N-CSR 1 d454871dncsr.htm ISHARES TRUST iSHARES TRUST

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-09729

 

 

iShares Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2023

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2023

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

LOGO

  MARCH 31, 2023

 

  

  

2023 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

 

·

 

iShares S&P 100 ETF | OEF | NYSE Arca

·

 

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | IVW | NYSE Arca

·

 

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | IVE | NYSE Arca

·

 

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF | IJS | NYSE Arca

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023
     
  6-Month  
12-Month  
   

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

  15.62   (7.73 )% 
   

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

  9.14     (11.61
   

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

  27.27     (1.38
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  14.04     (10.70
   

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

  1.93     2.52  
   

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

  4.38     (6.90
   

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

  4.89     (4.78
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  7.00     0.26  
   

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

  7.88     (3.35

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

  

 

2

 

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

  

 

4

 

Fund Summary

  

 

5

 

About Fund Performance

  

 

13

 

Disclosure of Expenses

  

 

13

 

Schedules of Investments

  

 

14

 

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

  

 

40

 

Statements of Operations

  

 

41

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  

 

42

 

Financial Highlights

  

 

44

 

Notes to Financial Statements

  

 

48

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  

 

57

 

Important Tax Information

  

 

58

 

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

  

 

60

 

Supplemental Information

  

 

61

 

Trustee and Officer Information

  

 

62

 

General Information

  

 

66

 

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

  

 

67

 

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P100 ETF(the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of 100 large-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P 100® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

   

 Average Annual Total Returns 

   

      Cumulative Total Returns       

 
    

1 Year

    

5 Years

    

10 Years

   

1 Year

   

5 Years

    

10 Years

 

Fund NAV

 

 

(8.80

)% 

  

 

11.88

  

 

12.31

 

 

(8.80

)% 

 

 

75.32

  

 

219.40

Fund Market

 

 

(8.93

  

 

11.87

 

  

 

12.32

 

 

 

(8.93

 

 

75.21

 

  

 

219.64

 

Index

 

 

(8.62

  

 

12.11

 

  

 

12.53

 

 

 

(8.62

 

 

77.14

 

  

 

225.73

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

        

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

         

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

  

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
 
 

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,161.80

 

    

$

1.08

 

         

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,023.93

 

    

$

1.01

 

  

 

0.20

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Mega-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return for the reporting period. While consumer spending continued to grow, rising inflation drove up companies’ costs, and consumers increasingly sought bargains as higher prices eroded personal spending power.

Within the sector, the internet and direct marketing retail industry detracted significantly from the Index’s performance. The sharp rise in e-commerce, which boosted the industry early in the pandemic, waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Overbuilding of warehouses during the online shopping surge created excess capacity, which weighed on industry cash flow. Slowing revenue growth from data cloud services further pressured the industry’s profitability. The automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales continued to grow, production did not meet analysts’ expectations, and price discounts on some new models negatively impacted revenues. Increased competition from both domestic and international manufacturers also weighed on the industry, as more automakers expanded their EV offerings.

The communication services sector also detracted, as the rising interest rate environment negatively impacted the interactive media and services industry, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects. Demand for online advertisements slowed during the reporting period, as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Stiff competition among companies producing disruptive new artificial intelligence products also pressured the industry.

On the upside, energy sector stocks contributed to the Index’s return. Relatively high average prices of energy commodities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Information Technology

 

 

31.6

Health Care

 

 

13.4

 

Financials

 

 

12.4

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

11.4

 

Communication Services

 

 

11.2

 

Consumer Staples

 

 

7.9

 

Industrials

 

 

5.3

 

Energy

 

 

3.8

 

Utilities

 

 

1.5

 

Other (each representing less than 1%)

 

 

1.5

 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Apple Inc.

 

 

10.8

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

9.4

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

4.1

 

NVIDIA Corp.

 

 

3.0

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

 

 

2.7

 

Tesla, Inc.

 

 

2.5

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

 

 

2.4

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

 

 

2.4

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

 

 

2.1

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023     iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the S&P 500 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  
 

 

 

     

 

 

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

Fund NAV

    (15.48 )%      11.70      13.42       (15.48 )%      73.89      252.19

Fund Market

    (15.56     11.68        13.42         (15.56     73.72        252.36  

Index

    (15.33     11.90        13.62               (15.33     75.42        258.57  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

         

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

    

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
 
 

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,111.20

 

    

$

0.95

 

         

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,024.03

 

    

$

0.91

 

    

 

0.18

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Growth-oriented large-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. Large-capitalization growth stocks, which derive a significant portion of their price from investors’ expectations of future growth, faced significant headwinds relative to other equities. Growth stocks are particularly sensitive to interest rates, which rose notably as the Fed sharply tightened monetary policy.

The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, particularly the internet and direct marketing retail industry. The sharp rise in e-commerce, which boosted the industry early in the pandemic, waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Excess warehouse capacity weighed on industry cash flow, and slowing revenue growth from data cloud services pressured profitability. The automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales increased, production did not meet analysts expectations.

The information technology sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as sharply higher interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings. Furthermore, increased concerns about economic growth tempered investors’ growth expectations for information technology stocks. The software and services industry declined notably amid high inflation and slow growth, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets reduced revenue growth. Slowing growth in cloud-based software sales further constrained earnings.

The communication services sector also detracted, as the rising interest rate environment negatively impacted the interactive media and services industry, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects. Demand for online advertisements slowed, as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Stiff competition among companies producing disruptive new artificial intelligence products also pressured the industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION  
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    33.9

Health Care

    18.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    9.8  

Financials

    7.3  

Energy

    7.3  

Consumer Staples

    7.1  

Communication Services

    7.0  

Industrials

    5.4  

Materials

    2.2  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.3  
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS  
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Apple Inc.

    13.4

Microsoft Corp.

    6.8  

NVIDIA Corp.

    3.7  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3.4  

Tesla, Inc.

    3.1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    3.0  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2.5  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    2.4  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2.3  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2.0  
 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023     iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P 500 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

 
    

1 Year

    

5 Years

   

10 Years

          

1 Year

    

5 Years

    

10 Years

 

Fund NAV

 

 

(0.35

)% 

  

 

9.29

 

 

9.98

   

 

(0.35

)% 

  

 

55.90

  

 

159.00

Fund Market

 

 

(0.43

  

 

9.28

 

 

 

9.99

 

   

 

(0.43

  

 

55.87

 

  

 

159.15

 

Index

 

 

(0.16

  

 

9.47

 

 

 

10.17

 

         

 

(0.16

  

 

57.19

 

  

 

163.36

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

         

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

 

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

    

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
 
 

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,193.70

 

    

$

0.98

 

         

$

1,000.00

 

 

$

1,024.03

 

    

$

0.91

 

    

 

0.18

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented large-capitalization U.S. stocks declined marginally for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges, as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. As the Fed raised interest rates to fight persistently high inflation, investors became concerned about the long-term effect on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks. The financial services industry also faced headwinds, as inflationary pressure and high interest rates reduced the value of many of the industry’s equity holdings. The impact of a large hurricane in 2022 further dented earnings in the industry.

The real estate sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates weighed on the equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) industry. REITs typically take on substantial debt in order to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates make financing more expensive.

On the upside, stocks in the energy sector contributed to the Index’s return despite lower oil prices and a sharp decline in the price of natural gas. The price of oil and natural gas surged in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While prices subsequently fell as markets stabilized, the relatively high average prices of energy commodities supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry. The information technology and consumer discretionary sectors also contributed, as a software company and an internet retailer were added to the Index upon rebalancing in December 2022 and advanced thereafter.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Financials

 

 

19.3

Information Technology

 

 

17.2

 

Industrials

 

 

12.3

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

10.5

 

Communication Services

 

 

9.4

 

Health Care

 

 

9.1

 

Consumer Staples

 

 

7.4

 

Utilities

 

 

5.5

 

Real Estate

 

 

4.6

 

Materials

 

 

3.1

 

Energy

 

 

1.6

 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

5.6

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

 

 

3.5

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

3.1

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

 

 

2.9

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

2.4

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

 

1.3

 

Walmart, Inc.

 

 

1.3

 

Salesforce, Inc.

 

 

1.2

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

1.2

 

Walt Disney Co.

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023     iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

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

 
    

1 Year

    

5 Years

   

10 Years

          

1 Year

    

5 Years

    

10 Years

 

Fund NAV

 

 

(7.08

)% 

  

 

6.05

 

 

9.24

   

 

(7.08

)% 

  

 

34.13

  

 

141.90

Fund Market

 

 

(7.17

  

 

6.04

 

 

 

9.23

 

   

 

(7.17

  

 

34.08

 

  

 

141.73

 

Index

 

 

(6.81

  

 

6.30

 

 

 

9.45

 

         

 

(6.81

  

 

35.70

 

  

 

146.65

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

        

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

    

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

    

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

         

 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)

 
 
 

 

 

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)

 
 
 

 

 

Expenses
Paid During
the Period

 
 
(a) 

  

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
 
 

$

1,000.00

 

    

$

1,143.80

 

    

$

0.96

 

         

$

1,000.00

 

 

$

1,024.03

 

 

$

0.91

 

  

 

0.18

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges, as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. While bank profitability is typically supported by higher interest rates, persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks led to government intervention to cover depositors and prevent a contagion effect. Despite government actions to contain the impact, these bank failures weighed heavily on the industry, as markets digested the long-term implications of the disruption.

The real estate sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates make financing more expensive. Furthermore, higher interest rates also meant increased bond yields, making dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors. An ongoing oversupply of office space due to the shift toward remote work and more stringent lending standards after the failure of two prominent banks late in the reporting period negatively affected office REITs.

On the upside, industrials stocks contributed to the Index’s return. The capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

19.8

Financials

 

 

16.7

 

Industrials

 

 

16.3

 

Real Estate

 

 

11.3

 

Information Technology

 

 

8.8

 

Health Care

 

 

8.8

 

Materials

 

 

5.4

 

Consumer Staples

 

 

4.4

 

Energy

 

 

3.7

 

Communication Services

 

 

3.0

 

Utilities

 

 

1.8

 

(a) Excludes money market funds.

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

 

 

Percent of
Total Investments

 
(a) 

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

1.0

Meritage Homes Corp.

 

 

1.0

 

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

0.8

 

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

 

 

0.8

 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

 

 

0.8

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

 

 

0.7

 

Rogers Corp.

 

 

0.7

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

 

 

0.7

 

LXP Industrial Trust

 

 

0.6

 

Avista Corp.

 

 

0.6

 

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%  

Boeing Co.(a)

    186,200     $      39,554,466  

General Dynamics Corp.

    74,510       17,003,927  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    75,232       35,564,423  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    485,063       47,502,220  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

139,625,036

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%  

FedEx Corp.

    76,790       17,545,747  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    241,653       46,878,266  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

64,424,013

 

 

Automobiles — 2.9%  

Ford Motor Co.

    1,296,398       16,334,615  

General Motors Co.

    461,124       16,914,028  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    890,519       184,747,072  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

217,995,715

 

 

Banks — 3.8%  

Bank of America Corp.

    2,310,994       66,094,428  

Citigroup, Inc.

    641,314       30,071,213  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    971,217       126,559,287  

U.S. Bancorp

    460,756       16,610,254  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,261,696       47,162,197  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

286,497,379

 

 

Beverages — 2.2%  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,288,705       79,938,371  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    456,023       83,132,993  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

163,071,364

 

 

Biotechnology — 2.3%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    585,563       93,321,175  

Amgen, Inc.

    176,805       42,742,609  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    412,896       34,257,981  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

170,321,765

 

 

Broadline Retail — 4.0%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,951,894       304,901,131  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 1.9%  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    244,295       11,100,765  

BlackRock, Inc.(b)

    49,586       33,178,984  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    505,047       26,454,362  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    112,127       36,677,863  

Morgan Stanley

    432,596       37,981,929  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

145,393,903

 

 

Chemicals — 0.9%  

Dow, Inc.

    233,278       12,788,300  

Linde PLC

    163,083       57,966,221  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

70,754,521

 

 

Communications Equipment — 0.9%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,360,238       71,106,441  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.6%  

American Express Co.

    197,129       32,516,429  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    126,482       12,162,509  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

44,678,938

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.3%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    146,923       73,001,631  

Target Corp.

    152,415       25,244,496  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    237,624       8,217,038  

Walmart, Inc.

    464,329       68,465,311  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

174,928,476

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

AT&T Inc.

    2,360,159     $      45,433,061  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,390,627       54,081,484  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

99,514,545

 

 

Electric Utilities — 1.5%  

Duke Energy Corp.

    254,955       24,595,509  

Exelon Corp.

    329,359       13,796,848  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    657,972       50,716,482  

Southern Co.

    360,472       25,081,642  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

114,190,481

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.2%  

Emerson Electric Co.

    188,915       16,462,053  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.5%  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    147,460       50,944,481  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    604,876       60,566,234  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

111,510,715

 

 

Financial Services — 5.8%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    596,569       184,202,610  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    279,366       101,524,398  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    374,609       28,447,808  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    538,040       121,306,498  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

435,481,314

 

 

Food Products — 0.6%  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    264,650       10,234,015  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    450,990       31,443,023  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

41,677,038

 

 

Ground Transportation — 0.5%  

Union Pacific Corp.

    202,598       40,774,873  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    577,316       58,459,018  

Medtronic PLC

    440,438       35,508,112  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

93,967,130

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%  

CVS Health Corp.

    425,183       31,595,349  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    309,372       146,206,113  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

177,801,462

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    12,843       34,064,902  

McDonald’s Corp.

    242,515       67,809,619  

Starbucks Corp.

    380,546       39,626,255  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

141,500,776

 

 

Household Products — 1.8%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    276,386       20,770,408  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    781,139       116,147,558  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

136,917,966

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.3%  

3M Co.

    182,545       19,187,305  

General Electric Co.

    360,676       34,480,626  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    221,229       42,281,286  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

95,949,217

 

 

Insurance — 0.3%  

American International Group, Inc.

    246,147       12,395,963  

MetLife, Inc.

    218,299       12,648,244  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

25,044,207

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 7.1%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,972,098       204,565,726  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,719,182     $    178,794,928  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    736,975       156,194,481  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

539,555,135

 

 

IT Services — 1.3%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    208,514       59,595,386  

International Business Machines Corp.

    299,366       39,243,889  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

98,839,275

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.7%  

Danaher Corp.

    217,033       54,700,997  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    129,861       74,847,985  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

129,548,982

 

 

Machinery — 0.5%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    172,314       39,432,336  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.9%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    34,985       12,510,986  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1,392,857       52,803,209  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

65,314,195

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%  

Chevron Corp.

    589,030       96,106,135  

ConocoPhillips

    405,232       40,203,066  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,363,515       149,523,055  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

285,832,256

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 5.8%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    703,995       48,793,893  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    261,129       89,676,921  

Johnson & Johnson

    865,685       134,181,175  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    839,499       89,314,299  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,858,632       75,832,186  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

437,798,474

 

 

Retail REITs — 0.2%  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    107,983       12,090,857  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    533,868       52,324,403  

Broadcom, Inc.

    138,367       88,767,965  

Intel Corp.

    1,369,806       44,751,562  

NVIDIA Corp.

    814,534       226,253,109  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    369,189       47,101,133  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    300,055       55,813,230  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

515,011,402

 

 

Software — 11.7%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    151,584       58,415,926  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,464,726     $ 710,580,506  

Oracle Corp.

    508,872       47,284,386  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    331,110       66,149,156  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

882,429,974

 

 

Specialized REITs — 0.4%  

American Tower Corp.

    154,167       31,502,485  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 1.8%  

Home Depot, Inc.

    337,463       99,592,081  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    200,224       40,038,793  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

139,630,874

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 10.8%  

Apple Inc.

    4,924,493       812,048,896  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    412,453       50,583,236  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 1.0%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    591,210       26,379,790  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    513,299       49,918,328  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

76,298,118

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

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

    196,117       28,405,586  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $6,642,321,886)

      7,528,812,540  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(b)(c)(d)

    14,929,868       14,929,868  
   

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $14,929,868)
        14,929,868  
   

 

 

 
Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $6,657,251,754)
        7,543,742,408  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

      4,285,132  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   

 

$

 

  7,548,027,540

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(d) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer

  

Value at
03/31/22

    

Purchases
at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

    

Value at
03/31/23

    

Shares
Held at
03/31/23

    

Income

   

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)

  

$

9,415,762

 

  

$

 

  

$

(9,448,345

)(b) 

 

$

32,574

 

  

$

9

 

  

$

 

  

 

 

  

$

133,167

(c) 

 

$

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

  

 

16,943,000

 

  

 

 

  

 

(2,013,132

)(b) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

14,929,868

 

  

 

14,929,868

 

  

 

471,122

 

 

 

10

 

BlackRock, Inc.

  

 

37,188,333

 

  

 

7,561,373

 

  

 

(7,250,310

 

 

2,166,228

 

  

 

(6,486,640

  

 

33,178,984

 

  

 

49,586

 

  

 

497,404

 

 

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

$

2,198,802

 

  

$

(6,486,631

  

$

 48,108,852

 

     

$

1,101,693

 

 

$

10

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (c) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Description

  

Number of
Contracts

    

Expiration
Date

    

Notional
Amount
(000)

    

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

S&P 500 E-mini Index

  

 

92

 

  

 

06/16/23

 

  

$

19,034

 

  

$

1,013,158

 

           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
    

Commodity
Contracts

      

Credit
Contracts

      

Equity
Contracts

      

Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts

      

Interest
Rate
Contracts

      

Other
Contracts

      

Total

 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

  

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

1,013,158

 

    

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

1,013,158

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
    

Commodity
Contracts

    

Credit
Contracts

    

Equity
Contracts

    

Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts

    

Interest
Rate
Contracts

    

Other
Contracts

    

Total

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(1,457,413

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(1,457,413

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(112,487

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(112,487

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

     

Futures contracts

       

Average notional value of contracts — long

             

$

19,070,550

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

     

Level 1

      

Level 2

      

Level 3

      

Total

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

  

$

7,528,812,540

 

    

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

7,528,812,540

 

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

  

 

14,929,868

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

14,929,868

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
  

$

        7,543,742,408

 

    

$

                           —

 

    

$

                           —

 

    

$

        7,543,742,408

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

  

$

1,013,158

 

    

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

1,013,158

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%  

General Dynamics Corp.

    196,450     $ 44,831,854  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    156,703       30,751,397  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    265,930       125,713,089  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    170,732       78,830,379  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    40,094       29,551,283  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

309,678,002

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    104,022       10,336,666  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    262,202       28,873,684  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

39,210,350

 

 

Automobiles — 3.0%  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    4,433,837       919,843,824  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 2.7%  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    164,649       10,581,991  

Coca-Cola Co.

    4,170,633       258,704,365  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    149,685       33,812,345  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    700,791       24,723,906  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    1,258,178       67,954,194  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    2,270,549       413,921,083  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

809,697,884

 

 

Biotechnology — 4.2%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    2,915,476       464,639,410  

Amgen, Inc.

    880,262       212,803,339  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    111,439       30,983,385  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    2,055,791       170,568,979  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    304,623       22,015,104  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    544,184       83,575,779  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    177,259       145,648,403  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    423,844       133,540,529  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,263,774,928

 

 

Broadline Retail — 2.4%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    6,760,671       698,309,708  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    120,900       13,459,797  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

711,769,505

 

 

Building Products — 0.0%  

Masco Corp.

    261,921       13,022,712  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 1.0%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    173,976       53,323,644  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    117,204       15,733,465  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    1,484,445       77,755,229  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    37,897       15,730,666  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    30,211       11,821,262  

Moody’s Corp.

    121,946       37,317,915  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    75,073       42,017,607  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    358,272       19,586,730  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    318,972       29,750,519  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

303,037,037

 

 

Chemicals — 1.5%  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    366,145       105,160,505  

Albemarle Corp.

    193,012       42,663,373  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    323,165       23,426,231  

Corteva, Inc.

    810,857       48,902,786  

FMC Corp.

    207,725       25,369,454  

Linde PLC

    495,244       176,029,527  

Mosaic Co.

    561,631       25,767,630  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

447,319,506

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  

Cintas Corp.

    83,852     $ 38,796,643  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    705,812       53,084,121  

Republic Services, Inc.

    186,330       25,195,543  

Rollins, Inc.

    384,115       14,415,836  

Waste Management, Inc.

    361,230       58,941,899  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

190,434,042

 

 

Communications Equipment — 0.4%  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    407,827       68,457,840  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    151,494       43,346,978  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

111,804,818

 

 

Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    235,378       39,223,390  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    129,391       22,198,320  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.3%  

American Express Co.

    480,933       79,329,899  

Discover Financial Services

    255,917       25,294,836  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

104,624,735

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.2%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    482,784       239,880,886  

Dollar General Corp.

    368,524       77,559,561  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)(b)

    343,563       49,318,469  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

366,758,916

 

 

Distributors — 0.1%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    167,160       27,967,539  

Pool Corp.

    40,286       13,795,538  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

41,763,077

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    177,163       6,074,919  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    2,651,589       42,876,194  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

48,951,113

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%  

AMETEK, Inc.

    189,360       27,519,689  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    980,011       80,086,499  

CDW Corp.

    140,657       27,412,642  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    159,112       25,693,406  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

133,192,547

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%  

Schlumberger NV

    1,241,604       60,962,756  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.3%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    692,056       59,233,073  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    291,995       35,170,798  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

94,403,871

 

 

Financial Services — 4.1%  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b)

    721,664       81,569,682  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    64,865       13,676,785  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    120,447       18,153,772  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    1,390,885       505,461,518  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2,678,870       603,978,030  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,222,839,787

 

 

Food Products — 1.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    440,714       35,107,277  

Bunge Ltd.

    101,294       9,675,603  

Campbell Soup Co.

    193,842       10,657,433  

General Mills, Inc.

    660,967       56,486,240  

Hershey Co.

    242,818       61,775,327  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Hormel Foods Corp.

    345,212     $ 13,767,055  

Kellogg Co.

    233,078       15,606,903  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    237,666       24,840,850  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    211,575       17,605,156  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    1,213,704       84,619,443  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

330,141,287

 

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    144,293       16,212,762  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.8%  

CSX Corp.

    1,662,035       49,761,328  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    136,724       23,989,593  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    149,756       51,042,835  

Union Pacific Corp.

    504,302       101,495,821  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

226,289,577

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%  

Abbott Laboratories

    1,494,644       151,347,651  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b)

    1,250,361       62,555,561  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    637,751       74,093,911  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    406,450       32,800,515  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,905       33,457,852  

Insulet Corp.(a)(b)

    114,312       36,460,956  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)(b)

    282,928       72,279,616  

ResMed, Inc.

    131,319       28,757,548  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

491,753,610

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.9%  

Cigna Group

    241,187       61,630,514  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    393,759       181,054,326  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    188,601       49,730,312  

Humana, Inc.

    131,785       63,976,346  

McKesson Corp.

    104,101       37,065,161  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    96,210       25,735,213  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    121,093       17,132,237  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1,540,313       727,936,521  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,164,260,630

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    45,558       77,826,276  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    26,620       8,781,139  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    211,325       29,769,353  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    225,963       37,518,897  

McDonald’s Corp.

    748,579       209,310,174  

Starbucks Corp.

    966,249       100,615,508  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    295,388       39,014,847  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

502,836,194

 

 

Household Durables — 0.1%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    258,365       25,239,677  
   

 

 

 
Household Products — 1.4%  

Clorox Co.

    92,190       14,588,146  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    756,525       56,852,854  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    266,833       35,814,325  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    2,139,113       318,064,712  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

425,320,037

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    651,856       15,696,692  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.9%  

Aon PLC, Class A

    223,413       70,439,885  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)(b)

    609,054       41,336,495  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    223,270       42,713,783  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    230,376       13,228,190  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Chubb Ltd.

    389,905     $ 75,711,753  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    37,168       13,306,887  

Globe Life, Inc.

    105,245       11,579,055  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    522,224       86,976,407  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    229,537       17,059,190  

Progressive Corp.

    964,230       137,942,744  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    206,258       35,354,684  

W R Berkley Corp.

    337,195       20,993,761  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

566,642,834

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 6.3%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,818,842       1,018,508,481  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    8,559,651       890,203,704  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,908,712,185

 

 

IT Services — 0.7%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    508,716       145,396,120  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    64,568       19,305,832  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    130,080       42,376,161  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    73,911       15,619,612  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

222,697,725

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.6%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    292,473       40,460,715  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    123,311       9,148,443  

Danaher Corp.

    1,080,527       272,336,025  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    146,781       29,193,273  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    23,746       36,336,367  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    646,622       372,693,522  

Waters Corp.(a)

    97,900       30,312,777  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

790,481,122

 

 

Machinery — 1.4%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    514,814       117,810,036  

Cummins, Inc.

    119,315       28,501,967  

Deere & Co.

    445,767       184,048,279  

IDEX Corp.

    71,128       16,432,702  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    233,159       56,762,558  

Snap-on, Inc.

    49,622       12,251,176  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

415,806,718

 

 

Metals & Mining — 0.6%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    2,358,556       96,488,526  

Nucor Corp.

    416,773       64,378,925  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    274,702       31,057,808  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

191,925,259

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.2%  

Sempra Energy

    310,584       46,947,877  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    270,424       25,633,491  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

72,581,368

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.0%  

APA Corp.

    530,674       19,136,104  

Chevron Corp.

    2,932,752       478,507,816  

ConocoPhillips

    2,017,642       200,170,263  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    1,298,911       31,875,276  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,079,838       54,650,601  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    302,171       40,844,454  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    968,401       111,007,807  

EQT Corp.

    605,976       19,336,694  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    6,788,776       744,457,176  

Hess Corp.

    457,156       60,500,025  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    1,046,435       25,072,583  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    360,129       48,556,193  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    1,200,608       74,953,957  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

ONEOK, Inc.

    736,127     $ 46,773,510  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    391,357       79,930,754  

Targa Resources Corp.

    373,177       27,223,262  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    2,005,481       59,883,663  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

2,122,880,138

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 6.4%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    3,505,079       242,937,026  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,300,172       446,505,068  

Johnson & Johnson

    2,672,282       414,203,710  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    4,179,795       444,688,390  

Pfizer, Inc.

    9,253,884       377,558,467  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,925,892,661

 

 

Professional Services — 1.0%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    683,044       152,066,086  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    93,375       13,685,974  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    669,760       46,112,976  

Equifax, Inc.(b)

    99,169       20,115,440  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    147,205       13,551,692  

Paychex, Inc.

    301,082       34,500,986  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    118,770       22,787,212  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

302,820,366

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.0%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    1,435,356       140,679,242  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    392,670       77,442,377  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    1,389,840       170,714,047  

Broadcom, Inc.

    413,373       265,195,314  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    223,787       47,057,930  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    163,565       35,575,388  

KLA Corp.

    228,272       91,119,334  

Lam Research Corp.

    222,503       117,953,290  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    441,413       36,981,581  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    73,977       37,028,448  

NVIDIA Corp.

    4,055,520       1,126,501,790  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    252,880       47,155,798  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    712,225       58,630,362  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,838,187       234,515,898  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)

    92,047       27,977,686  

Teradyne, Inc.

    125,029       13,441,868  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    941,219       175,076,146  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

2,703,046,499

 

 

Software — 9.9%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    354,766       136,716,173  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    195,513       40,697,986  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    452,030       94,966,983  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    41,527       29,180,608  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    1,068,070       70,983,932  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    502,843       8,628,786  

Intuit, Inc.

    245,455       109,431,203  

Microsoft Corp.

    7,117,532       2,051,984,476  

Oracle Corp.

    1,494,793       138,896,166  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,436       24,149,338  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    176,375       22,616,566  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)(b)

    334,602       155,496,241  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    251,315       97,070,419  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    32,088       11,379,688  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

2,992,198,565

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialized REITs — 0.8%  

American Tower Corp.

    406,412     $ 83,046,228  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    110,908       18,070,240  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    303,628       16,064,958  

Public Storage

    161,421       48,771,741  

SBA Communications Corp.

    99,560       25,992,129  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    945,471       30,841,264  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    686,101       20,672,223  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

243,458,783

 

 

Specialty Retail — 2.5%  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    30,898       75,951,919  

Home Depot, Inc.

    890,461       262,792,850  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    687,873       137,553,964  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    102,806       87,280,238  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    1,219,136       95,531,497  

Tractor Supply Co.

    181,966       42,769,289  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    84,099       45,890,301  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

747,770,058

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 13.4%  

Apple Inc.

    24,518,598       4,043,116,810  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 0.7%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,530,637       68,297,023  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,380,032       134,208,112  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

202,505,135

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.

    459,642       24,793,090  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    74,335       51,202,691  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

75,995,781

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

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

    663,941       96,165,214  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $22,700,936,556)

 

    30,104,478,496  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 0.9%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    237,619,273       237,690,559  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    41,154,407       41,154,407  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.9%
(Cost: $278,820,244)

 

    278,844,966  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.7%
(Cost: $22,979,756,800)

 

    30,383,323,462  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.7)%

 

    (219,231,977
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  30,164,091,485  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(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   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

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Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer

 

Value at
03/31/22

    

Purchases
at Cost

   

Proceeds
from Sale

   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

    

Value at
03/31/23

    

Shares
Held at
03/31/23

    

Income

   

Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

 

$

67,653,659

 

  

$

169,841,502

(a) 

 

$

 

 

$

186,798

 

  

$

8,600

 

  

$

  237,690,559

 

  

 

237,619,273

 

  

$

513,312

(b) 

 

$

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

 

 

48,780,000

 

  

 

 

 

 

(7,625,593)

(a)  

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

41,154,407

 

  

 

41,154,407

 

  

 

1,128,251

 

 

 

33

 

BlackRock Inc.

 

 

107,435,424

 

  

 

16,523,814

 

 

 

(115,599,167)

 

 

 

18,390,580

 

  

 

(26,750,651)

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        

$

  18,577,378

 

  

$

  (26,742,051)

 

  

$

  278,844,966

 

     

$

1,641,563

 

 

$

33

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description

 

Number of
Contracts

    

Expiration
Date

    

Notional
Amount
(000)

    

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

          

S&P 500 E-mini Index

 

 

251

 

  

 

06/16/23

 

  

$

51,929

 

  

$

2,541,292

 

          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

    

Commodity
Contracts

    

Credit
Contracts

    

Equity
Contracts

    

Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts

    

Interest
Rate
Contracts

    

Other
Contracts

    

Total

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

                 

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

 

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

2,541,292

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

2,541,292

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

    

Commodity
Contracts

    

Credit
Contracts

    

Equity
Contracts

   

Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts

    

Interest
Rate
Contracts

    

Other
Contracts

    

Total

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

 

                

Futures contracts

 

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(5,359,505

 

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(5,359,505

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                              

Futures contracts

 

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(342,514

 

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

 

  

$

(342,514

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

  

$

59,189,666

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

         
     

Level 1

      

Level 2

      

Level 3

      

Total

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

  

$

  30,104,478,496

 

    

$

                           —

 

    

$

                —

 

    

$

30,104,478,496

 

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

  

 

278,844,966

 

    

 

 

    

 

                           —

 

    

 

278,844,966

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
  

$

      30,383,323,462

 

    

$

                —

 

    

$

 

    

$

      30,383,323,462

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

  

$

2,541,292

 

    

$

 

    

$

 

    

$

2,541,292

 

  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    853,705     $ 181,352,553  

General Dynamics Corp.

    160,996       36,740,897  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    559,665       23,713,006  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    60,062       12,434,035  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    144,272       28,311,937  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    100,034       47,289,073  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    61,155       28,236,487  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    2,223,974       217,793,774  

Textron, Inc.(b)

    317,310       22,411,605  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    41,630       30,683,392  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

628,966,759

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    81,620       8,110,579  

FedEx Corp.

    352,520       80,547,295  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    1,107,952       214,931,609  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

303,589,483

 

 

Automobile Components — 0.3%  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    411,893       46,210,276  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    356,675       17,516,309  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

63,726,585

 

 

Automobiles — 0.6%  

Ford Motor Co.

    5,943,963       74,893,934  

General Motors Co.

    2,117,228       77,659,923  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

152,553,857

 

 

Banks — 6.7%  

Bank of America Corp.

    10,595,776       303,039,194  

Citigroup, Inc.

    2,940,378       137,874,324  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    747,124       22,690,156  

Comerica, Inc.

    197,314       8,567,374  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,037,452       27,637,721  

First Republic Bank(b)

    285,111       3,988,703  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    2,183,344       24,453,453  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    4,452,965       580,265,869  

KeyCorp

    1,417,129       17,742,455  

M&T Bank Corp.

    256,517       30,671,738  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    608,760       77,373,396  

Regions Financial Corp.

    1,417,140       26,302,118  

Truist Financial Corp.

    2,014,287       68,687,187  

U.S. Bancorp

    2,115,061       76,247,949  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    5,784,802       216,235,899  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    225,392       6,745,982  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,628,523,518

 

 

Beverages — 0.8%  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    124,035       7,971,729  

Coca-Cola Co.

    2,068,027       128,279,715  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    108,377       24,481,281  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    645,417       22,770,312  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    286,889       14,826,423  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

198,329,460

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.1%  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    115,634       32,149,721  
   

 

 

 
Broadline Retail — 3.3%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    7,308,505       754,895,482  

eBay, Inc.

    826,646       36,678,283  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,477       8,848,174  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

800,421,939

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products — 0.9%  

A O Smith Corp.

    191,159     $ 13,218,645  

Allegion PLC

    134,013       14,303,208  

Carrier Global Corp.

    1,265,915       57,915,611  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    1,043,293       62,827,104  

Masco Corp.

    98,465       4,895,680  

Trane Technologies PLC

    347,764       63,981,621  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

217,141,869

 

 

Capital Markets — 4.9%  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    1,116,636       50,739,940  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    227,356       152,128,447  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    52,667       7,070,018  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    951,452       49,837,056  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    546,114       104,591,753  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    23,472       9,742,992  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    434,792       11,713,296  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    514,098       168,166,597  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    848,409       88,480,575  

Invesco Ltd.

    685,134       11,236,198  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    28,919       11,315,716  

Moody’s Corp.

    126,521       38,717,956  

Morgan Stanley

    1,983,428       174,144,978  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    52,233       29,234,288  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    183,852       10,051,189  

Northern Trust Corp.

    315,982       27,847,494  

S&P Global, Inc.

    499,763       172,303,289  

State Street Corp.

    529,517       40,079,142  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    340,166       38,404,741  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,195,805,665

 

 

Chemicals — 2.1%  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    152,193       16,572,296  

Corteva, Inc.

    333,558       20,116,883  

Dow, Inc.

    1,070,095       58,662,608  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    695,480       49,914,599  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    180,344       15,210,213  

Ecolab, Inc.

    376,187       62,270,234  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    388,055       35,685,538  

Linde PLC

    291,619       103,653,057  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    387,049       36,340,031  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    357,321       47,730,939  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    357,791       80,420,683  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

526,577,081

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%  

Cintas Corp.

    53,692       24,842,214  

Republic Services, Inc.

    140,649       19,018,558  

Waste Management, Inc.

    231,177       37,721,151  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

81,581,923

 

 

Communications Equipment — 1.6%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    6,236,613       326,018,944  

F5, Inc.(a)

    91,678       13,356,568  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    493,902       17,000,107  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    114,179       32,670,037  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

389,045,656

 

 

Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    94,084       33,405,465  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    83,347       14,299,011  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

47,704,476

 

 

Consumer Finance — 0.7%  

American Express Co.

    460,944       76,032,713  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    578,872       55,664,331  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance (continued)  

Discover Financial Services

    170,964     $ 16,898,082  

Synchrony Financial

    666,265       19,374,986  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

167,970,112

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.8%        

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    229,040       113,803,105  

Kroger Co.

    990,424       48,897,233  

Sysco Corp.

    770,605       59,513,824  

Target Corp.

    698,799       115,742,078  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    1,086,341       37,565,672  

Walmart, Inc.

    2,128,924       313,909,844  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

689,431,756

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.5%  

Amcor PLC

    2,259,553       25,713,713  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    123,073       22,021,452  

Ball Corp.

    476,620       26,266,528  

International Paper Co.

    541,018       19,509,109  

Packaging Corp. of America

    140,831       19,551,568  

Sealed Air Corp.

    217,860       10,001,953  

Westrock Co.

    388,249       11,829,947  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

134,894,270

 

 

Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    59,522       9,958,626  

LKQ Corp.

    385,972       21,907,770  

Pool Corp.

    21,729       7,440,879  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

39,307,275

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9%  

AT&T Inc.

    10,821,202       208,308,139  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    6,375,954       247,960,851  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

456,268,990

 

 

Electric Utilities — 3.8%  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    381,732       20,384,489  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    780,107       70,981,936  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    497,461       39,050,688  

Duke Energy Corp.

    1,168,965       112,770,053  

Edison International

    578,236       40,817,679  

Entergy Corp.

    310,031       33,402,740  

Evergy, Inc.

    348,925       21,326,296  

Eversource Energy

    528,770       41,381,540  

Exelon Corp.

    1,508,619       63,196,050  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    822,697       32,957,242  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    3,016,775       232,533,017  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    183,962       6,308,057  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    172,939       13,703,686  

PPL Corp.

    1,115,673       31,004,553  

Southern Co.

    1,652,748       114,998,206  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    830,781       56,027,871  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

930,844,103

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 1.1%  

AMETEK, Inc.

    174,401       25,345,697  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    603,762       103,448,581  

Emerson Electric Co.

    867,458       75,590,290  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    95,406       10,304,802  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    174,559       51,224,339  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

265,913,709

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%  

CDW Corp.

    76,437       14,896,807  

Corning, Inc.

    1,152,520       40,660,906  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    124,974       20,180,801  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    480,417       63,006,690  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    71,125     $ 31,818,480  

Trimble, Inc.(a)(b)

    374,998       19,657,395  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    78,606       24,996,708  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

215,217,787

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    1,526,603       44,057,762  

Halliburton Co.

    1,372,495       43,425,742  

Schlumberger NV

    1,013,331       49,754,552  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

137,238,056

 

 

Entertainment — 2.7%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    442,457       37,869,895  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    126,475       15,233,914  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    217,716       15,240,120  

Netflix, Inc.(a)(b)

    676,082       233,572,809  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    240,054       28,638,442  

Walt Disney Co.(a)(b)

    2,773,317       277,692,231  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,361,675       50,761,293  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

659,008,704

 

 

Financial Services — 4.5%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    2,735,238       844,559,437  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    900,825       48,941,822  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    298,387       33,726,683  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,329       11,033,570  

Global Payments, Inc.

    399,148       42,006,335  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,717,557       130,431,279  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,110,699,126

 

 

Food Products — 1.2%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    423,571       33,741,666  

Bunge Ltd.

    134,165       12,815,441  

Campbell Soup Co.

    124,128       6,824,557  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    721,644       27,104,949  

General Mills, Inc.

    285,924       24,435,065  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    122,094       4,869,109  

J M Smucker Co.

    161,788       25,460,578  

Kellogg Co.

    176,516       11,819,511  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    1,210,017       46,791,357  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    187,726       15,620,680  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    952,048       66,376,787  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    433,600       25,721,152  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

301,580,852

 

 

Gas Utilities — 0.0%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    85,140       9,566,330  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.9%            

CSX Corp.

    1,659,686       49,690,999  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    345,803       73,310,236  

Union Pacific Corp.

    464,447       93,474,603  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

216,475,838

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    1,270,539       128,654,779  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    110,443       36,903,424  

Baxter International, Inc.

    768,098       31,154,055  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    430,994       106,688,255  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b)

    1,021,972       51,129,259  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    74,981       27,994,906  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    327,626       12,869,149  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    938,428       77,636,149  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    551,221       45,216,659  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    64,108       32,059,129  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    271,294       69,307,478  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Medtronic PLC

    2,019,381     $ 162,802,496  

ResMed, Inc.

    102,419       22,428,737  

STERIS PLC

    150,330       28,755,122  

Stryker Corp.

    511,849       146,117,534  

Teleflex, Inc.

    71,482       18,107,105  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    319,243       41,246,196  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

1,039,070,432

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    245,195       39,258,171  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    392,775       29,654,513  

Centene Corp.(a)

    836,122       52,851,272  

Cigna Group

    231,243       59,089,524  

CVS Health Corp.

    1,949,452       144,863,778  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    83,790       6,796,207  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    147,757       38,960,566  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

    206,598       16,846,001  

Humana, Inc.

    68,204       33,110,314  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    134,281       30,806,747  

McKesson Corp.

    112,158       39,933,856  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    56,878       8,047,099  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    96,763       12,298,577  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

512,516,625

 

 

Health Care REITs — 0.4%  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    833,624       18,314,719  

Ventas, Inc.

    606,233       26,280,201  

Welltower, Inc.

    717,348       51,426,678  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

96,021,598

 

 

Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,087,838       17,938,449  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    58,894       156,211,034  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    326,989       15,960,333  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    1,527,793       15,507,099  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    184,386       28,609,332  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    28,788       9,496,298  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    225,362       21,866,875  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    209,825       29,558,048  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    499,026       28,669,044  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    199,931       33,196,543  

McDonald’s Corp.

    422,523       118,141,656  

MGM Resorts International

    477,658       21,217,568  

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

    642,451       8,640,966  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    333,675       21,788,977  

Starbucks Corp.

    854,947       89,025,631  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    157,044       17,574,794  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    152,683       20,166,371  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

635,630,569

 

 

Household Durables — 0.6%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    236,982       23,150,772  

Garmin Ltd.

    233,113       23,525,764  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    384,909       40,457,785  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    80,391       8,056,786  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    567,005       7,053,542  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    4,594       25,598,641  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    342,476       19,959,501  

Whirlpool Corp.

    82,141       10,844,255  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

158,647,046

 

 

Household Products — 1.5%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    369,690       32,684,293  

Clorox Co.

    103,508       16,379,106  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Products (continued)  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    571,394     $ 42,940,259  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    267,315       35,879,019  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1,611,658       239,637,428  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

367,520,105

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%  

AES Corp.

    412,575       9,934,806  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%  

3M Co.

    835,733       87,843,896  

General Electric Co.(b)

    1,653,670       158,090,852  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    1,014,310       193,854,927  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

439,789,675

 

 

Industrial REITs — 0.7%  

Prologis, Inc.

    1,401,344       174,845,691  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 2.5%  

Aflac, Inc.

    849,962       54,839,548  

Allstate Corp.

    399,257       44,241,668  

American International Group, Inc.

    1,127,137       56,762,619  

Aon PLC, Class A

    106,018       33,426,415  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    116,475       22,282,832  

Assurant, Inc.

    75,135       9,021,460  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    145,092       8,331,183  

Chubb Ltd.

    270,946       52,612,294  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    238,679       26,751,142  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    24,786       8,873,884  

Globe Life, Inc.

    40,836       4,492,777  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    477,527       33,278,857  

Lincoln National Corp.

    233,749       5,252,340  

Loews Corp.

    296,097       17,179,548  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    270,195       45,000,977  

MetLife, Inc.

    1,003,152       58,122,627  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    134,715       10,012,019  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    559,537       46,296,091  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    162,082       27,782,476  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    161,907       37,623,949  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

602,184,706

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 3.0%  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    425,332       16,328,495  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,378,985       716,142,081  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

732,470,576

 

 

IT Services — 1.7%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    487,574       139,353,525  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    239,168       18,726,854  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    772,618       47,075,615  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    347,096       8,871,774  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    27,665       8,271,835  

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,372,573       179,930,594  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    70,863       14,975,478  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

417,205,675

 

 

Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Hasbro, Inc.

    196,504       10,550,300  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    179,639       24,851,259  

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

    32,857       15,739,160  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    123,002       9,125,518  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)(b)

    77,438       15,628,537  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)

    238,805       55,534,103  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    146,511       29,139,573  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    11,698       17,900,397  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    191,621     $ 25,535,414  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    112,374       38,934,220  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

232,388,181

 

 

Machinery — 2.3%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    316,022       72,318,474  

Cummins, Inc.

    104,860       25,048,957  

Dover Corp.

    212,883       32,345,443  

Fortive Corp.

    535,747       36,521,873  

IDEX Corp.

    48,910       11,299,677  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    206,505       50,273,642  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    613,665       35,703,030  

Nordson Corp.

    81,886       18,199,982  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    629,830       53,157,652  

PACCAR, Inc.

    792,454       58,007,633  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    194,727       65,449,692  

Pentair PLC

    247,802       13,696,017  

Snap-on, Inc.

    34,385       8,489,313  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    225,040       18,133,723  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    275,853       27,877,704  

Xylem, Inc.

    273,140       28,597,758  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

555,120,570

 

 

Media — 1.7%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    159,894       57,179,693  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    6,386,165       242,099,515  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    378,055       3,527,253  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    449,849       15,317,359  

Fox Corp., Class B

    210,142       6,579,546  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    590,637       21,995,322  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    575,974       9,947,071  

News Corp., Class B

    176,666       3,079,289  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    307,321       28,992,663  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    769,856       17,175,487  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

405,893,198

 

 

Metals & Mining — 0.2%  

Newmont Corp.

    1,204,991       59,068,659  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 1.5%  

Ameren Corp.

    393,944       34,032,822  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    954,542       28,120,807  

CMS Energy Corp.

    444,033       27,254,745  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    538,725       51,539,821  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    1,264,424       70,693,946  

DTE Energy Co.

    293,452       32,144,732  

NiSource, Inc.

    618,857       17,303,242  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    757,465       47,303,689  

Sempra Energy

    190,618       28,813,817  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    230,167       21,817,530  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

359,025,151

 

 

Office REITs — 0.2%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    238,527       29,956,606  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    214,728       11,621,079  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

41,577,685

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    3,003,226       52,586,487  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    358,357       48,317,275  

Phillips 66

    707,456       71,721,889  

Valero Energy Corp.

    585,475       81,732,310  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

254,357,961

 

 

Passenger Airlines — 0.4%  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    193,596       8,123,288  
Security   Shares     Value  
Passenger Airlines (continued)  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    985,114     $ 14,530,432  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    971,861       33,937,386  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    905,436       29,462,887  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    496,407       21,966,010  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

108,020,003

 

 

Personal Care Products — 0.4%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    351,713       86,683,186  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    273,947       18,001,057  

Johnson & Johnson

    1,508,255       233,779,525  

Organon & Co.

