068       683,588  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    72,797       1,460,308  

Harborone Bancorp. Inc.

    118,248       1,660,202  

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc.

    14,043       325,236  

HBT Financial Inc.

    24,594       382,437  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    138,834       1,614,639  

HomeTrust Bancshares Inc.

    35,807       1,001,880  

Horizon Bancorp Inc./IN

    101,966       1,852,722  

Howard Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    30,874       626,125  

Independent Bank Corp./MI

    50,207       1,078,446  

Investar Holding Corp.

    23,440       516,149  

Lakeland Bancorp. Inc.

    119,044       2,098,746  

Landmark Bancorp. Inc./Manhattan KS

    9,624       266,489  

LCNB Corp.

    29,276       516,429  

Level One Bancorp. Inc.

    11,741       345,420  

Limestone Bancorp. Inc.(a)(b)

    12,307       221,157  

Macatawa Bank Corp.

    67,709       543,703  

MainStreet Bancshares Inc.(a)(b)

    16,740       401,593  

Malvern Bancorp. Inc.(a)(b)

    17,228       292,704  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    37,725       1,208,332  

Meridian Corp.

    12,750       365,542  

Metrocity Bankshares Inc.

    44,845       940,400  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    18,210       1,535,103  

Mid Penn Bancorp. Inc.

    23,471       646,626  

Middlefield Banc Corp.

    14,181       341,337  

Midland States Bancorp. Inc.

    53,152       1,314,449  

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc.

    35,920       1,083,347  

MVB Financial Corp.

    23,480       1,005,648  

National Bankshares Inc.

    14,924       541,890  

Nicolet Bankshares Inc.(a)

    25,640       1,901,975  

Northeast Bank

    17,662       595,563  

Northrim Bancorp. Inc.

    14,630       621,921  

Norwood Financial Corp.

    17,998       462,729  

Oak Valley Bancorp.

    16,882       299,993  

Ohio Valley Banc Corp.

    10,483       285,976  

Old Point Financial Corp.

    9,453       202,672  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Old Second Bancorp. Inc.

    65,192     $ 851,408  

Orange County Bancorp Inc.

    2,857       100,395  

Origin Bancorp Inc.

    52,198       2,210,585  

Orrstown Financial Services Inc.

    26,357       616,754  

Pacific Mercantile Bancorp.(a)

    45,393       418,070  

Parke Bancorp. Inc.

    23,916       524,478  

Partners Bancorp.

    20,259       167,542  

Pathfinder Bancorp. Inc.

    7,991       130,253  

Patriot National Bancorp Inc.(a)

    10,149       106,463  

PCB Bancorp.

    27,969       556,863  

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.

    42,778       1,427,074  

Penns Woods Bancorp. Inc.

    16,561       393,489  

Peoples Bancorp. Inc./OH

    61,705       1,950,495  

Peoples Bancorp. of North Carolina Inc.

    10,563       299,884  

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

    16,776       764,482  

Plumas Bancorp.

    11,374       356,347  

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    32,600       2,173,768  

Primis Financial Corp.

    57,917       837,480  

Professional Holding Corp., Class A(a)

    29,662       557,646  

QCR Holdings Inc.

    36,564       1,880,852  

RBB Bancorp.

    33,438       842,972  

Red River Bancshares Inc.

    10,919       544,312  

Reliant Bancorp Inc.

    35,927       1,134,934  

Republic Bancorp. Inc./KY, Class A

    22,756       1,152,591  

Republic First Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    106,420       327,774  

Richmond Mutual Bancorp. Inc.

    26,239       416,938  

Riverview Financial Corp.(a)

    21,297       280,694  

Salisbury Bancorp. Inc.

    6,307       331,117  

SB Financial Group Inc.

    15,631       282,921  

Select Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    35,413       610,874  

Shore Bancshares Inc.

    27,614       489,596  

Sierra Bancorp

    33,812       820,955  

SmartFinancial Inc.

    32,412       837,850  

Sound Financial Bancorp. Inc.(b)

    5,117       230,265  

South Plains Financial Inc.

    25,037       610,402  

Southern First Bancshares Inc.(a)

    17,503       936,410  

Southern States Bancshares Inc.(a)(b)

    4,942       94,244  

Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc.

    30,128       729,098  

Stock Yards Bancorp. Inc.

    56,865       3,335,132  

Summit Financial Group Inc.

    27,262       668,192  

Summit State Bank

    11,280       223,344  

TriState Capital Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    68,277       1,444,059  

U.S. Century Bank(a)

    9,014       109,791  

Union Bankshares Inc./Morrisville VT

    9,553       305,314  

United Bancorp. Inc./OH

    11,745       168,541  

United Bancshares Inc./OH

    6,570       200,385  

United Security Bancshares/Fresno CA

    33,743       269,944  

Unity Bancorp. Inc.

    16,876       394,898  

Univest Financial Corp.

    69,454       1,902,345  

Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp.(a)

    1,684       86,979  

Virginia National Bankshares Corp.(b)

    11,154       403,106  

Washington Trust Bancorp. Inc.

    41,157       2,180,498  

West Bancorp. Inc.

    38,336       1,151,230  
   

 

 

 
      150,954,115  
Beverages — 0.1%  

Alkaline Water Co. Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    198,925       316,291  

NewAge Inc.(a)(b)

    315,435       438,455  

Reed’s Inc.(a)(b)

    219,849       131,909  

Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc.(a)(b)

    11,252       143,125  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)  

Zevia PBC, Class A(a)(b)

    22,815     $ 262,601  
   

 

 

 
          1,292,381  
Biotechnology — 16.7%            

180 Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    24,721       133,741  

4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    49,415       1,332,723  

89bio Inc.(a)

    22,932       449,238  

Aadi Bioscience Inc.(a)

    6,750       198,259  

Abeona Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    202,902       227,250  

Acorda Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    21,732       99,967  

Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    45,510       403,219  

Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    22,203       329,937  

Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    5,868       30,162  

Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    93,285       458,029  

Adicet Bio Inc.(a)

    49,234       385,995  

Aditx Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    30,374       51,332  

ADMA Biologics Inc.(a)(b)

    283,524       320,382  

Adverum Biotechnologies Inc.(a)

    204,172       443,053  

Aeglea BioTherapeutics Inc.(a)

    94,978       755,075  

Aerovate Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    23,911       501,653  

Affimed NV(a)

    275,125       1,700,273  

Agenus Inc.(a)(b)

    487,250       2,558,063  

AgeX Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    58,894       55,360  

Aileron Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    179,548       183,139  

AIM ImmunoTech Inc.(a)(b)

    114,024       230,328  

Akebia Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    413,719       1,191,511  

Akero Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    60,353       1,348,890  

Akouos Inc.(a)(b)

    56,478       655,710  

Albireo Pharma Inc.(a)

    39,668       1,237,642  

Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    113,984       1,000,780  

Aligos Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    49,420       766,504  

Allena Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    126,284       113,933  

Alpine Immune Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    28,339       302,377  

Altimmune Inc.(a)

    94,017       1,063,332  

AnaptysBio Inc.(a)(b)

    45,271       1,227,750  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    151,456         2,718,635  

Anika Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    33,994       1,446,785  

Anixa Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    64,604       308,161  

Annexon Inc.(a)(b)

    73,272       1,363,592  

Annovis Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    12,314       390,970  

Applied Genetic Technologies Corp./DE(a)(b)

    101,328       304,997  

Applied Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    41,686       691,988  

Aprea Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    40,633       207,635  

Aptevo Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    5,933       91,606  

Aptinyx Inc., Class A(a)

    106,081       248,230  

AquaBounty Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    123,218       501,497  

Aravive Inc.(a)

    36,175       134,571  

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(a)

    188,366       808,090  

ARCA biopharma Inc.(a)(b)

    35,607       105,397  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    49,958       2,386,993  

Ardelyx Inc.(a)(b)

    211,088       278,636  

Aridis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    23,543       86,638  

Armata Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    18,570       67,223  

Assembly Biosciences Inc.(a)

    94,975       330,513  

Astria Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    9,250       81,770  

Athenex Inc.(a)

    203,368       612,138  

Athersys Inc.(a)(b)

    481,115       639,883  

Atossa Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    274,590       895,163  

Atreca Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    61,205       381,307  

aTyr Pharma Inc.(a)

    37,060       336,505  

AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    71,694       443,069  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Avid Bioservices Inc.(a)(b)

    142,492     $     3,073,552  

Avidity Biosciences Inc.(a)

    89,147       2,195,691  

Avita Medical Inc.(a)

    57,015       1,010,306  

Avrobio Inc.(a)

    90,439       504,650  

Axcella Health Inc.(a)(b)

    48,142       143,463  

Aziyo Biologics Inc., Class A(a)

    6,041       42,710  

Benitec Biopharma Inc.(a)(b)

    18,281       65,263  

Beyondspring Inc.(a)

    52,592       828,850  

BioCardia Inc.(a)(b)

    32,488       102,012  

Biocept Inc.(a)

    34,803       139,560  

Biomea Fusion Inc.(a)(b)

    21,028       251,705  

Bio-Path Holdings Inc.(a)

    18,252       93,633  

BioVie Inc.(a)(b)

    5,875       39,539  

Bioxcel Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    41,009       1,244,623  

Bolt Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    53,410       675,637  

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    74,416       245,573  

Cabaletta Bio Inc.(a)

    38,807       471,893  

Caladrius Biosciences Inc.(a)

    140,788       171,761  

Calithera Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    163,765       357,008  

Calyxt Inc.(a)(b)

    34,134       115,032  

Candel Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    20,729       224,702  

Capricor Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    50,166       201,667  

Cardiff Oncology Inc.(a)

    89,845       598,368  

CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    255,600       304,164  

Catalyst Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    74,093       304,522  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    228,259       1,209,773  

Celcuity Inc.(a)

    22,446       404,028  

Celldex Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    108,530         5,859,535  

Cellectar Biosciences Inc.(a)

    134,433       124,351  

CEL-SCI Corp.(a)(b)

    84,374       927,270  

Celsion Corp.(a)(b)

    197,396       182,473  

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    19,944       79,178  

Checkpoint Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    151,307       499,313  

ChemoCentryx Inc.(a)

    127,782       2,185,072  

Chimerix Inc.(a)

    171,270       1,060,161  

Chinook Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    78,606       1,003,013  

Cidara Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    104,426       233,914  

Clene Inc.(a)(b)

    46,247       315,867  

Clovis Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    264,575       1,180,005  

Codiak Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    37,340       609,762  

Cogent Biosciences Inc.(a)

    87,325       734,403  

Cohbar Inc.(a)(b)

    100,942       96,904  

Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    73,752       241,169  

ContraFect Corp.(a)(b)

    93,084       376,990  

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    282,200       287,844  

Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    66,862       323,612  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    87,887       1,850,021  

CTI BioPharma Corp.(a)(b)

    203,688       600,880  

Cue Biopharma Inc.(a)(b)

    72,237       1,052,493  

Curis Inc.(a)(b)

    203,339       1,592,144  

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    23,862       125,753  

Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    72,210       221,685  

Cyclo Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    12,322       83,174  

CytomX Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    152,675       777,116  

Decibel Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    32,633       251,600  

Dermtech Inc.(a)(b)

    56,995       1,830,109  

DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    43,818       175,710  

Dyadic International Inc.(a)(b)

    46,842       260,442  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)

    254,135       4,881,933  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc./DE(a)(b)

    27,612       1,540,197  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    75,159     $ 502,062  

Eledon Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    32,248       199,293  

Elevation Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    15,553       121,158  

Eliem Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    16,358       294,117  

Enochian Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    37,184       250,248  

Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    24,440       81,630  

Epizyme Inc.(a)(b)

    210,903           1,079,823  

Equillium Inc.(a)(b)

    30,679       209,231  

Evelo Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    71,380       502,515  

Exicure Inc.(a)(b)

    141,932       170,318  

Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    41,840       394,133  

Finch Therapeutics Group Inc.(a)(b)

    18,568       241,384  

Flexion Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    112,961       689,062  

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    45,930       639,805  

Forte Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    28,115       83,220  

Fortress Biotech Inc.(a)

    168,226       541,688  

Frequency Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    75,269       531,399  

G1 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    92,983       1,247,832  

Gain Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    10,057       74,874  

Galectin Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    89,214       346,150  

Galera Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    34,015       275,522  

Gemini Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    54,095       218,544  

Genocea Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    98,144       188,436  

Genprex Inc.(a)(b)

    107,093       287,009  

GeoVax Labs Inc.(a)(b)

    16,619       71,794  

Geron Corp.(a)(b)

    708,348       970,437  

GlycoMimetics Inc.(a)(b)

    98,888       216,565  

Gossamer Bio Inc.(a)

    145,981       1,834,981  

Graphite Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    37,954       622,066  

Greenwich Lifesciences Inc.(a)(b)

    9,674       377,963  

Gritstone bio Inc.(a)

    94,805       1,023,894  

GT Biopharma Inc.(a)

    41,627       280,566  

Harpoon Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    43,931       347,055  

HCW Biologics Inc.(a)(b)

    15,099       48,166  

Heat Biologics Inc.(a)(b)

    57,313       341,012  

Homology Medicines Inc.(a)(b)

    98,429       774,636  

Hookipa Pharma Inc.(a)

    44,888       264,390  

Humanigen Inc.(a)(b)

    106,718       632,838  

iBio Inc.(a)(b)

    506,717       537,120  

Icosavax Inc.(a)(b)

    31,740       939,187  

Ideaya Biosciences Inc.(a)

    77,308       1,970,581  

Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    110,282       113,590  

Imago Biosciences Inc.(a)

    22,637       453,419  

Immucell Corp.(a)

    12,963       119,778  

Immuneering Corp., Class A(a)

    19,648       521,654  

Immunic Inc.(a)

    43,514       385,099  

ImmunoGen Inc.(a)

    468,541         2,656,627  

Immunome Inc.(a)(b)

    20,624       502,194  

Impel Neuropharma Inc.(a)(b)

    12,595       153,407  

IN8bio Inc.(a)

    8,640       59,616  

Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    205,101       701,445  

Inhibikase Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    42,512       80,773  

Inhibrx Inc.(a)

    65,925       2,195,962  

Inmune Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    21,545       418,404  

Inozyme Pharma Inc.(a)

    33,845       392,264  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    65,930       979,061  

iTeos Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    47,436       1,280,772  

IVERIC bio Inc.(a)(b)

    246,349       4,000,708  

Janux Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    31,453       680,328  

Jounce Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    77,590       576,494  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Kadmon Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    409,306     $   3,565,055  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    46,768       816,102  

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    169,041       983,819  

Keros Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    36,683       1,451,180  

Kezar Life Sciences Inc.(a)

    80,276       693,585  

Kintara Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    68,281       58,735  

Kiromic BioPharma Inc.(a)(b)

    28,411       87,222  

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.(a)(b)

    40,178       160,310  

Lantern Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    18,068       202,000  

Larimar Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    26,041       300,253  

Leap Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    93,492       374,903  

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    159,414       766,781  

Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    296,767       747,853  

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    13,122       27,294  

LogicBio Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    50,799       232,659  

Lumos Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    15,100       143,601  

Magenta Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    70,235       511,311  

MannKind Corp.(a)

    583,258           2,537,172  

Marker Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    144,742       244,614  

MediciNova Inc.(a)

    110,049       417,086  

MEI Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    254,814       703,287  

MeiraGTx Holdings PLC(a)

    69,908       921,387  

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    23,642       114,191  

Mersana Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    168,459       1,588,568  

Metacrine Inc.(a)

    37,212       127,637  

MiMedx Group Inc.(a)(b)

    260,980       1,581,539  

Minerva Neurosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    81,266       141,403  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    8,844       176,172  

Molecular Templates Inc.(a)(b)

    86,787       582,341  

Moleculin Biotech Inc.(a)(b)

    65,058       195,174  

Monopar Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    10,854       52,533  

Mustang Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    163,467       439,726  

NanoViricides Inc.(a)(b)

    24,416       113,290  

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    55,875       97,781  

Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    82,843       598,955  

NeuBase Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    62,355       225,102  

NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    21,420       79,682  

NexImmune Inc.(a)

    41,838       633,427  

NextCure Inc.(a)

    43,948       296,210  

Nkarta Inc.(a)(b)

    33,171       922,486  

Nuvalent Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    25,015       564,088  

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp.(a)(b)

    108,357       223,215  

Olema Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    59,617       1,643,045  

Omega Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    17,639       332,495  

Oncocyte Corp.(a)

    141,234       502,793  

Oncorus Inc.(a)

    48,011       448,423  

OncoSec Medical Inc.(a)(b)

    60,779       129,459  

Oncternal Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    103,701       432,433  

Oncternal Therapeutics Inc. New(b)(c)

    1,634       1,675  

OpGen Inc.(a)(b)

    89,921       258,972  

Organovo Holdings Inc.(a)

    20,568       139,862  

Orgenesis Inc.(a)(b)

    52,605       260,395  

ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    74,903       1,566,222  

Outlook Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    213,101       462,429  

Ovid therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    133,768       449,460  

Oyster Point Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    26,211       310,600  

Panbela Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    27,697       60,103  

PDS Biotechnology Corp.(a)(b)

    55,131       821,452  

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    84,130       261,644  

Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.(a)(b)

    32,572       65,795  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    123,386     $ 637,906  

Plus Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    29,347       56,053  

Portage Biotech Inc.(a)

    11,904       241,889  

Poseida Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    67,551       492,447  

Precision BioSciences Inc.(a)(b)

    117,392       1,354,704  

Prometheus Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    26,589       630,425  

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    105,064       1,861,734  

Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    103,131       137,164  

Protara Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    25,444       176,072  

Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc.(b)(c)

    128,549       13,883  

Prothena Corp. PLC(a)

    82,534       5,878,897  

Puma Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    75,911       532,136  

Qualigen Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    70,957       92,244  

Rallybio Corp.(a)(b)

    17,106       300,723  

RAPT Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    50,463       1,566,876  

Reneo Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    15,448       115,088  

Rezolute Inc.(a)

    11,237       83,379  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    401,108       1,456,022  

Salarius Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    105,749       107,864  

Savara Inc.(a)(b)

    181,584       250,586  

Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    65,453       2,161,258  

Scopus Biopharma Inc.(a)

    17,750       73,663  

Selecta Biosciences Inc.(a)

    212,977       885,984  

SELLAS Life Sciences Group Inc.(a)

    37,818       346,413  

Sensei Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    49,417       519,867  

Sera Prognostics Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,009       122,310  

Sesen Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    462,769       367,068  

Sierra Oncology Inc.(a)

    15,239       334,039  

Sigilon Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    34,794       196,586  

Sio Gene Therapies Inc.(a)

    121,128       262,848  

Soleno Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    116,378       107,591  

Solid Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    139,806       334,136  

Soligenix Inc.(a)(b)

    91,762       97,268  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    383,796       836,675  

Spero Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    56,723       1,044,270  

Spruce Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    21,469       129,029  

SQZ Biotechnologies Co.(a)(b)

    53,509       771,600  

Statera Biopharma Inc.(a)(b)

    17,182       39,690  

Summit Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    61,175       306,487  

Surface Oncology Inc.(a)

    83,133       629,317  

Sutro Biopharma Inc.(a)(b)

    102,805       1,941,986  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    105,634         2,018,666  

Synlogic Inc.(a)

    77,177       235,390  

Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    135,118       603,977  

T2 Biosystems Inc.(a)(b)

    334,450       306,089  

Talaris Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    21,695       294,184  

Taysha Gene Therapies Inc.(a)(b)

    52,265       973,174  

TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    71,694       610,116  

Tenax Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    30,215       53,481  

Tenaya Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    33,071       682,916  

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.(a)

    844,348       507,538  

Tracon Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    35,968       139,196  

TransCode Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    14,981       44,793  

Trevena Inc.(a)(b)

    384,236       472,610  

Trillium Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    234,293       4,114,185  

TScan Therapeutics Inc., NVS(a)(b)

    14,172       118,194  

Tyme Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    160,164       164,969  

Unicycive Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    10,142       28,702  

UNITY Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    100,005       300,015  

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)(b)

    45,821       770,709  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Vaccinex Inc.(a)(b)

    42,398     $ 91,580  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    129,830       2,225,286  

Vaxart Inc.(a)(b)

    280,694       2,231,517  

Vaxcyte Inc.(a)

    94,930       2,408,374  

VBI Vaccines Inc.(a)(b)

    437,204       1,359,704  

Vera Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    16,252       281,972  

Verastem Inc.(a)(b)

    404,675       1,246,399  

Viking Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    160,422       1,007,450  

Vincerx Pharma Inc.(a)

    30,234       488,884  

Viracta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    85,299       684,098  

Viridian Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    20,556       338,146  

Virios Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    14,517       76,795  

VistaGen Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    455,196       1,247,237  

Vor BioPharma Inc.(a)(b)

    45,117       707,435  

Voyager Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    65,194       171,460  

vTv Therapeutics Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    53,471       81,811  

Vyant Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    72,590       169,135  

Werewolf Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    18,282       313,719  

Windtree Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    45,648       94,035  

X4 Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    55,858       295,489  

XBiotech Inc.

    35,673       461,965  

XOMA Corp.(a)(b)

    14,208       351,648  

Yield10 Bioscience Inc.(a)

    10,015       60,791  

Yumanity Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    21,663       223,562  

ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    492,828       896,947  
   

 

 

 
        209,191,182  
Building Products — 0.4%            

Alpha Pro Tech Ltd.(a)(b)

    27,945       188,070  

Applied UV Inc.(a)(b)

    10,274       72,945  

Armstrong Flooring Inc.(a)(b)

    50,609       158,406  

Caesarstone Ltd.

    53,163       660,285  

Insteel Industries Inc.

    44,111       1,678,424  

Jewett-Cameron Trading Co. Ltd.(a)

    6,917       81,482  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    80,057       1,714,020  
   

 

 

 
      4,553,632  
Capital Markets — 1.2%            

Ashford Inc.(a)

    2,557       37,204  

Associated Capital Group Inc., Class A

    4,197       157,010  

Blucora Inc.(a)

    115,441       1,799,725  

Cohen & Co. Inc.

    1,629       31,472  

Cowen Inc., Class A

    66,314       2,275,233  

Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc.

    7,214       1,267,211  

Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.(a)

    69,546       2,407,683  

GAMCO Investors Inc., Class A

    12,112       319,515  

Greenhill & Co. Inc.

    33,986       496,875  

Hennessy Advisors Inc.

    10,976       105,589  

Heritage Global Inc.(a)(b)

    54,484       106,789  

Manning & Napier Inc.

    32,610       297,729  

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Class A, NVS

    22,148       1,003,083  

Pzena Investment Management Inc., Class A

    41,181       405,221  

Safeguard Scientifics Inc.(a)

    47,533       422,093  

Siebert Financial Corp.(a)

    30,613       102,554  

Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc., Class A

    23,345       363,715  

StoneX Group Inc.(a)

    39,861       2,626,840  

Value Line Inc.

    2,454       84,074  

Westwood Holdings Group Inc.

    17,712       336,528  
   

 

 

 
      14,646,143  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc.(a)

    39,667       253,472  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

AdvanSix Inc.(a)

    64,448     $ 2,561,808  

AgroFresh Solutions Inc.(a)

    66,397       143,418  

American Vanguard Corp.

    68,938       1,037,517  

Core Molding Technologies Inc.(a)

    18,262       210,196  

Crown ElectroKinetics Corp.(a)(b)

    17,259       69,036  

Flexible Solutions International Inc.(a)

    18,392       66,211  

Flotek Industries Inc.(a)(b)

    159,011       200,354  

FutureFuel Corp.

    66,653       475,236  

Hawkins Inc.

    45,234       1,577,762  

Intrepid Potash Inc.(a)(b)

    23,380       722,442  

Koppers Holdings Inc.(a)

    49,602       1,550,558  

LSB Industries Inc.(a)

    47,435       484,311  

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc.(a)(b)

    244,345       220,155  

Northern Technologies International Corp.

    18,100       276,025  

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.(a)

    145,159       1,088,692  

Trecora Resources(a)(b)

    55,150       451,127  

Tredegar Corp.

    62,203       757,633  

Valhi Inc.

    6,080       141,846  
   

 

 

 
          12,287,799  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%  

ACCO Brands Corp.

      222,197       1,908,672  

Acme United Corp.

    5,340       174,832  

Aqua Metals Inc.(a)(b)

    160,838       332,935  

ARC Document Solutions Inc.

    85,852       253,263  

BioHiTech Global Inc.(a)(b)

    44,129       60,898  

CECO Environmental Corp.(a)

    73,147       514,955  

Charah Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    35,026       161,120  

CompX International Inc.

    3,842       79,837  

Document Security Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    131,301       169,378  

Ennis Inc.

    61,586       1,160,896  

Fuel Tech Inc.(a)

    59,483       103,500  

Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.(a)

    36,754       1,065,131  

Interface Inc.

    137,752       2,086,943  

Kimball International Inc., Class B

    86,415       967,848  

Montrose Environmental Group Inc.(a)(b)

    54,586       3,370,140  

NL Industries Inc.

    20,004       115,223  

Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.(a)

    28,606       200,242  

Performant Financial Corp.(a)

    88,019       348,555  

Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc.(a)

    25,552       169,921  

Quad/Graphics Inc.(a)

    80,606       342,575  

Quest Resource Holding Corp.(a)

    37,670       229,033  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.(a)

    166,857       857,645  

SP Plus Corp.(a)

    54,892       1,683,538  

Team Inc.(a)

    62,167       187,123  

TOMI Environmental Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    28,576       39,006  

Viad Corp.(a)

    48,226       2,189,943  

Vidler Water Resouces Inc.(a)

    38,753       441,009  

Virco Mfg. Corp.(a)

    25,432       87,740  

VSE Corp.

    24,964       1,202,516  
   

 

 

 
      20,504,417  
Communications Equipment — 1.3%            

Applied Optoelectronics Inc.(a)(b)

    61,959       444,866  

Aviat Networks Inc.(a)(b)

    22,665       744,772  

BK Technologies Corp.

    29,515       83,380  

CalAmp Corp.(a)

    81,322       809,154  

Cambium Networks Corp.(a)

    25,293       915,354  

Casa Systems Inc.(a)

    73,882       500,920  

Clearfield Inc.(a)(b)

    26,761       1,181,498  

ClearOne Inc.(a)(b)

    20,227       47,736  
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)            

Communications Systems Inc.(a)

    17,176     $ 148,572  

ComSovereign Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    121,397       195,449  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    60,093       1,538,982  

Digi International Inc.(a)(b)

    79,259       1,666,024  

DZS Inc.(a)

    39,447       483,620  

EMCORE Corp.(a)

    85,631       640,520  

Franklin Wireless Corp.(a)(b)

    15,904       115,622  

Genasys Inc.(a)(b)

    78,386       406,040  

Harmonic Inc.(a)(b)

    209,636       1,834,315  

Inseego Corp.(a)(b)

    195,852       1,304,374  

KVH Industries Inc.(a)(b)

    35,684       343,637  

Lantronix Inc.(a)

    51,715       300,981  

Network-1 Technologies Inc.

    29,936       88,811  

Ondas Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    58,019       531,454  

PCTEL Inc.

    42,681       265,476  

Resonant Inc.(a)(b)

    134,076       324,464  

Ribbon Communications Inc.(a)(b)

    165,310       988,554  

TESSCO Technologies Inc.(a)

    17,002       94,871  

Vislink Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

      109,656       198,477  
   

 

 

 
          16,197,923  
Construction & Engineering — 1.5%            

Argan Inc.

    35,247       1,539,237  

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.(a)(b)

    8,678       119,323  

Concrete Pumping Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    60,448       516,226  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a)(b)

    151,913       2,292,367  

IES Holdings Inc.(a)

    20,286       926,867  

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc.(a)(b)

    64,279       734,709  

INNOVATE Corp.(a)(b)

    111,428       456,855  

iSun Inc.(a)

    17,051       141,523  

Limbach Holdings Inc.(a)

    22,897       151,578  

Matrix Service Co.(a)

    61,803       646,459  

Moving Image Technologies LLC(a)(b)

    10,408       29,351  

MYR Group Inc.(a)

    38,941       3,874,630  

Northwest Pipe Co.(a)

    22,769       539,625  

NV5 Global Inc.(a)(b)

    31,151       3,070,554  

Orbital Energy Group Inc.(a)(b)

    104,487       321,820  

Orion Group Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    68,507       372,678  

Sterling Construction Co. Inc.(a)

    65,251       1,479,240  

Tutor Perini Corp.(a)

    98,616       1,280,036  

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc.(a)(b)

    42,808       182,653  
   

 

 

 
      18,675,731  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Forterra Inc.(a)

    69,057       1,626,983  

Smith-Midland Corp.(a)(b)

    9,797       135,884  

United State Lime & Minerals Inc.

    4,880       589,504  
   

 

 

 
      2,352,371  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%            

Atlanticus Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    12,536       665,160  

Consumer Portfolio Services Inc.(a)(b)

    41,140       240,669  

Curo Group Holdings Corp.

    49,566       858,979  

Elevate Credit Inc.(a)

    52,987       218,836  

Enova International Inc.(a)(b)

    85,834       2,965,565  

EZCORP Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    115,621       875,251  

Medallion Financial Corp.(a)(b)

    48,971       383,932  

Nicholas Financial Inc.(a)

    11,497       141,413  

Oportun Financial Corp.(a)(b)

    48,991       1,226,245  

Regional Management Corp.

    18,662       1,085,755  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    10,165       1,927,081  
   

 

 

 
      10,588,886  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Myers Industries Inc.

    84,881     $ 1,661,121  

Ranpak Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    88,714       2,379,309  

UFP Technologies Inc.(a)

    16,137       993,878  
   

 

 

 
      5,034,308  
Distributors — 0.1%            

AMCON Distributing Co.

    387       57,655  

Educational Development Corp.

    15,775       153,806  

Funko Inc., Class A(a)

    62,242       1,133,427  

Greenlane Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    39,428       93,445  

Weyco Group Inc.

    14,349       325,148  
   

 

 

 
      1,763,481  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%            

American Public Education Inc.(a)

    43,642       1,117,672  

Amesite Inc.(a)(b)

    28,231       50,675  

Aspen Group Inc./CO(a)(b)

    53,172       296,168  

Carriage Services Inc.

    38,443       1,714,173  

Elite Education Group International Ltd.(a)(b)

    2,000       8,220  

European Wax Center Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    24,016       672,688  

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(a)(b)

    299,590       4,023,494  

Lincoln Educational Services Corp.(a)

    57,578       385,197  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a)

    125,363       1,249,869  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    167,096       1,764,534  

Regis Corp.(a)(b)

    55,594       193,467  

Select Interior Concepts Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    43,084       621,271  

StoneMor Inc.(a)

    76,298       188,456  

Universal Technical Institute Inc.(a)

    75,999       513,753  

XpresSpa Group Inc.(a)

      247,140       363,296  

Zovio Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    68,128       162,826  
   

 

 

 
        13,325,759  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%            

Alerus Financial Corp.

    35,939       1,073,857  

A-Mark Precious Metals Inc.

    20,501       1,230,470  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E

    74,265       1,302,608  

FlexShopper Inc.(a)

    36,440       113,328  

Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,994       102,007  

GWG Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,246       72,460  

Marlin Business Services Corp.

    19,118       424,993  

SWK Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    7,663       139,237  
   

 

 

 
      4,458,960  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%  

Anterix Inc.(a)

    27,101       1,645,031  

ATN International Inc.

    26,097       1,222,644  

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.(a)

    171,004       1,571,527  

Cuentas Inc.(a)

    14,205       41,052  

IDT Corp., Class B(a)(b)

    47,037       1,973,202  

Ooma Inc.(a)

    50,811       945,593  

Radius Global Infrastructure Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    139,054       2,270,752  
   

 

 

 
      9,669,801  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%            

Genie Energy Ltd., Class B

    49,252       321,615  

Via Renewables Inc.

    29,030       295,816  
   

 

 

 
      617,431  
Electrical Equipment — 1.2%            

Advent Technologies Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    36,992       321,830  

Allied Motion Technologies Inc.

    27,288       853,569  

American Superconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    65,499       954,975  

Ault Global Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    113,923       276,833  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc.(a)(b)

    130,408     $ 835,915  

Beam Global(a)(b)

    20,628       564,588  

Blink Charging Co.(a)(b)

    86,262       2,467,956  

Broadwind Inc.(a)(b)

    42,283       109,513  

Capstone Green Energy Corp.(a)

    34,175       164,382  

Energous Corp.(a)(b)

    150,681       313,417  

Eos Energy Enterprises Inc.(a)(b)

    101,467       1,423,582  

Espey Manufacturing & Electronics Corp.

    5,538       80,578  

Flux Power Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    18,560       94,285  

FTC Solar Inc.(a)(b)

    44,328       345,315  

Ideal Power Inc.(a)(b)

    14,608       222,334  

LSI Industries Inc.

    62,075       481,081  

Nuvve Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    18,702       201,982  

Ocean Power Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    125,507       291,176  

Orion Energy Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    68,324       265,780  

Pioneer Power Solutions Inc.

    9,578       31,799  

Polar Power Inc.(a)(b)

    17,095       94,706  

Powell Industries Inc.

    22,289       547,641  

Preformed Line Products Co.

    6,988       454,500  

Romeo Power Inc.(a)(b)

      297,998       1,475,090  

Sunworks Inc.(a)(b)

    65,565       402,569  

Thermon Group Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    77,255       1,337,284  

Ultralife Corp.(a)(b)

    23,154       163,699  

Westwater Resources Inc.(a)(b)

    80,038       286,536  
   

 

 

 
        15,062,915  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%  

Airgain Inc.(a)(b)

    20,956       264,255  

Akoustis Technologies Inc.(a)

    101,798       987,441  

AmpliTech Group Inc.(a)(b)

    6,428       23,012  

Arlo Technologies Inc.(a)

    197,266       1,264,475  

Autoscope Technologies Corp.

    9,830       72,840  

Bel Fuse Inc., Class B, NVS

    24,291       301,937  

ClearSign Technologies Corp.(a)

    56,842       113,684  

Coda Octopus Group Inc.(a)

    13,715       122,886  

CPS Technologies Corp.(a)(b)

    26,374       131,079  

CTS Corp.

    75,793       2,342,762  

Daktronics Inc.(a)

    87,290       473,985  

Data I/O Corp.(a)

    18,233       118,697  

Digital Ally Inc.(a)(b)

    115,557       139,824  

Frequency Electronics Inc.(a)

    14,260       148,304  

Identiv Inc.(a)

    49,874       939,626  

IEC Electronics Corp.(a)

    23,132       354,613  

Intellicheck Inc.(a)(b)

    41,930       343,407  

Interlink Electronics Inc.(a)

    1,823       17,173  

Iteris Inc.(a)(b)

    99,516       525,444  

Key Tronic Corp.(a)

    22,104       143,676  

Kimball Electronics Inc.(a)(b)

    56,718       1,461,623  

LGL Group Inc. (The)(a)

    7,367       101,591  

LightPath Technologies Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    61,073       130,085  

Luna Innovations Inc.(a)(b)

    72,378       687,591  

Mechanical Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    18,591       149,100  

MICT Inc.(a)(b)

    265,098       410,902  

Napco Security Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    33,944       1,462,307  

Powerfleet Inc.(a)(b)

    78,488       525,870  

Red Cat Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    73,416       255,488  

Research Frontiers Inc.(a)(b)

    71,744       183,665  

RF Industries Ltd.(a)

    22,875       184,601  

Richardson Electronics Ltd.

    26,129       253,190  

ScanSource Inc.(a)

    59,619       2,074,145  

VerifyMe Inc.(a)(b)

    16,522       56,175  

 

 

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

  17


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Vishay Precision Group Inc.(a)

    29,351     $ 1,020,534  

Wayside Technology Group Inc.

    9,343       251,981  

Wireless Telecom Group Inc.(a)(b)

    41,576       86,062  

Wrap Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    49,227       294,870  
   

 

 

 
      18,418,900  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.5%            

Aspen Aerogels Inc.(a)

    52,031       2,393,946  

Bristow Group Inc.(a)

    55,973       1,781,621  

Dawson Geophysical Co.(a)

    50,800       126,492  

DMC Global Inc.(a)

    43,755       1,614,997  

ENGlobal Corp.(a)(b)

    61,104       163,148  

Exterran Corp.(a)(b)

    58,544       259,935  

Forum Energy Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    10,441       235,340  

Frank’s International NV(a)

    390,954       1,149,405  

FTS International Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    20,975       515,985  

Geospace Technologies Corp.(a)

    30,295       289,317  

Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.(a)

    29,953       118,913  

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.(a)

    337,479       1,309,419  

ION Geophysical Corp.(a)(b)

    62,665       83,345  

KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    11,657       55,487  

Mammoth Energy Services Inc.(a)

    30,378       88,400  

MIND Technology Inc.(a)

    32,036       60,228  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b)

    16,763       1,617,294  

Natural Gas Services Group Inc.(a)(b)

    30,519       316,787  

NCS Multistage Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    1,561       45,815  

Newpark Resources Inc.(a)

      212,830       702,339  

Nine Energy Service Inc.(a)(b)

    38,513       70,479  

Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    8,256       16,324  

Oil States International Inc.(a)(b)

    142,797       912,473  

Profire Energy Inc.(a)

    93,408       107,419  

Ranger Energy Services Inc.(a)

    11,841       108,937  

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    49,692       230,074  

Select Energy Services Inc., Class A(a)

    145,225       753,718  

Smart Sand Inc.(a)(b)

    55,539       136,071  

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc., Class A

    74,619       622,323  

TETRA Technologies Inc.(a)

    288,411       899,842  

Tidewater Inc.(a)(b)

    96,721       1,166,455  

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.(a)

    172,771       1,380,440  
   

 

 

 
        19,332,768  
Entertainment — 0.3%            

Ballantyne Strong Inc.(a)

    30,388       93,291  

Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment
Inc.(a)

    16,768       383,484  

Cinedigm Corp., Class A(a)

    341,165       856,324  

CuriosityStream Inc.(a)(b)

    61,108       644,078  

Dolphin Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    16,692       202,975  

Eros STX Global Corp.(a)(b)

    746,171       686,104  

Gaia Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,385       269,090  

Marcus Corp. (The)(a)

    53,715       937,327  

Reading International Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    38,865       196,657  
   

 

 

 
      4,269,330  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.3%  

Alpine Income Property Trust Inc.

    25,216       463,218  

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.(a)(b)

    40,062       589,713  

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT Inc., Class A

    62,944       801,907  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    124,146       602,108  

BRT Apartments Corp.

    27,583       531,800  

CatchMark Timber Trust Inc., Class A

    117,216       1,391,354  

Cedar Realty Trust Inc.

    30,212       655,298  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    114,332       1,400,567  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

CIM Commercial Trust Corp.

    42,958     $ 389,199  

City Office REIT Inc.

    101,530       1,813,326  

Clipper Realty Inc.

    30,367       245,973  

Condor Hospitality Trust Inc.(a)

    14,778       103,003  

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc.

    32,382       143,452  

CorePoint Lodging Inc.(a)

    92,883       1,439,686  

CTO Realty Growth Inc.

    14,195       763,123  

Farmland Partners Inc.

    67,036       803,762  

Franklin Street Properties Corp., Class C

    245,781       1,140,424  

GEO Group Inc. (The)

    188,669       1,409,357  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    89,157       1,874,972  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    68,147       1,551,707  

Global Medical REIT Inc.

    142,976       2,101,747  

Global Self Storage Inc.

    24,535       126,355  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(a)

    76,369       712,523  

Indus Realty Trust Inc.

    10,304       722,310  

InnSuites Hospitality Trust(b)

    8,250       34,155  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    93,531       2,212,008  

New York City REIT Inc., Class A(b)

    23,066       186,143  

NexPoint Residential Trust Inc.

    52,976       3,278,155  

One Liberty Properties Inc.

    38,706       1,180,146  

Pennsylvania REIT(a)

    187,819       364,369  

Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc.

    69,279       1,576,097  

Postal Realty Trust Inc., Class A

    29,749       554,521  

Power REIT(a)

    5,343       266,963  

Preferred Apartment Communities Inc.

    122,446       1,497,515  

Presidio Property Trust Inc., Class A(b)

    25,401       95,762  

Retail Value Inc.

    41,129       1,082,927  

Seritage Growth Properties, Class A(a)

    88,089       1,306,360  

Sotherly Hotels Inc.(a)

    34,031       87,119  

UMH Properties Inc.

    100,756       2,307,312  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    30,780       1,701,211  

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Class A

    71,422       1,352,018  

Ventas Inc.

    1       55  

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc.(a)

    19,008       56,074  

Whitestone REIT

    104,783       1,024,778  
   

 

 

 
        41,940,572  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%            

Blue Apron Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    40,331       296,433  

Chefs’ Warehouse Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    74,624       2,430,504  

HF Foods Group Inc.(a)(b)

    84,842       513,294  

Ifresh Inc.(a)

    54,766       56,409  

MedAvail Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    28,564       83,407  

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc.

    21,619       242,565  

Rite Aid Corp.(a)(b)

      130,073       1,847,037  

SpartanNash Co.

    85,069       1,863,011  

Village Super Market Inc., Class A

    20,896       453,025  
   

 

 

 
      7,785,685  
Food Products — 0.4%            

Alico Inc.

    12,583       430,842  

Arcadia Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    53,976       111,730  

Bridgford Foods Corp.(a)

    4,745       56,845  

Farmer Bros. Co.(a)

    39,163       329,361  

Laird Superfood Inc.(a)(b)

    14,636       279,255  

Landec Corp.(a)(b)

    61,268       564,891  

Lifeway Foods Inc.(a)(b)

    11,196       62,586  

Limoneira Co.

    37,355       604,030  

Nuzee Inc.(a)(b)

    27,272       59,998  

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc.(a)

    11,720       86,728  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

S&W Seed Co.(a)(b)

    32,624     $ 84,496  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    14,967       721,709  

Vital Farms Inc.(a)(b)

    57,666       1,013,192  

Whole Earth Brands Inc.(a)

    87,393       1,009,389  
   

 

 

 
        5,415,052  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

RGC Resources Inc.

    18,896       427,994  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.1%            

Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.(a)(b)

    77,429       451,411  

Accuray Inc.(a)

    218,583       863,403  

Acutus Medical Inc.(a)

    44,731       395,422  

Alphatec Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    167,303           2,039,424  

AngioDynamics Inc.(a)(b)

    87,593       2,272,162  

Apollo Endosurgery Inc.(a)

    43,626       395,252  

Apyx Medical Corp.(a)

    73,132       1,012,878  

Asensus Surgical Inc.(a)(b)

      549,497       1,016,569  

Aspira Women’s Health Inc.(a)(b)

    170,785       555,051  

Avinger Inc.(a)(b)

    237,405       176,629  

Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    19,022       77,229  

Beyond Air Inc.(a)(b)

    47,371       526,766  

BioLife Solutions Inc.(a)

    57,591       2,437,251  

Biomerica Inc.(a)(b)

    20,520       92,340  

BioSig Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    66,390       197,842  

Bioventus Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    38,329       542,739  

Chembio Diagnostics Inc.(a)(b)

    66,229       165,573  

ClearPoint Neuro Inc.(a)(b)

    44,580       791,295  

Co-Diagnostics Inc.(a)

    63,341       616,308  

Cutera Inc.(a)

    41,559       1,936,649  

CVRx Inc.(a)

    18,679       308,951  

CytoSorbents Corp.(a)(b)

    96,643       784,741  

DarioHealth Corp.(a)(b)

    31,616       431,558  

Delcath Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    12,687       132,452  

Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    32,634       150,769  

ElectroCore Inc.(a)(b)

    138,175       156,138  

Electromed Inc.(a)(b)

    16,398       177,426  

ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    95,729       165,611  

Femasys Inc.(a)

    5,394       38,243  

FONAR Corp.(a)

    15,459       238,996  

GBS Inc.(a)(b)

    20,187       50,871  

Helius Medical Technologies Inc.(a)

    5,260       73,798  

Intersect ENT Inc.(a)

    78,662       2,139,606  

IntriCon Corp.(a)(b)

    20,236       367,486  

Invacare Corp.(a)

    79,587       378,834  

INVO BioScience Inc.(a)(b)

    23,659       76,419  

iRadimed Corp.(a)(b)

    14,917       501,062  

IRIDEX Corp.(a)

    32,170       246,422  

Kewaunee Scientific Corp.(a)

    6,207       82,057  

Lantheus Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    159,195       4,088,128  

LeMaitre Vascular Inc.

    44,483       2,361,602  

LENSAR Inc.(a)

    22,140       174,242  

Lucira Health Inc.(a)(b)

    37,319       283,624  

Meridian Bioscience Inc.(a)

    100,849       1,940,335  

Microbot Medical Inc.(a)

    16,205       113,921  

Milestone Scientific Inc.(a)(b)

    115,726       216,408  

Misonix Inc.(a)

    28,587       723,251  

Motus GI Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    118,488       81,697  

Myomo Inc.(a)(b)

    13,664       162,465  

Natus Medical Inc.(a)

    80,050       2,007,654  

Nemaura Medical Inc.(a)(b)

    28,378       170,552  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Neuronetics Inc.(a)(b)

    59,938     $ 393,193  

NeuroPace Inc.(a)(b)

    17,095       270,956  

OraSure Technologies Inc.(a)

    168,091       1,901,109  

Orthofix Medical Inc.(a)

    44,701       1,704,002  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)

    32,689       2,141,456  

PAVmed Inc.(a)

    168,562       1,439,520  

Predictive Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    150,335       199,946  

Pro-Dex Inc.(a)(b)

    5,061       131,232  

Pulse Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    32,668       705,629  

Quotient Ltd.(a)(b)

    184,088       430,766  

Repro-Med Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    69,210       197,249  

Retractable Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    40,738       449,340  

ReWalk Robotics Ltd.(a)(b)

    108,897       164,434  

RxSight Inc.(a)(b)

    20,010       253,527  

Sanara Medtech Inc.(a)(b)

    7,397       251,794  

SeaSpine Holdings Corp.(a)

    74,519       1,172,184  

Second Sight Medical Products Inc.(a)(b)

    38,736       123,568  

Senseonics Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

      1,020,154       3,458,322  

Sensus Healthcare Inc.(a)

    32,451       116,824  

SI-BONE Inc.(a)

    77,114       1,651,782  

Sientra Inc.(a)

    134,884       772,885  

SiNtx Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    67,200       86,016  

Soliton Inc.(a)(b)

    27,186       553,507  

Stereotaxis Inc.(a)

    116,713       627,916  

Strata Skin Sciences Inc.(a)

    57,397       105,611  

Surgalign Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    230,193       250,910  

Surmodics Inc.(a)(b)

    31,769       1,766,356  

Talis Biomedical Corp.(a)

    33,978       212,363  

Tela Bio Inc.(a)

    16,661       227,589  

TransMedics Group Inc.(a)(b)

    61,243       2,026,531  

Utah Medical Products Inc.

    8,170       758,503  

Vapotherm Inc.(a)

    53,383       1,188,839  

Venus Concept Inc.(a)

    63,442       159,239  

ViewRay Inc.(a)(b)

    324,908       2,342,587  

VolitionRx Ltd.(a)(b)

    82,787       256,640  

Xtant Medical Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    21,171       23,500  

Zynex Inc.(a)(b)

    45,770       521,320  
   

 

 

 
        64,424,657  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%            

Akumin Inc.(a)

    141,326       346,249  

Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    88,966       8,100,353  

Apria Inc.(a)(b)

    35,690       1,325,883  

Avalon GloboCare Corp.(a)(b)

    59,031       52,420  

Biodesix Inc.(a)(b)

    29,992       246,534  

Capital Senior Living Corp.(a)(b)

    3,420       120,452  

Castle Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    50,360       3,348,940  

Cross Country Healthcare Inc.(a)

    84,833       1,801,853  

Envveno Medical Corp., NVS

    17,538       182,044  

Enzo Biochem Inc.(a)

    106,336       376,429  

Exagen Inc.(a)

    24,169       328,698  

Five Star Senior Living Inc.(a)(b)

    43,705       191,428  

Great Elm Group Inc.(a)

    34,549       78,426  

Hanger Inc.(a)

    87,988       1,932,216  

Imac Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    61,016       90,304  

InfuSystem Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    42,618       555,313  

Joint Corp. (The)(a)

    32,586       3,194,080  

Novo Integrated Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    18,129       33,901  

Ontrak Inc.(a)(b)

    20,943       210,268  

PetIQ Inc.(a)

    63,839       1,594,060  

Precipio Inc.(a)

    49,136       138,564  

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Progenity Inc.(a)(b)

    44,376     $ 67,452  

Psychemedics Corp.(a)

    13,727       116,680  

RadNet Inc.(a)

    107,265       3,143,937  

Regional Health Properties Inc.(a)

    3,656       28,882  

Sharps Compliance Corp.(a)(b)

    34,190       282,751  

SOC Telemed Inc.(a)

    140,481       317,487  

Triple-S Management Corp.(a)

    53,729       1,900,395  

Viemed Healthcare Inc.(a)

    85,021       471,867  

Vivos Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    41,283       166,783  
   

 

 

 

  

          30,744,649  
Health Care Technology — 0.8%            

CareCloud Inc.(a)(b)

    22,108       168,463  

Castlight Health Inc., Class B(a)(b)

      285,305       447,929  

Computer Programs & Systems Inc.