    387,804       9,121,150  

Viatris, Inc.

    1,843,998       17,739,261  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    707,566       117,767,285  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

396,408,278

 

 

Professional Services — 0.5%  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    93,576       13,715,434  

Equifax, Inc.

    95,006       19,271,017  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    192,125       22,576,609  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    72,130       6,640,288  

Paychex, Inc.

    209,415       23,996,865  

Robert Half International, Inc.(b)

    163,411       13,166,024  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    128,290       24,613,719  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

123,979,956

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    480,882       35,013,018  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 0.7%  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    213,036       35,802,830  

Camden Property Trust

    167,910       17,603,684  

Equity Residential

    518,712       31,122,720  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    98,386       20,576,448  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    881,076       27,516,004  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    175,234       26,467,343  

UDR, Inc.

    471,483       19,359,092  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

178,448,121

 

 

Retail REITs — 0.7%  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    112,144       11,083,191  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    940,652       18,370,934  

Realty Income Corp.

    952,107       60,287,415  

Regency Centers Corp.

    235,178       14,388,190  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    496,339       55,575,078  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

159,704,808

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.6%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    1,125,968       110,356,124  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    407,828       80,431,838  

Broadcom, Inc.

    253,756       162,794,624  

Intel Corp.

    6,280,490       205,183,608  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    424,111       35,532,020  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    1,656,536       99,955,382  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    161,274       30,073,569  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    151,637       15,401,770  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    241,332       28,472,350  

Teradyne, Inc.

    119,729       12,872,065  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    509,023       94,683,368  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

875,756,718

 

 

Software — 8.9%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    368,350       141,951,039  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    132,132       43,973,530  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    147,345       30,671,335  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    233,973       17,131,503  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    410,526     $ 7,044,626  

Intuit, Inc.

    200,443       89,363,503  

Microsoft Corp.

    4,746,258       1,368,346,181  

Oracle Corp.

    956,154       88,845,830  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    160,968       70,936,988  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    1,518,118       303,289,614  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    33,270       11,798,873  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

2,173,353,022

 

 

Specialized REITs — 1.7%  

American Tower Corp.

    332,212       67,884,200  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    657,342       87,978,653  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    436,500       42,912,315  

Equinix, Inc.

    140,474       101,287,373  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    102,083       16,632,383  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    162,090       8,576,182  

Public Storage

    91,205       27,556,679  

SBA Communications Corp.

    72,313       18,878,755  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    657,980       21,463,308  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    476,517       14,357,457  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

407,527,305

 

 

Specialty Retail — 1.8%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    90,584       11,015,920  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    344,085       12,586,629  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    300,227       23,498,767  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    240,843       15,481,388  

Home Depot, Inc.

    727,221       214,617,462  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    284,586       56,908,663  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    522,798       55,484,552  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    631,506       49,484,810  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

439,078,191

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    1,950,686       31,074,428  

HP, Inc.

    1,310,698       38,468,986  

NetApp, Inc.

    327,275       20,896,509  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    292,750       19,356,630  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    484,758       18,260,834  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

128,057,387

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    1,891,083       231,922,419  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    61,936       7,226,073  
Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)  

Tapestry, Inc.

    359,892     $ 15,514,944  

VF Corp.

    497,664       11,401,483  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

266,064,919

 

 

Tobacco — 0.7%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,301,128       58,056,332  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,082,581       105,281,002  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

163,337,334

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.

    440,278       23,748,595  

United Rentals, Inc.

    105,289       41,669,175  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

65,417,770

 

 

Water Utilities — 0.2%  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    292,947       42,913,806  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

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

    287,574       41,652,218  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $23,909,649,804)

      24,413,708,598  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities  
Money Market Funds — 1.0%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    210,041,981       210,104,994  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    39,913,921       39,913,921  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.0%
(Cost: $249,960,919)

      250,018,915  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.8%
(Cost: $24,159,610,723)

      24,663,727,513  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.8)%

 

    (187,452,265
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%         $ 24,476,275,248  
   

 

 

 

 

(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   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer

 

Value at
03/31/22

    

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds
from Sale

   

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Value at
03/31/23

    

Shares

Held at
03/31/23

    

Income

   

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

 

$

  121,421,682

 

  

$

88,575,988

(a) 

 

$

 

 

$

65,722

 

  

$

41,602

 

 

$

210,104,994

 

  

 

210,041,981

 

  

$

611,881

(b) 

 

$

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

 

 

38,340,000

 

  

 

1,573,921

(a)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

39,913,921

 

  

 

39,913,921

 

  

 

1,081,962

 

 

 

26

 

BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

71,414,743

 

  

 

119,884,466

 

 

 

(26,276,624

 

 

10,063,198

 

  

 

(22,957,336

 

 

152,128,447

 

  

 

227,356

 

  

 

2,607,235

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        

$

10,128,920

 

  

$

 (22,915,734

 

$

 402,147,362

 

     

$

 4,301,078

 

 

$

26

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

S&P 500 E-mini Index

     290        06/16/23      $  59,997      $ 3,170,929  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 3,170,929      $      $      $      $  3,170,929  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (11,438,758)      $      $      $      $ (11,438,758)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (125,415)      $      $      $      $ (125,415)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

     

Futures contracts

    

Average notional value of contracts — long

           $ 56,745,800  

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 24,413,708,598        $        $        $ 24,413,708,598  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     250,018,915                            250,018,915  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     24,663,727,513        $        $        $     24,663,727,513  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                                  

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 3,170,929        $                         —        $                         —        $ 3,170,929  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%  

AAR Corp.(a)

    502,160     $      27,392,828  

Kaman Corp.

    427,639       9,775,828  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    171,083       17,236,612  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    77,659       5,598,437  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    995,973       11,543,327  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

71,547,032

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    274,485       23,040,271  
   

 

 

 
Automobile Components — 1.1%  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,749,183       13,661,119  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    198,114       11,970,048  

LCI Industries

    194,306       21,348,400  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    329,053       22,642,137  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    287,495       10,611,441  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

80,233,145

 

 

Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(b)

    252,669       14,579,001  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 7.9%  

Ameris Bancorp

    395,790       14,477,998  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    614,592       21,541,450  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    380,837       14,060,502  

Banc of California, Inc.

    725,381       9,089,024  

BankUnited, Inc.

    1,061,859       23,976,776  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    297,000       7,442,820  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    1,362,600       14,307,300  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    1,809,597       12,178,588  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    306,136       5,479,834  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    358,240       18,804,018  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    234,869       4,349,774  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    377,077       12,620,767  

FB Financial Corp.

    266,657       8,287,699  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    257,134       9,133,400  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    711,699       8,846,419  

First Financial Bancorp

    661,663       14,404,403  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    936,581       19,321,666  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    703,595       20,875,664  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    264,517       4,758,661  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    1,784,024       17,519,116  

Independent Bank Corp.

    339,855       22,301,285  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    542,702       25,154,238  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    196,029       6,559,130  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    306,132       3,606,235  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    945,315       11,372,139  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    1,232,118       29,595,474  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    80,744       3,350,069  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    975,615       18,712,296  

Renasant Corp.

    784,030       23,975,637  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    192,722       6,061,107  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    584,661       13,856,466  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    1,798,159       31,449,801  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    168,758       5,602,766  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    68,240       4,518,170  

Triumph Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    140,568       8,161,378  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    104,735       3,345,236  

Trustmark Corp.

    301,329       7,442,826  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    625,109       17,578,065  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    356,356       6,507,060  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    416,706     $      12,551,185  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    736,523       27,700,630  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

550,877,072

 

 

Beverages — 0.1%  

National Beverage Corp.(a)

    114,277       6,024,683  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.1%  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    105,839       3,039,696  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)

    295,162       5,537,239  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    477,295       3,264,698  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    51,884       1,471,949  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    679,404       7,038,626  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    182,785       7,391,825  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    753,627       7,928,156  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,241,844       28,848,036  

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CVR(a)(b)(c)

    181,178       2  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    868,910       5,899,899  

Vericel Corp.(a)(b)

    308,681       9,050,527  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

79,470,653

 

 

Broadline Retail — 0.1%  

Big Lots, Inc.

    436,987       4,789,378  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 1.8%  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)(b)

    253,873       13,219,167  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    145,787       6,305,288  

AZZ, Inc.

    380,257       15,681,799  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    473,327       22,956,359  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    158,483       4,408,997  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    1,958,654       15,747,578  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    218,971       4,714,446  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,233,584       40,829,915  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

123,863,549

 

 

Capital Markets — 0.4%  

B Riley Financial, Inc.(b)

    123,158       3,496,456  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    234,093       5,519,913  

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

    190,695       7,791,798  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    52,426       9,981,386  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    789,156       4,624,454  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

31,414,007

 

 

Chemicals — 1.8%  

AdvanSix, Inc.

    421,845       16,144,008  

FutureFuel Corp.

    167,515       1,236,261  

HB Fuller Co.

    295,442       20,223,005  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    319,071       11,157,913  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    840,778       18,051,504  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    496,949       30,025,658  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)

    976,604       6,123,307  

Stepan Co.

    113,228       11,665,881  

Trinseo PLC

    535,804       11,171,513  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

125,799,050

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.5%  

ABM Industries, Inc.

    1,011,323       45,448,856  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    247,008       13,271,740  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    1,756,391       16,158,797  

Deluxe Corp.

    655,469       10,487,504  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    1,899,788       14,989,327  

Harsco Corp.(a)(b)

    1,212,982       8,284,667  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    1,131,590       15,695,153  

HNI Corp.

    631,880       17,591,539  

Interface, Inc., Class A

    886,324       7,196,951  

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

    1,664,318       22,767,870  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)(b)

    162,854     $ 2,144,787  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    465,505       16,786,110  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    1,155,752       23,635,129  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    2,083,630       8,105,321  

UniFirst Corp.

    94,834       16,712,596  

Viad Corp.(a)

    315,311       6,571,081  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   245,847,428

 

 

Communications Equipment — 1.1%  

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    334,867       5,310,991  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    425,007       5,304,087  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

    441,080       8,164,391  

Viasat, Inc.(a)

    1,170,039       39,594,120  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,648,220       17,850,222  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

76,223,811

 

 

Construction & Engineering — 1.0%  

Arcosa, Inc.

    251,106       15,847,300  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    144,436       13,526,431  

Granite Construction, Inc.(b)

    670,428       27,541,182  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    127,164       16,023,936  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

72,938,849

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.6%  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    431,035       13,068,981  

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

    357,236       18,022,556  

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    477,097       21,197,420  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    804,045       6,914,787  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    164,018       4,372,720  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    595,476       23,199,745  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    764,355       18,184,005  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    50,506       4,206,645  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

109,166,859

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.2%  

Andersons, Inc.

    267,055       11,034,712  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b)

    197,374       6,720,585  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    385,631       27,564,904  

SpartanNash Co.

    538,800       13,362,240  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    917,045       24,164,136  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

82,846,577

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.4%  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    1,274,661       28,947,551  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)(b)

    597,500       16,658,300  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b)

    595,278       5,131,296  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    380,748       5,113,446  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    146,139       13,127,666  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

40,030,708

 

 

Diversified REITs — 1.6%  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    1,107,816       20,948,801  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    799,975       14,871,535  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    357,708       4,224,531  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,178,948       54,146,858  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    1,585,955       20,395,381  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

114,587,106

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    268,084       17,082,312  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,114,438       2,875,250  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.(b)

    14,116,772       37,409,446  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

57,367,008

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 0.3%  

Otter Tail Corp.

    248,456     $ 17,955,915  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    139,445       5,938,963  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.3%  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    667,511       4,045,117  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    537,247       12,727,381  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    212,518       10,421,883  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)

    286,192       7,043,185  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    463,899       66,319,001  

Itron, Inc.(a)(b)

    691,392       38,337,686  

Knowles Corp.(a)(b)

    1,393,930       23,696,810  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    265,090       11,632,149  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    117,657       12,043,371  

PC Connection, Inc.

    172,206       7,742,382  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    289,539       47,319,359  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    482,884       29,451,095  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    395,001       12,023,830  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,561,722       21,067,630  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

303,870,879

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2%  

Archrock, Inc.

    2,051,859       20,046,662  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)

    359,181       8,045,654  

Core Laboratories NV(b)

    370,124       8,161,234  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)

    283,227       6,222,497  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)

    243,013       6,972,043  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    2,179,968       16,872,952  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    673,006       24,059,965  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b)

    44,039       5,368,795  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,339,688       10,650,520  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

    427,555       7,537,795  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    975,306       8,124,299  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    1,061,696       12,421,843  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    1,474,179       10,599,347  

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

    486,562       5,809,550  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   150,893,156

 

 

Entertainment — 0.4%  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,642,654       24,294,853  

Marcus Corp.(b)

    372,657       5,962,512  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

30,257,365

 

 

Financial Services — 1.2%  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    349,615       11,799,506  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    627,429       14,010,490  

Payoneer Global, Inc.(a)

    1,736,069       10,902,513  

Radian Group, Inc.

    650,066       14,366,459  

Star Holdings(a)

    10,710       186,242  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    469,567       35,766,919  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

87,032,129

 

 

Food Products — 1.3%  

B&G Foods, Inc.

    1,094,789       17,002,073  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    270,421       7,780,012  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    469,132       14,125,565  

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

    1,366,062       23,427,963  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    53,452       5,180,568  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    81,306       4,249,865  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)(b)

    409,372       20,644,630  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

92,410,676

 

 

 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    90,440     $ 11,575,416  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    192,075       9,135,087  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

20,710,503

 

 

Ground Transportation — 1.0%  

ArcBest Corp.

    370,548       34,246,046  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    246,106       3,918,008  

RXO, Inc.(a)

    1,783,668       35,031,239  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

73,195,293

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%  

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)

    597,278       6,175,855  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    614,065       8,044,252  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    710,530       21,131,162  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    642,056       12,751,232  

CONMED Corp.

    238,276       24,747,345  

Cutera, Inc.(a)(b)

    78,152       1,845,950  

Embecta Corp.

    463,000       13,019,560  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)

    240,460       12,047,046  

Heska Corp.(a)

    155,446       15,174,639  

Inogen, Inc.(a)

    351,463       4,386,258  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    507,727       39,348,843  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    91,915       4,730,865  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.(b)

    29,182       5,098,971  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    797,872       32,960,092  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,106,128       6,692,074  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)

    519,726       8,705,411  

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

    392,872       15,954,532  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    612,018       11,132,607  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

243,946,694

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%  

Agiliti, Inc.(a)(b)

    280,918       4,489,070  

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

    601,072       21,921,096  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,903,500       9,327,150  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    48,413       9,212,025  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)(b)

    760,151       10,573,700  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)

    165,859       5,178,118  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    194,371       16,342,714  

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    1,935,505       33,697,142  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    1,164,314       16,940,769  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    1,251,635       18,661,878  

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    747,632       18,713,229  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    1,595,231       41,236,721  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    77,275       7,565,995  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   213,859,607

 

 

Health Care REITs — 0.4%  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    576,950       11,296,681  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    144,009       5,270,730  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    215,872       7,583,583  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    67,073       3,226,882  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

27,377,876

 

 

Health Care Technology — 0.4%  

Certara, Inc.(a)(b)

    678,432       16,356,996  

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.(a)

    100,950       3,048,690  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    131,242       3,556,658  

Simulations Plus, Inc.(b)

    79,994       3,514,936  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

26,477,280

 

 

Hotel & Resort REITs — 2.2%  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    747,780       7,844,212  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    3,205,530       26,060,959  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    1,844,384       25,895,151  

Service Properties Trust

    2,535,851       25,257,076  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotel & Resort REITs (continued)  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    1,631,504     $ 11,420,528  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    3,219,858       31,812,197  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,765,054       23,104,557  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   151,394,680

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.8%  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    357,937       10,430,284  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    563,188       14,445,772  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b)

    675,088       25,653,344  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    733,766       25,718,498  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    126,843       4,547,321  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    340,121       38,637,746  

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

    283,198       10,418,854  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    95,681       6,471,863  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

    296,312       2,841,632  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    130,708       5,687,105  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    219,561       3,605,192  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    3,108,444       13,335,225  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    267,910       14,866,326  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    644,353       17,210,669  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

193,869,831

 

 

Household Durables — 4.6%  

Century Communities, Inc.

    433,936       27,737,189  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    121,829       13,892,161  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    416,019       18,155,069  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    659,088       19,166,279  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b)

    313,652       35,765,738  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    420,205       26,510,733  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    888,665       34,542,409  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    559,807       65,363,065  

Sonos, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,947,885       38,217,504  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,546,374       39,154,190  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

318,504,337

 

 

Household Products — 0.4%  

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)(b)

    75,866       3,115,058  

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

    327,946       12,812,850  

WD-40 Co.(b)

    72,774       12,957,411  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

28,885,319

 

 

Industrial REITs — 0.6%  

LXP Industrial Trust

    4,221,975       43,528,562  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.1%  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    683,090       10,574,233  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    509,075       18,576,147  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    131,457       6,434,820  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    448,985       22,570,476  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    210,433       8,772,952  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,058,725       35,434,799  

HCI Group, Inc.

    102,477       5,492,767  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    573,102       19,187,455  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    527,798       10,899,029  

Mercury General Corp.

    406,698       12,908,594  

ProAssurance Corp.

    770,888       14,246,010  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    101,021       7,528,085  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    1,296,496       10,540,512  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    395,033       15,939,582  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    340,112       9,029,974  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    437,757       7,975,933  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

216,111,368

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 0.5%  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    370,821       5,884,929  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

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iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    190,681     $ 13,843,441  

Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)

    447,153       13,727,597  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

33,455,967

 

 

IT Services — 0.2%  

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    227,855       16,448,852  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 0.3%  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    105,431       6,055,957  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b)

    475,310       13,170,840  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

19,226,797

 

 

Machinery — 4.1%  

3D Systems Corp.(a)(b)

    2,004,181       21,484,820  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    42,418       7,811,699  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    346,475       14,292,094  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    774,176       31,183,809  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)

    309,626       9,635,561  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    295,645       7,538,947  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.(b)

    126,152       12,041,208  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    501,664       16,138,531  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    487,539       53,283,137  

Kennametal, Inc.

    1,233,679       34,024,867  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)(b)

    414,224       13,731,526  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    263,302       18,583,855  

Standex International Corp.

    58,231       7,129,804  

Tennant Co.

    284,572       19,501,719  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    509,769       12,417,973  

Wabash National Corp.

    305,008       7,500,147  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   286,299,697

 

 

Media — 0.7%  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)

    427,054       7,507,609  

EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    884,665       8,324,698  

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

    2,204,370       4,122,172  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

    452,065       15,469,664  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    470,062       10,839,630  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

46,263,773

 

 

Metals & Mining — 2.7%  

Arconic Corp.(a)(b)

    1,560,563       40,933,568  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)

    752,607       29,697,872  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    743,203       33,265,766  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b)

    779,460       7,794,600  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    521,075       17,867,662  

Haynes International, Inc.

    62,859       3,148,607  

Materion Corp.(b)

    135,075       15,668,700  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    146,092       7,627,464  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    1,274,186       11,442,190  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    344,318       6,314,792  

Tredegar Corp.

    379,687       3,466,542  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    347,102       12,742,115  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

189,969,878

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.0%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    1,993,126       18,556,003  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    967,383       11,811,746  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,263,599       15,074,736  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    294,610       3,267,225  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    889,174       10,127,692  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.(b)

    1,419,517       14,138,389  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    1,360,826       16,778,985  

Ready Capital Corp.

    1,502,362       15,279,021  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    1,732,067       11,674,132  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    1,475,369       21,702,678  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

138,410,607

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities — 0.6%  

Avista Corp.

    1,021,610     $ 43,367,345  
   

 

 

 
Office REITs — 1.5%  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    2,637,824       12,476,908  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.(b)

    1,387,431       19,063,302  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    1,966,596       13,077,863  

JBG SMITH Properties

    1,511,257       22,759,530  

Office Properties Income Trust

    741,233       9,117,166  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    854,526       5,725,324  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    867,821       20,411,150  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   102,631,243

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%  

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)(b)

    390,491       13,058,019  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    200,988       6,588,387  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)(b)

    882,757       27,356,639  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    850,268       24,827,826  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    457,961       6,796,141  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    949,056       24,248,381  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

102,875,393

 

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%  

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    255,829       8,549,805  

Mercer International, Inc.

    347,176       3,393,646  

Sylvamo Corp.

    208,766       9,657,515  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

21,600,966

 

 

Passenger Airlines — 0.7%  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)(b)

    238,982       21,981,564  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    784,261       7,183,831  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    774,278       17,165,743  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

46,331,138

 

 

Personal Care Products — 0.8%  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    408,468       17,327,213  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    756,299       29,730,114  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    170,658       10,734,388  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

57,791,715

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    88,498       3,515,141  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    112,361       8,265,275  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    1,474,705       1,036,570  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    311,439       4,771,246  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    228,367       14,302,625  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

31,890,857

 

 

Professional Services — 1.0%  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    171,785       5,557,245  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    301,929       9,166,564  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS(b)

    527,950       8,758,691  

Korn Ferry

    418,864       21,672,023  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    487,678       8,319,787  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)(b)

    497,773       8,860,359  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    144,510       5,380,107  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

67,714,776

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%  

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

    1,678,661       8,863,330  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a)(b)

    2,309,667       24,343,890  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    1,059,430       3,294,828  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    1,148,366       19,051,392  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(b)

    0        

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    286,524       5,375,190  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

60,928,630

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Residential REITs — 0.7%  

Centerspace

    230,114     $ 12,571,128  

Elme Communities

    1,356,828       24,232,948  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    162,814       7,110,087  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    532,159       7,790,808  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

51,704,971

 

 

Retail REITs — 2.0%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    1,359,767       18,968,750  

Getty Realty Corp.

    234,357       8,443,883  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    1,909,616       26,658,239  

RPT Realty

    1,321,666       12,569,044  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    83,725       3,265,275  

SITE Centers Corp.

    2,805,290       34,448,961  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    718,530       14,104,744  

Urban Edge Properties

    880,546       13,261,023  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    187,953       3,302,334  

Whitestone REIT

    708,532       6,518,494  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

   141,540,747

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.6%  

CEVA, Inc.(a)(b)

    136,469       4,152,752  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    246,244       9,453,307  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,178,767       37,543,729  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    440,820       14,432,447  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    976,948       23,583,525  

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

    751,493       12,955,739  

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

    313,658       10,400,899  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

112,522,398

 

 

Software — 1.1%  

8x8, Inc.(a)(b)

    933,738       3,893,687  

Adeia, Inc.

    1,604,553       14,216,340  

Cerence, Inc.(a)(b)

    614,433       17,259,423  

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

    85,219       2,905,116  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)(b)

    496,475       6,136,431  

Ebix, Inc.

    359,088       4,736,371  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)

    507,460       2,237,899  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    442,498       9,703,981  

N-able, Inc.(a)

    327,156       4,318,459  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    275,801       4,826,517  

Xperi, Inc.(a)(b)

    640,280       6,998,260  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

77,232,484

 

 

Specialized REITs — 1.0%  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    422,953       11,360,518  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    2,236,363       36,296,171  

Safehold, Inc.(b)

    614,653       18,052,348  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    1,987,376       7,055,185  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

72,764,222

 

 

Specialty Retail — 7.5%  

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    466,123       4,502,748  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    748,719       20,776,952  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(b)

    633,601       41,342,465  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    2,670,585       35,892,662  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)

    88,475       7,008,105  

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

    186,493       39,163,530  

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

    177,580       13,609,731  

Buckle, Inc.

    140,193       5,003,488  

Caleres, Inc.

    543,891       11,764,362  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)

    1,908,811       10,498,461  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)

    186,272       7,497,448  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    766,226       6,696,815  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    182,667       6,736,759  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    223,367       50,574,756  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Guess?, Inc.

    465,382     $ 9,056,334  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    97,872       3,123,096  

Hibbett, Inc.

    91,384       5,389,828  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    791,567       8,715,153  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    332,352       9,555,120  

Monro, Inc.(b)

    481,064       23,778,994  

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

    504,099       9,497,225  

ODP Corp.(a)(b)

    616,937       27,749,826  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    322,107       5,231,018  

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

    1,645,821       25,641,891  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    257,109       6,594,846  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    695,376       54,086,345  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)

    334,334       10,167,097  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    254,999       13,856,646  

Upbound Group, Inc.

    765,446       18,761,081  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)(b)

    918,154       25,451,229  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)(b)

    239,054       4,408,156  
   

 

 

 
         522,132,167  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    207,784       6,644,933  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)

    270,198       4,958,133  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

11,603,066

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.1%  

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

    654,781       10,181,844  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    5,349,489       28,138,312  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    755,100       36,539,289  

Movado Group, Inc.

    239,719       6,896,716  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    67,875       7,166,921  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    1,119,930       40,317,480  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    1,203,354       20,517,186  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

149,757,748

 

 

Tobacco — 0.5%  

Universal Corp.

    375,191       19,843,852  

Vector Group Ltd.

    1,127,504       13,541,323  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

33,385,175

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    240,557       6,475,794  

GMS, Inc.(a)(b)

    636,550       36,849,880  

NOW, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,687,262       18,812,971  

Veritiv Corp.

    206,756       27,941,006  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

90,079,651

 

 

Water Utilities — 0.6%        

American States Water Co.

    175,536       15,603,395  

California Water Service Group

    318,805       18,554,451  

Middlesex Water Co.

    76,500       5,976,180  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

40,134,026

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    347,706       5,041,737  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.(b)

    767,505       14,597,945  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    1,524,716       16,024,765  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

35,664,447

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.2%
(Cost: $7,459,997,670)

      6,789,542,907  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 8.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(d)(e)(f)

    417,171,709     $ 417,296,861  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(d)(e)

    198,053,688       198,053,688  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 8.8%
(Cost: $ 615,220,595)

      615,350,549  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 106.0%
(Cost: $ 8,075,218,265)

      7,404,893,456  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.0)%

 

    (421,545,404
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%         $  6,983,348,052  
   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
   

Shares

Held at
03/31/23

    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 274,022,994     $ 143,172,251 (a)    $     $ (18,084   $ 119,700     $ 417,296,861       417,171,709     $ 1,465,715 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    68,870,000       129,183,688 (a)                        198,053,688       198,053,688       3,886,356       219  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (18,084   $ 119,700     $   615,350,549       $   5,352,071     $ 219  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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

           

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     676        06/16/23      $ 61,296      $ 1,355,348  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

Reference Entity

   Payment
Frequency
     Counterparty(a)    Termination
Date
    

Net

Notional

     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Net Value of
Reference
Entity
     Gross Notional
Amount
Net Asset
Percentage
 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

      Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)      08/19/26      $   24,139,889      $ (956,614 )(c)     $ 23,198,577        0.3
      HSBC Bank PLC(d)      02/10/28        49,875,811        (4,630,017 )(e)       45,382,191        0.7  
      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)       02/08/24        62,222,550        (889,425 )(g)        61,534,200        0.9  
              

 

 

    

 

 

    
               $ (6,476,056    $   130,114,968     
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  (a)

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

 
  (c)

Amount includes $(15,302) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e)

Amount includes $(136,397) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g)

Amount includes $(201,075) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

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

 

  

(b)

  

(d)

  

(f)

Range:

   40 basis points    40 basis points    40 basis points

Benchmarks:        

   USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate    USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate    USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate
  

(FEDL01)

  

(OBFR01)

  

(OBFR01)

 

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
        Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    1,979     $ 69,364       0.3

BankUnited, Inc.

    96,527       2,179,580       9.4  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    8,784       158,024       0.7  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    60,456       1,452,153       6.2  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    6,074       252,010       1.1  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    191,418       3,671,397       15.8  

Renasant Corp.

    14,749       451,025       1.9  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    152,214       2,662,223       11.5  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    5,520       183,264       0.8  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    571       18,238       0.1  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    1,409       39,621       0.2  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    1,295       39,005       0.2  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    71,016       2,670,912       11.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

13,846,816

 

 

 
Capital Markets                  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    8,140       47,700       0.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    2,851       11,090       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    271,545       8,233,245       35.5  

Green Dot Corp.

    24,813       426,287       1.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

      8,659,532

 

 

              

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
        Basket
Value
 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs                  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    5,238     $ 73,542       0.3
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    1,749       58,556       0.2  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    24,278       501,341       2.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      559,897    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $     23,198,577    
   

 

 

   

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
        Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks  

Ameris Bancorp

    1,620     $ 59,259       0.1

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    89,995           3,154,325       6.9  

Banc of California, Inc.

    129,235       1,619,314       3.6  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    153,389       1,032,308       2.3  

Central Pacific

    27,781       497,280       1.1  

Eagle Bancorp., Inc.

    62,534       2,093,013       4.6  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    10,339       185,999       0.4  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    68,578       673,436       1.5  

Independent Bank Corp.

    200       13,124       0.0  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    140,751       3,380,839       7.4  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    9,594       398,055       0.9  

Renasant Corp.

    57,715       1,764,925       3.9  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
        Basket
Value
 

 

 

 

Banks (continued)

 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    13,095     $ 434,754       1.0

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    571       18,238       0.0  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    58,658       1,766,779       3.9  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    78,216       2,941,704       6.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      20,033,352    
Commercial Services & Supplies  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    401,926       1,563,492       3.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    212,348       3,648,139       8.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components  

Rogers Corp.

    262       42,819       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Financial Services  

Radian Group, Inc.

    1,395       30,829       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    162,870       2,286,695       5.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    546,450       2,743,179       6.0  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    45,640       1,528,027       3.4  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    28,689       592,428       1.3  

ProAssurance Corp.

    65,748       1,215,023       2.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    25,580       1,032,153       2.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      7,110,810    
Multi-Utilities  

Avista Corp.

    111,584       4,736,741       10.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Office REITs  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    34,494       163,157       0.4  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    130,301       3,064,679       6.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      3,227,836    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  

Green Plains, Inc.

    24,848       770,039       1.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Water Utilities  

Middlesex Water Co.

    24,724       1,931,439       4.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

    $   45,382,191    
   

 

 

   

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks  
Banks                  

Banc of California, Inc.

    3,616     $ 45,309       0.1

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
        Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks (continued)                  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    96,879     $ 1,734,134       2.8

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    7,680       142,234       0.2  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    46,380       1,552,339       2.5  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    7,805       261,155       0.4  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    25,413       610,420       1.0  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    26,603       1,103,758       1.8  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    11,867       281,248       0.5  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    13,276       440,763       0.7  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    82,893       1,513,626       2.5  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    60,087       2,259,872       3.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      9,944,858    
Consumer Finance                  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    70,321       2,132,133       3.5  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    485,589       8,342,419       13.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      10,474,552    
Financial Services                  

Radian Group, Inc.

    1,763,632       38,976,267       63.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    13,668       457,605       0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    1,280       54,336       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Office REITs                  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    12,366       58,491       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Retail REITs                  

Acadia Realty Trust

    112,408       1,568,092       2.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

  $   61,534,201    
   

 

 

   
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

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

 

Description    Swap
Premiums
Paid
     Swap
Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $      $ (6,476,056

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

                 

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 1,355,348      $      $      $      $ 1,355,348  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments                                            

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

   $      $      $ 6,476,056      $      $      $      $ 6,476,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    

Interest

Rate
Contracts

     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

 

                 

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (2,830,468    $      $      $      $ (2,830,468

Swaps

                   (31,019,565                           (31,019,565
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $   (33,850,033    $      $      $      $   (33,850,033
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 928,022      $      $      $      $ 928,022  

Swaps

                   (10,501,868                           (10,501,868
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (9,573,846    $      $      $      $ (9,573,846
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $33,340,970  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

     $168,696,908  

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

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

 

 

 
     Assets      Liabilities  

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $ 1,279,285      $  

Swaps — OTC(a)

            6,476,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

   $ 1,279,285      $ 6,476,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

             
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $ 1,279,285      $ 6,476,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

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

 

 

 
Counterparty    Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
     Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged(b)
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged(b)
     Net
Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities(c)
 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 956,614      $      $      $ (956,614    $  

HSBC Bank PLC

     4,630,017                      (4,630,017       

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

     889,425                      (889,425       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,476,056      $      $      $ (6,476,056    $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 
  (b)

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

 
  (c)

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 6,789,542,905      $      $ 2      $ 6,789,542,907  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     615,350,549                      615,350,549  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $         7,404,893,454      $      $ 2      $         7,404,893,456  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Equity Contracts

   $ 1,355,348      $                         —      $      $ 1,355,348  

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

            (6,476,056             (6,476,056
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,355,348      $ (6,476,056    $                         —      $ (5,120,708
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

S&P 100 ETF

    

iShares

S&P 500 Growth

ETF

    

iShares

S&P 500 Value
ETF

   

iShares

S&P Small-Cap

600 Value ETF

 

ASSETS

         

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 7,495,633,556      $ 30,104,478,496      $ 24,261,580,151     $ 6,789,542,907  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    48,108,852        278,844,966        402,147,362       615,350,549  

Cash

    389        1,408,519        110,889       6,344,986  

Cash pledged:

         

Collateral — OTC derivatives

                        31,690,000  

Futures contracts

    1,157,640        3,123,340        3,273,360       5,270,000  

Receivables:

         

Investments sold

           22,950,212        58,185,671       38,331,325  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    32,648        37,603        72,854       219,837  

Swaps

                        845,612  

Capital shares sold

           15,885,969        22,768,585        

Dividends — unaffiliated

    3,989,803        17,168,975        21,965,895       10,990,447  

Dividends — affiliated

    68,714        160,051        151,227       898,614  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    268,538        724,763        799,824       1,279,285  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    7,549,260,140        30,444,782,894        24,771,055,818       7,500,763,562  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Bank overdraft

                  110,441        

Collateral on securities loaned

           237,519,455        209,976,583       417,275,974  

Payables:

         

Investments purchased

           38,809,211        50,616,144       60,865,296  

Swaps

                        27,076,128  

Capital shares redeemed

                  30,358,113       4,589,926  

Investment advisory fees

    1,230,998        4,362,743        3,719,289       1,132,130  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,602                      

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

                        6,476,056  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,232,600        280,691,409        294,780,570       517,415,510  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 7,548,027,540      $ 30,164,091,485      $ 24,476,275,248     $ 6,983,348,052  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 7,052,102,523      $ 25,952,679,526      $ 25,611,306,419     $ 8,580,648,621  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    495,925,017        4,211,411,959        (1,135,031,171     (1,597,300,569
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 7,548,027,540      $ 30,164,091,485      $ 24,476,275,248     $ 6,983,348,052  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

         

Shares outstanding

    40,350,000        471,900,000        161,250,000       74,550,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 187.06      $ 63.92      $ 151.79     $ 93.67  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None        None       None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 6,611,617,487      $ 22,700,936,556      $ 23,745,040,402     $ 7,459,997,670  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $      $ 235,845,800      $ 208,394,131     $ 416,044,262  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 45,634,267      $ 278,820,244      $ 414,570,321     $ 615,220,595  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

S&P 100 ETF

   

iShares

S&P 500 Growth

ETF

   

iShares

S&P 500 Value
ETF

   

iShares

S&P Small-Cap

600 Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 127,474,233     $ 332,017,578     $ 543,087,200     $ 134,577,557  

Dividends — affiliated

    968,526       1,128,251       3,689,197       3,886,356  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    133,167       513,312       611,881       1,465,715  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (154,613     (76,567     (14,433
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    128,575,926       333,504,528       547,311,711       139,915,195  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    15,351,016       53,418,961       44,024,320       13,345,671  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    15,351,016       53,418,961       44,024,320       13,345,671  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    113,224,910       280,085,567       503,287,391       126,569,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (77,197,960     (2,203,769,845     (397,856,262     (398,010,389

Investments — affiliated

    (47,073     15,818,525       (154,825     (18,084

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    10       33       26       219  

Futures contracts

    (1,457,413     (5,359,505     (11,438,758     (2,830,468

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    483,936,002       2,382,262,771       2,759,205,407       472,884,728  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    2,245,875       2,758,853       10,283,745        

Swaps

                      (31,019,565
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    407,479,441       191,710,832       2,360,039,333       41,006,441  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (1,338,733,330     (5,966,998,840     (3,109,292,037     (876,381,435

Investments — affiliated

    (6,486,631     (26,742,051     (22,915,734     119,700  

Futures contracts

    (112,487     (342,514     (125,415     928,022  

Swaps

                      (10,501,868
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,345,332,448     (5,994,083,405     (3,132,333,186     (885,835,581
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (937,853,007     (5,802,372,573     (772,293,853     (844,829,140
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (824,628,097   $ (5,522,287,006   $ (269,006,462   $ (718,259,616
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares S&P 100 ETF     iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 113,224,910     $ 98,468,954     $ 280,085,567     $ 196,796,622  

Net realized gain

    407,479,441       462,070,579       191,710,832       3,911,096,585  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,345,332,448     623,310,831       (5,994,083,405     1,270,127,992  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (824,628,097     1,183,850,364       (5,522,287,006     5,378,021,199  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (113,384,492     (96,979,731     (273,353,269     (197,299,111
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

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

    (291,408,168     713,344,619       (798,680,236     402,934,188  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (1,229,420,757     1,800,215,252       (6,594,320,511     5,583,656,276  

Beginning of year

    8,777,448,297       6,977,233,045       36,758,411,996       31,174,755,720  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 7,548,027,540     $ 8,777,448,297     $ 30,164,091,485     $ 36,758,411,996  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(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 S&P 500 Value ETF     iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value
ETF
 
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 503,287,391     $ 444,658,089     $ 126,569,524     $ 93,472,980  

Net realized gain

    2,360,039,333       1,639,867,069       41,006,441       1,376,936,932  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (3,132,333,186     559,126,265       (885,835,581     (1,236,361,719
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (269,006,462     2,643,651,423       (718,259,616     234,048,193  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (505,414,298     (441,547,200     (106,591,690     (131,583,294
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

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

    (635,658,997     2,259,799,358       (741,070,327     (359,336,301
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (1,410,079,757     4,461,903,581       (1,565,921,633     (256,871,402

Beginning of year

    25,886,355,005       21,424,451,424       8,549,269,685       8,806,141,087  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 24,476,275,248     $ 25,886,355,005     $ 6,983,348,052     $ 8,549,269,685  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares S&P 100 ETF  
      Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
 
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 208.24     $ 179.83     $ 118.50     $ 125.31     $ 115.89  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

     2.66       2.41       2.37       2.48       2.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

     (21.16     28.36       61.39       (6.58     9.45  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

     (18.50     30.77       63.76       (4.10     11.80  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

     (2.68     (2.36     (2.43     (2.71     (2.38
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 187.06     $ 208.24     $ 179.83     $ 118.50     $ 125.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

          

Based on net asset value

     (8.80 )%      17.14     54.11     (3.42 )%      10.25
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

          

Total expenses

     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.48     1.19     1.52     1.86     1.94
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 7,548,028     $ 8,777,448     $ 6,977,233     $ 4,852,686     $ 4,824,336  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

     3     2     8     4     7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f)

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 S&P 500 Growth ETF  
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
     
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
03/31/20
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
03/31/19
 
(a)  
             

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 76.34      $ 65.08       $ 41.25      $ 43.10      $ 38.76  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.60        0.41         0.47        0.60        0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

    (12.44      11.27         23.85        (1.68      4.33  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (11.84      11.68         24.32        (1.08      4.85  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.58      (0.42       (0.49      (0.77      (0.51
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 63.92      $ 76.34       $ 65.08      $ 41.25      $ 43.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

              

Based on net asset value

    (15.48 )%       17.94       59.13      (2.65 )%       12.59
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

              

Total expenses

    0.18      0.18       0.18      0.18      0.18
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.94      0.55       0.82      1.30      1.27
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 30,164,091      $ 36,758,412       $ 31,174,756      $ 22,307,379      $ 22,550,900  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    34      14       13      27      27
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on October 16, 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)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 S&P 500 Value ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
 
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 155.61     $ 141.09     $ 96.29      $ 112.76     $ 109.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

     3.00       2.89       2.83        2.86       2.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

     (3.78     14.48       44.86        (16.41     3.53  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

     (0.78     17.37       47.69        (13.55     6.22  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

     (3.04     (2.85     (2.89      (2.92     (2.78
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 151.79     $ 155.61     $ 141.09      $ 96.29     $ 112.76  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

     (0.35 )%      12.39     50.10      (12.34 )%      5.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses

     0.18     0.18     0.18      0.18     0.18
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2.06     1.92     2.39      2.40     2.43
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $  24,476,275     $  25,886,355     $  21,424,451      $  14,187,829     $  15,234,432  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

     29     18     26      32     31
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f)

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 S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF  
     
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
(a)  
   
Year Ended
03/31/20
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
03/31/19
 
(a)  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 102.39      $ 100.53      $ 50.14     $ 73.81      $ 75.49  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.62        1.07        1.12       1.10        1.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

    (8.96      2.32        50.16       (23.45      (1.71
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (7.34      3.39        51.28       (22.35      (0.51
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (1.38      (1.53      (0.89     (1.32      (1.17
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 93.67      $ 102.39      $ 100.53     $ 50.14      $ 73.81  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

            

Based on net asset value

    (7.08 )%       3.38      103.08 %(f)       (30.75 )%       (0.71 )% 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

            

Total expenses

    0.18      0.18      0.21     0.25      0.25
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.71      1.04      1.56     1.48      1.54
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  6,983,348      $  8,549,270      $  8,806,141     $  4,120,917      $  6,155,204  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    54      42      52     53      38
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on October 16, 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)

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

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

S&P 100

  Diversified

S&P 500 Growth

  Diversified

S&P 500 Value

  Diversified

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

  Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

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 jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Fund uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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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.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

S&P 500 Growth

         

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 953,371      $ (953,371   $     $  

BNP Paribas SA

     1,820,016        (1,820,016            

Citadel Clearing LLC

     9,568,555        (9,568,555            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     61,947,606        (61,542,354           405,252  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     3,054        (3,054            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     92,471,629        (92,471,629            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     9,362,720        (9,362,720            

Jefferies LLC

     255,069        (255,069            

Morgan Stanley

     26,497        (26,418           79  

RBC Capital Market LLC

     51,154,802        (51,154,802            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     19,428        (19,409           19  

TD Prime Services LLC

     89,899        (89,899            

UBS AG

     7,695,978        (7,695,978            

UBS Securities LLC

     477,176        (476,420           756  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 235,845,800      $ (235,439,694   $     $   406,106  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Value

         

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 2,697,387      $ (2,697,387   $     $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     2,992,988        (2,991,402           1,586  

Citadel Clearing LLC

     2,046,619        (2,046,619            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     22,230,282        (22,230,282            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     19,798        (19,204           594  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     26,244,638        (26,244,638            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     100,067,101        (100,067,101            

Jefferies LLC

     10,156,124        (10,117,500           38,624  

Morgan Stanley

     14,201,370        (14,201,370            

Natixis SA

     5,371,305        (5,371,305            

RBC Capital Market LLC

     169,138        (169,025           113  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     4,082,831        (4,042,380           40,451  

TD Prime Services LLC

     11,450,325        (11,133,250           317,075  

UBS AG

     1,856,172        (1,856,172            

Virtu Americas LLC

     2,886,495        (2,883,150           3,345  

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     1,921,558        (1,918,093           3,465  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 208,394,131      $ (207,988,878   $     $ 405,253  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

         

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 5,917,406      $ (5,917,406   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

     1,853,197        (1,851,200           1,997  

BNP Paribas SA

     67,861,578        (67,602,297           259,281  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     40,798,142        (40,798,142            

Citadel Clearing LLC

     566,020        (562,375           3,645  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     2,563,079        (2,544,879           18,200  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     199,174        (199,174            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     64,882,315        (64,882,315            

HSBC Bank PLC

     5,020,916        (5,007,375           13,541  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     79,509,693        (79,509,693            

Jefferies LLC

     1,117,467        (1,117,467            

Morgan Stanley

     73,903,401        (73,887,666           15,735  

National Financial Services LLC

     170,578        (170,578            

Natixis SA

     8,814,095        (8,814,095            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     2,420,422        (2,420,422            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     5,987,728        (5,987,728            

SG Americas Securities LLC

     277,269        (277,269            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     29,701,705        (29,701,705            

TD Prime Services LLC

     8,557,942        (8,557,942            

UBS AG

     11,058,628        (11,045,592           13,036  

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value (continued)

         

UBS Securities LLC

   $ 470,116      $ (470,116   $     $  

Virtu Americas LLC

     65,696        (65,696            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

     1,017,542        (1,017,542            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     3,310,153        (3,310,153            
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 416,044,262      $ (415,718,827   $     $   325,435  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of 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 to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded on the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares EGS Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

 

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Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF    Investment Advisory Fees  

S&P 100

     0.20

S&P 500 Growth

     0.18  

S&P 500 Value

     0.18  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

     0.18  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF    Amounts  

S&P 100

   $ 43,471  

S&P 500 Growth

     206,679  

S&P 500 Value

     219,463  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

     474,954  

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

S&P 100

  $ 41,851,425      $ 36,786,241      $ (19,665,381

S&P 500 Growth

    6,709,318,546        7,474,526,018        (1,731,596,705

S&P 500 Value

    6,229,418,684        5,555,035,930        (190,503,385

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    1,390,431,185        1,569,691,056        15,820,837  

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 year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

S&P 100

  $ 235,776,630      $ 235,903,077  

S&P 500 Growth

    10,268,502,679        10,270,817,853  

S&P 500 Value

    7,241,816,576        7,189,092,927  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    3,947,874,629        4,081,472,673  

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

S&P 100

  $ 1,220,226,145      $ 1,511,748,081  

S&P 500 Growth

    4,127,856,805        4,931,930,719  

S&P 500 Value

    9,821,369,364        10,520,294,992  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    3,863,111,989        4,602,532,910  

 

 

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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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions and distributions paid in excess of taxable income were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in capital      Accumulated earnings (loss)  

S&P 100

  $ 481,586,929      $ (481,586,929

S&P 500 Growth

    2,381,019,333        (2,381,019,333

S&P 500 Value

    2,745,576,484        (2,745,576,484

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    386,322,454        (386,322,454

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

S&P 100

    

Ordinary income

  $ 113,384,492      $ 96,979,731  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

S&P 500 Growth

    

Ordinary income

  $ 273,353,269      $ 197,299,111  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

S&P 500 Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 505,414,298      $ 441,547,200  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 106,591,690      $ 131,583,294  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
    Qualified late-year  losses(c)     Total  

S&P 100

  $ 1,817,826      $ (362,360,219   $ 856,467,410     $     $ 495,925,017  

S&P 500 Growth

    6,732,298        (3,160,067,414     7,364,747,075             4,211,411,959  

S&P 500 Value

    983,982        (1,566,023,135     430,007,982             (1,135,031,171

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

           (854,325,126     (716,456,219     (26,519,224     (1,597,300,569

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the timing and recognition of realized gains / losses for tax purposes, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts, accounting for swap agreements and characterization of corporate actions.

 
(c) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

As of March 31, 2023, 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)
 

S&P 100

  $ 6,687,274,998      $ 1,358,149,467      $ (501,682,057   $ 856,467,410  

S&P 500 Growth

    23,018,576,387        8,162,926,490        (798,179,415     7,364,747,075  

S&P 500 Value

    24,233,719,531        2,320,592,756        (1,890,584,774     430,007,982  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    8,121,349,674        443,112,876        (1,159,569,094     (716,456,218

 

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;

 

 

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(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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

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 Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

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.

 

 

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Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

S&P 100

       

Shares sold

    6,650,000     $ 1,223,360,035       9,000,000     $ 1,852,545,063  

Shares redeemed

    (8,450,000     (1,514,768,203     (5,650,000     (1,139,200,444
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,800,000   $ (291,408,168     3,350,000     $ 713,344,619  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Growth

       

Shares sold

    65,500,000     $ 4,123,265,045       97,500,000     $ 7,705,816,385  

Shares redeemed

    (75,100,000     (4,921,945,281     (95,050,000     (7,302,882,197
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (9,600,000   $ (798,680,236     2,450,000     $ 402,934,188  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Value

       

Shares sold

    67,300,000     $ 9,872,676,861       46,050,000     $ 7,005,954,291  

Shares redeemed

    (72,400,000     (10,508,335,858     (31,550,000     (4,746,154,933
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (5,100,000   $ (635,658,997     14,500,000     $ 2,259,799,358  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

       

Shares sold

    39,800,000     $ 3,828,377,839       36,350,000     $ 3,774,747,013  

Shares redeemed

    (48,750,000     (4,569,448,166     (40,450,000     (4,134,083,314
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (8,950,000   $ (741,070,327     (4,100,000   $ (359,336,301
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

  

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and

Shareholders of each of the four funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (four of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares S&P 100 ETF

 

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF

 

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

S&P 100

  $ 126,077,587  

S&P 500 Growth

    315,687,175  

S&P 500 Value

    513,848,045  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    94,233,144  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

S&P 100

  $ 1,131,497  

S&P 500 Growth

    9,780,525  

S&P 500 Value

    13,455,367  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    17,296,558  

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

S&P 100

    100.00

S&P 500 Growth

    100.00  

S&P 500 Value

    97.94  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    87.57  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program  (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares S&P 100 ETF, iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, iShares S&P 500 Value ETF and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     
   

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
 

S&P 100

  $ 2.684663     $     $     $ 2.684663       100             100

S&P 500 Value

    3.036629                   3.036629       100                   100  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    1.381547                   1.381547       100                   100  

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
  Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S.

Kapito(a) (1957)

  Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(1970)

  Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

 

(a)

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)

Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
  Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

John E.

Kerrigan (1955)

 

Trustee (since

2005);

Independent

Board Chair

(since 2022).

  

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D.

Carlin (1956)

 

Trustee (since

2015); Risk

Committee Chair

(since 2016).

  

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L.

Fagnani (1954)

 

Trustee (since

2017); Audit

Committee Chair

(since 2019).

  

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
  Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia H.

Herbert (1949)

 

Trustee (since

2005); Nominating

and Governance

and Equity Plus

Committee Chairs

(since 2022).

  

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Drew E.

Lawton (1959)

 

Trustee (since

2017); 15(c)

Committee Chair

(since 2017).

  

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).

John E.

Martinez (1961)

 

Trustee (since

2003); Securities

Lending

Committee Chair

(since 2019).

  

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V.

Rajan (1964)

 

Trustee (since

2011); Fixed

Income Plus

Committee Chair

(since 2019).

  

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

Officers
     
Name (Year of
Birth)
  Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Dominik

Rohé (1973)

  President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent

Walker (1974)

  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (1980)

  Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (1982)

  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (1976)

  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (1970)

  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

CVR    Contingent Value Rights

 

NVS

  

 

Non-Voting Shares

 

REIT

  

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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  MARCH 31, 2023

 

  

2023 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | PFF | NASDAQ


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023
     
     6-Month    12-Month
   

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

  15.62%     (7.73)%
   

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

    9.14      (11.61)   
   

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

  27.27        (1.38)   
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  14.04      (10.70)   
   

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

    1.93         2.52   
   

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

    4.38        (6.90)   
   

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

    4.89        (4.78)   
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.00         0.26   
   

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

    7.88        (3.35)   

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     Page  

The Markets in Review

    2  

Annual Report:

 

Market Overview

    4  

Fund Summary

    5  

About Fund Performance

    7  

Disclosure of Expenses

    7  

Schedule of Investments

    8  

Financial Statements:

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    17  

Statement of Operations

    18  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    19  

Financial Highlights

    20  

Notes to Financial Statements

    21  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    27  

Important Tax Information

    28  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

    29  

Supplemental Information

    30  

Trustee and Officer Information

    32  

General Information

    35  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

    36  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities, as represented by the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment portfolio similar to the index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (8.99 )%      1.64     3.09     (8.99 )%      8.48     35.53

Fund Market

    (8.96     1.65       3.08       (8.96     8.51       35.40  

Index

    (8.66     2.28       3.73       (8.66     11.93       44.17  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

 

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Index performance through January 31, 2019 reflects the performance of the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index. Index performance beginning on February 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019 reflects the performance of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Transition Index, which terminated on October 31, 2019. Index performance beginning on November 1, 2019 reflects the performance of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index.

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 7 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

  $        1,000.00        $       1,017.30          $          2.31               $       1,000.00          $        1,022.65          $          2.32        0.46% 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

U.S. dollar-denominated preferred stocks posted a notable decline for the reporting period. Preferred stock typically pays a steady stream of dividends; therefore, its value is sensitive to prevailing interest rates. When interest rates rise, the dividends paid on preferred stock become relatively less attractive to investors, which weighs on its value. During the reporting period, the Fed raised short-term interest rates eight times and bond yields rose substantially. The value of preferred and hybrid securities is also influenced by the financial conditions of the issuing company, and the negative performance of some companies represented in the Index during the reporting period also negatively impacted the Index’s return.

The financials sector, representing approximately 58% of the Index on average for the reporting period, detracted the most from the Index’s return. In particular, preferred stock issued by banks, which tend to issue high levels of preferred stock due to regulatory capital requirements, declined. Because preferred stock is classified as equity rather than debt on balance sheets, it can be a useful tool to meet target capital ratios.

Late in the reporting period, the failure of two banks represented in the Index negatively impacted the Index’s performance. The banks were unable to meet a surge in customer deposit withdrawals and the government intervened to help depositors and provide liquidity in order to maintain the stability of the financial system. While the government arranged for the sale of both banks’ assets to other institutions, the disruption created by the failures led to increased scrutiny of the industry by investors. The information technology sector also declined, primarily due to weakness in the semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Financials

  60.4%

Utilities

  13.1   

Real Estate

  7.2   

Communication Services

  4.6   

Consumer Discretionary

  3.3   

Health Care

  3.0   

Industrials

  2.9   

Energy

  2.6   

Consumer Staples

  1.4   

Materials

  1.1   

Other (each representing less than 1%)

  0.4   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, NVS

  1.9%

Citigroup Capital XIII, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%), NVS

  1.5   

PG&E Corp.

  1.3   

Danaher Corp., Series B, NVS

  1.3   

Bank of America Corp., Series L, NVS

  1.3   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

  1.1   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

  1.1   

ArcelorMittal SA

  1.0   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series EE, NVS

  1.0   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series DD, NVS

  0.9   
 

 

 

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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 the Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Preferred Securities

   
Preferred Stocks — 98.8%            
Automobile Components — 0.8%            

Aptiv PLC, Series A, 5.50%, NVS(a)

    869,844     $ 106,764,653  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 1.2%            

Ford Motor Co.

   

6.00%

    2,420,405       59,566,167  

6.50%, NVS

    1,815,445       44,387,630  

6.20%

    2,269,113       56,841,281  
   

 

 

 
      160,795,078  
Banks — 25.3%            

Associated Banc-Corp
(5 year CMT + 2.812%), 6.63%(b)

    907,901       21,553,570  

Series E, 5.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    308,000       5,753,440  

Series F, 5.63%, NVS(c)

    308,354       6,000,569  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp., Series A, 6.88%, NVS(c)

    515,337       11,172,506  

Bank of America Corp.

   

Series 02, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.650%), 5.60%, NVS(b)(c)

    539,808       11,325,172  

Series 4, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 5.70%, NVS(b)(c)

    375,126       8,173,996  

Series 5, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%), 5.42%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    756,493       15,417,327  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%), 5.21%, NVS(b)(c)

    565,988       12,010,265  

Series GG, 6.00%(c)

    2,460,018       60,541,043  

Series HH, 5.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,546,906       37,032,930  

Series K*, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 1.327%), 6.45%(b)

    1,912,332       47,827,423  

Series KK, 5.38%, NVS(c)

    2,539,023       58,321,358  

Series L, 7.25%, NVS(a)(c)

    140,486           164,053,931  

Series LL, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    2,377,046       50,654,850  

Series NN, 4.38%, NVS(c)

    1,961,127       36,418,128  

Series PP, 4.13%, NVS(c)

    1,656,337       29,002,461  

Series QQ, 4.25%, NVS(c)

    2,361,354       42,929,416  

Series SS, 4.75%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,247,508       25,848,366  

Bank of Hawaii Corp., Series A, 4.38%, NVS(c)

    547,620       9,052,159  

Bank OZK, Series A, 4.63%, NVS(c)

    1,058,891       16,878,723  

Cadence Bank, Series A, 5.50%, NVS(c)

    525,808       11,057,742  

Citigroup, Inc.

   

Series J, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.040%), 7.13%(b)(c)(d)

    2,874,236       71,942,127  

Series K, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.130%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    4,523,227       112,130,797  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.642%), 6.35%, NVS(b)(c)

    907,685       21,366,905  

Series E, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    1,361,467       26,888,973  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.420%), 5.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    354,466       5,685,635  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., Series B, 4.45%, NVS(c)

    456,773       8,765,474  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., 5.50%, NVS(c)

    400,847       7,014,823  

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

Series A, 6.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    605,538       13,975,817  

Series I, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.710%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,361,466       32,280,359  

Series K, 4.95%, NVS(c)

    756,360       16,420,576  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

   

Series A, 5.38%, NVS(c)

    1,043,773       22,722,938  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

   

Series C, 5.63%, NVS(c)

    605,857     $ 13,038,043  

First Horizon Corp.
6.50%, NVS(c)

    449,995       9,940,390  

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.859%), 6.10%(b)(c)

    302,580       6,596,244  

Series F, 4.70%(c)

    449,995       8,635,404  

First Republic Bank

   

Series H, 5.13%, NVS(c)(d)

    596,244       3,708,638  

Series I, 5.50%, NVS(c)(d)

    900,383       5,654,405  

Series J, 4.70%, NVS(c)

    1,208,629       6,889,185  

Series K, 4.13%(c)(d)

    1,524,903       8,127,733  

Series L, 4.25%(c)

    2,266,498       12,080,434  

Series M, 4.00%(c)(d)

    2,274,773       12,147,288  

Series N, 4.50%(c)

    2,243,500       12,496,295  

FNB Corp., (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.600%), 7.25%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    335,478       8,115,213  

Fulton Financial Corp., Series A, 5.13%, NVS(c)

    607,412       10,101,262  

Hancock Whitney Corp., 6.25%

    517,444       12,573,889  

Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc., Series E, (5 year CMT + 6.675%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    350,469       8,463,826  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

Series C, 5.70%, NVS(c)

    531,235       11,628,734  

Series H, 4.50%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,512,791       27,668,947  

Series J, 6.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    983,521       23,929,066  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

Series DD, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    4,534,083           112,944,008  

Series EE, 6.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    5,121,594       128,961,737  

Series GG, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    2,395,315       51,762,757  

Series JJ, 4.55%, NVS(c)

    4,149,524       87,637,947  

Series LL, 4.63%, NVS(c)

    5,119,984       108,134,062  

Series MM, 4.20%, NVS(c)(d)

    5,535,196       109,430,825  

KeyCorp

   

(5 year CMT + 3.132%), 6.20%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,815,298       40,535,604  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.892%), 6.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,512,791       35,414,437  

Series F, 5.65%, NVS(c)

    1,285,853       26,501,430  

Series G, 5.63%, NVS(c)

    1,361,466       29,870,564  

M&T Bank Corp., Series H, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.020%), 5.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    756,360       18,500,566  

Midland States Bancorp, Inc., (5 year CMT + 4.713%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    350,463       7,829,343  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Series A., (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.821%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,558,122       36,054,943  

New York Community Capital Trust V, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    220,626       8,538,226  

Old National Bancorp

   

Series A, 7.00%, NVS(c)

    329,722       8,015,542  

Series C, 7.00%, NVS(c)

    372,696       9,093,782  

PacWest Bancorp, Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.820%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,552,844       22,997,620  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., Series B, 6.75%, NVS(c)

    680,769       16,440,571  

Popular Capital Trust II, 6.13%

    303,068       7,867,645  

Regions Financial Corp.

   

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.536%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,512,791       35,626,228  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.148%), 5.70%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,512,791       32,403,983  

Series E, 4.45%, NVS(c)

    1,210,191       21,359,871  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.352%), 6.30%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    605,498     $ 13,750,860  

Series E, (5 year CMT + 4.127%), 5.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,058,938       22,978,955  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., Series B, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    907,685       17,200,631  

Truist Financial Corp.

   

Series I, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.530%), 5.40%, NVS(b)(c)

    523,733       10,893,646  

Series O, 5.25%, NVS(c)

    1,739,636       40,133,403  

Series R, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    2,798,576       59,301,825  

U.S. Bancorp

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 1.020%), 5.85%, NVS(b)(c)

    43,477       32,607,750  

Series B*, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%), 5.39%, NVS(b)(c)

    3,025,489       57,847,350  

Series K, 5.50%, NVS(c)

    1,739,635       42,916,795  

Series L, 3.75%, NVS(c)

    1,512,791       26,927,680  

Series M, 4.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    2,269,152       42,206,227  

Series O, 4.50%, NVS(c)

    1,361,467       28,781,412  

United Community Banks, Inc., Series I, 6.88%, NVS(c)

    304,694       6,767,254  

Valley National Bancorp

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.850%), 6.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    351,039       7,435,006  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.578%), 8.83%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    306,328       7,057,797  

Washington Federal, Inc., Series A, 4.88%, NVS(c)

    896,223       14,518,813  

Webster Financial Corp.

   

Series F, 5.25%, NVS(c)(d)

    449,995       7,784,914  

Series G, 6.50%(c)

    411,345       8,457,253  

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

Series AA, 4.70%, NVS(c)

    2,344,503       44,287,662  

Series CC, 4.38%, NVS(c)

    2,099,236       36,925,561  

Series DD, 4.25%, NVS(c)

    2,504,013       43,069,024  

Series L, 7.50%, NVS(a)(c)

    204,342       240,357,277  

Series Q, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.090%), 5.85%, NVS(b)(c)

    3,546,392       82,489,078  

Series R, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.690%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,721,765       41,838,889  

Series Y, 5.63%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,411,929       32,191,981  

Series Z, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    4,136,893       79,469,715  

WesBanco, Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 6.557%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    449,995       10,390,385  

Western Alliance Bancorp, Series A, (5 year CMT + 3.452%), 4.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    909,997       12,375,959  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.060%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    380,452       8,963,449  

Series E, (5 year CMT + 6.507%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    869,842       19,762,810  

Zions Bancorp N.A., Series G, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.240%), 9.11%, NVS(b)(c)

    420,749       10,262,068  
   

 

 

 
          3,287,887,915  
Broadline Retail — 0.5%            

Dillard’s Capital Trust I, 7.50%(d)

    605,107       15,599,658  

Qurate Retail, Inc., 8.00%(d)

    958,602       28,096,625  
Security   Shares     Value  
Broadline Retail (continued)            

QVC, Inc.

   

6.25%

    1,517,797     $ 12,840,563  

6.38%

    688,003       5,813,625  
   

 

 

 
      62,350,471  
Capital Markets — 11.4%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
4.20%

    608,349       9,715,334  

4.75%

    832,403       14,949,958  

5.88%

    907,672       20,994,453  

B Riley Financial, Inc.
6.50%

    508,197       9,579,513  

6.00%

    718,971       12,121,851  

5.50%(d)

    647,196       12,335,556  

5.25%

    956,905       15,530,568  

5.00%(d)

    997,988       17,574,569  

6.75%

    336,405       7,989,619  

6.38%

    433,640       9,383,970  

Brookfield Finance I UK PLC, 4.50%(c)

    698,556       10,275,759  

Brookfield Finance, Inc., Series 50, 4.63%, NVS

    1,210,191       18,624,839  

Carlyle Finance LLC, 4.63%, NVS

    1,512,791       27,835,354  

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

Series D, 5.95%, NVS(c)(d)

    2,269,151       52,258,548  

Series J, 4.45%, NVS(c)

    1,815,298       35,071,557  

Cowen, Inc., 7.75%

    294,707       7,432,511  

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc., 5.00%

    340,611       7,823,835  

Gladstone Investment Corp.
5.00%, NVS

    389,477       9,250,079  

4.88%

    409,082       9,682,971  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 5.61%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,269,082       47,015,379  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 6.01%, NVS(b)(c)

    599,993       12,131,858  

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.670%), 5.53%, NVS(b)(c)

    4,084,378       84,914,219  

Series J, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.640%), 5.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    3,025,489       75,092,637  

Series K, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.550%), 6.38%(b)(c)(d)

    2,117,775       53,177,330  

KKR & Co., Inc., Series C, 6.00%, NVS(a)(d)

    1,739,636           110,379,904  

KKR Group Finance Co. IX LLC, 4.63%, NVS

    1,512,654       27,984,099  

Morgan Stanley

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%), 5.49%(b)(c)

    3,328,089       68,991,285  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.320%), 7.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,609,479       65,497,923  

Series F, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.940%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,571,658       63,519,953  

Series I, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.708%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    3,025,489       74,517,794  

Series K, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.491%), 5.85%, NVS(b)(c)

    3,025,489       74,971,617  

Series L, 4.88%, NVS(c)

    1,512,791       33,644,472  

Series O, 4.25%, NVS(c)

    3,933,174       74,533,647  

Series P, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    3,025,490       76,817,191  

NewtekOne, Inc., 5.50%

    306,424       7,544,159  

Northern Trust Corp., Series E, 4.70%, NVS(c)

    1,210,191       27,846,495  

Oaktree Capital Group LLC

   

Series A, 6.63%, NVS(c)

    539,986       11,431,504  

Series B, 6.55%, NVS(c)

    710,992       14,802,853  

Prospect Capital Corp., Series A, 5.35%(c)

    459,664       7,354,624  
 

 

 

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

  9


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

State Street Corp.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.108%), 5.90%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    2,269,151     $ 52,939,293  

Series G, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.709%), 5.35%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,512,791       37,925,670  

Stifel Financial Corp.
5.20%

    573,277       11,826,704  

Series B, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    479,978       11,394,678  

Series C, 6.13%, NVS(c)

    680,769       16,372,494  

Series D, 4.50%, NVS(c)

    907,858       14,770,850  

Trinity Capital, Inc., 7.00%

    529,655       13,368,492  
   

 

 

 
          1,479,197,968  
Chemicals — 0.1%            

EIDP, Inc., Series B, 4.50%, NVS(c)(d)

    126,887       11,904,538  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%  

Charah Solutions, Inc., 8.50%

    408,894       3,843,604  

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 6.70%

    1,288,379       20,343,504  
   

 

 

 
      24,187,108  
Consumer Finance — 2.4%            

Atlanticus Holdings Corp., 6.13%

    455,858       10,498,410  

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

Series I, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    4,538,281       91,446,362  

Series J, 4.80%, NVS(c)

    3,781,850       72,384,609  

Series K, 4.63%, NVS(c)

    382,228       6,845,703  

Series L, 4.38%, NVS(c)

    2,042,214       34,860,593  

Series N, 4.25%, NVS(c)

    1,285,846       21,370,761  

Navient Corp., 6.00%

    907,685       17,954,009  

SLM Corp., Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%), 6.57%(b)(c)

    302,578       18,911,125  

Synchrony Financial, Series A, 5.63%, NVS(c)

    2,269,154       38,666,384  
   

 

 

 
      312,937,956  
Diversified REITs — 0.4%            

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc., Series A, 6.75%, NVS(c)

    513,199       10,720,727  

EPR Properties

   

Series C, 5.75%, NVS(a)(c)

    410,834       7,312,845  

Series E, 9.00%, NVS(a)(c)

    264,029       6,983,567  

Gladstone Commercial Corp., Series G, 6.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    302,631       5,598,674  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

   

Series A, 7.25%, NVS(c)

    516,138       10,658,250  

Series B, 6.88%(c)

    358,834       7,506,807  

LXP Industrial Trust, Series C, 6.50%,
NVS(a)(c)(d)

    146,307       7,100,279  
   

 

 

 
      55,881,149  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.3%  

AT&T Inc.
5.35%

    4,001,276       93,989,973  

5.63%

    2,496,067       62,177,029  

Series A, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    3,630,596       82,269,305  

Series C, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    5,294,641       112,617,014  

Qwest Corp.
6.75%

    1,996,810       29,652,629  

6.50%, NVS

    2,957,412       42,172,695  
   

 

 

 
      422,878,645  
Electric Utilities — 8.4%            

American Electric Power Co., Inc., 6.13%, NVS(a)

    1,285,854       64,742,749  

BIP Bermuda Holdings I Ltd., 5.13%(c)

    907,671       16,637,609  

Brookfield BRP Holdings Canada, Inc.
4.63%, NVS(c)

    1,058,894       16,254,023  

4.88%(c)

    788,348       11,746,385  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Brookfield Infrastructure Finance ULC, 5.00%

    757,373     $ 13,822,057  

Duke Energy Corp.
5.63%

    1,512,791       37,895,415  

Series A, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    3,025,490       76,998,721  

Entergy Arkansas LLC, 4.88%

    1,240,450       27,872,912  

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.88%(d)

    816,857       19,106,285  

Entergy Mississippi LLC, 4.90%

    786,597       18,154,659  

Georgia Power Co., Series 2017, 5.00%

    816,857       20,494,942  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Series N, 5.65%

    2,080,057       53,457,465  

NextEra Energy, Inc.
6.22%(a)

    3,025,496       147,765,225  

6.93%(a)

    3,025,490       140,231,461  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Series A,
6.00%(c)(d)

    321,618       7,197,811  

PG&E Corp., 5.50%(a)

    1,210,191       172,246,485  

SCE Trust II, 5.10%, NVS(c)

    666,157       13,829,419  

SCE Trust III, Series H, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 2.990%), 5.75%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    832,022       17,064,771  

SCE Trust IV, Series J, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.132%), 5.38%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    983,276       19,960,503  

SCE Trust V, Series K, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.790%), 5.45%, NVS(b)(c)

    907,685       20,332,144  

SCE Trust VI, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    1,437,129       28,713,837  

Southern Co.
5.25%

    1,361,467       33,247,024  

Series 2020, 4.95%

    3,025,490       68,376,074  

Series C, 4.20%

    2,269,152       45,383,040  
   

 

 

 
          1,091,531,016  
Electrical Equipment — 0.2%            

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
6.50%

    460,444       9,977,822  

8.13%

    485,413       11,955,722  

Series A, 7.75%, NVS(c)

    582,414       10,623,231  
   

 

 

 
      32,556,775  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%  

Coherent Corp., Series A, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    174,001       30,448,435  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.0%            

Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, Inc., Series A, NVS, 9.75%(c)(d)

    310,146       4,894,104  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 3.5%            

Apollo Asset Management, Inc.

   

Series A, 6.38%, NVS(c)(d)

    832,022       17,555,664  

Series B, 6.38%, NVS(c)

    907,685       20,332,144  

Citigroup Capital XIII, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%), 11.17%, NVS(b)

    6,795,264       193,936,834  

Compass Diversified Holdings

   

Series A, 7.25%, NVS(c)

    306,844       7,051,275  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.985%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    306,378       7,598,174  

Series C, 7.88%, NVS(c)

    350,304       8,459,842  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

   

Series A, 5.25%, NVS(c)

    2,420,404       52,982,644  

Series C, 4.30%(c)

    907,487       16,879,258  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.

   

Series D, 5.70%, NVS(c)

    301,738       7,458,963  

Series F, 5.25%, NVS(c)(d)

    366,800       7,999,908  

Series G, 4.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    382,594       7,908,218  

Jackson Financial, Inc., (5 year CMT + 3.728%), 8.00%(b)(c)

    1,472,115       36,508,452  

Merchants Bancorp (5 year CMT + 4.340%), 8.25%, NVS(c)

    432,722       11,294,044  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Financial Services (continued)            

Merchants Bancorp

   

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.569%), 6.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    381,329     $ 8,015,536  

Series C, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    595,181       11,594,126  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., Series US, 5.50%(d)

    756,360       17,683,697  

Voya Financial, Inc., Series B, (5 year CMT + 3.210%), 5.35%, NVS(b)(c)

    907,685       21,058,292  
   

 

 

 
      454,317,071  
Food Products — 1.4%            

CHS, Inc.
8.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    928,199       27,465,408  

Series 1, 7.88%, NVS(c)

    1,623,136       43,321,500  

Series 2, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.298%), 7.10%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,270,711       31,856,725  

Series 3, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.155%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,490,044       37,251,100  

Series 4, 7.50%(c)

    1,565,706       41,131,097  
   

 

 

 
      181,025,830  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%            

Entergy New Orleans LLC, 5.50%

    335,850       8,231,684  

Spire, Inc., Series A, 5.90%, NVS(c)

    756,360       18,190,458  

UGI Corp., 7.25%(a)(d)

    166,541       13,251,667  
   

 

 

 
      39,673,809  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%  

Becton Dickinson & Co., Series B, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    2,269,152       112,822,237  

Boston Scientific Corp., Series A, 5.50%, NVS(a)

    761,069       92,119,792  
   

 

 

 
          204,942,029  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%            

Diversified Healthcare Trust
6.25%, NVS

    762,389       10,200,765  

5.63%

    1,060,177       13,527,858  
   

 

 

 
      23,728,623  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

CareCloud, Inc., Series A, 11.00%, NVS(c)

    344,153       9,522,713  
   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs — 1.0%            

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B, 5.50%, NVS(a)(c)

    238,864       3,826,601  

Chatham Lodging Trust, Series A, 6.63%, NVS(c)

    359,152       7,362,616  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co., 8.25%, NVS(c)

    360,007       9,367,382  

Hersha Hospitality Trust

   

Series D, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    584,304       11,341,341  

Series E, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    304,486       6,031,868  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

   

Series E, 6.38%, NVS(c)

    330,164       6,213,686  

Series F, 6.30%, NVS(c)

    448,168       8,425,558  

Series G, 6.38%, NVS(c)

    687,163       12,794,975  

Series H, 5.70%, NVS(c)

    701,620       11,436,406  

RLJ Lodging Trust, Series A, 1.95%(a)(c)

    974,197       24,413,377  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

   

Series E, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    487,008       9,223,932  

Series F, 5.88%, NVS(c)

    303,314       5,371,691  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

   

Series H, 6.13%(c)

    341,879       6,919,631  

Series I, 5.70%, NVS(c)

    298,317       5,715,754  
   

 

 

 
      128,444,818  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%            

FAT Brands, Inc., Series B, NVS, 8.25%(d)

    558,370       9,101,431  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.9%  

AES Corp., 6.88%(a)

    788,976     $ 70,621,242  

Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, Series 17, 5.25%, NVS(c)

    606,750       11,977,245  

Tennessee Valley Authority

   

Series A, (30 yr. CMT + 0.840%), 2.22%(b)(d)

    629,826       13,327,118  

Series D, (30 yr. CMT + 0.940%), 2.13%(b)

    774,522       16,737,420  
   

 

 

 
          112,663,025  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%            

Steel Partners Holdings LP, Series A, 6.00%, NVS

    487,119       11,281,676  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 11.7%            

AEGON Funding Co. LLC, 5.10%, NVS

    2,798,576       60,421,256  

Allstate Corp.

   

(3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.165%), 8.00%, NVS(b)

    1,512,791       38,606,426  

Series G, 5.63%, NVS(c)

    1,739,636       43,386,522  

Series H, 5.10%, NVS(c)

    3,479,343       78,180,837  

Series I, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    907,685       20,096,146  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

   

Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.322%), 5.95%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,207,878       28,348,897  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 6.297%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    907,689       22,628,687  

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

5.88%

    371,878       8,006,533  

4.50%

    596,688       11,044,695  

5.63%

    446,921       9,841,200  

5.13%

    597,412       11,553,948  

American International Group, Inc., Series A, 5.85%, NVS(c)

    1,512,793       35,338,844  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

   

Series F, 5.45%, NVS(c)

    998,441       22,974,127  

Series G, 4.55%(c)

    1,512,791       29,121,227  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., (5 year CMT + 6.712%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    454,450       10,943,156  

Argo Group U.S., Inc., 6.50%

    437,096       9,690,418  

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
5.63%, NVS(c)

    778,146       14,255,635  

5.63%, NVS(c)

    734,869       14,013,952  

(3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.060%), 5.95%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    832,022       19,136,506  

Assurant, Inc., 5.25%

    758,991       14,815,504  

Athene Holding Ltd.

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.253%), 6.35%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,609,479       56,756,168  

Series B, 5.63%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,043,773       21,000,713  

Series C, (5 year CMT + 5.970%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,812,757       43,669,316  

Series D, 4.88%(c)

    1,739,636       27,381,871  

Series E, (5 year CMT + 3.962%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,512,641       36,136,994  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., Series E, 5.50%, NVS(c)

    1,664,047       35,261,156  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

   

6.25%

    1,134,529       24,868,876  

Series A, 6.60%, NVS(c)

    1,285,854       29,214,603  

Series B, 6.75%, NVS(c)

    1,217,774       29,043,910  

Series C, 5.38%(c)

    1,739,636       29,138,903  

Series D, 4.63%, NVS(c)

    1,058,938       16,900,650  

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.13%

    459,664       7,469,540  

Enstar Group Ltd.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.015%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,210,191       26,987,259  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Enstar Group Ltd.

   

Series E, 7.00%, NVS(c)

    335,570     $ 7,714,754  

Globe Life, Inc., 4.25%, NVS

    983,276       18,780,572  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Series G, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    1,043,775       26,407,508  

Kemper Corp., (5 year CMT + 4.140%), 5.88%(b)

    457,029       8,793,238  

Lincoln National Corp., Series D, 9.00%(c)

    1,512,791       38,576,171  

Maiden Holdings Ltd., 6.63%

    333,095       4,796,568  

Maiden Holdings North America Ltd., 7.75%

    465,839       7,779,511  

MetLife, Inc.

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%), 5.87%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,815,258       43,293,903  

Series E, 5.63%, NVS(c)(d)

    2,435,572       60,743,166  

Series F, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    3,025,490       65,864,917  

PartnerRe Ltd., Series J, 4.88%, NVS(c)

    606,125       12,383,134  

Prudential Financial, Inc.
5.95%

    907,684       23,009,789  

5.63%

    1,709,375       42,734,375  

4.13%, NVS(d)

    1,512,791       30,346,587  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

(3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.040%), 5.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,210,191       30,980,890  

(5 year CMT + 3.456%), 7.13%(b)

    2,117,876       55,700,139  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

   

Series F, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    756,360       17,487,043  

Series G, 4.20%, NVS(c)

    1,512,791       26,125,901  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc., Series B, 4.60%(c)(d)

    607,238       10,444,494  

SiriusPoint Ltd., Series B, (5 year CMT + 7.298%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    599,933       13,198,526  

Unum Group, 6.25%

    905,937       22,766,197  

W R Berkley Corp.
5.70%

    560,580       13,700,575  

5.10%

    907,685       19,215,691  

4.13%

    907,685       15,748,335  

4.25%(d)

    756,630       14,655,923  
   

 

 

 
          1,517,482,382  
IT Services — 0.1%            

Exela Technologies, Inc., Series B,
6.00%(a)(c)(d)

    263,903       786,431  

Sabre Corp., 6.50%, NVS(a)

    248,907       15,606,469  
   

 

 

 
      16,392,900  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Brunswick Corp.
6.50%

    559,954       14,194,834  

6.63%

    379,966       9,711,931  

6.38%

    695,863       17,709,713  
   

 

 

 
      41,616,478  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%            

Danaher Corp., Series B, 5.00%, NVS(a)(d)

    130,097       165,789,112  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.6%            

Chart Industries, Inc., Series B, 6.75%, NVS(a)

    608,888       32,569,419  

RBC Bearings, Inc., Series A, 5.00%, NVS(a)

    347,932       39,211,937  
   

 

 

 
      71,781,356  
Marine Transportation — 0.1%            

Global Ship Lease, Inc., 8.75%, NVS(c)

    331,485       8,283,810  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.3%            

Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A,
7.00%(c)

    544,914       12,473,082  

Paramount Global, Series A, 5.75%,
NVS(a)(d)

    756,360       22,645,418  
   

 

 

 
      35,118,500  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 1.0%            

ArcelorMittal SA, 5.50%(a)(d)

    1,839,544     $     131,067,510  
   

 

 

 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.3%  

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.

   

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.927%), 8.63%(b)(c)

    366,580       7,698,180  

Series D, 7.88%, NVS(c)

    353,760       6,880,632  

AGNC Investment Corp.

   

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.111%), 9.90%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    983,276       23,126,652  

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.332%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    711,020       14,618,571  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.993%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,217,774       24,611,213  

Series F, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.697%), 6.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,739,636       33,940,298  

Series G, (5 year CMT + 4.390%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    455,663       9,938,010  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

   

Series F, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.993%), 10.16%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    2,178,396       51,431,930  

Series G, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.172%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,285,854       30,616,184  

Series I, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.989%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,338,791       30,055,858  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

   

Series D, 6.38%, NVS(c)(d)

    697,363       12,168,984  

Series E, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    434,887       7,393,079  

Series F, (SOFR + 5.440%), 6.25%,
NVS(b)(c)

    857,909       14,584,453  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., Series C, 7.00%(c)

    520,042       10,400,840  

Chimera Investment Corp.

   

Series A, 8.00%, NVS(c)

    441,780       8,521,936  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.791%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    983,276       18,839,568  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.743%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    785,288       15,101,088  

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.379%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    606,682       11,466,290  

Dynex Capital, Inc., Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.461%), 6.90%, NVS(b)(c)

    337,529       7,364,883  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

   

(3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.196%), 6.75%,
NVS(b)(c)

    352,174       7,321,697  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 4.990%), 6.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    367,972       7,841,483  

Series C, (5 year CMT + 5.130%),
8.63%(b)(c)

    305,822       6,514,009  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc., Series E, 7.50%, NVS(c)(d)

    774,620       14,981,151  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc., Series A,

   

(SOFR + 5.830%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    617,180       10,183,470  

Great Ajax Corp., 7.25%, NVS(a)(d)

    353,068       8,540,715  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

   

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.180%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    343,204       6,901,832  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.289%), 7.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    592,904       10,737,491  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc., Series A, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    991,643       15,836,539  

MFA Financial, Inc.

   

Series B, 7.50%, NVS(c)

    606,914       11,677,025  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.345%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    832,425       14,184,522  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

   

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.695%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    459,236     $ 8,913,771  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.429%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    555,805       11,360,654  

Series F, (SOFR + 6.130%), 6.88%,
NVS(b)(c)

    434,887       7,571,383  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.831%), 8.13%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    347,932       8,291,220  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.990%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    584,942       13,453,666  

Series C, 6.75%, NVS(c)

    749,920       13,873,520  

Ready Capital Corp.
7.00%(a)

    350,084       8,741,598  

6.20%

    315,391       7,443,228  

5.75%

    609,335       14,106,105  

Series E, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    347,932       6,415,866  

Rithm Capital Corp.

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.802%), 7.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    471,915       10,457,636  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.640%), 7.13%(b)(c)

    854,699       18,410,216  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.969%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,204,771       22,794,267  

Series D, (5 year CMT + 6.223%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,406,861       27,715,162  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc., Series C, 6.25%, NVS(c)(d)

    610,672       10,601,266  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.660%), 8.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    431,226       9,336,043  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.352%), 7.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    869,832       17,727,176  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.011%), 7.25%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    892,519       18,519,769  
   

 

 

 
          689,211,129  
Multi-Utilities — 3.3%            

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
7.75%(a)

    1,739,636       51,962,927  

(3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.677%), 6.88%(b)

    869,757       19,969,621  

Series 19-A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.010%), 6.20%, NVS(b)

    1,058,938       24,588,540  

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP

   

Series 13, 5.13%, NVS(c)

    607,030       11,357,531  

Series 14, 5.00%, NVS(c)

    607,313       11,283,876  

CMS Energy Corp.
5.88%

    1,906,056       46,298,100  

5.88%, NVS

    847,116       20,440,909  

5.63%

    605,304       14,678,622  

Series C, 4.20%, NVS(c)

    696,424       13,824,016  

DTE Energy Co.
4.38%(d)

    847,116       16,815,253  

Series E, 5.25%(d)

    1,210,191       27,870,699  

Series G, 4.38%

    696,288       14,886,638  

NiSource, Inc.
7.75%(a)

    652,363       68,145,839  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 3.632%),
6.50%(b)(c)

    1,512,791       36,306,984  

Sempra Energy, 5.75%

    2,291,808       56,699,330  
   

 

 

 
      435,128,885  
Office REITs — 0.8%            

Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor, Inc., Series A, 7.63%(c)

    747,534       1,315,660  
Security   Shares     Value  
Office REITs (continued)            

City Office REIT, Inc., Series A, 6.63%, NVS(c)

    344,925     $ 6,094,825  

Equity Commonwealth, Series D, 6.50%,
NVS(a)(c)

    374,309       9,353,982  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., Series C, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    1,285,856       12,858,560  

Office Properties Income Trust, 6.38%

    485,926       8,294,757  

SL Green Realty Corp., Series I, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    687,163       12,801,847  

Vornado Realty Trust

   

Series L, 5.40%, NVS(c)

    909,967       12,721,338  

Series M, 5.25%, NVS(c)(d)

    968,341       13,091,970  

Series N, 5.25%, NVS(c)

    910,945       11,842,285  

Series O, 4.45%, NVS(c)

    915,205       10,424,185  
   

 

 

 
      98,799,409  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%            

DCP Midstream LP

   

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.919%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    488,831       12,259,881  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.882%), 7.95%, NVS(b)(c)

    335,102       8,404,358  

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.75%(a)

    334,335       15,369,380  

Enbridge, Inc., Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.593%), 6.38%(b)

    1,815,298       46,090,416  

Energy Transfer LP

   

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.530%), 7.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,361,449       32,633,933  

Series D, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 4.738%), 7.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,346,373       31,410,882  

Series E, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.161%), 7.60%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,414,532       58,383,384  

NGL Energy Partners LP, Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 7.213%), 12.47%, NVS(b)(c)

    951,947       20,800,042  

NuStar Energy LP

   

Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.766%), 12.02%, NVS(b)(c)

    685,262       15,939,194  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.643%), 10.90%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,162,330       27,721,571  

Series C, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.880%), 11.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    521,345       14,780,131  

NuStar Logistics LP, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.734%), 11.53%(b)

    1,217,864       30,811,959  

Seapeak LLC

   

9.00%, NVS(c)

    376,732       9,067,939  

Series B, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.241%), 8.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    514,587       12,514,756  
   

 

 

 
          336,187,826  
Professional Services — 0.3%            

Clarivate PLC, Series A, 5.25%(a)

    1,087,272       44,654,261  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%  

Brookfield Property Partners LP

   

Series A, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    871,726       10,852,989  

Series A-1, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    559,616       8,903,491  

Series A2, 6.38%, NVS(c)

    753,281       11,359,478  

Brookfield Property Preferred LP, 6.25%

    2,030,495       32,894,019  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

   

Series H, 7.13%, NVS(c)

    640,193       12,035,628  

Series I, 7.15%, NVS(c)

    982,491       18,844,177  

Series J, 7.13%, NVS(c)

    884,235       16,605,933  
   

 

 

 
      111,495,715  
Residential REITs — 0.2%            

American Homes 4 Rent

   

Series G, 5.88%, NVS(c)

    350,751       8,246,156  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Residential REITs (continued)            

American Homes 4 Rent

   

Series H, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    351,818     $ 8,545,659  

UMH Properties, Inc., Series D, 6.38%,
NVS(c)(d)

    689,954       15,096,194  
   

 

 

 
      31,888,009  
Retail REITs — 0.9%            

Agree Realty Corp., Series A, 4.25%,
NVS(c)(d)

    532,297       9,368,427  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., Series C, 6.50%, NVS(c)

    387,054       4,559,496  

Federal Realty Investment Trust, Series C, 5.00%, NVS(c)(d)

    456,117       9,701,608  

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

Series L, 5.13%, NVS(c)

    677,232       13,294,064  

Series M, 5.25%, NVS(c)

    793,325       16,104,497  

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc., Series A, 7.50%, NVS(c)

    601,038       12,621,798  

Saul Centers, Inc., Series E, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    336,964       7,463,753  

SITE Centers Corp., Series A, 6.38%, NVS(c)

    530,640       12,438,202  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., Series A, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    523,097       12,094,003  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

   

Series H, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    335,703       7,298,183  

Series K, 5.88%, NVS(c)

    321,632       6,651,350  
   

 

 

 
          111,595,381  
Software — 0.0%            

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., 8.38%

    382,766       6,633,335  
   

 

 

 
Specialized REITs — 2.7%            

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., Series A, 7.38%, NVS(c)

    403,077       2,982,770  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

Series J, 5.25%, NVS(c)(d)

    606,047       13,023,950  

Series K, 5.85%, NVS(c)

    635,474       14,749,352  

Series L, 5.20%, NVS(c)

    1,043,773       22,441,119  

EPR Properties, Series G, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    458,427       7,674,068  

Gladstone Land Corp., Series B, 6.00%(c)(d)

    452,158       10,512,673  

National Storage Affiliates Trust, Series A, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    682,053       15,694,040  

Public Storage

   

Series F, 5.15%, NVS(c)

    847,116       20,305,371  

Series G, 5.05%, NVS(c)(d)

    907,685       21,375,982  

Series H, 5.60%(c)(d)

    862,281       21,945,051  

Series I, 4.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    956,818       20,858,632  

Series J, 4.70%, NVS(c)

    782,817       16,885,363  

Series K, 4.75%, NVS(c)

    695,875       15,142,240  

Series L, 4.63%, NVS(c)

    1,709,377       35,725,979  

Series M, 4.13%, NVS(c)(d)

    696,774       12,932,125  

Series N, 3.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    854,699       15,555,522  

Series O, 3.90%, NVS(c)

    517,136       9,427,389  

Series P, 4.00%, NVS(c)

    1,826,660       33,738,410  

Series Q, 3.95%, NVS(c)

    440,163       7,962,549  

Series R, 4.00%, NVS(c)

    1,316,112       24,348,072  

Series S, 4.10%, NVS(c)(d)

    756,761       14,007,646  
   

 

 

 
      357,288,303  
Specialty Retail — 0.3%            

Franchise Group, Inc., Series A, 7.50%, NVS(c)

    347,295       7,821,084  

TravelCenters of America, Inc.
8.25%

    334,989       8,424,973  

8.00%

    364,968       9,332,232  

8.00%

    305,822       7,691,423  
   

 

 

 
      33,269,712  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%            

Fossil Group, Inc., 7.00%

    457,361       8,259,940  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%  

Air Lease Corp., Series A, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%), 6.15%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    756,360     $ 15,626,398  

FTAI Aviation Ltd.

   

Series A, NVS, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.886%), 8.25%(b)(c)

    316,690       7,511,887  

Series B, NVS, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 6.447%), 8.00%(b)(c)

    373,946       8,458,658  

Series C, NVS, (5 year CMT + 7.378%), 8.25%(b)(c)

    319,542       7,442,133  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

   

(5 year CMT + 6.134%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    455,314       11,018,599  

Series B, 6.25%, NVS(c)

    456,463       9,503,560  

Triton International Ltd.
8.00%, NVS(c)

    436,523       10,825,770  

7.38%, NVS(c)

    530,416       12,348,084  

6.88%, NVS(c)(d)

    455,793       9,749,412  

Series E, 5.75%, NVS(c)

    529,446       11,308,967  

WESCO International, Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 10.325%), 10.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,634,642       44,315,145  
   

 

 

 
          148,108,613  
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.3%            

Atlas Corp.

   

Series D, 7.95%(c)

    387,518       9,133,799  

Series H, 7.88%, NVS(c)

    682,624       15,256,647  

Series I, (3-mo. USD LIBOR + 5.008%), 8.00%(b)(c)

    455,230       11,144,030  
   

 

 

 
      35,534,476  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0%        

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

Series UU, 6.63%, NVS(c)(d)

    1,270,711       18,056,803  

Series VV, 6.00%, NVS(c)

    2,087,638       29,247,809  

United States Cellular Corp.
6.25%

    1,512,791       29,060,715  

5.50%

    1,512,791       25,414,889  

5.50%

    1,512,791       25,823,342  
   

 

 

 
      127,603,558  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.8%
(Cost: $15,453,358,302)

          12,822,107,436  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Short-Term Securities            

Money Market Funds — 3.1%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(e)(f)(g)

    175,052,647     $ 175,105,163  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(e)(f)

    231,214,441       231,214,441  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.1%
(Cost: $406,234,362)

 

    406,319,604  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.9%
(Cost: $15,859,592,664)

 

    13,228,427,040  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.9)%

 

    (246,458,175
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $     12,981,968,865  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Convertible security.