    33,788       1,198,122  

Convey Holding Parent Inc.(a)

    31,054       260,854  

Forian Inc.(a)(b)

    44,496       459,199  

HealthStream Inc.(a)

    59,450       1,699,081  

Icad Inc.(a)

    51,354       552,056  

iSpecimen Inc.(a)(b)

    5,424       31,676  

NantHealth Inc.(a)

    60,153       96,846  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)(b)

    40,506       3,465,288  

Simulations Plus Inc.

    36,367       1,436,496  

Streamline Health Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    70,746       123,806  
   

 

 

 
      9,939,816  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%            

Allied Esports Entertainment Inc.(a)

    46,779       82,799  

Ark Restaurants Corp.(a)

    6,046       93,713  

BBQ Holdings Inc.(a)

    9,823       148,229  

Biglari Holdings Inc., Class B, NVS(a)(b)

    1,929       331,421  

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.(a)

    29,409       758,752  

BurgerFi International Inc.(a)(b)

    23,766       205,814  

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

    7,297       121,057  

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc.

    79,140       289,652  

Century Casinos Inc.(a)(b)

    64,130       863,831  

Chuy’s Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    46,849       1,477,149  

Del Taco Restaurants Inc.

    70,466       615,168  

Dover Motorsports Inc.

    40,255       97,417  

Drive Shack Inc.(a)(b)

    196,346       551,732  

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    44,783       756,833  

Esports Entertainment Group Inc.(a)(b)

    33,753       226,483  

Esports Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    26,277       882,119  

Everi Holdings Inc.(a)

    201,989       4,884,094  

FAT Brands Inc.(b)

    12,001       111,849  

FAT Brands Inc., Class B

    1,388       12,492  

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.(a)

    41,611       456,057  

Flanigan’s Enterprises Inc.(a)

    2,264       60,404  

Full House Resorts Inc.(a)(b)

    77,637       823,729  

GAN Ltd.(a)(b)

    94,294       1,402,152  

Golden Entertainment Inc.(a)

    40,651       1,995,558  

Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc.(a)

    94,418       1,640,041  

Good Times Restaurants Inc.(a)(b)

    22,889       117,192  

Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co.(a)(b)

    132,551       351,260  

Inspired Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    30,890       361,413  

Kura Sushi USA Inc., Class A(a)

    9,314       406,835  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    73,066       1,066,033  

Luby’s Inc.(a)

    44,684       186,779  

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.(a)(b)

    30,869       2,067,914  

Nathan’s Famous Inc.

    6,831       417,852  

NEOGAMES SA(a)

    13,106       481,252  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Noodles & Co.(a)

    95,397     $ 1,125,685  

ONE Group Hospitality Inc. (The)(a)

    48,806       521,736  

PlayAGS Inc.(a)(b)

    64,356       507,125  

Potbelly Corp.(a)(b)

    61,182       414,814  

RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc.

    19,620       1,344,166  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.(a)

    36,697       846,233  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc.(a)

    80,336       1,663,759  

Target Hospitality Corp.(a)(b)

    63,114       235,415  

Xponential Fitness Inc., Class A(a)

    23,257       295,131  
   

 

 

 
          31,299,139  
Household Durables — 1.4%            

Aterian Inc.(a)(b)

    60,733       657,738  

Bassett Furniture Industries Inc.

    21,777       394,381  

Beazer Homes USA Inc.(a)(b)

    69,060       1,191,285  

Casper Sleep Inc.(a)(b)

    67,925       290,040  

Comstock Holding Companies Inc.(a)(b)

    5,196       24,863  

Dixie Group Inc. (The)(a)

    35,502       172,540  

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

    53,754       1,273,970  

Flexsteel Industries Inc.

    15,656       483,457  

Green Brick Partners Inc.(a)(b)

    72,259       1,482,755  

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., Class A

    17,571       275,337  

Harbor Custom Development Inc.(a)(b)

    29,816       70,068  

Hooker Furniture Corp.

    27,699       747,596  

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Class A(a)

    12,029       1,159,475  

Koss Corp.(a)

    2,814       46,009  

Landsea Homes Corp.(a)

    24,345       210,828  

Legacy Housing Corp.(a)(b)

    18,711       336,237  

Lifetime Brands Inc.

    29,741       540,989  

Live Ventures Inc.(a)(b)

    2,996       113,189  

Lovesac Co. (The)(a)(b)

    30,177       1,994,398  

Nephros Inc.(a)

    14,354       125,885  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)(b)

      117,237       2,476,045  

Universal Electronics Inc.(a)(b)

    30,656       1,509,808  

VOXX International Corp.(a)(b)

    36,574       418,772  

Vuzix Corp.(a)(b)

    137,781       1,441,189  

Weber Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    40,773       717,197  
   

 

 

 
      18,154,051  
Household Products — 0.0%            

Ocean Bio-Chem Inc.

    9,375       87,281  

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

    12,878       450,730  
   

 

 

 
      538,011  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0%            

Gaucho Group Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    18,673       57,326  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.3%            

Ambac Financial Group Inc.(a)

    106,726       1,528,316  

Atlantic American Corp.(b)

    11,978       50,188  

Citizens Inc./TX(a)(b)

    117,268       728,234  

Crawford & Co., Class A, NVS

    39,361       353,068  

Donegal Group Inc., Class A

    35,564       515,322  

FedNat Holding Co.

    40,230       99,368  

FG Financial Group Inc.(a)

    4,607       23,265  

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(a)

    61,546       454,825  

Hallmark Financial Services Inc.(a)(b)

    29,786       108,719  

HCI Group Inc.

    13,287       1,471,801  

Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc.

    63,150       430,052  

ICC Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,779       81,148  

Independence Holding Co.

    10,073       499,520  

Investors Title Co.

    3,041       555,287  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Kingstone Companies Inc.

    21,696     $ 143,628  

Kingsway Financial Services Inc.(a)

    24,424       130,888  

Maiden Holdings Ltd.(a)

      166,432       525,925  

MBIA Inc.(a)

    112,446       1,444,931  

MetroMile Inc.(a)(b)

    89,678       318,357  

Midwest Holding Inc.(a)

    6,280       244,292  

National Western Life Group Inc., Class A

    6,081       1,280,598  

NI Holdings Inc.(a)

    21,870       384,037  

State Auto Financial Corp.

    41,732       2,126,245  

Tiptree Inc.

    55,022       551,321  

Trean Insurance Group Inc.(a)

    41,524       429,773  

United Fire Group Inc.

    49,792       1,150,195  

United Insurance Holdings Corp.

    50,139       182,005  

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.

    64,573       842,032  

Vericity Inc.(a)

    5,174       48,894  
   

 

 

 
      16,702,234  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.5%  

AutoWeb Inc.(a)(b)

    22,251       62,080  

Creatd Inc.(a)(b)

    19,346       52,428  

DHI Group Inc.(a)

    106,906       508,873  

EverQuote Inc., Class A(a)

    45,073       839,710  

IZEA Worldwide Inc.(a)(b)

    139,322       267,498  

Kubient Inc.(a)(b)

    27,042       87,346  

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    171,541       530,062  

Outbrain Inc.(a)(b)

    18,818       278,506  

QuinStreet Inc.(a)

    117,541       2,064,020  

Super League Gaming Inc.(a)

    23,365       72,665  

Travelzoo(a)(b)

    12,610       146,276  

TrueCar Inc.(a)(b)

    224,509       933,957  

Zedge Inc., Class B(a)(b)

    24,043       321,215  
   

 

 

 
      6,164,636  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.9%  

1847 Goedeker Inc.(a)(b)

    140,064       439,801  

1stdibs.com Inc.(a)(b)

    15,600       193,440  

CarParts.com Inc.(a)(b)

    115,574       1,804,110  

Digital Brands Group Inc.(a)(b)

    5,082       15,449  

Duluth Holdings Inc., Class B(a)(b)

    28,511       388,605  

iMedia Brands Inc.(a)

    41,457       238,378  

iPower Inc.(a)(b)

    7,282       28,837  

Lands’ End Inc.(a)(b)

    33,709       793,510  

Liquidity Services Inc.(a)(b)

    62,355       1,347,491  

PARTS iD Inc.(a)(b)

    39,464       204,818  

PetMed Express Inc.

    46,860       1,259,128  

Porch Group Inc.(a)(b)

    181,676       3,212,032  

Remark Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    223,363       234,531  

RumbleON Inc., Class B(a)(b)

    7,304       284,710  

TRxADE HEALTH Inc.(a)

    9,660       47,914  

Waitr Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    212,776       188,392  
   

 

 

 
        10,681,146  
IT Services — 1.9%  

ALJ Regional Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    56,934       60,350  

American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    18,800       52,452  

BM Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    22,197       197,553  

Brightcove Inc.(a)

    95,617       1,103,420  

Cantaloupe Inc.(a)(b)

    136,667       1,473,270  

Cass Information Systems Inc.

    33,621       1,407,039  

Computer Task Group Inc.(a)

    32,766       261,473  

Crexendo Inc.(a)(b)

    17,541       104,720  

CSP Inc.(a)

    9,745       86,633  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

ESC Srax Inc., NVS

    49,878     $ 2,993  

Exela Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    84,553       164,033  

Glimpse Group Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    4,326       31,537  

GreenBox POS(a)(b)

    42,693       353,925  

Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.(a)

    99,223       2,899,296  

Hackett Group Inc. (The)

    57,670       1,131,485  

I3 Verticals Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    50,356       1,219,119  

IBEX Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    13,759       233,903  

Information Services Group Inc.

    83,318       598,223  

Innodata Inc.(a)

    57,262       545,707  

Inpixon(a)(b)

      231,873       192,918  

International Money Express Inc.(a)

    75,221       1,256,191  

Limelight Networks Inc.(a)

    293,737       699,094  

MoneyGram International Inc.(a)(b)

    211,754       1,698,267  

OLB Group Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    5,802       23,208  

Paysign Inc.(a)(b)

    71,740       193,698  

PFSweb Inc.(a)

    38,780       500,262  

Priority Technology Holdings Inc.(a)

    23,826       159,158  

Research Solutions Inc/CA(a)

    37,829       97,977  

ServiceSource International Inc.(a)(b)

    229,727       310,131  

StarTek Inc.(a)

    39,982       220,301  

Steel Connect Inc.(a)(b)

    95,438       193,739  

Tucows Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    22,881       1,806,455  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)

    155,035       3,897,580  

Usio Inc.(a)

    46,866       277,447  

WidePoint Corp.(a)(b)

    22,018       115,594  
   

 

 

 
        23,569,151  
Leisure Products — 0.9%  

American Outdoor Brands Inc.(a)(b)

    33,076       812,347  

AMMO Inc.(a)(b)

    201,635       1,240,055  

Clarus Corp.

    56,985       1,460,526  

Escalade Inc.

    23,886       451,684  

Genius Brands International Inc.(a)(b)

    661,929       900,223  

JAKKS Pacific Inc.(a)(b)

    11,021       130,929  

Johnson Outdoors Inc., Class A

    12,301       1,301,446  

Marine Products Corp.

    19,196       240,142  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings Inc.(a)

    44,069       1,105,250  

Nautilus Inc.(a)(b)

    71,018       661,178  

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

    113,353       2,353,208  

Twin Vee PowerCats Co.(a)(b)

    5,893       21,392  

Vinco Ventures Inc.(a)(b)

    52,151       334,288  
   

 

 

 
      11,012,668  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.6%  

Akoya Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    18,140       253,234  

Alpha Teknova Inc.(a)(b)

    16,493       410,511  

Applied DNA Sciences Inc.(a)

    16,493       88,897  

Champions Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    15,057       153,732  

ChromaDex Corp.(a)(b)

    110,185       690,860  

Codex DNA Inc.(a)(b)

    17,571       195,565  

Contra Aduro Biotech I(a)(c)

    33,109       99,328  

Fluidigm Corp.(a)(b)

    178,874       1,178,780  

Harvard Bioscience Inc.(a)

    92,050       642,509  

Inotiv Inc.(a)(b)

    30,387       888,516  

Miromatrix Medical Inc.(a)

    13,829       96,250  

Personalis Inc.(a)

    85,683       1,648,541  

Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc., Cass A(a)

    18,276       337,558  

Singular Genomics Systems Inc.(a)

    27,460       307,277  
   

 

 

 
      6,991,558  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery — 2.4%  

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    161,918     $ 487,373  

Agrify Corp.(a)(b)

    39,458       731,551  

Blue Bird Corp.(a)

    37,155       775,053  

CIRCOR International Inc.(a)

    43,746       1,444,056  

Columbus McKinnon Corp./NY

    65,872       3,184,911  

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.(a)

    75,263       711,988  

Douglas Dynamics Inc.

    53,960       1,958,748  

Eastern Co. (The)

    12,864       323,658  

Energy Recovery Inc.(a)(b)

    98,778       1,879,745  

ExOne Co. (The)(a)

    39,976       934,639  

FreightCar America Inc.(a)(b)

    33,144       150,142  

Gencor Industries Inc.(a)

    25,219       279,931  

Graham Corp.

    24,866       308,338  

Hurco Companies Inc.

    15,031       484,900  

Ideanomics Inc.(a)(b)

      981,892       1,934,327  

LB Foster Co., Class A(a)

    24,106       373,402  

Lightning eMotors Inc.(a)(b)

    119,839       1,024,624  

LS Starrett Co. (The), Class A(a)

    13,985       174,673  

Luxfer Holdings PLC

    64,544       1,266,999  

Lydall Inc.(a)

    41,274       2,562,703  

Manitex International Inc.(a)

    35,444       254,488  

Manitowoc Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    81,336       1,742,217  

Mayville Engineering Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    21,318       400,778  

Miller Industries Inc./TN

    26,371       897,669  

NN Inc.(a)(b)

    100,524       527,751  

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.

    20,163       514,560  

Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc.(a)

    17,870       138,671  

Shyft Group Inc. (The)(b)

    81,591       3,101,274  

Taylor Devices Inc.(a)(b)

    7,567       85,507  

Titan International Inc.(a)

    119,947       858,821  

Twin Disc Inc.(a)

    24,611       262,353  

Urban-Gro Inc.(a)(b)

    18,966       252,058  
   

 

 

 
        30,027,908  
Marine — 0.3%  

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.(a)

    20,955       1,056,551  

Eneti Inc.

    17,984       300,333  

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    76,085       1,531,591  

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    28,850       137,615  

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.

    26,334       132,987  

Safe Bulkers Inc.(a)

    145,491       752,188  
   

 

 

 
      3,911,265  
Media — 1.2%  

Beasley Broadcast Group Inc., Class A(a)

    27,557       73,302  

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    41,731       1,618,328  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    859,018       2,327,939  

comScore Inc.(a)

    164,569       641,819  

Cumulus Media Inc., Class A(a)

    43,037       527,203  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)(b)

    2,833       907,608  

DallasNews Corp.

    11,689       81,239  

Digital Media Solutions Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    7,844       56,869  

Emerald Holding Inc.(a)

    56,343       244,529  

Entercom Communications Corp.(a)

    277,437       1,020,968  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    141,282       1,003,102  

Fluent Inc.(a)(b)

    102,530       232,743  

Gannett Co. Inc.(a)

    332,647       2,222,082  

Hemisphere Media Group Inc.(a)

    38,217       465,483  

Lee Enterprises Inc.(a)

    13,183       298,463  

Marchex Inc., Class B(a)

    80,309       239,722  

National CineMedia Inc.

    146,017       519,821  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Media (continued)  

NextPlay Technologies Inc.(a)

    64,405     $ 86,303  

Saga Communications Inc., Class A

    9,234       210,073  

Salem Media Group Inc.(a)

    24,964       92,616  

Social Reality Inc., Class A(b)(c)

    23,207       0 (d)  

SPAR Group Inc.(a)(b)

    28,993       40,300  

Stagwell Inc.(a)(b)

    144,776       1,110,432  

Thryv Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    17,968       539,759  

Townsquare Media Inc., Class A(a)

    25,655       335,311  

Troika Media Group Inc.(a)(b)

    47,641       62,886  

Urban One Inc., NVS(a)

    37,271       253,816  

Urban One Inc., Class A(a)

    17,067       138,584  
   

 

 

 
        15,351,300  
Metals & Mining — 1.3%  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.(a)

    41,369       2,059,762  

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.(a)(b)

    37,175       174,722  

Caledonia Mining Corp. PLC

    28,383       343,434  

Comstock Mining Inc.(a)(b)

    100,180       267,481  

Friedman Industries Inc.

    15,473       184,283  

Gatos Silver Inc.(a)

    108,773       1,265,030  

Gold Resource Corp.

    175,497       275,530  

Haynes International Inc.

    29,505       1,099,061  

Hycroft Mining Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    86,147       128,359  

Olympic Steel Inc.

    22,122       538,892  

Paramount Gold Nevada Corp.(a)(b)

    35,895       29,434  

Perpetua Resources Corp.(a)

    62,822       312,854  

PolyMet Mining Corp.(a)(b)

    67,754       206,650  

Ramaco Resources Inc.(a)(b)

    30,144       371,073  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    38,602       859,667  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Class A

    61,391       2,689,540  

SunCoke Energy Inc.

    196,039       1,231,125  

Synalloy Corp.(a)

    14,930       161,244  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)(b)

    107,873       1,410,979  

U.S. Gold Corp.(a)(b)

    15,464       158,351  

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.(a)

    18,630       193,007  

Warrior Met Coal Inc.

    121,642       2,830,609  
   

 

 

 
      16,791,087  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 1.6%  

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.(a)

    25,695       415,488  

AFC Gamma Inc.

    20,704       446,792  

AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc.

    38,699       442,330  

Angel Oak Mortgage Inc.

    17,314       293,126  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    103,984       1,568,079  

Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A(a)

    73,738       272,831  

ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc.

    193,717       2,088,269  

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

    224,300       1,500,567  

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp.

    40,507       359,702  

Dynex Capital Inc.

    80,448       1,390,141  

Ellington Financial Inc.

    109,573       2,004,090  

Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT

    28,033       312,848  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.

    128,506       1,692,424  

Great Ajax Corp.

    50,719       684,199  

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.

      685,473       2,159,240  

Lument Finance Trust Inc.

    42,173       167,005  

Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc.

    17,905       121,754  

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance Inc.

    12,614       245,721  

Orchid Island Capital Inc.

    294,556       1,440,379  

Ready Capital Corp.

    136,722       1,972,899  

Sachem Capital Corp.

    51,248       279,814  

Tremont Mortgage Trust(b)

    16,732       87,341  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment (continued)  

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp.

      141,280     $ 368,741  
   

 

 

 
      20,313,780  
Multi-Utilities — 0.1%  

Unitil Corp.

    36,642       1,567,545  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.2%  

Franchise Group Inc.

    67,086         2,375,515  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.7%  

Adams Resources & Energy Inc.

    6,969       211,649  

Aemetis Inc.(a)(b)

    64,484       1,178,768  

Alto Ingredients Inc.(a)(b)

    171,634       847,872  

Altus Midstream Co., Class A

    7,666       529,184  

American Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    91,837       174,490  

Amplify Energy Corp.(a)

    83,644       444,986  

Arch Resources Inc.(a)

    35,711       3,312,195  

Ardmore Shipping Corp.(a)

    82,427       342,072  

Battalion Oil Corp.(a)(b)

    7,844       76,322  

Berry Corp.

    159,896       1,152,850  

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc.

    72,917       3,492,724  

Centrus Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    23,074       892,041  

CONSOL Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    81,060       2,109,181  

Contango Oil & Gas Co.(a)(b)

    347,655       1,588,783  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    73,234       908,834  

Earthstone Energy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    56,306       518,015  

Energy Fuels Inc./Canada(a)(b)

    348,994       2,449,938  

Epsilon Energy Ltd.(a)(b)

    31,330       201,765  

Evolution Petroleum Corp.

    73,670       418,446  

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.(a)

    37,083       2,093,335  

Falcon Minerals Corp.

    93,784       440,785  

Gevo Inc.(a)(b)

    463,185       3,075,548  

Goodrich Petroleum Corp.(a)

    23,093       546,380  

Green Plains Inc.(a)

    99,613       3,252,364  

Hallador Energy Co.(a)

    56,123       166,124  

HighPeak Energy Inc.

    11,768       105,912  

International Seaways Inc.

    108,927       1,984,650  

Laredo Petroleum Inc.(a)(b)

    29,724       2,409,725  

Lightbridge Corp.(a)(b)

    16,858       82,098  

NACCO Industries Inc., Class A

    9,932       296,371  

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.

    27,905       114,411  

NextDecade Corp.(a)(b)

    67,387       187,336  

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.

    361,316       924,969  

Northern Oil and Gas Inc.

    123,641       2,645,917  

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Class A(a)

    153,444       319,164  

Par Pacific Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    108,738       1,709,361  

Peabody Energy Corp.(a)

    190,110       2,811,727  

PEDEVCO Corp.(a)(b)

    42,869       63,446  

Penn Virginia Corp.(a)

    36,296       968,014  

PHX Minerals Inc.

    62,631       191,651  

PrimeEnergy Resources Corp.(a)

    1,412       84,791  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    13,000       1,038,310  

Riley Exploration Permian Inc.

    5,902       138,579  

Ring Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    233,962       690,188  

SandRidge Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    73,814       960,320  

SilverBow Resources Inc.(a)(b)

    16,689       408,881  

Stabilis Solutions Inc.(a)

    6,005       43,236  

Teekay Corp.(a)

    163,864       599,742  

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A(a)

    56,113       815,322  

Tellurian Inc.(a)(b)

    849,478       3,321,459  

Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    545,921       1,665,059  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Ur-Energy Inc.(a)

    424,037     $ 729,344  

VAALCO Energy Inc.(a)

    127,657       375,312  

Vertex Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    90,269       473,010  

Vine Energy Inc., Class A(a)

    59,568       981,085  

W&T Offshore Inc.(a)(b)

    221,099       822,488  
   

 

 

 
        58,386,529  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%  

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    38,818       1,487,894  

Glatfelter Corp.

    103,414       1,458,138  

Verso Corp., Class A

    63,435       1,316,276  
   

 

 

 
      4,262,308  
Personal Products — 0.7%  

Beauty Health Co. (The)(a)(b)

    205,817       5,345,068  

Grove Inc.(a)(b)

    5,203       26,431  

Guardion Health Sciences Inc.(a)

    55,008       69,860  

Jupiter Wellness Inc.(a)(b)

    16,237       22,894  

LifeMD Inc.(a)(b)

    40,888       253,914  

Lifevantage Corp.(a)

    32,398       219,334  

Mannatech Inc.

    2,822       92,223  

Natural Alternatives International Inc.(a)

    10,956       147,687  

Natural Health Trends Corp.

    17,230       123,539  

Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc.

    27,887       408,545  

Revlon Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    17,763       179,584  

Summer Infant Inc.(a)(b)

    2,855       24,667  

United-Guardian Inc.

    8,911       126,358  

Veru Inc.(a)(b)

    151,016       1,288,167  
   

 

 

 
      8,328,271  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%  

9 Meters Biopharma Inc.(a)

      520,891       677,158  

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    279,214       284,798  

Acer Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    24,550       62,603  

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    120,383       2,166,894  

Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    28,489       122,218  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    99,400       1,133,160  

Aerpio Pharmaceuticals Inc., NVS(b)

    102,420       1  

Agile Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    161,432       155,152  

Alimera Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    16,678       70,882  

Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.(a)

    29,997       60,294  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    87,080       1,655,391  

Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    457,024       758,660  

Anebulo Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    7,011       47,184  

Angion Biomedica Corp.(a)(b)

    51,633       504,454  

ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    23,081       757,518  

Antares Pharma Inc.(a)

    392,209       1,427,641  

Aquestive Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    58,316       254,258  

Athira Pharma Inc.(a)

    75,885       711,801  

Avalo Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    124,420       271,236  

Avenue Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    18,278       27,234  

Aytu BioPharma Inc.(a)

    15,061       43,376  

Baudax Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    197,944       111,640  

BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.(a)

    218,409       788,457  

Cara Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    104,422       1,613,320  

cbdMD Inc.(a)(b)

    89,220       185,578  

Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    265,780       539,533  

Clearside Biomedical Inc.(a)

    113,484       680,904  

Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    51,265       397,816  

CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    37,832       56,370  

Cocrystal Pharma Inc.(a)

    209,909       220,404  

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)(b)

    83,474       1,647,777  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

CorMedix Inc.(a)(b)

    91,488     $ 425,419  

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    23,595       63,707  

Cymabay Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    162,874       594,490  

Cyteir Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    19,968       350,438  

Dare Bioscience Inc.(a)

    112,403       187,713  

Dermata Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    5,239       23,523  

Durect Corp.(a)(b)

    533,817       683,286  

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    131,525       214,386  

Enveric Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    45,283       93,736  

Esperion Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    61,715       743,666  

Eton Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    49,114       247,535  

Evofem Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    353,624       261,187  

Evoke Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    82,741       107,563  

Evolus Inc.(a)(b)

    76,455       582,587  

Eyenovia Inc.(a)(b)

    41,765       204,649  

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    49,513       515,925  

Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    62,962       1,776,158  

Graybug Vision Inc.(a)(b)

    30,063       99,809  

Harrow Health Inc.(a)(b)

    52,692       478,970  

Hepion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    180,495       276,157  

Hoth Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    59,815       71,180  

Ikena Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    24,098       304,117  

IMARA Inc.(a)

    24,381       99,474  

Jaguar Health Inc.(a)

    110,327       250,442  

Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    116,401       304,971  

Kaleido Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    47,736       260,639  

KemPharm Inc.(a)(b)

    67,150       626,510  

Landos Biopharma Inc.(a)

    11,188       163,345  

Lannett Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    80,105       240,315  

Lipocine Inc.(a)(b)

    207,343       226,004  

Liquidia Corp.(a)(b)

    80,840       223,118  

Longboard Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    16,282       145,073  

Lyra Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    15,776       144,193  

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    86,634       985,895  

MediWound Ltd.(a)(b)

    40,177       133,789  

Mind Medicine MindMed Inc.(a)

    821,470       1,914,025  

MyMD Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    87,396       629,251  

Novan Inc.(a)

    43,982       358,013  

Ocular Therapeutix Inc.(a)(b)

    179,909       1,799,090  

Ocuphire Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    25,851       133,133  

Odonate Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    38,556       112,198  

Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc., NVS(c)

    60,904       15,716  

Opiant Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    9,776       251,634  

Optinose Inc.(a)(b)

    89,553       268,659  

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    70,984         1,560,228  

Osmotica Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)

    39,237       115,749  

Otonomy Inc.(a)

    134,655       258,538  

Palisade Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    26,713       70,789  

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    112,484       546,672  

Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    13,809       27,618  

PLx Pharma Inc.(a)

    41,766       806,084  

Processa Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    24,921       213,573  

ProPhase Labs Inc.

    22,396       116,459  

Provention Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    130,423       834,707  

Pulmatrix Inc.(a)(b)

      135,994       108,782  

Rain Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    18,150       271,524  

Recro Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    96,272       198,320  

Relmada Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    37,205       975,143  

Restorbio Inc.

    8,569       9,410  

Reviva Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    30,946       125,950  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    48,876     $ 227,762  

scPharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    30,921       205,625  

SCYNEXIS Inc.(a)(b)

    48,133       255,105  

Seelos Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    228,219       550,008  

SIGA Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    114,925       849,296  

Strongbridge Biopharma PLC(a)

    113,481       231,501  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    19,815       427,013  

Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    32,844       342,234  

TFF Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    49,508       382,202  

TherapeuticsMD Inc.(a)(b)

    913,152       677,011  

Timber Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    71,972       65,473  

Trevi Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    26,034       35,667  

Tricida Inc.(a)(b)

    68,710       318,814  

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    30,653       383,163  

VYNE Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    112,866       156,884  

WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.(a)

    89,669       439,378  

Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    155,185       380,203  

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    94,680       401,443  
   

 

 

 
      47,593,728  
Professional Services — 1.5%  

Acacia Research Corp.(a)

    114,966       780,619  

Akerna Corp.(a)(b)

    55,543       156,631  

Atlas Technical Consultants Inc.(a)

    32,904       334,634  

Barrett Business Services Inc.

    17,727       1,351,861  

BGSF Inc.

    24,214       309,697  

CRA International Inc.

    16,702       1,659,177  

DLH Holdings Corp.(a)

    11,908       146,468  

Forrester Research Inc.(a)

    26,525       1,306,622  

Franklin Covey Co.(a)(b)

    29,105       1,187,193  

GP Strategies Corp.(a)(b)

    29,392       608,414  

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

    45,805       2,044,277  

Hill International Inc.(a)(b)

      104,242       215,781  

HireQuest Inc.(b)

    11,861       229,273  

Hudson Global Inc.(a)

    6,702       106,562  

Kelly Services Inc., Class A, NVS

    83,077       1,568,494  

Kforce Inc.

    48,071       2,866,954  

Mastech Digital Inc.(a)

    9,479       161,238  

Mistras Group Inc.(a)

    47,326       480,832  

RCM Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    20,644       125,516  

Red Violet Inc.(a)(b)

    17,562       453,275  

Resources Connection Inc.

    76,099       1,200,842  

ShiftPixy Inc.(a)(b)

    23,009       25,540  

Volt Information Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    34,364       121,992  

Where Food Comes From Inc.(b)

    5,991       82,556  

Willdan Group Inc.(a)

    26,139       930,287  
   

 

 

 
        18,454,735  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Alset EHome International Inc.(a)(b)

    27,309       64,176  

Altisource Asset Management Corp.(a)

    3,153       70,091  

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA(a)

    11,650       115,102  

American Realty Investors Inc.(a)

    4,662       61,259  

AMREP Corp.(a)

    8,178       128,395  

Fathom Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    12,520       334,284  

Forestar Group Inc.(a)

    39,796       741,399  

FRP Holdings Inc.(a)

    15,938       891,253  

InterGroup Corp. (The)(a)

    1,117       51,203  

JW Mays Inc.(a)

    1,312       50,197  

Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    18,491       191,567  

Rafael Holdings Inc., Class B(a)(b)

    22,941       704,977  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Stratus Properties Inc.(a)

    13,944     $ 449,554  

Tejon Ranch Co.(a)

    50,497       896,827  

Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc.(a)

    3,081       123,240  

Trinity Place Holdings Inc.(a)

    46,551       91,240  
   

 

 

 
        4,964,764  
Road & Rail — 0.3%  

Covenant Logistics Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,655       792,311  

Daseke Inc.(a)(b)

    94,485       870,207  

HyreCar Inc.(a)

    41,052       348,942  

PAM Transportation Services Inc.(a)

    8,696       391,146  

Patriot Transportation Holding Inc.

    5,412       64,240  

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    63,773       550,361  

Universal Logistics Holdings Inc.

    18,825       378,006  

USA Truck Inc.(a)(b)

    19,252       294,170  

Yellow Corp.(a)(b)

      118,592       670,045  
   

 

 

 
      4,359,428  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.2%  

Aehr Test Systems(a)(b)

    47,732       651,542  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    50,126       1,572,453  

Amtech Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    27,424       313,456  

Atomera Inc.(a)(b)

    47,637       1,099,938  

AXT Inc.(a)(b)

    93,894       782,137  

CEVA Inc.(a)

    53,376       2,277,554  

CVD Equipment Corp.(a)(b)

    12,122       55,519  

CyberOptics Corp.(a)

    16,690       593,830  

DSP Group Inc.(a)(b)

    52,762       1,156,015  

eMagin Corp.(a)

    159,422       360,294  

Everspin Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    35,926       232,801  

GSI Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    37,775       199,452  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    65,773       2,702,613  

Impinj Inc.(a)(b)

    44,149       2,522,232  

inTEST Corp.(a)(b)

    24,345       279,481  

Kopin Corp.(a)(b)

    182,109       934,219  

Meta Materials Inc.(a)(b)

    516,573       2,985,792  

NeoPhotonics Corp.(a)

    120,431       1,048,954  

NVE Corp.

    11,365       727,019  

PDF Solutions Inc.(a)

    69,545       1,602,317  

Photronics Inc.(a)

    143,110       1,950,589  

Pixelworks Inc.(a)(b)

    119,494       571,181  

QuickLogic Corp.(a)(b)

    25,662       137,548  

SkyWater Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    19,170       521,424  

SMART Global Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    41,506       1,847,017  

Summit Wireless Technologies Inc.(a)

    26,185       73,318  
   

 

 

 
      27,198,695  
Software — 2.0%  

A10 Networks Inc.(a)

    142,529       1,921,291  

Agilysys Inc.(a)

    46,830       2,452,019  

Alfi Inc.(a)(b)

    9,521       62,458  

American Software Inc./GA, Class A

    74,459       1,768,401  

Asure Software Inc.(a)

    40,802       367,626  

Auddia Inc.(a)(b)

    15,746       38,105  

AudioEye Inc.(a)(b)

    16,380       180,671  

Aware Inc./MA(a)

    31,175       127,506  

Benefitfocus Inc.(a)(b)

    58,898       653,768  

BSQUARE Corp.(a)(b)

    27,865       67,155  

ChannelAdvisor Corp.(a)

    69,040       1,741,879  

Cleanspark Inc.(a)(b)

    78,368       908,285  

Color Star Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b)

    207,368       113,638  

DatChat Inc.(a)(b)

    4,664       63,664  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Digimarc Corp.(a)(b)

    29,915     $ 1,030,273  

Duos Technologies Group Inc.(a)(b)

    8,297       53,018  

eGain Corp.(a)

    48,229       491,936  

GTY Technology Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    75,447       567,361  

Intelligent Systems Corp.(a)

    16,991       690,004  

Intrusion Inc.(a)

    38,647       156,907  

Issuer Direct Corp.(a)

    6,828       178,552  

Kaspien Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,362       38,382  

LivePerson Inc.

    135,358       404,720  

Mind CTI Ltd.

    37,737       119,249  

Mitek Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    101,466       1,877,121  

Net Element Inc.(a)

    11,473       94,538  

NetSol Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    26,510       121,416  

Oblong Inc.(a)(b)

    36,705       76,713  

OneSpan Inc.(a)

    83,464       1,567,454  

Park City Group Inc.(a)

    29,913       163,026  

Phunware Inc.(a)(b)

    169,560       157,487  

Qumu Corp.(a)(b)

    41,890       103,887  

RealNetworks Inc.(a)(b)

    83,081       132,099  

Rekor Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    73,647       846,204  

Rimini Street Inc.(a)(b)

    102,840       992,406  

Seachange International Inc.(a)(b)

    102,229       108,363  

ShotSpotter Inc.(a)(b)

    19,943       725,327  

SilverSun Technologies Inc.(b)

    6,591       40,007  

Smith Micro Software Inc.(a)

    110,403       534,350  

SRAX Inc.(a)

    49,878       266,349  

Synchronoss Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    147,610       354,264  

Verb Technology Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    133,588       256,489  

Veritone Inc.(a)(b)

    67,240       1,606,364  

VirnetX Holding Corp.(a)

    148,876       583,594  

Zix Corp.(a)

      125,226       885,348  
   

 

 

 
        25,689,674  
Specialty Retail — 3.0%  

America’s Car-Mart Inc./TX(a)

    14,784       1,726,476  

Barnes & Noble Education Inc.(a)(b)

    90,013       899,230  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

    48,922       1,127,163  

Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    33,892       574,130  

Caleres Inc.

    87,385       1,941,695  

CarLotz Inc.(a)(b)

    167,277       637,325  

Cato Corp. (The), Class A

    46,453       768,333  

Chico’s FAS Inc.(a)

    282,612       1,268,928  

Citi Trends Inc.(a)

    20,656       1,507,062  

Conn’s Inc.(a)(b)

    41,964       958,038  

Container Store Group Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    74,743       711,553  

Envela Corp.(a)(b)

    16,149       67,180  

Express Inc.(a)

    150,998       712,711  

Genesco Inc.(a)(b)

    34,765       2,006,983  

Haverty Furniture Companies Inc.

    39,561       1,333,601  

Hibbett Inc.

    37,890       2,680,339  

J Jill Inc.(a)(b)

    10,185       177,015  

JOANN Inc.(b)

    28,290       315,151  

Kirkland’s Inc.(a)

    32,881       631,644  

Lazydays Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    17,376       370,804  

LMP Automotive Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    13,988       215,275  

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc.(a)

    67,401       1,259,051  

MarineMax Inc.(a)(b)

    49,893       2,420,808  

OneWater Marine Inc., Class A

    24,132       970,348  

Party City Holdco Inc.(a)(b)

    261,233       1,854,754  

Shift Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    145,724       1,011,325  

Shoe Carnival Inc.

    41,901       1,358,430  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc.(a)

    102,837     $ 1,809,931  

Tilly’s Inc., Class A

    53,423       748,456  

TravelCenters of America Inc.(a)(b)

    29,406       1,464,125  

Winmark Corp.

    8,118       1,745,614  

Xcel Brands Inc.(a)

    22,407       33,386  

Zumiez Inc.(a)

    51,645       2,053,405  
   

 

 

 
          37,360,269  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%  

AstroNova Inc.(a)

    15,804       237,850  

Avid Technology Inc.(a)

    85,439       2,470,896  

Boxlight Corp., Class A(a)

    113,290       254,903  

Eastman Kodak Co.(a)(b)

    105,511       718,530  

Immersion Corp.(a)

    62,394       426,775  

Intevac Inc.(a)

    57,371       274,233  

Movano Inc.(a)(b)

    26,146       94,126  

One Stop Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    33,179       166,890  

Quantum Corp.(a)

    134,964       699,114  

Socket Mobile Inc.(a)

    14,804       93,265  

TransAct Technologies Inc.(a)

    21,302       296,098  

Turtle Beach Corp.(a)(b)

    36,160       1,005,971  
   

 

 

 
      6,738,651  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  

Charles & Colvard Ltd.(a)

    65,628       195,571  

Crown Crafts Inc.

    19,458       143,989  

Culp Inc.

    28,314       364,684  

Delta Apparel Inc.(a)

    14,884       406,482  

Fossil Group Inc.(a)(b)

      113,195       1,341,361  

Jerash Holdings U.S. Inc.(b)

    8,126       54,607  

Lakeland Industries Inc.(a)(b)

    19,085       400,785  

Movado Group Inc.

    37,673       1,186,323  

Rocky Brands Inc.

    16,081       765,616  

Superior Group of Companies Inc.

    27,596       642,711  

Unifi Inc.(a)

    31,145       683,010  

Vera Bradley Inc.(a)

    61,242       576,287  

Vince Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    8,348       68,908  
   

 

 

 
      6,830,334  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.3%  

1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Inc.(a)

    7,193       78,548  

Blue Foundry Bancorp(a)(b)

    66,943       923,144  

Bogota Financial Corp.(a)(b)

    12,085       124,959  

Bridgewater Bancshares Inc.(a)(b)

    49,096       859,671  

Broadway Financial Corp./DE(a)(b)

    54,430       180,708  

CBM Bancorp Inc.

    5,284       85,706  

CF Bankshares Inc.

    8,746       178,856  

Cincinnati Bancorp Inc.(a)

    5,545       82,731  

Elmira Savings Bank

    7,274       96,817  

ESSA Bancorp. Inc.

    21,294       353,480  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    21,682         2,352,931  

FFBW Inc.(a)

    14,363       170,345  

Finance of America Companies Inc.,
Class A(a)(b)

    82,322       407,494  

First Seacoast Bancorp.(a)

    6,354       62,142  

FS Bancorp. Inc.

    17,096       591,693  

Greene County Bancorp. Inc.

    8,264       300,231  

Guaranty Federal Bancshares Inc.

    7,741       186,868  

Hingham Institution For Savings (The)

    3,394       1,142,760  

HMN Financial Inc.(a)

    9,414       220,005  

Home Bancorp. Inc.

    18,238       705,446  

Home Federal Bancorp. Inc./LA

    6,445       122,391  

Home Point Capital Inc.

    19,010       78,321  
Security   Shares     Value  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued)            

HomeStreet Inc.

    47,379     $ 1,949,646  

HV Bancorp Inc.(a)

    2,914       63,962  

IF Bancorp. Inc.

    6,049       137,131  

Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc.(a)

    30,883       43,545  

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp

    9,931       70,907  

Lake Shore Bancorp. Inc.

    5,041       75,565  

Luther Burbank Corp.

    37,386       501,346  

Magyar Bancorp Inc.(a)

    7,580       85,730  

Merchants Bancorp./IN

    23,295       919,454  

Meridian Bancorp. Inc.

    110,912       2,302,533  

Mid-Southern Bancorp Inc.

    5,911       89,847  

Northeast Community Bancorp Inc., NVS

    22,739       247,628  

Northfield Bancorp. Inc.

    106,303       1,824,160  

Oconee Federal Financial Corp.

    2,627       60,946  

Ocwen Financial Corp.(a)

    19,253       541,587  

OP Bancorp.

    29,013       297,673  

PB Bankshares Inc.(a)(b)

    6,180       83,615  

PCSB Financial Corp.

    32,156       592,957  

Pioneer Bancorp. Inc./NY(a)(b)

    28,560       360,998  

Ponce de Leon Federal Bank(a)(b)

    16,577       240,532  

Premier Financial Corp.

    88,519       2,818,445  

Provident Bancorp. Inc.

    36,009       576,864  

Provident Financial Holdings Inc.

    14,287       244,022  

Prudential Bancorp. Inc.

    16,032       244,648  

Randolph Bancorp Inc.(a)

    8,256       178,164  

Rhinebeck Bancorp Inc.(a)

    7,237       78,883  

Riverview Bancorp. Inc.

    50,226       365,143  

Security National Financial Corp., Class A(a)

    23,320       191,924  

Severn Bancorp. Inc.

    18,809       235,489  

Southern Missouri Bancorp. Inc.

    18,170       815,651  

Sterling Bancorp Inc./MI(a)

    40,607       209,532  

TC Bancshares Inc.(a)(b)

    12,208       170,668  

Territorial Bancorp. Inc.

    19,137       485,697  

Texas Community Bancshares Inc.(a)(b)

    6,502       100,456  

Timberland Bancorp. Inc./WA

    18,508       535,807  

Velocity Financial Inc.(a)(b)

    20,117       264,740  

Waterstone Financial Inc.

    52,531       1,076,360  

Western New England Bancorp. Inc.

    49,620       423,259  

William Penn Bancorp. Inc.(b)

    26,444       322,881  

WVS Financial Corp.

    4,166       66,489  
   

 

 

 
        29,200,131  
Tobacco — 0.2%            

22nd Century Group Inc.(a)(b)

      376,973       1,115,840  

Turning Point Brands Inc.

    34,148       1,630,567  
   

 

 

 
          2,746,407  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%            

Alta Equipment Group Inc.(a)

    44,073       605,122  

BlueLinx Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    21,648       1,058,154  

CAI International Inc.

    38,188       2,135,091  

DXP Enterprises Inc./TX(a)

    41,976       1,241,230  

EVI Industries Inc.(a)(b)

    13,425       365,160  

Hudson Technologies Inc.(a)

    91,741       323,846  

Huttig Building Products Inc.(a)(b)

    58,965       313,694  

India Globalization Capital Inc.(a)(b)

    97,801       144,746  

Karat Packaging Inc.(a)

    10,797       227,061  

Lawson Products Inc./DE(a)(b)

    11,074       553,811  

Titan Machinery Inc.(a)

    46,053       1,193,233  

Transcat Inc.(a)(b)

    16,578       1,068,949  

Veritiv Corp.(a)(b)

    34,651       3,103,344  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Willis Lease Finance Corp.(a)

    6,436     $ 239,355  
   

 

 

 
      12,572,796  
Water Utilities — 0.3%  

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A, NVS

    19,331       737,864  

Cadiz Inc.(a)(b)

    49,861       351,021  

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.

    34,461       392,855  

Global Water Resources Inc.

    29,323       548,927  

Pure Cycle Corp.(a)

    44,790       596,155  

York Water Co. (The)

    30,645       1,338,574  
   

 

 

 
      3,965,396  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Gogo Inc.(a)(b)

    139,627       2,415,547  

Spok Holdings Inc.

    42,121       430,477  
   

 

 

 
      2,846,024  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 100.0%
(Cost: $1,152,768,911)

      1,255,461,978  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%            

FAT Brands Inc., 8.25%(a)

    960       22,512  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.0%
(Cost: $12,564)

      22,512  
   

 

 

 

Rights

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%  

Capital Senior Living Corp., (Expires 10/18/21)(a)

    3,420       11,013  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

      11,013  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 16.3%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(e)(f)(g)

    204,294,845     $ 204,396,992  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(e)(f)

    860,000       860,000  
   

 

 

 
      205,256,992  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 16.3%
(Cost: $205,187,426)

 

    205,256,992  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 116.3%
(Cost: $1,357,968,901)

 

    1,460,752,495  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (16.3)%

      (204,514,680
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 1,256,237,815  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)

Rounds to less than $1.

(e)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g)

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, 2021 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
09/30/21
    

Shares

Held at
09/30/21

     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

   

    

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 216,470,830      $      $ (12,051,780 )(a)    $ (11,158    $ (10,900    $ 204,396,992        204,294,845      $ 1,618,978 (b)     $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     680,000        180,000 (a)                           860,000        860,000        78           
            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

   
             $ (11,158    $ (10,900    $ 205,256,992         $ 1,619,056      $    
            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

  (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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

 

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                             

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

     26          12/17/21        $ 2,861   $ 1,217  
              

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 1,217  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (225,511
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 1,173  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments    

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 2,137,513  

 

 

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

   $ 1,255,321,966        $ 9,410        $ 130,602        $ 1,255,461,978  

Preferred Stocks

     22,512                            22,512  

Rights

              11,013                   11,013  

Money Market Funds

     205,256,992                            205,256,992  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 1,460,601,470        $ 20,423        $ 130,602        $ 1,460,752,495  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,217        $        $        $ 1,217  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)(b)

    3,293     $ 576,341  

BWX Technologies Inc.

    4,813       259,228  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    2,079       262,328  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

    4,265       253,298  

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    19,752       616,263  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

    2,010       388,051  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    2,827       134,056  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A

    5,293       233,898  

Textron Inc.(b)

    11,469       800,651  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    9,124       230,837  
   

 

 

 
      3,754,951  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)(b)

    4,931       386,788  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.4%            

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    6,224       364,726  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    32,423       665,320  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)

    1,587       129,150  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)(b)

    16,155       247,010  
   

 

 

 
      1,406,206  
Auto Components — 0.5%  

BorgWarner Inc.

    12,227       528,328  

Gentex Corp.

    12,201       402,389  

Lear Corp.

    3,041       475,856  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    10,500       257,670  
   

 

 

 
          1,664,243  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    7,815       286,107  

Thor Industries Inc.

    2,717       333,539  
   

 

 

 
      619,646  
Banks — 2.5%  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    2,010       165,162  

Bank OZK

    6,271       269,528  

BOK Financial Corp.

    1,560       139,698  

Comerica Inc.

    6,832       549,976  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    5,430       378,362  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    2,915       345,777  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    7,204       558,598  

First Citizens BancShares Inc./NC, Class A(b)

    308       259,696  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    6,574       192,947  

First Horizon Corp.

      27,934       455,045  

FNB Corp.

    16,250       188,825  

PacWest Bancorp.