(b) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(c) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(d) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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 year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

03/31/23

   

Shares

Held at

03/31/23

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  275,720,624     $       $ (100,791,979 )(a)    $ 21,896     $ 154,622     $  175,105,163       175,052,647     $ 3,820,403 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    190,910,000        40,304,441 (a)                        231,214,441       231,214,441       2,693,104       55    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 21,896     $ 154,622     $ 406,319,604       $ 6,513,507     $ 55    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

   $ 12,648,885,813        $ 173,221,623        $        $ 12,822,107,436  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     406,319,604                            406,319,604  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     13,055,205,417        $     173,221,623        $                         —        $     13,228,427,040  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Preferred and
Income Securities
ETF
 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 12,822,107,436  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    406,319,604  

Cash

    391,323  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    81,140,469  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    232,684  

Capital shares sold

    34,320,962  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    45,737,434  

Dividends — affiliated

    523,952  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    13,390,773,864  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Collateral on securities loaned

    174,977,132  

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    225,700,938  

Capital shares redeemed

    3,089,986  

Investment advisory fees

    5,036,943  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    408,804,999  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $     12,981,968,865  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 17,531,749,265  

Accumulated loss

    (4,549,780,400
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 12,981,968,865  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

Shares outstanding

    416,300,000  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 31.18  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

    None  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 15,453,358,302  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 171,053,209  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 406,234,362  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

Preferred and
Income Securities
ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $        913,775,841  

Dividends — affiliated

    2,693,104  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    3,820,403  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (1,260,997
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    919,028,351  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    67,252,112  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    67,252,112  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    851,776,239  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (150,884,797

Investments — affiliated

    21,896  

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    55  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated

    (98,544,993
 

 

 

 
    (249,407,839
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,167,369,030

Investments — affiliated

    154,622  
 

 

 

 
    (2,167,214,408
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (2,416,622,247
 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (1,564,846,008
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 851,776,239     $ 888,159,729  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (249,407,839     122,946,775  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,167,214,408     (1,182,583,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,564,846,008     (171,476,520
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (887,370,473     (853,841,960
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

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

    (2,277,562,637     372,726,191  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total decrease in net assets

    (4,729,779,118     (652,592,289

Beginning of year

    17,711,747,983       18,364,340,272  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 12,981,968,865     $ 17,711,747,983  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF  
 

 

 

 
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 36.39     $ 38.27     $ 31.50     $ 36.47     $ 37.54  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.90       1.75       1.81       1.93       2.10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (5.13     (1.94     6.78       (4.93     (1.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (3.23     (0.19     8.59       (3.00     1.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.98     (1.69     (1.82     (1.97     (2.15
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 31.18     $ 36.39     $ 38.27     $ 31.50     $ 36.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

    (8.99 )%      (0.67 )%      27.88     (8.90 )%      3.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses

    0.46     0.45     0.46     0.46     0.46
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    5.80     4.56     4.97     5.25     5.73
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  12,981,969     $  17,711,748     $  18,364,340     $  13,816,631     $  14,370,721  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    16     21     28     46     28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

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 fund (the “Fund”):

 

   
iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification
 

Preferred and Income Securities

    Diversified  

 

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. The 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 Fund 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 the Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Fund and are reflected in its Statement 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 dividend 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 March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Fund files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Fund may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable tax laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains and losses to the Fund. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Fund 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 Fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the 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. Dividend and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. 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, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of the Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for the Fund. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 - Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the 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.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: The 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 the 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, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in the 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund 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 Fund, 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 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 Fund 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  (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    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 449,816      $ (449,816   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    2,566,625        (2,566,625            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    23,163        (23,163            

BNP Paribas SA

    30,605,667        (30,605,667            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    16,948,467        (16,948,467            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,889,609        (1,889,609            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    4,175,339        (4,175,339            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    88,657,876        (88,657,876            

Morgan Stanley

    2,231,015        (2,231,015            

National Financial Services LLC

    3,450,576        (3,450,576            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    5,632,000        (5,632,000            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    14,655        (14,125           530  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    2,967,778        (2,967,778            

UBS Securities LLC

    2,303        (2,303            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A

    9,724,516        (9,724,516            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    1,713,804        (1,713,804            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 171,053,209      $ (171,052,679   $     $ 530  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the 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. The Fund could incur a loss if the 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 the Fund.

 

5.

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 the 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 Fund, 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 the Fund, 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 Fees  

First $46 billion

    0.4800

Over $46 billion, up to and including $81 billion

    0.4560  

Over $81 billion, up to and including $111 billion

    0.4332  

Over $111 billion, up to and including $141 billion

    0.4116  

Over $141 billion, up to and including $171 billion

    0.3910  

Over $171 billion

    0.3714  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

ETF Servicing Fees: The Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

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 Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The 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,

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

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 the 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. The 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, the Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded fund (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the 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 the Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Fund paid BTC $988,273 for securities lending agent services.

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

The 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 Statement 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.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Preferred and Income Securities

  $   2,387,166,905      $   2,460,144,621  

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $   754,564,310      $   3,009,244,301  

 

7.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the 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 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 Fund as of March 31, 2023, 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 Fund’s financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in capital     Accumulated earnings (loss)  

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ (125,784,518   $ 125,784,518  

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

Preferred and Income Securities
Ordinary income

  $ 887,370,473      $ 853,841,960  

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated earnings (loss) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
    

Non-expiring

Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)

    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
    Total  

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ 52,616,651      $   (1,946,804,348   $   (2,655,592,703   $   (4,549,780,400

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, tax deferral of losses on wash sales, dividends deemed recognized for tax purposes, the classification of investments, the timing and recognition of partnership income and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies.

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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)
 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $     15,884,019,743        $    146,910,198      $   (2,802,502,901   $   (2,655,592,703

 

8.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the 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 Fund and its investments. The 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 the 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 Fund 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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

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 the Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

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 the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

The Fund invests a significant portion of its 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.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets within the financials sector. Performance of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, changes in government regulations, economic conditions, and interest rates, credit rating downgrades, adverse public perception, exposure concentration and decreased liquidity in credit markets. The impact of changes in capital requirements and recent or future regulation of any individual financial company, or of the financials sector as a whole, cannot be predicted, but may negatively impact the Fund.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The Fund may be exposed to financial instruments that are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that a majority of USD LIBOR settings will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. All other LIBOR settings and certain other interbank offered rates ceased to be published after December 31, 2021. The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) has been used increasingly on a voluntary basis in new instruments and transactions. The Federal Reserve Board adopted regulations that provide a fallback mechanism by identifying benchmark rates based on SOFR that will replace LIBOR in certain financial contracts after June 30, 2023. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Fund is uncertain.

9.     CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by the 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 the Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
  Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Preferred and Income Securities

       

Shares sold

    19,150,000     $ 629,044,759       85,800,000     $ 3,332,513,336  

Shares redeemed

    (89,600,000     (2,906,607,396     (78,850,000       (2,959,787,145
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (70,450,000   $   (2,277,562,637     6,950,000     $ 372,726,191  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration of the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shared 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

10.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund 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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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ 547,277,340  

The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ 47,050,581  

The following percentage, or maximum percentage allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Preferred and Income Securities

    60.45

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as interest income eligible to be treated as a Section 163(j) interest dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

Fund Name   Interest Dividends  

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ 194,645,509  

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as interest-related dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Interest-Related
Dividends
 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $ 177,617,483  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (the “Fund” or “ETF”), a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Fund, as the program administrator for the Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of the Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing the Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish the Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to the Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing the Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether the Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the 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.

March 31, 2023

 

       
    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
 

Preferred and Income Securities(a)

  $ 1.844478      $      $   0.132570      $   1.977048                93         7     100

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

Regulation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and its United Kingdom (“UK”) equivalent, ( “AIFMD”) impose detailed and prescriptive obligations on fund managers established in the European Union (the “EU”) and the UK. These do not currently apply to managers established outside of the EU or UK, such as BFA (the “Company”). Rather, the Company is only required to comply with certain disclosure, reporting and transparency obligations of AIFMD because it has registered the BFA fund to be marketed to investors in the EU and/or UK.

The Company has registered the iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (the “Fund”) to be marketed to United Kingdom and EU investors in the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden.

Report on Remuneration

The Company is required under AIFMD to make quantitative disclosures of remuneration. These disclosures are made in line with BlackRock’s interpretation of currently available regulatory guidance on quantitative remuneration disclosures. As market or regulatory practice develops BlackRock may consider it appropriate to make changes to the way in which quantitative remuneration disclosures are calculated. Where such changes are made, this may result in disclosures in relation to a fund not being comparable to the disclosures made in the prior year, or in relation to other BlackRock fund disclosures in that same year.

Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; and (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund.

All individuals included in the aggregated figures disclosed are rewarded in line with BlackRock’s remuneration policy for their responsibilities across the relevant BlackRock business area. As all individuals have a number of areas of responsibilities, only the portion of remuneration for those individuals’ services attributable to the Fund is included in the aggregate figures disclosed.

BlackRock has a clear and well-defined pay-for-performance philosophy, and compensation programs which support that philosophy.

BlackRock operates a total compensation model for remuneration which includes a base salary, which is contractual, and a discretionary bonus scheme. Although all employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus, there is no contractual obligation to make a discretionary bonus award to any employees. For senior management and staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund, a significant percentage of variable remuneration is deferred over time. All employees are subject to a clawback policy.

Remuneration decisions for employees are made once annually in January following the end of the performance year, based on BlackRock’s full-year financial results and other non-financial goals and objectives. Alongside financial performance, individual total compensation is also based on strategic and operating results and other considerations such as management and leadership capabilities. No set formulas are established and no fixed benchmarks are used in determining annual incentive awards.

Annual incentive awards are paid from a bonus pool which is reviewed throughout the year by BlackRock’s independent compensation committee, taking into account both actual and projected financial information together with information provided by the Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Compliance departments in relation to any activities, incidents or events that warrant consideration in making compensation decisions. Individuals are not involved in setting their own remuneration.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Each of the control functions (Enterprise Risk, Legal & Compliance, and Internal Audit) each have their own organizational structures which are independent of the business units and therefore staff members in control functions are remunerated independently of the businesses they oversee. Functional bonus pools for those control functions are determined with reference to the performance of each individual function and the remuneration of the senior members of control functions is directly overseen by BlackRock’s independent remuneration committee.

Members of staff and senior management of the Company typically provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the Company and across the broader BlackRock group. Conversely, members of staff and senior management of the broader BlackRock group may provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the broader BlackRock group and of the Company. Therefore, the figures disclosed are a sum of individuals’ portion of remuneration attributable to the Company according to an objective apportionment methodology which acknowledges the multiple-service nature of the Company and the broader BlackRock group. Accordingly, the figures are not representative of any individual’s actual remuneration or their remuneration structure.

The amount of the total remuneration awarded to the Company’s staff in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022 was USD 4,121 million. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 685 million and variable remuneration of USD 3,436 million. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.

The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022, to its senior management was USD 2,958 million, and to other members of its staff whose actions potentially have a material impact on the risk profile of the Company or its funds was USD 970 million. These figures relate to the entire Company and not to the Fund.

Disclosures Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

The Fund is registered under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to be marketed to European Union (“EU”) investors, as noted above. As a result, certain disclosures are required under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”).

The Fund has not been categorized under the SFDR as an “Article 8” or “Article 9” product. In addition, the Fund’s investment strategy does not take into account the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities under the EU sustainable investment taxonomy regulation or principal adverse impacts (“PAIs”) on sustainability factors under the SFDR. PAIs are identified under the SFDR as the material impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors relating to environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). The Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       

 Name (Year of

        Birth)

   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S. Kapito(a)
(1957)
   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

  

Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)
(1970)
   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees
       

 Name (Year of

        Birth)

   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
John E. Kerrigan
(1955)
   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D. Carlin
(1956)
   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L. Fagnani
(1954)
   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees
       

 Name (Year of

        Birth)

   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H. Herbert
(1949)
   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Drew E. Lawton
(1959)
   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).

John E. Martinez
(1961)
   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V. Rajan
(1964)
   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers
     

 Name (Year of

        Birth)

  Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Dominik Rohé
(1973)
  President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent Walker
(1974)
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles Park
(1967)
  Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa Rolland
(1980)
  Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel Aguirre
(1982)
  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer Hsui
(1976)
  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James Mauro
(1970)
  Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

          
 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

 

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Fund files its 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, the Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CMT    Constant Maturity Treasury
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
LP    Limited Partnership
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
SOFR    Secured Overnight Financing Rate
 

 

 

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  MARCH 31, 2023

 

   2023 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

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

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

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

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


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023  
     6-Month      12-Month  
   

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

    15.62     (7.73 )% 
   

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

    9.14       (11.61
   

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

    27.27       (1.38
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    14.04       (10.70
   

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

    1.93       2.52  
   

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

    4.38       (6.90
   

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

    4.89       (4.78
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.00       0.26  
   

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

    7.88       (3.35

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

     Page  

The Markets in Review

    2  

Annual Report:

 

Market Overview

    4  

Fund Summary

    5  

About Fund Performance

    13  

Disclosure of Expenses

    13  

Schedules of Investments

    14  

Financial Statements:

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    65  

Statements of Operations

    66  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    67  

Financial Highlights

    69  

Notes to Financial Statements

    73  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    83  

Important Tax Information

    84  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

    85  

Supplemental Information

    86  

Trustee and Officer Information

    88  

General Information

    91  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

    92  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                     
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (5.13 )%      7.62     9.73     (5.13 )%      44.36     153.14

Fund Market

    (5.11     7.61       9.74       (5.11     44.31       153.31  

Index

    (5.12     7.67       9.80       (5.12     44.72       154.67  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

  $        1,000.00        $       1,150.00          $          0.27               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.68          $          0.25        0.05% 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The real estate sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, amid higher interest rates. Equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) were the largest source of weakness. REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage, and higher interest rates make financing more expensive for REITs. An ongoing oversupply of office space due to the shift toward remote work and more stringent lending standards after the failure of two prominent banks late in the reporting period negatively affected office REITs. In addition, analysts’ concerns about the solvency of several large tenants of medical facilities negatively impacted the healthcare REIT industry.

The financials sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges, as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks.

The healthcare sector also weighed on performance, primarily due to weakness in the healthcare equipment and supplies industry. Medical device manufacturers faced challenges in meeting demand, as high inflation, supply chain disruptions, and a tight labor market constrained the industry. Healthcare providers also declined amid labor market tightness and higher financing costs.

On the upside, the industrials sector contributed to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity. Investments in prefabrication capabilities boosted construction and engineering companies, while the machinery industry benefited from increased efficiency and supply chain improvements.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Industrials

  21.9%

Consumer Discretionary

  15.2   

Financials

  14.5   

Information Technology

  10.4   

Health Care

  9.4   

Real Estate

  7.6   

Materials

  6.9   

Consumer Staples

  4.4   

Energy

  3.8   

Utilities

  3.8   

Communication Services

  2.1   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

  0.7%

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

  0.7   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

  0.6   

Builders FirstSource, Inc.

  0.6   

Hubbell, Inc.

  0.6   

Graco, Inc.

  0.6   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

  0.6   

Jabil, Inc.

  0.5   

AECOM

  0.5   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

  0.5   
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                     
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (8.90 )%      6.24     9.83     (8.90 )%      35.32     155.34

Fund Market

    (8.92     6.23       9.82       (8.92     35.30       155.28  

Index

    (8.82     6.30       9.87       (8.82     35.71       156.25  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

  $        1,000.00          $       1,119.50          $          0.32               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.63          $          0.30        0.06% 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks.

The real estate sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage. Higher interest rates made financing more expensive for REITs, and increased bond yields made dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors.

Stocks in the healthcare sector also detracted, primarily due to weakness in the healthcare equipment industry. Staffing shortages, higher financing costs, and significant debt weighed on healthcare providers. Meanwhile, medical device makers faced challenges meeting high demand amid supply chain issues and the tight labor market. The biotechnology industry also declined, constrained by higher interest rates and challenging market conditions. Companies shut down less promising development projects and engaged in layoffs to conserve cash.

On the upside, industrials stocks contributed to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity. Consumer staples stocks also advanced, as the beverages industry gained amid consumers’ increasing purchases of packaged products relative to fresh foods.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Industrials

  17.8%

Financials

  15.8   

Consumer Discretionary

  14.3   

Information Technology

  13.5   

Health Care

  11.1   

Real Estate

  7.1   

Materials

  5.8   

Consumer Staples

  5.5   

Energy

  4.6   

Utilities

  2.3   

Communication Services

  2.2   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Rambus, Inc.

  0.6%

SPS Commerce, Inc.

  0.6   

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

  0.6   

Ensign Group, Inc.

  0.6   

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

  0.6   

ATI, Inc.

  0.6   

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

  0.6   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

  0.5   

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

  0.5   

Fabrinet

  0.5   
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (14.86 )%      11.52     13.18     (14.86 )%      72.52     244.85

Fund Market

    (15.06     11.49       13.18       (15.06     72.27       244.83  

Index

    (14.83     11.59       13.26       (14.83     73.02       247.28  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

  $        1,000.00          $       1,113.90          $          0.21               $        1,000.00          $       1,024.73          $          0.20        0.04% 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Growth-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. Large- and mid-capitalization growth stocks, which derive a significant portion of their price from investors’ expectations of future growth, faced significant headwinds relative to other equities. Growth stocks are particularly sensitive to interest rates, which rose notably as the Fed sharply tightened monetary policy.

The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, primarily due to weakness in the internet and direct marketing retail industry. The pandemic-related rise in e-commerce waned, as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. In addition, excess warehouse capacity weighed on industry cash flow. Slowing revenue growth from data cloud services further pressured industry profitability, as business customers reduced expenditures amid economic uncertainty. The automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales grew, production did not meet analysts’ expectations.

The information technology sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as rising interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings. The software and services industry declined amid high inflation and slow economic growth, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets reduced revenue growth. Slowing growth in cloud-based software sales, which provide software companies with steady revenue streams, further constrained earnings.

The communication services sector also declined amid rising interest rates, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects in the interactive media and services industry. Demand for online advertisements slowed, as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Heightened competition also worked against large companies in the industry, which lost market share to new players.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  32.5%

Health Care

  18.3   

Consumer Discretionary

  10.0   

Financials

  7.5   

Energy

  7.2   

Consumer Staples

  6.9   

Communication Services

  6.7   

Industrials

  6.5   

Materials

  2.6   

Real Estate

  1.1   

Other (each representing less than 1%)

  0.7   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Apple Inc.

  12.7%

Microsoft Corp.

  6.4   

NVIDIA Corp.

  3.5   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

  3.2   

Tesla, Inc.

  2.9   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

  2.8   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  2.3   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  2.3   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  2.2   

Visa, Inc., Class A

  1.9   
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&PU.S.Value ETF(the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (0.46 )%      9.37     10.09     (0.46 )%      56.48     161.61

Fund Market

    (0.55     9.36       10.10       (0.55     56.44       161.68  

Index

    (0.39     9.39       10.15       (0.39     56.60       162.92  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

  $        1,000.00          $       1,192.00          $          0.22               $        1,000.00          $       1,024.73          $          0.20        0.04% 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges, as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. While bank profitability is typically supported by higher interest rates, persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks led to government intervention to cover depositors and prevent a contagion effect.

The real estate sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates weighed on equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance property purchases, and higher interest rates make financing more expensive. Utilities stocks also declined, as tighter financing and a rise in borrowing costs negatively impacted the highly indebted sector.

On the upside, stocks in the energy sector contributed to the Index’s return, as the price of oil and natural gas surged in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While prices subsequently fell as markets stabilized, the relatively high average prices of energy commodities supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry. The information technology and consumer discretionary sectors also contributed to the Index’s return, as a software company and an internet retailer were added to the Index upon rebalancing in December 2022 and advanced thereafter.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Financials

  19.2%

Information Technology

  16.8   

Industrials

  12.7   

Consumer Discretionary

  10.9   

Communication Services

  9.0   

Health Care

  9.0   

Consumer Staples

  7.2   

Utilities

  5.4   

Real Estate

  4.9   

Materials

  3.3   

Energy

  1.6   

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Microsoft Corp.

  5.3%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

  3.3   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  2.9   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

  2.8   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  2.2   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

  1.3   

Walmart, Inc.

  1.2   

Salesforce, Inc.

  1.2   

Bank of America Corp.

  1.2   

Walt Disney Co.

  1.1   
 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,088,426     $ 469,582,586  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.(b)

    1,183,368       208,580,444  

Hexcel Corp.(b)

    2,603,648       177,698,976  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,794,956       91,758,151  

Woodward, Inc.

    1,845,038       179,651,350  
   

 

 

 
      1,127,271,507  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%            

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,664,874       184,929,542  
   

 

 

 
Automobile Components — 1.9%            

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    2,946,445       120,686,387  

Autoliv, Inc.

    2,396,254       223,714,274  

Dana, Inc.

    3,940,927       59,310,951  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,305,669       158,469,047  

Gentex Corp.

    7,246,461       203,118,302  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)(b)

    8,737,821       96,290,787  

Lear Corp.

    1,826,598       254,792,155  

Visteon Corp.(a)(b)

    869,387       136,345,963  
   

 

 

 
          1,252,727,866  
Automobiles — 0.4%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    4,109,358       156,032,323  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    1,653,265       131,666,025  
   

 

 

 
      287,698,348  
Banks — 6.1%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

    4,644,725       83,512,155  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.(b)

    1,230,540       64,086,523  

Bank OZK

    3,402,520       116,366,184  

Cadence Bank

    4,677,987       97,115,010  

Cathay General Bancorp

    2,247,063       77,568,615  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    6,424,245       137,607,328  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    3,513,814       205,031,047  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    1,988,129       209,429,509  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    4,353,973       241,645,501  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(b)

    4,009,753       127,911,121  

First Horizon Corp.

    16,576,382       294,728,072  

FNB Corp.

    11,135,235       129,168,726  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    5,177,301       71,550,300  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    3,422,030       143,759,480  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    2,647,144       96,356,042  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    5,844,366       126,881,186  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,630,957       69,837,579  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    21,043,420       190,232,517  

Old National Bancorp

    9,048,033       130,472,636  

PacWest Bancorp(b)

    3,636,269       35,380,897  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    2,363,124       130,349,920  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    2,820,786       173,534,755  

SouthState Corp.

    2,338,388       166,633,529  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    4,494,223       138,556,895  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,489,783       72,939,776  

UMB Financial Corp.

    1,343,360       77,538,739  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    4,151,687       146,139,382  

Valley National Bancorp

    12,983,161       119,964,408  

Webster Financial Corp.

    5,375,253       211,892,473  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    1,877,073       136,932,475  
   

 

 

 
      4,023,122,780  
Beverages — 0.4%            

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

    291,200       95,717,440  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)            

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,247,971     $ 115,986,425  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    142,192       76,084,095  
   

 

 

 
      287,787,960  
Biotechnology — 1.6%            

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,345,792       84,983,117  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,011,330       194,319,915  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,176,872       159,514,742  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    2,983,677       302,007,786  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    1,407,922       315,318,211  
   

 

 

 
          1,056,143,771  
Broadline Retail — 0.6%            

Kohl’s Corp.

    3,412,949       80,340,819  

Macy’s, Inc.

    8,374,906       146,477,106  

Nordstrom, Inc.(b)

    3,461,429       56,317,450  

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

    1,788,022       103,597,995  
   

 

 

 
      386,733,370  
Building Products — 3.2%            

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(b)

    1,932,234       162,713,425  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,546,399       403,629,303  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    1,597,535       361,154,738  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    3,961,523       232,660,246  

Lennox International, Inc.

    997,115       250,555,057  

Owens Corning

    2,886,958       276,570,577  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    1,315,863       144,271,219  

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

    3,389,902       164,986,530  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    1,904,042       151,314,218  
   

 

 

 
      2,147,855,313  
Capital Markets — 2.0%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    1,163,629       165,724,042  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,103,758       127,351,598  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    2,611,426       104,822,640  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    3,177,834       262,361,975  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    4,093,845       109,060,031  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    5,589,075       177,397,241  

SEI Investments Co.

    3,149,726       181,266,731  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    3,254,290       192,295,996  
   

 

 

 
      1,320,280,254  
Chemicals — 2.9%            

Ashland, Inc.

    1,542,403       158,420,212  

Avient Corp.

    2,640,791       108,694,958  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    6,814,705       206,417,414  

Cabot Corp.

    1,739,884       133,344,710  

Chemours Co.

    4,582,232       137,192,026  

Ingevity Corp.(a)(b)

    1,085,186       77,612,503  

NewMarket Corp.

    206,801       75,478,229  

Olin Corp.

    3,800,796       210,944,178  

RPM International, Inc.

    3,987,723       347,888,955  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    1,261,833       88,000,233  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,298,598       99,420,663  

Valvoline, Inc.

    5,311,245       185,574,900  

Westlake Corp.(b)

    1,063,734       123,371,869  
   

 

 

 
      1,952,360,850  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%            

Brink’s Co.(b)

    1,434,891       95,850,719  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,553,445       221,459,119  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,138,210       151,951,035  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,847,662       124,186,540  

Tetra Tech, Inc.(b)

    1,644,181       241,546,630  
   

 

 

 
      834,994,043  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment — 0.7%            

Calix, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,758,750     $ 94,251,412  

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    4,584,675       240,787,131  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,115,951       114,282,514  
   

 

 

 
      449,321,057  
Construction & Engineering — 2.0%            

AECOM

    4,292,283       361,925,303  

EMCOR Group, Inc.(b)

    1,472,115       239,351,178  

Fluor Corp.(a)(b)

    4,389,253       135,671,810  

MasTec, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,830,296       172,853,154  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    6,281,680       191,465,606  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    658,980       210,399,135  
   

 

 

 
          1,311,666,186  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,113,680       163,432,540  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%            

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    1,158,326       110,469,550  

Navient Corp.

    3,132,329       50,085,941  

SLM Corp.

    7,435,425       92,124,916  
   

 

 

 
      252,680,407  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9%  

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

    4,152,775       315,901,594  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    1,150,967       249,138,317  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    2,734,563       77,278,750  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)(b)

    4,823,314       291,038,767  

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

    3,269,859       114,543,161  

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

    6,321,971       233,533,609  
   

 

 

 
      1,281,434,198  
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%            

AptarGroup, Inc.(b)

    2,016,675       238,350,818  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    790,945       50,122,185  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    2,584,343       138,701,689  

Sonoco Products Co.

    3,012,253       183,747,433  
   

 

 

 
      610,922,125  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%            

Graham Holdings Co., Class B(b)

    118,564       70,645,174  

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

    947,450       107,914,555  

H&R Block, Inc.(b)

    4,703,976       165,815,154  

Service Corp. International

    4,751,209       326,788,155  
   

 

 

 
      671,163,038  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,887,241       156,822,478  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)

    3,881,239       240,365,131  
   

 

 

 
      397,187,609  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    1,765,770       113,662,615  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    3,381,625       129,854,400  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,561,917       169,202,469  

OGE Energy Corp.

    6,184,431       232,905,671  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    2,651,530       129,076,480  

Portland General Electric Co.

    2,757,736       134,825,713  
   

 

 

 
      909,527,348  

Electrical Equipment — 2.1%

   

Acuity Brands, Inc.(b)

    990,081       180,917,501  

EnerSys

    1,261,930       109,636,478  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,655,766       402,864,425  

nVent Electric PLC

    5,146,039       220,970,915  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    2,043,458       287,575,844  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    2,636,328       36,486,780  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,582,967     $ 132,646,785  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    688,491       32,317,768  
   

 

 

 
          1,403,416,496  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.5%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,800,463       224,823,815  

Avnet, Inc.

    2,822,796       127,590,379  

Belden, Inc.(b)

    1,322,320       114,737,706  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    5,341,986       264,695,406  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    4,292,685       163,465,445  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    993,175       122,468,409  

Jabil, Inc.(b)

    4,116,972       362,952,252  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    764,758       205,023,972  

National Instruments Corp.

    4,033,410       211,391,018  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,102,497       175,396,248  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,296,259       125,464,909  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    4,002,489       90,536,301  

Vontier Corp.(b)

    4,880,555       133,434,374  
   

 

 

 
      2,321,980,234  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%            

ChampionX Corp.

    6,136,089       166,472,094  

NOV, Inc.

    12,134,088       224,601,969  

Valaris Ltd.(a)(b)

    1,857,363       120,840,037  
   

 

 

 
      511,914,100  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

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

    1,339,033       122,200,152  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.5%            

Essent Group Ltd.

    3,326,420       133,223,121  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,455,411       162,860,491  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    9,085,174       121,923,035  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    2,996,437       214,125,388  

Western Union Co.

    9,027,770       100,659,636  

WEX, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,346,635       247,632,710  
   

 

 

 
      980,424,381  
Food Products — 1.5%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,950,928       289,134,195  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    5,935,109       162,681,338  

Ingredion, Inc.

    2,029,372       206,448,014  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    613,204       124,406,827  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)(b)

    1,387,803       32,169,273  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,656,269       148,848,895  
   

 

 

 
      963,688,542  
Gas Utilities — 1.4%            

National Fuel Gas Co.

    2,835,614       163,728,353  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    2,992,909       159,222,759  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    1,672,478       132,510,432  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    2,007,385       125,361,193  

Spire, Inc.

    1,623,174       113,849,424  

UGI Corp.

    6,473,395       225,015,210  
   

 

 

 
      919,687,371  
Ground Transportation — 1.9%            

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

    768,575       149,718,410  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,986,731       81,233,848  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(b)

    4,964,054       280,866,175  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    1,109,815       198,945,437  

Ryder System, Inc.

    1,552,311       138,528,234  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    817,459       222,414,245  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    1,816,323       82,624,533  

XPO, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,552,458       113,323,410  
   

 

 

 
      1,267,654,292  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.6%  

Enovis Corp.(a)(b)

    1,471,968     $ 78,735,568  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    5,041,375       206,091,410  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,405,039       136,221,409  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,558,397       128,957,352  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    622,278       102,650,979  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,491,659       92,095,027  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    2,244,553       128,859,788  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,126,277       175,545,429  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    1,653,284       72,050,117  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    1,493,888       275,682,092  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    6,677,185       123,661,466  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,379,253       80,920,773  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,173,205       326,960,501  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    1,652,568       147,227,283  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,116,458       242,081,588  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)(b)

    1,489,138       95,230,375  
   

 

 

 
          2,412,971,157  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%  

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

    2,810,375       203,049,594  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,003,702       73,822,282  

Chemed Corp.

    459,329       247,004,170  

Encompass Health Corp.

    3,082,564       166,766,712  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,614,615       153,504,047  

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

    5,169,544       164,236,413  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    2,668,692       71,440,885  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,324,086       74,649,642  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,245,655       63,684,825  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    3,340,015       198,463,691  
   

 

 

 
      1,416,622,261  
Health Care REITs — 1.2%            

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,756,222       227,247,771  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    18,503,131       152,095,737  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    7,236,267       198,346,079  

Physicians Realty Trust

    7,051,195       105,274,341  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    7,135,096       82,053,604  
   

 

 

 
      765,017,532  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%            

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    6,945,607       85,847,702  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.4%            

Aramark

    8,047,655       288,106,049  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,450,425       157,121,251  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.(b)

    856,147       100,331,867  

Churchill Downs, Inc.(b)

    1,016,760       261,358,158  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)

    2,451,325       108,912,370  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,893,659       173,764,223  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,183,739       159,639,042  

Papa John’s International, Inc.(b)

    993,090       74,412,234  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,791,743       142,123,097  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    2,067,057       223,366,179  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    2,510,851       98,425,359  

Wendy’s Co.

    5,264,464       114,660,026  

Wingstop, Inc.(b)

    924,125       169,650,867  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    2,728,387       185,121,058  
   

 

 

 
      2,256,991,780  
Household Durables — 1.6%            

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    741,124       70,532,771  

KB Home

    2,521,521       101,314,714  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    4,096,121       130,584,338  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    3,346,936       128,053,771  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    5,263,796       207,867,304  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)            

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    3,176,538     $ 190,687,576  

TopBuild Corp.(a)(b)

    987,638       205,566,973  
   

 

 

 
          1,034,607,447  
Household Products — 0.1%            

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    2,051,881       71,200,271  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.(b)

    1,621,222       137,430,989  
   

 

 

 
Industrial REITs — 1.2%            

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    1,346,109       222,538,740  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    4,081,788       217,151,122  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    5,841,904       348,469,573  
   

 

 

 
      788,159,435  
Insurance — 3.9%            

American Financial Group, Inc.

    2,146,383       260,785,535  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,109,162       93,035,136  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    3,532,163       78,378,697  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,201,611       178,201,668  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    1,099,714       141,313,249  

Kemper Corp.

    1,975,806       107,997,556  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

    670,170       201,151,526  

Old Republic International Corp.

    8,521,013       212,769,695  

Primerica, Inc.(b)

    1,139,814       196,321,563  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.(b)

    2,059,677       273,442,719  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.(b)

    1,350,557       270,570,589  

RLI Corp.

    1,250,106       166,151,588  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.(b)

    1,863,946       177,689,972  

Unum Group

    5,776,743       228,527,953  
   

 

 

 
      2,586,337,446  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%            

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,236,671       64,280,286  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,457,814       113,782,383  
   

 

 

 
      178,062,669  
IT Services — 0.1%            

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,324,823       93,354,387  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 1.2%            

Brunswick Corp.(b)

    2,239,806       183,664,092  

Mattel, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,947,782       201,548,667  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    1,682,996       186,189,847  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)(b)

    4,282,584       92,589,466  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,664,290       106,571,600  
   

 

 

 
      770,563,672  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%

   

Azenta, Inc.(a)

    2,134,652       95,248,172  

Bruker Corp.

    3,089,588       243,583,118  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    778,163       146,333,552  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    1,595,137       268,557,266  

Sotera Health Co.(a)(b)

    3,050,000       54,625,500  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    3,178,789       113,228,464  
   

 

 

 
      921,576,072  
Machinery — 4.7%            

AGCO Corp.

    1,912,674       258,593,525  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,314,661       164,858,489  

Crane NXT Co.

    1,474,164       167,317,614  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    3,759,031       245,615,085  

Esab Corp.(b)

    1,595,996       94,275,484  

Flowserve Corp.

    4,037,302       137,268,268  

Graco, Inc.

    5,205,998       380,089,914  

ITT, Inc.(b)

    2,554,653       220,466,554  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    1,783,566     $ 301,601,011  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,664,507       244,033,371  

Oshkosh Corp.

    2,020,071       168,029,506  

Terex Corp.

    2,085,130       100,878,589  

Timken Co.

    2,044,912       167,110,209  

Toro Co.

    3,233,593       359,446,198  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    843,809       142,029,931  
   

 

 

 
      3,151,613,748  
Marine Transportation — 0.2%            

Kirby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,850,228       128,960,892  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.0%            

Cable One, Inc.

    148,944       104,558,688  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    1,322,369       51,268,246  

New York Times Co., Class A(b)

    5,085,799       197,735,865  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,164,835       201,120,411  

TEGNA, Inc.

    6,892,102       116,545,445  
   

 

 

 
      671,228,655  
Metals & Mining — 2.6%            

Alcoa Corp.

    5,466,725       232,663,816  

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

    15,918,139       291,779,488  

Commercial Metals Co.

    3,618,008       176,920,591  

MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    2,851,905       80,395,202  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    1,813,003       465,470,390  

Royal Gold, Inc.(b)

    2,027,796       263,025,419  

United States Steel Corp.

    7,000,004       182,700,104  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    936,595       60,550,867  
   

 

 

 
          1,753,505,877  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    14,466,540       276,455,579  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    8,681,247       153,571,260  
   

 

 

 
      430,026,839  
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%            

Black Hills Corp.

    2,010,310       126,850,561  

NorthWestern Corp.

    1,784,863       103,272,173  
   

 

 

 
      230,122,734  
Office REITs — 0.8%            

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    3,472,850       82,341,274  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    4,486,240       95,915,811  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    5,429,958       66,951,382  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    3,250,058       75,368,845  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    3,255,226       105,469,322  

Vornado Realty Trust

    4,977,349       76,501,854  
   

 

 

 
      502,548,488  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.0%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    10,346,584       108,535,666  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    8,529,736       196,951,604  

Chord Energy Corp.

    1,285,285       172,999,361  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    5,255,364       84,190,931  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    2,988,713       147,552,761  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    13,368,986       77,272,739  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    4,154,499       200,994,662  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    3,467,626       165,232,379  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    4,514,014       166,928,238  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    3,530,664       153,089,591  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    2,846,426       182,683,621  

Range Resources Corp.

    7,464,341       197,581,106  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)(b)

    34,090,576       170,452,880  
   

 

 

 
      2,024,465,539  
Security   Shares     Value  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    2,214,754     $ 120,061,814  
   

 

 

 
Passenger Airlines — 0.1%            

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)(b)

    10,004,908       72,835,730  
   

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.4%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,126,177       140,290,018  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,325,104       136,580,754  
   

 

 

 
      276,870,772  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%            

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)

    1,945,065       284,621,361  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    4,159,139       149,188,316  
   

 

 

 
      433,809,677  
Professional Services — 3.2%            

ASGN, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,541,468       127,433,159  

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

    726,203       215,159,425  

Concentrix Corp.(b)

    1,318,907       160,313,146  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,021,404       165,293,809  

Exponent, Inc.

    1,564,232       155,938,288  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,063,355       209,853,109  

Genpact Ltd.

    5,198,650       240,281,603  

Insperity, Inc.

    1,099,123       133,598,401  

KBR, Inc.

    4,238,098       233,307,295  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,561,763       128,892,300  

Maximus, Inc.

    1,877,321       147,745,163  

Science Applications International Corp.

    1,687,523       181,341,222  
   

 

 

 
      2,099,156,920  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%  

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

    1,466,183       213,314,965  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 0.4%            

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    4,570,275       163,661,548  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,914,619       110,841,342  
   

 

 

 
      274,502,890  
Retail REITs — 1.5%            

Agree Realty Corp.

    2,736,112       187,724,644  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    9,264,554       199,373,202  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    6,768,162       141,589,949  

Macerich Co.

    6,693,215       70,948,079  

National Retail Properties, Inc.(b)

    5,605,492       247,482,472  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    4,314,217       171,878,405  
   

 

 

 
          1,018,996,751  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.0%  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,011,384       96,526,318  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    3,102,697       80,732,176  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,706,921       186,703,019  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    4,233,867       404,334,298  

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

    1,595,113       112,997,805  

MKS Instruments, Inc.(b)

    1,766,822       156,575,766  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    1,760,364       148,997,209  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    985,386       172,531,235  

SiTime Corp.(a)(b)

    496,685       70,643,507  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,216,980       135,267,327  

Universal Display Corp.

    1,342,432       208,251,476  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,843,365       249,626,557  
   

 

 

 
      2,023,186,693  
Software — 2.6%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    3,471,335       93,656,618  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    900,370       206,067,682  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,377,788       95,480,709  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,376,289     $ 78,090,638  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,696,835       283,276,121  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,406,051       82,493,012  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,930,547       298,945,203  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    4,262,829       100,560,136  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    1,274,864       253,417,466  

Qualys, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,067,867       138,844,067  

Teradata Corp.(a)(b)

    3,144,687       126,667,992  
   

 

 

 
      1,757,499,644  
Specialized REITs — 2.1%            

CubeSmart

    6,937,325       320,643,161  

EPR Properties

    2,317,467       88,295,493  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    2,695,645       269,267,979  

Life Storage, Inc.

    2,625,674       344,199,605  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    2,610,428       109,063,682  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2,495,282       123,516,459  

Rayonier, Inc.

    4,549,597       151,319,596  
   

 

 

 
      1,406,305,975  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%            

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,056,609       141,965,985  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    1,848,562       262,292,462  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,714,893       353,216,511  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    2,450,332       97,253,677  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    7,809,204       179,767,876  

Gap, Inc.

    6,540,227       65,663,879  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A(b)

    844,485       193,327,951  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.(b)

    618,112       159,503,802  

RH(a)(b)

    577,114       140,556,115  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    2,496,823       85,266,506  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.(b)

    2,056,306       250,170,188  
   

 

 

 
          1,928,984,952  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,442,780       153,728,209  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    3,464,584       53,354,594  
   

 

 

 
      207,082,803  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.2%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    3,883,276       182,513,972  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,178,858       84,783,467  

Columbia Sportswear Co.(b)

    1,093,689       98,694,495  
Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)  

Crocs, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,907,381     $ 241,169,254  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)(b)

    814,244       366,043,390  

PVH Corp.(b)

    1,957,578       174,537,655  

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    4,145,950       197,015,544  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,828,822       55,315,521  

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

    5,856,059       49,952,183  
   

 

 

 
      1,450,025,481  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%  

GATX Corp.(b)

    1,087,391       119,634,758  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    1,461,705       122,783,220  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,040,390       176,564,862  

Watsco, Inc.(b)

    1,027,522       326,916,399  
   

 

 

 
      745,899,239  
Water Utilities — 0.5%            

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    7,373,203       321,840,311  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.5%
(Cost: $59,478,123,663)

 

    66,161,795,889  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 6.4%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    4,067,483,080       4,068,703,325  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    225,712,057       225,712,057  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 6.4%
(Cost: $4,292,393,953)

 

    4,294,415,382  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 105.9%
(Cost: $63,770,517,616)

      70,456,211,271  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.9)%

 

    (3,947,934,669
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   66,508,276,602  
   

 

 

 

 

(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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Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

03/31/23

   

Shares

Held at

03/31/23

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  2,422,524,094     $  1,644,458,653 (a)    $     $ (212,973   $ 1,933,551     $  4,068,703,325       4,067,483,080     $ 30,583,184 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    169,480,000       56,232,057 (a)                        225,712,057       225,712,057       4,594,053       117    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ (212,973   $ 1,933,551     $ 4,294,415,382       $  35,177,237     $ 117    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description  

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

    949          06/16/23        $   240,068        $ 7,511,324  
                

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity  

Payment

Frequency

   Counterparty(a)   

Termination

Date

    

Net

Notional

    

Accrued

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Net Value of

Reference

Entity

    

Gross Notional

Amount

Net Asset

Percentage

 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

  Monthly    Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)      08/19/26      $   12,877,006      $ 773,580 (c)     $ 13,623,093        0.0 % (d) 
 

Monthly

   HSBC Bank PLC(e)      02/10/28        25,832,160        (310,055 )(f)       25,121,269        0.0  (d) 
 

Monthly

   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(g)      02/08/24        49,451,405        (2,864,266 )(h)       46,510,806        0.1  
             

 

 

    

 

 

    
              $ (2,400,741    $  85,255,168     
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $27,493 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (d) 

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

 
  (f) 

Amount includes $400,836 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (h) 

Amount includes $76,333 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

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

 

     (b)    (e)    (g)  
 

Range:

   40 basis points    40 basis points    40 basis points  

    

 

Benchmarks:    

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

 

 

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The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date August 19, 2026.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

                
Common Stocks                        
Banks                        

Cadence Bank

    233,735     $ 4,852,339         35.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Software                        

Envestnet, Inc.

    149,493       8,770,754         64.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $   13,623,093      
   

 

 

     

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2028.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks                           
Banks                        

Cadence Bank

    163,096     $ 3,385,873         13.5
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                        

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    891,368       15,768,300         62.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 
Office REITs                        

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    199,234     $ 4,259,623                  16.9
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Software                        

Envestnet, Inc.

    29,103       1,707,473         6.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

    $   25,121,269      
   

 

 

     

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2024.

 

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                           
Banks                        

Cadence Bank

    566,297     $ 11,756,325         25.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Financial Services                        

Western Union Co.

    2,453,565       27,357,250         58.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Software                        

Envestnet, Inc.

    126,082       7,397,231         15.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

  $   46,510,806      
   

 

 

     
 

 

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

 

Description   

Swap

Premiums

Paid

    

Swap

Premiums

Received

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $ 773,580      $ (3,174,321

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 7,511,324      $      $      $      $ 7,511,324  

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps;

                    

Swap premiums paid

                   773,580                             773,580  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $   8,284,904      $      $      $      $   8,284,904  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;

                    

Swap premiums received

   $      $      $ 3,174,321      $      $      $      $ 3,174,321  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (10,172,728    $      $      $      $ (10,172,728

Swaps

                   (11,115,927                           (11,115,927
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $   (21,288,655    $      $      $      $   (21,288,655
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 1,487,803      $      $      $      $ 1,487,803  

Swaps

                   (3,883,244                           (3,883,244
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (2,395,441    $      $      $      $ (2,395,441
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $174,717,858  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

     $63,687,022  

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

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

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

 

      Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

       

Futures contracts

   $ 4,223,050        $  

Swaps — OTC(a)

     773,580          3,174,321  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

   $ 4,996,630        $   3,174,321  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

       (4,223,050         
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $ 773,580        $ 3,174,321  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

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

 

Counterparty     



Derivative
Assets
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
 
 
 
 
 
      

Derivatives
Available
for Offset
(a)
 
 
 
      


Non-
Cash
Collateral
Received

 
 
 
      

Cash
Collateral
Received
(b)

 
 
      


Net
Amount of
Derivative
Assets
(c)

 
 
 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 773,580        $        $        $ (560,000      $ 213,580  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Counterparty    Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
       Derivatives
Available
for Offset
(a)
       Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
       Cash
Collateral
Pledged
(b)
       Net
Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities
(d)
 

HSBC Bank PLC

   $ 310,055        $        $        $ (310,055      $  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

     2,864,266                            (2,864,266         
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 3,174,321        $        $        $   (3,174,321      $  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

 
  (d) 

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

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $     66,161,795,889        $        $        $ 66,161,795,889  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     4,294,415,382                            4,294,415,382  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 70,456,211,271        $        $        $     70,456,211,271  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 7,511,324        $                 773,580        $                         —        $ 8,284,904  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

              (3,174,321                 (3,174,321
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 7,511,324        $ (2,400,741      $        $ 5,110,583  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%  

AAR Corp.(a)(b)

    2,385,521     $ 130,130,171  

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

    5,517,723       309,930,501  

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

    1,829,332       167,676,570  

Kaman Corp.(a)

    2,053,147       46,934,940  

Moog, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,090,257       210,593,393  

National Presto Industries, Inc.(a)

    367,786       26,513,693  

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

    4,076,599       47,247,782  
   

 

 

 
             939,027,050  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%  

Forward Air Corp.(a)

    1,938,160       208,856,122  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,380,144       199,789,287  
   

 

 

 
      408,645,409  
Automobile Components — 1.3%  

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

    8,346,915       65,189,406  

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

    2,061,039       177,785,224  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,413,674       145,834,183  

LCI Industries(a)

    1,853,604       203,655,472  

Patrick Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,564,952       107,684,347  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.(a)

    1,363,712       50,334,610  

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

    1,424,895       96,821,615  
   

 

 

 
      847,304,857  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,225,893       128,434,026  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 9.0%  

Ameris Bancorp(a)

    4,751,617       173,814,150  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.(a)

    4,585,955       160,737,723  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,889,355       143,594,987  

Banc of California, Inc.(a)

    4,000,843       50,130,563  

BancFirst Corp.

    1,269,801       105,520,463  

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

    3,982,366       110,908,893  

BankUnited, Inc.(a)

    5,257,459       118,713,424  

Banner Corp.(a)

    2,410,436       131,055,405  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,091,585       77,475,120  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    5,881,816       61,759,068  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.(a)

    9,228,673       62,108,969  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.(a)

    1,597,517       28,595,554  

City Holding Co.(a)

    1,022,399       92,915,621  

Community Bank System, Inc.(a)

    3,701,570       194,295,409  

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

    2,147,637       39,774,237  

CVB Financial Corp.(a)

    9,579,628       159,788,194  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,344,663       53,270,743  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,228,316       74,581,737  

FB Financial Corp.(a)

    2,554,185       79,384,070  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico(a)

    12,859,298       146,853,183  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC(a)

    2,863,783       101,721,572  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.(a)

    7,130,256       88,629,082  

First Financial Bancorp(a)

    6,560,881       142,830,379  

First Hawaiian, Inc.(a)

    9,270,753       191,255,634  

Hanmi Financial Corp.(a)

    2,085,047       38,719,323  

Heritage Financial Corp.(a)

    2,518,770       53,901,678  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,324,324       98,632,693  

HomeStreet, Inc.(a)

    1,312,088       23,604,463  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    8,142,201       79,956,414  

Independent Bank Corp.(a)

    3,141,549       206,148,445  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.(a)

    2,581,671       119,660,451  

Lakeland Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    1,848,058       115,762,353  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A(a)

    2,715,233       90,851,696  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,973,455       100,235,168  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,067,289     $ 36,132,664  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    8,711,034       104,793,739  

OFG Bancorp(a)

    3,329,311       83,033,016  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    6,649,873       159,729,950  

Park National Corp.(a)

    1,052,330       124,774,768  

Pathward Financial, Inc.(a)

    1,974,466       81,920,594  

Preferred Bank

    615,879       33,756,328  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.(a)

    5,217,018       100,062,405  

Renasant Corp.(a)

    3,912,785       119,652,965  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,759,695       86,792,408  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(a)

    5,690,776       134,871,391  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    3,559,028       194,429,700  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A(a)

    8,787,556       153,694,354  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,184,421       72,522,777  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,279,825       80,716,493  

Tompkins Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    908,368       60,143,045  

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

    1,648,474       95,710,400  

TrustCo Bank Corp.(a)

    1,282,267       40,955,608  

Trustmark Corp.(a)

    4,016,549       99,208,760  

United Community Banks, Inc.(a)

    7,956,991       223,750,587  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,748,074       68,439,831  

Washington Federal, Inc.(a)

    3,946,748       118,876,050  

Westamerica BanCorp(a)

    1,929,762       85,488,457  

WSFS Financial Corp.(a)

    4,251,315       159,891,957  
   

 

 

 
      6,036,535,111  
Beverages — 0.3%  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,118,994       108,229,100  

National Beverage Corp.(b)

    1,700,608       89,656,054  
   

 

 

 
             197,885,154  
Biotechnology — 2.3%  

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

    1,064,684       30,577,724  

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

    3,800,085       69,313,550  

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

    4,527,474       84,935,412  

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

    6,977,592       115,688,475  

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

    4,703,384       32,171,147  

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

    6,887,293       242,363,841  

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

    8,621,686       84,578,740  

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

    761,001       21,589,598  

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

    3,237,688       33,542,448  

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

    1,426,595       57,691,502  

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

    9,699,220       102,035,794  

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

    1,790,601       24,370,080  

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

    5,905,915       137,194,406  

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

    2,736,802       51,752,926  

uniQure NV(a)(b)(c)

    2,993,447       60,288,023  

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

    4,139,500       28,107,205  

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

    3,441,268       100,897,978  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,529,864       128,679,935  

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

    4,367,211       121,801,515  
   

 

 

 
      1,527,580,299  
Broadline Retail — 0.0%  

Big Lots, Inc.(a)

    2,095,645       22,968,269  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 1.8%  

AAON, Inc.(a)

    3,063,656       296,224,899  

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

    1,211,154       63,064,789  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    1,614,042       69,807,317  

AZZ, Inc.(a)

    1,808,865       74,597,593  

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

    2,256,992       109,464,112  

Griffon Corp.(a)

    3,449,806       110,428,290  

Insteel Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,417,298       39,429,230  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,344,343       75,128,518  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Building Products (continued)

 

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

    4,360,171     $ 109,483,894  

Quanex Building Products Corp.(a)

    2,415,167       51,998,546  

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

    10,630,351       194,322,816  
   

 

 

 
      1,193,950,004  
Capital Markets — 1.0%  

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

    2,900,816       76,349,477  

B Riley Financial, Inc.(c)

    1,158,264       32,883,115  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,354,855       55,527,481  

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

    1,823,772       74,519,324  

Piper Sandler Cos.(a)

    998,498       138,401,808  

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

    1,279,161       132,431,538  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.(a)

    495,497       94,337,674  

WisdomTree, Inc.(a)

    8,181,079       47,941,123  
   

 

 

 
             652,391,540  
Chemicals — 2.9%  

AdvanSix, Inc.(a)

    2,003,039       76,656,303  

American Vanguard Corp.(a)

    2,026,144       44,332,031  

Balchem Corp.(a)(c)

    2,338,858       295,818,759  

FutureFuel Corp.(c)

    1,929,365       14,238,714  

Hawkins, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,380,556       60,440,742  

HB Fuller Co.(a)

    3,909,578       267,610,614  

Innospec, Inc.(a)

    1,802,353       185,047,583  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,518,472       53,100,966  

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

    13,057,295       283,604,447  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,992,232       85,713,221  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,365,017       142,894,327  

Quaker Chemical Corp.(a)(c)

    991,851       196,336,906  

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

    4,629,024       29,023,980  

Stepan Co.(a)

    1,535,383       158,190,511  

Trinseo PLC(a)

    2,541,250       52,985,063  
   

 

 

 
      1,945,994,167  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.1%  

ABM Industries, Inc.(a)

    4,810,506       216,184,140  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    3,367,483       180,934,862  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,355,107       76,866,984  

Deluxe Corp.(a)

    3,143,083       50,289,328  

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

    9,046,095       71,373,690  

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

    5,790,875       39,551,676  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a)

    5,383,256       74,665,761  

HNI Corp.(a)

    3,014,047       83,911,068  

Interface, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,209,358       34,179,987  

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

    7,936,472       108,570,937  

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

    1,736,364       22,867,914  

Matthews International Corp., Class A(a)

    2,210,318       79,704,067  

MillerKnoll, Inc.(a)

    5,494,367       112,359,805  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    7,894,604       30,710,010  

UniFirst Corp.(a)(c)

    1,100,519       193,944,463  

Viad Corp.(a)(b)

    1,506,129       31,387,728  
   

 

 

 
      1,407,502,420  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%  

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,134,740       81,436,976  

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

    920,469       42,875,446  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.(a)

    2,009,964       25,084,350  

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

    2,604,545       87,721,076  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,838,562       111,633,305  

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

    7,985,438       116,507,540  

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

    2,091,242       38,708,889  

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

    4,913,285       140,765,615  
Security   Shares     Value  

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

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

    5,566,713     $ 188,377,568  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,383,443       177,432,688  
   

 

 

 
      1,010,543,453  
Construction & Engineering — 1.6%  

Arcosa, Inc.(a)

    3,519,193       222,096,270  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.(a)

    2,603,262       379,972,122  

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

    2,154,435       201,762,838  

Granite Construction, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,187,054       130,924,178  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,207,052       152,100,623  
   

 

 

 
      1,086,856,031  
Consumer Finance — 0.9%  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,729,161       52,428,162  

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

    1,699,308       85,730,089  

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

    2,268,948       100,809,360  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(b)(c)

    3,812,056       32,783,682  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    3,437,389       59,054,343  

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

    786,477       20,967,477  

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

    2,833,129       110,378,706  

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

    3,645,701       86,731,227  

World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)

    242,063       20,161,427  
   

 

 

 
             569,044,473  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.7%  

Andersons, Inc.(a)

    2,261,919       93,462,493  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,474,982       84,273,137  

PriceSmart, Inc.(a)

    1,833,024       131,024,556  

SpartanNash Co.(a)

    2,563,109       63,565,103  

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

    4,360,234       114,892,166  
   

 

 

 
      487,217,455  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%  

Myers Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,651,952       56,831,331  

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

    11,251,777       255,527,856  
   

 

 

 
      312,359,187  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%  

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

    3,312,437       127,926,317  

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

    5,925,476       165,202,271  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,761,725       49,666,070  

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

    4,894,320       65,730,718  

Strategic Education, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,621,888       145,694,199  

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

    2,977,003       116,847,368  
   

 

 

 
      671,066,943  
Diversified REITs — 0.9%  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.(a)

    5,268,673       99,630,606  

American Assets Trust, Inc.(a)

    3,806,082       70,755,064  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.(a)

    4,932,109       58,248,207  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    10,378,407       257,903,414  

Global Net Lease, Inc.(a)

    7,542,835       97,000,858  
   

 

 

 
      583,538,149  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

ATN International, Inc.

    775,829       31,746,923  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,114,495       198,455,621  

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

    5,518,369       14,237,392  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.(c)

    47,061,267       124,712,358  
   

 

 

 
      369,152,294  
Electric Utilities — 0.3%  

Otter Tail Corp.(a)

    3,029,898       218,970,729  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Electrical Equipment — 0.4%

 

Encore Wire Corp.(a)(c)

    1,337,086     $ 247,802,148  

Powell Industries, Inc.(a)

    659,477       28,087,125  
   

 

 

 
             275,889,273  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.4%  

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

    2,721,235       266,681,030  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,446,461       39,065,554  

Badger Meter, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,130,665       259,557,610  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(a)

    2,563,077       60,719,294  

CTS Corp.(a)(c)

    2,317,106       114,604,063  

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

    1,957,811       96,011,051  

Fabrinet(a)(b)

    2,668,674       316,931,724  

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

    1,358,997       33,444,916  

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

    2,205,528       315,302,283  

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

    3,292,907       182,591,693  

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

    6,631,181       112,730,077  

Methode Electronics, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,623,342       115,112,247  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,142,222       116,917,844  

PC Connection, Inc.

    818,155       36,784,249  

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

    2,019,198       197,013,149  

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

    1,370,184       223,929,171  

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

    4,247,353       259,046,060  

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

    1,852,381       56,386,478  

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

    7,427,237       100,193,427  
   

 

 

 
      2,903,021,920  
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0%  

Archrock, Inc.(a)

    9,725,232       95,015,517  

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

    1,714,769       38,410,826  

Core Laboratories NV(a)(c)

    3,388,493       74,716,271  

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

    1,351,898       29,701,199  

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

    2,464,709       70,712,501  

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

    10,398,737       80,486,224  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.(a)

    7,606,317       271,925,833  

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

    652,751       79,576,874  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(b)(c)

    11,629,421       92,453,897  

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

    7,306,891       128,820,488  

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

    4,656,170       38,785,896  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.(a)

    15,803,836       184,904,881  

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

    6,991,709       50,270,388  

RPC, Inc.(c)

    6,047,329       46,503,960  

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

    5,500,971       65,681,594  
   

 

 

 
      1,347,966,349  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

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

    7,789,339       115,204,324  

Marcus Corp.(a)(c)

    1,765,497       28,247,952  
   

 

 

 
      143,452,276  
Financial Services — 1.2%  

EVERTEC, Inc.(a)

    4,740,969       160,007,704  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,710,088       192,972,305  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    6,091,444       136,021,945  

Payoneer Global, Inc.(b)

    14,524,817       91,215,851  

Radian Group, Inc.

    2,539,714       56,127,679  

Star Holdings(b)

    51,320       892,450  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(a)

    2,232,515       170,050,668  
   

 

 

 
      807,288,602  
Food Products — 2.2%  

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

    5,207,551       80,873,267  

Calavo Growers, Inc.(a)

    1,283,291       36,920,281  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(a)

    2,759,453       168,023,093  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    2,231,256       67,183,118  

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

    6,499,264       111,462,378  
Security   Shares     Value  

Food Products (continued)

 

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

    9,745,961     $ 242,479,510  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.(a)(c)

    1,090,581       161,645,916  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.(a)

    652,728       63,262,398  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    383,559       20,048,629  

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

    6,155,847       244,818,035  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.(c)

    1,377,770       61,875,651  

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

    3,673,376       185,248,352  
   

 

 

 
      1,443,840,628  
Gas Utilities — 0.4%  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.(a)(c)

    1,160,005       148,469,039  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.(a)

    2,559,166       121,713,935  
   

 

 

 
             270,182,974  
Ground Transportation — 0.7%  

ArcBest Corp.(a)(c)

    1,761,754       162,821,305  

Heartland Express, Inc.(c)

    3,386,063       53,906,123  

Marten Transport Ltd.(a)

    4,196,504       87,916,759  

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

    8,483,909       166,623,973  
   

 

 

 
      471,268,160  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0%  

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

    2,851,478       29,484,283  

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

    2,938,557       38,495,097  

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

    3,379,152       100,495,981  

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

    3,057,311       60,718,195  

CONMED Corp.(a)(c)

    2,218,834       230,448,099  

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

    1,300,608       30,720,361  

Embecta Corp.(a)

    4,169,266       117,239,760  

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

    3,476,948       174,195,095  

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

    739,469       72,186,964  

Inogen, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,658,604       20,699,378  

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

    2,411,218       186,869,395  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,406,772       72,406,555  

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

    4,149,178       306,831,713  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.(a)(c)

    366,162       63,979,486  

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

    3,799,710       156,966,020  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,255,125       31,793,506  

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

    2,485,421       41,630,802  

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

    4,686,729       190,328,065  

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

    2,913,645       52,999,203  

Zynex, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,623,150       19,477,800  
   

 

 

 
      1,997,965,758  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%  

AdaptHealth Corp.(b)(c)

    5,580,124       69,360,941  

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

    1,171,034       125,019,590  

Agiliti, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,428,911       38,813,998  

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

    3,154,567       261,702,877  

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

    2,858,424       104,246,723  

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

    9,105,358       44,616,254  

CorVel Corp.(b)(c)

    662,801       126,117,774  

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

    2,581,607       57,621,468  

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

    3,605,221       50,148,624  

Ensign Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,057,063       387,611,799  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,437,155       44,867,979  

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

    924,539       77,735,239  

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

    9,205,740       160,271,933  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,539,213       80,595,549  

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

    5,952,910       88,757,888  

RadNet, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,484,582       62,189,087  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)(c)

    7,589,754       196,195,141  

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

    947,448       92,764,634  
   

 

 

 
      2,068,637,498  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care REITs — 0.5%

 

CareTrust REIT, Inc.(a)

    7,252,619     $ 142,006,280  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,714,377       62,746,198  

LTC Properties, Inc.(a)

    2,943,742       103,413,657  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust(a)

    922,933       44,402,307  
   

 

 

 
             352,568,442  
Health Care Technology — 0.7%  

Certara, Inc.(b)(c)

    7,670,848       184,944,145  

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

    1,029,591       31,093,648  

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

    1,759,859       47,692,179  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,885,672       67,649,550  

Simulations Plus, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,166,987       51,277,409  

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

    7,941,138       103,631,851  
   

 

 

 
      486,288,782  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 1.1%  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    3,536,599       37,098,924  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a)

    15,238,713       123,890,737  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(a)(c)

    7,891,706       110,799,552  

Service Properties Trust(a)

    12,057,714       120,094,831  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.(a)

    7,788,908       54,522,356  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.(a)

    15,314,048       151,302,794  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a)

    8,364,392       109,489,891  
   

 

 

 
      707,199,085  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,699,711       49,529,579  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,398,965       164,133,452  

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

    3,211,202       122,025,676  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,485,092       122,152,475  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,311,281       47,009,424  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(a)

    1,615,744       183,548,518  

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

    3,053,603       112,342,054  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.(a)

    1,139,217       77,056,638  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(c)

    1,421,057       13,627,937  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,599,305       69,585,761  

Jack in the Box, Inc.(a)

    1,501,183       131,488,619  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(a)

    964,416       71,511,446  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.(a)

    2,208,544       36,264,292  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    23,862,103       102,368,422  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,719,732       150,917,929  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)(b)

    5,393,932       144,071,924  
   

 

 

 
      1,597,634,146  
Household Durables — 2.9%  

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

    589,341       187,257,209  

Century Communities, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,060,874       131,731,066  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.(a)

    1,662,264       45,645,769  

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

    1,988,191       69,705,976  

Installed Building Products, Inc.(a)

    1,709,574       194,942,723  

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

    1,978,690       86,350,032  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.(a)

    3,134,583       91,153,674  

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

    1,490,285       169,937,199  

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

    1,993,911       125,795,845  

MDC Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,222,321       164,121,617  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)

    2,663,289       310,965,624  

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

    9,282,137       182,115,528  

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

    7,344,307       185,957,853  
   

 

 

 
      1,945,680,115  
Household Products — 0.5%  

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)(b)(c)

    706,087       28,991,932  

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

    3,000,883       117,244,499  

WD-40 Co.(a)(c)

    990,404       176,341,432  
   

 

 

 
      322,577,863  
Security   Shares     Value  

Industrial REITs — 0.5%

 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.(a)

    2,033,597     $ 154,533,036  

LXP Industrial Trust(a)

    20,097,481       207,205,029  
   

 

 

 
             361,738,065  
Insurance — 2.3%  

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

    2,217,455       34,326,203  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.(a)

    5,059,804       184,632,248  

AMERISAFE, Inc.(a)

    1,395,793       68,324,067  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.(a)

    4,364,410       219,398,891  

Employers Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,733,257       72,259,484  

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

    31,035,879       155,800,113  

HCI Group, Inc.(a)

    491,626       26,351,154  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.(a)

    2,732,195       91,473,889  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.(a)

    2,635,146       54,415,765  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,936,611       61,468,033  

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

    1,838,781       101,500,711  

ProAssurance Corp.(a)

    3,525,618       65,153,421  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.(a)

    1,005,684       74,943,572  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(b)(c)

    6,189,635       50,321,733  

Stewart Information Services Corp.(a)

    1,886,670       76,127,135  

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

    2,556,251       109,637,605  

United Fire Group, Inc.(a)

    1,609,372       42,728,827  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,999,930       36,438,725  
   

 

 

 
      1,525,301,576  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%  

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

    4,501,303       86,875,148  

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

    3,674,970       58,321,774  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,749,501       127,013,773  

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

    5,068,002       155,587,661  
   

 

 

 
      427,798,356  
IT Services — 0.3%  

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

    2,523,946       182,203,662  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 0.3%  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(a)

    1,283,727       73,737,279  

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

    4,112,693       113,962,723  
   

 

 

 
      187,700,002  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%  

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

    2,485,868       54,067,629  

OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(d)

    450,637        

OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(d)

    450,637        
   

 

 

 
      54,067,629  
Machinery — 5.4%  

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

    9,531,942       102,182,418  

Alamo Group, Inc.(a)

    750,019       138,123,499  

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

    2,263,875       202,299,869  

Astec Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,654,898       68,264,543  

Barnes Group, Inc.(a)

    3,685,618       148,456,693  

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

    1,483,729       46,173,646  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.(a)(c)

    4,151,927       105,874,139  

EnPro Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,512,570       157,140,897  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,880,857       179,527,801  

Federal Signal Corp.(a)

    4,419,990       239,607,658  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.(a)

    2,832,236       266,513,408  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.(a)

    2,382,067       76,631,095  

Hillenbrand, Inc.(a)

    5,050,735       240,061,435  

John Bean Technologies Corp.(a)

    2,319,037       253,447,554  

Kennametal, Inc.(a)

    5,869,193       161,872,343  

Lindsay Corp.(a)(c)

    800,100       120,919,113  

Mueller Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,139,447       304,166,566  

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

    1,975,889       65,500,720  

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

    3,288,717       232,117,646  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery (continued)

 

Standex International Corp.(a)

    868,067     $ 106,286,124  

Tennant Co.(a)(c)

    1,351,295       92,604,246  

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

    3,709,063       38,870,980  

Trinity Industries, Inc.(a)

    5,932,852       144,524,275  

Wabash National Corp.(a)

    3,473,963       85,424,750  
   

 

 

 
      3,576,591,418  
Marine Transportation — 0.3%  

Matson, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,753,727       164,314,890  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.4%  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,028,379       35,658,903  

EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(a)(b)(c)

    4,223,432       39,742,495  

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

    10,708,383       20,024,676  

Scholastic Corp., NVS(a)

    2,156,368       73,790,913  

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

    1,940,097       70,076,304  

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

    2,229,412       51,410,241  
   

 

 

 
             290,703,532  
Metals & Mining — 2.1%  

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

    7,403,233       194,186,802  

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

    9,421,069       371,755,383  

Carpenter Technology Corp.(a)

    3,526,815       157,860,239  

Century Aluminum Co.(b)(c)

    3,701,693       37,016,930  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.(a)

    2,485,628       85,232,184  

Haynes International, Inc.(a)(c)

    919,330       46,049,240  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.(a)

    1,161,561       86,687,297  

Materion Corp.(a)(c)

    1,492,687       173,151,692  

Olympic Steel, Inc.(a)

    692,690       36,165,345  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.(a)

    6,077,667       54,577,450  

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

    2,883,789       52,888,690  

Tredegar Corp.(a)

    1,820,805       16,623,950  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    2,470,246       90,682,731  
   

 

 

 
      1,402,877,933  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.(a)

    9,470,207       88,167,627  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.(a)

    11,870,452       62,319,873  

Ellington Financial, Inc.(a)

    4,606,520       56,245,609  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    6,006,880       71,662,078  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.(a)

    2,568,921       28,489,334  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(a)

    4,229,012       48,168,447  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,967,441       69,395,712  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)

    6,461,543       79,670,825  

Ready Capital Corp.(a)

    7,166,679       72,885,125  

Redwood Trust, Inc.(a)

    8,245,868       55,577,150  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)

    7,016,686       103,215,451  
   

 

 

 
      735,797,231  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

Avista Corp.(a)

    5,307,363       225,297,559  

Unitil Corp.(a)

    1,168,382       66,644,509  
   

 

 

 
      291,942,068  
Office REITs — 0.7%  

Brandywine Realty Trust(a)

    12,505,353       59,150,320  

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

    6,284,213       86,345,087  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.(a)

    9,353,401       62,200,117  

JBG SMITH Properties(a)

    7,214,172       108,645,430  

Office Properties Income Trust(a)

    3,538,732       43,526,404  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.(a)

    4,098,401       27,459,287  

SL Green Realty Corp.(a)

    3,526,164       82,935,377  
   

 

 

 
      470,262,022  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%  

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

    3,726,637       124,618,741  
Security   Shares     Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    3,778,628     $ 258,231,438  

Comstock Resources, Inc.(c)

    6,654,000       71,796,660  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.(a)

    2,380,446       138,708,588  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    2,127,057       69,724,928  

Dorian LPG Ltd.(a)

    2,322,733       46,315,296  

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

    3,655,598       113,286,982  

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.(a)

    5,392,658       163,667,170  

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

    2,888,579       84,346,507  

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A(a)(c)

    1,389,341       56,740,686  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,107,355       31,659,279  

SM Energy Co.(a)(c)

    8,951,013       252,060,526  

Talos Energy, Inc.(b)(c)

    4,752,977       70,534,179  

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

    1,221,732       55,637,675  

World Fuel Services Corp.(a)

    4,500,543       114,988,874  
   

 

 

 
      1,652,317,529  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%  

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

    1,221,354       40,817,651  

Mercer International, Inc.

    2,920,751       28,550,341  

Sylvamo Corp.(a)

    2,322,212       107,425,527  
   

 

 

 
             176,793,519  
Passenger Airlines — 0.4%  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)(b)(c)

    1,136,531       104,538,121  

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

    3,720,289       34,077,847  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,676,480       81,507,562  

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

    2,373,457       48,655,869  
   

 

 

 
      268,779,399  
Personal Care Products — 1.4%  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(a)

    3,738,555       158,589,503  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,685,577       303,507,266  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    1,301,113       185,070,313  

Medifast, Inc.(a)

    796,210       82,543,091  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,601,878       141,589,824  

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

    809,397       50,911,071  
   

 

 

 
      922,211,068  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%  

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

    2,739,841       102,744,038  

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

    890,241       35,360,373  

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

    3,266,135       16,036,723  

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

    2,446,234       58,685,154  

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

    6,965,943       150,882,325  

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

    2,155,200       70,367,280  

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

    4,563,339       51,337,564  

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

    1,169,457       86,025,257  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)(c)

    14,092,889       9,905,892  

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

    3,343,934       136,465,947  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A(a)

    1,471,681       22,546,153  

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

    3,621,865       226,837,405  

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

    3,939,911       142,742,976  
   

 

 

 
      1,109,937,087  
Professional Services — 1.2%  

CSG Systems International, Inc.(a)

    2,186,343       117,406,619  

Forrester Research, Inc.(b)(c)

    813,515       26,317,210  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.(a)

    1,447,167       43,935,990  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    2,520,454       41,814,332  

Korn Ferry(a)

    3,842,025       198,786,374  

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

    904,619       94,053,237  

Resources Connection, Inc.(a)

    2,328,185       39,718,836  

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

    2,384,057       42,436,215  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Professional Services (continued)

 

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    1,372,533     $ 51,099,404  

Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    10,159,371       171,896,557  
   

 

 

 
      827,464,774  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%  

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

    8,313,853       43,897,144  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(b)(c)

    8,981,723       94,667,360  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.(a)

    5,044,597       15,688,697  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,536,148       141,614,695  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(c)

    1,858,376       59,672,453  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,367,991       25,663,511  

St. Joe Co.(c)

    2,458,996       102,318,824  
   

 

 

 
             483,522,684  
Residential REITs — 0.5%  

Centerspace(a)

    1,097,987       59,983,030  

Elme Communities(a)

    6,373,950       113,838,747  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,370,673       59,857,290  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,774,150       84,533,556  
   

 

 

 
      318,212,623  
Retail REITs — 1.3%  

Acadia Realty Trust(a)

    6,879,130       95,963,864  

Getty Realty Corp.(a)(c)

    2,962,711       106,746,477  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.(a)

    9,116,025       127,259,709  

RPT Realty(a)

    6,257,928       59,512,895  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    933,729       36,415,431  

SITE Centers Corp.

    9,273,175       113,874,589  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.(a)

    7,605,109       149,288,290  

Urban Edge Properties(a)(c)

    8,536,716       128,562,943  

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

    1,947,702       34,221,124  

Whitestone REIT(a)

    3,359,402       30,906,498  
   

 

 

 
      882,751,820  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.1%  

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

    1,630,800       43,950,060  

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

    2,385,852       317,914,779  

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

    1,689,596       51,414,406  

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

    3,471,278       133,262,362  

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

    3,311,198       307,146,726  

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

    5,614,111       178,809,435  

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

    2,103,036       68,853,399  

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

    4,125,732       217,384,819  

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

    5,272,494       185,644,514  

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

    3,604,573       316,769,875  

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

    2,151,966       91,243,358  

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

    4,485,956       74,377,150  

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

    7,824,230       401,070,030  

Semtech Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,646,651       112,170,155  

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

    3,575,268       61,637,620  

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

    3,306,718       109,650,769  

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

    3,736,621       78,954,802  
   

 

 

 
      2,750,254,259  
Software — 2.8%  

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

    8,237,171       34,349,003  

A10 Networks, Inc.(a)

    4,674,392       72,406,332  

Adeia, Inc.(a)

    7,007,031       62,082,295  

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

    1,451,355       119,751,301  

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

    3,637,926       182,914,919  

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

    2,922,879       82,103,671  

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

    1,283,344       43,749,197  

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

    6,559,083       81,070,266  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    6,358,731       191,715,740  

Ebix, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,714,112       22,609,137  
Security   Shares     Value  

Software (continued)

 

InterDigital, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,957,466     $ 142,699,271  

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

    5,069,307       22,355,644  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,715,966       103,421,134  

N-able, Inc.(b)

    4,864,706       64,214,119  

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

    2,565,332       44,893,310  

Progress Software Corp.(a)(c)

    3,159,351       181,504,715  

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

    2,623,723       399,593,013  

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

    3,040,967       33,237,769  
   

 

 

 
      1,884,670,836  
Specialized REITs — 0.7%  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.(a)

    6,099,726       163,838,640  

Outfront Media, Inc.(a)

    9,887,688       160,477,176  

Safehold, Inc.(c)

    2,923,529       85,864,036  

Uniti Group, Inc.(a)

    17,283,393       61,356,045  
   

 

 

 
             471,535,897  
Specialty Retail — 4.7%  

Aaron’s Co., Inc.(a)

    2,309,643       22,311,151  

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

    3,561,007       98,817,944  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,688,621       371,182,519  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    12,703,197       170,730,968  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    419,486       33,227,486  

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

    1,610,911       338,291,310  

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

    2,173,103       166,546,614  

Buckle, Inc.

    2,147,447       76,642,383  

Caleres, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,595,140       56,132,878  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,089,694       49,993,317  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    890,986       35,862,187  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(a)(c)

    3,665,806       32,039,144  

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

    872,907       32,192,810  

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

    1,061,213       240,279,848  

Guess?, Inc.(c)

    2,216,815       43,139,220  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.(a)

    957,319       30,548,049  

Hibbett, Inc.(a)(c)

    927,421       54,699,291  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,821,303       119,142,546  

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

    1,592,394       45,781,328  

Monro, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,282,040       112,801,237  

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

    5,735,145       108,050,132  

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

    2,938,114       132,156,368  

PetMed Express, Inc.(a)

    1,525,680       24,777,043  

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

    7,801,684       121,550,237  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.(c)

    1,227,489       31,485,093  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,312,064       257,612,338  

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

    1,603,114       48,750,697  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,216,306       66,094,068  

Upbound Group, Inc.(a)

    3,650,830       89,481,843  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)(c)

    4,366,392       121,036,386  

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

    1,128,386       20,807,438  
   

 

 

 
      3,152,163,873  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%  

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

    2,412,724       77,158,914  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,930,154       53,768,326  
   

 

 

 
      130,927,240  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%  

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

    3,114,235       48,426,354  

Hanesbrands, Inc.(a)

    25,466,137       133,951,881  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.(a)

    3,598,072       174,110,704  

Movado Group, Inc.(a)

    1,144,431       32,925,280  

Oxford Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,080,262       114,064,865  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)

 

Steven Madden Ltd.(a)

    5,336,227     $ 192,104,172  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.(a)

    5,723,277       97,581,873  
   

 

 

 
      793,165,129  
Tobacco — 0.3%  

Universal Corp.(a)

    1,784,417       94,377,815  

Vector Group Ltd.(a)

    9,563,830       114,861,598  
   

 

 

 
      209,239,413  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.5%  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,809,934       399,375,919  

Boise Cascade Co.(a)

    2,875,284       181,861,713  

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

    1,140,717       30,708,102  

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

    3,033,684       175,619,967  

NOW, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,047,443       89,728,989  

Veritiv Corp.(a)(c)

    980,143       132,456,525  
   

 

 

 
      1,009,751,215  
Water Utilities — 1.1%  

American States Water Co.(a)(c)

    2,694,199       239,487,349  

California Water Service Group(a)(c)

    3,996,261       232,582,390  

Middlesex Water Co.(a)

    1,154,264       90,171,104  

SJW Group(a)(c)

    1,939,932       147,687,023  
   

 

 

 
             709,927,866  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)

    4,716,168       68,384,436  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.(a)(c)

    3,638,133       69,197,290  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.(a)

    7,252,345       76,222,146  
   

 

 

 
      213,803,872  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.0%
(Cost: $62,632,365,862)

      65,397,157,378  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 8.0%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(a)(e)(f)

    4,008,224,675     $ 4,009,427,142  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(a)(e)

    1,360,595,186       1,360,595,186  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 8.0%
(Cost: $5,368,330,986)

 

    5,370,022,328  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 106.0%
(Cost: $68,000,696,848)

      70,767,179,706  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.0)%

 

    (4,010,353,638
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   66,756,826,068  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

3D Systems Corp.

  $ 152,404,409     $ 24,662,984     $ (19,480,285   $ (11,227,169   $ (44,177,521   $ 102,182,418       9,531,942     $     $  

8x8, Inc.

    106,604,327       11,767,591       (12,723,576     (30,574,050     (40,725,289     34,349,003       8,237,171              

A10 Networks, Inc.

          86,781,273       (38,928,595     21,173,542       3,380,112       72,406,332       4,674,392       585,505        

AAON, Inc.

    165,097,728       44,845,794       (40,417,189     9,842,014       116,856,552       296,224,899       3,063,656       1,687,373        

AAR Corp.

    115,530,346       25,837,586       (26,266,391     4,598,418       10,430,212       130,130,171       2,385,521              

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    45,249,919       6,443,087       (5,879,674     (1,132,941     (22,369,240     22,311,151       2,309,643       1,055,697        

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A

    129,296,574       19,848,577       (30,567,385     (2,198,429     (17,561,393     98,817,944       3,561,007              

ABM Industries, Inc.

    222,000,552       48,632,477       (47,797,854     4,298,724       (10,949,759     216,184,140       4,810,506       3,888,432        

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    247,233,030       61,399,958       (92,958,501     11,206,490       144,301,542       371,182,519       5,688,621       1,891,899        

Acadia Realty Trust

    137,120,154       15,195,178       (7,019,605     1,222,829       (50,554,692     95,963,864       6,879,130       4,879,964        

Addus HomeCare Corp.

    106,333,341       25,381,144       (21,779,949     1,671,593       13,413,461       125,019,590       1,171,034              

Adeia, Inc.(a)

    115,255,905       82,872,361       (160,716,178     721,219       23,948,988       62,082,295       7,007,031       1,356,882        

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.

    105,883,558       28,909,504       (34,876,964     (1,070,211     29,080,430       127,926,317       3,312,437              

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    64,475,720       62,658,835       (27,099,355     (810,701     (17,787,523     81,436,976       5,134,740       1,787,579        

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    232,148,377       51,281,270       (48,584,909     9,017,805       22,818,487       266,681,030       2,721,235       1,103,075        

AdvanSix, Inc.

    103,129,764       18,373,211       (18,753,755     3,805,480       (29,898,397     76,656,303       2,003,039       1,159,906        

 

 

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iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.

  $ 210,898,884     $ 62,588,133     $ (56,504,377   $ 13,578,054     $ 79,369,807     $ 309,930,501       5,517,723     $     $  

AeroVironment, Inc.

    155,389,744       44,558,234       (28,421,745     9,246,380       (13,096,043     167,676,570       1,829,332              

Agilysys, Inc.

    55,832,998       19,684,622       (16,669,235     7,384,983       53,517,933       119,751,301       1,451,355              

Agree Realty Corp.(b)

    338,698,786       154,634,325       (539,404,770     55,502,755       (9,431,096                 12,347,293        

Alamo Group, Inc.

    102,110,887       25,382,731       (20,752,847     5,282,379       26,100,349       138,123,499       750,019       558,384        

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.

    219,126,130       61,863,054       (36,756,730     421,277       (61,738,812     182,914,919       3,637,926              

Albany International Corp., Class A

    195,263,787       45,802,941       (48,114,029     7,680,594       1,666,576       202,299,869       2,263,875       2,137,028        

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    120,333,884       22,078,056       (20,280,445     (990,277     (21,510,612     99,630,606       5,268,673       4,595,907        

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(c)

    59,587,214       1,191,015       (1,714,036     (240,815     (14,481,640     N/A       N/A       374,576        

Allegiant Travel Co.

    176,482,366       28,135,547       (22,500,888     (8,585,147     (68,993,757     104,538,121       1,136,531              

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.

          74,656,037       (20,008,320     9,499,187       (20,196,844     43,950,060       1,630,800              

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A

    84,999,626       15,358,452       (15,557,823     (6,543,847     (42,597,505     35,658,903       2,028,379              

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    143,001,293       11,882,786       (12,371,095     (569,277     (71,188,643     70,755,064       3,806,082       4,952,409        

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

    63,354,402       17,679,019       (14,898,379     (6,193,534     5,247,898       65,189,406       8,346,915              

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

          161,173,977       (16,807,269     (313,181     26,677,441       170,730,968       12,703,197              

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    235,483,048       49,749,323       (77,744,401     5,623,606       (28,479,328     184,632,248       5,059,804       1,902,706        

American Public Education,
Inc.(b)

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

American States Water Co.

    235,397,633       52,600,483       (47,081,714     10,480,384       (11,909,437     239,487,349       2,694,199       4,247,935        

American Vanguard Corp.

    38,992,028       13,351,380       (11,014,973     1,431,252       1,572,344       44,332,031       2,026,144       222,639        

American Woodmark Corp.

    58,267,437       15,250,232       (13,999,614     (4,704,625     8,251,359       63,064,789       1,211,154              

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

    34,900,525       9,448,035       (9,269,577     (3,056,013     1,204,516       33,227,486       419,486              

Ameris Bancorp

    205,685,482       12,353,637       (8,951,488     (1,988,069     (33,285,412     173,814,150       4,751,617       2,828,491        

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    68,577,780       18,761,911       (17,388,388     (1,269,439     (357,797     68,324,067       1,395,793       7,682,001        

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

    353,146,095       76,971,591       (92,599,911     12,930,004       (88,744,902     261,702,877       3,154,567              

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    94,656,884       22,616,892       (19,129,884     4,145,405       454,741       102,744,038       2,739,841              

Andersons, Inc.

    109,438,184       21,830,262       (19,021,154     2,476,072       (21,260,871     93,462,493       2,261,919       1,662,052        

AngioDynamics, Inc.

    59,765,035       12,919,169       (10,674,241     (1,369,948     (31,155,732     29,484,283       2,851,478              

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    25,597,584       7,637,563       (8,360,800     (2,415,811     12,901,837       35,360,373       890,241              

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

    26,046,427       6,425,293       (5,779,803     (1,642,180     5,527,987       30,577,724       1,064,684              

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(d)

    130,770,667       20,489,257       (19,048,491     (7,300,539     (81,013,750     43,897,144       8,313,853              

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    84,458,297       17,698,554       (23,069,440     (575,155     (8,704,939     69,807,317       1,614,042       1,491,824        

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    131,414,687       23,099,636       (33,427,342     (6,668,246     (26,251,108     88,167,627       9,470,207       13,212,500        

Apollo Medical Holdings,
Inc.(c)

          28,747,362       (41,852,212     9,472,847             N/A       N/A              

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    282,658,706       69,869,998       (64,089,898     16,236,890       94,700,223       399,375,919       2,809,934       3,888,544        

ArcBest Corp.

    143,182,130       33,295,412       (33,239,385     7,562,075       12,021,073       162,821,305       1,761,754       870,197        

Archrock, Inc.

    88,793,680       24,175,239       (31,321,180     661,753       12,706,025       95,015,517       9,725,232       2,836,469        

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Arconic Corp.

  $ 195,119,102     $ 32,892,803     $ (35,328,069   $ 1,597,707     $ (94,741   $ 194,186,802       7,403,233     $     $  

Arcosa, Inc.

    198,075,840       42,982,430       (40,189,854     9,612,960       11,614,894       222,096,270       3,519,193       701,072        

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.

          146,007,948       (22,995,254     2,951,290       (56,650,434     69,313,550       3,800,085              

Arlo Technologies, Inc.

    53,460,460       10,117,741       (7,510,145     (242,606     (16,759,896     39,065,554       6,446,461              

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    70,086,380       16,197,943       (16,629,053     (1,230,678     (10,176,385     58,248,207       4,932,109       2,953,496        

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    53,925,690       47,282,573       (32,735,236     (5,681,406     (471,748     62,319,873       11,870,452       5,282,344        

Artivion, Inc.

    60,418,875       12,329,107       (9,951,756     (2,773,688     (21,527,441     38,495,097       2,938,557              

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

    265,364,091       62,255,621       (68,435,225     16,639,812       62,467,011       338,291,310       1,610,911              

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    318,170,834       41,988,544       (90,349,449     9,683,149       (60,094,187     219,398,891       4,364,410       4,863,472        

Astec Industries, Inc.

    69,718,136       18,126,708       (15,704,104     (4,055,621     179,424       68,264,543       1,654,898       846,534        

ATI, Inc.(e)

    244,513,581       69,679,893       (60,450,699     17,173,459       100,839,149       371,755,383       9,421,069              

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

          160,269,742                   467,981       160,737,723       4,585,955              

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)

    166,773,819       42,122,389       (240,052,009     89,824,991       (58,669,190                        

ATN International, Inc.(c)

          8,028,245       (24,607,848     15,176,156             N/A       N/A       463,707        

Avanos Medical, Inc.

    115,498,754       22,157,026       (23,245,733     (5,842,420     (8,071,646     100,495,981       3,379,152              

Avantax, Inc.(f)

    68,374,913       20,435,701       (36,525,939     2,829,652       21,235,150       76,349,477       2,900,816              

Avid Bioservices, Inc.

    89,677,316       18,495,816       (15,476,258     (5,171,043     (2,590,419     84,935,412       4,527,474              

Avid Technology, Inc.

          79,174,939       (12,573,677     (555,562     11,113,214       77,158,914       2,412,724              

Avista Corp.

    227,402,896       17,823,617       (6,971,692     (1,248,856     (11,708,406     225,297,559       5,307,363       9,214,387        

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

    179,950,376       41,442,034       (43,908,344     13,793,707       126,637,006       317,914,779       2,385,852              

Axos Financial, Inc.

    173,668,573       25,618,459       (18,541,445     157,102       (37,307,702     143,594,987       3,889,355              

AZZ, Inc.

    85,248,715       18,653,608       (16,496,162     (1,588,271     (11,220,297     74,597,593       1,808,865       1,225,359        

B&G Foods, Inc.

    125,617,072       38,558,129       (36,640,710     (3,011,858     (43,649,366     80,873,267       5,207,551       2,283,632        

Badger Meter, Inc.

    208,791,145       46,765,888       (42,683,031     12,677,695       34,005,913       259,557,610       2,130,665       1,886,157        

Balchem Corp.

    316,937,446       64,726,216       (58,953,764     5,878,853       (32,769,992     295,818,759       2,338,858       1,691,144        

Banc of California, Inc.

    75,436,879       11,424,864       (9,106,841     (140,271     (27,484,068     50,130,563       4,000,843       1,122,541        

Bancorp, Inc.

    112,651,582       1,191,754       (783,852     (491,079     (1,659,512     110,908,893       3,982,366              

BankUnited, Inc.

    243,143,815       9,501,842       (19,441,242     3,516,486       (118,007,477     118,713,424       5,257,459       5,457,772        

Banner Corp.

    130,580,723       11,143,078                   (10,668,396     131,055,405       2,410,436       4,175,687        

Barnes Group, Inc.

    133,984,216       36,726,133       (24,863,435     (2,935,009     5,544,788       148,456,693       3,685,618       2,291,250        

Bed Bath & Beyond,
Inc.(b)

    155,271,105       8,995,978       (25,699,438     (53,283,154     (85,284,491                        

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    63,315,343       16,420,802       (15,033,162     (390,181     (3,593,508     60,719,294       2,563,077       1,682,249        

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    92,929,531             (3,082,907     (1,914,274     (10,457,230     77,475,120       3,091,585       1,868,895        

Big Lots, Inc.

    75,631,586       10,841,890       (12,433,659     (7,830,164     (43,241,384     22,968,269       2,095,645       2,590,058        

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

    48,785,285       16,629,644       (8,660,439     (4,683,407     1,996,546       54,067,629       2,485,868              

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.

    47,205,475       11,207,975       (10,375,001     (2,597,118     4,088,248       49,529,579       1,699,711              

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

    2,943,104,221       1,064,562,774 (g)            (66,802     1,826,949       4,009,427,142       4,008,224,675       12,809,798 (h)       

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,155,360,000       205,235,186 (g)                        1,360,595,186       1,360,595,186       29,490,764       976  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    127,477,631       42,790,274       (31,124,369     354,190       24,635,726       164,133,452       6,398,965       4,176,864        

Boise Cascade Co.

    195,603,483       44,434,679       (39,554,565     9,440,188       (28,062,072     181,861,713       2,875,284       11,387,967        

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.

    201,268,176       35,619,541       (31,897,503     3,946,378       (42,389,978     166,546,614       2,173,103              

Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.(b)

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

Brandywine Realty Trust

    173,075,481       20,383,894       (17,326,310     (4,632,236     (112,350,509     59,150,320       12,505,353       9,453,974        

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    60,793,028       12,640,074       (15,100,322     2,003,073       (4,808,372     55,527,481       2,354,855       97,722        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Brinker International, Inc.

  $ 121,764,897     $ 24,129,039     $ (23,516,968   $ (2,984,702   $ 2,633,410     $ 122,025,676       3,211,202     $     $  

Bristow Group, Inc.

    61,342,705       10,639,395       (8,759,598     (400,902     (24,410,774     38,410,826       1,714,769              

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    80,283,225       11,029,944                   (29,554,101     61,759,068       5,881,816       2,830,623        

CalAmp Corp.(b)

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

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    46,121,825       11,709,534       (9,401,590     (6,203,977     (5,305,511     36,920,281       1,283,291       508,739        

Caleres, Inc.