    5,918       268,204  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    21,702       379,134  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    3,792       356,751  

Popular Inc.

    4,041       313,864  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    4,557       324,139  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    3,014       820,652  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    9,750       243,360  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    7,410       325,225  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    11,223       227,266  

Webster Financial Corp.

    4,554       248,011  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    5,146       559,988  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    2,892       232,430  

Zions Bancorp. NA

    8,149       504,342  
   

 

 

 
      8,306,980  
Security   Shares     Value  

Beverages — 0.1%

 

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

    475     $ 242,131  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.3%            

Acceleron Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    2,670       459,507  

Exelixis Inc.(a)(b)

    15,716       332,236  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    7,158       240,079  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    7,432       183,273  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    2,003       354,351  

Natera Inc.(a)

    4,232       471,614  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    4,737       454,326  

Novavax Inc.(a)(b)

    3,755       778,449  

Sage Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    2,629       116,491  

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    3,895       360,210  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    3,289       296,635  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    2,250       415,305  
   

 

 

 
          4,462,476  
Building Products — 1.5%  

A O Smith Corp.

    6,754       412,467  

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.

    3,086       333,813  

Allegion PLC

    4,558       602,476  

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

    2,406       229,701  

AZEK Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    5,686       207,710  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)(b)

    10,396       537,889  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    2,605       517,848  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    7,052       630,590  

Lennox International Inc.

    1,710       503,031  

Owens Corning

    5,211       445,540  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)

    5,906       601,998  
   

 

 

 
      5,023,063  
Capital Markets — 1.8%  

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    2,097       316,836  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    7,018       518,139  

Carlyle Group Inc. (The)

    8,284       391,667  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    5,401       668,968  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    1,977       264,265  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    1,925       759,951  

Invesco Ltd.

    17,024       410,449  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    7,930       327,747  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    11,166       414,593  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    5,105       233,809  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

    4,064       637,073  

Morningstar Inc.

    1,193       309,023  

SEI Investments Co.

    5,523       327,514  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    5,205       353,732  

Virtu Financial Inc., Class A

    4,676       114,235  
   

 

 

 
        6,048,001  
Chemicals — 1.3%  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    2,804       249,892  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

      10,530       307,371  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    10,915       609,275  

Chemours Co. (The)

    8,349       242,622  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    2,624       42,089  

Element Solutions Inc.

    11,807       255,976  

Huntsman Corp.

    10,759       318,359  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    17,530       626,172  

NewMarket Corp.

    343       116,198  

Olin Corp.

    7,308       352,611  

RPM International Inc.

    6,516       505,967  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    2,081       304,575  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Chemicals (continued)

 

Valvoline Inc.

    9,243     $ 288,197  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    1,695       154,482  
   

 

 

 
          4,373,786  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%  

ADT Inc.

    8,086       65,416  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    2,585       268,504  

Driven Brands Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,743       79,245  

IAA Inc.(a)

    6,857       374,186  

MSA Safety Inc.

    1,871       272,605  

Stericycle Inc.(a)(b)

    4,668       317,284  
   

 

 

 
      1,377,240  
Communications Equipment — 0.6%  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    7,869       404,073  

CommScope Holding Co. Inc.(a)

    10,271       139,583  

F5 Networks Inc.(a)(b)

    3,069       610,056  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    16,435       452,291  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,844       321,128  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    3,549       195,443  
   

 

 

 
      2,122,574  
Construction & Engineering — 0.5%  

AECOM(a)(b)

    6,959       439,461  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    2,865       247,192  

Quanta Services Inc.

    7,032       800,382  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    1,064       250,168  
   

 

 

 
      1,737,203  
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Eagle Materials Inc.

    2,099       275,305  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%            

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    446       261,044  

OneMain Holdings Inc.

    5,281       292,197  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

    3,034       126,518  

SLM Corp.

    15,558       273,821  

Upstart Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,291       724,964  
   

 

 

 
      1,678,544  
Containers & Packaging — 1.2%  

AptarGroup Inc.

    3,352       400,061  

Ardagh Group SA

    877       22,355  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    4,209       872,147  

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)(b)

    6,894       419,707  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    6,447       649,729  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    14,406       274,290  

Packaging Corp. of America

    4,760       654,214  

Sealed Air Corp.

    7,644       418,815  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    4,264       163,567  

Sonoco Products Co.

    5,006       298,257  
   

 

 

 
      4,173,142  
Distributors — 0.3%  

Pool Corp.

    1,979       859,697  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)

    3,078       429,135  

Chegg Inc.(a)

    7,244       492,737  

frontdoor Inc.(a)(b)

    4,335       181,636  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    2,282       200,725  

H&R Block Inc.

    9,098       227,450  

Mister Car Wash Inc.(a)

    2,096       38,252  

Service Corp. International

    8,351       503,231  
Security   Shares     Value  

Diversified Consumer Services (continued)

 

Terminix Global Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,368     $ 265,355  
   

 

 

 
      2,338,521  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%  

Voya Financial Inc.

    5,753       353,177  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.5%

   

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    5,380       219,665  

IDACORP Inc.

    2,568       265,480  

NRG Energy Inc.

    12,419       507,068  

OGE Energy Corp.

    10,188       335,797  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    5,753       416,287  
   

 

 

 
          1,744,297  
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    1,792       310,679  

ChargePoint Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    5,346       106,867  

Hubbell Inc.

    2,763       499,191  

nVent Electric PLC

    8,491       274,514  

Plug Power Inc.(a)

    25,993       663,861  

Regal Beloit Corp.

    2,071       311,354  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(a)(b)

    7,940       434,477  

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,146       143,470  

Sunrun Inc.(a)(b)

    10,098       444,312  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    14,285       344,126  
   

 

 

 
      3,532,851  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.0%  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    3,647       409,522  

Avnet Inc.

    5,062       187,142  

Cognex Corp.

    8,688       696,951  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    1,241       310,362  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,838       291,139  

Jabil Inc.

    7,252       423,299  

Littelfuse Inc.

    1,222       333,936  

National Instruments Corp.

    6,740       264,410  

SYNNEX Corp.

    2,124       221,109  

Vontier Corp.

    8,630       289,968  
   

 

 

 
      3,427,838  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%  

NOV Inc.(a)

    19,884       260,679  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.5%  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A(a)

    1,272       59,847  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)

    10,117       520,115  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    964       179,256  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)

    5,301       146,467  

Skillz Inc.(a)(b)

    14,821       145,542  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    2,235       125,741  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    50,983       383,902  
   

 

 

 
      1,560,870  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.9%  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    6,960       337,212  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    14,353       547,136  

Americold Realty Trust

    13,322       387,004  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    7,975       389,260  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    15,107       334,016  

Camden Property Trust

    4,942       728,797  

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    2,234       309,498  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    7,565       282,099  

CubeSmart

    10,247       496,467  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

CyrusOne Inc.

    6,313     $ 488,689  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    8,435       266,630  

EPR Properties

    3,737       184,533  

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.

    8,827       689,389  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    3,910       461,341  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    6,541       340,655  

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.

    11,252       521,193  

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., Class A

    11,105       329,374  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    5,244       230,002  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    35,989       587,700  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    7,512       197,340  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    14,624       635,413  

JBG SMITH Properties

    6,334       187,550  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    5,907       391,102  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    29,653       615,300  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,398       498,953  

Life Storage Inc.

    3,946       452,764  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    30,164       605,392  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    8,915       385,039  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    12,121       363,145  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    11,981       229,316  

Rayonier Inc.

    7,162       255,540  

Regency Centers Corp.

    8,569       576,951  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    7,038       399,407  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    3,415       241,919  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    6,060       279,002  

STORE Capital Corp.

    12,369       396,179  

VEREIT Inc.

    11,609       525,075  

VICI Properties Inc.

    29,853       848,124  

Vornado Realty Trust

    8,954       376,158  
   

 

 

 
            16,370,664  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%  

Albertsons Companies Inc., Class A

    7,887       245,522  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    1,881       354,475  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    4,474       96,504  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    11,274       390,757  
   

 

 

 
      1,087,258  
Food Products — 1.0%  

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    2,925       307,886  

Bunge Ltd.

    7,014       570,378  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)(b)

    8,200       589,580  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    9,566       226,045  

Freshpet Inc.(a)(b)

    2,072       295,654  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    4,289       183,483  

Ingredion Inc.

    3,406       303,168  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    7,451       457,268  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)(b)

    2,431       70,693  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    3,010       331,582  

Seaboard Corp.

    12       49,200  
   

 

 

 
      3,384,937  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    4,402       231,193  

UGI Corp.

    10,535       449,002  
   

 

 

 
      680,195  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%            

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    8,210       343,260  

Figs Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,931       71,717  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    3,927       300,887  

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.

    3,394       509,100  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    1,012     $ 236,181  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,662       250,774  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    2,553       691,123  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    1,723       459,179  

Quidel Corp.(a)(b)

    1,876       264,797  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)(b)

    3,108       371,033  
   

 

 

 
            3,498,051  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1%  

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

    4,513       287,839  

agilon health Inc.(a)(b)

    3,474       91,053  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    1,636       243,928  

Chemed Corp.

    784       364,654  

Encompass Health Corp.

    4,981       373,774  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)

    4,584       573,046  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    7,144       544,087  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)(b)

    2,931       795,210  

Premier Inc., Class A

    6,209       240,661  

Signify Health Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,217       57,488  
   

 

 

 
      3,571,740  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%  

Certara Inc.(a)

    4,232       140,079  

Change Healthcare Inc.(a)

    12,774       267,488  
   

 

 

 
      407,567  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.4%  

Aramark

    11,696       384,331  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    4,189       264,996  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    1,763       222,790  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    1,867       448,229  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    2,410       185,811  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    2,125       334,326  

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

    18,850       503,483  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(b)

    7,922       574,028  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)

    4,251       333,916  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    3,892       165,410  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    4,290       233,934  

Vail Resorts Inc.(a)

    2,037       680,460  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    9,119       197,700  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    4,661       359,783  
   

 

 

 
      4,889,197  
Household Durables — 0.9%  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    6,786       304,284  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    2,886       511,977  

Newell Brands Inc.

    19,272       426,682  

PulteGroup Inc.

    13,198       606,052  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    9,219       427,854  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    5,734       317,033  

TopBuild Corp.(a)(b)

    1,677       343,466  
   

 

 

 
      2,937,348  
Household Products — 0.1%  

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

    2,777       75,923  

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.

    2,123       203,108  
   

 

 

 
      279,031  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    6,485       251,683  

Vistra Corp.

    24,446       418,026  
   

 

 

 
      669,709  
Insurance — 2.2%  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    684       427,097  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    3,460     $ 435,372  

Assurant Inc.

    2,995       472,461  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    3,593       168,188  

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    5,893       405,851  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    3,953       181,996  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    4,220       190,871  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    11,907       660,243  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    1,280       228,378  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    2,023       507,328  

First American Financial Corp.

    5,421       363,478  

Globe Life Inc.

    5,112       455,121  

GoHealth Inc., Class A(a)

    2,460       12,374  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    1,815       235,260  

Kemper Corp.

    3,066       204,778  

Lemonade Inc.(a)

    1,920       128,659  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,379       76,769  

Old Republic International Corp.

    14,287       330,458  

Primerica Inc.

    2,000       307,260  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    3,463       385,294  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    2,380       331,772  

Unum Group

    10,302       258,168  

W R Berkley Corp.

    7,046       515,626  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    154       164,720  
   

 

 

 
        7,447,522  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%  

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    5,035       170,435  

Vimeo Inc.(a)(b)

    7,338       215,517  
   

 

 

 
      385,952  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%  

Qurate Retail Inc., Series A

    19,012       193,732  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 2.0%  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    2,544       256,664  

Amdocs Ltd.

    6,602       499,837  

Concentrix Corp.(a)

    2,145       379,665  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    12,815       430,712  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    2,585       329,019  

Fastly Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,387       217,850  

Genpact Ltd.

    9,276       440,703  

Globant SA(a)

    2,052       576,633  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    3,769       618,342  

MongoDB Inc.(a)(b)

    3,156       1,488,086  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)

    21,248       164,672  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    16,241       192,293  

Shift4 Payments Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,198       170,389  

SolarWinds Corp.

    1,786       29,880  

Switch Inc., Class A

    5,785       146,881  

Western Union Co. (The)

    20,836       421,304  

WEX Inc.(a)(b)

    2,280       401,599  
   

 

 

 
      6,764,529  
Leisure Products — 0.4%  

Brunswick Corp./DE

    3,972       378,412  

Hayward Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    2,007       44,636  

Mattel Inc.(a)(b)

    17,725       328,976  

Polaris Inc.

    2,913       348,570  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    4,358       373,437  
   

 

 

 
            1,474,031  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.4%  

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)

    4,247       618,278  
Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)

    5,568     $ 189,256  

Avantor Inc.(a)

    29,520       1,207,368  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    1,969       954,118  

Bruker Corp.(b)

    5,181       404,636  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    2,535       1,046,119  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    5,184       254,431  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    5,698       987,407  

PPD Inc.(a)(b)

    8,176       382,555  

QIAGEN NV(a)(b)

    11,585       598,713  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    2,783       804,259  

Sotera Health Co.(a)(b)

    5,072       132,633  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    5,192       454,196  
   

 

 

 
            8,033,969  
Machinery — 2.1%  

AGCO Corp.

    3,184       390,135  

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

    5,368       189,598  

Colfax Corp.(a)(b)

    5,970       274,023  

Crane Co.

    2,517       238,637  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    6,413       368,170  

Flowserve Corp.

    6,637       230,105  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    4,896       79,658  

Graco Inc.

    8,570       599,643  

ITT Inc.

    4,398       377,524  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    2,930       377,355  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)(b)

    2,812       479,474  

Nordson Corp.

    2,948       702,066  

Oshkosh Corp.

    3,487       356,964  

Pentair PLC

    8,438       612,852  

Snap-on Inc.

    2,708       565,837  

Timken Co. (The)

    3,277       214,381  

Toro Co. (The)

    5,483       534,099  

Woodward Inc.

    2,930       331,676  
   

 

 

 
      6,922,197  
Marine — 0.0%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    3,048       146,182  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

Cable One Inc.

    274       496,798  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    19,917       730,356  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    8,422       414,952  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    19,896       468,153  

News Corp., Class B

    6,198       143,979  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    2,054       312,126  
   

 

 

 
      2,566,364  
Metals & Mining — 0.8%  

Alcoa Corp.(a)

    9,461       463,021  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    23,082       457,255  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    3,210       457,168  

Royal Gold Inc.

    3,328       317,791  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    9,838       575,326  

United States Steel Corp.

    13,646       299,803  
   

 

 

 
      2,570,364  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 0.3%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    26,756       421,942  

New Residential Investment Corp.

    21,943       241,373  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

    13,998       341,691  
   

 

 

 
      1,005,006  
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%            

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    10,128       300,498  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)  

NiSource Inc.

    19,994     $ 484,454  
   

 

 

 
      784,952  
Multiline Retail — 0.2%            

Kohl’s Corp.

    7,991       376,296  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)(b)

    5,564       147,168  

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

    3,289       198,261  
   

 

 

 
      721,725  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    17,105       178,234  

APA Corp.

    19,253       412,592  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    20,039       436,049  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    5,132       447,510  

Continental Resources Inc./OK

    3,330       153,679  

Devon Energy Corp.

    34,311       1,218,384  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    9,180       869,070  

EQT Corp.(a)

    14,120       288,895  

HollyFrontier Corp.

    7,577       251,026  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    40,022       547,101  

New Fortress Energy Inc.

    1,356       37,629  

Targa Resources Corp.

    11,428       562,372  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    300       362,808  
   

 

 

 
            5,765,349  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    4,844       297,276  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.1%            

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    17,371       136,536  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)(b)

    5,357       227,030  
   

 

 

 
      363,566  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%            

Catalent Inc.(a)

    8,266       1,099,957  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    3,025       393,885  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    9,076       163,005  

Organon & Co.

    12,947       424,532  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    6,776       320,708  
   

 

 

 
      2,402,087  
Professional Services — 1.1%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    6,756       536,089  

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

    1,176       308,230  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    8,045       135,236  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)(b)

    1,711       230,472  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

    6,571       870,855  

Legalzoomcom Inc.(a)(b)

    961       25,370  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    2,771       300,044  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    18,245       350,121  

Robert Half International Inc.

    5,572       559,039  

Science Applications International Corp.

    2,931       250,776  
   

 

 

 
      3,566,232  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(a)

    2,121       186,245  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    2,564       636,103  

Opendoor Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    22,938       470,917  
   

 

 

 
      1,293,265  
Road & Rail — 0.5%            

AMERCO

    454       293,298  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    8,206       419,737  

Landstar System Inc.

    1,951       307,907  

Ryder System Inc.

    2,667       220,587  
Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail (continued)            

Schneider National Inc., Class B

    2,647     $ 60,193  

TuSimple Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,699       63,084  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)(b)

    4,933       392,568  
   

 

 

 
        1,757,374  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.8%  

Allegro MicroSystems Inc.(a)

    2,049       65,486  

Brooks Automation Inc.

    3,726       381,356  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)(b)

    2,951       243,015  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)

    6,711       1,006,449  

Entegris Inc.

    6,845       861,785  

First Solar Inc.(a)(b)

    5,410       516,438  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    2,822       425,868  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    2,281       1,105,555  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    21,545       986,115  

Universal Display Corp.

    2,209       377,651  
   

 

 

 
            5,969,718  
Software — 4.8%  

Alteryx Inc., Class A(a)

    2,989       218,496  

Anaplan Inc.(a)

    7,149       435,303  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    3,466       425,625  

Avalara Inc.(a)

    4,305       752,385  

Bentley Systems Inc., Class B(b)

    6,990       423,874  

Bill.com Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,022       1,073,673  

Black Knight Inc.(a)(b)

    7,709       555,048  

C3.ai Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,747       80,956  

CDK Global Inc.

    6,220       264,661  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)(b)

    6,561       738,900  

Datto Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,223       29,230  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

    3,277       288,376  

DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    776       26,508  

Dropbox Inc., Class A(a)

    15,558       454,605  

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.(a)

    3,623       160,281  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    9,995       709,345  

Elastic NV(a)(b)

    3,532       526,233  

Everbridge Inc.(a)

    1,957       295,585  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    1,404       558,694  

Five9 Inc.(a)

    3,408       544,394  

Guidewire Software Inc.(a)(b)

    4,282       509,001  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    2,685       103,426  

Mandiant Inc.

    12,001       213,618  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    3,230       494,287  

McAfee Corp., Class A

    3,478       76,898  

Medallia Inc.(a)(b)

    5,335       180,696  

N-Able Inc.(a)

    1,786       22,164  

nCino Inc.(a)(b)

    2,863       203,359  

NCR Corp.(a)

    6,504       252,095  

New Relic Inc.(a)

    2,632       188,899  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    27,920       706,376  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    14,483       797,144  

Nutanix Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    9,829       370,553  

Paycor HCM Inc.(a)(b)

    1,045       36,742  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,912       536,125  

Pegasystems Inc.

    2,070       263,097  

Procore Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    517       46,189  

PTC Inc.(a)

    5,351       640,996  

Smartsheet Inc., Class A(a)

    6,086       418,838  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    5,556       318,637  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    5,886       475,177  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Zendesk Inc.(a)

    6,054     $ 704,625  
   

 

 

 
      16,121,114  
Specialty Retail — 1.5%            

AutoNation Inc.(a)

    2,305       280,657  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    3,204       383,743  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    2,812       497,190  

Floor & Decor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    5,194       627,383  

Foot Locker Inc.

    4,581       209,169  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    3,277       575,015  

Gap Inc. (The)

    10,263       232,970  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)

    6,784       139,344  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    1,493       473,341  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

    1,598       160,759  

Petco Health & Wellness Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    2,823       59,565  

RH(a)(b)

    875       583,546  

Vroom Inc.(a)(b)

    5,888       129,948  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    3,804       674,563  
   

 

 

 
          5,027,193  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    13,606       342,327  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    7,244       146,111  
   

 

 

 
      488,438  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    7,538       364,915  

Carter’s Inc.

    2,177       211,692  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    2,037       195,226  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    1,397       503,199  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    17,711       303,921  

PVH Corp.(a)

    3,614       371,483  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    2,398       266,274  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,685       281,572  

Tapestry Inc.

    14,158       524,129  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    9,528       192,275  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    10,137       177,600  
   

 

 

 
      3,392,286  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    17,245       257,985  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    23,037       296,486  

TFS Financial Corp.

    2,519       48,012  

UWM Holdings Corp.

    4,730       32,874  
   

 

 

 
      635,357  
Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%  

Air Lease Corp.

    5,475     $ 215,386  

Core & Main Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,785       46,785  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    2,297       184,196  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)(b)

    2,249       448,608  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    8,457       201,446  

Watsco Inc.

    1,667       441,122  
   

 

 

 
      1,537,543  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

Essential Utilities Inc.

    11,365       523,699  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 55.8%
(Cost: $158,845,764)

        187,662,928  
   

 

 

 

Investment Companies

   

Exchange Traded Funds — 44.0%

 

iShares Russell 2000 ETF(b)(c)

    677,467       148,195,906  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 44.0%
(Cost: $125,185,576)

      148,195,906  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 46.3%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(c)(d)(e)

    155,518,418       155,596,177  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 46.3%
(Cost: $155,594,978)

 

    155,596,177  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 146.1%
(Cost: $439,626,318)

 

    491,455,011  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (46.1)%

      (155,063,581
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 336,391,430  
   

 

 

 

 

(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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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2021 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
09/30/21
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/21

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

       
 

 

   

    

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 112,434,624     $ 43,174,602 (a)    $     $ (12,833   $ (216   $ 155,596,177       155,518,418     $ 229,076 (b)    $             
 

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

    200,000             (200,000 )(a)                               17          
 

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    119,636,359       41,351,869       (11,163,508     1,536,031       (3,164,845     148,195,906       677,467       676,686          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 1,523,198     $ (3,165,061   $ 303,792,083       $ 905,779     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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.

 
  (c)

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 

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

       

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

    1       12/17/21     $ 110     $ (1,272

Russell 2000 Micro E-Mini Index

    30       12/17/21       330       (6,634
       

 

 

 
        $ (7,906
       

 

 

 

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
 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 7,906  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 29,608  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (15,132
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 498,972      

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 2500 ETF

 

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

   $ 187,662,928        $        $        $ 187,662,928  

Investment Companies

     148,195,906                            148,195,906  

Money Market Funds

     155,596,177                            155,596,177  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 491,455,011        $               —        $               —        $ 491,455,011  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ (7,906      $        $        $ (7,906
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%            

AAR Corp.(a)

    9,432     $ 305,880  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.

    19,997       870,869  

Aerovironment Inc.(a)

    5,894       508,770  

Astronics Corp.(a)

    9,137       128,466  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    17,208       3,011,744  

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

    141,581       31,139,325  

BWX Technologies Inc.

    25,337       1,364,651  

Byrna Technologies Inc.(a)

    4,854       106,108  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    10,851       1,369,179  

Ducommun Inc.(a)(b)

    2,627       132,269  

General Dynamics Corp.

    65,748       12,888,580  

HEICO Corp.

    11,958       1,576,902  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    20,792       2,462,397  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

    23,501       1,395,724  

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    104,514       3,260,837  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

    10,343       1,996,820  

Kaman Corp.

    7,843       279,760  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.(a)

    33,658       750,910  

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

    53,108       11,696,506  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    65,636       22,650,984  

Maxar Technologies Inc.(b)

    18,115       513,017  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    15,243       722,823  

Moog Inc., Class A

    7,815       595,737  

National Presto Industries Inc.

    1,615       132,559  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    39,765       14,321,365  

PAE Inc.(a)

    23,892       142,874  

Parsons Corp.(a)

    5,068       171,096  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    400,381       34,416,751  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A

    28,364       1,253,405  

Textron Inc.(b)

    59,344       4,142,805  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    13,679       8,543,493  

Triumph Group Inc.(a)

    16,013       298,322  

Vectrus Inc.(a)

    2,557       128,566  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    47,354       1,198,056  
   

 

 

 
          164,477,550  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%  

Air Transport Services Group Inc.(a)

    15,931       411,179  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,572       536,801  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    34,898       3,036,126  

Echo Global Logistics Inc.(a)

    6,791       323,999  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    44,202       5,265,784  

FedEx Corp.

    64,805       14,211,088  

Forward Air Corp.

    7,373       612,106  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)

    25,588       2,007,123  

Hub Group Inc., Class A(a)

    9,233       634,769  

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B

    191,347       34,844,289  
   

 

 

 
      61,883,264  
Airlines — 0.3%  

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    32,818       1,923,135  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    3,691       721,517  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    167,706       3,441,327  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)

    8,208       667,967  

Delta Air Lines Inc.(a)

    168,806       7,192,824  

Frontier Group Holdings Inc.(a)

    9,877       155,958  

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.(a)

    14,307       309,890  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    82,922       1,267,877  

SkyWest Inc.(a)

    14,102       695,793  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    156,750       8,061,652  
Security   Shares     Value  
Airlines (continued)  

Spirit Airlines Inc.(a)

    26,768     $ 694,362  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,860       163,004  

United Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)

    84,591       4,023,994  
   

 

 

 
      29,319,300  
Auto Components — 0.3%            

Adient PLC(a)

    24,993       1,035,960  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.(a)

    30,315       267,075  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    71,087       10,589,830  

BorgWarner Inc.

    62,749       2,711,384  

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.(a)

    5,700       124,887  

Dana Inc.

    41,164       915,487  

Dorman Products Inc.(a)

    7,455       705,765  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    11,291       1,632,001  

Gentex Corp.

    63,099       2,081,005  

Gentherm Inc.(a)

    8,510       688,714  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)

    75,680       1,339,536  

LCI Industries

    6,997       942,006  

Lear Corp.

    16,026       2,507,749  

Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)

    11,810       133,807  

Motorcar Parts of America Inc.(a)

    6,651       129,695  

Patrick Industries Inc.

    5,928       493,802  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    54,490       1,337,185  

Standard Motor Products Inc.

    5,119       223,752  

Stoneridge Inc.(a)

    6,863       139,937  

Tenneco Inc., Class A(a)

    14,766       210,711  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    7,727       729,352  

XPEL Inc.(a)

    4,519       342,811  
   

 

 

 
      29,282,451  
Automobiles — 1.7%  

Arcimoto Inc.(a)(b)

    10,193       116,506  

Canoo Inc.(a)(b)

    21,993       169,126  

Fisker Inc.(a)(b)

    41,373       606,114  

Ford Motor Co.(a)

    1,033,313       14,631,712  

General Motors Co.(a)

    364,310       19,202,780  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    42,285       1,548,054  

Lordstown Motors Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    30,216       241,124  

Tesla Inc.(a)

    210,802       163,472,735  

Thor Industries Inc.

    14,610       1,793,524  

Winnebago Industries Inc.

    7,871       570,254  

Workhorse Group Inc.(a)(b)

    32,812       251,012  
   

 

 

 
          202,602,941  
Banks — 4.5%  

1st Source Corp.

    4,063       191,936  

Allegiance Bancshares Inc.

    6,051       230,846  

Altabancorp.

    4,509       199,117  

Amerant Bancorp Inc.(a)

    7,800       192,972  

Ameris Bancorp

    16,322       846,785  

Arrow Financial Corp.

    4,729       162,488  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    39,763       851,723  

Atlantic Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    5,456       144,529  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    22,355       823,782  

Banc of California Inc.

    12,434       229,905  

BancFirst Corp.

    4,764       286,412  

Bancorp. Inc. (The)(a)

    12,081       307,461  

BancorpSouth Bank

    28,387       845,365  

Bank First Corp.

    1,652       117,077  

Bank of America Corp.

    1,957,906       83,113,110  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    9,452       776,671  

Bank of Marin Bancorp., Class A

    4,528       170,932  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The)

    14,124     $ 501,543  

Bank OZK

    32,401       1,392,595  

BankUnited Inc.

    24,695       1,032,745  

Banner Corp.

    9,732       537,304  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

    4,836       135,650  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc.

    12,318       332,340  

BOK Financial Corp.

    9,020       807,741  

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    17,954       273,978  

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.

    4,918       225,982  

Business First Bancshares Inc.

    6,577       153,836  

Byline Bancorp Inc.

    7,398       181,695  

Cadence BanCorp.

    33,175       728,523  

Cambridge Bancorp

    1,686       148,368  

Camden National Corp.

    3,742       179,242  

Capstar Financial Holdings Inc.

    5,956       126,505  

Cathay General Bancorp

    20,793       860,622  

CBTX Inc.

    5,018       132,375  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    8,258       212,065  

CIT Group Inc.

    27,359       1,421,300  

Citigroup Inc.

    535,774           37,600,619  

Citizens & Northern Corp.

    5,841       147,544  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    111,329       5,230,236  

City Holding Co.

    4,234       329,871  

Civista Bancshares Inc.

    6,066       140,913  

CNB Financial Corp./PA

    5,097       124,061  

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    19,525       741,755  

Comerica Inc.

    35,454       2,854,047  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    28,159       1,962,119  

Community Bank System Inc.

    14,122       966,227  

Community Trust Bancorp. Inc.

    3,868       162,843  

ConnectOne Bancorp. Inc.

    10,492       314,865  

CrossFirst Bankshares Inc.(a)

    12,928       168,064  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    15,183       1,801,007  

Customers Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    7,288       313,530  

CVB Financial Corp.

    34,583       704,456  

Dime Community Bancshares Inc.

    9,602       313,601  

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    9,569       550,218  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    37,505       2,908,138  

Eastern Bankshares Inc.

    44,727       907,958  

Enterprise Bancorp. Inc./MA

    4,098       147,323  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    9,410       426,085  

Equity Bancshares Inc., Class A

    3,990       133,186  

Farmers National Banc Corp.

    10,882       170,956  

FB Financial Corp.

    7,671       328,933  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    181,852       7,717,799  

Financial Institutions Inc.

    4,651       142,553  

First BanCorp./Puerto Rico

    53,997       710,061  

First Bancorp./Southern Pines NC

    8,695       373,972  

First Bancshares Inc. (The)

    5,068       196,537  

First Busey Corp.

    14,063       346,372  

First Citizens BancShares Inc./NC, Class A(b)

    1,690       1,424,957  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    23,135       315,330  

First Community Bankshares Inc.

    4,434       140,647  

First Financial Bancorp

    25,266       591,477  

First Financial Bankshares Inc.

    34,668       1,592,995  

First Financial Corp./IN

    2,813       118,287  

First Foundation Inc.

    11,675       307,053  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    35,593       1,044,655  

First Horizon Corp.

    149,878       2,441,513  

First Interstate BancSystem Inc., Class A

    9,872       397,447  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

First Merchants Corp.

    14,405     $ 602,705  

First Mid Bancshares Inc.

    3,376       138,619  

First Midwest Bancorp. Inc.

    32,731       622,216  

First of Long Island Corp. (The)

    6,644       136,866  

First Republic Bank/CA

    47,187       9,101,429  

Flushing Financial Corp.

    7,611       172,009  

FNB Corp.

    86,571       1,005,955  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    45,866       700,833  

German American Bancorp. Inc.

    6,531       252,293  

Glacier Bancorp. Inc.

    25,030       1,385,411  

Great Southern Bancorp. Inc.

    2,597       142,342  

Great Western Bancorp. Inc.

    16,571       542,535  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    23,754       1,119,289  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    8,508       170,671  

Harborone Bancorp. Inc.

    17,165       240,997  

Heartland Financial USA Inc.

    9,693       466,039  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    16,622       193,314  

Heritage Financial Corp./WA

    11,292       287,946  

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

    17,721       578,945  

Home BancShares Inc./AR

    41,545       977,554  

HomeTrust Bancshares Inc.

    5,466       152,939  

Hope Bancorp Inc.

    29,653       428,189  

Horizon Bancorp Inc./IN

    10,618       192,929  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    386,886       5,981,258  

Independent Bank Corp.

    8,978       683,675  

Independent Bank Corp./MI

    5,590       120,073  

Independent Bank Group Inc.

    10,743       763,183  

International Bancshares Corp.

    14,738       613,690  

Investors Bancorp. Inc.

    61,449       928,494  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    784,976           128,492,721  

KeyCorp

    252,411       5,457,126  

Lakeland Bancorp. Inc.

    11,514       202,992  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    6,035       429,933  

Live Oak Bancshares Inc.

    8,518       542,000  

M&T Bank Corp.

    33,776       5,044,108  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    4,790       153,424  

Metrocity Bankshares Inc.

    7,621       159,812  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a)

    2,478       208,895  

Mid Penn Bancorp. Inc.

    5,633       155,189  

Midland States Bancorp. Inc.

    6,280       155,304  

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc.

    6,108       184,217  

MVB Financial Corp.

    3,029       129,732  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    8,542       345,780  

NBT Bancorp. Inc.

    11,816       426,794  

Nicolet Bankshares Inc.(a)

    2,958       219,424  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    15,264       326,802  

OFG Bancorp

    11,998       302,590  

Old National Bancorp./IN

    47,234       800,616  

Old Second Bancorp. Inc.

    12,002       156,746  

Origin Bancorp Inc.

    7,061       299,033  

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    22,786       944,252  

PacWest Bancorp

    32,482       1,472,084  

Park National Corp.

    3,584       437,069  

Parke Bancorp. Inc.

    1       29  

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.

    4,878       162,730  

Peoples Bancorp. Inc./OH

    5,500       173,855  

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

    3,260       148,558  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    112,288       1,961,671  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    20,385       1,917,821  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    112,256       21,961,764  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Popular Inc.

    21,996     $ 1,708,429  

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    3,634       242,315  

Premier Financial Bancorp. Inc.(a)(c)

    1       20  

Primis Financial Corp.

    9,785       141,491  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    24,646       1,753,070  

QCR Holdings Inc.

    5,089       261,778  

Regions Financial Corp.

    255,399       5,442,553  

Reliant Bancorp Inc.

    4,516       142,660  

Renasant Corp.

    16,064       579,107  

Republic Bancorp. Inc./KY, Class A

    3,154       159,750  

S&T Bancorp. Inc.

    9,569       281,998  

Sandy Spring Bancorp. Inc.

    13,665       626,130  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    13,627       460,729  

ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.

    13,516       1,051,545  

Sierra Bancorp.

    4,779       116,034  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    15,715       4,278,880  

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A(a)

    6,438       743,589  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    28,427       840,302  

SmartFinancial Inc.

    6,465       167,120  

South Plains Financial Inc.

    5,806       141,550  

South State Corp.

    18,917       1,412,532  

Southern First Bancshares Inc.(a)

    2,346       125,511  

Southside Bancshares Inc.

    9,146       350,200  

Spirit of Texas Bancshares Inc.

    5,783       139,949  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    50,843       1,269,041  

Stock Yards Bancorp. Inc.

    6,079       356,533  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    15,001       9,703,847  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    37,766       1,657,550  

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    13,117       787,282  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    3,578       289,496  

Towne Bank/Portsmouth VA

    17,093       531,763  

TriCo Bancshares

    7,327       317,992  

TriState Capital Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,164       130,369  

Triumph Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    6,103       611,093  

Truist Financial Corp.

    354,656       20,800,574  

Trustmark Corp.

    16,710       538,396  

U.S. Bancorp

    355,694       21,142,451  

UMB Financial Corp.

    11,260       1,088,955  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    59,487       1,204,612  

United Bankshares Inc./WV

    34,234       1,245,433  

United Community Banks Inc./GA

    20,815       683,148  

Univest Financial Corp.

    7,233       198,112  

Valley National Bancorp

    103,542       1,378,144  

Veritex Holdings Inc.

    12,182       479,484  

Washington Trust Bancorp. Inc.

    3,612       191,364  

Webster Financial Corp.

    23,408       1,274,800  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,093,708       50,758,988  

WesBanco Inc.

    17,015       579,871  

West Bancorp. Inc.

    5,766       173,153  

Westamerica Bancorp

    7,741       435,509  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    26,612       2,895,918  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    14,240       1,144,469  

Zions Bancorp. NA

    42,737       2,644,993  
   

 

 

 
          523,941,781  
Beverages — 1.2%  

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

    2,401       1,223,910  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    12,018       753,168  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    49,174       3,295,150  

Celsius Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    14,189       1,278,287  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    1,026,534       53,862,239  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)  

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.

    1,373     $ 541,209  

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A

    42,132       8,876,791  

Duckhorn Portfolio Inc. (The)(a)

    7,016       160,596  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

    182,242       6,225,387  

MGP Ingredients Inc.

    3,891       253,304  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    48,543       2,251,425  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    97,295       8,642,715  

National Beverage Corp.

    6,766       355,147  

PepsiCo Inc.

    365,298       54,944,472  

Primo Water Corp.

    45,096       708,909  
   

 

 

 
          143,372,709  
Biotechnology — 2.6%  

4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,513       148,686  

AbbVie Inc.

    467,115       50,387,695  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    30,588       508,067  

Acceleron Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    13,658       2,350,542  

Adagio Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,558       234,770  

Affimed NV(a)

    27,618       170,679  

Agenus Inc.(a)

    45,727       240,067  

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    16,356       754,829  

Akebia Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    51,368       147,940  

Akero Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    8,039       179,672  

Albireo Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    4,940       154,128  

Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    16,049       140,910  

Alector Inc.(a)(b)

    16,256       370,962  

Aligos Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    7,012       108,756  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    42,728       1,317,731  

Allakos Inc.(a)(b)

    9,571       1,013,282  

Allogene Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    15,657       402,385  

Allovir Inc.(a)

    9,894       247,944  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    31,072       5,866,704  

Altimmune Inc.(a)

    10,202       115,385  

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,708       347,733  

Amgen Inc.

    150,103       31,919,403  

Amicus Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    70,807       676,207  

AnaptysBio Inc.(a)

    7,306       198,139  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    19,387       347,997  

Anika Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,130       175,773  

Annexon Inc.(a)

    9,869       183,662  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    17,559       578,745  

Applied Molecular Transport Inc.(a)

    5,973       154,521  

Applied Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,374       105,808  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    5,948       284,195  

Arcus Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    12,142       423,392  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    6,252       149,360  

Ardelyx Inc.(a)(b)

    42,168       55,662  

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    15,353       914,271  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    27,114       1,692,727  

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)

    21,817       390,524  

Athenex Inc.(a)(b)

    28,842       86,814  

Athersys Inc.(a)(b)

    86,482       115,021  

Atossa Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    37,911       123,590  

Avid Bioservices Inc.(a)(b)

    16,824       362,894  

Avidity Biosciences Inc.(a)

    9,167       225,783  

Avita Medical Inc.(a)(b)

    7,555       133,875  

Avrobio Inc.(a)

    15,502       86,501  

Beam Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    12,696       1,104,679  

Beyondspring Inc.(a)

    5,695       89,753  

BioAtla Inc.(a)(b)

    3,125       92,000  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    46,352       666,078  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Biogen Inc.(a)(b)

    39,200     $ 11,093,208  

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

    14,590       2,026,697  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    47,951       3,706,133  

Bioxcel Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,926       149,504  

Bluebird Bio Inc.(a)

    17,400       332,514  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)(b)

    14,537       1,494,549  

Bridgebio Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    29,002       1,359,324  

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,265       58,264  

C4 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    10,664       476,468  

CareDx Inc.(a)(b)

    12,953       820,832  

Caribou Biosciences Inc.(a)

    5,043       120,376  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    24,537       130,046  

Celldex Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    10,287       555,395  

CEL-SCI Corp.(a)(b)

    11,202       123,110  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    13,564       400,138  

ChemoCentryx Inc.(a)(b)

    13,414       229,379  

Chimerix Inc.(a)

    19,143       118,495  

Chinook Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    9,946       126,911  

Clovis Oncology Inc.(a)

    30,042       133,987  

Codiak Biosciences Inc.(a)

    6,077       99,237  

Cogent Biosciences Inc.(a)

    14,713       123,736  

Coherus Biosciences Inc.(a)

    16,670       267,887  

Cortexyme Inc.(a)

    4,914       450,417  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    7,311       153,897  

Cue Biopharma Inc.(a)

    9,951       144,986  

Cullinan Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    5,431       122,578  

CureVac NV(a)(b)

    14,567       795,650  

Curis Inc.(a)

    22,710       177,819  

Cytokinetics Inc.(a)

    20,405       729,275  

CytomX Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    21,905       111,496  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    10,116       343,742  

Denali Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    24,165       1,219,124  

Dermtech Inc.(a)(b)

    6,214       199,532  

Design Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    5,403       79,370  

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    16,168       325,947  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)

    28,699       551,308  

Dyne Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    10,249       166,444  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc./DE(a)

    3,218       179,500  

Editas Medicine Inc.(a)(b)

    18,810       772,715  

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.(a)(b)

    12,037       602,693  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    4,859       276,040  

Epizyme Inc.(a)

    29,517       151,127  

Evelo Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    11,839       83,347  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    45,331       4,326,844  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    83,548       1,766,205  

Fate Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    20,397       1,208,930  

FibroGen Inc.(a)

    22,491       229,858  

Flexion Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    17,252       105,237  

Forma Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    8,158       189,184  

Forte Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    6,418       18,997  

G1 Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    9,085       121,921  

Generation Bio Co.(a)(b)

    10,875       272,636  

Geron Corp.(a)

    99,049       135,697  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    333,155             23,270,877  

Global Blood Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    16,168       411,961  

Gossamer Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    24,271       305,086  

Gritstone bio Inc.(a)

    15,368       165,974  

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    36,029       1,465,660  

Heron Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    22,770       243,411  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    57,646       6,314,543  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Humanigen Inc.(a)(b)

    13,769     $ 81,650  

iBio Inc.(a)

    83,870       88,902  

Icosavax Inc.(a)(b)

    3,519       104,127  

Ideaya Biosciences Inc.(a)

    7,175       182,891  

IGM Biosciences Inc.(a)

    2,333       153,418  

ImmunityBio Inc.(a)(b)

    19,550       190,417  

ImmunoGen Inc.(a)

    55,406       314,152  

Immunovant Inc.(a)

    13,377       116,246  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    49,468             3,402,409  

Inhibrx Inc.(a)

    8,817       293,694  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    49,969       357,778  

Insmed Inc.(a)

    27,349       753,191  

Intellia Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    17,796       2,387,333  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    8,185       121,547  

Invitae Corp.(a)

    53,396       1,518,048  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    35,186       1,180,138  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    36,796       907,389  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    40,587       530,066  

iTeos Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,641       179,307  

IVERIC bio Inc.(a)

    21,745       353,139  

Kadmon Holdings Inc.(a)

    47,215       411,243  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    6,300       109,935  

Karuna Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,945       727,252  

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    22,622       131,660  

Keros Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,113       162,710  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a)

    9,712       110,620  

Kinnate Biopharma Inc.(a)

    6,242       143,691  

Kodiak Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    8,811       845,680  

Kronos Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    11,940       250,262  

Krystal Biotech Inc.(a)

    4,236       221,162  

Kura Oncology Inc.(a)

    16,773       314,158  

Kymera Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    7,586       445,602  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,927       547,110  

Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    45,403       114,416  

MacroGenics Inc.(a)

    15,444       323,397  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    2,743       218,864  

MannKind Corp.(a)

    60,376       262,636  

MEI Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    40,235       111,049  

MeiraGTx Holdings PLC(a)

    10,559       139,168  

Mersana Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    14,403       135,820  

MiMedx Group Inc.(a)

    30,843       186,909  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    10,812       1,912,751  

Moderna Inc.(a)

    89,436       34,420,339  

Molecular Templates Inc.(a)

    14,466       97,067  

Morphic Holding Inc.(a)

    5,819       329,588  

Myriad Genetics Inc.(a)

    18,243       589,066  

Natera Inc.(a)(b)

    21,772       2,426,272  

Neoleukin Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    13,402       96,896  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    25,418       2,437,840  

Nkarta Inc.(a)

    4,391       122,114  

Novavax Inc.(a)(b)

    19,667       4,077,166  

Nurix Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,461       193,572  

Ocugen Inc.(a)(b)

    48,427       347,706  

Olema Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    5,002       137,855  

Oncocyte Corp.(a)

    29,815       106,141  

Oncorus Inc.(a)

    8,682       81,090  

Oncternal Therapeutics Inc. New(b)(c)

    684       701  

OPKO Health Inc.(a)(b)

    101,341       369,895  

Organogenesis Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    10,038       142,941  

ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    9,380       196,136  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Passage Bio Inc.(a)

    11,585     $ 115,387  

PMV Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    8,348       248,770  

Poseida Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    14,927       108,818  

Praxis Precision Medicines Inc.(a)(b)

    8,933       165,171  

Precigen Inc.(a)

    20,932       104,451  

Precision BioSciences Inc.(a)(b)

    15,751       181,767  

Prelude Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,306       134,562  

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    10,839       192,067  

Prothena Corp. PLC(a)

    9,383       668,351  

PTC Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    19,942       742,042  

Radius Health Inc.(a)

    13,305       165,115  

RAPT Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,488       170,402  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,910       158,999  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    26,559         16,072,976  

REGENXBIO Inc.(a)

    9,324       390,862  

Relay Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    15,796       498,048  

Replimune Group Inc.(a)

    6,198       183,709  

REVOLUTION Medicines Inc.(a)

    16,402       451,219  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    12,122       158,313  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    44,149       160,261  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    9,585       286,496  

Rubius Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    9,193       164,371  

Sage Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    13,619       603,458  

Sana Biotechnology Inc.(a)(b)

    22,716       511,564  

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    33,928       305,691  

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    20,249       1,872,627  

Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    6,870       226,847  

Seagen Inc.(a)

    35,659       6,054,898  

Selecta Biosciences Inc.(a)

    30,168       125,499  

Seres Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    18,318       127,493  

Sesen Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    44,834       35,562  

Shattuck Labs Inc.(a)

    8,347       170,112  

Silverback Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    4,774       47,645  

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    68,881       525,562  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    53,202       115,980  

Spero Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    9,109       167,697  

SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    7,169       454,801  

SQZ Biotechnologies Co.(a)

    9,876       142,412  

Stoke Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,840       148,570  

Sutro Biopharma Inc.(a)

    8,303       156,844  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    7,929       151,523  

Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    21,316       95,283  

Taysha Gene Therapies Inc.(a)(b)

    8,222       153,094  

TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    9,480       80,675  

TG Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    32,816       1,092,116  

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.(a)

    139,922       84,107  

Travere Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    16,964       411,377  

Trillium Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    28,984       508,959  

Turning Point Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    12,403       823,931  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)(b)

    12,676       1,355,952  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    16,880       1,522,407  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    11,986       2,212,376  

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)(b)

    7,176       120,700  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    14,999       257,083  

Vaxart Inc.(a)(b)

    31,332       249,089  

Vaxcyte Inc.(a)

    10,474       265,725  

VBI Vaccines Inc.(a)(b)

    46,466       144,509  

Veracyte Inc.(a)

    17,510       813,339  

Verastem Inc.(a)

    56,334       173,509  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    11,677       569,838  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    68,854     $ 12,489,427  

Verve Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,155       195,285  

Viking Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    20,477       128,596  

Vir Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    15,181       660,677  

Viracta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    12,768       102,399  

VistaGen Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    50,170       137,466  

Xencor Inc.(a)

    15,026       490,749  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    7,196       205,374  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    9,447       629,548  

ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc.(a)(b)

    66,318       120,699  
   

 

 

 
          305,458,012  
Building Products — 0.6%            

A O Smith Corp.

    35,429       2,163,649  

AAON Inc.

    10,618       693,780  

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.

    15,084       1,631,636  

Allegion PLC

    24,243       3,204,440  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    4,791       313,188  

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

    7,093       267,832  

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

    13,289       1,268,701  

AZEK Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    28,823       1,052,904  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)

    54,915       2,841,302  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    13,592       2,701,954  

Carrier Global Corp.

    229,611       11,884,665  

Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.(a)(b)

    11,508       168,132  

CSW Industrials Inc.

    3,718       474,789  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    36,254       3,241,833  

Gibraltar Industries Inc.(a)

    8,183       569,946  

Griffon Corp.

    11,508       283,097  

Insteel Industries Inc.

    4,311       164,033  

JELD-WEN Holding Inc.(a)

    21,900       548,157  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    189,365       12,891,969  

Lennox International Inc.