    52,700,056       17,669,337       (19,414,433     (725,532     5,903,450       56,132,878       2,595,140       756,468        

California Water Service Group

    223,030,745       52,461,448       (38,052,521     7,379,000       (12,236,282     232,582,390       3,996,261       3,997,865        

Callon Petroleum Co.

    199,652,943       45,949,801       (29,272,331     (2,057,202     (89,654,470     124,618,741       3,726,637              

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    147,935,153       36,158,991       (31,387,217     4,379,393       10,936,773       168,023,093       2,759,453       8,586,110        

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    98,848,924       6,782,221       (4,730,341     (1,615,961     (37,175,874     62,108,969       9,228,673       7,634,868        

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.

    36,412,748       9,277,738       (5,789,751     (3,614,887     (20,249,125     16,036,723       3,266,135              

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

    65,640,819       12,589,768       (10,332,173     (5,494,751     (1,685,468     60,718,195       3,057,311              

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    133,977,821       32,375,443       (30,360,845     3,632,025       2,381,836       142,006,280       7,252,619       4,542,833        

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    144,959,501       29,528,811       (26,465,769     3,396,814       6,440,882       157,860,239       3,526,815       2,841,067        

Cars.com, Inc.

    67,090,063       14,642,775       (16,593,949     (1,967,302     23,703,561       86,875,148       4,501,303              

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          121,608,719       (13,113,755     (114,886     7,308,397       115,688,475       6,977,592              

Cato Corp., Class A(b)

    19,984,703       2,789,239       (14,592,353     (11,952,833     3,771,244                   450,518        

Cavco Industries, Inc.

    146,793,258       32,518,145       (37,894,751     7,145,157       38,695,400       187,257,209       589,341              

Centerspace

    105,322,106       23,129,705       (22,351,283     (2,841,661     (43,275,837     59,983,030       1,097,987       1,868,148        

Central Garden & Pet Co.

    30,929,728       6,637,986       (6,298,255     716,729       (2,994,256     28,991,932       706,087              

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    44,570,724                         (15,975,170     28,595,554       1,597,517       1,661,418        

Century Communities, Inc.

    113,868,713       25,418,290       (28,344,920     1,278,517       19,510,466       131,731,066       2,060,874       1,770,687        

Cerence, Inc.

    101,172,885       17,320,760       (14,095,234     (1,793,628     (20,501,112     82,103,671       2,922,879              

CEVA, Inc.

    67,094,410       13,618,939       (11,446,635     (1,759,948     (16,092,360     51,414,406       1,689,596              

Chatham Lodging Trust

    48,136,215       10,249,999       (10,699,705     (2,614,330     (7,973,255     37,098,924       3,536,599       502,609        

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    138,105,122       27,990,648       (27,822,161     (3,089,212     (13,031,922     122,152,475       3,485,092       3,886,467        

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.

    76,019,288       23,356,212       (17,308,764     3,670,008       (1,463,607     84,273,137       2,474,982              

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    159,802,289                         (11,333,250     148,469,039       1,160,005       2,482,411        

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

    42,101,966       10,641,552       (8,590,421     1,280,044       4,560,176       49,993,317       9,089,694              

Children’s Place, Inc.

    48,144,408       10,408,160       (13,423,256     (10,359,055     1,091,930       35,862,187       890,986              

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.

    38,410,416       8,301,583       (11,287,162     (860,937     12,445,524       47,009,424       1,311,281              

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    131,621,622       26,167,179       (21,642,612     (3,595,105     (17,346,760     115,204,324       7,789,339              

CIRCOR International, Inc.

    38,868,368       7,254,637       (7,478,710     (3,281,510     10,810,861       46,173,646       1,483,729              

City Holding Co.

    77,952,035       2,923,573                   12,040,013       92,915,621       1,022,399       2,476,903        

Civitas Resources, Inc.(c)

    308,128,260       59,164,817       (145,572,223     25,443,471       (70,286,984     N/A       N/A       32,346,766        

Clearfield, Inc.

          107,326,557       (7,097,010     (200,130     (57,153,971     42,875,446       920,469              

Clearwater Paper Corp.

    33,601,467       10,985,514       (9,729,228     147,864       5,812,034       40,817,651       1,221,354              

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    201,346,904       47,527,534       (59,329,294     7,701,664       1,208,813       198,455,621       3,114,495       5,528,743        

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.

    59,117,394       9,614,736       (8,220,138     (4,439,144     (23,901,701     32,171,147       4,703,384              

Cohu, Inc.

    103,114,057       24,414,264       (24,857,247     3,460,686       27,130,602       133,262,362       3,471,278              

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

    50,377,440       11,718,696       (12,110,084     (1,119,421     9,818,523       58,685,154       2,446,234              

Columbia Banking

                 

System, Inc.(b)

    169,115,195       10,183,552       (165,475,980     (37,652,919     23,830,152                   6,562,672        

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    229,414,018       61,123,173       (59,595,472     19,307,551       129,722,852       379,972,122       2,603,262       1,610,062        

 

 

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Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Community Bank System, Inc.

  $ 251,364,076     $ 7,381,735     $     $     $ (64,450,402   $ 194,295,409       3,701,570     $ 6,426,012     $  

Community Health Systems, Inc.

    105,476,808       10,552,850       (9,947,332     (4,919,684     (56,546,388     44,616,254       9,105,358              

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    70,949,649       15,215,811       (15,189,012     514,535       (8,744,785     62,746,198       1,714,377       2,845,969        

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    153,003,847       24,701,894       (22,095,599     (4,560,191     (65,817,767     85,232,184       2,485,628       1,513,731        

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

    36,313,263       7,673,914       (7,919,233     (708,439     (4,265,857     31,093,648       1,029,591              

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    29,701,641       5,191,502       (3,925,696     (1,131,720     (4,751,377     25,084,350       2,009,964       784,087        

CONMED Corp.

    311,068,602       54,123,580       (41,909,953     5,319,254       (98,153,384     230,448,099       2,218,834       1,764,178        

Conn’s, Inc.(b)

    21,217,289       2,068,769       (11,358,214     (19,041,743     7,113,899                          

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.

    68,526,794       20,266,303       (11,443,027     (2,383,468     (31,217,405     43,749,197       1,283,344              

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    85,687,461       32,392,344       (25,127,720     11,565,676       34,190,827       138,708,588       2,380,446       7,645,868        

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.

    153,670,670       37,665,270       (30,907,627     4,044,409       (13,590,397     150,882,325       6,965,943              

Core Laboratories NV

    104,744,833       17,336,189       (15,432,350     (2,358,129     (29,574,272     74,716,271       3,388,493       136,466        

CoreCivic, Inc.

    96,164,194       22,626,812       (24,345,043     171,471       (17,750,450     76,866,984       8,355,107              

Covetrus, Inc.(b)

    124,128,789       22,527,877       (177,176,728     43,957,134       (13,437,072                        

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

          181,739,606       (2,862,059     23,171       4,647,800       183,548,518       1,615,744              

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

    54,819,683       17,909,447       (14,692,065     2,597,050       (3,012,647     57,621,468       2,581,607              

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    147,766,049       34,220,822       (40,004,801     2,670,843       (27,246,294     117,406,619       2,186,343       2,496,713        

CTS Corp.

    81,370,986       21,564,260       (21,250,590     5,433,912       27,485,495       114,604,063       2,317,106       371,367        

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    111,384,075       3,407,654       (2,789,620     (2,654,213     (69,573,659     39,774,237       2,147,637              

Cutera, Inc.

    80,707,782       17,424,903       (10,716,638     2,393,038       (59,088,724     30,720,361       1,300,608              

CVB Financial Corp.

    214,747,136       18,492,300       (9,171,606     (444,909     (63,834,727     159,788,194       9,579,628       7,253,683        

Cytokinetics, Inc.

    220,819,914       93,335,286       (47,152,807     16,525,396       (41,163,948     242,363,841       6,887,293              

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.

    136,001,746       35,619,218       (23,900,938     5,466,103       (40,844,075     112,342,054       3,053,603              

Deluxe Corp.

    92,194,563       16,622,439       (13,297,060     (6,335,823     (38,894,791     50,289,328       3,143,083       3,807,168        

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    59,732,195       14,253,783       (22,819,298     (7,945,571     (11,181,965     32,039,144       3,665,806       1,033,628        

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    152,168,570       28,690,405       (26,678,626     (1,257,554     (29,032,058     123,890,737       15,238,713       1,851,060        

Diebold Nixdorf,
Inc.(b)

    35,237,668       3,054,439       (11,406,395     (46,947,307     20,061,595                          

Digi International, Inc.

    53,901,058       18,923,432       (15,649,237     5,232,216       25,313,607       87,721,076       2,604,545              

Digital Turbine, Inc.

          127,192,250       (16,615,225     706,781       (30,213,540     81,070,266       6,559,083              

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    80,909,910       17,848,268       (16,206,117     165,300       (29,446,618     53,270,743       2,344,663       2,261,868        

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    96,314,786       20,889,710       (26,968,442     (2,073,189     (11,106,227     77,056,638       1,139,217       2,411,060        

Diodes, Inc.

    280,383,123       56,274,742       (48,945,007     13,621,000       5,812,868       307,146,726       3,311,198              

Diversified Healthcare Trust(b)

    54,951,898       5,350,724       (17,433,181     (65,405,814     22,536,373                   344,671        

DMC Global, Inc.

    42,079,172       7,424,049       (7,748,067     (9,083,218     (2,970,737     29,701,199       1,351,898              

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

    69,434,773       18,450,072       (26,867,484     3,315,927       10,186,036       74,519,324       1,823,772              

Dorian LPG Ltd.(i)

    N/A       9,133,531       (5,471,022     870,142       12,162,250       46,315,296       2,322,733       4,745,964        

Dorman Products, Inc.

    193,436,796       44,453,726       (38,849,049     2,544,167       (23,800,416     177,785,224       2,061,039              

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    34,298,451       6,903,546       (4,650,205     (1,754,488     (19,108,607     15,688,697       5,044,597       994,743        

Dril-Quip, Inc.

    94,584,206       16,254,384       (17,577,508     (2,747,493     (19,801,088     70,712,501       2,464,709              

DXP Enterprises, Inc.

    33,255,223       8,528,233       (10,214,163     (2,284,923     1,423,732       30,708,102       1,140,717              

 

 

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iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Dycom Industries, Inc.

  $     $ 208,426,936     $ (2,896,680   $ (1,135   $ (3,766,283   $ 201,762,838       2,154,435     $     $  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.

          105,129,901       (25,124,329     6,619,436       (2,046,268     84,578,740       8,621,686              

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    124,915,124       4,226,482       (2,621,675     (772,938     (51,165,256     74,581,737       2,228,316       3,922,326        

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    40,256,354       7,631,017       (8,707,393     (3,890,995     (13,699,385     21,589,598       761,001              

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    125,341,047       22,507,895       (23,272,478     (1,116,758     (37,114,619     86,345,087       6,284,213       3,883,735        

Ebix, Inc.

    56,751,142       9,324,876       (9,088,725     (5,477,929     (28,900,227     22,609,137       1,714,112       389,237        

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    141,845,574       34,874,409       (38,441,996     (2,280,860     22,592,376       158,589,503       3,738,555       2,329,466        

eHealth, Inc.(b)

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

elf Beauty, Inc.

    88,757,898       39,561,801       (30,413,617     6,284,962       199,316,222       303,507,266       3,685,577              

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    69,516,047       20,451,884       (13,439,598     (990,184     (19,292,540     56,245,609       4,606,520       5,213,069        

Elme Communities(j)

    154,813,024       33,728,265       (34,107,815     (3,327,770     (37,266,957     113,838,747       6,373,950       2,888,304        

Embecta Corp.

          152,676,182       (42,245,220     16,010,035       (9,201,237     117,239,760       4,169,266       1,298,433        

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

    140,635,920       19,460,106       (22,142,283     (13,455,412     (90,955,883     33,542,448       3,237,688              

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    70,663,431       446,514                   1,149,539       72,259,484       1,733,257       5,670,300        

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    92,972,184       20,704,764       (13,530,090     (1,473,692     (40,981,664     57,691,502       1,426,595              

Encore Capital Group, Inc.

    111,610,910       27,314,026       (28,822,289     (49,960     (24,322,598     85,730,089       1,699,308              

Encore Wire Corp.

    165,403,097       41,876,681       (57,003,606     13,106,501       84,419,475       247,802,148       1,337,086       82,515        

Endo International PLC(b)

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

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    94,213,093       23,451,047       (26,145,994     (908,365     15,264,358       105,874,139       4,151,927       170,039        

Enhabit, Inc.

          91,130,457       (9,437,408     (2,133,165     (29,411,260     50,148,624       3,605,221              

Enova International, Inc.

    92,782,239       21,442,532       (26,428,284     4,140,213       8,872,660       100,809,360       2,268,948              

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    144,434,581       33,861,312       (29,668,964     4,395,011       4,118,957       157,140,897       1,512,570       1,727,643        

Ensign Group, Inc.

    337,254,869       84,055,484       (58,109,264     26,065,121       (1,654,411     387,611,799       4,057,063       894,575        

ePlus, Inc.

    107,854,675       23,543,849       (21,115,266     4,252,775       (18,524,982     96,011,051       1,957,811              

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    130,009,877       33,428,795       (30,932,332     2,648,933       44,372,528       179,527,801       1,880,857       750,020        

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    220,199,764       79,119,740       (45,142,321     (664,614     4,390,845       257,903,414       10,378,407       9,597,829        

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    41,074,589       10,422,985       (8,184,333     783,857       1,548,671       45,645,769       1,662,264       2,944,550        

EVERTEC, Inc.

    175,019,955       51,884,844       (33,860,424     5,365,482       (38,402,153     160,007,704       4,740,969       924,349        

EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(i)

    N/A       14,716,323       (61,448,764     47,148,440       (30,883,909     39,742,495       4,223,432              

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)

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

Exponent, Inc.(b)

    403,165,884       75,084,866       (438,543,442     135,033,657       (174,740,965                 3,716,803        

Fabrinet

    278,453,731       59,706,708       (56,448,124     14,772,043       20,447,366       316,931,724       2,668,674              

FARO Technologies, Inc.

    67,909,750       10,982,364       (8,852,849     (5,742,074     (30,852,275     33,444,916       1,358,997              

FB Financial Corp.

    113,334,609       24,889,366       (22,955,572     414,395       (36,298,728     79,384,070       2,554,185       1,406,987        

Federal Signal Corp.

    147,847,950       42,709,350       (40,030,477     10,708,564       78,372,271       239,607,658       4,419,990       1,612,854        

Ferro Corp.(b)

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

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    178,203,187       2,104,640       (12,881,361     2,831,780       (23,405,063     146,853,183       12,859,298       6,576,488        

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    102,724,794       19,233,581       (3,252,654     (873,412     (16,110,737     101,721,572       2,863,783       2,244,755        

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    93,056,143       15,668,002                   (20,095,063     88,629,082       7,130,256       2,946,368        

First Financial Bancorp

    140,160,135       10,828,867                   (8,158,623     142,830,379       6,560,881       5,926,827        

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    254,293,155       55,904,432       (49,549,348     1,832,828       (71,225,433     191,255,634       9,270,753       9,808,037        

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)

    152,382,971       5,672,270       (140,533,253     12,825,099       (30,347,087                 10,017,050        

FormFactor, Inc.

    235,326,769       40,940,451       (38,314,853     3,669,006       (62,811,938     178,809,435       5,614,111              

Forward Air Corp.

    188,702,200       44,541,227       (42,631,291     8,799,063       9,444,923       208,856,122       1,938,160       1,892,643        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Fossil Group, Inc.(b)

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

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    149,620,540       44,382,916       (32,210,609     3,987,541       (1,941,748     163,838,640       6,099,726       7,791,988        

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    44,145,890       57,254,090       (15,888,429     (2,300,851     (11,548,622     71,662,078       6,006,880       8,563,780        

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    231,867,527       53,222,416       (48,440,567     10,661,351       19,202,681       266,513,408       2,832,236       2,316,077        

Franklin Street Properties Corp.(b)

    40,000,513       5,091,167       (19,177,186     (45,625,243     19,710,749                   682,012        

Frontdoor, Inc.

          168,532,858       (22,470,095     (716,554     19,856,062       165,202,271       5,925,476              

Gannett Co., Inc.

    45,945,323       6,026,718       (7,812,889     (5,913,630     (18,220,846     20,024,676       10,708,383              

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(b)

    120,964,078       17,487,257       (140,670,193     36,471,313       (34,252,455                        

Genesco, Inc.

    62,518,516       12,409,991       (16,255,350     (1,028,304     (25,452,043     32,192,810       872,907              

Gentherm, Inc.

    173,591,392       34,666,127       (31,200,844     2,995,033       (34,217,525     145,834,183       2,413,674              

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    114,343,065       2,980,583                   38,476,465       155,800,113       31,035,879              

GEO Group, Inc.

    53,377,997       9,825,006       (2,946,703     61,811       11,055,579       71,373,690       9,046,095              

Getty Realty Corp.

    80,332,906       9,556,019       (5,991,199     584,685       22,264,066       106,746,477       2,962,711       4,432,345        

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.

    100,423,328       25,566,318       (27,846,271     (7,362,607     18,683,344       109,464,112       2,256,992              

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.

    84,612,968       16,004,532       (15,107,924     (7,200,899     (29,882,323     48,426,354       3,114,235              

Glatfelter
Corp.(b)

    39,207,113       3,243,120       (16,125,248     (46,153,571     19,828,586                   436,862        

Glaukos Corp.

    193,909,720       38,819,395       (31,093,647     (4,149,628     (23,290,745     174,195,095       3,476,948              

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    116,604,068       30,325,060       (53,312,287     (1,805,677     5,189,694       97,000,858       7,542,835       7,724,170        

GMS, Inc.

    153,272,040       36,335,112       (37,767,786     7,712,065       16,068,536       175,619,967       3,033,684              

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

    84,531,744       20,129,633       (14,314,319     (2,086,265     (18,675,032     69,585,761       1,599,305              

Granite Construction, Inc.

    107,549,527       26,544,824       (29,190,474     (1,023,173     27,043,474       130,924,178       3,187,054       1,665,712        

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.(b)

    43,005,744       7,762,222       (28,851,319     (45,002,051     23,085,404                   947,147        

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    99,087,274             (3,246,864     (6,427,421     (30,358,646     59,054,343       3,437,389              

Green Plains, Inc.

    85,196,657       31,531,616                   (3,441,291     113,286,982       3,655,598              

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    120,280,486       19,229,383       (17,444,525     (2,385,427     (43,048,822     76,631,095       2,382,067       2,586,489        

Greenhill & Co., Inc.(b)

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

Griffon Corp.

    67,803,473       26,355,810       (23,599,285     3,716,888       36,151,404       110,428,290       3,449,806       8,089,530        

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    206,661,331       46,707,732       (75,475,246     12,109,504       50,276,527       240,279,848       1,061,213       1,867,082        

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

          122,355,739       (11,569,621     (949,859     1,626,119       111,462,378       6,499,264              

Hanesbrands, Inc.

          131,690,219       (1,952,200     823       4,213,039       133,951,881       25,466,137              

Hanger, Inc.(b)

    48,111,118       8,795,805       (58,401,501     (6,919,847     8,414,425                          

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    48,873,245       2,216,853                   (12,370,775     38,719,323       2,085,047       1,985,605        

Harmonic, Inc.

    68,730,495       22,052,312       (14,589,719     5,298,593       35,015,859       116,507,540       7,985,438              

Harsco Corp.

    69,390,518       9,230,774       (8,553,211     (8,193,874     (22,322,531     39,551,676       5,790,875              

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    29,103,177       5,132,232       (7,892,455     (133,733     4,338,828       30,548,049       957,319       2,150,974        

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

    72,214,172       13,310,273       (11,239,602     (9,723,097     (30,483,899     34,077,847       3,720,289              

Hawkins, Inc.

    61,618,363       12,958,801       (11,432,387     2,881,229       (5,585,264     60,440,742       1,380,556       795,251        

Haynes International, Inc.

    37,978,922       6,948,567       (5,895,368     941,592       6,075,527       46,049,240       919,330       802,938        

HB Fuller Co.

    249,889,293       61,539,518       (52,076,013     5,989,340       2,268,476       267,610,614       3,909,578       2,940,298        

HCI Group, Inc.

    39,375,177       7,378,769       (11,252,775     (5,128,187     (4,021,830     26,351,154       491,626       890,214        

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    99,054,646       19,863,501       (18,886,860     (6,348,564     (19,016,962     74,665,761       5,383,256       3,470,319        

HealthStream, Inc.

    35,773,989       10,002,386       (10,507,239     (873,014     13,296,057       47,692,179       1,759,859              

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    55,504,301       10,959,322       (9,232,780     (224,516     (13,070,337     43,935,990       1,447,167       875,092        

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

    48,527,827       12,674,268       (12,218,580     625,191       30,877,518       80,486,224       10,398,737              

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    323,158,452       73,284,835       (66,450,841     13,915,911       (71,982,524     271,925,833       7,606,317       11,467,826        

Heritage Financial Corp.

    56,793,829       6,552,595                   (9,444,746     53,901,678       2,518,770       2,000,816        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(b)

  $ 21,546,077     $ 4,860,492     $ (21,849,608   $ (20,879,320   $ 16,322,359     $           $ 1,478,352     $  

Heska Corp.

    105,969,219       15,926,768       (18,255,476     (13,336,860     (18,116,687     72,186,964       739,469              

Hibbett, Inc.

    40,842,195       14,863,143       (14,009,786     3,236,329       9,767,410       54,699,291       927,421       938,903        

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    230,251,717       50,060,400       (54,656,813     3,271,901       11,134,230       240,061,435       5,050,735       4,569,774        

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    115,984,411             (18,052,430     (2,866,813     3,567,525       98,632,693       3,324,324       2,141,627        

HNI Corp.

    115,782,139       24,101,628       (26,453,181     (4,854,343     (24,665,175     83,911,068       3,014,047       3,971,896        

HomeStreet, Inc.

    61,438,925       1,520,308       (1,787,123     581,023       (38,148,670     23,604,463       1,312,088       1,778,794        

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    125,113,560       4,714,717                   (49,871,863     79,956,414       8,142,201       4,470,518        

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    112,526,716       1,652,019                   (22,704,846     91,473,889       2,732,195       3,524,531        

Hostess Brands, Inc., Class A

    217,127,718       54,051,465       (57,983,154     1,945,616       27,337,865       242,479,510       9,745,961              

Hub Group, Inc., Class A

    187,277,719       36,712,307       (39,739,192     6,652,425       8,886,028       199,789,287       2,380,144              

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

          135,185,842       (12,198,801     (4,347,030     (56,439,894     62,200,117       9,353,401       3,474,359        

Ichor Holdings Ltd.

    72,429,744       14,865,523       (12,386,641     (1,437,398     (4,617,829     68,853,399       2,103,036              

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(b)

    417,778,942       5,945,068       (359,190,702     42,448,439       (106,981,747                        

Independent Bank Corp.

    258,508,413       4,536,977       (6,894,262     280,439       (50,283,122     206,148,445       3,141,549       6,700,629        

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    187,312,547       38,876,803       (39,678,651     2,162,521       (69,012,769     119,660,451       2,581,671       4,014,978        

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust(b)

    106,399,151       10,069,032       (25,949,740     (88,148,726     (2,369,717                 1,595,544        

Innospec, Inc.

    163,608,317       39,362,163       (35,246,004     6,611,990       10,711,117       185,047,583       1,802,353       2,307,991        

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    376,860,731       73,740,167       (40,205,830     (11,547,915     (244,314,117     154,533,036       2,033,597       14,489,670        

Innoviva, Inc.

    86,614,896       16,213,464       (14,408,778     (312,901     (36,769,117     51,337,564       4,563,339              

Inogen, Inc.

    47,300,748       13,215,527       (6,620,363     (4,293,171     (28,903,363     20,699,378       1,658,604              

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

    267,725,516       54,650,687       (81,828,430     13,463,987       61,290,523       315,302,283       2,205,528              

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    141,821,788       37,593,588       (33,962,168     5,466,501       44,023,014       194,942,723       1,709,574       3,813,816        

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    51,401,526       11,156,972       (10,163,994     612,600       (13,577,874     39,429,230       1,417,298       3,093,528        

Integer Holdings Corp.

    190,269,761       38,441,205       (35,037,769     4,584,140       (11,387,942     186,869,395       2,411,218              

InterDigital, Inc.

    140,008,526       29,808,461       (45,209,094     (3,170,927     21,262,305       142,699,271       1,957,466       3,066,943        

Interface, Inc., Class A

    57,147,545       12,388,180       (10,676,758     (4,085,533     (20,593,447     34,179,987       4,209,358       171,870        

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    51,136,777       16,709,929       (27,431,127     (24,299,932     12,373,687       28,489,334       2,568,921       7,750,384        

Investors Bancorp.,
Inc.(b)

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

iRobot Corp.

    122,285,983       23,549,332       (21,386,735     (2,866,880     (35,231,668     86,350,032       1,978,690              

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A

          146,439,681       (38,208,627     2,590,929       (8,786,189     102,035,794       9,699,220              

iStar, Inc.(c)

    116,402,831       31,668,354       (14,364,100     (1,813,963     (52,211,116     N/A       N/A       32,661,562        

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(i)

    N/A       14,964,262       (22,567,971     11,936,489       (40,142,120     24,370,080       1,790,601              

Itron, Inc.

    170,586,111       38,128,911       (33,741,363     (11,142,967     18,761,001       182,591,693       3,292,907              

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    165,416,632       35,087,691       (31,148,833     1,187,336       (8,896,910     161,645,916       1,090,581       2,985,371        

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    141,010,428       27,668,619       (29,032,749     (1,505,589     (6,652,090     131,488,619       1,501,183       2,746,443        

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    62,174,341       2,859,759       (3,941,024           (6,677,311     54,415,765       2,635,146       266,596        

JBG SMITH Properties

          104,973,625       (1,620,949     7,302       5,285,452       108,645,430       7,214,172              

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    53,243,648       12,549,205       (11,686,116     735,277       8,420,384       63,262,398       652,728       2,166,849        

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    269,450,300       54,702,888       (47,936,707     (1,754,290     (21,014,637     253,447,554       2,319,037       938,572        

Joint Corp.(b)

    36,767,591       3,642,888       (17,635,834     (60,128,738     37,354,093                          

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    106,874,519       21,892,614       (19,084,885     (2,293,647     (20,701,304     86,687,297       1,161,561       3,580,419        

Kaman Corp.

    86,916,564       13,827,163       (11,794,914     (5,785,690     (36,228,183     46,934,940       2,053,147       1,632,603        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

  $ 156,418,231     $ 29,550,205     $ (36,679,994   $ (4,681,981   $ (36,035,524   $ 108,570,937       7,936,472     $     $  

Kennametal, Inc.

          147,697,167       (2,185,181     49,217       16,311,140       161,872,343       5,869,193              

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

          141,799,813       (2,062,085     (4,642     1,881,609       141,614,695       8,536,148       2,049,868        

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(i)

    N/A       34,235,834       (62,438,089     46,393,097       (35,288,307     48,168,447       4,229,012       5,469,231        

Knowles Corp.

    141,406,715       27,199,104       (25,034,348     (69,844     (30,771,550     112,730,077       6,631,181              

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    140,711,238       38,109,806       (31,229,627     (2,235,679     28,754,966       174,110,704       3,598,072       6,707,335        

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    42,128,249       9,573,447       (10,057,338     (1,730,404     13,187,012       53,100,966       1,518,472       327,489        

Korn Ferry

    252,987,602       52,510,668       (50,719,703     2,643,187       (58,635,380     198,786,374       3,842,025       2,344,354        

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    249,869,703       46,054,568       (60,415,340     9,295,877       (27,419,989     217,384,819       4,125,732       3,028,827        

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    131,628,490       5,881,534       (2,732,340     (680,473     (18,334,858     115,762,353       1,848,058       3,004,808        

Lantheus Holdings,
Inc.(b)

    268,045,866       46,794,992       (370,513,319     235,299,311       (179,626,850                        

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    82,855,859       21,251,889       (20,737,741     (3,555,464     11,339,131       91,153,674       3,134,583       2,230,380        

LCI Industries

    187,813,675       47,452,581       (39,726,352     (105,943     8,221,511       203,655,472       1,853,604       7,882,843        

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    63,919,764       16,288,245       (14,681,086     1,693,241       5,186,391       72,406,555       1,406,772       741,429        

LendingTree, Inc.

    98,208,861       8,869,450       (9,787,670     (14,059,595     (62,263,569     20,967,477       786,477              

Leslie’s, Inc.

          168,951,077       (12,648,530     (2,109,981     (35,050,020     119,142,546       10,821,303              

LGI Homes, Inc.

    149,225,443       33,692,150       (35,282,785     1,680,301       20,622,090       169,937,199       1,490,285              

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    134,490,007       24,319,061       (71,980,877     (6,885,428     6,082,494       86,025,257       1,169,457              

Lindsay Corp.

    123,302,622       27,590,513       (24,381,581     4,658,386       (10,250,827     120,919,113       800,100       1,093,847        

Liquidity Services, Inc.

    32,694,355       7,518,862       (8,863,584     (597,484     (7,884,235     22,867,914       1,736,364              

Livent Corp.

    301,581,149       107,583,869       (56,943,807     8,962,403       (77,579,167     283,604,447       13,057,295              

LivePerson, Inc.

    117,865,230       17,880,667       (11,684,031     (18,741,230     (82,964,992     22,355,644       5,069,307              

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.

          149,226,007       (24,834,059     (155,578     (20,815,236     103,421,134       4,715,966              

LL Flooring Holdings,
Inc.(b)

    29,300,033       3,663,587       (15,993,753     (23,292,592     6,322,725                          

Loyalty Ventures, Inc.(b)

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

LTC Properties, Inc.

    108,384,839       31,935,335       (26,006,040     (714,109     (10,186,368     103,413,657       2,943,742       7,178,309        

LXP Industrial Trust

    317,911,153       54,326,344       (59,188,686     (8,596,537     (97,247,245     207,205,029       20,097,481       9,383,348        

M/I Homes, Inc.

    92,345,659       22,250,550       (26,004,146     1,723,037       35,480,745       125,795,845       1,993,911              

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

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

Marcus Corp.

    27,951,362       8,519,448       (5,357,452     (2,412,561     (452,845     28,247,952       1,765,497       268,552        

MarineMax, Inc.

    63,060,808       13,341,053       (11,821,619     928,826       (19,727,740     45,781,328       1,592,394              

Marten Transport Ltd.

    76,128,648       20,569,407       (21,393,222     4,308,413       8,303,513       87,916,759       4,196,504       1,037,444        

Masterbrand, Inc.

          93,508,443       (6,331,087     (703,538     (11,345,300     75,128,518       9,344,343              

Matador Resources
Co.(b)

    418,406,106             (440,317,505     319,326,556       (297,415,157                        

Materion Corp.

    125,367,742       28,894,185       (27,455,533     8,259,549       38,085,749       173,151,692       1,492,687       754,235        

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(k)

    62,022,758       97,866,424       (17,467,146     (10,311,107     (46,397,708     85,713,221       3,992,232       5,918,483        

Matson, Inc.

    363,006,855       49,042,386       (62,823,644     1,869,700       (186,780,407     164,314,890       2,753,727       3,605,485        

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    73,073,863       16,823,271       (18,148,499     (6,288,982     14,244,414       79,704,067       2,210,318       2,062,174        

MaxLinear, Inc.

    295,124,147       45,018,528       (35,831,180     (2,291,912     (116,375,069     185,644,514       5,272,494              

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    153,007,137       34,035,574       (27,291,638     1,635,645       2,734,899       164,121,617       4,222,321       8,394,918        

Medifast, Inc.

    141,901,102       27,031,248       (29,285,387     (76,275     (57,027,597     82,543,091       796,210       5,285,592        

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(b)

    80,791,829       20,202,371       (125,870,510     49,625,851       (24,749,541                        

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

    241,720,177       75,891,868       (46,731,546     14,406,550       21,544,664       306,831,713       4,149,178              

Meritage Homes Corp.

    211,633,392       50,085,483       (50,714,122     8,776,250       91,184,621       310,965,624       2,663,289       755,268        

Meritor, Inc.(b)

    180,216,010       18,416,851       (203,316,665     49,989,966       (45,306,162                        

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    95,859,603       16,681,342       (17,380,764     (7,261,536     (23,919,159     63,979,486       366,162       241,562        

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    115,328,504       26,141,134       (27,501,689     2,141,609       (997,311     115,112,247       2,623,342       1,497,737        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(i)

  $ N/A     $ 46,141,344     $ (48,029,283   $ 31,881,116     $ 9,621,954     $ 108,229,100       1,118,994     $ 278,429     $  

Middlesex Water Co.

    121,393,945                         (31,222,841     90,171,104       1,154,264       1,390,888        

MillerKnoll, Inc.

          110,106,707       (11,356,468     (271,372     13,880,938       112,359,805       5,494,367       2,142,420        

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

          146,721,004       (15,693,223     (411,406     12,277,952       142,894,327       2,365,017       243,053        

ModivCare, Inc.

    101,725,170       22,034,762       (16,912,296     1,603,652       (30,716,049     77,735,239       924,539              

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(i)

    N/A       16,120,988       (42,968,837     33,017,591       21,864,476       71,511,446       964,416       5,018,330        

Monro, Inc.

    106,431,874       25,875,536       (30,322,464     (7,407,992     18,224,283       112,801,237       2,282,040       2,704,062        

Moog, Inc., Class A

    182,438,303       35,022,720       (33,779,904     3,564,616       23,347,658       210,593,393       2,090,257       2,245,141        

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(b)

    24,415,724       4,706,169       (14,842,369     (22,381,118     8,101,594                          

Movado Group, Inc.

    45,775,699       9,726,177       (10,285,988     1,285,723       (13,576,331     32,925,280       1,144,431       1,655,236        

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    191,220,336       20,671,352                   (18,919,383     192,972,305       4,710,088              

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    222,475,811       57,874,727       (54,373,814     12,482,670       65,707,172       304,166,566       4,139,447       4,422,507        

Myers Industries, Inc.

    55,670,695       14,266,618       (12,051,495     1,372,791       (2,427,278     56,831,331       2,651,952       1,454,130        

MYR Group, Inc.

    113,820,468       26,828,026       (27,739,676     8,471,346       30,720,459       152,100,623       1,207,052              

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

    143,948,675       28,381,301       (23,712,646     (502,834     (10,920,090     137,194,406       5,905,915              

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    84,919,956       30,594,033       (16,341,301     1,710,959       (21,306,773     79,576,874       652,751              

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    81,266,914       29,848,426       (2,093,559     191,493       (18,361,578     90,851,696       2,715,233       2,149,698        

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    27,917,614       5,864,782       (5,553,619     (932,982     (782,102     26,513,693       367,786       1,539,404        

National Vision Holdings, Inc.

          197,435,664       (38,388,123     1,255,544       (52,252,953     108,050,132       5,735,145              

Natus Medical, Inc.(b)

    64,241,145       7,114,910       (89,136,027     6,525,152       11,254,820                          

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    103,252,531       4,894,521                   (7,911,884     100,235,168       2,973,455       3,445,871        

Neenah, Inc.(b)

    47,271,785       3,013,196       (80,307,882     (93,409     30,116,310                   568,538        

Nektar Therapeutics

    71,195,578       11,878,719       (8,016,054     (8,040,501     (57,111,850     9,905,892       14,092,889              

NeoGenomics, Inc.

    107,000,980       22,645,804       (21,263,926     (17,988,040     69,877,115       160,271,933       9,205,740              

NETGEAR, Inc.

    51,698,232       9,889,168       (9,501,777     (3,416,264     (9,960,470     38,708,889       2,091,242              

NetScout Systems, Inc.

    169,405,690       39,996,977       (50,124,291     (1,960,618     (16,552,143     140,765,615       4,913,285              

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    99,064,584       25,931,735       (34,187,990     11,069,655       (32,482,272     69,395,712       6,967,441       7,319,082        

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    122,018,834       2,882,939       (4,671,555           (60,372,928     59,857,290       1,370,673       1,267,504        

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.

    84,060,458       18,803,378       (20,528,622     2,084,943       (16,770,607     67,649,550       3,885,672              

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A

    126,486,977       28,866,679       (29,492,787     2,296,270       7,864,806       136,021,945       6,091,444              

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.

          179,190,353       (3,081,971     65,442       (12,506,654     163,667,170       5,392,658       1,835,013        

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    44,128,998       2,694,249       (2,729,839     331,332       (8,292,076     36,132,664       3,067,289       1,597,878        

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    110,620,029       7,083,947                   (12,910,237     104,793,739       8,711,034       6,834,576        

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    114,034,325       40,959,851       (22,192,145     (1,132,943     (9,955,153     121,713,935       2,559,166       4,775,245        

NOW, Inc.

    87,533,937       21,199,002       (19,141,693     953,346       (815,603     89,728,989       8,047,443              

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

          164,841,602       (13,782,498     (808,533     (8,660,747     141,589,824       3,601,878       1,455,687        

NuVasive, Inc.

          165,195,640       (10,422,933     (1,372,821     3,566,134       156,966,020       3,799,710              

NV5 Global, Inc.

    113,096,919       29,213,058       (20,111,202     (1,553,801     (26,591,737     94,053,237       904,619              

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    108,248,797       21,856,842       (19,813,118     (75,338     18,603,305       128,820,488       7,306,891              

ODP Corp.

    150,472,218       29,858,248       (43,678,744     3,993,808       (8,489,162     132,156,368       2,938,114              

Office Properties Income Trust

    89,434,675       15,924,420       (18,607,101     (10,768,779     (32,456,811     43,526,404       3,538,732       3,840,941        

OFG Bancorp

    86,662,184       2,839,418       (781,787     (83,288     (5,603,511     83,033,016       3,329,311       2,514,855        

O-I Glass, Inc.

    146,725,678       40,741,881       (39,788,997     2,760,460       105,088,834       255,527,856       11,251,777              

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Oil States International, Inc.

  $ 30,532,455     $ 7,343,354     $ (6,139,661   $ (2,695,961   $ 9,745,709     $ 38,785,896       4,656,170     $     $  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    25,713,971       4,892,715       (4,813,727     1,912,210       8,460,176       36,165,345       692,690       277,914        

Omnicell,
Inc.(b)

    407,429,926       17,797,448       (380,212,794     105,673,887       (150,688,467                        

OneSpan, Inc.

    35,579,568       7,349,635       (6,768,569     (289,557     9,022,233       44,893,310       2,565,332              

Onto Innovation, Inc.

    306,564,777       59,392,830       (52,812,493     16,634,023       (13,009,262     316,769,875       3,604,573              

OptimizeRx Corp.(b)

    47,963,311       7,062,437       (22,238,030     (91,339,044     58,551,326                          

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

    35,093,429       4,979,402       (5,639,196     (3,523,709     883,580       31,793,506       5,255,125              

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    56,739,102       10,372,603       (10,235,957     (5,601,020     (23,815,441     27,459,287       4,098,401       430,871        

Orthofix Medical, Inc.

    46,236,230       29,783,981       (7,278,725     (5,285,645     (21,825,039     41,630,802       2,485,421              

OSI Systems, Inc.

    99,778,004       14,933,646       (16,877,929     75,135       19,008,988       116,917,844       1,142,222              

Otter Tail Corp.

          230,555,251       (12,122,431     (290,270     828,179       218,970,729       3,029,898              

Outfront Media, Inc.

          176,700,590       (211,802     7,465       (16,019,077     160,477,176       9,887,688       5,171,334        

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    237,798,945       33,829,638       (25,999,905     3,029,336       (168,062,465     80,595,549       5,539,213              

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    102,821,032       25,688,454       (30,404,478     3,700,019       12,259,838       114,064,865       1,080,262       2,442,390        

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    228,019,766       8,067,514       (1,293,032     (640,946     (74,423,352     159,729,950       6,649,873       8,759,187        

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

    243,118,352       41,581,012       (31,280,389     (490,334     (116,462,694     136,465,947       3,343,934              

Palomar Holdings, Inc.

    110,545,925       33,007,717       (22,645,558     (5,366,726     (14,040,647     101,500,711       1,838,781              

Park Aerospace Corp.(b)

    18,232,507       3,943,441       (21,125,740     (6,958,260     5,908,052                   1,900,963        

Park National Corp.

    135,674,418       29,368,106       (26,121,146     3,696,901       (17,843,511     124,774,768       1,052,330       4,972,532        

Pathward Financial, Inc.(l)

    112,957,040       1,486,571       (5,525,322     326,736       (27,324,431     81,920,594       1,974,466       407,393        

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    96,958,481       22,597,535       (24,968,379     (1,430,234     14,526,944       107,684,347       1,564,952       2,518,104        

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    238,134,784       52,482,472       (42,887,636     14,213,194       (77,037,933     184,904,881       15,803,836       3,847,848        

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(b)

    166,060,470       58,685,185       (341,045,680     225,806,605       (109,506,580                 1,588,171        

PDF Solutions, Inc.

    59,598,908       14,139,898       (14,297,236     3,494,887       28,306,901       91,243,358       2,151,966              

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

          104,223,030                   6,576,522       110,799,552       7,891,706       78,338        

Pediatrix Medical Group,
Inc.(m)

    143,173,761       27,431,751       (26,690,229     (8,043,584     (47,113,811     88,757,888       5,952,910              

Pennant Group,
Inc.(b)

    35,999,327       6,705,850       (29,173,124     (8,875,497     (4,656,556                        

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(i)

    N/A       23,240,323       (30,846,025     (7,863,188     (31,795,772     79,670,825       6,461,543       10,687,138        

Perdoceo Education Corp.

    57,606,112       15,743,868       (16,376,972     (40,962     8,798,672       65,730,718       4,894,320              

Perficient, Inc.

    259,611,926       54,675,656       (37,298,875     8,573,899       (103,358,944     182,203,662       2,523,946              

PetMed Express, Inc.

    38,966,720       7,241,666       (6,597,905     (1,425,252     (13,408,186     24,777,043       1,525,680       1,858,621        

PGT Innovations, Inc.

    76,723,141       21,108,658       (19,029,718     3,798,872       26,882,941       109,483,894       4,360,171              

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    29,130,392       5,716,235       (4,986,552     (2,609,609     (4,704,313     22,546,153       1,471,681       726,302        

Photronics, Inc.

    74,493,294       21,350,933       (17,364,994     2,300,749       (6,402,832     74,377,150       4,485,956              

Piper Sandler Cos

    132,389,775       33,433,183       (33,697,731     4,755,881       1,520,700       138,401,808       998,498       3,827,756        

Plantronics, Inc.(b)

    120,668,371       15,230,749       (137,743,925     39,460,421       (37,615,616                        

Plexus Corp.

    164,407,748       42,193,932       (40,372,906     7,824,316       22,960,059       197,013,149       2,019,198              

Powell Industries, Inc.

    12,559,186       4,018,765       (4,225,818     596,496       15,138,496       28,087,125       659,477       703,306        

PRA Group, Inc.

    141,038,099       26,558,994       (36,973,511     (1,228,469     (19,016,407     110,378,706       2,833,129              

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.

    190,225,543       46,563,085       (44,167,832     5,338,613       28,877,996       226,837,405       3,621,865              

PriceSmart, Inc.

    135,818,557       31,608,226       (24,374,664     (2,027,924     (9,999,639     131,024,556       1,833,024       1,636,731        

ProAssurance Corp.

    92,923,542       1,499,669                   (29,269,790     65,153,421       3,525,618       705,124        

PROG Holdings, Inc.

          131,002,792       (68,671,536     34,733,470       (10,333,499     86,731,227       3,645,701              

Progress Software Corp.

    148,916,992       36,160,182       (36,284,478     7,233,576       25,478,443       181,504,715       3,159,351       2,250,759        

ProPetro Holding Corp.

    84,754,257       22,490,824       (13,058,917     (3,377,382     (40,538,394     50,270,388       6,991,709              

Proto Labs, Inc.

    104,431,636       19,486,501       (17,594,033     (19,393,828     (21,429,556     65,500,720       1,975,889              

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    119,936,396       1,846,195                   (21,720,186     100,062,405       5,217,018       4,964,403        

 

 

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iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Quaker Chemical Corp.

  $ 165,876,863     $ 37,263,721     $ (30,774,772   $ (1,019,302   $ 24,990,396     $ 196,336,906       991,851     $ 1,669,251     $  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    50,273,695       13,566,722       (11,861,539     (178,593     198,261       51,998,546       2,415,167       788,827        

QuinStreet, Inc.

    41,592,937       10,703,393       (9,804,165     45,715       15,783,894       58,321,774       3,674,970              

Rambus, Inc.

    249,695,511       52,623,816       (57,502,714     16,247,757       140,005,660       401,070,030       7,824,230              

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A

    52,271,514       12,961,565       (17,221,132     (7,770,491     16,499,230       56,740,686       1,389,341       334,993        

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.

    30,075,292       5,169,682       (6,101,188     (3,313,053     3,193,247       29,023,980       4,629,024              

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    37,066,442       8,856,862       (8,633,377     (4,342,548     (7,283,868     25,663,511       1,367,991       641,897        

Ready Capital
Corp.(i)

    N/A       52,063,839       (72,854,545     46,053,877       (24,279,157     72,885,125       7,166,679       5,719,096        

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)

    19,037,149       344,178       (9,882,769     (29,592,094     20,093,536                          

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    86,418,394       18,915,781       (23,994,407     (9,775,012     (15,987,606     55,577,150       8,245,868       7,731,381        

REGENXBIO, Inc.

    89,410,873       17,633,899       (14,830,980     (7,666,443     (32,794,423     51,752,926       2,736,802              

Renasant Corp.

    122,659,043       8,141,752                   (11,147,830     119,652,965       3,912,785       3,383,868        

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)

    218,275,772       2,502,921       (223,831,696     101,187,403       (98,134,400                        

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

    246,333,903       47,478,809       (39,391,885     3,300,331       (63,398,342     194,322,816       10,630,351              

Resources Connection, Inc.

    37,511,987       10,756,772       (7,631,853     944,391       (1,862,461     39,718,836       2,328,185       1,303,888        

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    165,489,597       8,298,042       (2,111,609     (69,849     (44,346,472     127,259,709       9,116,025       4,935,471        

REX American Resources Corp.

    37,138,350       8,075,407       (8,191,639     803,625       (6,166,464     31,659,279       1,107,355              

Rogers Corp.

    364,370,893       54,797,830       (45,428,804     13,376,353       (163,187,101     223,929,171       1,370,184              

RPT Realty

    83,319,640       13,874,332       (12,255,260     (812,334     (24,613,483     59,512,895       6,257,928       3,851,288        

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    51,970,044       10,101,050       (10,945,367     (811,884     (14,049,551     36,264,292       2,208,544       1,335,424        

RXO, Inc.

          153,631,057       (9,266,147     200,128       22,058,935       166,623,973       8,483,909              

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    70,123,531       11,199,187       (111,592     (57,690     5,638,972       86,792,408       2,759,695       3,362,984        

Sabre Corp.

          157,734,917       (8,913,371     (3,105,337     (43,347,787     102,368,422       23,862,103              

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    86,228,006       4,711,761                   (15,996,195     74,943,572       1,005,684       3,529,361        

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

    123,084,093       25,316,360       (25,838,890     906,573       (1,917,899     121,550,237       7,801,684              

Sanmina Corp.

    183,729,393       49,444,273       (60,969,623     10,390,500       76,451,517       259,046,060       4,247,353              

ScanSource, Inc.

    63,970,113       7,113,446       (6,748,847     118,805       (8,067,039     56,386,478       1,852,381              

Scholastic Corp.(i)

    N/A       21,308,776       (75,516,942     55,209,281       (9,150,273     73,790,913       2,156,368       886,736        

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    146,555,548       44,235,823       (7,459,523     1,916,537       (50,376,994     134,871,391       5,690,776       2,885,616        

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    181,828,319       43,481,046       (40,613,528     3,764,808       7,734,496       196,195,141       7,589,754       3,844,996        

Selectquote, Inc.(b)

    24,980,028       2,574,999       (8,975,536     (136,659,483     118,079,992                          

Semtech Corp.

          142,291,192       (5,283,192     (167,989     (24,669,856     112,170,155       4,646,651              

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A

    22,360,474       5,642,445       (8,044,144     1,038,687       (948,833     20,048,629       383,559              

Service Properties Trust

    103,192,254       19,838,183       (19,865,936     (5,119,656     22,049,986       120,094,831       12,057,714       2,459,705        

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    332,974,896       58,827,538       (49,457,927     11,962,932       (159,877,739     194,429,700       3,559,028       3,617,536        

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A

    190,071,451       33,152,769       (36,362,664     (13,574,266     (22,369,361     150,917,929       2,719,732              

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    84,576,037       17,312,927       (15,790,113     (8,583,628     (8,317,933     69,197,290       3,638,133       299,742        

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    273,905,174       49,569,749       (77,061,842     7,957,772       3,241,485       257,612,338       3,312,064       2,820,953        

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

  $ 190,104,518     $ 39,195,347     $     $     $ (75,605,511   $ 153,694,354       8,787,556     $ 6,766,418     $  

Simply Good Foods Co.

    229,837,648       58,087,000       (52,815,524     464,274       9,244,637       244,818,035       6,155,847              

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    57,561,518       14,282,217       (11,377,236     (1,383,038     (7,806,052     51,277,409       1,166,987       278,588        

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

          149,861,643       (23,611,982     225,892       17,596,371       144,071,924       5,393,932              

SJW Group

          160,696,833       (11,664,214     (221,291     (1,124,305     147,687,023       1,939,932       755,252        

SkyWest, Inc.

    104,003,904       18,856,615       (16,824,781     (9,666,487     (14,861,689     81,507,562       3,676,480              

SL Green Realty Corp.

          83,121,044                   (185,667     82,935,377       3,526,164       954,344        

Sleep Number Corp.

    82,168,963       15,218,284       (15,131,234     (3,375,383     (30,129,933     48,750,697       1,603,114              

SM Energy Co.

    338,768,910       72,439,718       (57,667,894     16,645,392       (118,125,600     252,060,526       8,951,013       2,802,285        

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.

    86,032,317       19,304,439       (14,620,466     (1,903,098     (27,175,572     61,637,620       3,575,268              

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    63,134,619       16,269,249       (28,219,260     2,886,031       12,023,429       66,094,068       1,216,306       1,474,422        

Sonos, Inc.

    258,040,886       40,930,830       (37,270,603     (12,520,550     (67,065,035     182,115,528       9,282,137              

South Jersey Industries,
Inc.(b)

    277,815,513       75,956,173       (367,243,329     61,567,197       (48,095,554                 9,457,553        

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    88,968,366       1,414,741       (1,116,311     (371,640     (16,372,379     72,522,777       2,184,421       3,100,859        

Southwestern Energy Co.(b)

    572,104,123       29,177,779       (502,896,112     177,290,495       (275,676,285                        

SpartanNash Co.

    85,110,307       20,603,298       (20,029,122     3,165,362       (25,284,742     63,565,103       2,563,109       2,247,942        

SPS Commerce, Inc.

    337,838,163       69,127,442       (62,543,572     21,825,173       33,345,807       399,593,013       2,623,723              

SPX FLOW,
Inc.(b)

    259,082,047       1,269,690       (261,195,167     118,154,523       (117,311,093                        

SPX Technologies, Inc.(n)

    160,498,750       45,002,518       (41,217,106     10,545,856       57,287,628       232,117,646       3,288,717              

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    59,270,564       14,312,117       (13,553,381     (2,199,953     (7,494,737     50,334,610       1,363,712       1,536,444        

Standex International Corp.

    87,658,417       21,211,840       (22,001,908     1,499,475       17,918,300       106,286,124       868,067       962,784        

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

          95,243,875       (9,083,657     438,385       (5,882,110     80,716,493       3,279,825       881,144        

Stepan Co.

    150,510,653       36,492,540       (33,832,941     1,742,542       3,277,717       158,190,511       1,535,383       2,189,690        

Steven Madden Ltd.

    211,645,113       42,562,983       (46,877,537     4,451       (15,230,838     192,104,172       5,336,227       4,638,895        

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    108,673,669       4,637,916                   (37,184,450     76,127,135       1,886,670       3,228,834        

StoneX Group, Inc.

    90,898,940       26,702,567       (21,242,313     6,327,301       29,745,043       132,431,538       1,279,161              

Strategic Education, Inc.

    107,496,569       28,479,430       (27,943,347     574,145       37,087,402       145,694,199       1,621,888       3,993,026        

Stride, Inc.

          146,780,897       (26,227,466     2,442,404       (6,148,467     116,847,368       2,977,003              

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    87,670,726       18,962,007       (17,033,945     (568,014     (15,293,495     73,737,279       1,283,727       9,178,361        

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    75,886,774       15,576,032       (14,009,996     (4,888,927     (18,041,527     54,522,356       7,788,908       963,386        

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    52,991,824       11,855,423       (10,820,087     (498,579     1,048,869       54,577,450       6,077,667       1,854,478        

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

          179,538,776       (16,384,497     (1,108,668     (10,742,817     151,302,794       15,314,048       2,199,949        

Supernus

                 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    122,972,590       30,155,156       (25,094,039     3,098,711       11,610,558       142,742,976       3,939,911              

Surmodics,
Inc.(b)

    45,178,643       8,039,725       (24,068,595     (22,894,213     (6,255,560                        

Sylvamo Corp.

    84,035,262       24,938,333       (33,524,445     2,957,112       29,019,265       107,425,527       2,322,212       1,164,246        

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(b)

    28,711,529       493,892       (10,817,864     (48,778,697     30,391,140                          

Talos Energy, Inc.(c)

          51,443,117       (50,711,173     38,326,136             N/A       N/A              

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

          195,611,489       (2,756,601     11,506       (2,538,329     190,328,065       4,686,729              

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    127,881,154       35,137,544       (31,196,564     1,735,900       15,730,256       149,288,290       7,605,109       7,709,789        

TechTarget, Inc.

    155,056,230       27,787,119       (22,821,568     395,852       (90,341,329     70,076,304       1,940,097              

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    133,432,927       28,828,471       (24,631,147     (4,846,811     (56,561,294     76,222,146       7,252,345       5,325,298        

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Tennant Co.

  $ 104,301,650     $ 21,142,973     $ (19,038,473   $ (1,707,063   $ (12,094,841   $ 92,604,246       1,351,295     $ 1,417,304     $  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(i)

    N/A       32,796,605       (21,970,716     11,827,775       (15,870,566     51,410,241       2,229,412              

TimkenSteel Corp.

    64,404,568       13,886,868       (14,283,329     3,617,098       (14,736,515     52,888,690       2,883,789              

Titan International, Inc.

    53,931,214       13,436,093       (11,709,938     3,751,975       (20,538,364     38,870,980       3,709,063              

Tivity Health,
Inc.(b)

    102,231,306       4,597,360       (107,819,062     34,087,411       (33,097,015                        

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    66,250,624       14,508,818       (9,528,856     351,376       (11,438,917     60,143,045       908,368       2,099,018        

Tredegar Corp.

    22,063,926       4,501,562       (4,505,789     (2,275,958     (3,159,791     16,623,950       1,820,805       950,482        

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

    128,739,659       39,402,801       (52,317,978     1,789,594       67,634,276       185,248,352       3,673,376              

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.

          196,025,680       (132,557,714     87,582,240       34,907,647       185,957,853       7,344,307              

Trinity Industries, Inc.

          159,185,507       (23,674,356     1,742,149       7,270,975       144,524,275       5,932,852       2,951,755        

Trinseo PLC

    133,136,232       20,529,052       (26,469,130     (11,501,329     (62,709,762     52,985,063       2,541,250       3,339,896        

Triumph Financial,
Inc.(o)

    159,258,692       14,724,392       (16,889,700     (2,868,649     (58,514,335     95,710,400       1,648,474              

Triumph Group, Inc.

    93,800,075       10,248,971       (6,323,685     450,914       (50,928,493     47,247,782       4,076,599              

TrueBlue, Inc.

    73,580,548       12,150,898       (14,668,709     (3,211,860     (25,414,662     42,436,215       2,384,057              

Trupanion, Inc.

    218,695,578       35,773,134       (27,808,258     (7,871,783     (109,151,066     109,637,605       2,556,251              

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    38,574,952       2,504,040                   (123,384     40,955,608       1,282,267       1,742,513        

Trustmark Corp.

    114,546,413       8,087,875                   (23,425,528     99,208,760       4,016,549       3,559,217        

TTM Technologies, Inc.

    110,982,608       24,831,416       (24,567,598     484,645       (11,537,644     100,193,427       7,427,237              

Tupperware Brands
Corp.(b)

    68,309,820       4,974,081       (22,557,661     (43,292,638     (7,433,602                        

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    136,053,578       46,393,515       (29,783,958     (2,715,454     (46,732,230     103,215,451       7,016,686       12,187,345        

U.S. Ecology, Inc.(b)

    107,128,388       1,442,682       (108,839,944     7,170,326       (6,901,452                        

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    91,860,274       22,565,365       (18,837,678     2,159,044       (4,982,371     92,764,634       947,448       1,597,619        

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

    99,876,624       17,069,625       (15,317,185     1,911,488       (37,858,958     65,681,594       5,500,971              

UFP Industries, Inc.(b)

    341,909,849       72,972,500       (442,401,368     169,131,979       (141,612,960                 3,389,361        

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.

    136,152,483       24,833,741       (20,585,082     70,788       (30,821,161     109,650,769       3,306,718              

Unifi, Inc.(b)

    17,937,480       2,060,898       (10,886,912     (17,680,113     8,568,647                          

UniFirst Corp.

    200,629,322       47,100,291       (43,061,273     2,279,886       (13,003,763     193,944,463       1,100,519       1,370,191        

uniQure NV

    46,786,302       20,367,318       (11,260,036     (2,808,874     7,203,313       60,288,023       2,993,447              

Unisys Corp.(b)

    103,901,420       12,319,330       (25,990,263     (73,165,092     (17,065,395                        

United Community Banks, Inc.

    254,860,619       22,185,561       (903,310     (178,300     (52,213,983     223,750,587       7,956,991       6,612,346        

United Fire Group, Inc.

    47,725,571       6,382,954       (3,875,392     482,584       (7,986,890     42,728,827       1,609,372       1,013,765        

United Natural Foods, Inc.

    171,786,549       39,836,675       (28,628,633     8,817,275       (76,919,700     114,892,166       4,360,234              

Uniti Group, Inc.

    232,300,985       33,809,755       (26,272,503     (8,818,464     (169,663,728     61,356,045       17,283,393       10,369,710        

Unitil Corp.

    57,003,513       15,481,457       (13,788,798     435,706       7,512,631       66,644,509       1,168,382       1,874,082        

Universal Corp.

    102,545,813       23,717,081       (22,385,585     316,064       (9,815,558     94,377,815       1,784,417       5,606,451        

Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)

    29,321,395       4,891,866       (13,740,005     (34,947,730     14,474,474                          

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    53,217,155       11,581,297       (11,465,604     (2,691,196     (6,239,345     44,402,307       922,933       2,166,960        

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    27,029,508       2,487,530       (2,824,035     (248,554     9,994,276       36,438,725       1,999,930       1,555,855        

Upbound Group, Inc.(p)

    108,999,473       22,204,922       (36,131,597     (28,007,390     22,416,435       89,481,843       3,650,830       5,502,930        

Urban Edge Properties

    150,439,087       37,957,688       (26,915,287     (2,831,421     (30,087,124     128,562,943       8,536,716       5,400,486        

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    36,636,275             (1,789,196           (625,955     34,221,124       1,947,702       1,871,469        

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    45,100,344       10,158,713       (7,896,451     (4,351,277     (14,904,124     28,107,205       4,139,500              

Varex Imaging Corp.

    60,217,722       15,237,886       (12,815,665     (2,702,106     (6,938,634     52,999,203       2,913,645              

Vector Group Ltd.

    112,743,909       25,347,711       (22,727,383     2,406,935       (2,909,574     114,861,598       9,563,830       7,796,398        

Veeco Instruments, Inc.

    98,540,068       18,755,842       (16,408,187     3,907,694       (25,840,615     78,954,802       3,736,621              

Vera Bradley, Inc.(b)

    13,955,166       240,570       (8,795,020     (11,624,937     6,224,221                          

Veradigm, Inc.(q)

    195,223,043       24,105,308       (34,898,271     1,495,983       (82,294,212     103,631,851       7,941,138              

Vericel Corp.

    128,020,145       22,439,169       (19,542,724     (8,853,466     (21,165,146     100,897,978       3,441,268              

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

Veris Residential, Inc.

  $ 99,880,230     $ 21,573,190     $ (20,817,999   $ (1,066,328   $ (15,035,537   $ 84,533,556       5,774,150     $     $  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    134,887,513       12,960,548       (6,357,625     2,894,692       (75,945,297     68,439,831       3,748,074       2,954,516        

Veritiv Corp.

    132,495,898       29,238,992       (30,697,680     11,130,778       (9,711,463     132,456,525       980,143       1,302,773        

Verra Mobility Corp., Class A

          184,793,832       (9,512,510     (155,584     (3,229,181     171,896,557       10,159,371              

Viad Corp.

    52,372,980       11,372,852       (9,519,449     (3,178,061     (19,660,594     31,387,728       1,506,129              

Viasat, Inc.

          195,637,282       (2,702,204     (27,035     (4,530,475     188,377,568       5,566,713              

Viavi Solutions, Inc.

    264,487,828       48,804,324       (46,274,314     1,339,169       (90,924,319     177,432,688       16,383,443              

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    122,805,763       22,793,773       (24,150,802     (2,566,100     (24,544,960     94,337,674       495,497       3,206,873        

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

    143,628,159       28,258,918       (25,543,833     4,042,176       (36,422,697     113,962,723       4,112,693              

Vital Energy, Inc.(r)

    81,468,140       30,844,673       (15,507,944     (8,845,432     (32,321,762     55,637,675       1,221,732              

Wabash National Corp.

    51,999,241       17,010,510       (17,301,526     720,644       32,995,881       85,424,750       3,473,963       1,125,156        

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    273,111,920       53,363,616       (38,541,845     6,217,118       (124,100,141     170,050,668       2,232,515       5,474,779        

Washington Federal, Inc.

          118,912,720                   (36,670     118,876,050       3,946,748              

WD-40 Co.

    179,528,754       39,793,978       (37,281,150     1,322,289       (7,022,439     176,341,432       990,404       3,138,174        

Westamerica BanCorp

    106,501,356       9,241,555                   (30,254,454     85,488,457       1,929,762       3,080,108        

Whitestone REIT

    43,783,817       8,446,309       (9,110,027     (251,724     (11,961,877     30,906,498       3,359,402       1,700,308        

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    128,875,490       31,281,228       (38,161,921     1,727,411       4,711,818       128,434,026       2,225,893       2,117,910        

WisdomTree, Inc.(s)

    45,910,215       6,961,322       (5,269,862     (396,308     735,756       47,941,123       8,181,079       975,158        

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    132,926,995       25,531,032       (27,188,598     (10,643,473     (23,044,083     97,581,873       5,723,277       2,300,647        

World Fuel Services Corp.

    122,548,498       26,729,131       (26,802,178     (3,855,268     (3,631,309     114,988,874       4,500,543       1,808,531        

WSFS Financial Corp.

    193,477,522       8,533,208       (5,287,841     (1,056,555     (35,774,377     159,891,957       4,251,315       2,470,845        

WW International, Inc.(b)

    39,112,420       5,586,527       (21,698,487     (62,699,326     39,698,866                          

Xencor, Inc.

    111,628,239       29,445,208       (22,795,961     (5,050,959     8,574,988       121,801,515       4,367,211              

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    157,588,903       26,937,658       (26,886,987     (1,976,755     (46,172,928     109,489,891       8,364,392       2,516,512        

XPEL, Inc.(i)

    N/A       32,972,288       (38,245,351     20,818,367       7,023,811       96,821,615       1,424,895              

Xperi, Inc.

          166,538,459       (79,914,749     (4,466,522     (48,919,419     33,237,769       3,040,967              

Yelp, Inc.

          169,862,275       (25,340,087     1,561,593       9,503,880       155,587,661       5,068,002              

Zimvie, Inc.(b)

    34,275,851       5,279,127       (14,277,169     (29,294,344     4,016,535                          

Zumiez, Inc.

    53,421,286       8,504,169       (15,075,791     (4,423,193     (21,619,033     20,807,438       1,128,386              
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 1,554,758,817     $ (7,948,624,486   $ 65,754,443,738       $ 1,078,629,250     $ 976  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Formerly the Xperi Holding Corp.

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c) 

As of period end, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (d) 

Formerly the Realogy Holdings Corp.

 
  (e) 

Formerly the Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

 
  (f) 

Formerly the Blucora, Inc.

 
  (g) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (h) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 
  (i) 

As of the beginning of the period, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (j) 

Formerly the Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

 
  (k) 

Formerly the Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 
  (l) 

Formerly the Meta Financial Group, Inc.

 
  (m) 

Formerly the MEDNAX, Inc.

 
  (n) 

Formerly the SPX Corp.

 
  (o) 

Formerly the Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

 
  (p) 

Formerly the Rent-A-Center, Inc.

 
  (q) 

Formerly the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

 
  (r) 

Formerly the Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

 
  (s) 

Formerly the WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-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

           

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     3,160        06/16/23      $   286,533      $ 7,097,042  
           

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

 
       Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
   Counterparty(a)      Termination
Date
    

Net

Notional

     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    

Net Value of
Reference

Entity

       Gross Notional   
Amount   
Net Asset   
Percentage   
 
 

 

 
  Equity Securities Long/Short    Monthly      Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)        08/19/26      $   229,671,549      $ 6,460,668 (c)     $ 236,226,572          0.3%  
     Monthly      HSBC Bank PLC(d)        02/10/28        472,657,434        (29,074,107 )(e)       444,493,468          0.7     
     Monthly      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)        02/08/24        380,751,642        (1,233,424 )(g)       380,300,874          0.6     
                

 

 

    

 

 

      
                 $ (23,846,863    $   1,061,020,914       
                

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(94,355) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(910,141) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $(782,656) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

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

 

  (b)   (d)   (f)  

Range:

  40 basis points   40 basis points   40 basis points  

Benchmarks:

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

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date August 19, 2026.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Aerospace & Defense                        

Triumph Group, Inc.

    541,664     $     6,277,886         2.7
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                           

Bancorp, Inc.

    82,356       2,293,615         1.0  

BankUnited, Inc.

    202,957       4,582,769         1.9  

Banner Corp.

    35,433       1,926,492         0.8  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    71,046       1,780,413         0.8  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    223,843       2,350,352         1.0  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    108,720       1,946,088         0.8  

City Holding Co.

    62,561       5,685,544         2.4  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    153,971       8,081,938         3.4  

First Financial Bancorp

    148,909       3,241,749         1.4  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    54,391       1,010,041         0.4  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    23,821       706,769         0.3  

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

    Basket
Value

 

 

 
Banks (continued)                           

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    211,207     $ 2,074,053         0.9

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    20,084       677,032         0.3  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    543,185       6,534,516         2.8  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    277,468       6,664,781         2.8  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    34,800       1,443,852         0.6  

Preferred Bank

    32,639       1,788,944         0.8  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    201,258       3,860,128         1.6  

Renasant Corp.

    3,211       98,192         0.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    37,801       1,188,841         0.5  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    206,805       3,617,019         1.5  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    54,564       1,742,774         0.7  

Trustmark Corp.

    170,656       4,215,203         1.8  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    45,836       1,288,908         0.6  

Westamerica BanCorp

    14,418       638,717         0.3  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    162,245       6,102,035         2.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
        75,540,765      
Commercial Services & Supplies                        

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    3,524,141       13,708,908         5.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment                        

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    2,371,399       45,341,149         19.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Health Care Providers & Services                  

RadNet, Inc.

    754,117     $ 18,875,548       8.0
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    141,562       2,191,380       0.9  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    32,977       1,374,811       0.6  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    688,711       3,457,329       1.4  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    34,203       1,145,117       0.5  

ProAssurance Corp.

    141,836       2,621,129       1.1  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    28,186       2,100,421       0.9  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    7,057       187,363       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      13,077,550    
Metals & Mining                  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    44,878       1,647,471       0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    474,661       13,860,101       5.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Residential REITs                  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    172,880       7,549,670       3.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Retail REITs                  

Getty Realty Corp.

    127,605       4,597,608       1.9  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,468,747       18,036,213       7.6  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    76,778       1,348,990       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      23,982,811    
Software                  

Adeia, Inc.

    123,069       1,090,391       0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Specialized REITs                  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    745,908       12,106,087       5.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    40,556       3,168,235       1.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $   236,226,572    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2028.

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Aerospace & Defense                  

Triumph Group, Inc.

    119,676     $ 1,387,045       0.3
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Banks                  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    860,736       30,168,797       6.8  

BankUnited, Inc.

    56,480       1,275,318       0.3  

Banner Corp.

    42,334       2,301,700       0.5  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    71,396       1,789,184       0.4  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    293,602       3,082,821       0.7  

City Holding Co.

    1,848       167,946       0.0  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    22,002       1,154,885       0.3  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    26,537       491,465       0.1  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    104,588       3,714,966       0.8  
     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Banks (continued)                  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    367,765     $ 4,571,319       1.0

First Financial Bancorp

    218,057       4,747,101       1.1  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    82,618       1,534,216       0.3  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    40,618       869,225       0.2  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    230,536       2,263,864       0.5  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    129,604       4,368,951       1.0  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    6,512       78,339       0.0  

OFG Bancorp

    139,463       3,478,207       0.8  

Preferred Bank

    264,460       14,495,053       3.3  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    69,459       1,332,224       0.3  

Renasant Corp.

    180,804       5,528,986       1.2  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    45,701       1,437,297       0.3  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    267,682       4,681,758       1.1  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    38,026       1,214,550       0.3  

Trustmark Corp.

    258,243       6,378,602       1.4  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    376,658       10,591,623       2.4  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    822,169       24,763,730       5.6  

Westamerica BanCorp

    17,845       790,534       0.2  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    76,512       2,877,616       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      140,150,277    
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    470,415       1,829,914       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,905,247       57,767,089       13.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    20,115,198       53,305,275       12.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Financial Services                  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    342,055       14,013,993       3.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    133,358       17,068,491       3.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs                  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    1,692,931       23,768,751       5.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    229,674       3,555,353       0.8  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    216,495       9,025,677       2.0  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,849,410       9,284,038       2.1  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    215,606       7,218,489       1.6  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    118,051       2,437,753       0.6  

ProAssurance Corp.

    266,656       4,927,803       1.1  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    40,567       3,023,053       0.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    91,175       3,678,911       0.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      43,151,077    
Metals & Mining                  

Arconic Corp.

    6,219       163,124       0.0  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    138,442       5,082,206       1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      5,245,330    
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    71,091       3,017,813       0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Office REITs                  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    209,620       2,880,179       0.6  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    1,167,298       27,454,849       6.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      30,335,028    
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    666,937     $ 20,668,378       4.7

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    229,278       6,694,917       1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      27,363,295    
Retail REITs  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,052,703       12,927,193       2.9  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    103,941       1,826,243       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      14,753,436    
Software  

Adeia, Inc.

    435,896       3,862,039       0.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Specialized REITs                  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    22,017       357,336       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    91,107       7,117,279       1.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
HSBC Bank PLC

    $   444,493,468    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2024.

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks  
Banks  

Banner Corp.

    4,625     $ 251,461       0.1

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    279,285       4,999,202       1.3  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    40,018       2,100,545       0.6  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    43,914       813,287       0.2  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    56,958       1,906,384       0.5  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    460,644       5,260,554       1.4  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    127,539       1,252,433       0.3  

Independent Bank Corp.

    185,867       12,196,593       3.2  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    26,557       888,597       0.2  

Preferred Bank

    49,950       2,737,760       0.7  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    407,507       9,657,916       2.6  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    11,760       375,614       0.1  
     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Banks (continued)                  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    190,848     $ 3,484,884       0.9

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,596       60,026       0.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      45,985,256    
Communications Equipment                  

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    1,207,729       23,091,778       6.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components                  

ScanSource, Inc.

    20,000       608,800       0.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Financial Services                  

Radian Group, Inc.

    8,910,060       196,912,326       51.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services                  

RadNet, Inc.

    322,653       8,076,004       2.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    688,752       10,661,881       2.8  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,541,895       12,760,313       3.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      23,422,194    
Metals & Mining                  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    1,112,139       40,826,623       10.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Office REITs                  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    124,603       1,712,045       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    453,028       13,228,418       3.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Residential REITs                  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    114,148       4,984,843       1.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Retail REITs                  

Acadia Realty Trust

    43,472       606,435       0.1  

Getty Realty Corp.

    10,077       363,074       0.1  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,578,762       19,387,197       5.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      20,356,706    
Software                  

Adeia, Inc.

    100,602       891,334       0.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Specialized REITs                  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    12,603       204,547       0.1  
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

    $   380,300,874    
   

 

 

   
 

 

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

 

Description    Swap
Premiums
Paid
     Swap
Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $ 6,460,668      $   (30,307,531

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-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:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 7,097,042      $      $      $      $ 7,097,042  

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums paid

                   6,460,668                             6,460,668  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $   13,557,710      $      $      $      $   13,557,710  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

   $      $      $ 30,307,531      $      $      $      $ 30,307,531  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (12,826,306    $      $      $      $ (12,826,306

Swaps

                   (144,078,571                           (144,078,571
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $   (156,904,877    $      $      $      $   (156,904,877
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
                                                

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 5,839,004      $      $      $      $ 5,839,004  

Swaps

                   (34,438,561                           (34,438,561
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (28,599,557    $      $      $      $ (28,599,557
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 226,670,576  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

   $ 926,318,975  

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

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

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

 

      Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

       

Futures contracts

   $ 6,184,460        $  

Swaps — OTC(a)

     6,460,668          30,307,531  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

   $   12,645,128        $   30,307,531  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

     (6,184,460         
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $ 6,460,668        $ 30,307,531  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

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

 

Counterparty    Derivative
Assets
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-
Cash
Collateral
Received
      

Cash

Collateral
Received(b)

       Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets(c)
 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 6,460,668        $        $        $        $ 6,460,668  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Counterparty    Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-Cash
Collateral
Pledged
      

Cash

Collateral
Pledged(b)

       Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities(d)
 

HSBC Bank PLC

   $ 29,074,107        $        $        $ (29,074,107      $  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

     1,233,424                            (1,233,424         
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   30,307,531        $        $        $   (30,307,531      $  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

 
  (d) 

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

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 65,397,157,378        $        $        $ 65,397,157,378  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     5,370,022,328                            5,370,022,328  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   70,767,179,706        $        $        $   70,767,179,706  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 7,097,042        $ 6,460,668        $        $ 13,557,710  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

              (30,307,531                 (30,307,531
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 7,097,042        $   (23,846,863      $        $ (16,749,821
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    42,920     $ 9,650,562  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    24,275       4,278,711  

General Dynamics Corp.

    75,541       17,239,212  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    60,443       11,861,334  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    102,459       48,435,443  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    21,312       1,089,469  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    65,791       30,377,021  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    15,594       11,493,558  
   

 

 

 
           134,425,310  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    40,279       4,002,524  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    101,057       11,128,397  
   

 

 

 
      15,130,921  
Automobile Components — 0.1%  

Autoliv, Inc.

    15,771       1,472,380  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    26,851       3,258,906  

Gentex Corp.

    68,561       1,921,765  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    17,818       2,794,397  
   

 

 

 
      9,447,448  
Automobiles — 2.9%  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    53,089       2,015,789  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    1,708,150       354,372,799  
   

 

 

 
      356,388,588  
Banks — 0.2%  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    13,545       705,424  

Cathay General Bancorp

    24,407       842,530  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    68,643       1,470,333  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    49,224       2,872,220  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    27,350       2,881,049  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    45,744       2,538,792  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    43,788       1,396,837  

First Horizon Corp.

    224,366       3,989,227  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    51,999       718,626  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    38,075       1,599,531  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    27,813       1,012,393  

International Bancshares Corp.

    20,394       873,271  

SouthState Corp.

    27,408       1,953,094  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    40,578       1,428,346  
   

 

 

 
      24,281,673  
Beverages — 2.6%  

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

    4,207       1,382,841  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    63,712       4,094,770  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,647       2,383,632  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,606,752       99,666,827  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    57,594       13,009,909  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    269,459       9,506,513  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    483,202       26,097,740  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    874,720       159,461,456  
   

 

 

 
      315,603,688  
Biotechnology — 4.1%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    1,123,200       179,004,384  

Amgen, Inc.

    339,139       81,986,853  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    32,359       821,919  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    42,869       11,918,868  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    204,610       3,971,480  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    791,994       65,711,742  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    85,871       3,279,414  

Incyte Corp.(a)(b)

    118,631       8,573,463  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    209,842     $ 32,227,534  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    61,038       6,178,266  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    68,282       56,105,271  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    28,899       6,472,220  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    163,284       51,445,890  
   

 

 

 
           507,697,304  
Broadline Retail — 2.2%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,604,601       269,029,237  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,389       5,164,488  

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

    18,081       1,047,613  
   

 

 

 
      275,241,338  
Building Products — 0.3%  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(b)

    30,593       2,576,236  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    93,486       8,299,687  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    32,845       7,425,269  

Lennox International, Inc.

    12,708       3,193,266  

Masco Corp.

    101,619       5,052,497  

Owens Corning

    31,982       3,063,876  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    27,059       2,966,749  

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

    37,006       1,801,082  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    39,145       3,110,853  
   

 

 

 
      37,489,515  
Capital Markets — 1.1%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    15,818       2,252,800  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    67,053       20,551,744  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    44,636       5,991,937  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    571,262       29,922,703  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    11,370       1,311,871  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    14,512       6,023,786  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    37,004       1,485,341  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    36,587       3,020,623  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    117,311       3,723,451  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    11,708       4,581,223  

Moody’s Corp.

    47,075       14,405,891  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    28,988       16,224,294  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    137,857       7,536,642  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    122,815       11,454,955  

SEI Investments Co.

    64,995       3,740,462  
   

 

 

 
      132,227,723  
Chemicals — 1.6%  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    141,280       40,577,029  

Albemarle Corp.

    74,343       16,432,777  

Ashland, Inc.

    21,180       2,175,398  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    63,059       1,910,057  

Cabot Corp.

    35,638       2,731,296  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    124,214       9,004,273  

Chemours Co.

    54,505       1,631,880  

Corteva, Inc.

    312,183       18,827,757  

FMC Corp.

    79,724       9,736,692  

Ingevity Corp.(a)(b)

    22,284       1,593,752  

Linde PLC

    190,820       67,825,061  

Mosaic Co.

    215,495       9,886,910  

NewMarket Corp.

    2,334       851,863  

Olin Corp.

    78,356       4,348,758  

RPM International, Inc.

    81,900       7,144,956  

Valvoline, Inc.

    51,872       1,812,408  

Westlake Corp.(b)

    21,818       2,530,451  
   

 

 

 
      199,021,318  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%  

Brink’s Co.

    13,831       923,911  
 

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Cintas Corp.

    32,330     $ 14,958,444  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    31,950       4,554,792  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    271,946       20,453,059  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    13,323       1,778,621  

Republic Services, Inc.

    71,710       9,696,626  

Rollins, Inc.

    146,791       5,509,066  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    19,218       2,823,316  

Waste Management, Inc.

    139,125       22,701,026  
   

 

 

 
      83,398,861  
Communications Equipment — 0.4%  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    157,203       26,388,096  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    36,158       1,937,707  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    58,408       16,712,281  
   

 

 

 
      45,038,084  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%  

AECOM

    47,768       4,027,798  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    30,193       4,909,080  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    90,657       15,107,082  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    13,554       4,327,521  
   

 

 

 
      28,371,481  
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    23,391       3,432,629  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    49,775       8,539,399  
   

 

 

 
      11,972,028  
Consumer Finance — 0.4%  

American Express Co.

    185,046       30,523,338  

Discover Financial Services

    98,625       9,748,095  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    23,778       2,267,708  

SLM Corp.

    158,887       1,968,610  
   

 

 

 
      44,507,751  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.3%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    48,783       3,710,923  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    23,620       5,112,785  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    186,002       92,418,814  

Dollar General Corp.

    141,807       29,844,701  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    132,407       19,007,025  

Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(c)

    3,194        

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    44,379       2,677,829  

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

    36,210       1,268,436  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    36,397       1,344,505  
   

 

 

 
           155,385,018  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    19,486       2,303,051  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    52,996       2,844,295  

Sonoco Products Co.

    31,496       1,921,256  
   

 

 

 
      7,068,602  
Distributors — 0.1%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    64,285       10,755,524  

Pool Corp.

    15,655       5,360,898  
   

 

 

 
      16,116,422  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    19,430       2,213,077  

H&R Block, Inc.

    98,616       3,476,214  

Service Corp. International

    97,679       6,718,362  
   

 

 

 
      12,407,653  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

Iridium Communications, Inc.

    79,705       4,936,131  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

IDACORP, Inc.

    16,974     $ 1,838,793  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    68,969       2,364,947  

OGE Energy Corp.

    126,950       4,780,937  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    1,019,912       16,491,977  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    33,710       1,641,003  
   

 

 

 
      27,117,657  
Electrical Equipment — 0.2%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.(b)

    10,242       1,871,521  

AMETEK, Inc.

    72,717       10,567,961  

Hubbell, Inc.

    34,058       8,286,652  

nVent Electric PLC

    105,682       4,537,985  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    30,413       420,916  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    6,097       286,193  
   

 

 

 
      25,971,228  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    377,460       30,846,031  

Belden, Inc.

    27,123       2,353,463  

CDW Corp.

    54,174       10,557,971  

Cognex Corp.

    57,152       2,831,882  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    61,373       9,910,512  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    9,760       2,616,558  

National Instruments Corp.

    47,457       2,487,221  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    22,642       3,602,116  
   

 

 

 
      65,205,754  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%  

ChampionX Corp.

    126,451       3,430,616  

NOV, Inc.

    248,851       4,606,232  

Schlumberger NV

    478,443       23,491,551  

Valaris Ltd.(a)

    38,206       2,485,682  
   

 

 

 
      34,014,081  
Entertainment — 0.3%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    266,218       22,785,599  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    112,991       13,609,766  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    27,475       2,507,368  
   

 

 

 
      38,902,733  
Financial Services — 3.9%  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    14,642       1,638,440  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    278,692       31,500,557  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    24,744       5,217,272  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    46,869       7,064,096  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    535,864       194,738,336  

Visa, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,032,042       232,684,189  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    27,647       5,084,007  
   

 

 

 
           477,926,897  
Food Products — 1.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    170,253       13,562,354  

Bunge Ltd.

    39,045       3,729,578  

Campbell Soup Co.

    75,065       4,127,074  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    101,794       5,944,770  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    76,690       2,102,073  

General Mills, Inc.

    255,328       21,820,331  

Hershey Co.

    93,214       23,714,574  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    132,051       5,266,194  

Kellogg Co.

    89,180       5,971,493  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    91,118       9,523,653  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    12,591       2,554,462  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    80,961       6,736,765  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    467,220       32,574,578  
   

 

 

 
      137,627,899  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    56,130     $ 6,306,767  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    40,648       2,347,016  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    39,617       2,107,624  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    34,289       2,716,717  

Spire, Inc.

    16,298       1,143,142  
   

 

 

 
      14,621,266  
Ground Transportation — 0.8%  

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

    15,811       3,079,983  

CSX Corp.

    638,852       19,127,229  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    53,180       9,330,963  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    50,892       2,879,469  

Landstar System, Inc.

    22,789       4,085,156  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    57,544       19,613,297  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,586       2,608,159  

Union Pacific Corp.

    194,196       39,083,887  
   

 

 

 
      99,808,143  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.7%  

Abbott Laboratories

    575,765       58,301,964  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b)

    483,415       24,185,252  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    245,296       28,498,489  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    49,121       2,782,213  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    32,071       2,653,875  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    156,591       12,636,894  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    25,791       12,897,563  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)

    30,662       1,893,072  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    44,060       14,053,378  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    108,849       27,807,654  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    43,678       3,606,056  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    19,374       3,575,278  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,206       4,237,760  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    18,731       1,668,745  

ResMed, Inc.

    50,236       11,001,182  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,944       4,974,948  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)(b)

    20,851       1,333,421  
   

 

 

 
           216,107,744  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    33,427       2,415,101  

Chemed Corp.

    6,410       3,446,977  

Cigna Group

    93,206       23,816,929  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    151,623       69,717,772  

Encompass Health Corp.

    29,067       1,572,525  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    72,725       19,176,128  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    53,627       3,148,441  

Humana, Inc.

    50,696       24,610,880  

McKesson Corp.

    40,113       14,282,234  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    36,999       9,896,862  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    106,451       3,381,948  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,698       568,460  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    46,656       6,600,891  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    593,424       280,446,248  
   

 

 

 
      463,081,396  
Health Care REITs — 0.0%  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    72,689       1,992,406  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%  

Aramark

    67,841       2,428,708  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    29,783       1,909,686  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    17,510       29,912,158  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    10,396       1,218,307  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    20,918       5,376,972  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    10,359       3,417,123  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,716     $ 1,142,562  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    81,447       11,473,439  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)

    27,446       1,648,132  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    86,922       14,432,529  

McDonald’s Corp.

    288,410       80,642,320  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    9,205       689,731  

Starbucks Corp.

    372,909       38,831,014  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    42,444       4,586,499  

Wendy’s Co.

    108,103       2,354,484  

Wingstop, Inc.

    19,004       3,488,754  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    29,199       1,981,152  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    113,477       14,988,042  
   

 

 

 
           220,521,612  
Household Durables — 0.1%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    99,407       9,711,070  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    108,588       4,288,140  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    10,786       2,244,998  
   

 

 

 
      16,244,208  
Household Products — 1.3%  

Clorox Co.

    35,182       5,567,200  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    292,495       21,980,999  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    102,609       13,772,180  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    824,088       122,533,645  
   

 

 

 
      163,854,024  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    254,003       6,116,392  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.(b)

    19,669       1,667,341  
   

 

 

 
      7,783,733  
Industrial REITs — 0.1%  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    15,230       2,517,823  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    42,819       2,277,971  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    68,643       4,094,555  
   

 

 

 
      8,890,349  
Insurance — 1.9%  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    19,900       2,417,850  

Aon PLC, Class A

    86,099       27,146,154  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    234,581       15,921,012  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    86,438       16,536,454  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    88,117       5,059,678  

Chubb Ltd.

    150,417       29,207,973  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    14,386       5,150,476  

Globe Life, Inc.

    40,104       4,412,242  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    13,297       1,708,664  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    13,690       4,109,053  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    201,208       33,511,192  

Primerica, Inc.

    16,498       2,841,616  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    87,298       6,487,987  

Progressive Corp.

    371,482       53,144,215  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    15,514       3,108,075  

RLI Corp.

    25,615       3,404,490  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    38,190       3,640,653  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    79,477       13,623,153  

W R Berkley Corp.

    129,246       8,046,856  
   

 

 

 
      239,477,793  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.0%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,782,778       392,387,562  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    3,297,647       342,955,288  
   

 

 

 
      735,342,850  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services — 0.7%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    195,982     $ 56,013,616  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    24,867       7,435,233  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    50,181       16,347,464  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    28,689       6,062,846  
   

 

 

 
      85,859,159  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Brunswick Corp.

    27,220       2,232,040  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    18,476       2,044,000  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    30,187       1,207,480  
   

 

 

 
      5,483,520  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.6%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    112,813       15,606,550  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    48,247       3,579,445  

Bruker Corp.

    37,552       2,960,600  

Danaher Corp.

    416,302       104,924,756  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    56,681       11,273,284  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)

    16,001       3,008,988  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    9,116       13,949,394  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    32,796       5,521,535  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    249,092       143,569,156  

Waters Corp.(a)

    37,712       11,676,767  
   

 

 

 
           316,070,475  
Machinery — 1.6%  

AGCO Corp.

    20,388       2,756,458  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    198,253       45,368,216  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,949       1,498,405  

Crane NXT Co.

    15,141       1,718,503  

Cummins, Inc.

    46,068       11,004,724  

Deere & Co.

    171,745       70,910,076  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    49,749       3,250,600  

Graco, Inc.

    69,552       5,077,991  

IDEX Corp.

    27,287       6,304,116  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    89,921       21,891,267  

ITT, Inc.

    24,180       2,086,734  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    36,627       6,193,626  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    16,441       2,410,415  

Snap-on, Inc.

    19,196       4,739,300  

Timken Co.

    20,538       1,678,365  

Toro Co.

    66,177       7,356,235  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    9,024       1,518,920  
   

 

 

 
      195,763,951  
Media — 0.0%  

New York Times Co., Class A

    52,304       2,033,580  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    23,934       4,132,444  
   

 

 

 
      6,166,024  
Metals & Mining — 0.8%  

Commercial Metals Co.

    41,629       2,035,658  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    909,041       37,188,867  

MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    58,628       1,652,723  

Nucor Corp.

    160,333       24,766,639  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    37,252       9,564,078  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    41,646       5,401,903  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    105,931       11,976,559  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    9,403       607,904  
   

 

 

 
      93,194,331  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    295,822       5,653,158  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%  

Black Hills Corp.

    21,445       1,353,179  
Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)  

Sempra Energy

    120,210     $ 18,170,944  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    103,863       9,845,174  
   

 

 

 
      29,369,297  
Office REITs — 0.0%  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    37,026       877,887  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.9%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    212,720       2,231,433  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    175,171       4,044,698  

APA Corp.

    204,000       7,356,240  

Chevron Corp.

    1,129,845       184,345,510  

Chord Energy Corp.

    20,083       2,703,172  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    106,899       1,712,522  

ConocoPhillips

    777,296       77,115,536  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    499,495       12,257,607  

Devon Energy Corp.

    415,147       21,010,590  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    117,016       15,817,053  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    61,350       3,028,850  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    373,426       42,805,822  

EQT Corp.

    232,097       7,406,215  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    126,106       728,893  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2,615,425       286,807,506  

Hess Corp.

    176,126       23,308,515  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    37,500       1,814,250  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    401,428       9,618,215  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    138,788       18,712,786  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    71,296       3,397,255  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    92,785       3,431,189  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    462,866       28,896,724  

ONEOK, Inc.

    283,271       17,999,039  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    72,403       3,139,394  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    58,523       3,756,006  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    151,201       30,881,292  

Range Resources Corp.

    153,337       4,058,830  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    700,224       3,501,120  

Targa Resources Corp.

    143,765       10,487,657  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    775,114       23,144,904  
   

 

 

 
           855,518,823  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    45,524       2,467,856  
   

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.0%  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,188       1,196,392  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.1%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    1,350,369       93,594,075  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    500,885       172,013,927  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    39,880       5,835,640  

Johnson & Johnson

    1,029,518       159,575,290  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,610,281       171,317,796  

Pfizer, Inc.

    3,565,132       145,457,386  
   

 

 

 
      747,794,114  
Professional Services — 1.2%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    263,164       58,588,201  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    35,857       5,255,561  

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

    9,516       2,819,400  

Concentrix Corp.

    26,915       3,271,518  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    257,840       17,752,284  

Equifax, Inc.

    38,208       7,750,111  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    21,012       3,400,372  

Exponent, Inc.

    22,246       2,217,704  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,865       4,315,058  

Genpact Ltd.

    61,055       2,821,962  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)  

Insperity, Inc.

    22,640     $ 2,751,892  

KBR, Inc.

    87,044       4,791,772  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    56,279       5,181,045  

Paychex, Inc.

    116,094       13,303,211  

Science Applications International Corp.

    23,388       2,513,274  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.(b)

    45,689       8,765,892  
   

 

 

 
      145,499,257  
Retail REITs — 0.1%  

Agree Realty Corp.

    38,891       2,668,312  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    93,361       2,009,129  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    62,809       2,773,017  
   

 

 

 
      7,450,458  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.7%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    552,842       54,184,044  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,076       771,487  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    63,696       1,657,370  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    151,070       29,794,025  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    535,455       65,769,938  

Broadcom, Inc.