    9,149       2,691,361  

Masco Corp.

    65,154       3,619,305  

Masonite International Corp.(a)(b)

    6,236       661,827  

Owens Corning

    27,702       2,368,521  

PGT Innovations Inc.(a)

    14,918       284,934  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    9,113       195,109  

Resideo Technologies Inc.(a)

    38,077       943,929  

Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.

    11,682       1,249,623  

Trane Technologies PLC

    62,752       10,834,133  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)

    31,346       3,195,098  

UFP Industries Inc.

    16,427       1,116,707  

View Inc.(a)(b)

    26,377       142,963  
   

 

 

 
      73,669,517  
Capital Markets — 3.1%            

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    10,913       1,648,845  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    30,132       7,958,464  

Apollo Global Management Inc.

    46,438       2,860,116  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    37,324       2,755,631  

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., Class A

    15,009       734,240  

Assetmark Financial Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,427       159,839  

B. Riley Financial Inc.

    5,806       342,786  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    209,619       10,866,649  

BGC Partners Inc., Class A

    87,808       457,480  

BlackRock Inc.(d)

    37,785       31,688,768  

Blackstone Inc., NVS

    179,568       20,890,941  

Blucora Inc.(a)

    13,224       206,162  

BrightSphere Investment Group Inc.

    14,767       385,862  

Carlyle Group Inc. (The)

    43,863       2,073,843  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    28,230     $ 3,496,568  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    397,234       28,934,525  

CME Group Inc.

    94,762       18,325,076  

Cohen & Steers Inc.

    6,130       513,510  

Cowen Inc., Class A

    6,205       212,894  

Diamond Hill Investment Group Inc.

    691       121,381  

Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.(a)

    6,487       224,580  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    10,618       1,419,308  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    10,100       3,987,278  

Federated Hermes Inc.

    26,953       875,973  

Focus Financial Partners Inc., Class A(a)

    13,637       714,170  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    75,981       2,258,155  

GCM Grosvenor Inc., Class A

    11,322       130,429  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    87,346       33,019,408  

Hamilton Lane Inc., Class A

    8,155       691,707  

Houlihan Lokey Inc.

    13,870       1,277,427  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    21,927       1,366,929  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

    146,982       16,876,473  

Invesco Ltd.

    89,075       2,147,598  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    21,721       897,729  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    57,574       2,137,723  

KKR & Co. Inc.

    145,942       8,884,949  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    26,539       1,215,486  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

    21,079       3,304,344  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    10,053       4,229,197  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    16,495       1,020,546  

Moody’s Corp.

    42,706       15,165,328  

Morgan Stanley

    359,930       35,024,788  

Morningstar Inc.

    5,927       1,535,271  

MSCI Inc.

    21,228       12,913,842  

Nasdaq Inc.

    30,224       5,833,836  

Northern Trust Corp.

    54,372       5,861,845  

Open Lending Corp., Class A(a)

    27,050       975,693  

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Class A, NVS

    2,814       127,446  

Piper Sandler Cos.

    4,989       690,777  

PJT Partners Inc., Class A

    6,366       503,614  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    48,924       4,514,707  

S&P Global Inc.

    63,583       27,015,781  

Sculptor Capital Management Inc.

    6,183       172,444  

SEI Investments Co.

    29,710       1,761,803  

State Street Corp.

    96,723       8,194,373  

StepStone Group Inc., Class A

    11,421       486,991  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    26,220       1,781,911  

StoneX Group Inc.(a)

    5,327       351,049  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    59,542       11,711,911  

Tradeweb Markets Inc., Class A(b)

    27,806       2,246,169  

Virtu Financial Inc., Class A

    23,782       580,994  

Virtus Investment Partners Inc.

    1,783       553,301  

WisdomTree Investments Inc.

    39,652       224,827  
   

 

 

 
          359,541,690  
Chemicals — 1.3%            

AdvanSix Inc.(a)

    7,922       314,900  

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

    58,191       14,903,297  

Albemarle Corp.

    30,699       6,722,160  

American Vanguard Corp.

    8,872       133,524  

Amyris Inc.(a)(b)

    44,229       607,264  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    15,064       1,342,504  

Avient Corp.

    25,418       1,178,124  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    56,020       1,635,224  

Balchem Corp.

    8,955       1,299,102  
Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Cabot Corp.

    15,779     $ 790,843  

Celanese Corp.

    29,473       4,439,813  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    57,184       3,192,011  

Chase Corp.

    2,293       234,230  

Chemours Co. (The)

    45,608       1,325,369  

Corteva Inc.

    195,650       8,232,952  

Danimer Scientific Inc.(a)(b)

    18,955       309,725  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    11,749       188,454  

Dow Inc.

    197,774       11,383,871  

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

    138,388       9,409,000  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    35,573       3,583,624  

Ecolab Inc.

    66,236       13,818,154  

Ecovyst Inc.

    12,107       141,168  

Element Solutions Inc.

    59,272       1,285,017  

Ferro Corp.(a)

    22,418       455,982  

FMC Corp.

    33,854       3,099,672  

GCP Applied Technologies Inc.(a)

    14,223       311,768  

Hawkins Inc.

    4,506       157,169  

HB Fuller Co.

    13,604       878,274  

Huntsman Corp.

    54,586       1,615,200  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    11,231       801,556  

Innospec Inc.

    6,549       551,557  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    65,979       8,822,712  

Koppers Holdings Inc.(a)

    5,236       163,677  

Kraton Corp.(a)

    8,058       367,767  

Kronos Worldwide Inc.

    9,643       119,670  

Livent Corp.(a)

    39,660       916,543  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    69,818       6,552,419  

Minerals Technologies Inc.

    9,771       682,407  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    91,034       3,251,735  

NewMarket Corp.

    1,856       628,757  

Olin Corp.

    38,720       1,868,240  

Orion Engineered Carbons SA(a)

    16,084       293,211  

PPG Industries Inc.

    62,186       8,893,220  

PureCycle Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    9,251       122,853  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    3,570       848,660  

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.(a)

    17,732       132,990  

RPM International Inc.

    33,405       2,593,898  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    10,792       1,579,517  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    11,486       1,046,145  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    64,529       18,050,697  

Stepan Co.

    6,142       693,677  

Tredegar Corp.

    9,688       118,000  

Trinseo SA

    9,865       532,513  

Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A

    27,127       668,681  

Valvoline Inc.

    46,823       1,459,941  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    8,308       757,191  
   

 

 

 
        155,506,629  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

ABM Industries Inc.

    17,637       793,841  

ACCO Brands Corp.

    27,951       240,099  

ADT Inc.

    42,056       340,233  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    12,799       648,909  

BrightView Holdings Inc.(a)

    14,011       206,802  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    13,393       847,777  

Casella Waste Systems Inc., Class A(a)

    13,364       1,014,862  

Cimpress PLC(a)

    4,479       388,912  

Cintas Corp.

    23,151       8,812,660  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    13,569       1,409,412  

Copart Inc.(a)

    55,022       7,632,652  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

CoreCivic Inc.(a)

    30,750     $ 273,675  

Covanta Holding Corp.

    30,006       603,721  

Deluxe Corp.

    10,958       393,283  

Driven Brands Holdings Inc.(a)

    12,894       372,508  

Ennis Inc.

    6,551       123,486  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    22,973       389,392  

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

    20,349       508,521  

Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.(a)

    5,270       152,725  

Herman Miller Inc.

    21,162       796,961  

HNI Corp.

    11,753       431,570  

IAA Inc.(a)

    36,459       1,989,568  

Interface Inc.

    14,517       219,933  

KAR Auction Services Inc.(a)

    36,459       597,563  

Kimball International Inc., Class B

    10,609       118,821  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    7,969       276,445  

Montrose Environmental Group Inc.(a)

    5,793       357,660  

MSA Safety Inc.

    9,693       1,412,270  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    43,058       310,448  

Republic Services Inc.

    55,631       6,679,058  

Rollins Inc.

    61,100       2,158,663  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.(a)

    23,686       121,746  

SP Plus Corp.(a)

    5,993       183,805  

Steelcase Inc., Class A

    25,394       321,996  

Stericycle Inc.(a)

    24,189       1,644,126  

Tetra Tech Inc.

    14,318       2,138,250  

U.S. Ecology Inc.(a)

    9,146       295,873  

UniFirst Corp./MA

    3,544       753,525  

Viad Corp.(a)

    5,068       230,138  

VSE Corp.

    2,985       143,787  

Waste Management Inc.

    111,692       16,682,317  
   

 

 

 
          63,017,993  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

ADTRAN Inc.

    14,211       266,598  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    16,009       5,501,333  

Aviat Networks Inc.(a)

    1,761       57,866  

CalAmp Corp.(a)

    11,586       115,281  

Calix Inc.(a)(b)

    14,459       714,708  

Cambium Networks Corp.(a)

    2,866       103,721  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    41,989       2,156,135  

Cisco Systems Inc.

    1,117,326       60,816,054  

Clearfield Inc.(a)

    3,427       151,302  

CommScope Holding Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    50,393       684,841  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    7,643       195,737  

Digi International Inc.(a)

    6,489       136,399  

DZS Inc.(a)

    6,233       76,417  

EMCORE Corp.(a)

    13,197       98,714  

Extreme Networks Inc.(a)

    29,316       288,763  

F5 Networks Inc.(a)

    15,824       3,145,495  

Harmonic Inc.(a)

    25,158       220,132  

Infinera Corp.(a)(b)

    39,865       331,677  

Inseego Corp.(a)(b)

    20,368       135,651  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    88,360       2,431,667  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    20,401       1,704,300  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    43,845       10,186,070  

NETGEAR Inc.(a)(b)

    8,768       279,787  

NetScout Systems Inc.(a)

    20,031       539,835  

Plantronics Inc.(a)

    9,222       237,098  

Ribbon Communications Inc.(a)

    20,986       125,496  

Ubiquiti Inc.

    1,850       552,539  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    17,808       980,687  
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)  

Viavi Solutions Inc.(a)

    64,268     $ 1,011,578  
   

 

 

 
      93,245,881  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

AECOM(a)

    36,121       2,281,041  

Ameresco Inc., Class A(a)

    7,296       426,305  

API Group Corp.(a)(e)

    52,143       1,061,110  

Arcosa Inc.

    12,871       645,738  

Argan Inc.

    3,865       168,785  

Comfort Systems USA Inc.

    9,128       651,009  

Construction Partners Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,930       297,994  

Dycom Industries Inc.(a)

    8,319       592,646  

EMCOR Group Inc.

    14,029       1,618,666  

Fluor Corp.(a)

    39,247       626,775  

Granite Construction Inc.

    13,458       532,264  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a)

    14,804       223,392  

IES Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,964       135,425  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    15,080       1,301,102  

MYR Group Inc.(a)

    4,930       490,535  

NV5 Global Inc.(a)

    2,737       269,786  

Primoris Services Corp.

    11,564       283,202  

Quanta Services Inc.

    37,283       4,243,551  

Sterling Construction Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    6,822       154,655  

Tutor Perini Corp.(a)

    9,769       126,802  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    5,543       1,303,270  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

    55,035       1,745,710  
   

 

 

 
          19,179,763  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Eagle Materials Inc.

    10,655       1,397,510  

Forterra Inc.(a)

    9,812       231,171  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    16,240       5,548,883  

Summit Materials Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    32,113       1,026,653  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    34,451       5,827,731  
   

 

 

 
      14,031,948  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%            

Ally Financial Inc.

    95,462       4,873,335  

American Express Co.

    170,241       28,520,475  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    116,702       18,902,223  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    2,301       1,346,775  

Discover Financial Services

    79,304       9,742,497  

Encore Capital Group Inc.(a)(b)

    8,768       431,999  

Enova International Inc.(a)

    10,115       349,473  

FirstCash Inc.

    11,248       984,200  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    14,236       716,498  

LendingClub Corp.(a)(b)

    25,877       730,767  

LendingTree Inc.(a)(b)

    2,936       410,541  

Navient Corp.

    43,366       855,611  

Nelnet Inc., Class A

    4,443       352,063  

OneMain Holdings Inc.

    27,518       1,522,571  

Oportun Financial Corp.(a)

    6,251       156,463  

PRA Group Inc.(a)

    12,338       519,923  

PROG Holdings Inc.

    18,732       786,931  

Regional Management Corp.

    2,741       159,472  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

    17,453       727,790  

SLM Corp.

    80,745       1,421,112  

Synchrony Financial

    150,066       7,335,226  

Upstart Holdings Inc.(a)

    11,945       3,779,876  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)

    990       187,684  
   

 

 

 
      84,813,505  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Amcor PLC

    411,759     $ 4,772,287  

AptarGroup Inc.

    17,157       2,047,688  

Ardagh Group SA

    4,924       125,513  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    21,770       4,510,962  

Ball Corp.

    84,657       7,616,590  

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)

    35,177       2,141,576  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    33,854       3,411,806  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    72,889       1,387,807  

Greif Inc., Class A, NVS

    6,359       410,791  

Greif Inc., Class B

    2,007       130,054  

International Paper Co.

    103,831       5,806,229  

Myers Industries Inc.

    9,768       191,160  

O-I Glass Inc.(a)

    43,889       626,296  

Packaging Corp. of America

    24,475       3,363,844  

Pactiv Evergreen Inc.

    10,647       133,300  

Ranpak Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    10,524       282,254  

Sealed Air Corp.

    40,212       2,203,215  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    22,174       850,595  

Sonoco Products Co.

    26,221       1,562,247  

TriMas Corp.(a)

    9,917       320,914  

UFP Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,991       122,626  

Westrock Co.

    70,422       3,509,128  
   

 

 

 
      45,526,882  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Funko Inc., Class A(a)

    6,447       117,400  

Genuine Parts Co.

    37,729       4,573,887  

LKQ Corp.(a)

    71,835       3,614,737  

Pool Corp.

    10,298       4,473,554  
   

 

 

 
            12,779,578  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%            

2U Inc.(a)(b)

    18,643       625,845  

Adtalem Global Education Inc.(a)

    12,821       484,762  

American Public Education Inc.(a)

    5,616       143,826  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)

    16,396       2,285,930  

Carriage Services Inc.

    3,930       175,239  

Chegg Inc.(a)

    37,605       2,557,892  

Coursera Inc.(a)

    15,188       480,700  

frontdoor Inc.(a)

    22,970       962,443  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    1,036       610,370  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    11,460       1,008,022  

H&R Block Inc.

    48,945       1,223,625  

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(a)

    27,150       364,624  

Laureate Education Inc., Class A(a)

    25,081       426,126  

Mister Car Wash Inc.(a)

    10,879       198,542  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a)

    12,267       122,302  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    20,301       214,379  

PowerSchool Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    11,334       278,930  

Service Corp. International

    43,932       2,647,342  

Strategic Education Inc.

    5,954       419,757  

Stride Inc.(a)(b)

    11,223       403,355  

Terminix Global Holdings Inc.(a)

    33,050       1,377,193  

Vivint Smart Home Inc.(a)(b)

    18,904       178,643  

WW International Inc.(a)

    11,733       214,127  
   

 

 

 
      17,403,974  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%            

Alerus Financial Corp.

    4,143       123,793  

A-Mark Precious Metals Inc.

    2,590       155,452  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E

    10,974       192,484  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)            

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B(a)

    490,871     $ 133,978,331  

Cannae Holdings Inc.(a)

    22,329       694,655  

Equitable Holdings Inc.

    97,826       2,899,562  

Voya Financial Inc.

    29,856       1,832,860  
   

 

 

 
      139,877,137  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%  

Anterix Inc.(a)(b)

    3,127       189,809  

AT&T Inc.

    1,888,601       51,011,113  

ATN International Inc.

    3,085       144,532  

Bandwidth Inc., Class A(a)

    6,055       546,645  

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc.

    11,622       823,303  

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.(a)

    16,168       148,584  

EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    9,755       248,850  

Globalstar Inc.(a)

    164,541       274,784  

IDT Corp., Class B(a)

    5,287       221,790  

Iridium Communications Inc.(a)

    31,848       1,269,143  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)(b)

    11,543       150,982  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a)

    41,600       545,792  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

    293,375       3,634,916  

Ooma Inc.(a)

    8,041       149,643  

Radius Global Infrastructure Inc., Class A(a)

    15,956       260,562  

Verizon Communications Inc.

    1,095,637       59,175,354  
   

 

 

 
            118,795,802  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%            

ALLETE Inc.

    14,183       844,172  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    66,079       3,699,102  

American Electric Power Co. Inc.

    132,580       10,762,844  

Avangrid Inc.

    14,987       728,368  

Duke Energy Corp.

    203,410       19,850,782  

Edison International

    98,868       5,484,208  

Entergy Corp.

    52,351       5,198,978  

Evergy Inc.

    61,582       3,830,400  

Eversource Energy

    90,123       7,368,457  

Exelon Corp.

    258,228       12,482,742  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    146,152       5,205,934  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    29,397       1,200,280  

IDACORP Inc.

    14,005       1,447,837  

MGE Energy Inc.

    9,554       702,219  

NextEra Energy Inc.

    518,275       40,694,953  

NRG Energy Inc.

    66,156       2,701,149  

OGE Energy Corp.

    52,090       1,716,886  

Otter Tail Corp.

    10,639       595,465  

PG&E Corp.(a)

    401,450       3,853,920  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    29,510       2,135,344  

PNM Resources Inc.

    22,027       1,089,896  

Portland General Electric Co.

    21,903       1,029,222  

PPL Corp.

    203,944       5,685,959  

Southern Co. (The)

    279,933       17,347,448  

Xcel Energy Inc.

    141,228       8,826,750  
   

 

 

 
      164,483,315  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

Acuity Brands Inc.

    9,684       1,678,915  

Allied Motion Technologies Inc.

    3,719       116,330  

American Superconductor Corp.(a)

    8,990       131,074  

AMETEK Inc.

    60,691       7,526,291  

Array Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    33,334       617,346  

Atkore Inc.(a)

    11,985       1,041,736  

AZZ Inc.

    6,773       360,324  

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc.(a)

    17,385       111,438  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Blink Charging Co.(a)(b)

    9,989     $ 285,785  

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    36,425       681,876  

ChargePoint Holdings Inc.(a)

    27,748       554,683  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    105,489       15,750,563  

Emerson Electric Co.

    157,852       14,869,658  

Encore Wire Corp.

    5,125       486,004  

EnerSys

    11,569       861,196  

Eos Energy Enterprises Inc.(a)(b)

    11,310       158,679  

FuelCell Energy Inc.(a)

    84,996       568,623  

Generac Holdings Inc.(a)

    16,184       6,613,915  

GrafTech International Ltd.

    46,086       475,608  

Hubbell Inc.

    14,731       2,661,450  

nVent Electric PLC

    44,472       1,437,780  

Plug Power Inc.(a)

    132,680       3,388,647  

Regal Beloit Corp.

    10,913       1,640,660  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    30,722       9,033,497  

Romeo Power Inc.(a)(b)

    15,304       75,755  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(a)

    40,645       2,224,094  

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    27,006       752,927  

Stem Inc.(a)

    12,436       297,096  

Sunrun Inc.(a)(b)

    52,764       2,321,616  

Thermon Group Holdings Inc.(a)

    8,810       152,501  

TPI Composites Inc.(a)(b)

    7,830       264,263  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    74,491       1,794,488  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    4,748       636,992  
   

 

 

 
          79,571,810  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

908 Devices Inc.(a)

    3,389       110,210  

Advanced Energy Industries Inc.

    10,768       944,892  

Aeva Technologies Inc.(a)

    10,973       87,126  

Akoustis Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    13,323       129,233  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    154,431       11,308,982  

Arlo Technologies Inc.(a)

    21,818       139,853  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    18,754       2,105,887  

Avnet Inc.

    26,930       995,602  

Badger Meter Inc.

    7,248       733,063  

Belden Inc.

    10,748       626,178  

Benchmark Electronics Inc.

    10,714       286,171  

CDW Corp./DE

    36,188       6,586,940  

Cognex Corp.

    45,495       3,649,609  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    6,454       1,614,081  

Corning Inc.

    200,833       7,328,396  

CTS Corp.

    8,336       257,666  

ePlus Inc.(a)

    3,826       392,586  

Fabrinet(a)

    9,499       973,742  

FARO Technologies Inc.(a)

    4,236       278,771  

II-VI Inc.(a)(b)

    28,086       1,667,185  

Insight Enterprises Inc.(a)

    8,920       803,514  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    9,460       1,498,464  

Itron Inc.(a)

    11,872       897,879  

Jabil Inc.

    37,282       2,176,150  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    49,135       8,072,389  

Kimball Electronics Inc.(a)

    6,078       156,630  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    26,256       492,037  

Littelfuse Inc.

    6,333       1,730,619  

Luna Innovations Inc.(a)(b)

    9,849       93,566  

Methode Electronics Inc.

    9,352       393,252  

MicroVision Inc.(a)(b)

    42,006       464,166  

Napco Security Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    3,837       165,298  

National Instruments Corp.

    35,222       1,381,759  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

nLight Inc.(a)

    10,973     $ 309,329  

Novanta Inc.(a)

    9,026       1,394,517  

OSI Systems Inc.(a)

    4,976       471,725  

Ouster Inc.(a)(b)

    11,676       85,468  

PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b)

    5,120       314,931  

PC Connection Inc.

    3,008       132,442  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    7,508       671,290  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    5,023       936,689  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    18,142       699,193  

ScanSource Inc.(a)

    6,800       236,572  

SYNNEX Corp.

    11,015       1,146,662  

Teledyne Technologies Inc.(a)

    12,227       5,252,475  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    65,913       5,421,344  

TTM Technologies Inc.(a)

    24,248       304,797  

Velodyne Lidar Inc.(a)(b)

    18,568       109,923  

Vishay Intertechnology Inc.

    38,149       766,413  

Vishay Precision Group Inc.(a)

    3,341       116,167  

Vontier Corp.

    47,227       1,586,827  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    14,056       7,244,744  
   

 

 

 
          85,743,404  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%            

Archrock Inc.

    35,351       291,646  

Aspen Aerogels Inc.(a)

    5,948       273,667  

Baker Hughes Co.

    196,781       4,866,394  

Bristow Group Inc.(a)

    6,223       198,078  

Cactus Inc., Class A

    12,630       476,404  

ChampionX Corp.(a)(b)

    51,808       1,158,427  

DMC Global Inc.(a)

    3,609       133,208  

Dril-Quip Inc.(a)

    10,013       252,127  

Frank’s International NV(a)

    49,645       145,956  

Halliburton Co.

    236,055       5,103,509  

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.(a)

    35,965       139,544  

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

    29,297       803,031  

Liberty Oilfield Services Inc., Class A(a)

    21,528       261,135  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    2,264       218,431  

National Energy Services Reunited Corp.(a)(b)

    10,984       137,520  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.(a)

    41,086       188,996  

NOV Inc.(a)

    105,824       1,387,353  

Oceaneering International Inc.(a)

    24,931       332,081  

Oil States International Inc.(a)(b)

    23,262       148,644  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

    45,036       405,324  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    20,153       174,323  

Schlumberger NV

    368,252       10,914,989  

Select Energy Services Inc., Class A(a)

    22,735       117,995  

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Inc., Class A

    15,848       132,172  

TETRA Technologies Inc.(a)

    42,144       131,489  

Tidewater Inc.(a)

    14,243       171,771  

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.(a)

    21,501       171,793  
   

 

 

 
      28,736,007  
Entertainment — 1.9%            

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    203,822       15,773,785  

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    135,834       5,169,842  

Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Inc.(a)

    4,151       94,933  

Cinemark Holdings Inc.(a)

    29,449       565,715  

CuriosityStream Inc.(a)(b)

    8,479       89,369  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    74,705       10,626,786  

Eros STX Global Corp.(a)(b)

    115,588       106,283  

IMAX Corp.(a)(b)

    14,965       284,036  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C, NVS(a)

    8,693       229,669  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment (continued)  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A(a)(b)

    6,493     $ 305,496  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)

    52,277       2,687,561  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    14,339       203,470  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a)

    33,932       441,116  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    35,832       3,265,370  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Corp.(a)(b)

    6,926       503,312  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    5,312       987,766  

Marcus Corp. (The)(a)

    7,322       127,769  

Netflix Inc.(a)

      114,190       69,694,725  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)

    27,515       760,239  

Roku Inc.(a)

    30,854       9,668,101  

Skillz Inc.(a)(b)

    78,339       769,289  

Spotify Technology SA(a)

    36,255       8,169,702  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    30,208       4,654,147  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

    480,058       81,211,412  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    11,674       656,779  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    265,225       1,997,144  
   

 

 

 
          219,043,816  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.2%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    24,879       507,780  

Agree Realty Corp.

    16,811       1,113,393  

Alexander & Baldwin Inc.

    20,034       469,597  

Alexander’s Inc.

    561       146,208  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

    40,872       7,809,413  

American Assets Trust Inc.

    12,489       467,338  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    37,443       1,814,113  

American Finance Trust Inc.

    28,815       231,673  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    75,244       2,868,301  

American Tower Corp.

    119,303       31,664,209  

Americold Realty Trust

    67,380       1,957,389  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    40,546       1,979,050  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

    40,546       277,740  

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc.

    54,443       856,388  

Armada Hoffler Properties Inc.

    15,071       201,499  

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.(a)(b)

    5,084       74,837  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

    36,545       8,099,834  

Boston Properties Inc.

    41,011       4,443,542  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    49,830       668,719  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    80,706       1,784,410  

Broadstone Net Lease Inc.

    36,145       896,757  

Camden Property Trust

    25,318       3,733,646  

CareTrust REIT Inc.

    26,969       548,010  

CatchMark Timber Trust Inc., Class A

    17,093       202,894  

Centerspace

    3,093       292,289  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    12,976       158,956  

City Office REIT Inc.

    13,057       233,198  

Columbia Property Trust Inc.

    32,386       615,982  

Community Healthcare Trust Inc.

    5,876       265,536  

CorePoint Lodging Inc.(a)

    11,543       178,917  

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    11,360       1,573,814  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    29,962       808,375  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    40,066       1,494,061  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    114,159       19,786,038  

CubeSmart

    52,132       2,525,795  

CyrusOne Inc.

    32,799       2,538,971  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a)

    56,264       531,695  

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

    73,998       10,689,011  

DigitalBridge Group Inc.(a)

    129,478       780,752  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    66,338     $ 224,886  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    45,267       1,430,890  

Duke Realty Corp.

    98,886       4,733,673  

Easterly Government Properties Inc.

    20,426       422,001  

EastGroup Properties Inc.

    10,281       1,713,123  

Empire State Realty Trust Inc., Class A

    38,938       390,548  

EPR Properties

    20,793       1,026,758  

Equinix Inc.

    23,570       18,623,364  

Equity Commonwealth(a)

    32,397       841,674  

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.

    45,228       3,532,307  

Equity Residential

    96,672       7,822,698  

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc.

    28,160       786,227  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

    16,988       5,431,743  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    34,530       5,800,695  

Farmland Partners Inc.

    10,308       123,593  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    20,536       2,423,043  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    34,640       1,804,051  

Four Corners Property Trust Inc.

    18,521       497,474  

Franklin Street Properties Corp., Class C

    28,214       130,913  

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.

    59,512       2,756,596  

GEO Group Inc. (The)

    33,696       251,709  

Getty Realty Corp.

    8,872       260,038  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    9,848       207,103  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    5,993       136,461  

Global Medical REIT Inc.

    11,716       172,225  

Global Net Lease Inc.

    25,512       408,702  

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

    36,802       1,095,964  

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., Class A

    59,643       1,769,011  

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    142,518       4,771,503  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(a)

    13,490       125,862  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    27,268       1,195,975  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

      188,290           3,074,776  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    41,143       1,080,827  

Independence Realty Trust Inc.

    24,972       508,180  

Indus Realty Trust Inc.

    2,063       144,616  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    16,567       420,968  

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc.

    6,348       1,467,467  

Invitation Homes Inc.

    152,757       5,855,176  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    75,123       3,264,094  

iStar Inc.

    16,003       401,355  

JBG SMITH Properties

    33,195       982,904  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    31,246       2,068,798  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    156,366       3,244,595  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    20,726       421,981  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    23,442       2,659,495  

Lexington Realty Trust

    74,134       945,209  

Life Storage Inc.

    20,041       2,299,504  

LTC Properties Inc.

    9,930       314,682  

Macerich Co. (The)

    51,087       853,664  

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.(a)

    24,315       416,273  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    153,095       3,072,617  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

    30,571       5,709,134  

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.

    27,659       515,840  

National Health Investors Inc.

    11,450       612,575  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    46,693       2,016,671  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    20,584       1,086,629  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    14,216       336,208  

NexPoint Residential Trust Inc.

    6,243       386,317  

Office Properties Income Trust

    12,798       324,173  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    61,493       1,842,330  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

One Liberty Properties Inc.

    4,642     $ 141,535  

Outfront Media Inc.

    39,314       990,713  

Paramount Group Inc.

    47,277       425,020  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    66,387       1,270,647  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    34,668       776,910  

Phillips Edison & Co. Inc.

    4,934       151,523  

Physicians Realty Trust

    55,573       979,196  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc., Class A

    34,146       595,165  

Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc.

    6,990       159,023  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    17,566       906,054  

Preferred Apartment Communities Inc.

    15,151       185,297  

Prologis Inc.

    195,388       24,507,517  

PS Business Parks Inc.

    5,289       828,998  

Public Storage

    39,932       11,863,797  

Rayonier Inc.

    34,765       1,240,415  

Realty Income Corp.

      103,226       6,695,238  

Regency Centers Corp.

    44,942       3,025,945  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    29,216       508,943  

Retail Properties of America Inc., Class A

    56,153       723,251  

Retail Value Inc.

    5,212       137,232  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    35,795       2,031,366  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    46,209       686,666  

RPT Realty

    18,744       239,173  

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.(a)

    14,339       1,200,174  

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc.

    54,047       795,572  

Safehold Inc.(b)

    5,260       378,141  

Saul Centers Inc.

    3,218       141,785  

SBA Communications Corp.

    28,473       9,412,320  

Seritage Growth Properties, Class A(a)

    8,627       127,938  

Service Properties Trust

    43,506       487,702  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    86,066       11,185,998  

SITE Centers Corp.

    39,983       617,338  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    18,711       1,325,487  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    29,755       1,369,920  

STAG Industrial Inc.

    44,288       1,738,304  

STORE Capital Corp.

    65,439       2,096,011  

Summit Hotel Properties Inc.(a)

    29,514       284,220  

Sun Communities Inc.

    30,349       5,617,600  

Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc.(a)

    54,296       648,294  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.

    23,568       384,158  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    18,696       1,182,148  

UDR Inc.

    79,161       4,193,950  

UMH Properties Inc.

    9,771       223,756  

Uniti Group Inc.

    52,077       644,193  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    3,265       180,457  

Urban Edge Properties

    30,417       556,935  

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Class A

    9,314       176,314  

Ventas Inc.

    102,116       5,637,824  

VEREIT Inc.

    59,374       2,685,486  

VICI Properties Inc.

    155,540       4,418,891  

Vornado Realty Trust

    47,646       2,001,609  

Washington REIT

    23,919       591,995  

Welltower Inc.

    112,031       9,231,354  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    196,890       7,003,377  

Whitestone REIT

    15,847       154,984  

WP Carey Inc.

    47,086       3,439,161  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    30,984       549,656  
   

 

 

 
          372,280,674  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%  

Albertsons Companies Inc., Class A

    42,108       1,310,822  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing (continued)  

Andersons Inc. (The)

    9,891     $ 304,940  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.(a)

    37,058       2,035,225  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    10,045       1,892,980  

Chefs’ Warehouse Inc. (The)(a)

    7,626       248,379  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    116,748       52,460,714  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    22,266       480,278  

Ingles Markets Inc., Class A

    4,257       281,090  

Kroger Co. (The)

    198,002       8,005,221  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    40,116       1,863,789  

PriceSmart Inc.

    6,014       466,386  

Rite Aid Corp.(a)

    14,798       210,132  

SpartanNash Co.

    9,065       198,523  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.(a)

    30,968       717,529  

Sysco Corp.

    128,939       10,121,711  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    58,718       2,035,166  

United Natural Foods Inc.(a)

    16,469       797,429  

Walmart Inc.

    379,275       52,863,349  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    189,699       8,925,338  

Weis Markets Inc.

    2,759       144,985  
   

 

 

 
          145,363,986  
Food Products — 0.9%  

AppHarvest Inc.(a)(b)

    16,071       104,783  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

      147,129       8,829,211  

B&G Foods Inc.(b)

    17,011       508,459  

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    15,177       1,597,531  

Bunge Ltd.

    37,026       3,010,954  

Calavo Growers Inc.

    4,164       159,231  

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

    8,414       304,250  

Campbell Soup Co.

    52,930       2,213,003  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    123,297       4,176,069  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    42,667       3,067,757  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    47,596       1,124,694  

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

    9,010       290,302  

Freshpet Inc.(a)

    10,708       1,527,925  

General Mills Inc.

    161,490       9,660,332  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    23,568       1,008,239  

Hershey Co. (The)

    38,658       6,542,867  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    74,422       3,051,302  

Hostess Brands Inc.(a)(b)

    32,465       563,917  

Ingredion Inc.

    18,018       1,603,782  

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

    4,143       633,133  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    27,844       3,342,115  

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.

    1,984       162,132  

Kellogg Co.

    66,082       4,223,961  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    176,283       6,490,740  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    39,013       2,394,228  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    5,089       859,074  

Limoneira Co.

    7,389       119,480  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    66,558       5,393,195  

Mission Produce Inc.(a)

    7,309       134,339  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    369,053       21,471,504  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    15,054       437,770  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)

    16,050       1,768,068  

Sanderson Farms Inc.

    5,243       986,733  

Seaboard Corp.

    75       307,499  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    2,112       101,841  

Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)

    22,697       782,820  

Tattooed Chef Inc.(a)(b)

    12,439       229,251  

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.

    3,976       120,990  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.(a)

    13,353       532,518  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    75,524     $ 5,961,865  

Utz Brands Inc.

    15,698       268,907  

Vital Farms Inc.(a)(b)

    7,086       124,501  

Whole Earth Brands Inc.(a)

    11,507       132,906  
   

 

 

 
          106,324,178  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    34,522       3,044,840  

Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A

    14,135       846,404  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    4,585       550,429  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    22,608       1,187,372  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    26,552       924,275  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    8,738       401,861  

ONE Gas Inc.

    14,531       920,830  

South Jersey Industries Inc.

    25,730       547,020  

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.

    15,264       1,020,856  

Spire Inc.

    13,603       832,232  

UGI Corp.

    56,720       2,417,406  
   

 

 

 
        12,693,525  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.6%  

Abbott Laboratories

      459,236       54,249,549  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    11,703       3,809,561  

Accuray Inc.(a)

    31,702       125,223  

Align Technology Inc.(a)

    20,807       13,845,602  

Alphatec Holdings Inc.(a)

    14,692       179,095  

AngioDynamics Inc.(a)

    10,281       266,689  

Apyx Medical Corp.(a)

    13,679       189,454  

Asensus Surgical Inc.(a)

    67,774       125,382  

Aspira Women’s Health Inc.(a)(b)

    27,639       89,827  

AtriCure Inc.(a)

    12,117       842,737  

Atrion Corp.

    382       266,445  

Avanos Medical Inc.(a)

    12,141       378,799  

Axogen Inc.(a)

    8,354       131,993  

Axonics Inc.(a)

    10,910       710,132  

Baxter International Inc.

    132,433       10,651,586  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    75,686       18,605,132  

BioLife Solutions Inc.(a)

    6,762       286,168  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    374,471       16,248,297  

Butterfly Network Inc.(a)(b)

    48,048       501,621  

Cardiovascular Systems Inc.(a)

    10,023       329,055  

Cerus Corp.(a)

    39,055       237,845  

ClearPoint Neuro Inc.(a)

    7,564       134,261  

CONMED Corp.

    7,017       918,034  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    12,770       5,277,969  

CryoLife Inc.(a)

    10,618       236,675  

CryoPort Inc.(a)(b)

    10,161       675,808  

Cutera Inc.(a)

    4,135       192,691  

CytoSorbents Corp.(a)

    15,792       128,231  

Danaher Corp.

    167,637       51,035,408  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    58,718       3,408,580  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    25,485       13,936,727  

Eargo Inc.(a)

    6,744       45,387  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    163,183       18,473,947  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    43,422       1,815,474  

Figs Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    10,026       372,366  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)

    11,925       574,427  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    20,045       1,535,848  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    13,781       972,801  

Heska Corp.(a)

    2,529       653,848  

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.

    17,624       2,643,600  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    66,762     $ 4,927,703  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    5,140       1,199,573  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    22,339       13,892,624  

Inari Medical Inc.(a)

    9,113       739,064  

Inogen Inc.(a)

    4,700       202,523  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    17,460       4,962,656  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    9,154       817,818  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    19,422       1,330,019  

Intersect ENT Inc.(a)

    7,945       216,104  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.(a)

    31,211       31,028,416  

iRhythm Technologies Inc.(a)

    8,017       469,476  

Lantheus Holdings Inc.(a)

    19,113       490,822  

LeMaitre Vascular Inc.

    4,795       254,567  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    13,880       1,099,157  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    13,271       3,592,592  

Medtronic PLC

    354,974       44,495,991  

Meridian Bioscience Inc.(a)

    10,168       195,632  

Merit Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    14,244       1,022,719  

Mesa Laboratories Inc.

    1,393       421,187  

Natus Medical Inc.(a)

    8,859       222,184  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    28,534       1,239,232  

Neuronetics Inc.(a)

    10,716       70,297  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    9,146       1,064,411  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    27,066       3,144,257  

NuVasive Inc.(a)

    14,460       865,431  

OraSure Technologies Inc.(a)

    16,349       184,907  

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings PLC(a)

    23,816       440,120  

Orthofix Medical Inc.(a)

    4,641       176,915  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)(b)

    2,878       188,538  

Outset Medical Inc.(a)(b)

    12,674       626,603  

PAVmed Inc.(a)

    24,018       205,114  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    9,014       2,402,231  

Pulmonx Corp.(a)

    8,078       290,646  

Quidel Corp.(a)

    10,175       1,436,201  

ResMed Inc.

    37,969       10,006,730  

SeaSpine Holdings Corp.(a)

    10,176       160,068  

Senseonics Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

      108,943       369,317  

Shockwave Medical Inc.(a)(b)

    8,945       1,841,597  

SI-BONE Inc.(a)

    7,632       163,477  

Sientra Inc.(a)

    19,148       109,718  

Silk Road Medical Inc.(a)

    7,251       399,023  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    12,722       1,635,159  

Stereotaxis Inc.(a)

    18,381       98,890  

STERIS PLC

    22,605       4,617,749  

Stryker Corp.

    92,465         24,384,870  

Surmodics Inc.(a)

    3,867       215,005  

Tactile Systems Technology Inc.(a)

    4,750       211,137  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)(b)

    15,973       1,906,857  

Teleflex Inc.

    12,371       4,658,300  

TransMedics Group Inc.(a)

    6,792       224,747  

Treace Medical Concepts Inc.(a)

    4,686       126,053  

Vapotherm Inc.(a)

    6,763       150,612  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    9,875       278,475  

ViewRay Inc.(a)

    40,612       292,813  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

    19,422       8,245,416  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    55,010       8,051,264  
   

 

 

 
          417,165,281  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%  

1Life Healthcare Inc.(a)

    31,051       628,783  

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.(a)

    23,093       1,472,872  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Accolade Inc.(a)(b)

    13,268     $ 559,512  

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)(b)

    20,267       472,018  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    3,504       279,444  

Agiliti Inc.(a)

    7,311       139,201  

agilon health Inc.(a)(b)

    14,563       381,696  

Alignment Healthcare Inc.(a)(b)

    7,782       124,356  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    8,829       1,316,404  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    39,663       4,737,745  

AMN Healthcare Services Inc.(a)

    12,278       1,408,900  

Anthem Inc.

    64,678       24,111,958  

Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    9,373       853,412  

Apria Inc.(a)

    3,972       147,560  

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.(a)

    13,664       109,585  

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.(a)

    49,771       313,557  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    76,798       3,798,429  

Castle Biosciences Inc.(a)(b)

    4,373       290,805  

Centene Corp.(a)

    152,963       9,531,125  

Chemed Corp.

    4,201       1,953,969  

Cigna Corp.

    88,568       17,727,771  

Community Health Systems Inc.(a)

    32,021       374,646  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    2,099       390,876  

Covetrus Inc.(a)

    31,327       568,272  

Cross Country Healthcare Inc.(a)

    12,076       256,494  

CVS Health Corp.

      349,073           29,622,335  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    18,879       2,194,873  

Encompass Health Corp.

    25,721       1,930,104  

Ensign Group Inc. (The)

    13,789       1,032,658  

Fulgent Genetics Inc.(a)

    5,285       475,386  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)(b)

    24,273       3,034,368  

Hanger Inc.(a)

    9,693       212,858  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

    66,809       16,215,880  

HealthEquity Inc.(a)

    21,649       1,401,989  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    37,102       2,825,688  

Humana Inc.

    34,226       13,319,048  

Innovage Holding Corp.(a)

    8,188       54,123  

Joint Corp. (The)(a)

    2,844       278,769  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    25,737       7,243,421  

LHC Group Inc.(a)(b)

    8,231       1,291,526  

LifeStance Health Group Inc.(a)

    12,217       177,147  

Magellan Health Inc.(a)

    6,506       615,142  

McKesson Corp.

    41,062       8,186,942  

MEDNAX Inc.(a)

    20,821       591,941  

ModivCare Inc.(a)

    3,110       564,838  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    15,325       4,157,826  

National HealthCare Corp.

    3,527       246,819  

National Research Corp.

    3,787       159,698  

Oak Street Health Inc.(a)(b)

    27,765       1,180,845  

Ontrak Inc.(a)

    3,675       36,897  

Option Care Health Inc.(a)

    39,387       955,529  

Owens & Minor Inc.

    19,617       613,816  

Patterson Companies Inc.

    21,703       654,128  

Pennant Group Inc. (The)(a)

    6,918       194,327  

PetIQ Inc.(a)

    5,230       130,593  

Premier Inc., Class A

    32,970       1,277,917  

Privia Health Group Inc.(a)

    5,662       133,397  

Progyny Inc.(a)

    17,032       953,792  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    32,306       4,694,385  

R1 RCM Inc.(a)

    30,990       682,090  

RadNet Inc.(a)

    9,693       284,102  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    30,641       1,108,285  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Signify Health Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    16,698     $ 298,393  

Surgery Partners Inc.(a)(b)

    7,040       298,074  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    27,692       1,839,856  

Tivity Health Inc.(a)

    11,781       271,670  

Triple-S Management Corp.(a)

    6,430       227,429  

U.S. Physical Therapy Inc.

    3,554       393,072  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

      248,732       97,189,542  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    20,009       2,768,645  
   

 

 

 
          283,969,553  
Health Care Technology — 0.3%  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.(a)

    31,739       424,350  

American Well Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    52,571       478,922  

Cerner Corp.

    79,023       5,572,702  

Certara Inc.(a)

    21,966       727,075  

Change Healthcare Inc.(a)

    68,122       1,426,475  

Computer Programs & Systems Inc.

    4,025       142,726  

Evolent Health Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    22,640       701,840  

Health Catalyst Inc.(a)(b)

    12,157       607,971  

HealthStream Inc.(a)

    6,939       198,317  

Icad Inc.(a)

    7,725       83,044  

Inovalon Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    20,924       843,028  

Inspire Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    7,044       1,640,407  

Multiplan Corp.(a)

    59,746       336,370  

NextGen Healthcare Inc.(a)

    13,361       188,390  

Omnicell Inc.(a)

    11,653       1,729,655  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)(b)

    5,187       443,748  

Phreesia Inc.(a)

    12,862       793,585  

Schrodinger Inc.(a)

    12,116       662,503  

Simulations Plus Inc.(b)

    4,191       165,544  

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc.(a)(b)

    4,788       125,493  

Teladoc Health Inc.(a)

    40,030       5,076,204  

Veeva Systems Inc., Class A(a)

    36,304       10,461,724  

Vocera Communications Inc.(a)

    7,864       359,857  
   

 

 

 
      33,189,930  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%  

Accel Entertainment Inc.(a)

    11,443       138,918  

Aramark

    62,128       2,041,526  

Bally’s Corp.(a)

    8,490       425,689  

BJ’s Restaurants Inc.(a)

    6,056       252,899  

Bloomin’ Brands Inc.(a)

    23,277       581,925  

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.(a)

    6,403       165,197  

Booking Holdings Inc.(a)

    10,807       25,654,413  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    21,277       1,345,983  

Brinker International Inc.(a)

    12,117       594,339  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    54,027       6,066,152  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    224,801       5,622,273  

Cheesecake Factory Inc. (The)(a)

    11,698       549,806  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    7,406       13,460,553  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    9,606       1,213,910  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    9,707       2,330,457  

Chuy’s Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,002       126,183  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.

    6,535       913,854  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    34,709       5,257,372  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc.(a)

    12,820       491,391  

Del Taco Restaurants Inc.

    12,862       112,285  

Denny’s Corp.(a)(b)

    17,633       288,123  

Dine Brands Global Inc.(a)

    4,579       371,861  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    9,727       4,639,390  

DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    80,213       3,863,058  

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,415     $ 125,314  

Everi Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    24,247       586,292  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    38,422       6,297,366  

GAN Ltd.(a)(b)

    11,365       168,998  

Golden Entertainment Inc.(a)

    5,261       258,263  

Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc.(a)

    9,857       171,216  

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.(a)(b)

    23,446       1,115,326  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    72,239       9,543,494  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    12,499       963,673  

International Game Technology PLC(a)

    25,291       665,659  

Jack in the Box Inc.

    5,471       532,492  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    87,549       3,204,293  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    10,544       153,837  

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

    72,092       10,676,104  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    10,915       1,717,257  

McDonald’s Corp.

    197,456       47,608,616  

MGM Resorts International

    107,692       4,646,910  

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.(a)

    3,661       245,250  

NEOGAMES SA(a)

    2,266       83,208  

Noodles & Co.(a)

    12,136       143,205  

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

    98,361       2,627,222  

Papa John’s International Inc.

    8,789       1,116,115  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)

    42,316       3,066,217  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)

    22,707       1,783,635  

RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc.

    2,958       202,653  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.(a)

    5,180       119,451  

Red Rock Resorts Inc., Class A(a)

    17,841       913,816  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    58,031       5,161,857  

Rush Street Interactive Inc.(a)

    14,429       277,181  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc.(a)

    8,529       176,636  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    25,315       2,102,917  

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.(a)

    14,156       783,110  

Shake Shack Inc., Class A(a)

    9,523       747,175  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    21,559       916,258  

Starbucks Corp.

      311,491       34,360,572  

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

    18,538       1,693,076  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    22,119       1,206,149  

Vail Resorts Inc.(a)

    10,709       3,577,341  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    48,256       1,046,190  

Wingstop Inc.

    7,717       1,265,048  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    24,664       1,903,814  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    28,188       2,388,933  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    111,076       6,454,626  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    78,410       9,590,327  
   

 

 

 
          248,894,649  
Household Durables — 0.5%  

Beazer Homes USA Inc.(a)

    9,897       170,723  

Cavco Industries Inc.(a)

    2,397       567,466  

Century Communities Inc.

    7,209       442,993  

DR Horton Inc.

    88,334       7,417,406  

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

    6,067       143,788  

Garmin Ltd.

    39,596       6,155,594  

GoPro Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    31,893       298,518  

Green Brick Partners Inc.(a)

    8,322       170,767  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    6,436       1,446,040  

Hooker Furniture Corp.

    4,063       109,660  

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Class A(a)

    1,358       130,898  

Installed Building Products Inc.

    6,058       649,115  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    7,312       573,992  

KB Home

    23,414       911,273  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

La-Z-Boy Inc.

    12,852     $ 414,220  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    36,518       1,637,467  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    71,816       6,727,723  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    3,723       288,868  

LGI Homes Inc.(a)

    5,993       850,467  

Lovesac Co. (The)(a)(b)

    2,791       184,457  

M/I Homes Inc.(a)

    7,335       423,963  

MDC Holdings Inc.

    14,974       699,585  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)

    10,382       1,007,054  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    14,886       2,640,776  

Newell Brands Inc.

    102,799       2,275,970  

NVR Inc.(a)

    857       4,108,527  

PulteGroup Inc.

    67,744       3,110,805  

Purple Innovation Inc., Class A(a)

    13,217       277,821  

Skyline Champion Corp.(a)

    13,498       810,690  

Sonos Inc.(a)

    32,469       1,050,697  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    32,354       834,086  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    47,766       2,216,820  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    29,663       1,640,067  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    8,789       1,800,075  

Traeger Inc.(a)

    5,938       124,282  

TRI Pointe Homes Inc.(a)

    30,182       634,426  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    13,507       285,268  

Universal Electronics Inc.(a)

    3,654       179,960  

Vuzix Corp.(a)

    16,112       168,532  

Whirlpool Corp.

    15,899       3,241,170  
   

 

 

 
      56,822,009  
Household Products — 1.1%  

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)

    2,601       124,848  

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

    11,665       501,595  

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    64,867       5,356,068  

Clorox Co. (The)

    32,569       5,393,752  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    220,949       16,699,325  

Energizer Holdings Inc.

    19,424       758,507  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    88,800       11,760,672  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

      643,742       89,995,132  

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

    12,993       355,229  

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.

    11,543       1,104,319  

WD-40 Co.

    3,607       834,948  
   

 

 

 
          132,884,395  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp. (The)

    176,092       4,020,180  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    34,734       1,348,026  

Clearway Energy Inc., Class A

    8,360       235,752  

Clearway Energy Inc., Class C

    23,266       704,262  

Ormat Technologies Inc.

    11,099       739,304  

Sunnova Energy International Inc.(a)

    22,505       741,315  

Vistra Corp.

    125,926       2,153,335  
   

 

 

 
      9,942,174  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9%  

3M Co.

    152,921       26,825,402  

General Electric Co.

    288,716       29,746,409  

Honeywell International Inc.

    183,715       38,999,020  

Raven Industries Inc.(a)

    9,029       520,161  

Roper Technologies Inc.

    27,645       12,333,264  
   

 

 

 
      108,424,256  
Insurance — 2.0%  

Aflac Inc.

    175,075       9,126,660  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    3,462       2,161,707  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    77,930     $ 9,921,268  

Ambac Financial Group Inc.(a)

    13,096       187,535  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    23,553       696,462  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    18,573       2,337,041  

American International Group Inc.

    227,120       12,466,617  

American National Group Inc.

    1,790       338,364  

AMERISAFE Inc.

    4,931       276,925  

Aon PLC, Class A

    59,012       16,863,859  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    101,032       3,857,402  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

    8,309       433,896  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    54,303       8,072,141  

Assurant Inc.

    15,468       2,440,077  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    18,276       855,500  

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    31,439       2,165,204  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    19,229       885,303  

Bright Health Group Inc.(a)

    13,966       113,963  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    23,802       1,076,564  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    62,616       3,472,057  

BRP Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,493       382,602  

Chubb Ltd.

    115,149       19,976,048  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    40,259       4,598,383  

CNA Financial Corp.

    8,100       339,876  

CNO Financial Group Inc.

    32,396       762,602  

eHealth Inc.(a)

    6,272       254,016  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    7,711       304,507  

Enstar Group Ltd.(a)

    3,163       742,451  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    6,971       1,243,766  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    10,584       2,654,255  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

    72,259       3,276,223  

First American Financial Corp.

    29,261       1,961,950  

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    136,479       511,796  

Globe Life Inc.

    26,527       2,361,699  

GoHealth Inc., Class A(a)

    15,456       77,744  

Goosehead Insurance Inc., Class A

    4,662       709,976  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    9,478       1,228,538  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    91,879       6,454,500  

HCI Group Inc.

    2,029       224,752  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    10,907       433,989  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    8,472       319,649  

Kemper Corp.

    16,471       1,100,098  

Kinsale Capital Group Inc.

    5,819       940,932  

Lemonade Inc.(a)(b)

    10,165       681,157  

Lincoln National Corp.

    49,550       3,406,562  

Loews Corp.

    56,934       3,070,451  

Markel Corp.(a)

    3,551       4,243,907  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    134,294       20,336,140  

MBIA Inc.(a)

    15,098       194,009  

Mercury General Corp.

    7,077       393,977  

MetLife Inc.

      192,300         11,870,679  

National Western Life Group Inc., Class A

    569       119,826  

Old Republic International Corp.

    75,545       1,747,356  

Palomar Holdings Inc.(a)

    5,698       460,569  

Primerica Inc.

    10,691       1,642,458  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    70,416       4,534,790  

ProAssurance Corp.

    13,261       315,347  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    154,062       13,925,664  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    102,398       10,772,270  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    17,636       1,962,181  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    12,858       1,792,405  

RLI Corp.

    10,660       1,068,878  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Safety Insurance Group Inc.

    4,021     $ 318,664  

Selective Insurance Group Inc.

    15,544       1,174,038  

Selectquote Inc.(a)(b)

    35,246       455,731  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    19,622       181,700  

State Auto Financial Corp.

    4,644       236,612  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    6,984       441,808  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

    66,456       10,101,977  

Trupanion Inc.(a)

    9,687       752,389  

United Fire Group Inc.

    5,988       138,323  

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.

    8,749       114,087  

Unum Group

    56,016       1,403,761  

W R Berkley Corp.

    36,252       2,652,921  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    793       848,201  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    33,873       7,874,118  
   

 

 

 
          237,841,853  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.8%  

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    79,528       212,619,699  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    74,195       197,752,675  

Cargurus Inc.(a)

    23,382       734,429  

Cars.com Inc.(a)

    18,883       238,870  

Eventbrite Inc., Class A(a)

    18,750       354,563  

EverQuote Inc., Class A(a)

    5,905       110,010  

Facebook Inc., Class A(a)

    632,788       214,761,919  

fuboTV Inc.(a)(b)

    35,374       847,561  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    20,522       2,673,811  

Match Group Inc.(a)(b)

    73,226       11,495,750  

MediaAlpha Inc., Class A(a)

    6,649       124,203  

Pinterest Inc., Class A(a)

      146,942       7,486,695  

QuinStreet Inc.(a)

    12,468       218,938  

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    27,816       941,572  

TrueCar Inc.(a)(b)

    30,134       125,357  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    206,184       12,451,452  

Vimeo Inc.(a)

    38,084       1,118,527  

Yelp Inc.(a)

    18,883       703,203  

Zillow Group Inc., Class A(a)

    15,978       1,415,331  

Zillow Group Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    44,857       3,953,696  
   

 

 

 
        670,128,261  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.6%  

1-800-Flowers.com Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,329       193,098  

Amazon.com Inc.(a)

    114,761       376,994,476  

CarParts.com Inc.(a)(b)

    12,783       199,543  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)

    38,196       7,867,612  

eBay Inc.

    172,304       12,004,420  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    33,514       6,969,571  

Groupon Inc.(a)(b)

    6,068       138,411  

Lands’ End Inc.(a)

    4,583       107,884  

Liquidity Services Inc.(a)

    5,810       125,554  

Overstock.com Inc.(a)

    11,623       905,664  

PetMed Express Inc.

    4,915       132,066  

Porch Group Inc.(a)

    20,291       358,745  

Quotient Technology Inc.(a)

    20,455       119,048  

Qurate Retail Inc., Series A

    98,326       1,001,942  

RealReal Inc. (The)(a)

    18,533       244,265  

Revolve Group Inc.(a)

    9,352       577,673  

Shutterstock Inc.

    6,071       687,966  

Stamps.com Inc.(a)

    4,617       1,522,640  

Stitch Fix Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    16,532       660,453  

Wayfair Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,910       5,087,204  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (continued)  

Xometry Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,123     $ 122,433  
   

 

 

 
            416,020,668  
IT Services — 5.2%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    168,140       53,791,349  

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    42,333       4,427,608  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    12,870       1,298,454  

Amdocs Ltd.

    33,788       2,558,089  

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

    112,714       22,533,783  

BigCommerce Holdings Inc., Series 1(a)(b)

    11,804       597,755  

Brightcove Inc.(a)

    12,490       144,135  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    30,907       5,150,342  

Cantaloupe Inc.(a)

    17,178       185,179  

Cass Information Systems Inc.

    3,427       143,420  

Cloudflare Inc., Class A(a)

    68,457       7,711,681  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    138,994       10,314,745  

Concentrix Corp.(a)

    11,015       1,949,655  

Conduent Inc.(a)

    38,191       251,679  

CSG Systems International Inc.

    8,400       404,880  

DigitalOcean Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    13,036       1,011,985  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    66,296       2,228,208  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    14,288       8,151,018  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    13,423       1,708,479  

EVERTEC Inc.

    16,189       740,161  

Evo Payments Inc., Class A(a)

    13,871       328,465  

ExlService Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,839       965,138  

Fastly Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,081       1,135,596  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    163,719       19,921,328  

Fiserv Inc.(a)

    158,026       17,145,821  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    21,514       5,620,963  

Flywire Corp.(a)(b)

    3,190       139,850  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    21,557       6,550,741  

Genpact Ltd.

    49,554       2,354,310  

Global Payments Inc.

    77,521       12,215,759  

Globant SA(a)

    10,521       2,956,506  

GoDaddy Inc., Class A(a)

    45,037       3,139,079  

GreenSky Inc., Class A(a)

    21,649       242,036  

Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,353       214,855  

Hackett Group Inc. (The)

    7,942       155,822  

I3 Verticals Inc., Class A(a)

    6,175       149,497  

International Business Machines Corp.

      236,269       32,824,852  

International Money Express Inc.(a)

    9,606       160,420  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    19,306       3,167,342  

Limelight Networks Inc.(a)

    36,744       87,451  

LiveRamp Holdings Inc.(a)

    16,769       792,000  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    231,348       80,435,073  

Maximus Inc.

    16,532       1,375,462  

MoneyGram International Inc.(a)

    20,343       163,151  

MongoDB Inc.(a)(b)

    16,419       7,741,723  

Okta Inc.(a)

    32,990       7,829,847  

Paya Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    23,082       250,901  

Paychex Inc.

    85,434       9,607,053  

PayPal Holdings Inc.(a)

    310,681         80,842,303  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)(b)

    110,277       854,647  

Perficient Inc.(a)

    8,539       987,962  

Rackspace Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    15,963       226,994  

Repay Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    21,002       483,676  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    86,120       1,019,661  

Shift4 Payments Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,574       897,216  

Snowflake Inc., Class A(a)

    51,491       15,572,423  

SolarWinds Corp.

    8,957       149,851  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Square Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    104,545     $ 25,074,073  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    58,557       2,033,099  

Switch Inc., Class A

    30,853       783,358  

TTEC Holdings Inc.

    4,691       438,749  

Tucows Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,314       182,690  

Twilio Inc., Class A(a)

    44,133       14,080,634  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)

    18,180       457,045  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    26,133       5,357,526  

Verra Mobility Corp.(a)(b)

    37,443       564,266  

Visa Inc., Class A

    447,552       99,692,208  

Western Union Co. (The)

    111,562       2,255,784  

WEX Inc.(a)

    11,757       2,070,878  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,095       2,762,197  
   

 

 

 
            599,760,886  
Leisure Products — 0.2%  

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    9,500       443,650  

American Outdoor Brands Inc.(a)

    4,860       119,362  

AMMO Inc.(a)(b)

    22,100       135,915  

Brunswick Corp./DE

    20,306       1,934,553  

Callaway Golf Co.(a)

    30,646       846,749  

Clarus Corp.

    6,554       167,979  

Genius Brands International Inc.(a)(b)

      82,745       112,533  

Hasbro Inc.

    33,450       2,984,409  

Hayward Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    10,928       243,039  

Johnson Outdoors Inc., Class A

    1,458       154,256  

Latham Group Inc.(a)

    8,871       145,484  

Malibu Boats Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,132       359,137  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings Inc.(a)

    5,268       132,121  

Mattel Inc.(a)

    91,442       1,697,164  

Nautilus Inc.(a)(b)

    8,685       80,857  

Peloton Interactive Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    69,906       6,085,317  

Polaris Inc.

    15,631       1,870,406  

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

    15,113       313,746  

Sturm Ruger & Co. Inc.

    4,164       307,220  

Vista Outdoor Inc.(a)

    15,932       642,219  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)

    21,693       1,858,873  
   

 

 

 
      20,634,989  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%  

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    22,252       3,239,446  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)

    29,616       1,006,648  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    80,376       12,661,631  

Avantor Inc.(a)(b)

    153,407       6,274,346  

Berkeley Lights Inc.(a)(b)

    12,513       244,754  

BioNano Genomics Inc.(a)(b)

    73,765       405,708  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    5,583       4,164,639  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    10,256       4,969,750  

Bruker Corp.

    26,819       2,094,564  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    13,129       5,417,944  

ChromaDex Corp.(a)(b)

    14,654       91,881  

Codexis Inc.(a)

    13,421       312,172  

Contra Aduro Biotech I(a)(c)

    4,039       12,117  

Fluidigm Corp.(a)

    22,144       145,929  

Harvard Bioscience Inc.(a)

    16,433       114,702  

Illumina Inc.(a)

    38,616       15,663,036  

Inotiv Inc.(a)

    5,045       147,516  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    50,658       12,134,617  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    26,907       1,320,596  

Medpace Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,439       1,408,054  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)

    6,044       8,324,764  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)            

NanoString Technologies Inc.(a)

    11,947     $ 573,575  

NeoGenomics Inc.(a)(b)

    28,354       1,367,797  

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.(a)(b)

    52,302       1,336,316  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    29,802       5,164,389  

Personalis Inc.(a)

    10,532       202,636  

PPD Inc.(a)

    43,563       2,038,313  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    61,425       3,174,444  

Quanterix Corp.(a)

    6,919       344,497  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    14,729       4,256,534  

Seer Inc.(a)(b)

    10,949       378,069  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    26,323       688,346  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    27,270       2,385,580  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    103,876       59,347,475  

Waters Corp.(a)

    16,324       5,832,565  
   

 

 

 
          167,245,350  
Machinery — 1.8%            

AGCO Corp.

    16,450       2,015,618  

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    27,917       84,030  

Alamo Group Inc.

    2,409       336,128  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    8,026       616,959  

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

    27,283       963,636  

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

    18,122       1,003,053  

Astec Industries Inc.

    6,015       323,667  

Barnes Group Inc.

    12,468       520,290  

Blue Bird Corp.(a)

    5,499       114,709  

Caterpillar Inc.

    144,875       27,811,654  

Chart Industries Inc.(a)

    9,693       1,852,429  

CIRCOR International Inc.(a)

    4,399       145,211  

Colfax Corp.(a)

    32,690       1,500,471  

Columbus McKinnon Corp./NY

    6,651       321,576  

Crane Co.

    12,735       1,207,405  

Cummins Inc.

    37,853       8,500,270  

Deere & Co.

    74,534       24,974,107  

Desktop Metal Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    39,676       284,477  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    32,844       1,885,574  

Douglas Dynamics Inc.

    5,502       199,723  

Dover Corp.

    37,562       5,840,891  

Energy Recovery Inc.(a)(b)

    8,857       168,549  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    15,945       330,540  

EnPro Industries Inc.

    5,171       450,498  

ESCO Technologies Inc.

    6,659       512,743  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.(a)(b)

    29,751       1,117,448  

ExOne Co. (The)(a)

    6,027       140,911  

Federal Signal Corp.

    17,320       668,898  

Flowserve Corp.

    35,748       1,239,383  

Fortive Corp.

    85,441       6,029,571  

Franklin Electric Co. Inc.

    11,849       946,143  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    25,201       410,020  

Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)

    4,773       170,921  

Graco Inc.

    44,532       3,115,904  

Greenbrier Companies Inc. (The)

    8,419       361,933  

Helios Technologies Inc.

    8,191       672,563  

Hillenbrand Inc.

    20,595       878,377  

Hydrofarm Holdings Group Inc.(a)(b)

    10,244       387,735  

Hyliion Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    30,994       260,350  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc.

    2,482       124,745  

Ideanomics Inc.(a)(b)

    111,797       220,240  

IDEX Corp.

    20,233       4,187,219  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

    83,241       17,200,088  

Ingersoll Rand Inc.(a)

      107,446       5,416,353  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

ITT Inc.

    23,496     $ 2,016,897  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    8,673       1,218,990  

Kadant Inc.

    2,844       580,460  

Kennametal Inc.

    22,276       762,507  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    15,008       1,932,880  

Lindsay Corp.

    3,120       473,585  

Luxfer Holdings PLC

    7,312       143,535  

Lydall Inc.(a)

    4,232       262,765  

Manitowoc Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    9,276       198,692  

Meritor Inc.(a)

    17,434       371,519  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    14,483       2,469,496  

Miller Industries Inc./TN

    3,973       135,241  

Mueller Industries Inc.

    15,549       639,064  

Mueller Water Products Inc., Class A

    45,789       696,909  

Nikola Corp.(a)(b)

    52,544       560,644  

Nordson Corp.

    15,543       3,701,565  

Omega Flex Inc.

    855       122,000  

Oshkosh Corp.

    17,992       1,841,841  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

      112,956       9,294,020  

PACCAR Inc.

    89,422       7,057,184  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    33,976       9,500,369  

Pentair PLC

    44,377       3,223,101  

Proto Labs Inc.(a)

    7,174       477,788  

RBC Bearings Inc.(a)

    7,335       1,556,487  

REV Group Inc.

    9,446       162,093  

Rexnord Corp.

    33,046       2,124,527  

Shyft Group Inc. (The)

    8,957       340,456  

Snap-on Inc.

    14,536       3,037,297  

SPX Corp.(a)

    12,348       660,001  

SPX FLOW Inc.

    11,613       848,910  

Standex International Corp.

    3,115       308,105  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    42,393       7,431,917  

Tennant Co.

    4,651       343,941  

Terex Corp.

    18,067       760,621  

Timken Co. (The)

    16,773       1,097,290  

Titan International Inc.(a)

    16,774       120,102  

Toro Co. (The)

    28,111       2,738,292  

Trinity Industries Inc.

    20,270       550,736  

Wabash National Corp.

    16,939       256,287  

Watts Water Technologies Inc., Class A

    7,058       1,186,379  

Welbilt Inc.(a)

    37,476       870,942  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    48,812       4,208,083  

Woodward Inc.

    15,628       1,769,090  

Xylem Inc./NY

    47,196       5,837,201  
   

 

 

 
          209,402,819  
Marine — 0.0%            

Costamare Inc.

    18,113       280,570  

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.(a)

    2,763       139,311  

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    9,102       183,223  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    15,748       755,274  

Matson Inc.

    12,076       974,654  
   

 

 

 
      2,333,032  
Media — 1.3%            

Advantage Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    20,828       180,162  

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    59,164       1,225,878  

AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    7,673       357,485  

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)

    4,971       192,775  

Cable One Inc.

    1,432       2,596,402  

Cardlytics Inc.(a)(b)

    7,943       666,735  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    33,818     $ 24,604,624  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.(a)

    99,222       268,892  

Comcast Corp., Class A

      1,205,820       67,441,513  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    382       122,381  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    41,706       1,058,498  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    83,856       2,035,185  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    66,904       2,907,648  

Entercom Communications Corp.(a)

    37,445       137,798  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    21,580       153,218  

EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A

    13,770       248,686  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    86,600       3,473,526  

Fox Corp., Class B

    37,683       1,398,793  

Gannett Co. Inc.(a)

    33,398       223,099  

Gray Television Inc.

    21,629       493,574  

Iheartmedia Inc., Class A(a)

    28,487       712,745  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    104,951       3,848,553  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

    12,394       647,091  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    6,294       1,059,595  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)

    38,328       6,619,246  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)

    20,650       974,060  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a)

    43,024       2,042,349  

Loral Space & Communications Inc.

    3,203       137,761  

Magnite Inc.(a)(b)

    34,172       956,816  

Meredith Corp.(a)

    11,090       617,713  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    43,900       2,162,953  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    104,423       2,457,073  

News Corp., Class B

    31,676       735,833  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    10,624       1,614,423  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    55,311       4,007,835  

Scholastic Corp.

    6,981       248,873  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Class A

    11,969       379,178  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.

    239,883       1,463,286  

Stagwell Inc.(a)(b)

    18,793       144,142  

TechTarget Inc.(a)

    5,954       490,729  

TEGNA Inc.

    61,404       1,210,887  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

    152,723       6,034,086  

WideOpenWest Inc.(a)

    14,921       293,198  
   

 

 

 
            148,645,297  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%            

Alcoa Corp.(a)

    50,342       2,463,738  

Allegheny Technologies Inc.(a)

    33,035       549,372  

Arconic Corp.(a)

    26,343       830,858  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    13,456       440,549  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b)

    12,861       172,980  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    122,964       2,435,917  

Coeur Mining Inc.(a)

    61,270       378,036  

Commercial Metals Co.

    31,893       971,461  

Compass Minerals International Inc.

    9,058       583,335  

Constellium SE(a)

    30,653       575,663  

Ferroglobe PLC(a)(c)

    15,827       0 (f)  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

    387,398       12,602,057  

Gatos Silver Inc.(a)

    13,058       151,865  

Haynes International Inc.

    3,903       145,387  

Hecla Mining Co.

    145,616       800,888  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    4,375       476,700  

Materion Corp.

    5,032       345,396  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    19,539       629,742  

Newmont Corp.

    211,634       11,491,726  

NovaGold Resources Inc.(a)

    62,376       429,147  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

Nucor Corp.

    77,316     $ 7,614,853  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    17,134       2,440,224  

Royal Gold Inc.

    18,018       1,720,539  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    5,029       111,996  

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Class A

    6,280       275,127  

Southern Copper Corp.

    21,739       1,220,427  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    52,573       3,074,469  

SunCoke Energy Inc.

    26,472       166,244  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    10,107       132,200  

United States Steel Corp.

    69,034       1,516,677  

Warrior Met Coal Inc.

    15,243       354,705  

Worthington Industries Inc.

    9,476       499,385  
   

 

 

 
      55,601,663  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 0.2%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    138,304       2,181,054  

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

    369,033       3,107,258  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.

    41,389       613,799  

Arbor Realty Trust Inc.

    34,257       634,782  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    11,167       168,398  

ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc.

    15,055       162,293  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc., Class A

    36,518       1,107,226  

BrightSpire Capital Inc.

    23,662       222,186  

Broadmark Realty Capital Inc.

    34,772       342,852  

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

    23,375       156,379  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    60,495       898,351  

Dynex Capital Inc.

    7,444       128,632  

Ellington Financial Inc.

    13,831       252,969  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.

    16,075       211,708  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc.

    19,465       1,040,988  

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.

    49,103       154,674  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

    6,660       140,526  

Ladder Capital Corp.

    28,193       311,533  

MFA Financial Inc.

    119,139       544,465  

New Residential Investment Corp.

      113,584       1,249,424  

New York Mortgage Trust Inc.

    93,411       397,931  

Orchid Island Capital Inc.

    33,063       161,678  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    23,905       470,690  

Ready Capital Corp.

    13,475       194,444  

Redwood Trust Inc.

    31,849       410,534  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

    75,512       1,843,248  

TPG RE Finance Trust Inc.

    14,995       185,638  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    73,663       467,023  
   

 

 

 
            17,760,683  
Multi-Utilities — 0.6%            

Ameren Corp.

    67,520       5,469,120  

Avista Corp.

    18,016       704,786  

Black Hills Corp.

    16,189       1,016,022  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

    153,360       3,772,656  

CMS Energy Corp.

    75,718       4,522,636  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    93,820       6,810,394  

Dominion Energy Inc.

    212,930       15,548,149  

DTE Energy Co.

    50,540       5,645,823  

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    52,465       1,556,637  

NiSource Inc.

    103,639       2,511,173  

NorthWestern Corp.

    13,860       794,178  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    132,178       8,049,640  

Sempra Energy

    84,768       10,723,152  

Unitil Corp.

    3,445       147,377  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)            

WEC Energy Group Inc.

    82,882     $ 7,310,192  
   

 

 

 
      74,581,935  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%            

Big Lots Inc.

    9,011       390,717  

Dillard’s Inc., Class A

    1,909       329,341  

Dollar General Corp.

    62,432       13,244,324  

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    61,100       5,848,492  

Franchise Group Inc.

    5,143       182,114  

Kohl’s Corp.

    41,978       1,976,744  

Macy’s Inc.

    82,164       1,856,906  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)

    29,224       772,975  

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

    17,096       1,030,547  

Target Corp.

    131,344       30,047,567  
   

 

 

 
            55,679,727  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%            

Alto Ingredients Inc.(a)

    23,753       117,340  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    89,585       933,476  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    74,619       1,403,583  

APA Corp.

    103,592       2,219,977  

Arch Resources Inc.(a)

    3,207       297,449  

Berry Corp.

    23,141       166,847  

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc.

    8,180       391,822  

Brigham Minerals Inc., Class A

    10,299       197,329  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    106,462       2,316,613  

California Resources Corp.(a)

    22,155       908,355  

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)

    10,431       511,953  

Centennial Resource Development Inc./DE, Class A(a)

    47,564       318,679  

Cheniere Energy Inc.(a)

    61,829       6,038,838  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    26,179       1,612,365  

Chevron Corp.

    512,039       51,946,357  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    26,548       2,314,986  

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)

    35,075       285,861  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    60,178       759,446  

Comstock Resources Inc.(a)(b)

    22,564       233,537  

ConocoPhillips

    356,912       24,187,926  

CONSOL Energy Inc.(a)

    7,704       200,458  

Contango Oil & Gas Co.(a)

    46,659       213,232  

Continental Resources Inc./OK(b)

    17,201       793,826  

CVR Energy Inc.

    10,141       168,949  

Delek U.S. Holdings Inc.

    15,792       283,782  

Denbury Inc.(a)

    13,967       981,182  

Devon Energy Corp.

    178,414       6,335,481  

DHT Holdings Inc.

    27,263       178,027  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    47,860       4,530,906  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    9,511       118,031  

DTE Midstream LLC(a)

    25,264       1,168,207  

Energy Fuels Inc./Canada(a)(b)

    27,002       189,554  

EOG Resources Inc.

    154,117       12,370,972  

EQT Corp.(a)

    76,655       1,568,361  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    112,493       1,140,679  

Escrow PetroCorp.(a)(c)

    1,248        

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.(a)

    4,706       265,654  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

      1,119,689       65,860,107  

Frontline Ltd./Bermuda

    33,665       315,441  

Gevo Inc.(a)(b)

    53,555       355,605  

Golar LNG Ltd.(a)

    25,025       324,574  

Green Plains Inc.(a)

    9,493       309,946  

Hess Corp.

    74,030       5,782,483  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)            

HollyFrontier Corp.

    41,593     $ 1,377,976  

International Seaways Inc.

    7,763       141,442  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

    514,220       8,602,901  

Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a)

    97,932       289,879  

Laredo Petroleum Inc.(a)

    3,318       268,990  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    37,210       661,966  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    209,580       2,864,959  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    168,960       10,443,418  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    28,193       1,072,462  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    41,164       1,027,865  

New Fortress Energy Inc.

    7,428       206,127  

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.

    51,862       132,767  

Northern Oil and Gas Inc.

    13,020       278,628  

Oasis Petroleum Inc.

    5,428       539,652  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    223,841       6,621,217  

ONEOK Inc.

    117,867       6,835,107  

Ovintiv Inc.

    70,793       2,327,674  

Par Pacific Holdings Inc.(a)

    11,391       179,067  

PBF Energy Inc., Class A(a)

    23,643       306,650  

PDC Energy Inc.

    27,638       1,309,765  

Peabody Energy Corp.(a)

    21,480       317,689  

Phillips 66

    116,038       8,126,141  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    57,067       9,502,226  

Range Resources Corp.(a)

    62,918       1,423,834  

Renewable Energy Group Inc.(a)

    11,023       553,355  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    1,550       123,798  

Riley Exploration Permian Inc.

    3,549       83,331  

Scorpio Tankers Inc.

    16,084       298,197  

SFL Corp. Ltd.

    22,101       185,206  

SM Energy Co.

    30,015       791,796  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    163,691       906,848  

Talos Energy Inc.(a)

    12,486       171,932  

Targa Resources Corp.

    60,848       2,994,330  

Tellurian Inc.(a)(b)

    87,530       342,242  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.(b)

    1,548       1,872,089  

Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    63,574       193,901  

Ur-Energy Inc.(a)

    92,825       159,659  

Valero Energy Corp.

    108,027       7,623,465  

Vine Energy Inc., Class A(a)

    8,121       133,753  

W&T Offshore Inc.(a)

    33,365       124,118  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.(a)

    10,235       597,826  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

      320,241       8,307,052  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    17,867       600,689  
   

 

 

 
            291,540,185  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    4,548       174,325  

Domtar Corp.(a)

    14,003       763,724  

Glatfelter Corp.

    10,509       148,177  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    24,610       1,510,316  

Neenah Inc.

    4,653       216,876  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc.

    7,694       266,674  

Verso Corp., Class A

    9,098       188,783  
   

 

 

 
      3,268,875  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Beauty Health Co. (The)(a)(b)

    22,949       595,986  

BellRing Brands Inc., Class A(a)

    10,710       329,332  

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    78,143       614,204  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    15,227       552,740  

elf Beauty Inc.(a)

    12,272       356,502  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Personal Products (continued)            

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The), Class A

    60,276     $ 18,078,581  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)

    28,522       1,208,762  

Inter Parfums Inc.

    5,068       378,934  

Medifast Inc.

    3,208       617,989  

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., Class A

    14,645       592,683  

USANA Health Sciences Inc.(a)

    3,640       335,608  

Veru Inc.(a)

    16,634       141,888  
   

 

 

 
      23,803,209  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.2%            

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    11,394       205,092  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    12,163       138,658  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    26,830       143,272  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    10,519       199,966  

Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    74,778       124,131  

Antares Pharma Inc.(a)

    37,628       136,966  

Arvinas Inc.(a)

    11,713       962,574  

Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    18,337       642,895  

Athira Pharma Inc.(a)

    14,200       133,196  

Axsome Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    7,110       234,346  

BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.(a)

    38,664       139,577  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    590,614       34,946,630  

Cara Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    9,236       142,696  

Cassava Sciences Inc.(a)(b)

    10,034       622,911  

Catalent Inc.(a)

    43,579       5,799,058  

Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    53,056       107,704  

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)(b)

    9,496       187,451  

Corcept Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    28,214       555,252  

Durect Corp.(a)(b)

    94,674       121,183  

Edgewise Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    5,419       89,955  

Elanco Animal Health Inc.(a)

    118,706       3,785,534  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    224,111       51,780,847  

Endo International PLC(a)

    60,905       197,332  

Esperion Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    8,396       101,172  

Evolus Inc.(a)

    11,634       88,651  

Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,338       178,795  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,433       284,907  

Innoviva Inc.(a)

    11,375       190,076  

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.(a)

    19,240       717,267  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    15,930       2,074,245  

Johnson & Johnson

    696,637         112,506,876  

KemPharm Inc.(a)(b)

    11,609       108,312  

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    11,686       132,987  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    669,822       50,310,330  

Mind Medicine MindMed Inc.(a)

    97,588       227,380  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)

    45,451       816,300  

NGM Biopharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    6,630       139,363  

Nuvation Bio Inc.(a)

    14,444       143,573  

Ocular Therapeutix Inc.(a)(b)

    22,744       227,440  

Omeros Corp.(a)(b)

    13,724       189,254  

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    7,029       154,497  

Organon & Co.

    68,692       2,252,411  

Pacira BioSciences Inc.(a)

    11,890       665,840  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    37,187       1,760,061  

Pfizer Inc.

    1,476,011       63,483,233  

Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    5,956       191,188  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    5,200       112,008  

Pliant Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,482       109,416  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.(a)

    13,719       769,773  

Provention Bio Inc.(a)(b)

    19,001       121,606  

Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    7,385       743,005  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Relmada Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    5,359     $ 140,459  

Revance Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    17,065       475,431  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    87,044       3,145,770  

SIGA Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    21,405       158,183  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    13,186       351,671  

TherapeuticsMD Inc.(a)

    136,221       100,994  

Theravance Biopharma Inc.(a)

    15,492       114,641  

Viatris Inc.

    321,872       4,361,366  

Zoetis Inc.

    125,823       24,427,277  

Zogenix Inc.(a)

    15,066       228,853  
   

 

 

 
          373,701,837  
Professional Services — 0.7%            

ASGN Inc.(a)

    13,393       1,515,284  

Barrett Business Services Inc.

    1,753       133,684  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    35,390       2,808,197  

CACI International Inc., Class A(a)

    6,103       1,599,596  

CBIZ Inc.(a)

    13,652       441,506  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    115,155       2,521,895  

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    102,799       8,846,882  

CRA International Inc.

    2,648       263,052  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    44,398       746,330  

Equifax Inc.

    32,047       8,121,351  

Exponent Inc.

    13,484       1,525,715  

First Advantage Corp.(a)

    7,785       148,304  

Forrester Research Inc.(a)

    3,655       180,045  

Franklin Covey Co.(a)

    4,403       179,598  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)

    8,616       1,160,575  

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

    4,485       200,166  

Huron Consulting Group Inc.(a)

    5,820       302,640  

ICF International Inc.

    4,885       436,182  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    98,918       11,535,817  

Insperity Inc.

    9,466       1,048,265  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

    33,736       4,471,032  

KBR Inc.

    36,652       1,444,089  

Kelly Services Inc., Class A, NVS

    10,149       191,613  

Kforce Inc.

    5,089       303,508  

Korn Ferry

    14,242       1,030,551  

Legalzoomcom Inc.(a)(b)

    4,991       131,762  

Leidos Holdings Inc.

    36,852       3,542,583  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    14,808       1,603,410  

ManTech International Corp./VA, Class A

    7,130       541,310  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    96,626       1,854,253  

Resources Connection Inc.

    10,775       170,030  

Robert Half International Inc.

    29,519       2,961,641  

Science Applications International Corp.

    16,018       1,370,500  

TransUnion

    50,588       5,681,538  

TriNet Group Inc.(a)

    10,412       984,767  

TrueBlue Inc.(a)

    10,053       272,235  

Upwork Inc.(a)(b)

    30,614       1,378,548  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    42,081       8,427,562  

Willdan Group Inc.(a)

    3,294       117,233  
   

 

 

 
      80,193,249  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    87,993       8,566,998  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a)(b)

    31,893       593,529  

eXp World Holdings Inc.(b)

    16,327       649,325  

Forestar Group Inc.(a)

    6,159       114,742  

FRP Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,536       141,813  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(a)

    10,981       964,242  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    13,378     $ 3,318,948  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc.

    31,893       667,202  

Marcus & Millichap Inc.(a)

    5,631       228,731  

Newmark Group Inc., Class A

    41,911       599,746  

Opendoor Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    119,076       2,444,630  

Rafael Holdings Inc., Class B(a)(b)

    3,422       105,158  

RE/MAX Holdings Inc., Class A

    4,486       139,784  

Realogy Holdings Corp.(a)

    31,717       556,316  

Redfin Corp.(a)

    27,211       1,363,271  

RMR Group Inc. (The), Class A

    4,164       139,286  

St Joe Co. (The)(b)

    8,467       356,461  

Tejon Ranch Co.(a)

    8,654       153,695  
   

 

 

 
      21,103,877  
Road & Rail — 1.1%            

AMERCO

    2,329       1,504,604  

ArcBest Corp.

    6,209       507,710  

Avis Budget Group Inc.(a)(b)

    12,821       1,493,775  

CSX Corp.

    596,350       17,735,449  

Daseke Inc.(a)

    12,171       112,095  

Heartland Express Inc.

    11,974       191,823  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    22,745       3,803,419  

Kansas City Southern

    24,013       6,498,878  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    42,311       2,164,208  

Landstar System Inc.

    10,141       1,600,453  

Lyft Inc., Class A(a)

    74,507       3,992,830  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    14,176       222,421  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    64,858       15,517,276  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    26,981       7,716,026  

Ryder System Inc.

    14,800       1,224,108  

Saia Inc.(a)

    7,133       1,697,868  

Schneider National Inc., Class B

    14,890       338,599  

TuSimple Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    10,154       377,018  

Uber Technologies Inc.(a)

    427,406       19,147,789  

Union Pacific Corp.

    172,371       33,786,440  

Werner Enterprises Inc.

    16,468       729,038  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)

    25,588       2,036,293  
   

 

 

 
        122,398,120  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.0%  

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(a)

    319,979       32,925,839  

Allegro MicroSystems Inc.(a)

    12,602       402,760  

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

    6,417       201,301  

Ambarella Inc.(a)(b)

    8,735       1,360,389  

Amkor Technology Inc.

    29,188       728,241  

Analog Devices Inc.

    142,172       23,810,967  

Applied Materials Inc.

    242,031       31,156,651  

Atomera Inc.(a)

    5,844       134,938  

Axcelis Technologies Inc.(a)

    10,082       474,156  

AXT Inc.(a)

    13,510       112,538  

Broadcom Inc.

    105,547       51,182,907  

Brooks Automation Inc.

    19,150       1,960,003  

CEVA Inc.(a)

    5,693       242,920  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)

    15,424       1,270,166  

CMC Materials Inc.

    8,037       990,400  

Cohu Inc.(a)

    11,162       356,514  

Diodes Inc.(a)

    11,057       1,001,654  

DSP Group Inc.(a)

    5,947       130,299  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    34,889       5,232,303  

Entegris Inc.

    35,550       4,475,745  

First Solar Inc.(a)

    27,756       2,649,588  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

FormFactor Inc.(a)

    20,527     $ 766,273  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    7,365       302,628  

Impinj Inc.(a)

    4,739       270,739  

Intel Corp.

    1,068,687       56,939,643  

KLA Corp.

    40,594       13,579,099  

Kopin Corp.(a)(b)

    21,728       111,465  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.

    15,165       883,816  

Lam Research Corp.

    37,658       21,433,051  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    35,599       2,301,475  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.(a)

    13,209       856,868  

Marvell Technology Inc.

    217,069       13,091,431  

MaxLinear Inc.(a)

    18,862       928,954  

Meta Materials Inc.(a)(b)

    57,796       334,061  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    71,312       10,945,679  

Micron Technology Inc.

    296,340       21,034,213  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    14,549       2,195,590  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    11,910       5,772,539  

NeoPhotonics Corp.(a)

    15,695       136,703  

NVE Corp.

    1,555       99,473  

NVIDIA Corp.

    632,553       131,039,679  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    70,259       13,761,630  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    111,850       5,119,374  

Onto Innovation Inc.(a)

    12,329       890,770  

PDF Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    10,173       234,386  

Photronics Inc.(a)

    16,335       222,646  

Power Integrations Inc.

    15,725       1,556,618  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    29,254       4,890,976  

QUALCOMM Inc.

    298,252       38,468,543  

Rambus Inc.(a)(b)

    27,511       610,744  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    18,060       1,408,138  

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(a)

    11,461       1,606,374  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    3,119       636,806  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    43,473       7,163,481  

SMART Global Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    4,866       216,537  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    19,868       450,606  

Synaptics Inc.(a)

    9,693       1,742,123  

Teradyne Inc.

    43,913       4,793,982  

Texas Instruments Inc.

    244,208       46,939,220  

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.(a)

    11,567       492,754  

Universal Display Corp.

    11,873       2,029,808  

Veeco Instruments Inc.(a)

    11,300       250,973  

Xilinx Inc.

    65,048       9,821,598  
   

 

 

 
          587,131,745  
Software — 10.0%            

8x8 Inc.(a)(b)

    28,269       661,212  

A10 Networks Inc.(a)

    15,004       202,254  

ACI Worldwide Inc.(a)

    31,893       980,072  

Adobe Inc.(a)

    126,235       72,676,014  

Agilysys Inc.(a)

    4,028       210,906  

Alarm.com Holdings Inc.(a)

    12,278       960,017  

Altair Engineering Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    12,077       832,588  

Alteryx Inc., Class A(a)

    15,605       1,140,725  

American Software Inc./GA, Class A

    6,263       148,746  

Anaplan Inc.(a)

    37,334       2,273,267  

ANSYS Inc.(a)

    23,004       7,831,712  

Appfolio Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    4,820       580,328  

Appian Corp.(a)(b)

    10,367       959,051  

Asana Inc., Class A(a)

    19,806       2,056,655  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)

    18,610       2,285,308  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    36,122       14,138,873  

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Autodesk Inc.(a)

    58,273     $ 16,617,711  

Avalara Inc.(a)

    22,563       3,943,336  

Avaya Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    21,803       431,481  

Benefitfocus Inc.(a)

    10,243       113,697  

Bentley Systems Inc., Class B(b)

    35,783       2,169,881  

Bill.com Holdings Inc.(a)

    20,860       5,568,577  

Black Knight Inc.(a)

    41,232       2,968,704  

Blackbaud Inc.(a)

    12,922       909,063  

Blackline Inc.(a)(b)

    13,540       1,598,532  

Bottomline Technologies DE Inc.(a)

    11,221       440,761  

Box Inc., Class A(a)

    38,542       912,289  

BTRS Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    18,266       194,350  

C3.ai Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    9,063       419,979  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    72,620       10,997,573  

CDK Global Inc.

    33,743       1,435,765  

Cerence Inc.(a)(b)

    9,988       959,947  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)(b)

    34,222       3,854,082  

ChannelAdvisor Corp.(a)

    5,052       127,462  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    32,482       3,487,592  

Cleanspark Inc.(a)(b)

    10,145       117,581  

Cloudera Inc.(a)

    62,927       1,004,944  

CommVault Systems Inc.(a)

    11,015       829,540  

Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.(a)

    16,189       926,982  

Coupa Software Inc.(a)

    19,693       4,316,312  

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    52,228       12,836,598  

CS Disco Inc.(a)

    3,402       163,092  

Datadog Inc., Class A(a)

    61,537       8,698,255  

Datto Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    6,467       154,561  

Digimarc Corp.(a)(b)

    4,190       144,304  

Digital Turbine Inc.(a)

    22,749       1,563,994  

DocuSign Inc.(a)

    50,442       12,985,284  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

    17,471       1,537,448  

Domo Inc., Class B(a)

    6,939       585,929  

DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    4,681       159,903  

Dropbox Inc., Class A(a)

    80,559       2,353,934  

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.(a)

    19,673       870,334  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    52,122       3,699,098  

E2open Parent Holdings Inc.(a)

    42,701       482,521  

Ebix Inc.

    6,870       185,009  

Elastic NV(a)

    17,799       2,651,873  

Envestnet Inc.(a)

    14,799       1,187,472  

Everbridge Inc.(a)(b)

    9,692       1,463,880  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    7,366       2,931,152  

Five9 Inc.(a)

    17,864       2,853,595  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    35,395       10,336,756  

Guidewire Software Inc.(a)(b)

    21,949       2,609,078  

HubSpot Inc.(a)

    11,797       7,975,834  

InterDigital Inc.

    8,950       606,989  

Intuit Inc.

    67,451       36,390,489  

J2 Global Inc.(a)

    11,474       1,567,578  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    11,327       436,316  

JFrog Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,079       471,647  

LivePerson Inc.(a)

    16,628       980,221  

Mandiant Inc.

    61,398       1,092,884  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    16,604       2,540,910  

Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    25,044       790,890  

McAfee Corp., Class A

    18,049       399,063  

Medallia Inc.(a)

    27,429       929,020  

Microsoft Corp.

    1,992,631         561,762,532  

MicroStrategy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,089       1,208,278  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Mimecast Ltd.(a)

    15,243     $ 969,455  

Mitek Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    8,109       150,017  

Model N Inc.(a)(b)

    9,693       324,716  

Momentive Global Inc.(a)(b)

    32,249       632,080  

N-Able Inc.(a)

    8,957       111,156  

nCino Inc.(a)(b)

    14,864       1,055,790  

NCR Corp.(a)

    33,743       1,307,879  

New Relic Inc.(a)

    13,845       993,656  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    144,679       3,660,379  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    76,475       4,209,184  

Nutanix Inc., Class A(a)

    49,784       1,876,857  

ON24 Inc.(a)

    4,102       81,794  

OneSpan Inc.(a)

    7,046       132,324  

Oracle Corp.

    445,640       38,828,613  

Pagerduty Inc.(a)(b)

    21,345       884,110  

Palantir Technologies Inc., Class A(a)

    429,029       10,313,857  

Palo Alto Networks Inc.(a)

    25,065       12,006,135  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    13,425       6,655,444  

Paycor HCM Inc.(a)

    5,423       190,673  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    9,926       2,783,250  

Pegasystems Inc.

    11,039       1,403,057  

Ping Identity Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    9,912       243,538  

Procore Technologies Inc.(a)

    2,680       239,431  

Progress Software Corp.

    11,810       580,934  

PROS Holdings Inc.(a)

    11,855       420,615  

PTC Inc.(a)

    28,214       3,379,755  

Q2 Holdings Inc.(a)

    14,878       1,192,323  

QAD Inc., Class A

    3,452       301,670  

Qualys Inc.(a)

    8,872       987,365  

Rapid7 Inc.(a)(b)

    14,174       1,601,945  

Rekor Systems Inc.(a)

    13,295       152,760  

Rimini Street Inc.(a)

    14,837       143,177  

RingCentral Inc., Class A(a)

    21,414       4,657,545  

Riot Blockchain Inc.(a)(b)

    22,116       568,381  

SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc.(a)

    23,085       989,885  

salesforce.com Inc.(a)

    244,342         66,270,437  

Sapiens International Corp. NV

    6,918       199,100  

ServiceNow Inc.(a)

    52,155       32,454,492  

ShotSpotter Inc.(a)

    2,597       94,453  

Smartsheet Inc., Class A(a)

    32,133       2,211,393  

Splunk Inc.(a)(b)

    43,424       6,283,887  

Sprout Social Inc., Class A(a)

    11,692       1,425,839  

SPS Commerce Inc.(a)

    9,182       1,481,148  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

    59,212       4,109,313  

Sumo Logic Inc.(a)(b)

    22,828       367,987  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    40,073       11,998,257  

Telos Corp.(a)

    10,508       298,637  

Tenable Holdings Inc.(a)

    24,054       1,109,852  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    29,147       1,671,580  

Trade Desk Inc. (The), Class A(a)(b)

    113,525       7,980,807  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    10,728       4,920,397  

Unity Software Inc.(a)(b)

    38,942       4,916,427  

Upland Software Inc.(a)

    5,993       200,406  

Varonis Systems Inc.(a)

    27,621       1,680,738  

Verint Systems Inc.(a)(b)

    17,874       800,576  

Veritone Inc.(a)(b)

    6,180       147,640  

Viant Technology Inc., Class A(a)

    5,269       64,387  

VMware Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,689       3,225,154  

Vonage Holdings Corp.(a)

    63,380       1,021,686  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    29,985       2,420,689  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Workday Inc., Class A(a)

    49,786     $ 12,441,024  

Workiva Inc.(a)

    11,105       1,565,361  

Xperi Holding Corp.

    28,191       531,118  

Yext Inc.(a)

    25,674       308,858  

Zendesk Inc.(a)

    31,440       3,659,302  

Zix Corp.(a)

    16,737       118,331  

Zoom Video Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    56,410       14,751,215  

Zscaler Inc.(a)

    20,546       5,387,572  

Zuora Inc., Class A(a)

    29,621       491,116  
   

 

 

 
        1,160,529,519  
Specialty Retail — 2.3%            

Aaron’s Co. Inc. (The)

    9,366       257,940  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    18,018       678,017  

Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc.(a)(b)

    20,449       818,369  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    17,653       3,687,535  

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

    39,087       1,008,445  

America’s Car-Mart Inc./TX(a)

    1,966       229,589  

Arko Corp.(a)

    31,766       320,837  

Asbury Automotive Group Inc.(a)

    5,276       1,038,000  

AutoNation Inc.(a)

    11,963       1,456,615  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    5,704       9,685,335  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    64,625       4,073,314  

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.(a)

    28,680       495,447  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    65,719       6,947,155  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

    5,677       130,798  

Boot Barn Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    6,993       621,468  

Buckle Inc. (The)

    6,836       270,637  

Burlington Stores Inc.(a)

    17,626       4,998,205  

Caleres Inc.

    10,750       238,865  

Camping World Holdings Inc., Class A

    10,975       426,598  

CarMax Inc.(a)

    42,927       5,492,939  

Carvana Co.(a)

    20,379       6,145,084  

Cato Corp. (The), Class A

    7,369       121,883  

Chico’s FAS Inc.(a)

    32,281       144,942  

Children’s Place Inc. (The)(a)

    3,265       245,724  

Citi Trends Inc.(a)

    2,351       171,529  

Conn’s Inc.(a)(b)

    5,993       136,820  

Container Store Group Inc. (The)(a)

    11,291       107,490  

Designer Brands Inc. , Class A(a)

    17,851       248,664  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    16,597       1,987,823  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    14,713       2,601,406  

Floor & Decor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    26,901       3,249,372  

Foot Locker Inc.

    24,327       1,110,771  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    17,009       2,984,569  

Gap Inc. (The)

    53,565       1,215,926  

Genesco Inc.(a)

    3,203       184,909  

Group 1 Automotive Inc.

    4,390       824,793  

GrowGeneration Corp.(a)(b)

    14,373       354,582  

Guess? Inc.

    9,608       201,864  

Haverty Furniture Companies Inc.

    4,607       155,302  

Hibbett Inc.

    4,221       298,594  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    281,161       92,293,910  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)(b)

    35,217       723,357  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    7,842       2,486,228  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    187,025       37,939,891  

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,790       126,837  

MarineMax Inc.(a)

    5,334       258,806  

Monro Inc.

    8,467       486,937  

Murphy USA Inc.

    6,669       1,115,457  

National Vision Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    20,793       1,180,419  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    18,066     $ 11,039,410  

ODP Corp. (The)(a)

    14,456       580,553  

OneWater Marine Inc., Class A

    3,398       136,634  

Party City Holdco Inc.(a)(b)

    28,969       205,680  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

    8,915       896,849  

Petco Health & Wellness Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    14,652       309,157  

Rent-A-Center Inc./TX

    17,146       963,777  

RH(a)(b)

    4,541       3,028,438  

Ross Stores Inc.

    92,876       10,109,553  

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    27,908       470,250  

Shift Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    16,823       116,752  

Shoe Carnival Inc.

    3,620       117,360  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    13,321       1,051,826  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)

    5,818       543,867  

Sonic Automotive Inc., Class A

    7,317       384,435  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc.(a)

    13,414       236,086  

Tilly’s Inc., Class A

    8,407       117,782  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    318,890       21,040,362  

Tractor Supply Co.

    30,468       6,173,121  

TravelCenters of America Inc.(a)

    4,080       203,143  

Ulta Beauty Inc.(a)

    14,197       5,123,981  

Urban Outfitters Inc.(a)

    18,943       562,418  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    20,506       1,133,162  

Vroom Inc.(a)(b)

    30,842       680,683  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    19,750       3,502,267  

Winmark Corp.

    780       167,723  

Zumiez Inc.(a)

    5,438       216,215  
   

 

 

 
          271,091,481  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 5.3%  

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    31,239       861,259  

Apple Inc.

    4,151,172       587,390,838  

Avid Technology Inc.(a)

    7,656       221,411  

Corsair Gaming Inc.(a)(b)

    6,163       159,807  

Dell Technologies Inc., Class C(a)

    71,350       7,423,254  

Diebold Nixdorf Inc.(a)

    20,428       206,527  

Eastman Kodak Co.(a)

    12,952       88,203  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    347,826       4,956,520  

HP Inc.

    318,539       8,715,227  

NetApp Inc.

    59,018       5,297,456  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)

    67,731       1,704,112  

Quantum Corp.(a)

    19,442       100,710  

Super Micro Computer Inc.(a)

    10,617       388,264  

Turtle Beach Corp.(a)(b)

    4,798       133,480  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    81,339       4,590,773  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    40,011       807,022  
   

 

 

 
      623,044,863  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    39,893       1,931,220  

Carter’s Inc.

    11,287       1,097,548  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    10,074       965,492  

Crocs Inc.(a)

    16,255       2,332,267  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    7,186       2,588,397  

Fossil Group Inc.(a)

    10,747       127,352  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    11,312       320,130  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    95,738       1,642,864  

Kontoor Brands Inc.

    14,233       710,938  

Lululemon Athletica Inc.(a)

    30,108       12,184,708  

Movado Group Inc.

    4,380       137,926  

Nike Inc., Class B

    327,567       47,572,555  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)            

Oxford Industries Inc.

    4,626     $ 417,126  

PLBY Group Inc.(a)(b)

    4,196       98,900  

PVH Corp.(a)

    19,129       1,966,270  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    12,441       1,381,449  

Rocky Brands Inc.

    2,570       122,358  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    35,206       1,482,877  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    22,320       896,371  

Tapestry Inc.

    74,171       2,745,810  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    50,563       1,020,361  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    51,457       901,527  

VF Corp.

    85,105       5,701,184  

Wolverine World Wide Inc.

    22,727       678,174  
   

 

 

 
        89,023,804  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%            

Axos Financial Inc.(a)

    15,124       779,491  

Bridgewater Bancshares Inc.(a)

    8,217       143,880  

Capitol Federal Financial Inc.

    39,563       454,579  

Columbia Financial Inc.(a)(b)

    13,235       244,848  

Essent Group Ltd.

    29,429       1,295,170  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    2,539       275,532  

Finance of America Companies Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,994       98,970  

Flagstar Bancorp. Inc.

    14,392       730,826  

Hingham Institution For Savings (The)

    458       154,209  

HomeStreet Inc.

    5,342       219,823  

Kearny Financial Corp./MD

    24,703       307,058  

Merchants Bancorp./IN

    3,489       137,711  

Meridian Bancorp. Inc.

    13,269       275,464  

Meta Financial Group Inc.

    9,253       485,597  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    89,491       1,338,785  

Mr Cooper Group Inc.(a)

    19,672       809,896  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    125,786       1,618,866  

NMI Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    22,295       504,090  

Northfield Bancorp. Inc.

    14,009       240,394  

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

    35,751       474,773  

PennyMac Financial Services Inc.

    9,136       558,484  

Premier Financial Corp.

    8,992       286,305  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    21,816       512,022  

Radian Group Inc.

    50,333       1,143,566  

Rocket Companies Inc., Class A

    31,209       500,592  

Southern Missouri Bancorp. Inc.

    2,574       115,547  

TFS Financial Corp.

    15,293       291,485  

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

    5,288       169,057  

UWM Holdings Corp.

    14,008       97,356  

Walker & Dunlop Inc.

    7,916       898,466  

Washington Federal Inc.

    16,860       578,467  

Waterstone Financial Inc.

    8,324       170,559  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    12,688       651,021  
   

 

 

 
      16,562,889  
Tobacco — 0.5%            

22nd Century Group Inc.(a)(b)

    41,631       123,228  

Altria Group Inc.

    488,499       22,236,474  

Philip Morris International Inc.

    411,697       39,024,759  

Turning Point Brands Inc.

    3,895       185,986  

Universal Corp./VA

    6,692       323,424  

Vector Group Ltd.

    41,437       528,322  
   

 

 

 
      62,422,193  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%            

Air Lease Corp.

    28,543       1,122,882  

Alta Equipment Group Inc.(a)

    9,002       123,597  
Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Applied Industrial Technologies Inc.

    9,930     $ 894,991  

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.(a)

    14,362       685,929  

BlueLinx Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,301       112,473  

Boise Cascade Co.

    9,693       523,228  

CAI International Inc.

    4,258       238,065  

Core & Main Inc., Class A(a)

    9,264       242,809  

DXP Enterprises Inc./TX(a)

    5,448       161,097  

Fastenal Co.

    151,174       7,802,090  

GATX Corp.

    9,083       813,473  

Global Industrial Co.

    3,377       127,955  

GMS Inc.(a)

    11,231       491,918  

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

    8,192       284,344  

Herc Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,356       1,038,952  

McGrath RentCorp

    6,189       445,299  

MRC Global Inc.(a)

    23,482       172,358  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    12,424       996,281  

NOW Inc.(a)

    27,837       212,953  

Rush Enterprises Inc., Class A

    12,390       559,532  

Rush Enterprises Inc., Class B

    2,080       95,202  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)

    11,569       2,307,668  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.(a)

    11,963       417,628  

Titan Machinery Inc.(a)(b)

    5,753       149,060  

Transcat Inc.(a)

    2,752       177,449  

Triton International Ltd.

    16,953       882,234  

United Rentals Inc.(a)

    19,110       6,706,272  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    46,296       1,102,771  

Veritiv Corp.(a)

    3,541       317,132  

Watsco Inc.

    8,575       2,269,117  

WESCO International Inc.(a)

    11,717       1,351,204  

WW Grainger Inc.

    12,111       4,760,350  
   

 

 

 
        37,586,313  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American States Water Co.

    10,263       877,692  

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    47,932       8,102,425  

California Water Service Group

    13,393       789,250  

Essential Utilities Inc.

    58,750       2,707,200  

Middlesex Water Co.

    5,085       522,636  

Pure Cycle Corp.(a)

    8,657       115,225  

SJW Group

    7,718       509,851  

York Water Co. (The)

    3,319       144,974  
   

 

 

 
      13,769,253  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Gogo Inc.(a)

    13,728       237,494  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    13,393       422,951  

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

    155,589       19,878,051  

Telephone and Data Systems Inc.

    27,753       541,183  

U.S. Cellular Corp.(a)

    3,549       113,178  
   

 

 

 
      21,192,857  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $7,318,327,613)

      11,637,262,701  
   

 

 

 

Warrants

   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%            

Whiting Petroleum Corp.,
(Expires 09/01/24)(a)(b)

    409       2,924  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Shares/

Par

    Value  

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., (Expires 09/01/25)(a)

    204     $ 1,473  
   

 

 

 
      4,397  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $68,578)

      4,397  
   

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Capital Markets — 0.0%

 

GAMCO Investors Inc., 4.00%, 06/15/23(g)

    6,000       5,971  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 0.0%
(Cost: $6,000)

 

    5,971  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 1.7%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(d)(h)(i)

      182,729,625       182,820,990  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(d)(h)

    17,895,000       17,895,000  
   

 

 

 
      200,715,990  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.7%
(Cost: $200,603,688)

 

    200,715,990  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.5%
(Cost: $7,519,005,879)

 

      11,837,989,059  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.5)%

 

    (176,117,444
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 11,661,871,615  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e)

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(f)

Rounds to less than $1.

(g)

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(h)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(i)

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, 2021 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

09/30/21

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/21

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 126,273,904     $ 56,567,517 (a)    $     $ 7,625     $ (28,056)     $ 182,820,990       182,729,625     $ 371,187 (b)    $             —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    14,515,000       3,380,000 (a)                        17,895,000       17,895,000       752        

BlackRock Inc.

    30,134,273       1,255,832       (3,160,087     1,330,448       2,128,302       31,688,768       37,785       324,147        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 1,338,073     $ 2,100,246     $ 232,404,758       $ 696,086     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

IShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

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

           

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

     27        12/17/21      $ 2,971      $ (52,118

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     92        12/17/21        19,770        (751,615
           

 

 

 
            $     (803,733
           

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 803,733  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 2,948,308  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (833,344
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 20,240,725      

 

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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

IShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

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

 

                                                                                                           

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments

           

Assets

           

Common Stocks

   $ 11,637,249,863      $      $ 12,838      $ 11,637,262,701  

Warrants

     4,397                      4,397  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

            5,971               5,971  

Money Market Funds

     200,715,990                      200,715,990  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 11,837,970,250      $ 5,971      $ 12,838      $ 11,837,989,059  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Futures Contracts

   $ (803,733    $              —      $             —      $ (803,733
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    170,151     $ 29,779,828  

BWX Technologies Inc.

    248,234       13,369,883  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    106,456       13,432,618  

HEICO Corp.(b)

    117,051       15,435,515  

HEICO Corp., Class A(b)

    205,212       24,303,257  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

    218,327       12,966,441  

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    1,022,284       31,895,261  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

    102,823       19,851,008  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)

    144,105       6,833,459  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A

    273,579       12,089,456  

Textron Inc.

    598,484       41,780,168  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    136,005       84,944,643  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    472,633       11,957,615  
   

 

 

 
      318,639,152  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    351,109       30,546,483  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    444,400       52,941,372  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)

    254,075       19,929,643  
   

 

 

 
      103,417,498  
Airlines — 0.9%  

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    319,026       18,694,924  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    1,669,380       34,255,678  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)

    80,917       6,585,025  

Delta Air Lines Inc.(a)

    1,683,355       71,727,757  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    827,021       12,645,151  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

      1,554,939       79,970,513  

United Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    857,878       40,809,256  
   

 

 

 
          264,688,304  
Auto Components — 0.7%  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    713,022       106,218,887  

BorgWarner Inc.

    638,490       27,589,153  

Gentex Corp.

    631,397       20,823,473  

Lear Corp.

    160,306       25,084,683  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    544,362       13,358,644  
   

 

 

 
      193,074,840  
Automobiles — 0.1%  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    400,091       14,647,332  

Thor Industries Inc.(b)

    139,057       17,070,637  
   

 

 

 
      31,717,969  
Banks — 3.3%  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    103,591       8,512,072  

Bank OZK

    321,050       13,798,729  

BOK Financial Corp.

    79,829       7,148,687  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    1,123,321       52,773,621  

Comerica Inc.

    353,532       28,459,326  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    277,504       19,336,479  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    149,124       17,689,089  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    369,114       28,621,099  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,819,221       77,207,739  

First Citizens BancShares Inc./NC, Class A(b)

    15,791       13,314,497  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    340,038       9,980,115  

First Horizon Corp.

    1,428,155       23,264,645  

First Republic Bank/CA

    470,601       90,769,521  

FNB Corp.

    831,875       9,666,387  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    3,872,150       59,863,439  

KeyCorp

    2,518,669       54,453,624  

M&T Bank Corp.

    339,293       50,670,017  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

PacWest Bancorp

    307,900     $ 13,954,028  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    1,110,774       19,405,222  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    193,949       18,246,722  

Popular Inc.

    208,288       16,177,729  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    233,524       16,610,562  

Regions Financial Corp.

    2,542,052       54,171,128  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    156,740       42,677,167  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    499,155       12,458,909  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    149,547       96,738,963  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    384,918       16,894,051  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    574,575       11,635,144  

Webster Financial Corp.

    235,138       12,805,615  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    263,702       28,696,052  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    152,907       12,289,136  

Zions Bancorp. NA

    421,729       26,100,808  
   

 

 

 
      964,390,322  
Beverages — 0.3%  

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

    24,710       12,595,922  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    118,042       7,397,692  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    478,598       32,070,852  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    477,752       22,158,138  
   

 

 

 
      74,222,604  
Biotechnology — 1.8%  

Acceleron Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    140,347       24,153,719  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    313,326       59,159,082  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)(b)

    483,874       37,398,622  

CureVac NV(a)(b)

    138,785       7,580,437  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    450,735       43,022,656  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    808,751       17,096,996  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    572,836       62,748,455  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    490,063       33,706,533  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    364,897       12,238,645  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    381,867       9,416,840  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    102,531       18,138,759  

Natera Inc.(a)(b)

    217,557       24,244,552  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    244,159       23,417,290  

Novavax Inc.(a)(b)

    195,694       40,569,323  

Sage Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    133,074       5,896,509  

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    199,369       18,437,645  

Seagen Inc.(a)

    351,924       59,756,695  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    168,363       15,184,659  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    115,269       21,276,352  
   

 

 

 
          533,443,769  
Building Products — 1.8%  

A O Smith Corp.

    345,174       21,079,776  

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.

    159,811       17,286,756  

Allegion PLC

    238,780       31,561,941  

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

    124,205       11,857,851  

AZEK Co. Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    294,859       10,771,199  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)(b)

    535,859       27,725,345  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    134,295       26,696,503  

Carrier Global Corp.

      2,286,053       118,326,103  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    367,083       32,824,562  

Lennox International Inc.

    87,671       25,790,178  

Masco Corp.

    650,939       36,159,662  

Owens Corning

    271,732       23,233,086  

Trane Technologies PLC

    630,457       108,848,401  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    302,738       30,858,084  
   

 

 

 
        523,019,447  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets — 3.8%  

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    108,365     $ 16,372,868  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    300,437       79,351,420  

Apollo Global Management Inc.

    476,564       29,351,577  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    359,918       26,572,746  

Carlyle Group Inc. (The)

    424,709       20,080,241  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    278,023       34,435,929  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    100,135       13,385,045  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    99,682       39,352,460  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    758,511       22,542,947  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    211,465       13,182,728  

Invesco Ltd.

    872,040       21,024,884  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    412,060       17,030,440  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    571,921       21,235,427  

KKR & Co. Inc.

    1,470,168       89,503,828  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    266,102       12,187,472  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

    208,276       32,649,346  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    97,909       41,189,337  

Morningstar Inc.

    61,644       15,967,645  

MSCI Inc.

    211,018       128,370,690  

Nasdaq Inc.

    307,441       59,342,262  

Northern Trust Corp.

    542,972       58,537,811  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    489,396       45,161,463  

SEI Investments Co.

    285,773       16,946,339  

State Street Corp.

    964,773       81,735,569  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    268,206       18,227,280  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    592,355       116,516,228  

Tradeweb Markets Inc., Class A(b)

    273,847       22,121,361  

Virtu Financial Inc., Class A

    243,804       5,956,132  
   

 

 

 
          1,098,331,475  
Chemicals — 2.5%  

Albemarle Corp.

    304,688       66,717,531  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    143,554       12,793,533  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    545,607       15,926,268  

Celanese Corp.

    293,678       44,239,654  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    559,365       31,223,754  

Chemours Co. (The)

    430,014       12,496,207  

Corteva Inc.

      1,942,521       81,741,284  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    133,991       2,149,216  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    360,169       36,283,425  

Element Solutions Inc.

    607,713       13,175,218  

FMC Corp.

    342,202       31,332,015  

Huntsman Corp.

    560,914       16,597,445  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    654,541       87,525,223  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    692,384       64,980,238  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    904,513       32,309,204  

NewMarket Corp.

    17,510       5,931,863  

Olin Corp.

    375,211       18,103,931  

PPG Industries Inc.

    625,504       89,453,327  

RPM International Inc.

    340,044       26,404,417  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    107,286       15,702,379  

Valvoline Inc.

    473,151       14,752,848  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    86,603       7,892,997  
   

 

 

 
      727,731,977  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1%  

ADT Inc.

    431,488       3,490,738  

Cintas Corp.

    230,831       87,868,128  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    132,290       13,740,962  

Copart Inc.(a)

    551,032       76,439,159  

Driven Brands Holdings Inc.(a)

    148,843       4,300,074  
Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

IAA Inc.(a)

    352,577     $ 19,240,127  

MSA Safety Inc.

    95,775       13,954,418  

Republic Services Inc.

    554,739       66,601,964  

Rollins Inc.

    591,708       20,905,044  

Stericycle Inc.(a)(b)

    239,035       16,247,209  
   

 

 

 
      322,787,823  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)(b)

    159,016       54,644,258  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    402,251       20,655,589  

CommScope Holding Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    531,920       7,228,793  

F5 Networks Inc.(a)

    158,702       31,546,784  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    847,415       23,320,861  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    197,623       16,509,425  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    437,297       101,592,839  

Ubiquiti Inc.

    17,157       5,124,281  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    183,740       10,118,562  
   

 

 

 
      270,741,392  
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%  

AECOM(a)

    360,174       22,744,988  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    146,649       12,652,876  

Quanta Services Inc.

    363,043       41,321,554  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    54,508       12,815,921  
   

 

 

 
      89,535,339  
Construction Materials — 0.5%  

Eagle Materials Inc.

    107,466       14,095,241  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    164,096       56,068,321  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    348,911       59,021,785  
   

 

 

 
          129,185,347  
Consumer Finance — 1.1%  

Ally Financial Inc.

    951,879       48,593,423  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    23,048       13,489,994  

Discover Financial Services

    790,837       97,154,326  

OneMain Holdings Inc.

    274,317       15,177,960  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

    157,477       6,566,791  

SLM Corp.

    805,090       14,169,584  

Synchrony Financial

      1,501,849       73,410,379  

Upstart Holdings Inc.(a)

    119,469       37,804,770  
   

 

 

 
      306,367,227  
Containers & Packaging — 1.5%  

Amcor PLC

    4,027,120       46,674,321  

AptarGroup Inc.

    175,700       20,969,795  

Ardagh Group SA

    58,648       1,494,937  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    216,317       44,823,046  

Ball Corp.

    847,246       76,226,723  

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)(b)

    352,768       21,476,516  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    333,687       33,628,976  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    746,851       14,220,043  

International Paper Co.

    1,032,362       57,729,683  

Packaging Corp. of America

    244,993       33,671,838  

Sealed Air Corp.

    395,547       21,672,020  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    220,229       8,447,984  

Sonoco Products Co.

    262,221       15,623,127  

Westrock Co.

    692,128       34,488,738  
   

 

 

 
      431,147,747  
Distributors — 0.4%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    373,789       45,314,440  

LKQ Corp.(a)(b)

    718,613       36,160,606  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Distributors (continued)  

Pool Corp.

    102,987     $ 44,738,583  
   

 

 

 
      126,213,629  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%            

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    162,429       22,645,851  

Chegg Inc.(a)(b)

    373,049       25,374,793  

frontdoor Inc.(a)

    224,097       9,389,664  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    119,831       10,540,335  

H&R Block Inc.

    474,549       11,863,725  

Mister Car Wash Inc.(a)

    108,930       1,987,972  

Service Corp. International

    427,833       25,781,217  

Terminix Global Holdings Inc.(a)

    336,104       14,005,454  
   

 

 

 
      121,589,011  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%            

Equitable Holdings Inc.

    975,385       28,910,412  

Voya Financial Inc.

    297,647       18,272,549  
   

 

 

 
      47,182,961  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

    2,921,831       36,201,486  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 2.0%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    663,667       37,152,079  

Avangrid Inc.

    147,514       7,169,180  

Edison International

    984,955       54,635,454  

Entergy Corp.

    524,133       52,051,648  

Evergy Inc.

    606,510       37,724,922  

Eversource Energy

    904,172       73,925,103  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    1,437,559       51,205,851  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    275,414       11,245,154  

IDACORP Inc.

    131,491       13,593,540  

NRG Energy Inc.

    636,566       25,990,990  

OGE Energy Corp.

    521,308       17,182,312  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

      3,948,867       37,909,123  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    301,176       21,793,095  

PPL Corp.

    2,035,576       56,751,859  

Xcel Energy Inc.

    1,415,241       88,452,562  
   

 

 

 
          586,782,872  
Electrical Equipment — 1.4%  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    92,536       16,042,966  

AMETEK Inc.

    606,719       75,239,223  

ChargePoint Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    276,353       5,524,297  

Generac Holdings Inc.(a)

    161,799       66,122,397  

Hubbell Inc.

    144,511       26,108,802  

nVent Electric PLC

    435,007       14,063,776  

Plug Power Inc.(a)(b)

    1,354,122       34,584,276  

Regal Beloit Corp.

    105,819       15,908,829  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    306,668       90,172,659  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(a)(b)

    406,135       22,223,707  

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    268,218       7,477,918  

Sunrun Inc.(a)(b)

    532,839       23,444,916  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    730,641       17,601,142  
   

 

 

 
      414,514,908  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    1,535,490       112,443,933  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    188,706       21,189,797  

Avnet Inc.

    259,133       9,580,147  

CDW Corp./DE

    362,641       66,007,915  

Cognex Corp.

    453,735       36,398,622  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    63,822       15,961,244  

Corning Inc.

    2,002,066       73,055,388  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    94,554     $ 14,977,354  

Jabil Inc.

    375,329       21,907,954  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)

    488,528       80,260,265  

Littelfuse Inc.

    62,575       17,099,870  

National Instruments Corp.

    357,209       14,013,309  

SYNNEX Corp.

    108,723       11,318,064  

Teledyne Technologies Inc.(a)

    120,528       51,776,418  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    661,590       54,415,778  

Vontier Corp.

    444,489       14,934,830  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    140,303       72,314,972  
   

 

 

 
      687,655,860  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    1,930,113       47,731,694  

Halliburton Co.

    2,342,156       50,637,413  

NOV Inc.(a)

    1,017,935       13,345,128  
   

 

 

 
      111,714,235  
Entertainment — 1.2%            

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A(a)(b)

    67,416       3,171,923  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    518,099       26,635,470  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    351,460       32,028,550  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)(b)

    49,190       9,146,880  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    274,656       7,588,745  

Roku Inc.(a)

    306,196       95,946,517  

Skillz Inc.(a)(b)

    769,408       7,555,586  

Spotify Technology SA(a)(b)

    359,204       80,943,029  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    305,599       47,083,638  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    116,215       6,538,256  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)(b)

      2,664,571       20,064,220  
   

 

 

 
          336,702,814  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.1%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

    404,702       77,326,411  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    357,919       17,341,176  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    740,297       28,220,122  

Americold Realty Trust

    690,906       20,070,819  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    410,372       20,030,257  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

    366,988       81,339,220  

Boston Properties Inc.

    413,085       44,757,760  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    773,569       17,103,611  

Camden Property Trust

    257,042       37,905,984  

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    116,687       16,165,817  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    387,268       14,441,224  

CubeSmart

    525,113       25,441,725  

CyrusOne Inc.

    327,758       25,371,747  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    434,571       13,736,789  

Duke Realty Corp.

    989,537       47,369,136  

EPR Properties

    193,333       9,546,784  

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.

    461,243       36,023,078  

Equity Residential

    970,858       78,561,829  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

    171,312       54,775,299  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    346,353       58,183,840  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    201,667       23,794,689  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    336,294       17,514,191  

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.

    576,077       26,683,887  

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., Class A

    568,480       16,861,117  

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    1,425,113       47,712,783  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    268,479       11,775,489  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    1,863,908       30,437,618  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    383,972     $ 10,086,944  

Invitation Homes Inc.

    1,523,488       58,395,295  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    748,676       32,529,972  

JBG SMITH Properties

    323,543       9,580,108  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    303,313       20,082,354  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,518,614       31,511,240  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    225,361       25,567,205  

Life Storage Inc.

    207,619       23,822,204  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    1,543,311       30,974,252  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

    304,850       56,930,737  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    456,173       19,702,112  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    632,329       18,944,577  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    613,339       11,739,308  

Rayonier Inc.

    365,839       13,053,136  

Realty Income Corp.

    1,029,595       66,779,532  

Regency Centers Corp.

    441,672       29,737,776  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    360,778       20,474,151  

SBA Communications Corp.

    284,996       94,211,128  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    857,459       111,443,946  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    174,495       12,361,226  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    313,718       14,443,577  

STORE Capital Corp.

    638,019       20,435,749  

Sun Communities Inc.

    302,716       56,032,732  

UDR Inc.

    782,513       41,457,539  

Ventas Inc.

    1,037,692       57,290,975  

VEREIT Inc.

    605,094       27,368,402  

VICI Properties Inc.

    1,551,646       44,082,263  

Vornado Realty Trust

    458,340       19,254,863  

Welltower Inc.

    1,117,254       92,061,730  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,975,770       70,278,139  

WP Carey Inc.

    482,807       35,264,223  
   

 

 

 
        2,074,389,797  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%            

Albertsons Companies Inc., Class A

    402,455       12,528,424  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    96,194       18,127,759  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    228,253       4,923,417  

Kroger Co. (The)

      1,968,693       79,594,258  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    576,913       19,995,805  
   

 

 

 
      135,169,663  
Food Products — 2.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    1,464,957       87,912,070  

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    149,759       15,763,632  

Bunge Ltd.

    359,352       29,222,505  

Campbell Soup Co.

    522,262       21,835,774  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    1,240,424       42,013,161  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    423,285       30,434,191  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    489,738       11,572,509  

Freshpet Inc.(a)(b)

    106,645       15,217,175  

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

    228,900       9,792,342  

Hershey Co. (The)

    385,873       65,309,005  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    750,934       30,788,294  

Ingredion Inc.

    175,156       15,590,636  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    276,525       33,191,296  

Kellogg Co.

    666,660       42,612,907  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    389,113       23,879,865  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    658,828       53,384,833  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    124,181       3,611,183  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    154,164       16,982,706  

Seaboard Corp.

    725       2,972,493  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    758,751     $ 59,895,804  
   

 

 

 
      611,982,381  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    343,784       30,321,749  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    227,957       11,972,301  

UGI Corp.

    555,998       23,696,635  
   

 

 

 
      65,990,685  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.7%  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    115,918       37,733,627  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    126,631       52,337,859  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    577,197       33,506,286  

Dexcom Inc.(a)(b)

    253,871       138,831,895  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    419,921       17,556,897  

Figs Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    99,904       3,710,434  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    207,258       15,880,108  

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.

    174,434       26,165,100  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    662,931       48,930,937  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    51,592       12,040,541  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    222,692       138,492,155  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    174,830       49,691,931  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    188,872       12,933,954  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    130,759       35,397,769  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    270,155       31,383,906  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    88,392       23,556,468  

Quidel Corp.(a)(b)

    98,186       13,858,954  

ResMed Inc.

    378,715       99,810,338  

STERIS PLC

    225,303       46,024,897  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)(b)

    159,623       19,055,794  

Teleflex Inc.

    122,592       46,162,018  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

    193,759       82,258,446  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    548,988       80,349,884  
   

 

 

 
        1,065,670,198  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%            

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.(a)

    231,051       14,736,433  

agilon health Inc.(a)(b)

    179,972       4,717,066  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    83,793       12,493,536  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    388,737       46,434,635  

Cardinal Health Inc.

      769,244       38,046,808  

Chemed Corp.

    40,589       18,878,756  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    182,681       21,238,493  

Encompass Health Corp.

    254,917       19,128,972  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)(b)

    235,028       29,380,850  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    368,013       28,027,870  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    254,794       71,709,223  

McKesson Corp.

    409,443       81,634,745  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    150,722       40,892,386  

Oak Street Health Inc.(a)(b)

    259,006       11,015,525  

Premier Inc., Class A

    317,834       12,319,246  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    322,079       46,801,300  

Signify Health Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    166,912       2,982,717  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    194,853       26,961,810  
   

 

 

 
      527,400,371  
Health Care Technology — 0.8%            

Cerner Corp.

    781,301       55,097,346  

Certara Inc.(a)(b)

    219,585       7,268,263  

Change Healthcare Inc.(a)

    662,889       13,880,896  

Teladoc Health Inc.(a)(b)

    399,253       50,629,273  

Veeva Systems Inc., Class A(a)

    361,758       104,247,803  
   

 

 

 
      231,123,581  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.7%            

Aramark

    597,614     $ 19,637,596  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    214,458       13,566,613  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    538,851       60,502,190  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    2,246,223       56,178,037  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    73,827       134,182,049  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    91,002       11,499,923  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    96,593       23,190,047  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    340,059       51,508,737  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    96,990       46,260,350  

DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    795,034       38,288,837  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    383,197       62,805,988  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    721,160       95,272,448  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    124,596       9,606,352  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    108,809       17,118,920  

MGM Resorts International

    1,059,167       45,703,056  

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

    964,270       25,755,652  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(b)

    408,619       29,608,533  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    217,658       17,097,036  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    574,022       51,059,257  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    200,684       8,529,070  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    221,394       12,072,615  

Vail Resorts Inc.(a)

    104,361       34,861,792  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    465,564       10,093,427  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    239,745       18,505,917  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b)

    281,509       23,857,888  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    1,108,372       64,407,497  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    785,156       96,032,430  
   

 

 

 
        1,077,202,257  
Household Durables — 1.5%            

DR Horton Inc.

    875,602       73,524,300  

Garmin Ltd.

    399,685       62,135,030  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    347,369       15,576,026  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    715,016       66,982,699  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    42,908       3,329,232  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    147,750       26,210,850  

Newell Brands Inc.

      1,015,474       22,482,594  

NVR Inc.(a)

    8,545       40,965,414  

PulteGroup Inc.

    682,993       31,363,038  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    476,631       22,120,445  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    292,984       16,199,085  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    86,216       17,657,899  

Whirlpool Corp.

    162,820       33,192,485  
   

 

 

 
      431,739,097  
Household Products — 0.4%            

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    648,295       53,529,718  

Clorox Co. (The)

    324,702       53,773,898  

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

    151,712       4,147,806  

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.

    109,361       10,462,567  
   

 

 

 
      121,913,989  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%  

AES Corp. (The)

    1,750,210       39,957,294  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    333,674       12,949,888  

Vistra Corp.

    1,251,396       21,398,872  
   

 

 

 
      74,306,054  
Insurance — 3.7%            

Aflac Inc.

    1,751,489       91,305,122  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    35,199       21,978,608  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    177,017       22,274,049  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    1,007,454       38,464,594  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    541,358     $ 80,472,867  

Assurant Inc.

    154,183       24,322,368  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    185,614       8,688,591  

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    302,526       20,834,966  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    202,341       9,315,780  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    224,949       10,174,443  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    613,089       33,995,785  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    396,508       45,289,144  

CNA Financial Corp.

    74,827       3,139,741  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    65,549       11,695,253  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    103,651       25,993,598  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

    720,556       32,670,009  

First American Financial Corp.

    277,179       18,584,852  

Globe Life Inc.

    264,518       23,550,037  

GoHealth Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    165,843       834,190  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    93,260       12,088,361  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    916,116       64,357,149  

Kemper Corp.

    159,294       10,639,246  

Lemonade Inc.(a)(b)

    99,855       6,691,284  

Lincoln National Corp.

    494,107       33,969,856  

Loews Corp.

    572,722       30,886,897  

Markel Corp.(a)

    35,473       42,394,846  

Mercury General Corp.

    71,093       3,957,747  

Old Republic International Corp.

    728,521       16,850,691  

Primerica Inc.

    102,365       15,726,335  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    700,473       45,110,461  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    1,021,101       107,419,825  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    177,033       19,696,692  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    123,135       17,165,019  

Unum Group

    533,170       13,361,240  

W R Berkley Corp.

    360,175       26,357,606  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    7,890       8,439,223  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    338,463       78,679,109  
   

 

 

 
        1,077,375,584  
Interactive Media & Services — 1.4%            

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    199,497       25,992,464  

Match Group Inc.(a)(b)

    726,441       114,043,973  

Pinterest Inc., Class A(a)

    1,465,482       74,666,308  

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    257,070       8,701,819  

Twitter Inc.(a)

      2,051,369       123,882,174  

Vimeo Inc.(a)(b)

    379,990       11,160,306  

Zillow Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    155,204       13,747,970  

Zillow Group Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    447,397       39,433,572  
   

 

 

 
      411,628,586  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.7%  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    378,824       78,030,168  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    334,318       69,524,771  

Qurate Retail Inc., Series A

    971,122       9,895,733  

Wayfair Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    198,904       50,821,961  
   

 

 

 
      208,272,633  
IT Services — 3.5%            

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    425,151       44,466,543  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    130,570       13,173,207  

Amdocs Ltd.

    337,566       25,557,122  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    302,252       50,367,273  

Cloudflare Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    682,765       76,913,477  

Concentrix Corp.(a)

    110,123       19,491,771  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    661,278       22,225,553  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    141,762       80,872,386  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    132,280     $ 16,836,598  

Fastly Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    276,242       11,171,226  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    215,388       56,274,423  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    214,973       65,325,995  

Genpact Ltd.

    478,623       22,739,379  

Globant SA(a)

    106,777       30,005,405  

GoDaddy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    445,481       31,050,026  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    196,314       32,207,275  

MongoDB Inc.(a)(b)

    162,672       76,701,475  

Okta Inc.(a)(b)

    326,105       77,397,761  

Paychex Inc.

    847,248       95,273,038  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)(b)

      1,100,910       8,532,052  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    829,161       9,817,266  

Shift4 Payments Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    112,186       8,696,659  

SolarWinds Corp.

    91,596       1,532,401  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    588,046       20,416,957  

Switch Inc., Class A

    299,462       7,603,340  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    260,460       53,396,905  

Western Union Co. (The)

    1,091,627       22,072,698  

WEX Inc.(a)(b)

    116,541       20,527,532  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(b)

    141,268       27,684,290  
   

 

 

 
          1,028,330,033  
Leisure Products — 0.6%            

Brunswick Corp./DE

    202,998       19,339,620  

Hasbro Inc.

    334,120       29,810,186  

Hayward Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    100,240       2,229,338  

Mattel Inc.(a)

    909,518       16,880,654  

Peloton Interactive Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    693,481       60,367,521  

Polaris Inc.

    150,506       18,009,548  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    223,626       19,162,512  
   

 

 

 
      165,799,379  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.9%            

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    221,773       32,285,713  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b)

    284,341       9,664,750  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    800,539       126,108,909  

Avantor Inc.(a)(b)

    1,531,645       62,644,280  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    56,227       41,942,531  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    101,285       49,079,672  

Bruker Corp.

    267,197       20,868,086  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    130,464       53,838,579  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    501,653       120,165,960  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    268,577       13,181,759  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)(b)

    60,437       83,243,506  

PerkinElmer Inc.(b)

    293,130       50,796,498  

PPD Inc.(a)

    418,799       19,595,605  

QIAGEN NV(a)(b)

    593,998       30,697,817  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    143,742       41,540,000  

Sotera Health Co.(a)(b)

    262,693       6,869,422  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    265,910       23,261,807  

Waters Corp.(a)(b)

    161,482       57,697,519  
   

 

 

 
      843,482,413  
Machinery — 3.8%            

AGCO Corp.

    162,853       19,954,378  

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

    284,660       10,054,191  

Colfax Corp.(a)(b)

    308,911       14,179,015  

Crane Co.

    128,868       12,217,975  

Cummins Inc.

    379,237       85,161,461  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    328,146       18,838,862  

Dover Corp.

    379,018       58,937,299  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Flowserve Corp.

    339,771     $ 11,779,861  

Fortive Corp.

    862,529       60,868,671  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    251,998       4,100,007  

Graco Inc.

    446,192       31,220,054  

IDEX Corp.

    201,008       41,598,606  

Ingersoll Rand Inc.(a)

    1,071,790       54,028,934  

ITT Inc.

    224,775       19,294,686  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    149,875       19,302,401  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)(b)

    147,059       25,075,030  

Nordson Corp.

    151,797       36,150,456  

Oshkosh Corp.

    178,260       18,248,476  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    1,130,535       93,020,420  

PACCAR Inc.

    896,414       70,744,993  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    338,113       94,543,157  

Pentair PLC

    432,560       31,416,833  

Snap-on Inc.

    139,361       29,119,481  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    424,304       74,384,734  

Timken Co. (The)

    167,735       10,973,224  

Toro Co. (The)

    285,805       27,840,265  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    481,163       41,481,062  

Woodward Inc.

    149,870       16,965,284  

Xylem Inc./NY

    472,817       58,478,007  
   

 

 

 
          1,089,977,823  
Marine — 0.0%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    155,657       7,465,310  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.6%            

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    558,639       11,575,000  

Cable One Inc.

    14,205       25,755,512  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    426,329       10,820,230  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    824,141       20,001,902  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    649,740       28,237,700  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    842,172       33,779,519  

Fox Corp., Class B

    397,319       14,748,481  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

      1,026,687       37,648,612  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    64,732       10,897,632  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)

    382,156       65,998,341  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)(b)

    208,805       9,849,332  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a)

    423,574       20,107,058  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    430,887       21,229,803  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    1,016,771       23,924,622  

News Corp., Class B

    330,889       7,686,551  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    107,545       16,342,538  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    564,270       40,887,004  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.

    2,354,978       14,365,366  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class A

    13,960       587,297  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

    1,537,201       60,734,812  
   

 

 

 
      475,177,312  
Metals & Mining — 0.7%            

Alcoa Corp.(a)

    490,557       24,007,860  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    1,193,667       23,646,543  

Nucor Corp.

    776,327       76,460,446  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    165,387       23,554,416  

Royal Gold Inc.

    170,942       16,323,252  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    512,151       29,950,590  

United States Steel Corp.

    697,143       15,316,232  
   

 

 

 
      209,259,339  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 0.3%            

AGNC Investment Corp.

    1,368,644     $ 21,583,516  

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

    3,653,614       30,763,430  

New Residential Investment Corp.

    1,130,596       12,436,556  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

    715,768       17,471,897  
   

 

 

 
      82,255,399  
Multi-Utilities — 1.6%            

Ameren Corp.

    672,636       54,483,516  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

    1,568,301       38,580,205  

CMS Energy Corp.

    755,081       45,100,988  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    935,751       67,926,165  

DTE Energy Co.

    508,733       56,830,563  

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    520,335       15,438,339  

NiSource Inc.

    1,046,253       25,350,710  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    1,327,981       80,874,043  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

    831,318       73,322,248  
   

 

 

 
          457,906,777  
Multiline Retail — 0.3%            

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    611,562       58,538,715  

Kohl’s Corp.

    419,088       19,734,854  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)(b)

    285,796       7,559,304  

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

    170,451       10,274,786  
   

 

 

 
      96,107,659  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    873,400       9,100,828  

APA Corp.

    988,847       21,190,991  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    1,025,479       22,314,423  

Cheniere Energy Inc.(a)

    619,081       60,465,641  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    262,617       22,900,203  

Continental Resources Inc./OK(b)

    169,887       7,840,285  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,763,787       62,632,077  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    474,602       44,930,571  

DTE Midstream LLC(a)

    254,459       11,766,184  

EQT Corp.(a)

    727,606       14,886,819  

Hess Corp.

    731,894       57,168,240  

HollyFrontier Corp.

    390,962       12,952,571  

Marathon Oil Corp.

      2,052,076       28,051,879  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    1,684,853       104,140,764  

New Fortress Energy Inc.

    69,220       1,920,855  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    2,230,170       65,968,429  

ONEOK Inc.

    1,170,580       67,881,934  

Phillips 66

    1,150,464       80,566,994  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    570,434       94,982,965  

Targa Resources Corp.

    590,067       29,037,197  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    15,330       18,539,489  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,078,808       76,131,481  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

    3,199,296       82,989,738  
   

 

 

 
      998,360,558  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    250,672       15,383,741  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.1%            

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    899,460       7,069,756  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)(b)

    280,543       11,889,412  
   

 

 

 
      18,959,168  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%            

Catalent Inc.(a)

    425,247       56,587,618  

Elanco Animal Health Inc.(a)(b)

    1,179,771       37,622,897  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    158,183       20,597,008  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)

    484,739       8,705,913  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Organon & Co.

    663,115     $ 21,743,541  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    348,988       16,517,602  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    864,069       31,227,454  

Viatris Inc.

    3,200,343       43,364,648  
   

 

 

 
      236,366,681  
Professional Services — 2.3%            

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    351,861       27,920,170  

CACI International Inc., Class A(a)

    60,745       15,921,264  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    1,148,613       25,154,625  

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    1,030,432       88,678,978  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    418,372       7,032,833  

Equifax Inc.

    319,268       80,908,897  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)(b)

    87,611       11,801,202  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    981,713       114,487,370  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

    342,145       45,344,477  

Legalzoomcom Inc.(a)(b)

    49,952       1,318,733  

Leidos Holdings Inc.

    371,179       35,681,437  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    141,521       15,323,894  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    931,931       17,883,756  

Robert Half International Inc.

    287,910       28,886,010  

Science Applications International Corp.

    151,280       12,943,517  

TransUnion

    505,614       56,785,508  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    418,373       83,787,561  
   

 

 

 
      669,860,232  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    879,877       85,664,825  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(a)

    109,054       9,576,032  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)(b)

    133,436       33,104,137  

Opendoor Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    1,187,282       24,374,899  
   

 

 

 
          152,719,893  
Road & Rail — 1.1%            

AMERCO

    23,386       15,108,058  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    223,254       37,332,534  

Kansas City Southern

    238,902       64,656,437  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    420,649       21,516,196  

Landstar System Inc.

    99,950       15,774,109  

Lyft Inc., Class A(a)

    755,636       40,494,533  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    269,534       77,081,333  

Ryder System Inc.

    135,950       11,244,425  

Schneider National Inc., Class B

    125,326       2,849,913  

TuSimple Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    93,623       3,476,222  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)(b)

    253,939       20,208,466  
   

 

 

 
      309,742,226  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.8%  

Allegro MicroSystems Inc.(a)(b)

    105,864       3,383,413  

Brooks Automation Inc.

    192,121       19,663,584  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)

    150,410       12,386,264  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)

    347,648       52,136,771  

Entegris Inc.

    352,395       44,366,531  

First Solar Inc.(a)

    278,011       26,538,930  

Marvell Technology Inc.

      2,155,410       129,992,777  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    707,721       108,628,096  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    144,637       21,827,170  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    117,463       56,931,967  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    1,110,198       50,813,763  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    292,934       48,975,635  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    434,000       71,514,520  

Teradyne Inc.

    438,720       47,895,062  

Universal Display Corp.

    115,800       19,797,168  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Xilinx Inc.

    647,680     $ 97,793,203  
   

 

 

 
      812,644,854  
Software — 8.3%  

Alteryx Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    153,949       11,253,672  

Anaplan Inc.(a)

    372,538       22,683,839  

ANSYS Inc.(a)(b)

    230,136       78,349,801  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    181,438       22,280,586  

Avalara Inc.(a)(b)

    222,041       38,806,106  

Bentley Systems Inc., Class B(b)

    361,069       21,895,224  

Bill.com Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    207,957       55,514,121  

Black Knight Inc.(a)

    404,382       29,115,504  

C3.ai Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    90,535       4,195,392  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    722,640       109,436,602  

CDK Global Inc.

    318,440       13,549,622  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)(b)

    337,987       38,064,096  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    328,646       35,286,721  

Coupa Software Inc.(a)

    193,085       42,320,370  

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    518,956       127,549,006  

Datadog Inc., Class A(a)

    613,731       86,750,877  

Datto Holding Corp.(a)

    66,376       1,586,386  

DocuSign Inc.(a)

    501,611       129,129,720  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

    167,735       14,760,680  

DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    39,836       1,360,798  

Dropbox Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    795,961       23,257,980  

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.(a)

    186,431       8,247,707  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    519,915       36,898,368  

Elastic NV(a)(b)

    182,492       27,189,483  

Everbridge Inc.(a)(b)

    100,501       15,179,671  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    71,863       28,596,444  

Five9 Inc.(a)

    175,919       28,101,301  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    352,632       102,982,649  

Guidewire Software Inc.(a)(b)

    219,346       26,073,659  

HubSpot Inc.(a)(b)

    117,486       79,431,110  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    139,179       5,361,175  

Mandiant Inc.

    621,927       11,070,301  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    165,633       25,346,818  

McAfee Corp., Class A

    180,215       3,984,554  

Medallia Inc.(a)(b)

    288,373       9,767,194  

N-Able Inc.(a)

    91,594       1,136,682  

nCino Inc.(a)(b)

    148,308       10,534,317  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    332,965       12,905,723  

New Relic Inc.(a)

    134,755       9,671,366  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    1,458,102       36,889,981  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    754,860       41,547,494  

Nutanix Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    504,913       19,035,220  

Palantir Technologies Inc., Class A(a)

    4,271,296       102,681,956  

Palo Alto Networks Inc.(a)(b)

    250,913       120,187,327  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    134,091       66,475,613  

Paycor HCM Inc.(a)

    54,290       1,908,836  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    98,003       27,480,041  

Pegasystems Inc.

    105,898       13,459,636  

Procore Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    26,849       2,398,690  

PTC Inc.(a)

    279,526       33,484,420  

RingCentral Inc., Class A(a)

    210,141       45,705,667  

Smartsheet Inc., Class A(a)

    318,177       21,896,941  

Splunk Inc.(a)

    432,348       62,565,079  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

    593,562       41,193,203  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    399,559       119,631,960  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    282,646       16,209,748  

Trade Desk Inc. (The), Class A(a)

    1,127,740       79,280,122  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    106,404     $ 48,802,195  

Unity Software Inc.(a)(b)

    390,402       49,288,252  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    303,751       24,521,818  

Zendesk Inc.(a)

    311,786       36,288,773  

Zscaler Inc.(a)

    203,393       53,333,712  
   

 

 

 
      2,413,892,309  
Specialty Retail — 3.1%  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    173,673       36,278,553  

AutoNation Inc.(a)(b)

    119,243       14,519,028  

AutoZone Inc.(a)(b)

    56,875       96,573,181  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    644,593       40,628,697  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    658,191       69,577,371  

Burlington Stores Inc.(a)

    173,799       49,284,182  

CarMax Inc.(a)(b)

    430,716       55,114,419  

Carvana Co.(a)(b)

    203,467       61,353,439  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    164,103       19,654,616  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    143,958       25,453,214  

Floor & Decor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    267,844       32,352,877  

Foot Locker Inc.

    234,497       10,707,133  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    169,708       29,778,663  

Gap Inc. (The)

    528,703       12,001,558  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)(b)

    324,753       6,670,427  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    77,310       24,510,362  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    179,196       109,499,508  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

    82,135       8,262,781  

Petco Health & Wellness Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    145,892       3,078,321  

RH(a)

    45,119       30,090,312  

Tractor Supply Co.

    303,644       61,521,311  

Ulta Beauty Inc.(a)

    140,541       50,724,058  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    208,000       11,494,080  

Vroom Inc.(a)(b)

    300,735       6,637,222  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    196,204       34,792,855  
   

 

 

 
    900,558,168  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    3,438,517       48,998,867  

HP Inc.

    3,154,776       86,314,671  

NetApp Inc.

    582,361       52,272,723  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)

    705,806       17,758,079  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    810,497       45,744,451  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    371,414       7,491,421  
   

 

 

 
    258,580,212  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    395,826       19,161,937  

Carter’s Inc.

    112,510       10,940,472  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    104,322       9,998,220  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    72,341       26,057,228  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    906,153       15,549,585  

Lululemon Athletica Inc.(a)(b)

    300,348       121,550,836  

PVH Corp.(a)

    185,448       19,062,200  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    123,606       13,725,210  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    344,199       14,497,662  

Tapestry Inc.

    729,131       26,992,430  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)

    492,307       9,934,755  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    534,605       9,366,280  

VF Corp.

    852,630       57,117,684  
   

 

 

 
    353,954,499  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    883,331       13,214,632  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    1,178,711       15,170,010  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued)  

Rocket Companies Inc., Class A(b)

    353,997     $ 5,678,112  

TFS Financial Corp.

    142,340       2,713,000  

UWM Holdings Corp.

    245,346       1,705,155  
   

 

 

 
    38,480,909  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%  

Air Lease Corp.

    279,607       10,999,739  

Core & Main Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    92,723       2,430,270  

Fastenal Co.

    1,510,708       77,967,640  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    117,204       9,398,589  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)(b)

    115,205       22,979,941  

United Rentals Inc.(a)

    190,878       66,984,816  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    437,060       10,410,769  

Watsco Inc.

    86,014       22,761,025  

WW Grainger Inc.

    122,643       48,206,058  
   

 

 

 
    272,138,847  
Water Utilities — 0.4%  

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    478,479       80,882,090  

Essential Utilities Inc.

    584,953       26,954,634  
   

 

 

 
    107,836,724  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $18,447,920,184)

 

      28,980,405,349  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Short-Term Investments  
Money Market Funds — 3.5%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(c)(d)(e)

    983,569,936     $ 984,061,721  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    38,200,000       38,200,000  
   

 

 

 
    1,022,261,721  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 3.5%
(Cost: $1,021,791,697)

 

    1,022,261,721  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 103.3%
(Cost: $19,469,711,881)

 

    30,002,667,070  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.3)%

 

    (958,145,759
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   29,044,521,311  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 six months ended September 30, 2021 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

09/30/21

    

Shares

Held at
09/30/21

     Income     

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

 

   
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 770,892,251      $ 213,262,848 (a)     $      $ (13,737    $ (79,641    $ 984,061,721        983,569,936      $ 1,539,740 (b)     $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     33,520,000        4,680,000 (a)                             38,200,000        38,200,000        2,051           
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

   
              $ (13,737    $ (79,641    $ 1,022,261,721         $ 1,541,791      $    
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

  (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 400 E-Mini Index

     140          12/17/21        $ 36,865        $ (915,289

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     103          12/17/21          22,133          (833,308
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (1,748,597
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
    

Equity

Contracts

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 1,748,597  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 3,313,233  
  

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:       

Futures contracts

   $ (1,846,040
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 53,956,041  

 

 

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

   $ 28,980,405,349        $        $        $ 28,980,405,349  

Money Market Funds

     1,022,261,721                            1,022,261,721  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 30,002,667,070        $        $        $ 30,002,667,070  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ (1,748,597      $        $        $ (1,748,597
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    247,587     $ 43,332,677  

BWX Technologies Inc.

    276,768       14,906,725  

HEICO Corp.(b)

    54,736       7,218,036  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    95,733       11,337,659  

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    109,980       3,431,376  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A

    115,952       5,123,919  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    57,067       35,642,336  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    630,300       15,946,590  
   

 

 

 
    136,939,318  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    99,967       8,697,129  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    470,234       56,018,976  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)(b)

    317,966       24,941,253  
   

 

 

 
    89,657,358  
Airlines — 0.7%  

Delta Air Lines Inc.(a)

    2,442,443       104,072,496  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 0.3%  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    189,328       28,204,192  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    562,848       13,812,290  
   

 

 

 
    42,016,482  
Automobiles — 0.1%  

Thor Industries Inc.

    81,970       10,062,637  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 0.2%  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    285,205       13,398,931  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    57,237       1,428,636  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    41,343       1,814,544  

Western Alliance Bancorp.

    204,488       22,252,384  
   

 

 

 
    38,894,495  
Beverages — 0.3%  

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

    35,579       18,136,395  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    85,581       5,363,362  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    348,715       23,367,392  
   

 

 

 
    46,867,149  
Biotechnology — 3.6%  

Acceleron Pharma Inc.(a)(b)

    202,179       34,795,006  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    453,388       85,604,188  

CureVac NV(a)(b)

    205,968       11,249,972  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    605,356       57,781,230  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    1,007,590       21,300,453  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    154,914       16,969,280  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    606,164       41,691,960  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    498,382       16,715,732  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)

    167,949       4,141,622  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    125,962       22,283,937  

Natera Inc.(a)(b)

    297,300       33,131,112  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    358,269       34,361,580  

Novavax Inc.(a)(b)

    283,059       58,680,961  

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    292,457       27,046,423  

Seagen Inc.(a)(b)

    456,747       77,555,641  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)(b)

    182,083       16,422,066  
   

 

 

 
      559,731,163  
Building Products — 2.0%  

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.

    231,775       25,071,102  

Allegion PLC

    261,869       34,613,844  

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

    86,877       8,294,147  
Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products (continued)  

AZEK Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    235,002     $ 8,584,623  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    74,588       14,827,349  

Carrier Global Corp.

    1,560,411       80,766,873  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    133,437       11,931,937  

Trane Technologies PLC

    445,705       76,950,968  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    443,472       45,203,101  
   

 

 

 
      306,243,944  
Capital Markets — 3.3%  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    243,706       64,367,629  

Apollo Global Management Inc.

    693,129       42,689,815  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    463,238       34,200,862  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    125,126       49,397,242  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

    305,127       47,831,709  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    142,434       59,920,559  

Morningstar Inc.

    81,217       21,037,639  

MSCI Inc.

    217,498       132,312,733  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    35,721       3,296,334  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    284,373       55,936,169  
   

 

 

 
    510,990,691  
Chemicals — 1.1%  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    140,158       4,091,212  

Celanese Corp.

    155,088       23,362,456  

Chemours Co. (The)

    320,796       9,322,332  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    150,140       2,408,246  

FMC Corp.

    124,229       11,374,407  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    122,392       11,486,489  

Olin Corp.

    41,434       1,999,191  

PPG Industries Inc.

    380,796       54,457,636  

RPM International Inc.

    285,768       22,189,885  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    157,147       23,000,035  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    25,142       2,291,442  
   

 

 

 
    165,983,331  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.9%  

Cintas Corp.

    313,025       119,156,096  

Copart Inc.(a)

    799,220       110,867,798  

IAA Inc.(a)

    516,889       28,206,633  

MSA Safety Inc.

    39,974       5,824,212  

Rollins Inc.

    806,820       28,504,951  
   

 

 

 
    292,559,690  
Communications Equipment — 0.6%  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    206,384       70,921,798  

CommScope Holding Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    776,434       10,551,738  

Ubiquiti Inc.

    22,134       6,610,762  
   

 

 

 
    88,084,298  
Consumer Finance — 1.0%  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    2,684       1,570,945  

Discover Financial Services

    631,108       77,531,618  

Synchrony Financial

    407,502       19,918,698  

Upstart Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    172,783       54,675,452  
   

 

 

 
    153,696,713  
Containers & Packaging — 0.6%  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    168,457       34,905,975  

Ball Corp.

    364,712       32,813,139  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    59,560       6,002,457  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    301,486       5,740,293  

Sealed Air Corp.

    311,086       17,044,402  
   

 

 

 
    96,506,266  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Distributors — 0.4%  

Pool Corp.

    149,228     $ 64,826,136  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%            

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)(b)

    185,814       25,906,188  

Chegg Inc.(a)(b)

    417,269       28,382,637  

frontdoor Inc.(a)

    222,689       9,330,669  

H&R Block Inc.

    549,926       13,748,150  

Mister Car Wash Inc.(a)

    125,888       2,297,456  
   

 

 

 
    79,665,100  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%  

NRG Energy Inc.

    426,716       17,422,814  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 1.6%  

Generac Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    234,373       95,781,214  

Plug Power Inc.(a)(b)

    1,961,350       50,092,879  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    270,168       79,440,199  

Vertiv Holdings Co.(b)

    1,075,965       25,919,997  
   

 

 

 
      251,234,289  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.3%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    1,587,731       116,269,541  

CDW Corp./DE

    524,474       95,464,757  

Cognex Corp.

    651,617       52,272,716  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    84,006       21,009,060  

Corning Inc.

    986,161       35,985,015  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    9,884       1,565,626  

Jabil Inc.

    431,316       25,175,915  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    310,216       50,965,387  

Vontier Corp.

    347,240       11,667,264  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    203,517       104,896,732  
   

 

 

 
    515,272,013  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%  

Halliburton Co.

    178,175       3,852,144  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.2%  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    195,351       17,802,337  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    27,477       5,109,348  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    398,068       10,998,619  

Roku Inc.(a)

    445,584       139,623,746  

Skillz Inc.(a)(b)

    1,131,025       11,106,666  

Spotify Technology SA(a)(b)

    522,560       117,753,670  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    87,985       13,555,849  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    146,338       8,232,976  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,832,448       13,798,333  
   

 

 

 
    337,981,544  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.8%  

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    131,201       18,176,586  

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.

    351,659       27,464,568  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    44,338       7,448,341  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    772,696       33,573,641  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    288,568       32,738,040  

SBA Communications Corp.

    69,358       22,927,674  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    1,084,385       140,937,518  
   

 

 

 
    283,266,368  
Food Products — 1.1%  

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    192,324       20,244,024  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    32,482       2,335,456  

Freshpet Inc.(a)(b)

    156,409       22,318,000  

Hershey Co. (The)

    479,479       81,151,821  

Kellogg Co.

    428,492       27,389,209  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    165,666       10,166,922  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    73,177     $ 2,127,987  
   

 

 

 
    165,733,419  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.1%  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    168,948       54,995,953  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    368,934         201,755,247  

Figs Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    36,399       1,351,859  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    14,939       1,144,626  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    323,851       201,402,937  

Insulet Corp.(a)(b)

    253,442       72,035,820  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    139,034       37,637,894  

Novocure Ltd.(a)(b)

    392,333       45,577,325  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    129,427       34,492,296  

ResMed Inc.

    495,368       130,554,236  

STERIS PLC

    44,743       9,140,100  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)(b)

    219,880       26,249,274  

Teleflex Inc.

    31,374       11,813,880  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

    281,049       119,316,542  
   

 

 

 
    947,467,989  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%  

agilon health Inc.(a)(b)

    244,662       6,412,591  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    108,636       16,197,628  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    658,126       32,550,912  

Chemed Corp.(b)

    15,550       7,232,616  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    186,058       21,631,103  

Encompass Health Corp.

    213,914       16,052,106  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)(b)

    344,184       43,026,442  

McKesson Corp.

    85,547       17,056,361  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    33,248       9,020,515  

Oak Street Health Inc.(a)(b)

    339,749       14,449,525  
   

 

 

 
    183,629,799  
Health Care Technology — 1.0%  

Certara Inc.(a)(b)

    180,806       5,984,678  

Veeva Systems Inc., Class A(a)

    524,146       151,043,153  
   

 

 

 
    157,027,831  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.2%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    66,302       4,194,264  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)

    485,428       54,503,856  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    107,392       195,187,108  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    132,140       16,698,532  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    141,285       33,919,703  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    338,512       51,274,413  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    95,727       45,657,950  

DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,157,942       55,766,487  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    553,870       90,779,293  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    701,345       92,654,688  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(b)

    37,297       2,702,540  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    217,578       17,090,752  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    112,024       4,761,020  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    213,672       11,651,534  

Vail Resorts Inc.(a)

    152,993       51,107,312  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    674,793       14,629,512  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    219,548       16,946,910  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    405,007       34,324,343  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    124,328       7,224,700  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    96,107       11,754,847  
   

 

 

 
    812,829,764  
Household Durables — 1.0%  

DR Horton Inc.

    526,650       44,222,801  

NVR Inc.(a)

    8,283       39,709,365  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

PulteGroup Inc.

    288,264     $ 13,237,083  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    697,491       32,370,557  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    172,498       9,537,414  

TopBuild Corp.(a)(b)

    105,245       21,555,228  
   

 

 

 
          160,632,448  
Household Products — 0.4%            

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    49,339       4,073,921  

Clorox Co. (The)

    381,590       63,195,120  
   

 

 

 
      67,269,041  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    121,564       4,717,899  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.4%  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    5,587       3,488,579  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    349,360       13,338,565  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    51,572       2,859,667  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    65,695       11,721,302  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    34,048       8,538,557  

GoHealth Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    155,775       783,548  

Lemonade Inc.(a)(b)

    15,064       1,009,439  

Lincoln National Corp.

    108,423       7,454,081  

Markel Corp.(a)

    8,551       10,219,557  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    78,970       11,008,418  
   

 

 

 
      70,421,713  
Interactive Media & Services — 2.5%  

Match Group Inc.(a)(b)

    1,057,350       165,993,376  

Pinterest Inc., Class A(a)

    2,120,085       108,018,331  

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    228,953       7,750,059  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    315,336       19,043,141  

Vimeo Inc.(a)(b)

    506,934       14,888,652  

Zillow Group Inc., Class A(a)

    227,595       20,160,365  

Zillow Group Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    648,998       57,202,684  
   

 

 

 
      393,056,608  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.6%  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)

    486,274       100,162,719  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    484,026       100,658,047  

Wayfair Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    160,301       40,958,508  
   

 

 

 
      241,779,274  
IT Services — 6.2%  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    402,508       67,073,933  

Cloudflare Inc., Class A(a)

    931,666       104,952,175  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    205,777       117,391,663  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    138,343       17,608,297  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    72,052       18,825,026  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    310,916       94,481,154  

Genpact Ltd.

    34,730       1,650,022  

Globant SA(a)

    154,910       43,531,259  

GoDaddy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    64,941       4,526,388  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    72,973       11,971,950  

MongoDB Inc.(a)(b)

    236,907       111,704,020  

Okta Inc.(a)(b)

    474,909       112,714,902  

Paychex Inc.

    1,073,896       120,759,605  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    1,202,419       14,236,641  

Shift4 Payments Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    162,420       12,590,799  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    788,904       27,390,747  

Switch Inc., Class A

    441,023       11,197,574  

Western Union Co. (The)

    394,556       7,977,922  

WEX Inc.(a)(b)

    114,869       20,233,026  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(b)

    204,337     $ 40,043,922  
   

 

 

 
      960,861,025  
Leisure Products — 1.0%  

Brunswick Corp./DE

    37,778       3,599,110  

Mattel Inc.(a)(b)

    1,336,396       24,803,510  

Peloton Interactive Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,008,782       87,814,473  

Polaris Inc.

    151,519       18,130,764  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)

    327,876       28,095,694  
   

 

 

 
        162,443,551  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 5.6%  

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    320,529       46,662,612  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b)

    373,302       12,688,535  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    1,043,359       164,360,343  

Avantor Inc.(a)

    2,215,160       90,600,044  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    147,777       71,608,301  

Bruker Corp.

    392,140       30,626,134  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    178,258       73,561,729  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    360,023       86,239,909  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    389,248       19,104,292  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)

    87,781       120,906,038  

PPD Inc.(a)

    248,120       11,609,535  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    197,586       57,100,378  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    380,847       9,959,149  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    51,170       4,476,352  

Waters Corp.(a)

    217,168       77,594,126  
   

 

 

 
      877,097,477  
Machinery — 1.3%  

AGCO Corp.

    23,185       2,840,858  

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

    305,944       10,805,942  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    58,788       3,375,019  

Graco Inc.

    398,221       27,863,524  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    220,023       28,336,762  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    62,807       10,709,222  

Nordson Corp.

    37,712       8,981,113  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    81,886       22,896,963  

Toro Co. (The)

    389,544       37,945,481  

Xylem Inc./NY

    449,821       55,633,861  
   

 

 

 
      209,388,745  
Media — 0.2%  

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    576,713       11,949,493  

Cable One Inc.

    10,945       19,844,708  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    10,612       1,612,600  
   

 

 

 
      33,406,801  
Metals & Mining — 0.0%  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    138,974       8,127,200  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.1%  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)(b)

    361,846       9,570,827  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    177,185       3,855,546  

Cheniere Energy Inc.(a)

    898,062       87,713,715  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    76,120       6,637,664  

Continental Resources Inc./OK

    25,396       1,172,025  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    328,202       31,070,883  

Hess Corp.

    71,546       5,588,458  

New Fortress Energy Inc.

    100,445       2,787,349  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    408,872       12,094,434  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    369,105       61,459,674  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.(b)

    22,489     $ 27,197,297  
   

 

 

 
          239,577,045  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    28,213       1,731,432  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.0%  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)(b)

    67,186       2,847,343  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%  

Catalent Inc.(a)(b)

    145,170       19,317,772  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    737,332       26,647,178  
   

 

 

 
      45,964,950  
Professional Services — 2.3%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    510,575       40,514,126  

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    1,161,752       99,980,377  

Equifax Inc.

    177,434       44,965,324  

Legalzoomcom Inc.(a)(b)

    43,011       1,135,491  

Robert Half International Inc.

    369,243       37,046,150  

TransUnion

    498,380       55,973,058  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    387,652       77,635,066  
   

 

 

 
      357,249,592  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    67,097       6,532,564  

Opendoor Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    346,275       7,109,026  
   

 

 

 
      13,641,590  
Road & Rail — 1.8%  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    286,158       47,851,341  

Kansas City Southern

    92,785       25,111,332  

Landstar System Inc.

    130,564       20,605,611  

Lyft Inc., Class A(a)

    1,088,824       58,350,078  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    359,853       102,910,761  

TuSimple Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    15,769       585,503  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)

    317,966       25,303,734  
   

 

 

 
        280,718,360  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.8%  

Allegro MicroSystems Inc.(a)(b)

    153,866       4,917,557  

Brooks Automation Inc.

    232,022       23,747,452  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)(b)

    503,523       75,513,344  

Entegris Inc.

    516,019       64,966,792  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    866,742       133,036,230  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    178,841       26,988,895  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    171,174       82,964,614  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    878,077       40,189,584  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    298,464       49,180,898  

Teradyne Inc.

    634,369       69,254,064  

Universal Display Corp.

    165,652       28,319,866  

Xilinx Inc.

    940,910       142,068,001  
   

 

 

 
      741,147,297  
Software — 18.7%  

Alteryx Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    226,921       16,587,925  

Anaplan Inc.(a)

    538,169       32,769,111  

ANSYS Inc.(a)

    138,902       47,289,186  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)(b)

    260,283       31,962,752  

Avalara Inc.(a)(b)

    324,662       56,741,178  

Bentley Systems Inc., Class B(b)

    528,840       32,068,858  

Bill.com Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    302,203       80,673,091  

C3.ai Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    34,869       1,615,830  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    1,051,710       159,270,962  

CDK Global Inc.

    70,430       2,996,797  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    169,892     $ 18,241,304  

Coupa Software Inc.(a)(b)

    280,474       61,474,291  

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    754,232       185,375,141  

Datadog Inc., Class A(a)

    888,138       125,538,306  

DocuSign Inc.(a)

    729,942       187,908,969  

DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    57,794       1,974,243  

Dropbox Inc., Class A(a)

    1,168,084       34,131,415  

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.(a)

    60,638       2,682,625  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    709,620       50,361,731  

Elastic NV(a)(b)

    265,508       39,558,037  

Everbridge Inc.(a)(b)

    146,952       22,195,630  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    105,475       41,971,667  

Five9 Inc.(a)

    255,968       40,888,328  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    512,357       149,628,738  

HubSpot Inc.(a)

    170,375       115,188,834  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    169,894       6,544,317  

Mandiant Inc.

    260,424       4,635,547  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    130,074       19,905,224  

McAfee Corp., Class A

    199,508       4,411,122  

Medallia Inc.(a)

    224,423       7,601,207  

nCino Inc.(a)(b)

    215,038       15,274,149  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    163,741       6,346,601  

New Relic Inc.(a)(b)

    197,683       14,187,709  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    551,135       13,943,716  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    415,033       22,843,416  

Nutanix Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    738,061       27,824,900  

Palantir Technologies Inc., Class A(a)

    6,216,508       149,444,852  

Palo Alto Networks Inc.(a)(b)

    364,729       174,705,191  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    193,727       96,040,160  

Paycor HCM Inc.(a)(b)

    56,566       1,988,861  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    143,618       40,270,487  

Pegasystems Inc.

    148,322       18,851,726  

Procore Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    27,954       2,497,410  

PTC Inc.(a)

    403,994       48,394,441  

RingCentral Inc., Class A(a)

    308,021       66,994,568  

Smartsheet Inc., Class A(a)

    459,963       31,654,654  

Splunk Inc.(a)(b)

    625,878       90,570,805  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    367,820       110,128,986  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    353,138       20,252,464  

Trade Desk Inc. (The), Class A(a)(b)

    1,638,291       115,171,857  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    133,645       61,296,279  

Unity Software Inc.(a)(b)

    569,051       71,842,689  

Zendesk Inc.(a)

    455,259       52,987,595  

Zscaler Inc.(a)

    295,134       77,390,038  
   

 

 

 
      2,913,095,920  
Specialty Retail — 4.5%  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    17,662       29,989,899  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    539,533       34,006,765  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    220,483       23,307,258  

Burlington Stores Inc.(a)

    239,603       67,944,223  

CarMax Inc.(a)

    53,417       6,835,239  

Carvana Co.(a)(b)

    294,613       88,837,604  

Five Below Inc.(a)(b)

    211,163       37,335,730  

Floor & Decor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    390,073       47,116,918  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    246,118       43,186,326  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)(b)

    451,375       9,271,243  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    10,036       3,181,813  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    79,719       48,713,092  

Petco Health & Wellness Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    17,824       376,086  

RH(a)(b)

    65,757       43,854,001  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Tractor Supply Co.

    439,257     $ 88,997,861  

Ulta Beauty Inc.(a)(b)

    203,909       73,594,836  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    169,715       9,378,451  

Vroom Inc.(a)(b)

    109,131       2,408,521  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    218,134       38,681,702  
   

 

 

 
          697,017,568  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.8%  

HP Inc.

    1,599,275       43,756,164  

NetApp Inc.

    565,592       50,767,538  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)

    950,768       23,921,323  
   

 

 

 
      118,445,025  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    9,384       899,362  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    14,381       5,180,036  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    787,525       13,513,929  

Lululemon Athletica Inc.(a)

    436,478       176,642,647  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    55,948       2,356,530  

Tapestry Inc.

    105,852       3,918,641  

VF Corp.

    793,386       53,148,928  
   

 

 

 
      255,660,073  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%  

Rocket Companies Inc., Class A

    531,092       8,518,715  

UWM Holdings Corp.

    170,806       1,187,102  
   

 

 

 
      9,705,817  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%  

Core & Main Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    68,997       1,808,412  

Fastenal Co.

    1,945,288       100,396,314  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)(b)

    87,296       17,412,933  
Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

United Rentals Inc.(a)(b)

    96,183     $ 33,753,500  

WW Grainger Inc.

    147,053       57,800,652  
   

 

 

 
      211,171,811  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $11,433,456,517)

        15,549,261,673  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments            
Money Market Funds — 5.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(c)(d)(e)

    871,120,694       871,556,254  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    19,550,000       19,550,000  
   

 

 

 
      891,106,254  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 5.7%
(Cost: $890,714,305)

 

    891,106,254  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 105.6%
(Cost: $12,324,170,822)

 

    16,440,367,927  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (5.6)%

 

    (869,851,922
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 15,570,516,005  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 six months ended September 30, 2021 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

09/30/21

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/21

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 866,890,581     $ 4,729,490 (a)    $     $ 11,711     $ (75,528   $ 871,556,254       871,120,694     $ 1,566,774 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    16,190,000       3,360,000 (a)                        19,550,000       19,550,000       777        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 11,711     $ (75,528   $ 891,106,254       $ 1,567,551     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

 

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 400 E-Mini Index

     25          12/17/21        $ 6,583        $ (167,887

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     56          12/17/21          12,034          (484,541
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (652,428
                 

 

 

 

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
 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 652,428  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 2,152,933  
  

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:       

Futures contracts

   $ (809,987
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 17,045,443  

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

   $ 15,549,261,673        $        $        $ 15,549,261,673  

Money Market Funds

     891,106,254                            891,106,254  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 16,440,367,927        $        $        $ 16,440,367,927  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ (652,428      $        $        $ (652,428
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%  

BWX Technologies Inc.

    46,463     $ 2,502,497  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    80,676       10,179,698  

HEICO Corp.

    60,146       7,931,453  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    105,477       12,491,641  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

    165,451       9,826,135  

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    717,916       22,398,979  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

    79,393       15,327,613  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)

    109,368       5,186,230  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A

    146,802       6,487,180  

Textron Inc.

    451,247       31,501,553  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    73,331       45,800,343  

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    24,603       622,456  
   

 

 

 
      170,255,778  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    212,883       18,520,821  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    90,346       10,762,919  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)

    28,101       2,204,242  
   

 

 

 
      31,487,982  
Airlines — 1.1%  

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    241,609       14,158,287  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    1,278,718       26,239,293  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)

    62,120       5,055,326  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    627,175       9,589,506  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    1,181,752       60,777,505  

United Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)

    645,599       30,711,145  
   

 

 

 
        146,531,062  
Auto Components — 0.9%  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    439,145       65,419,431  

BorgWarner Inc.

    480,416       20,758,775  

Gentex Corp.

    478,196       15,770,904  

Lear Corp.

    120,254       18,817,346  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    117,931       2,894,027  
   

 

 

 
      123,660,483  
Automobiles — 0.1%  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    309,604       11,334,603  

Thor Industries Inc.

    62,512       7,673,973  
   

 

 

 
      19,008,576  
Banks — 5.1%  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    78,278       6,432,103  

Bank OZK

    248,980       10,701,160  

BOK Financial Corp.

    60,505       5,418,223  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    696,056       32,700,711  

Comerica Inc.

    268,144       21,585,592  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    212,528       14,808,951  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    113,457       13,458,269  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    279,634       21,682,820  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,372,599       58,253,102  

First Citizens BancShares Inc./NC, Class A(b)

    11,964       10,087,686  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    256,844       7,538,371  

First Horizon Corp.

    1,083,601       17,651,860  

First Republic Bank/CA

    355,326       68,535,279  

FNB Corp.

    638,947       7,424,564  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    2,923,762       45,201,361  

KeyCorp

    1,896,411       41,000,406  

M&T Bank Corp.

    255,613       38,173,245  

PacWest Bancorp

    233,316       10,573,881  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    850,193       14,852,872  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    148,737     $ 13,993,177  

Popular Inc.

    158,606       12,318,928  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    176,859       12,579,981  

Regions Financial Corp.

    1,923,497       40,989,721  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    118,863       32,364,018  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    348,413       8,696,389  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    112,938       73,057,333  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    270,147       11,856,752  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    435,957       8,828,129  

Webster Financial Corp.

    177,455       9,664,199  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    94,621       10,296,657  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    113,610       9,130,836  

Zions Bancorp. NA

    319,849       19,795,455  
   

 

 

 
      709,652,031  
Beverages — 0.2%  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    45,441       2,847,788  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    182,809       12,250,031  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    355,388       16,482,895  
   

 

 

 
      31,580,714  
Biotechnology — 0.8%  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    364,809       28,196,088  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    25,365       2,421,089  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    88,264       1,865,901  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    354,955       38,881,771  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    52,694       3,624,293  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(b)

    21,938       735,800  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)

    200,860       4,953,208  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    12,904       2,282,847  

Natera Inc.(a)(b)

    10,543       1,174,912  

Sage Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    101,748       4,508,454  

Seagen Inc.(a)(b)

    28,267       4,799,737  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    32,674       2,946,868  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    87,568       16,163,301  
   

 

 

 
        112,554,269  
Building Products — 1.7%  

A O Smith Corp.

    261,705       15,982,324  

Allegion PLC

    42,497       5,617,253  

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

    48,671       4,646,620  

AZEK Co. Inc. (The)(a)

    98,757       3,607,593  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)

    407,339       21,075,720  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    62,810       12,486,000  

Carrier Global Corp.

    922,860       47,767,234  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    206,730       18,485,797  

Lennox International Inc.

    67,141       19,750,868  

Masco Corp.

    493,687       27,424,313  

Owens Corning

    206,088       17,620,524  

Trane Technologies PLC

    244,064       42,137,650  
   

 

 

 
      236,601,896  
Capital Markets — 4.1%  

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    82,118       12,407,209  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    100,492       26,541,947  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    33,316       2,459,720  

Carlyle Group Inc. (The)

    324,029       15,320,091  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    212,958       26,376,978  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    77,543       10,365,173  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    10,441       4,121,898  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    573,005       17,029,709  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    158,977       9,910,626  

Invesco Ltd.

    660,217       15,917,832  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    323,133     $ 13,355,087  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    434,006       16,114,643  

KKR & Co. Inc.

    1,110,000       67,576,800  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    201,675       9,236,715  

Morningstar Inc.

    4,350       1,126,780  

MSCI Inc.

    46,719       28,421,036  

Nasdaq Inc.

    231,731       44,728,718  

Northern Trust Corp.

    408,991       44,093,320  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    349,601       32,261,180  

SEI Investments Co.

    216,657       12,847,760  

State Street Corp.

    728,210       61,693,951  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    201,958       13,725,066  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    300,300       59,069,010  

Tradeweb Markets Inc., Class A

    211,034       17,047,326  

Virtu Financial Inc., Class A

    184,789       4,514,395  
   

 

 

 
      566,262,970  
Chemicals — 3.3%  

Albemarle Corp.

    232,505       50,911,620  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    109,628       9,770,047  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    340,302       9,933,415  

Celanese Corp.

    141,637       21,336,198  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    427,763       23,877,731  

Chemours Co. (The)

    158,072       4,593,572  

Corteva Inc.

    1,476,644       62,137,180  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    23,159       371,470  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    271,846       27,385,766  

Element Solutions Inc.

    458,125       9,932,150  

FMC Corp.

    193,256       17,694,519  

Huntsman Corp.

    417,322       12,348,558  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    496,147       66,344,777  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    459,341       43,109,153  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    684,997       24,468,093  

NewMarket Corp.

    13,264       4,493,445  

Olin Corp.

    263,050       12,692,162  

PPG Industries Inc.

    272,484       38,967,937  

RPM International Inc.

    105,174       8,166,761  

Valvoline Inc.

    366,003       11,411,974  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    52,528       4,787,402  
   

 

 

 
        464,733,930  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%  

ADT Inc.

    325,946       2,636,903  

Cintas Corp.

    11,115       4,231,036  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    100,368       10,425,224  

Driven Brands Holdings Inc.(a)

    107,693       3,111,251  

MSA Safety Inc.

    51,760       7,541,432  

Republic Services Inc.

    420,314       50,462,899  

Rollins Inc.

    31,858       1,125,543  

Stericycle Inc.(a)(b)

    180,923       12,297,336  
   

 

 

 
      91,831,624  
Communications Equipment — 1.1%  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    12,644       4,344,984  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    306,644       15,746,169  

F5 Networks Inc.(a)

    120,774       24,007,456  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    642,447       17,680,141  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    149,879       12,520,892  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    331,606       77,038,706  

Ubiquiti Inc.

    1,434       428,293  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    139,290       7,670,700  
   

 

 

 
      159,437,341  
Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering — 0.5%  

AECOM(a)

    273,166     $ 17,250,433  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    110,985       9,575,786  

Quanta Services Inc.

    274,779       31,275,346  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    41,518       9,761,712  
   

 

 

 
      67,863,277  
Construction Materials — 0.7%  

Eagle Materials Inc.

    81,788       10,727,314  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    123,954       42,352,603  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    264,483       44,739,944  
   

 

 

 
      97,819,861  
Consumer Finance — 1.1%  

Ally Financial Inc.

    716,598       36,582,328  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    16,174       9,466,642  

Discover Financial Services

    267,661       32,882,154  

OneMain Holdings Inc.

    207,744       11,494,475  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

    119,337       4,976,353  

SLM Corp.

    610,615       10,746,824  

Synchrony Financial

    920,277       44,983,140  
   

 

 

 
        151,131,916  
Containers & Packaging — 2.0%  

Amcor PLC

    3,076,572       35,657,469  

AptarGroup Inc.

    132,030       15,757,780  

Ardagh Group SA

    34,765       886,160  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    76,938       15,942,323  

Ball Corp.

    451,541       40,625,144  

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)(b)

    267,171       16,265,370  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    221,956       22,368,726  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    401,238       7,639,572  

International Paper Co.

    779,674       43,599,370  

Packaging Corp. of America

    185,947       25,556,556  

Sealed Air Corp.

    137,724       7,545,898  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    165,826       6,361,085  

Sonoco Products Co.

    196,461       11,705,146  

Westrock Co.

    528,532       26,336,750  
   

 

 

 
      276,247,349  
Distributors — 0.4%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    280,916       34,055,447  

LKQ Corp.(a)

    545,025       27,425,658  
   

 

 

 
      61,481,105  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)

    24,301       3,388,045  

Chegg Inc.(a)

    69,914       4,755,550  

frontdoor Inc.(a)

    53,836       2,255,728  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)(b)

    90,814       7,988,000  

H&R Block Inc.

    70,126       1,753,150  

Mister Car Wash Inc.(a)

    16,467       300,523  

Service Corp. International

    324,277       19,540,932  

Terminix Global Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    249,935       10,414,792  
   

 

 

 
      50,396,720  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%  

Equitable Holdings Inc.

    739,807       21,927,879  

Voya Financial Inc.

    225,794       13,861,494  
   

 

 

 
      35,789,373  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

    2,190,867       27,144,842  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 3.1%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    499,792       27,978,356  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)  

Avangrid Inc.

    112,365     $ 5,460,939  

Edison International

    743,774       41,257,144  

Entergy Corp.

    399,749       39,699,073  

Evergy Inc.

    457,428       28,452,022  

Eversource Energy

    686,700       56,144,592  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    1,085,394       38,661,734  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    212,034       8,657,348  

IDACORP Inc.

    99,900       10,327,662  

NRG Energy Inc.

    263,131       10,743,639  

OGE Energy Corp.

    395,945       13,050,347  

PG&E Corp.(a)

    3,021,012       29,001,715  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    225,961       16,350,538  

PPL Corp.

    1,541,670       42,981,760  

Xcel Energy Inc.

    1,072,607       67,037,937  
   

 

 

 
          435,804,806  
Electrical Equipment — 1.3%  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    70,702       12,257,606  

AMETEK Inc.

    461,209       57,194,528  

ChargePoint Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    209,750       4,192,903  

Hubbell Inc.

    108,514       19,605,224  

nVent Electric PLC

    329,641       10,657,294  

Regal Beloit Corp.

    82,145       12,349,679  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    91,311       26,849,086  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(a)(b)

    310,133       16,970,478  

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    203,081       5,661,898  

Sunrun Inc.(a)

    400,519       17,622,836  
   

 

 

 
      183,361,532  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.8%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    338,375       24,779,201  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    143,158       16,075,212  

Avnet Inc.

    196,382       7,260,243  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    4,983       1,246,199  

Corning Inc.

    1,004,741       36,662,999  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    67,073       10,624,363  

Jabil Inc.

    59,723       3,486,032  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    208,053       34,181,027  

Littelfuse Inc.

    47,822       13,068,318  

National Instruments Corp.

    262,032       10,279,515  

SYNNEX Corp.

    82,287       8,566,077  

Teledyne Technologies Inc.(a)

    91,904       39,480,120  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    500,898       41,198,861  

Vontier Corp.

    153,679       5,163,614  
   

 

 

 
      252,071,781  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    1,472,126       36,405,676  

Halliburton Co.

    1,673,873       36,189,134  

NOV Inc.(a)

    785,592       10,299,111  
   

 

 

 
      82,893,921  
Entertainment — 0.6%  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A(a)(b)

    49,560       2,331,798  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)

    398,019       20,462,157  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    164,379       14,979,858  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    23,025       4,281,499  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    185,380       28,561,497  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    11,977       673,826  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,035,303       7,795,831  
   

 

 

 
      79,086,466  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.3%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

    307,730     $ 58,797,971  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    271,204       13,139,834  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    566,694       21,602,375  

Americold Realty Trust

    522,930       15,191,117  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    309,242       15,094,102  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

    278,856       61,805,644  

Boston Properties Inc.

    310,420       33,634,007  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    587,255       12,984,208  

Camden Property Trust

    194,928       28,746,032  

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    18,383       2,546,781  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    293,381       10,940,177  

CubeSmart

    403,261       19,537,995  

CyrusOne Inc.

    246,393       19,073,282  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    329,719       10,422,418  

Duke Realty Corp.

    746,755       35,747,162  

EPR Properties

    147,203       7,268,884  

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.

    162,463       12,688,360  

Equity Residential

    737,265       59,659,484  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

    129,283       41,336,946  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    238,308       40,033,361  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    153,821       18,149,340  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    255,518       13,307,377  

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.

    439,103       20,339,251  

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., Class A

    431,218       12,789,926  

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    1,074,489       35,973,892  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    203,841       8,940,466  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    1,403,861       22,925,050  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    301,333       7,916,018  

Invitation Homes Inc.

    1,148,436       44,019,552  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    167,957       7,297,732  

JBG SMITH Properties

    249,822       7,397,229  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    231,311       15,315,101  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,158,007       24,028,645  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    21,494       2,438,494  

Life Storage Inc.

    155,904       17,888,425  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    1,183,993       23,762,740  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

    229,727       42,901,517  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    350,756       15,149,152  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    472,981       14,170,511  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    464,852       8,897,267  

Rayonier Inc.

    281,073       10,028,685  

Realty Income Corp.

    776,625       50,371,898  

Regency Centers Corp.

    336,566       22,660,989  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    276,237       15,676,450  

SBA Communications Corp.

    180,505       59,669,538  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    84,747       11,014,568  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    134,010       9,493,268  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    237,878       10,951,903  

STORE Capital Corp.

    484,444       15,516,741  

Sun Communities Inc.

    228,106       42,222,421  

UDR Inc.

    587,147       31,107,048  

Ventas Inc.

    782,096       43,179,520  

VEREIT Inc.

    458,869       20,754,645  

VICI Properties Inc.

    1,167,006       33,154,640  

Vornado Realty Trust

    353,319       14,842,931  

Welltower Inc.

    843,559       69,509,262  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,499,457       53,335,685  

WP Carey Inc.

    366,123       26,741,624  
   

 

 

 
          1,424,089,641  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%  

Albertsons Companies Inc., Class A

    307,423     $ 9,570,078  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    74,164       13,976,206  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    172,993       3,731,459  

Kroger Co. (The)

    1,495,889       60,478,792  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    437,545       15,165,310  
   

 

 

 
          102,921,845  
Food Products — 2.7%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    1,109,246       66,565,852  

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    13,953       1,468,693  

Bunge Ltd.

    272,805       22,184,503  

Campbell Soup Co.

    392,346       16,403,986  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    935,935       31,700,118  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    303,355       21,811,225  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    371,176       8,770,889  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    167,438       7,162,998  

Hershey Co. (The)

    41,156       6,965,653  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    565,835       23,199,235  

Ingredion Inc.

    133,031       11,841,089  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    209,852       25,188,536  

Kellogg Co.

    281,425       17,988,686  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    207,190       12,715,250  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    497,286       40,295,085  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    55,624       1,617,546  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    116,763       12,862,612  

Seaboard Corp.

    507       2,078,695  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    572,877       45,222,910  
   

 

 

 
        376,043,561  
Gas Utilities — 0.4%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    258,922       22,836,921  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    172,741       9,072,357  

UGI Corp.

    417,061       17,775,140  
   

 

 

 
      49,684,418  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    96,571       39,913,760  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    434,922       25,247,222  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    318,608       13,321,000  

Figs Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    56,799       2,109,515  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    145,163       11,122,389  

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.

    132,241       19,836,150  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    499,131       36,840,859  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    39,429       9,201,940  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    145,359       9,954,184  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    27,249       7,376,577  

Quidel Corp.(a)

    73,646       10,395,133  

ResMed Inc.

    28,497       7,510,384  

STERIS PLC

    147,566       30,144,783  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)(b)

    7,249       865,386  

Teleflex Inc.

    76,948       28,974,769  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    417,619       61,122,717  
   

 

 

 
      313,936,768  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.2%  

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

    178,476       11,383,199  

agilon health Inc.(a)(b)

    6,660       174,559  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    7,365       1,098,121  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    295,335       35,277,766  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    240,165       11,878,561  

Chemed Corp.

    22,676       10,547,061  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    41,351       4,807,467  

Encompass Health Corp.

    82,525       6,192,676  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    282,569     $ 21,520,455  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    192,289       54,117,816  

McKesson Corp.

    264,454       52,726,838  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    97,989       26,585,396  

Oak Street Health Inc.(a)(b)

    19,708       838,181  

Premier Inc., Class A

    240,089       9,305,850  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    242,467       35,232,880  

Signify Health Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    126,360       2,258,053  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    147,794       20,450,256  
   

 

 

 
          304,395,135  
Health Care Technology — 0.7%  

Cerner Corp.

    588,736       41,517,663  

Certara Inc.(a)(b)

    71,656       2,371,814  

Change Healthcare Inc.(a)

    501,525       10,501,933  

Teladoc Health Inc.(a)(b)

    300,760       38,139,375  
   

 

 

 
      92,530,785  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.8%  

Aramark

    459,452       15,097,593  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    127,923       8,092,409  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)

    155,440       17,452,803  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    1,699,296       42,499,393  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    82,741       12,532,779  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    23,532       11,223,823  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    181,435       23,969,378  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    94,420       7,279,782  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    82,505       12,980,512  

MGM Resorts International

    796,813       34,382,481  

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

    732,995       19,578,296  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(b)

    290,009       21,014,052  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    51,462       4,042,340  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    437,252       38,893,565  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    94,245       4,005,413  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    56,210       3,065,131  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    67,002       5,171,884  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    777,223       45,164,429  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    544,679       66,619,689  
   

 

 

 
      393,065,752  
Household Durables — 1.8%  

DR Horton Inc.

    389,964       32,745,277  

Garmin Ltd.

    302,017       46,951,563  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    265,996       11,927,261  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    541,551       50,732,498  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    31,099       2,412,971  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    113,515       20,137,561  

Newell Brands Inc.

    763,680       16,907,875  

NVR Inc.(a)

    2,147       10,292,890  

PulteGroup Inc.

    367,165       16,860,217  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    132,371       7,318,793  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    11,229       2,299,811  

Whirlpool Corp.

    122,663       25,006,079  
   

 

 

 
      243,592,796  
Household Products — 0.4%  

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    463,648       38,283,415  

Clorox Co. (The)

    46,835       7,756,344  

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

    107,586       2,941,401  

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.

    83,926       8,029,201  
   

 

 

 
      57,010,361  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%  

AES Corp. (The)

    1,321,098       30,160,668  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (continued)  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    189,420     $ 7,351,390  

Vistra Corp.

    947,700       16,205,670  
   

 

 

 
      53,717,728  
Insurance — 5.6%  

Aflac Inc.

    1,322,525       68,943,228  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    24,220       15,123,210  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    134,331       16,902,870  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)(b)

    581,455       22,199,952  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    408,693       60,752,214  

Assurant Inc.

    117,504       18,536,256  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    143,085       6,697,809  

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    228,838       15,760,073  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    155,501       7,159,266  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    164,086       7,421,610  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    442,582       24,541,172  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    298,714       34,119,113  

CNA Financial Corp.

    55,599       2,332,934  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    15,306       2,730,897  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    60,738       15,231,876  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

    546,477       24,777,267  

First American Financial Corp.

    211,146       14,157,339  

Globe Life Inc.

    200,613       17,860,575  

GoHealth Inc., Class A(a)

    41,373       208,106  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    70,894       9,189,280  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    690,795       48,528,349  

Kemper Corp.

    121,969       8,146,309  

Lemonade Inc.(a)(b)

    68,395       4,583,149  

Lincoln National Corp.

    317,757       21,845,794  

Loews Corp.

    434,390       23,426,653  

Markel Corp.(a)

    22,536       26,933,450  

Mercury General Corp.

    54,107       3,012,137  

Old Republic International Corp.

    565,862       13,088,388  

Primerica Inc.

    77,590       11,920,152  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    531,242       34,211,985  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    771,049       81,114,355  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    136,703       15,209,576  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    52,111       7,264,273  

Unum Group

    405,701       10,166,867  

W R Berkley Corp.

    277,074       20,276,275  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    5,986       6,402,685  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    256,943       59,728,970  
   

 

 

 
        780,504,414  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.8%  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    153,420       19,989,092  

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    75,400       2,552,290  

Twitter Inc.(a)(b)

    1,393,143       84,131,906  

Vimeo Inc.(a)(b)

    28,201       828,263  
   

 

 

 
          107,501,551  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)

    34,686       7,144,622  

Qurate Retail Inc., Series A

    735,887       7,498,689  

Wayfair Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    67,352       17,209,109  
   

 

 

 
      31,852,420  
IT Services — 2.0%  

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    320,715       33,543,582  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    98,522       9,939,885  

Amdocs Ltd.

    259,188       19,623,123  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    21,064       3,510,105  

Cloudflare Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    30,615       3,448,780  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Concentrix Corp.(a)

    84,087     $ 14,883,399  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    501,800       16,865,498  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    29,275       3,726,122  

Fastly Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    209,360       8,466,518  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    125,728       32,848,955  

Genpact Ltd.

    344,538       16,369,000  

GoDaddy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    301,820       21,036,854  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    108,009       17,719,957  

Paychex Inc.

    82,395       9,265,318  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)(b)

    834,309       6,465,895  

SolarWinds Corp.

    69,147       1,156,829  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    30,224       1,049,377  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    196,448       40,273,804  

Western Union Co. (The)

    619,875       12,533,873  

WEX Inc.(a)(b)

    29,095       5,124,793  
   

 

 

 
        277,851,667  
Leisure Products — 0.3%  

Brunswick Corp./DE

    134,367       12,801,144  

Hasbro Inc.

    254,907       22,742,803  

Hayward Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    75,959       1,689,328  

Polaris Inc.

    34,952       4,182,356  
   

 

 

 
      41,415,631  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b)

    23,480       798,085  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    62,634       9,866,734  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    42,285       31,542,496  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    6,208       2,561,855  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    192,412       46,090,370  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    223,694       38,763,933  

PPD Inc.(a)

    187,482       8,772,283  

QIAGEN NV(a)(b)

    451,717       23,344,735  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    6,278       1,814,279  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    177,135       15,495,770  

Waters Corp.(a)

    8,485       3,031,691  
   

 

 

 
          182,082,231  
Machinery — 5.2%  

AGCO Corp.

    111,495       13,661,482  

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

    51,992       1,836,357  

Colfax Corp.(a)(b)

    234,282       10,753,544  

Crane Co.

    99,225       9,407,522  

Cummins Inc.

    286,361       64,305,226  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    223,154       12,811,271  

Dover Corp.

    286,242       44,510,631  

Flowserve Corp.

    257,823       8,938,723  

Fortive Corp.

    651,404       45,969,580  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    190,261       3,095,547  

Graco Inc.

    126,017       8,817,410  

IDEX Corp.

    151,875       31,430,531  

Ingersoll Rand Inc.(a)

    807,403       40,701,185  

ITT Inc.

    171,178       14,693,920  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    77,757       13,258,346  

Nordson Corp.

    95,390       22,717,129  

Oshkosh Corp.

    136,505       13,974,017  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    857,704       70,571,885  

PACCAR Inc.

    681,678       53,798,028  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    214,634       60,015,959  

Pentair PLC

    331,418       24,070,889  

Snap-on Inc.

    106,990       22,355,561  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    322,877       56,603,567  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Timken Co. (The)

    128,999     $ 8,439,115  

Toro Co. (The)

    11,483       1,118,559  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    362,706       31,268,884  

Woodward Inc.

    114,937       13,010,868  

Xylem Inc./NY

    121,139       14,982,472  
   

 

 

 
          717,118,208  
Marine — 0.0%  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    118,077       5,662,973  
   

 

 

 
Media — 2.5%  

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    127,010       2,631,647  

Cable One Inc.

    5,035       9,129,110  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)

    327,077       8,301,214  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    629,284       15,272,723  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    494,072       21,472,369  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    638,452       25,608,310  

Fox Corp., Class B

    301,140       11,178,317  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    783,037       28,713,967  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    49,032       8,254,537  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)

    288,283       49,786,474  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)(b)

    158,239       7,464,134  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM,

   

Class C, NVS(a)

    321,459       15,259,659  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    328,705       16,195,295  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    777,474       18,293,963  

News Corp., Class B

    240,350       5,583,330  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    75,119       11,415,083  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    425,396       30,824,194  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.(b)

    1,784,791       10,887,225  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class A

    16,194       681,282  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

    1,161,093       45,874,784  
   

 

 

 
      342,827,617  
Metals & Mining — 1.1%  

Alcoa Corp.(a)

    369,728       18,094,488  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    902,312       17,874,801  

Nucor Corp.

    585,900       57,705,291  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    125,377       17,856,192  

Royal Gold Inc.

    132,112       12,615,375  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    315,800       18,467,984  

United States Steel Corp.

    540,399       11,872,566  
   

 

 

 
      154,486,697  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 0.4%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    1,037,998       16,369,229  

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

    2,795,488       23,538,009  

New Residential Investment Corp.

    857,761       9,435,371  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

    552,542       13,487,550  
   

 

 

 
      62,830,159  
Multi-Utilities — 2.5%  

Ameren Corp.

    507,590       41,114,790  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

    1,189,310       29,257,026  

CMS Energy Corp.

    578,172       34,534,214  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    705,799       51,233,949  

DTE Energy Co.

    386,029       43,123,300  

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    395,126       11,723,388  

NiSource Inc.

    775,059       18,779,680  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    1,004,500       61,174,050  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

    631,355       55,685,511  
   

 

 

 
      346,625,908  
Security   Shares     Value  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%  

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    461,321     $ 44,157,646  

Kohl’s Corp.

    311,282       14,658,269  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)(b)

    34,354       908,663  

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

    129,180       7,786,971  
   

 

 

 
      67,511,549  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.5%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    661,955       6,897,571  

APA Corp.

    749,127       16,053,792  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    686,144       14,930,493  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    159,597       13,916,858  

Continental Resources Inc./OK

    115,501       5,330,371  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,345,225       47,768,940  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    188,580       17,852,869  

DTE Midstream LLC(a)

    191,722       8,865,225  

EQT Corp.(a)

    561,359       11,485,405  

Hess Corp.

    514,953       40,222,979  

HollyFrontier Corp.

    296,395       9,819,566  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    1,561,769       21,349,382  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    1,272,253       78,637,958  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,470,789       43,505,939  

ONEOK Inc.

    887,462       51,463,921  

Phillips 66

    876,060       61,350,482  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    238,615       39,731,784  

Targa Resources Corp.

    447,158       22,004,645  

Valero Energy Corp.

    816,870       57,646,516  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

    2,425,967       62,929,584  
   

 

 

 
        631,764,280  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    176,243       10,816,033  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.1%  

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    681,969       5,360,276  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)(b)

    177,554       7,524,739  
   

 

 

 
          12,885,015  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%  

Catalent Inc.(a)

    248,550       33,074,548  

Elanco Animal Health Inc.(a)(b)

    890,244       28,389,881  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    119,108       15,509,053  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)

    355,817       6,390,473  

Organon & Co.

    503,116       16,497,174  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    270,415       12,798,742  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    262,626       9,491,304  

Viatris Inc.

    2,401,057       32,534,322  
   

 

 

 
      154,685,497  
Professional Services — 2.3%  

CACI International Inc., Class A(a)

    46,002       12,057,124  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    870,971       19,074,265  

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    176,980       15,230,899  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    317,072       5,329,980  

Equifax Inc.

    149,395       37,859,681  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)

    66,408       8,945,158  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    745,003       86,882,250  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

    257,990       34,191,415  

Legalzoomcom Inc.(a)(b)

    15,266       403,022  

Leidos Holdings Inc.

    282,323       27,139,710  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    107,366       11,625,590  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    717,466       13,768,173  

Robert Half International Inc.

    26,755       2,684,329  

Science Applications International Corp.

    114,649       9,809,368  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)  

TransUnion

    120,186     $ 13,498,090  

Verisk Analytics Inc.(b)

    115,613       23,153,816  
   

 

 

 
          321,652,870  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    630,113       61,347,802  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(a)

    82,160       7,214,469  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    101,197       25,105,964  

Opendoor Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    719,581       14,772,998  
   

 

 

 
      108,441,233  
Road & Rail — 0.6%  

AMERCO

    17,726       11,451,528  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    18,640       3,116,981  

Kansas City Southern

    132,560       35,876,038  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    318,776       16,305,392  

Landstar System Inc.

    8,561       1,351,097  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    15,989       4,572,534  

Ryder System Inc.

    103,854       8,589,764  

Schneider National Inc., Class B

    102,517       2,331,237  

TuSimple Holdings Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    55,596       2,064,280  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)

    28,101       2,236,278  
   

 

 

 
      87,895,129  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.7%  

Brooks Automation Inc.

    25,517       2,611,665  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)

    115,507       9,512,002  

First Solar Inc.(a)

    210,240       20,069,511  

Marvell Technology Inc.

    1,634,497       98,576,514  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    85,213       13,079,343  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    17,078       2,577,241  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    386,904       17,708,596  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    220,553       36,874,256  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    174,226       28,708,960  
   

 

 

 
        229,718,088  
Software — 2.2%  

ANSYS Inc.(a)(b)

    101,592       34,586,996  

Black Knight Inc.(a)(b)

    304,446       21,920,112  

C3.ai Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    50,331       2,332,338  

CDK Global Inc.

    203,943       8,677,775  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)(b)

    258,628       29,126,685  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    160,351       17,216,887  

Datto Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    47,198       1,128,032  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

    126,890       11,166,320  

Duck Creek Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    110,322       4,880,645  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    25,523       1,811,367  

Guidewire Software Inc.(a)

    166,195       19,755,600  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    16,017       616,975  

Mandiant Inc.

    328,123       5,840,589  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    58,520       8,955,316  

McAfee Corp., Class A

    35,098       776,017  

Medallia Inc.(a)

    92,884       3,145,981  

N-Able Inc.(a)

    90,171       1,119,022  

NCR Corp.(a)

    166,555       6,455,672  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    810,532       20,506,460  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    350,033       19,265,816  

Paycor HCM Inc.(a)

    11,449       402,547  

Pegasystems Inc.(b)

    4,520       574,492  

Procore Technologies Inc.(a)

    5,670       506,558  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

    448,729       31,141,793  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    110,616       33,119,537  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    31,469       1,804,747  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    10,690     $ 4,902,968  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    231,574       18,694,969  
   

 

 

 
          310,432,216  
Specialty Retail — 2.3%  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    130,836       27,330,332  

AutoNation Inc.(a)(b)

    90,459       11,014,288  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    33,731       57,274,901  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    206,764       13,032,335  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    383,783       40,569,701  

Burlington Stores Inc.(a)

    7,623       2,161,654  

CarMax Inc.(a)(b)

    297,384       38,053,257  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    125,120       14,985,622  

Foot Locker Inc.

    177,747       8,115,928  

Gap Inc. (The)

    398,772       9,052,124  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)(b)

    24,603       505,346  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    52,944       16,785,366  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    94,507       57,749,447  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

    63,085       6,346,351  

Petco Health & Wellness Co. Inc.(a)(b)

    103,802       2,190,222  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    67,147       3,710,543  

Vroom Inc.(a)(b)

    170,953       3,772,933  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    35,582       6,309,756  
   

 

 

 
        318,960,106  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.0%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    2,593,991       36,964,372  

HP Inc.

    1,562,962       42,762,640  

NetApp Inc.

    148,509       13,330,168  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)

    33,780       849,905  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    611,350       34,504,594  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    284,315       5,734,633  
   

 

 

 
      134,146,312  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    292,969       14,182,629  

Carter’s Inc.

    87,668       8,524,836  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    74,165       7,107,974  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    47,408       17,076,362  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    276,225       4,740,021  

PVH Corp.(a)(b)

    141,770       14,572,538  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    94,913       10,539,140  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    231,426       9,747,663  

Tapestry Inc.

    497,469       18,416,302  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)

    373,146       7,530,086  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    397,711       6,967,897  

VF Corp.

    232,594       15,581,472  
   

 

 

 
      134,986,920  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    669,627       10,017,620  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    894,069       11,506,668  

TFS Financial Corp.

    96,800       1,845,008  

UWM Holdings Corp.

    96,432       670,202  
   

 

 

 
      24,039,498  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%  

Air Lease Corp.

    211,145       8,306,444  

Core & Main Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    34,013       891,481  

Fastenal Co.

    128,451       6,629,356  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    88,825       7,122,877  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)(b)

    41,805       8,338,843  

United Rentals Inc.(a)

    93,854       32,936,184  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    330,531       7,873,249  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

IShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Watsco Inc.

    64,645     $ 17,106,360  

WW Grainger Inc.

    15,652       6,152,175  
   

 

 

 
      95,356,969  
Water Utilities — 0.6%  

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    362,311       61,245,052  

Essential Utilities Inc.

    448,843       20,682,685  
   

 

 

 
      81,927,737  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $11,094,131,908)

      13,851,659,323  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 1.9%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.05%(c)(d)(e)

    248,646,636       248,770,959  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    18,600,000       18,600,000  
   

 

 

 
      267,370,959  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.9%
(Cost: $267,204,230)

      267,370,959  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.7%
(Cost: $11,361,336,138)

 

    14,119,030,282  
   

 

 

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.7)%

 

    (230,263,346
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 13,888,766,936  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(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 six months ended September 30, 2021 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
09/30/21
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/21

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

  $ 235,625,516     $ 13,171,919 (a)    $     $ (3,640   $ (22,836   $ 248,770,959       248,646,636     $ 389,928 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

    18,090,000       510,000 (a)                        18,600,000       18,600,000       872        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (3,640   $ (22,836   $ 267,370,959       $ 390,800     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 400 E-Mini Index

     101          12/17/21        $ 26,595        $ (653,107

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Futures Contracts (continued)

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
      

Notional

Amount

(000)

       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     34          12/17/21        $ 7,306        $ (274,461
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (927,568
                 

 

 

 

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
 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 927,568  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 416,083  
  

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:       

Futures contracts

   $ (912,190
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 33,888,352      

 

 

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

   $ 13,851,659,323        $        $        $ 13,851,659,323  

Money Market Funds

     267,370,959                            267,370,959  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 14,119,030,282        $        $        $ 14,119,030,282  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ (927,568      $        $        $ (927,568
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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, 2021

 

   

iShares

Micro-Cap ETF

      

iShares

Russell 2500

ETF

      

iShares

Russell 3000 ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

           

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

           

Unaffiliated(b)

  $ 1,255,495,503        $ 187,662,928        $ 11,605,584,301  

Affiliated(c)

    205,256,992          303,792,083          232,404,758  

Cash

    7,205          294,093          115,238  

Cash pledged:

           

Futures contracts

    79,710          26,000          1,370,459  

Receivables:

           

Investments sold

    2,836,932                    

Securities lending income — Affiliated

    297,106          52,411          58,682  

Capital shares sold

    855                    

Dividends

    684,230          190,917          7,533,095  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,464,658,533          492,018,432          11,847,066,533  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

           

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    204,321,386          155,603,996          182,715,072  

Payables:

           

Investments purchased

    3,457,799                    

Variation margin on futures contracts

    12,723          4,138          267,696  

Capital shares redeemed

                      214,147  

Investment advisory fees

    628,810          18,868          1,998,003  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    208,420,718          155,627,002          185,194,918  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,256,237,815        $ 336,391,430        $ 11,661,871,615  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

           

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,112,995,136        $ 276,961,294        $ 7,272,674,217  

Accumulated earnings

    143,242,679          59,430,136          4,389,197,398  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,256,237,815        $ 336,391,430        $ 11,661,871,615  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    8,700,000          5,250,000          45,750,000  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 144.40        $ 64.07        $ 254.90  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited          Unlimited          Unlimited  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Par value

    None          None          None  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)  Securities loaned, at value

  $ 196,253,610        $ 150,532,791        $ 176,327,663  

(b)  Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

  $ 1,152,781,475        $ 158,845,764        $ 7,301,331,382  

(c) Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 205,187,426        $ 280,780,554        $ 217,674,497  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2021

 

   

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

ETF

      

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Growth ETF

      

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Value ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

           

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

           

Unaffiliated(b)

  $ 28,980,405,349        $ 15,549,261,673        $ 13,851,659,323  

Affiliated(c)

    1,022,261,721          891,106,254          267,370,959  

Cash

    1,147,293          371,961          677,988  

Cash pledged:

           

Futures contracts

    3,416,420          1,090,990          1,949,590  

Receivables:

           

Securities lending income — Affiliated

    189,125          176,227          43,255  

Dividends

    27,283,766          3,187,869          19,116,432  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

    30,034,703,674          16,445,194,974          14,140,817,547  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

           

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    984,030,117          871,329,728          248,498,659  

Payables:

           

Investments purchased

    748,101                   323,212  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    862,777          251,849          517,618  

Capital shares redeemed

             8,166           

Investment advisory fees

    4,541,368          3,089,226          2,711,122  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    990,182,363          874,678,969          252,050,611  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 29,044,521,311        $ 15,570,516,005        $ 13,888,766,936  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

           

Paid-in capital

  $ 18,619,846,823        $ 10,278,677,197        $ 11,489,447,161  

Accumulated earnings

    10,424,674,488          5,291,838,808          2,399,319,775  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 29,044,521,311        $ 15,570,516,005        $ 13,888,766,936  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    371,200,000          138,850,000          122,650,000  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 78.24        $ 112.14        $ 113.24  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited          Unlimited          Unlimited  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Par value

    None          None          None  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)  Securities loaned, at value

  $ 945,605,457        $ 890,918,655        $ 215,738,097  

(b)  Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

  $ 18,447,920,184        $ 11,433,456,517        $ 11,094,131,908  

(c) Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 1,021,791,697        $ 890,714,305        $ 267,204,230  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

   

iShares

Micro-Cap

ETF

         

iShares

Russell 2500

ETF

         

iShares

Russell 3000

ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

         

Dividends — Unaffiliated

  $ 5,538,231       $ 1,201,930       $ 78,230,170  

Dividends — Affiliated

    78         676,703         324,899  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

    1,618,978         229,076         371,187  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (16,049       (691       (16,392
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

    7,141,238         2,107,018         78,909,864  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES

         

Investment advisory fees

    3,986,315         233,828         11,842,028  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,986,315         233,828         11,842,028  

Less:

         

Investment advisory fees waived

            (128,801        
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    3,986,315         105,027         11,842,028  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3,154,923         2,001,991         67,067,836  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

         

Net realized gain (loss) from:

         

Investments — Unaffiliated

    42,786,776         (1,015,676       (17,316,070

Investments — Affiliated

    (11,158       79,687         4,113  

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

    189,175,013         7,744,493         292,207,519  

In-kind redemptions — Affiliated

            1,443,511         1,333,960  

Futures contracts

    (225,511       29,608         2,948,308  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    231,725,120         8,281,623         279,177,830  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

         

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (252,055,014       (682,422       539,777,211  

Investments — Affiliated

    (10,900       (3,165,061       2,100,246  

Futures contracts

    1,173         (15,132       (833,344
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (252,064,741       (3,862,615       541,044,113  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (20,339,621       4,419,008         820,221,943  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (17,184,698     $ 6,420,999       $ 887,289,779  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

   

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

ETF

         

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Growth ETF

         

iShares

Russell

Mid-Cap

Value ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

         

Dividends — Unaffiliated

  $ 171,833,232       $ 40,480,175       $ 108,398,056  

Dividends — Affiliated

    2,051         777         872  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

    1,539,740         1,566,774         389,928  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (37,691       (5,541       (25,135
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

    173,337,332         42,042,185         108,763,721  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES

         

Investment advisory fees

    27,150,675         18,092,178         16,383,662  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses

    27,150,675         18,092,178         16,383,662  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

    146,186,657         23,950,007         92,380,059  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

         

Net realized gain (loss) from:

         

Investments — Unaffiliated

    157,821,651         89,132,819         656,000,216  

Investments — Affiliated

    (13,737       11,711         (3,640

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

    1,109,186,708         2,107,306,775         243,350,272  

Futures contracts

    3,313,233         2,152,933         416,083  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    1,270,307,855         2,198,604,238         899,762,931  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

         

Investments — Unaffiliated

    353,706,970         (736,668,483       (401,844,721

Investments — Affiliated

    (79,641       (75,528       (22,836

Futures contracts

    (1,846,040       (809,987       (912,190
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    351,781,289         (737,553,998       (402,779,747
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    1,622,089,144         1,461,050,240         496,983,184  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 1,768,275,801       $ 1,485,000,247       $ 589,363,243  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

         

iShares

Micro-Cap ETF

       

iShares

Russell 2500 ETF

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

       

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                 

OPERATIONS

                 

Net investment income

    $ 3,154,923       $ 7,953,178                    $ 2,001,991       $ 1,875,578  

Net realized gain

      231,725,120         18,081,192           8,281,623         4,120,692  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      (252,064,741       632,697,905           (3,862,615       66,690,370  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      (17,184,698       658,732,275           6,420,999         72,686,640  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (3,412,877       (8,886,794         (1,892,066       (2,053,020
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (109,753,140       174,536,784           64,744,567         154,463,552  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (130,350,715       824,382,265           69,273,500         225,097,172  

Beginning of period

      1,386,588,530         562,206,265           267,117,930         42,020,758  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 1,256,237,815       $ 1,386,588,530         $ 336,391,430       $ 267,117,930  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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

Russell 3000 ETF

   

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap ETF

 
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                    

OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income

    $ 67,067,836       $ 135,062,426       $ 146,186,657       $ 270,198,642  

Net realized gain

      279,177,830         1,061,621,917         1,270,307,855         700,515,561  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      541,044,113         3,423,435,522         351,781,289         10,488,765,188  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      887,289,779         4,620,119,865         1,768,275,801         11,459,479,391  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

               

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (63,610,065       (140,402,335       (155,393,992       (291,549,968
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (120,154,839       (1,752,359,037       308,322,262         201,796,936  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

               

Total increase in net assets

      703,524,875         2,727,358,493         1,921,204,071         11,369,726,359  

Beginning of period

      10,958,346,740         8,230,988,247         27,123,317,240         15,753,590,881  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 11,661,871,615       $ 10,958,346,740       $ 29,044,521,311       $ 27,123,317,240  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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

Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

   

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
   

    

   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

   

   

   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

    

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

               

OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income

    $ 23,950,007       $ 48,647,158       $ 92,380,059       $ 174,406,967  

Net realized gain

      2,198,604,238         1,634,159,985         899,762,931         31,845,912  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      (737,553,998       4,645,472,122         (402,779,747       5,513,829,072  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      1,485,000,247         6,328,279,265         589,363,243         5,720,081,951  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

               

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (26,412,877       (50,299,403       (99,534,773       (194,749,263
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (710,340,465       (809,354,311       278,912,479         (607,251,620
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

               

Total increase in net assets

      748,246,905         5,468,625,551         768,740,949         4,918,081,068  

Beginning of period

      14,822,269,100         9,353,643,549         13,120,025,987         8,201,944,919  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 15,570,516,005       $ 14,822,269,100       $ 13,888,766,936       $ 13,120,025,987  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

iShares Micro-Cap ETF

 
 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended
03/31/21

   

Year Ended
03/31/20

   

Year Ended
03/31/19

   

Year Ended
03/31/18

   

Year Ended
03/31/17

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 146.73             $ 67.33             $ 92.88             $ 96.11             $ 85.68             $ 68.00  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.35         0.96         0.94         0.89         0.79         0.85  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

      (2.29       79.50         (25.28       (3.24       10.68         17.82  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (1.94       80.46         (24.34       (2.35       11.47         18.67  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.39       (1.06       (1.21       (0.88       (1.04       (0.99
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.39       (1.06       (1.21       (0.88       (1.04       (0.99
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 144.40       $ 146.73       $ 67.33       $ 92.88       $ 96.11       $ 85.68  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (1.34 )%(e)         120.24       (26.47 )%        (2.48 )%        13.43       27.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                       

Total expenses

      0.60 %(f)         0.60       0.60       0.60       0.60       0.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.47 %(f)         0.92       1.03       0.91       0.86       1.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 1,256,238       $ 1,386,589       $ 562,206       $ 882,335       $ 879,375       $ 852,535  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

      34 %(e)        35       24       25       22       21
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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)

Annualized.

(g)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell 2500 ETF  
 

 

 
  Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

 

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

 

 

 

Year Ended

03/31/20

 

 

 

 

Year Ended

03/31/19

 

 

     

Period From

07/06/17

to 03/31/18

 

(a) 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period.

           $ 62.85             $ 33.62             $ 44.13             $ 43.24             $ 39.34  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.42         0.75         0.72         0.65         0.42  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      1.17         29.21         (10.50       1.22         3.88  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.59         29.96         (9.78       1.87         4.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                   

From net investment income

      (0.37       (0.73       (0.73       (0.62       (0.40

From net realized gain

                              (0.36        

Return of capital

                                      (0.00 )(e)  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.37       (0.73       (0.73       (0.98       (0.40
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 64.07       $ 62.85       $ 33.62       $ 44.13       $ 43.24  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

                   

Based on net asset value

      2.51 %(g)         89.71       (22.47 )%        4.49       10.96 %(g)  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                   

Total expenses(h)

      0.15 %(i)         0.15       0.15       0.15       0.15 %(i) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived(h)

      0.07 %(i)        0.07       0.07       0.06       0.07 %(i) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.28 %(i)        1.44       1.60       1.49       1.37 %(i) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                   

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 336,391       $ 267,118       $ 42,021       $ 35,302       $ 6,486  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)(k)

      10 %(g)        16       14       12       5 %(g) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

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.

(d)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)

Rounds to less than $0.01.

(f)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g)

Not annualized.

(h)

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). This ratio does not include these acquired fund fees and expenses.

(i)

Annualized.

(j)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

(k)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   H I G H L I G H T S

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell 3000 ETF  
 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended
09/30/21

(unaudited)

         

Year Ended

03/31/21

         

Year Ended

03/31/20

         

Year Ended

03/31/19

          Year Ended
03/31/18
         

Year Ended

03/31/17

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 237.19             $ 148.31             $ 166.74             $ 156.30             $ 139.89             $ 120.86  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      1.45         2.73         2.91         2.78         2.53         2.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

      17.64         89.03         (18.04       10.52         16.45         19.07  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      19.09         91.76         (15.13       13.30         18.98         21.41  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

                       

From net investment income

      (1.38       (2.88       (3.30       (2.86       (2.57       (2.38
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (1.38       (2.88       (3.30       (2.86       (2.57       (2.38
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 254.90       $ 237.19       $ 148.31       $ 166.74       $ 156.30       $ 139.89  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                       

Based on net asset value

      8.04 %(e)         62.21       (9.29 )%        8.59       13.64       17.87
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                       

Total expenses

      0.20 %(f)         0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.13 %(f)         1.37       1.69       1.72       1.68       1.81
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 11,661,872       $ 10,958,347       $ 8,230,988       $ 9,379,045       $ 8,182,126       $ 7,379,312  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

      3 %(e)         4       5       5       4       4
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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)

Annualized.

(g)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended
09/30/21

(unaudited)

 
 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

 

 

     

Year Ended

03/31/19

 

(a)  

     

Year Ended

03/31/18

 

(a)  

     

Year Ended

03/31/17

 

(a)  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

             $ 73.93             $ 43.20             $ 53.93             $ 51.61             $ 46.82             $ 40.76  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.39         0.74         0.91         0.81         0.76         0.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      4.34         30.79         (10.71       2.44         4.84         6.12  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      4.73         31.53         (9.80       3.25         5.60         6.80  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.42       (0.80       (0.93       (0.93       (0.81       (0.74
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.42       (0.80       (0.93       (0.93       (0.81       (0.74
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 78.24       $ 73.93       $ 43.20       $ 53.93       $ 51.61       $ 46.82  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      6.38 %(f)         73.38       (18.44 )%        6.38       12.02       16.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(g)         0.19       0.19       0.19       0.20       0.20
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.99 %(g)         1.23       1.63       1.55       1.53       1.56
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 29,044,521       $ 27,123,317       $ 15,753,591       $ 18,593,536       $ 16,988,034       $ 15,468,666  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

      10 %(f)         14       10       11       10       11
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on October 25, 2018.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

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.

(d)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Annualized.

(h)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

 

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

(a)  

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

 

(a)  

   

Year Ended

03/31/19

 

(a)  

   

Year Ended

03/31/18

 

(a)  

   
Year Ended
03/31/17
 
(a)  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

               $ 102.01     $ 60.86     $ 67.81     $ 61.46     $ 51.90     $ 46.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.17       0.32       0.47       0.56       0.48       0.46  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      10.15       41.16       (6.97     6.35       9.58       5.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      10.32       41.48       (6.50     6.91       10.06       6.35  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

             

From net investment income

      (0.19     (0.33     (0.45     (0.56     (0.50     (0.53
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.19     (0.33     (0.45     (0.56     (0.50     (0.53
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 112.14     $ 102.01     $ 60.86     $ 67.81     $ 61.46     $ 51.90  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

             

Based on net asset value

      10.11 %(f)       68.27     (9.67 )%      11.28     19.46     13.85
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

      0.23 %(g)       0.23     0.24     0.24     0.24     0.25
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.31 %(g)       0.36     0.65     0.88     0.84     0.94
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 15,570,516     $ 14,822,269     $ 9,353,644     $ 10,217,865     $ 8,561,654     $ 7,240,120  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

      31 %(f)       23     23     20     24     27
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on December 4, 2020.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

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.

(d)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Annualized.

(h)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF  
 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/21

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
    Year Ended
03/31/17
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

         $ 109.15             $ 64.10             $ 86.86             $ 86.44             $ 83.02             $ 70.95  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.75         1.43         1.93         1.67         1.69         1.55  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

      4.15         45.22         (22.63       0.70         3.48         12.18  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      4.90         46.65         (20.70       2.37         5.17         13.73  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.81       (1.60       (2.06       (1.95       (1.75       (1.66
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.81       (1.60       (2.06       (1.95       (1.75       (1.66
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 113.24       $ 109.15       $ 64.10       $ 86.86       $ 86.44       $ 83.02  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                       

Based on net asset value

      4.47 %(e)         73.40       (24.28 )%        2.78       6.28       19.51
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                       

Total expenses

      0.23 %(f)        0.23       0.24       0.24       0.24       0.25
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.30 %(f)        1.65       2.18       1.93       1.98       2.00
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 13,888,767       $ 13,120,026       $ 8,201,945       $ 11,218,007       $ 10,533,292       $ 9,555,303  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

      18 %(e)        25       20       25       20       21
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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)

Annualized.

(g)

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    
 

Micro-Cap

    Diversified      

Russell 2500

    Diversified      

Russell 3000

    Diversified      

Russell Mid-Cap

    Diversified      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    Diversified      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    Diversified      

Currently the iShares Russell 2500 ETF seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in an iShares fund (an “underlying fund”). The financial statements, including the accounting policies, and schedules of investments for the underlying Fund are available on iShares.com and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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. 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.

Foreign Taxes: 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 jurisdictions 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, 2021, 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.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and record cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, 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 or obligations.

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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). 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 a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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.

   

Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.

   

Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last traded price or official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be 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.

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 Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

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 Global 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 Global 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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Warrants: Warrants entitle a fund to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the strike price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and a fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.

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 BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, 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. 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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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    
Market Value of
  Securities on Loan
 
 
    
 Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a)  
   
  Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
         Net Amount  

 

 

Micro-Cap

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 10,286,122      $ 10,286,122     $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    760,802        760,802               

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    63,448        63,448               

BNP Paribas SA

    22,374,067        22,374,067               

BofA Securities, Inc.

    21,531,983        21,531,983               

Citadel Clearing LLC

    98,984        98,984               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    6,498,507        6,498,507               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    12,986,953        12,986,953               

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    3,792,182        3,792,182               

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    23,281,114        23,281,114               

HSBC Bank PLC

    5,495,799        5,495,799               

ING Financial Markets LLC

    57,220        57,220               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    25,796,756        25,796,756               

Jefferies LLC

    132,700        132,700               

Morgan Stanley

    34,576,986        34,576,986               

National Financial Services LLC

    11,350,215        11,350,215               

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    47,460        47,460               

Pershing LLC

    92,243        90,397              (1,846 )(b) 

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    543,640        543,640               

SG Americas Securities LLC

    28,106        28,106               

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    3,514,285        3,514,285               

Toronto Dominion Bank

    3,637,930        3,637,930               

UBS AG

    4,963,204        4,963,204               

UBS Securities LLC

    669,823        669,823               

Virtu Americas LLC

    333,593        333,593               

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    550,726        550,726               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    2,788,762        2,788,762               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 196,253,610      $ 196,251,764     $      $ (1,846
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell 2500

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 3,672,146      $ 3,672,146     $      $  

BNP Paribas SA

    16,704        16,704               

BofA Securities, Inc.

    3,339,787        3,339,787               

Citadel Clearing LLC

    202,133        202,133               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    326,381        326,381               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    53,743,741        53,743,741               

HSBC Bank PLC

    267,945        267,945               

ING Financial Markets LLC

    139,876        139,876               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    6,588,451        6,588,451               

Jefferies LLC

    74,830,839        74,830,839               

SG Americas Securities LLC

    831,125        831,125               

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    140,614        140,614               

Toronto Dominion Bank

    1,032,949        1,032,949               

UBS AG

    2,230,955        2,230,955               

UBS Securities LLC

    27,488        27,488               

Virtu Americas LLC

    2,838,173        2,838,173               

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    67,907        67,907               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    235,577        235,577               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 150,532,791      $ 150,532,791     $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Market Value of
  Securities on Loan
 
 
    
 Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a)  
   
  Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
         Net Amount  

 

 

Russell 3000

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 10,079,520      $ 10,079,520     $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    7,213,166        7,213,166               

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    747,881        747,881               

BNP Paribas SA

    22,426,728        22,426,728               

BofA Securities, Inc.

    7,934,306        7,867,127              (67,179 )(b) 

Citadel Clearing LLC

    1,534,971        1,534,971               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    12,965,182        12,965,182               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    4,120,550        4,120,550               

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,584,054        1,584,054               

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    16,180,548        16,180,548               

HSBC Bank PLC

    16,721,598        16,721,598               

ING Financial Markets LLC

    2,018        2,018               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    30,108,442        30,108,442               

Jefferies LLC

    1,240,126        1,240,126               

Morgan Stanley

    14,253,132        14,253,132               

National Financial Services LLC

    2,941,067        2,941,067               

Natixis S.A.

    245,441        245,441               

Pershing LLC

    43,644        42,888              (756 )(b) 

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    157,029        157,029               

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    7,319,673        7,319,673               

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    263,031        263,031               

Toronto Dominion Bank

    3,187,966        3,187,966               

UBS AG

    8,934,117        8,934,117               

UBS Securities LLC

    3,804,650        3,804,650               

Virtu Americas LLC

    149,992        149,992               

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    1,093,505        1,093,505               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    1,075,326        1,075,326               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 176,327,663      $ 176,259,728     $      $ (67,935
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 83,324,577      $ 83,324,577     $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    2,525,909        2,525,909               

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    744,143        744,143               

BNP Paribas SA

    116,959,689        116,959,689               

BofA Securities, Inc.

    49,395,651        49,395,651               

Citadel Clearing LLC

    2,953,175        2,953,175               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    146,507,057        146,507,057               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    18,251,950        18,251,950               

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,086,707        1,086,707               

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    111,307,447        111,307,447               

HSBC Bank PLC

    4,927,838        4,927,838               

ING Financial Markets LLC

    60,030        60,030               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    192,803,760        192,803,760               

Jefferies LLC

    287,851        287,851               

Morgan Stanley

    63,024,538        63,024,538               

National Financial Services LLC

    11,606,399        11,068,137              (538,262 )(b) 

Natixis S.A.

    3,026,405        3,026,405               

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    97,108        97,108               

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    13,723,374        13,723,374               

SG Americas Securities LLC

    3,481,153        3,481,153               

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    6,409,601        6,409,601               

Toronto Dominion Bank

    29,997,964        29,997,964               

UBS AG

    50,198,415        50,198,415               

UBS Securities LLC

    16,380,327        16,380,327               

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    6,687,706        6,687,706               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    9,836,683        9,836,683               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 945,605,457      $ 945,067,195     $      $ (538,262
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Market Value of
  Securities on Loan
 
 
    

 Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a) 

   
  Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
    
    Net
Amount
 
 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 29,248,569      $ 28,722,439     $      $ (526,130 )(b) 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1,636,383        1,635,055              (1,328 )(b) 

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    111,440        105,641              (5,799 )(b) 

BNP Paribas SA

    136,002,762        135,419,283              (583,479 )(b) 

BofA Securities, Inc.

    45,869,881        45,521,856              (348,025 )(b) 

Citadel Clearing LLC

    7,357,359        7,137,450              (219,909 )(b) 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    126,021,945        124,397,025              (1,624,920 )(b) 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    31,393,325        31,211,336              (181,989 )(b) 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    16,424        15,970              (454 )(b) 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    63,483,444        62,904,225              (579,219 )(b) 

HSBC Bank PLC

    11,704,791        11,704,791               

ING Financial Markets LLC

    293,490        293,490               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    157,457,358        154,370,116              (3,087,242 )(b) 

Morgan Stanley

    167,788,898        160,760,748              (7,028,150 )(b) 

National Financial Services LLC

    17,284,194        15,715,321              (1,568,873 )(b) 

Natixis S.A.

    4,354,360        4,354,360               

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    34,186        34,186               

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    1,156        1,141              (15 )(b) 

SG Americas Securities LLC

    7,340,856        6,907,251              (433,605 )(b) 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    4,769,400        4,622,944              (146,456 )(b) 

Toronto Dominion Bank

    1,789,014        1,789,014               

UBS AG

    40,442,762        38,490,735              (1,952,027 )(b) 

UBS Securities LLC

    23,846,029        22,945,333              (900,696 )(b) 

Virtu Americas LLC

    1,879,194        1,830,855              (48,339 )(b) 

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    6,926,962        6,622,966              (303,996 )(b) 

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    3,864,473        3,756,155              (108,318 )(b) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 890,918,655      $ 871,269,686     $      $ (19,648,969
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Value

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 9,625,722      $ 9,625,722     $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    3,576,970        3,576,970               

BNP Paribas SA

    43,717,933        43,717,933               

BofA Securities, Inc.

    12,456,844        12,456,844               

Citadel Clearing LLC

    196,570        196,570               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    27,422,052        27,422,052               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    17,235,581        17,235,581               

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,228,751        1,228,751               

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    19,616,922        19,616,922               

HSBC Bank PLC

    1,431,138        1,431,138               

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    30,621,037        30,621,037               

Jefferies LLC

    398,051        398,051               

Morgan Stanley

    14,515,782        14,515,782               

National Financial Services LLC

    1,964,181        1,964,181               

SG Americas Securities LLC

    559,456        559,456               

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    7,745,900        7,745,900               

Toronto Dominion Bank

    7,917,483        7,917,483               

UBS AG

    10,280,999        10,280,999               

UBS Securities LLC

    4,483,730        4,483,730               

Virtu Americas LLC

    486,445        484,419              (2,026 )(b) 

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    256,550        256,550               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 215,738,097      $ 215,736,071     $      $ (2,026
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Collateral received 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 Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

 
  (b)

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2021. 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 a 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 of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the

 

 

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value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the 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 an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at 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.

 

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 Fee  

Micro-Cap

    0.60

Russell 2500

    0.15  

Russell 3000

    0.20  

For its investment advisory services to the iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fee  

First $121 billion

    0.2000

Over $121 billion, up to and including $181 billion

    0.1900  

Over $181 billion, up to and including $231 billion

    0.1805  

Over $231 billion, up to and including $281 billion

    0.1715  

Over $281 billion

    0.1630  

For its investment advisory services to each of the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETFs, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on each Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fee  

First $121 billion

    0.2500

Over $121 billion, up to and including $181 billion

    0.2375  

Over $181 billion, up to and including $231 billion

    0.2257  

Over $231 billion, up to and including $281 billion

    0.2144  

Over $281 billion

    0.2037  

 

 

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Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, is a fund’s total annual operating expenses. Total expenses as shown in the Statement of Operations does not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

For the iShares Russell 2500 ETF, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through July 31, 2022 in an amount equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, attributable to the Fund’s investments in other iShares funds, provided that the waiver be no greater than the Fund’s investment advisory fee of 0.15%.

This amount is included in investment advisory fees waived in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2021, the amounts waived in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement were as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts waived    

Russell 2500

  $ 128,801    

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, 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.

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. 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 77% 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, 2021, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Fees Paid    
to BTC    
 

Micro-Cap

  $   523,228      

Russell 2500

    90,955      

Russell 3000

    145,216      

Russell Mid-Cap

    597,981      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    594,701      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    154,922      

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

 

 

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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.

For the six months ended September 30, 2021, 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)      

Micro-Cap

  $ 75,338,547      $ 175,081,531      $ 36,603,209  

Russell 2500

    13,267,000        5,555,100        (990,284 )     

Russell 3000

    46,661,158        66,868,864        (6,344,256

Russell Mid-Cap

    913,505,247        947,756,011        (75,768,577

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

     2,505,083,168         2,211,549,391        11,646,507  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,505,883,247        1,723,695,443         434,059,533  

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, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      

Micro-Cap

  $ 450,969,782      $ 452,709,695      

Russell 2500

    31,471,463        31,395,351      

Russell 3000

    366,072,424        366,690,472      

Russell Mid-Cap

    2,966,681,071        2,936,059,973      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    4,763,649,653        4,779,690,018      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    2,574,073,297        2,564,509,381      

For the six months ended September 30, 2021, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind     

Sales     

 

Micro-Cap

  $ 183,411,151      $ 290,646,474      

Russell 2500

    87,670,098        23,004,301      

Russell 3000

    387,369,402        504,335,747      

Russell Mid-Cap

    1,988,278,582        1,700,331,209      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    3,429,790,084        4,128,433,259      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    936,176,977        658,393,842      

 

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, 2021, 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, 2021, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Non-Expiring      

Micro-Cap

  $ 167,055,446      

Russell 2500

    342,063      

Russell 3000

    133,494,308      

Russell Mid-Cap

    1,132,451,882      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    998,195,710      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,155,965,224      

 

 

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A fund may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” Such fund may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.

As of September 30, 2021, 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)    

 

Micro-Cap.

  $ 1,381,899,928      $ 268,615,962      $ (189,762,178   $ 78,853,784      

Russell 2500

    439,902,844        56,532,589        (4,988,328     51,544,261      

Russell 3000

    7,597,099,610        4,752,539,353        (512,453,637     4,240,085,716      

Russell Mid-Cap

    19,704,795,180        11,222,518,867        (926,395,574     10,296,123,293      

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

    12,348,785,166        4,504,232,607        (413,302,274     4,090,930,333      

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    11,455,441,310        3,206,440,024        (543,778,620     2,662,661,404      

 

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: Each Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force each Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Each Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from each Fund’s portfolio will decline if each Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below each Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.

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. 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 the Manager 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.

 

 

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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 a 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.

Certain 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.

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 will be phased out by the end of 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

09/30/21

       

Year Ended

03/31/21

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares        Amount         Shares      Amount  

 

 

Micro-Cap

             

Shares sold

    1,250,000        $ 188,984,015            1,900,000      $ 258,640,222  

Shares redeemed

    (2,000,000        (298,737,155       (800,000      (84,103,438
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (750,000      $ (109,753,140       1,100,000      $ 174,536,784  
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell 2500

             

Shares sold

    1,350,000        $ 87,997,030         3,250,000      $ 166,498,017  

Shares redeemed

    (350,000        (23,252,463       (250,000      (12,034,465
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

    1,000,000        $ 64,744,567         3,000,000      $ 154,463,552  
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell 3000

             

Shares sold

    1,550,000        $ 390,072,388         2,250,000      $ 455,681,225  

Shares redeemed

    (2,000,000        (510,227,227       (11,550,000      (2,208,040,262
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (450,000      $ (120,154,839       (9,300,000    $ (1,752,359,037
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap

             

Shares sold

    25,550,000        $ 2,001,003,165         51,900,000      $ 2,889,310,154  

Shares redeemed

    (21,250,000        (1,692,680,903       (49,700,000      (2,687,513,218
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

    4,300,000        $ 308,322,262         2,200,000      $ 201,796,936  
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Growth

             

Shares sold

    30,850,000        $ 3,433,758,040         53,000,000 (a)     $ 4,406,706,279  

Shares redeemed

    (37,300,000        (4,144,098,505       (61,400,000 )(a)       (5,216,060,590
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (6,450,000      $ (710,340,465       (8,400,000    $ (809,354,311
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Value

             

Shares sold

    8,250,000        $ 941,568,455         15,200,000      $ 1,399,838,175  

Shares redeemed

    (5,800,000        (662,655,976       (22,950,000      (2,007,089,795
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    2,450,000        $ 278,912,479         (7,750,000    $ (607,251,620
 

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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  (a)

Share transactions reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on December 4, 2020.

 

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 State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s administrator, 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.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Certain iShares funds (the “Impacted Funds”), along with thousands of other former shareholders of Tribune Company (“Tribune”), were named as defendants in one or more lawsuits (the “Litigation”) arising out of Tribune’s 2007 leveraged buyout transaction (“LBO”). The Litigation seeks to “claw back” from former Tribune shareholders, including the Impacted Funds, proceeds received in connection with the LBO. The iShares Russell 3000 ETF, iShares Russell MidCap ETF and iShares Russell MidCap Value ETF received proceeds of $518,568, $2,662,268 and $4,836,058, respectively, in the LBO. The claims that were originally brought against the Impacted Funds were dismissed but are currently subject to an appeal which remains pending. The outcome of this appeal could result in new claims being brought against the Impacted Funds and/or previously dismissed claims being revived and subject to continuing litigation. The Impacted Funds intend to vigorously defend the Litigation.

 

12.

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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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract 

 

iShares Micro-Cap ETF (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”) 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 7, 2021 and May 14, 2021, 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 15-16, 2021, 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 (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable 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 overall fund expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were higher than the median of overall fund 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 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 and proposed enhancements 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, which were provided at the May 7, 2021 meeting and throughout the year.

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

 

 

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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 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, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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 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 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 also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board 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 (i) 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 and (ii) other technology-related initiatives aimed to better support the iShares funds. The Board further 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 Russell 2500 ETF, iShares Russell 3000 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”) 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

 

 

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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 7, 2021 and May 14, 2021, 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 15-16, 2021, 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 (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable 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 overall fund expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the overall fund 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, 2020, to that of 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 and proposed enhancements 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, which were provided at the May 7, 2021 meeting and throughout the year.

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,

 

 

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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 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, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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 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. Further, with respect to comparisons with one or more open-end index mutual funds registered under the 1940 Act managed by BFA (or an affiliate) that track the same index as the Fund and have investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) that are lower than the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the Fund, the Board gave weight to management’s explanations of the relevant circumstances applicable to such mutual funds. 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 also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board 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 (i) 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 and (ii) other technology-related initiatives aimed to better support the iShares funds. The Board further 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 Russell Mid-Cap ETF (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

 

 

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Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) 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 7, 2021 and May 14, 2021, 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 15-16, 2021, 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 (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable 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 overall fund expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were higher than the median of overall fund 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 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 and proposed enhancements 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, which were provided at the May 7, 2021 meeting and throughout the year.

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,

 

 

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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 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, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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 already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board further noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised 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 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. Further, with respect to comparisons with one or more open-end index mutual funds registered under the 1940 Act managed by BFA (or an affiliate) that track the same index as the Fund and have investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) that are lower than the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the Fund, the Board gave weight to management’s explanations of the relevant circumstances applicable to such mutual funds. 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 also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board 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 (i) 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 and (ii) other technology-related initiatives aimed to better support the iShares funds. The Board further 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 Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF (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

 

 

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Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) 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 7, 2021 and May 14, 2021, 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 15-16, 2021, 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 (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable 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 overall fund expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the overall fund 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 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 and proposed enhancements 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, which were provided at the May 7, 2021 meeting and throughout the year.

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,

 

 

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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 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, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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 already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board further noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised 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 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 also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board 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 (i) 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 and (ii) other technology-related initiatives aimed to better support the iShares funds. The Board further 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 Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (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”) 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

 

 

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evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 7, 2021 and May 14, 2021, 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 15-16, 2021, 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 (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable 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 overall fund expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the overall fund 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 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 and proposed enhancements 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, which were provided at the May 7, 2021 meeting and throughout the year.

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 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, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

 

 

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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 already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board further noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised 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 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 also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board 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 (i) 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 and (ii) other technology-related initiatives aimed to better support the iShares funds. The Board further 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)

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

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, 2021

 

       
    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

 

Micro-Cap(a)

  $   0.373544     $     $   0.015410     $   0.388954                  96         4     100

Russell 2500(a)

    0.266623             0.102942       0.369565         72             28       100  

Russell 3000(a)

    1.353126             0.023949       1.377075         98             2       100  

Russell Mid-Cap(a)

    0.398396             0.020033       0.418429         95             5       100  

Russell Mid-Cap Growth(a)

    0.185455             0.004573       0.190028         98             2       100  

Russell Mid-Cap Value(a)

    0.767010             0.041313       0.808323               95             5       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 email 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:

 

   

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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 Company’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 Abbreviations - Equity
NVS   Non-Voting Shares
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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