    159,245       102,162,037  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    34,934       3,821,081  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    86,317       18,150,739  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    62,907       13,682,272  

KLA Corp.

    87,886       35,081,455  

Lam Research Corp.

    85,694       45,428,103  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    87,030       8,311,365  

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

    32,439       2,297,979  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    171,151       14,339,031  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    28,555       14,292,920  

NVIDIA Corp.

    1,562,397       433,987,015  

NXP Semiconductors NV(b)

    97,116       18,109,706  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    274,352       22,584,657  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    36,324       3,074,463  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    708,159       90,346,925  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    10,549       1,847,024  

SiTime Corp.(a)(b)

    5,525       785,821  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,482       10,784,754  

Teradyne, Inc.

    48,609       5,225,954  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    362,597       67,446,668  

Universal Display Corp.

    17,404       2,699,883  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    35,518       2,306,894  
   

 

 

 
        1,068,943,610  
Software — 9.5%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    136,655       52,662,737  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    75,424       15,700,260  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    13,053       904,573  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    174,224       36,602,720  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    18,954       1,075,450  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    137,303       5,807,917  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,413       552,261  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    16,024       11,259,905  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    411,786       27,367,297  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    194,637       3,339,971  

Intuit, Inc.

    94,563       42,159,022  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    23,016       3,564,028  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,742,073       790,539,646  

Oracle Corp.

    575,897       53,512,349  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    30,704       9,334,323  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    26,155       5,199,091  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    67,944       8,712,459  

Qualys, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,956       2,854,719  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    128,929       59,915,885  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    96,804     $ 37,390,545  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    29,829       1,201,512  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    12,428       4,407,466  
   

 

 

 
        1,174,064,136  
Specialized REITs — 0.9%  

American Tower Corp.

    156,662       32,012,313  

CubeSmart

    76,833       3,551,221  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    42,617       6,943,588  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    116,306       6,153,751  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    31,044       3,100,985  

Life Storage, Inc.

    32,982       4,323,610  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    25,291       1,056,658  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    29,234       1,447,083  

Public Storage

    62,222       18,799,755  

Rayonier, Inc.

    51,140       1,700,916  

SBA Communications Corp.

    38,403       10,025,871  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    364,290       11,883,140  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    266,228       8,021,450  
   

 

 

 
      109,020,341  
Specialty Retail — 2.5%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    10,008       1,344,675  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    11,945       29,362,602  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    19,049       2,702,863  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,353       5,015,987  

Home Depot, Inc.

    343,073       101,247,704  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    265,000       52,992,050  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    12,691       3,274,912  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    39,556       33,582,253  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    469,686       36,804,595  

Tractor Supply Co.

    70,147       16,487,351  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    32,266       17,606,588  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    20,386       2,480,161  
   

 

 

 
      302,901,741  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 12.7%  

Apple Inc.

    9,445,912       1,557,630,889  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    23,464       2,500,089  
   

 

 

 
      1,560,130,978  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    39,209       4,957,586  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    16,808       7,556,036  
   

 

 

 
      12,513,622  
Tobacco — 0.6%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    589,699       26,312,369  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    531,392       51,677,872  
   

 

 

 
      77,990,241  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.

    178,218       9,613,079  

GATX Corp.

    11,591       1,275,242  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    14,947       1,255,548  

Watsco, Inc.

    21,118       6,718,903  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    28,513       19,640,039  
   

 

 

 
      38,502,811  
Water Utilities — 0.1%  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    151,454       6,610,967  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

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

    255,657       37,029,360  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $9,927,871,648)

 

    12,296,721,139  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 1.0%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(d)(e)(f)

    113,471,356     $ 113,505,398  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(d)(e)

    17,496,613       17,496,613  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.0%
(Cost: $130,976,315)

      131,002,011  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.8%
(Cost: $10,058,847,963)

      12,427,723,150  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.8)%

 

    (104,260,702
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 12,323,462,448  
   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

       Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   58,826,169     $   54,610,758 (a)    $     $ 56,324     $ 12,147     $ 113,505,398       113,471,356     $ 663,645 (b)    $  
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    18,116,000             (619,387 )(a)                   17,496,613       17,496,613       442,612       4  
 

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    35,500,282       7,890,408       (40,836,980     4,263,812       (6,817,522                 733,537        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $   4,320,136     $ (6,805,375   $   131,002,011       $   1,839,794     $ 4  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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

                 

E-mini Technology Select Sector Index

     26          06/16/23        $ 3,993        $ 332,338  

S&P 500 E-mini Index

     93          06/16/23          19,241          1,057,845  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 1,390,183  
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   1,390,183      $      $      $      $   1,390,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (4,567,797    $      $      $      $   (4,567,797
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (46,777    $      $      $      $ (46,777
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 19,560,256  

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 12,296,721,139        $        $        $ 12,296,721,139  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     131,002,011                            131,002,011  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   12,427,723,150        $             —        $             —        $   12,427,723,150  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 1,390,183        $        $        $ 1,390,183  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.5%  

Boeing Co.(a)

    434,935     $ 92,393,242  

General Dynamics Corp.

    82,099       18,735,813  

Hexcel Corp.

    66,040       4,507,230  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    284,374       12,048,926  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    31,003       6,418,241  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    73,378       14,399,699  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    50,905       24,064,321  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    18,586       950,116  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    31,162       14,388,119  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    1,133,040       110,958,607  

Textron, Inc.

    161,166       11,383,155  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    21,309       15,705,798  

Woodward, Inc.

    45,935       4,472,691  
   

 

 

 
           330,425,958  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    41,322       4,106,167  

FedEx Corp.

    179,595       41,035,662  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    93,162       4,700,955  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    564,465       109,500,565  
   

 

 

 
      159,343,349  
Automobile Components — 0.4%  

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    73,038       2,991,636  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    210,042       23,564,612  

Autoliv, Inc.

    40,962       3,824,212  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    181,879       8,932,078  

Dana, Inc.

    104,482       1,572,454  

Gentex Corp.

    96,706       2,710,669  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    226,984       2,501,364  

Lear Corp.

    46,136       6,435,511  
   

 

 

 
      52,532,536  
Automobiles — 0.6%  

Ford Motor Co.

    3,028,228       38,155,673  

General Motors Co.

    1,078,656       39,565,102  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    37,563       1,426,267  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    40,971       3,262,930  
   

 

 

 
      82,409,972  
Banks — 6.8%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    121,001       2,175,598  

Bank of America Corp.

    5,398,138       154,386,747  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    14,963       779,273  

Bank OZK

    87,688       2,998,930  

Cadence Bank

    42,877       890,127  

Cathay General Bancorp

    27,842       961,106  

Citigroup, Inc.

    1,498,013       70,241,830  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    382,913       11,629,068  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    78,840       1,688,753  

Comerica, Inc.

    101,936       4,426,061  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    27,866       1,625,981  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    16,176       1,703,980  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    54,718       3,036,849  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    528,393       14,076,390  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    46,575       1,485,742  

First Horizon Corp.

    139,288       2,476,541  

First Republic Bank(b)

    146,182       2,045,086  

FNB Corp.

    287,999       3,340,788  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    65,208       901,175  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    38,902       1,634,273  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    33,800       1,230,320  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    150,424       3,265,705  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    1,121,488     $ 12,560,666  

International Bancshares Corp.

    15,709       672,659  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,268,618       295,623,612  

KeyCorp

    726,757       9,098,998  

M&T Bank Corp.

    130,925       15,654,702  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    533,708       4,824,720  

Old National Bancorp

    226,546       3,266,793  

PacWest Bancorp(b)

    94,780       922,209  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    60,140       3,317,322  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    310,143       39,419,175  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    71,537       4,400,956  

Regions Financial Corp.

    726,415       13,482,262  

SouthState Corp.

    25,282       1,801,595  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    114,547       3,531,484  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    37,297       1,826,061  

Truist Financial Corp.

    1,029,037       35,090,162  

U.S. Bancorp

    1,077,543       38,845,425  

UMB Financial Corp.

    34,808       2,009,118  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    53,069       1,868,029  

Valley National Bancorp

    325,069       3,003,638  

Webster Financial Corp.

    135,662       5,347,796  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    2,947,128       110,163,645  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    47,950       3,497,952  

Zions Bancorp N.A

    116,939       3,499,984  
   

 

 

 
           900,729,286  
Beverages — 0.8%  

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

    2,241       736,617  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    64,831       4,166,688  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,053,582       65,353,692  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    3,514       1,880,271  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    55,072       12,440,214  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    327,823       11,565,595  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    145,976       7,544,040  
   

 

 

 
      103,687,117  
Biotechnology — 0.1%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    42,027       1,067,486  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    58,846       16,360,953  
   

 

 

 
      17,428,439  
Broadline Retail — 3.1%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    3,723,399       384,589,883  

eBay, Inc.

    418,222       18,556,510  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,380       4,606,835  

Kohl’s Corp.

    89,048       2,096,190  

Macy’s, Inc.

    212,809       3,722,030  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    90,223       1,467,928  

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

    22,655       1,312,631  
   

 

 

 
      416,352,007  
Building Products — 0.9%  

A O Smith Corp.

    99,097       6,852,558  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(b)

    11,172       940,794  

Allegion PLC

    68,274       7,286,884  

Carrier Global Corp.

    645,035       29,510,351  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    100,096       5,878,638  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    530,869       31,968,931  

Lennox International, Inc.

    9,366       2,353,489  

Masco Corp.

    49,932       2,482,619  

Owens Corning

    32,815       3,143,677  

Trane Technologies PLC

    177,171       32,595,921  

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

    39,375       1,916,381  
   

 

 

 
      124,930,243  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets — 4.7%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    9,785     $ 1,393,580  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    569,940       25,898,074  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    115,823       77,499,486  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    26,413       3,545,681  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    483,679       25,335,106  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    278,148       53,270,905  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    13,643       1,574,129  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    11,919       4,947,458  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    20,017       803,482  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    221,728       5,973,352  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    261,913       85,674,362  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    34,804       2,873,418  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    433,246       45,183,225  

Invesco Ltd.

    354,004       5,805,666  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    106,410       2,834,762  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    15,100       5,908,479  

Moody’s Corp.

    64,406       19,709,524  

Morgan Stanley

    1,010,487       88,720,759  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    26,506       14,835,143  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    95,226       5,206,006  

Northern Trust Corp.

    160,640       14,157,203  

S&P Global, Inc.

    254,616       87,783,958  

State Street Corp.

    269,421       20,392,476  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    81,180       4,796,926  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    173,457       19,583,295  
   

 

 

 
           623,706,455  
Chemicals — 2.1%  

Ashland, Inc.

    12,535       1,287,470  

Avient Corp.

    65,257       2,685,978  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    94,238       2,854,469  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    77,379       8,425,799  

Chemours Co.

    49,546       1,483,407  

Corteva, Inc.

    171,191       10,324,529  

Dow, Inc.

    545,101       29,882,437  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    353,992       25,406,006  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    93,119       7,853,656  

Ecolab, Inc.

    191,963       31,775,635  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    197,830       18,192,447  

Linde PLC

    148,563       52,805,233  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    195,850       18,388,356  

NewMarket Corp.

    2,400       875,952  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    182,308       24,352,703  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    30,888       2,154,129  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    32,094       2,457,117  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    182,345       40,985,686  

Valvoline, Inc.

    72,966       2,549,432  
   

 

 

 
      284,740,441  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%  

Brink’s Co.

    18,788       1,255,039  

Cintas Corp.

    27,309       12,635,328  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    12,670       1,691,445  

Republic Services, Inc.

    71,522       9,671,205  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    73,912       3,223,302  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    17,396       2,555,646  

Waste Management, Inc.

    117,783       19,218,652  
   

 

 

 
      50,250,617  
Communications Equipment — 1.6%  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    115,675       6,075,251  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    3,177,309       166,093,828  

F5, Inc.(a)

    46,573       6,785,220  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    251,715       8,664,030  
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,051     $ 2,811,275  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    58,044       16,608,130  
   

 

 

 
           207,037,734  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

AECOM

    49,049       4,135,812  

Fluor Corp.(a)

    108,466       3,352,684  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    46,329       4,375,311  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    159,525       4,862,322  
   

 

 

 
      16,726,129  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    47,875       16,998,497  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    42,316       7,259,733  
   

 

 

 
      24,258,230  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%  

American Express Co.

    234,834       38,735,868  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    294,329       28,302,677  

Discover Financial Services

    86,732       8,572,591  

Navient Corp.

    80,740       1,291,032  

Synchrony Financial

    338,022       9,829,680  
   

 

 

 
      86,731,848  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.8%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    44,329       3,372,107  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    116,680       57,974,792  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    68,470       1,934,962  

Kroger Co.

    505,150       24,939,255  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)(b)

    65,358       3,943,702  

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

    37,163       1,301,820  

Sysco Corp.

    392,558       30,317,254  

Target Corp.

    356,017       58,967,096  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    114,457       4,228,042  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    553,385       19,136,053  

Walmart, Inc.

    1,084,600       159,924,270  
   

 

 

 
      366,039,353  
Containers & Packaging — 0.6%  

Amcor PLC

    1,149,433       13,080,547  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    26,405       3,120,807  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    62,505       11,184,020  

Ball Corp.

    242,093       13,341,745  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    19,798       1,254,599  

International Paper Co.

    275,029       9,917,546  

Packaging Corp. of America

    71,608       9,941,339  

Sealed Air Corp.

    112,922       5,184,249  

Sonoco Products Co.

    36,472       2,224,792  

Westrock Co.

    197,709       6,024,193  
   

 

 

 
      75,273,837  
Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    30,833       5,158,669  

LKQ Corp.

    196,142       11,133,020  

Pool Corp.

    11,029       3,776,771  
   

 

 

 
      20,068,460  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    2,935       1,748,790  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%  

AT&T Inc.

    5,512,983       106,124,923  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    174,812       3,980,469  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    3,248,299       126,326,348  
   

 

 

 
      236,431,740  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 3.7%  

ALLETE, Inc.

    43,634     $ 2,808,721  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    193,925       10,355,595  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    397,431       36,162,247  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    253,590       19,906,815  

Duke Energy Corp.

    595,533       57,451,069  

Edison International

    296,481       20,928,594  

Entergy Corp.

    156,931       16,907,746  

Evergy, Inc.

    177,255       10,833,826  

Eversource Energy

    270,118       21,139,435  

Exelon Corp.

    768,581       32,195,858  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    418,839       16,778,690  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    87,786       3,370,982  

IDACORP, Inc.

    18,140       1,965,106  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    1,536,928       118,466,410  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    93,216       3,196,377  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    87,977       6,971,297  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    24,902       1,212,229  

Portland General Electric Co.

    68,153       3,332,000  

PPL Corp.

    567,871       15,781,135  

Southern Co.

    842,011       58,587,125  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    423,262       28,544,789  
   

 

 

 
           486,896,046  
Electrical Equipment — 1.1%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    12,264       2,241,001  

AMETEK, Inc.

    88,570       12,871,878  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    307,586       52,701,785  

Emerson Electric Co.

    441,939       38,510,564  

EnerSys

    31,178       2,708,745  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    49,655       5,363,236  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    51,588       7,259,979  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    88,580       25,993,801  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    28,669       396,779  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    162,677       3,277,942  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    9,707       455,647  
   

 

 

 
      151,781,357  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    45,282       5,654,363  

Avnet, Inc.

    69,853       3,157,356  

CDW Corp.

    38,942       7,589,406  

Cognex Corp.

    63,377       3,140,330  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    105,864       4,031,301  

Corning, Inc.

    590,801       20,843,459  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    24,549       3,027,137  

Jabil, Inc.

    103,049       9,084,800  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    63,507       10,255,110  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    7,275       1,950,355  

National Instruments Corp.

    41,873       2,194,564  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    32,097       3,106,669  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    244,756       32,099,750  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    36,143       16,168,933  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    190,786       10,001,002  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    100,218       2,266,931  

Vontier Corp.

    122,201       3,340,975  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    39,918       12,693,924  
   

 

 

 
      150,606,365  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    776,811       22,418,765  

Halliburton Co.

    699,237       22,123,859  

Schlumberger NV

    516,327       25,351,656  
   

 

 

 
      69,894,280  
Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment — 2.5%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    225,231     $ 19,277,521  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    65,104       7,841,777  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    110,850       7,759,500  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    344,448       118,999,895  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    122,803       14,650,398  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    1,412,895       141,473,176  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,712,855       25,864,111  
   

 

 

 
      335,866,378  
Financial Services — 4.4%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    1,393,499       430,270,686  

Essent Group Ltd.

    85,568       3,426,998  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,341       2,052,358  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    459,456       24,962,245  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    152,923       17,284,887  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    27,154       5,725,421  

Global Payments, Inc.

    203,085       21,372,665  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    225,110       3,020,976  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    875,033       66,450,006  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    75,134       5,369,076  

Western Union Co.

    262,962       2,932,026  
   

 

 

 
           582,867,344  
Food Products — 1.2%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    215,791       17,189,911  

Bunge Ltd.

    68,440       6,537,389  

Campbell Soup Co.

    62,849       3,455,438  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    368,630       13,845,743  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    54,267       1,487,459  

General Mills, Inc.

    146,461       12,516,557  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    61,873       2,467,495  

Ingredion, Inc.

    51,410       5,229,939  

J M Smucker Co.

    82,173       12,931,565  

Kellogg Co.

    89,684       6,005,241  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    617,038       23,860,859  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    95,239       7,924,837  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    484,441       33,775,227  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    37,969       880,121  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    41,525       3,731,852  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    220,901       13,103,847  
   

 

 

 
      164,943,480  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    42,837       4,813,165  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    20,955       1,209,942  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    25,707       1,367,612  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    50,266       3,139,112  

Spire, Inc.

    20,446       1,434,083  

UGI Corp.

    163,250       5,674,570  
   

 

 

 
      17,638,484  
Ground Transportation — 1.0%  

CSX Corp.

    847,303       25,368,252  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    125,220       2,039,834  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    61,336       3,470,391  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    176,173       37,348,676  

Ryder System, Inc.

    38,370       3,424,139  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,676       2,360,566  

Union Pacific Corp.

    236,623       47,622,745  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    45,483       2,069,022  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    87,904       2,804,137  
   

 

 

 
      126,507,762  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    647,295       65,545,092  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    56,089     $ 18,741,578  

Baxter International, Inc.

    391,441       15,876,847  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    219,577       54,354,090  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    522,026       26,116,961  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    38,079       14,217,175  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    168,182       6,606,189  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)(b)

    478,181       39,559,914  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    36,373       1,945,592  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    127,726       5,221,439  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    281,298       23,074,875  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,371       2,535,600  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    32,602       16,303,608  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    55,458       3,183,844  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    138,206       35,307,487  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    40,850       1,780,243  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    13,665       2,521,739  

Medtronic PLC

    1,028,800       82,941,856  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    164,980       3,055,430  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    34,073       1,999,063  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    10,728       2,989,786  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    18,375       1,637,029  

ResMed, Inc.

    52,028       11,393,612  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    11,769       752,627  

STERIS PLC

    76,785       14,687,435  

Stryker Corp.

    260,763       74,440,014  

Teleflex, Inc.

    36,316       9,199,206  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    162,859       21,041,383  
   

 

 

 
      557,029,714  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    29,167       2,107,316  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    26,400       1,941,720  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    124,854       19,990,374  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    199,263       15,044,357  

Centene Corp.(a)(b)

    425,818       26,915,956  

Chemed Corp.

    3,632       1,953,108  

Cigna Group

    117,817       30,105,778  

CVS Health Corp.

    993,169       73,802,388  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,966       3,403,862  

Encompass Health Corp.

    41,125       2,224,863  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    75,752       19,974,287  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

    105,034       8,564,472  

Humana, Inc.

    34,803       16,895,464  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    68,323       15,674,663  

McKesson Corp.

    57,069       20,319,417  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    69,571       1,862,416  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,182       1,162,166  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    29,554       4,181,300  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    104,924       1,573,860  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    84,757       5,036,261  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    49,908       6,343,307  
   

 

 

 
           279,077,335  
Health Care REITs — 0.5%  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    297,316       5,747,118  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    424,711       9,330,901  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    467,112       3,839,661  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    91,166       2,498,860  

Physicians Realty Trust

    176,548       2,635,862  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    176,327       2,027,760  

Ventas, Inc.

    308,045       13,353,751  

Welltower, Inc.

    364,360       26,120,968  
   

 

 

 
      65,554,881  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    553,237     $ 9,122,878  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    177,812       2,197,756  
   

 

 

 
      11,320,634  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%  

Aramark

    119,384       4,273,947  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    29,995       79,559,038  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    24,831       1,592,164  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    166,443       8,124,083  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    779,326       7,910,159  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.(b)

    8,664       1,015,334  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    94,127       14,604,745  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    14,944       4,929,577  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    114,335       11,093,925  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)(b)

    30,207       1,342,097  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    107,165       15,096,334  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    253,373       14,556,279  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)

    38,623       2,319,311  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    101,662       16,879,958  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    29,250       3,944,655  

McDonald’s Corp.

    215,264       60,189,967  

MGM Resorts International

    243,361       10,810,096  

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

    329,897       4,437,115  

Papa John’s International, Inc.(b)

    13,505       1,011,930  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    118,419       3,512,307  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    169,886       11,093,556  

Starbucks Corp.

    436,266       45,428,379  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    62,043       2,432,086  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    32,365       2,195,965  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    80,175       8,972,384  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    78,380       10,352,430  
   

 

 

 
           347,677,821  
Household Durables — 0.7%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    121,072       11,827,524  

Garmin Ltd.

    118,437       11,952,662  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    18,312       1,742,753  

KB Home

    63,141       2,537,005  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    101,205       3,226,415  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    196,088       20,610,810  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    40,251       4,033,955  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    287,328       3,574,360  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    2,355       13,122,508  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    174,307       10,158,612  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)

    82,712       3,164,561  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    79,533       4,774,366  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    11,467       2,386,741  

Whirlpool Corp.

    42,484       5,608,738  
   

 

 

 
      98,721,010  
Household Products — 1.4%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    188,050       16,625,500  

Clorox Co.

    52,672       8,334,817  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    291,457       21,902,994  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    51,376       1,782,747  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    135,331       18,164,127  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    821,082       122,086,683  
   

 

 

 
      188,896,868  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    213,485       5,140,719  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    16,650       1,411,420  
   

 

 

 
      6,552,139  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%  

3M Co.

    425,768     $ 44,752,475  

General Electric Co.(b)

    842,484       80,541,470  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    516,764       98,763,936  
   

 

 

 
           224,057,881  
Industrial REITs — 0.7%  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    14,965       2,474,014  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    49,434       2,629,889  

Prologis, Inc.

    713,930       89,077,046  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    63,175       3,768,388  
   

 

 

 
      97,949,337  
Insurance — 2.6%  

Aflac, Inc.

    433,027       27,938,902  

Allstate Corp.

    203,405       22,539,308  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    29,382       3,569,913  

American International Group, Inc.

    574,914       28,952,669  

Aon PLC, Class A

    54,013       17,029,759  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    58,612       11,213,062  

Assurant, Inc.

    34,810       4,179,637  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    55,294       2,439,018  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    75,830       4,354,159  

Chubb Ltd.

    138,202       26,836,064  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    121,261       13,590,933  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    91,585       2,032,271  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    12,944       4,634,211  

First American Financial Corp.

    77,790       4,329,791  

Globe Life, Inc.

    21,798       2,398,216  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    11,128       1,429,948  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    243,713       16,984,359  

Kemper Corp.

    49,474       2,704,249  

Lincoln National Corp.

    121,860       2,738,194  

Loews Corp.

    150,392       8,725,744  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    137,679       22,930,437  

MetLife, Inc.

    509,958       29,546,967  

Old Republic International Corp.

    213,343       5,327,175  

Primerica, Inc.

    8,721       1,502,105  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    69,220       5,144,430  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    285,239       23,600,675  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    51,930       6,894,227  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    14,677       2,940,390  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    82,222       14,093,673  

Unum Group

    145,981       5,775,008  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    82,569       19,187,384  
   

 

 

 
      345,562,878  
Interactive Media & Services — 2.8%  

Match Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    216,208       8,300,225  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,721,462       364,846,656  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    79,986       1,588,522  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)

    36,026       2,811,830  
   

 

 

 
      377,547,233  
IT Services — 1.6%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    248,399       70,994,918  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    121,513       9,514,468  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    393,672       23,986,435  

DXC Technology Co.(a)(b)

    180,274       4,607,803  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    14,416       4,310,384  

International Business Machines Corp.

    699,272       91,667,567  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    158,368       2,337,512  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    36,534       7,720,730  
   

 

 

 
      215,139,817  
Security   Shares     Value  
Leisure Products — 0.1%  

Brunswick Corp.

    22,686     $ 1,860,252  

Hasbro, Inc.

    101,396       5,443,951  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    277,123       5,101,835  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    19,975       2,209,834  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)(b)

    107,230       2,318,313  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    29,623       1,184,920  
   

 

 

 
      18,119,105  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.0%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    91,308       12,631,549  

Azenta, Inc.(a)

    53,450       2,384,939  

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

    16,755       8,025,980  

Bio-Techne Corp.(b)

    63,833       4,735,770  

Bruker Corp.

    31,312       2,468,638  

Charles River Laboratories International,
Inc.(a)

    39,427       7,957,157  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    121,912       28,350,636  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    75,116       14,939,821  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    5,968       9,132,293  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    97,335       12,970,862  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    75,379       1,350,038  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    78,561       2,798,343  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    57,198       19,817,391  
   

 

 

 
           127,563,417  
Machinery — 2.4%  

AGCO Corp.

    22,680       3,066,336  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    161,002       36,843,698  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,778       2,229,361  

Crane NXT Co.

    18,214       2,067,289  

Cummins, Inc.

    53,805       12,852,938  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    33,646       2,198,430  

Dover Corp.

    108,231       16,444,618  

Esab Corp.

    39,443       2,329,898  

Flowserve Corp.

    104,570       3,555,380  

Fortive Corp.

    272,829       18,598,753  

Graco, Inc.

    45,042       3,288,517  

IDEX Corp.

    25,310       5,847,369  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    105,205       25,612,157  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    314,480       18,296,446  

ITT, Inc.

    34,079       2,941,018  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    21,392       3,136,281  

Nordson Corp.

    41,584       9,242,460  

Oshkosh Corp.

    51,227       4,261,062  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    320,870       27,081,428  

PACCAR, Inc.

    403,728       29,552,890  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    99,040       33,288,334  

Pentair PLC

    128,471       7,100,592  

Snap-on, Inc.

    17,453       4,308,971  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    114,579       9,232,776  

Terex Corp.

    51,521       2,492,586  

Timken Co.

    25,768       2,105,761  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    10,004       1,683,873  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    140,244       14,173,059  

Xylem, Inc.

    140,152       14,673,914  
   

 

 

 
      318,506,195  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    46,299       3,227,040  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.6%  

Cable One, Inc.

    3,680       2,583,360  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    81,455       29,129,123  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    3,253,496       123,340,033  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    201,604       1,880,965  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    229,648       7,819,514  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)  

Fox Corp., Class B

    106,614     $ 3,338,084  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    300,451       11,188,795  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    32,777       1,270,764  

New York Times Co., Class A

    62,830       2,442,830  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    298,776       5,159,862  

News Corp., Class B

    90,495       1,577,328  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    157,296       14,839,305  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    392,782       8,762,967  

TEGNA, Inc.

    170,313       2,879,993  
   

 

 

 
           216,212,923  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%  

Alcoa Corp.

    138,012       5,873,791  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    401,672       7,362,648  

Commercial Metals Co.

    39,416       1,927,442  

Newmont Corp.

    614,550       30,125,241  

United States Steel Corp.

    175,270       4,574,547  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    11,799       762,805  
   

 

 

 
      50,626,474  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    217,438       3,846,478  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 1.4%  

Ameren Corp.

    199,348       17,221,674  

Black Hills Corp.

    23,856       1,505,313  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    485,567       14,304,804  

CMS Energy Corp.

    226,084       13,877,036  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    274,978       26,307,145  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    644,478       36,032,765  

DTE Energy Co.

    149,391       16,364,290  

NiSource, Inc.

    314,648       8,797,558  

NorthWestern Corp.

    44,566       2,578,589  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    386,973       24,166,464  

Sempra Energy

    97,807       14,784,506  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    116,897       11,080,667  
   

 

 

 
      187,020,811  
Office REITs — 0.3%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    122,345       15,365,309  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    110,760       5,994,331  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    41,184       976,473  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    115,601       2,471,549  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    134,189       1,654,550  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    84,697       1,964,123  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    84,468       2,736,763  

Vornado Realty Trust

    122,972       1,890,080  
   

 

 

 
      33,053,178  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%  

Chord Energy Corp.

    7,752       1,043,419  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    197,085       1,139,151  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    59,971       2,901,397  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    1,532,362       26,831,659  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    182,374       24,589,487  

PetroCorp Escrow(a)(d)

    190        

Phillips 66

    360,416       36,538,974  

Valero Energy Corp.

    294,397       41,097,821  
   

 

 

 
      134,141,908  
Passenger Airlines — 0.4%  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    99,974       4,194,909  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    505,911       7,462,187  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    497,888       17,386,249  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    256,920       1,870,378  
Security   Shares     Value  
Passenger Airlines (continued)  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    457,628     $ 14,891,215  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    252,832       11,187,816  
   

 

 

 
      56,992,754  
Personal Care Products — 0.4%  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    61,006       2,074,204  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    288,440       3,478,586  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    179,189       44,162,921  
   

 

 

 
      49,715,711  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    140,217       9,213,659  

Johnson & Johnson

    768,396       119,101,380  

Organon & Co.

    198,750       4,674,600  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    102,795       3,687,257  

Viatris, Inc.

    937,197       9,015,835  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    360,472       59,996,960  
   

 

 

 
           205,689,691  
Professional Services — 0.6%  

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    38,104       3,150,058  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    47,644       6,983,181  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,463       1,914,858  

Equifax, Inc.

    48,317       9,800,620  

Exponent, Inc.

    12,159       1,212,131  

Genpact Ltd.

    55,334       2,557,537  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    98,463       11,570,387  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    36,518       3,361,847  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    38,602       3,185,823  

Maximus, Inc.

    46,228       3,638,144  

Paychex, Inc.

    106,376       12,189,626  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    84,538       6,811,227  

Science Applications International Corp.

    13,892       1,492,834  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    65,186       12,506,586  
   

 

 

 
      80,374,859  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    245,197       17,852,793  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    37,030       5,387,495  
   

 

 

 
      23,240,288  
Residential REITs — 0.7%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    114,011       4,082,734  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    108,628       18,256,021  

Camden Property Trust

    85,552       8,969,272  

Equity Residential

    264,537       15,872,220  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    50,030       10,463,274  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    170,867       2,738,998  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    447,777       13,984,076  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    88,952       13,435,310  

UDR, Inc.

    240,218       9,863,351  
   

 

 

 
      97,665,256  
Retail REITs — 0.7%  

Agree Realty Corp.

    21,261       1,458,717  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    116,754       2,512,546  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    57,014       5,634,694  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    478,039       9,336,102  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    167,247       3,498,807  

Macerich Co.

    171,796       1,821,038  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    67,058       2,960,611  

Realty Income Corp.

    485,061       30,714,062  

Regency Centers Corp.

    119,574       7,315,537  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    253,213       28,352,260  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    109,791       4,374,073  
   

 

 

 
      97,978,447  
 

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.5%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    573,633     $ 56,221,770  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    30,279       1,453,089  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    207,773       40,976,991  

Broadcom, Inc.

    129,283       82,940,216  

Intel Corp.

    3,199,670       104,533,219  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    216,078       18,103,015  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    843,939       50,923,279  

MKS Instruments, Inc.(b)

    44,882       3,977,443  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    81,934       15,278,643  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    77,251       7,846,384  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,934       2,089,524  

SiTime Corp.(a)(b)

    5,658       804,737  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    122,728       14,479,450  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    30,425       3,381,739  

Teradyne, Inc.

    62,050       6,670,996  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    259,326       48,237,229  

Universal Display Corp.

    12,264       1,902,514  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    52,140       3,386,493  
   

 

 

 
      463,206,731  
Software — 8.5%  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    85,790       2,314,614  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    187,657       72,317,378  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    67,312       22,401,434  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,819       5,222,584  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    74,989       15,609,710  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    18,383       1,273,942  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    119,223       8,729,508  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    12,873       730,414  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    5,825       341,753  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    206,541       3,544,244  

Intuit, Inc.

    102,115       45,525,930  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    21,013       3,253,863  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,418,030       697,118,049  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    111,276       2,625,001  

Oracle Corp.

    487,342       45,283,819  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    82,027       36,148,479  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    773,430       154,515,845  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    41,974       1,690,713  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    17,247       6,116,476  
   

 

 

 
        1,124,763,756  
Specialized REITs — 1.7%  

American Tower Corp.

    169,252       34,584,954  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    334,780       44,806,955  

CubeSmart

    81,609       3,771,968  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    223,010       21,924,113  

EPR Properties

    60,309       2,297,773  

Equinix, Inc.

    71,557       51,595,459  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    51,950       8,464,213  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    84,547       4,473,382  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    29,307       2,927,476  

Life Storage, Inc.

    25,305       3,317,232  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    34,177       1,427,915  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    26,506       1,312,047  

Public Storage

    46,319       13,994,823  

Rayonier, Inc.

    50,301       1,673,011  

SBA Communications Corp.

    36,710       9,583,880  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    335,230       10,935,203  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    245,576       7,399,205  
   

 

 

 
      224,489,609  
Specialty Retail — 1.9%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    46,793       5,690,497  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    14,102     $ 1,894,745  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    177,442       6,490,828  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    152,304       11,920,834  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    122,662       7,884,713  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    23,230       3,296,105  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

    13,145       2,707,476  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    61,351       2,435,021  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    192,966       4,442,077  

Gap, Inc.

    172,876       1,735,675  

Home Depot, Inc.

    370,488       109,338,419  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    21,344       4,886,282  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    144,943       28,984,252  

RH(a)

    14,669       3,572,635  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    266,347       28,267,407  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    321,727       25,210,528  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    62,017       2,117,880  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    26,473       3,220,705  
   

 

 

 
      254,096,079  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    991,389       15,792,827  

HP, Inc.

    666,818       19,571,108  

NetApp, Inc.

    166,003       10,599,291  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    148,980       9,850,558  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    7,089       755,333  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    246,410       9,282,265  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    90,433       1,392,668  
   

 

 

 
      67,244,050  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    100,563       4,726,461  

Carter’s, Inc.

    29,514       2,122,647  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    27,041       2,440,180  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    963,438       118,156,036  

PVH Corp.

    49,794       4,439,633  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    31,376       3,660,638  

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)

    102,445       4,868,186  

Tapestry, Inc.

    182,594       7,871,627  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    144,044       1,366,978  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    150,413       1,283,023  

VF Corp.

    256,887       5,885,281  
   

 

 

 
      156,820,690  
Tobacco — 0.6%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    662,869       29,577,215  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    551,534       53,636,681  
   

 

 

 
      83,213,896  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.

    225,618       12,169,835  

GATX Corp.(b)

    12,909       1,420,248  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    18,024       1,514,016  

United Rentals, Inc.

    53,797       21,290,701  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    128,361       4,496,486  
   

 

 

 
      40,891,286  
Water Utilities — 0.2%  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    149,348       21,877,989  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

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

    146,597       21,233,109  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $12,602,052,731)

      13,244,753,315  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 0.9%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(e)(f)

    96,332,955     $ 96,361,854  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(e)

    23,677,943       23,677,943  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.9%
(Cost: $119,991,918)

 

    120,039,797  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.6%
(Cost: $12,722,044,649)

 

    13,364,793,112  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%

 

    (80,807,540
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   13,283,985,572  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  70,219,115     $  26,091,028 (a)    $     $ 21,638     $ 30,073     $ 96,361,854       96,332,955     $ 370,516 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    22,420,000       1,257,943 (a)                         23,677,943       23,677,943       625,675       25  

BlackRock, Inc.

    31,448,652       56,388,092       (4,623,548     1,311,578       (7,025,288     77,499,486       115,823       1,226,865        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 1,333,216     $ (6,995,215   $   197,539,283       $   2,223,056     $ 25  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
      

Value/

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-mini Index

     132          06/16/23        $  27,309        $ 1,477,868  

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     40          06/16/23          10,119          229,867  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 1,707,735  
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   1,707,735      $      $      $      $  1,707,735  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (5,128,624)      $      $      $      $  (5,128,624)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 215,016      $      $      $      $ 215,016  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 33,940,884  

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 13,244,753,315        $        $        $ 13,244,753,315  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     120,039,797                            120,039,797  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     13,364,793,112        $             —        $             —        $     13,364,793,112  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 1,707,735        $        $        $ 1,707,735  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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

March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Core S&P
Mid-Cap ETF
     iShares
Core S&P
Small-Cap ETF
    iShares
Core S&P
U.S. Growth
ETF
    

iShares

Core S&P
U.S. Value ETF

 

ASSETS

         

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 66,161,795,889      $ 5,012,735,968     $ 12,296,721,139      $ 13,167,253,829  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    4,294,415,382        65,754,443,738       131,002,011        197,539,283  

Cash

    12,311,531        20,184,788       525,924        1,093,291  

Cash pledged:

         

Collateral - OTC derivatives

    5,960,000        125,340,000               

Futures contracts

    10,254,100        25,466,000       1,432,620         

Receivables:

         

Investments sold

    22,321,859        137,541,584       32,541,930        45,565,691  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    1,967,185        1,367,596       21,593        64,364  

Capital shares sold

    99,851,626        38,520,979       4,374,957         

Dividends — unaffiliated

    78,635,172        76,547,047       7,264,886        12,191,978  

Dividends — affiliated

    539,494        4,959,159       70,453        103,956  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    4,223,050        6,184,460       325,702        2,842,366  

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps

    773,580        6,460,668               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    70,693,048,868        71,209,751,987       12,474,281,215        13,426,654,758  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Cash received:

         

Collateral - OTC derivatives

    560,000                      

Collateral on securities loaned

    4,067,777,890        4,009,095,632       113,467,545        96,319,563  

Payables:

         

Investments purchased

    109,036,780        248,464,280       19,451,752        27,726,675  

Swaps

    1,430,505        89,055,470               

Capital shares redeemed

           72,572,810       17,499,827        18,186,692  

Investment advisory fees

    2,792,770        3,430,196       399,643        436,256  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

    3,174,321        30,307,531               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    4,184,772,266        4,452,925,919       150,818,767        142,669,186  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 66,508,276,602      $ 66,756,826,068     $ 12,323,462,448      $ 13,283,985,572  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 61,916,915,232      $ 67,579,302,222     $ 11,422,305,474      $ 13,419,852,944  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    4,591,361,370        (822,476,154     901,156,974        (135,867,372
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 66,508,276,602      $ 66,756,826,068     $ 12,323,462,448      $ 13,283,985,572  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

         

Shares outstanding

    265,850,000        689,900,000       138,750,000        180,050,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 250.17      $ 96.76     $ 88.82      $ 73.78  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None       None        None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 59,478,123,663      $ 4,953,283,053     $ 9,927,871,648      $ 12,520,215,622  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 4,056,920,552      $ 3,985,699,806     $ 112,265,189      $ 96,314,846  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 4,292,393,953      $ 63,047,413,795     $ 130,976,315      $ 201,829,027  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Core S&P
Mid-Cap ETF
    iShares
Core S&P
Small-Cap ETF
    iShares
Core S&P
U.S. Growth
ETF
    iShares
Core S&P
U.S. Value ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 1,011,685,034     $ 20,995,834     $ 128,270,309     $ 268,673,027  

Dividends — affiliated

    4,594,053       1,065,819,452       1,176,149       1,852,540  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    30,583,184       12,809,798       663,645       370,516  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (929,604     (56,768     (36,232
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,046,862,271       1,098,695,480       130,053,335       270,859,851  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    31,349,904       39,729,962       4,561,492       4,869,856  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    31,349,904       39,729,962       4,561,492       4,869,856  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,015,512,367       1,058,965,518       125,491,843       265,989,995  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (300,423,912     (259,899,514     (1,056,471,729     (222,264,258

Investments — affiliated

    (212,973     (1,456,004,632     3,931,773       (143,678

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    117       976       4       25  

Futures contracts

    (10,172,728     (12,826,306     (4,567,797     (5,128,624

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    1,931,228,108       (165,185,414     513,857,740       1,052,974,250  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

          3,010,763,449       388,363       1,476,894  

Swaps

    (11,115,927     (144,078,571            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,609,302,685       972,769,988       (542,861,646     826,914,609  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (5,947,179,310     (700,414,001     (1,430,330,237     (1,113,174,984

Investments — affiliated

    1,933,551       (7,948,624,486     (6,805,375     (6,995,215

Futures contracts

    1,487,803       5,839,004       (46,777     215,016  

Swaps

    (3,883,244     (34,438,561            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (5,947,641,200     (8,677,638,044     (1,437,182,389      (1,119,955,183
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (4,338,338,515     (7,704,868,056     (1,980,044,035     (293,040,574
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  (3,322,826,148   $  (6,645,902,538   $  (1,854,552,192   $ (27,050,579
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF     iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 1,015,512,367     $ 811,894,676     $ 1,058,965,518     $ 722,885,353  

Net realized gain

    1,609,302,685       4,258,650,564       972,769,988       5,970,340,526  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (5,947,641,200     (2,379,387,402     (8,677,638,044     (6,138,369,512
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,322,826,148     2,691,157,838       (6,645,902,538     554,856,367  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (1,068,069,845     (842,798,749     (1,012,107,695     (1,058,667,702
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    4,875,353,742       3,037,584,731       2,344,556,736       4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    484,457,749       4,885,943,820       (5,313,453,497     3,797,267,480  

Beginning of year

    66,023,818,853       61,137,875,033       72,070,279,565       68,273,012,085  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 66,508,276,602     $ 66,023,818,853     $ 66,756,826,068     $ 72,070,279,565  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF     iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 125,491,843     $ 85,009,485     $ 265,989,995     $ 222,080,510  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (542,861,646     1,351,036,924       826,914,609       543,813,091  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,437,182,389     327,529,213       (1,119,955,183     448,061,179  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,854,552,192     1,763,575,622       (27,050,579     1,213,954,780  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (124,923,098     (85,386,412     (267,844,515     (219,854,566
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    1,445,604,490       717,396,779       1,455,025,976       2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (533,870,800     2,395,585,989       1,160,130,882       3,038,987,686  

Beginning of year

    12,857,333,248       10,461,747,259       12,123,854,690       9,084,867,004  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  12,323,462,448     $  12,857,333,248     $  13,283,985,572     $  12,123,854,690  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 268.39      $ 260.16      $ 143.87      $ 189.34      $ 187.51  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    3.99        3.41        2.74        3.12        2.85  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (18.04      8.35        116.36        (45.14      1.84  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (14.05      11.76        119.10        (42.02      4.69  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (4.17      (3.53      (2.81      (3.45      (2.86
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 250.17      $ 268.39      $ 260.16      $ 143.87      $ 189.34  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (5.13 )%       4.51      83.36      (22.53 )%       2.50
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.05      0.05      0.05      0.07      0.07
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.62      1.26      1.36      1.62      1.50
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 66,508,277      $ 66,023,819      $ 61,137,875      $ 35,722,456      $ 48,206,329  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    18      16      20      15      17
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 107.93      $ 108.34      $ 56.22     $ 77.13      $ 77.05  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.57        1.13        1.03       1.06        1.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (11.24      0.12        52.13       (20.77      0.11  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (9.67      1.25        53.16       (19.71      1.20  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.50      (1.66      (1.04     (1.20      (1.12
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 96.76      $ 107.93      $ 108.34     $ 56.22      $ 77.13  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

            

Based on net asset value

    (8.90 )%       1.12      95.23 %(e)       (25.89 )%       1.53
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

            

Total expenses

    0.06      0.06      0.06     0.07      0.07
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.60      1.02      1.28     1.36      1.35
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  66,756,826      $  72,070,280      $  68,273,012     $  31,863,332      $  43,064,083  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    19      16      20     16      14
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 105.47      $ 90.74      $ 57.16      $ 60.31      $ 54.56  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.96        0.72        0.76        0.92        0.81  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (16.67      14.73        33.62        (2.97      5.68  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (15.71      15.45        34.38        (2.05      6.49  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.94      (0.72      (0.80      (1.10      (0.74
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 88.82      $ 105.47      $ 90.74      $ 57.16      $ 60.31  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (14.86 )%       17.03      60.34      (3.54 )%       11.95
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.04      0.04      0.04      0.04      0.04
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.10      0.69      0.96      1.44      1.41
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  12,323,462      $  12,857,333      $  10,461,747      $  6,893,329      $  5,985,790  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    36      15      14      35      31
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
    

Year Ended

03/31/20

     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 75.80      $ 68.82      $ 46.23      $ 54.82      $ 53.08  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.55        1.50        1.43        1.45        1.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (2.02      6.93        22.60        (8.57      1.68  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (0.47      8.43        24.03        (7.12      3.05  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.55      (1.45      (1.44      (1.47      (1.31
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 73.78      $ 75.80      $ 68.82      $ 46.23      $ 54.82  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (0.46 )%       12.33      52.59      (13.34 )%       5.83
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.04      0.04      0.04      0.04      0.04
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.18      2.04      2.48      2.52      2.53
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  13,283,986      $  12,123,855      $  9,084,867      $  5,270,383      $  5,208,349  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    31      20      25      34      35
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P Small-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Growth(a)

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Value

  Diversified

 

  (a) 

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as its underlying index is diversified. The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status due solely to a change in its relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index.

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its

 

 

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financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. 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

 

 

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value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a)  
   
Net
Amount
 
(b)  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 231,454,327      $ (231,216,608   $     $ 237,719  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    21,556,926        (21,556,926            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    59,630        (59,630            

BNP Paribas SA

    307,271,643        (307,271,643            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    131,928,980        (131,928,980            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    82,684,343        (82,684,343            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    211,937,929        (211,937,929            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    6,066,803        (6,022,188           44,615  

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    737,280        (737,280            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    1,109,049,792        (1,109,049,792            

HSBC Bank PLC

    69,491,858        (69,491,858            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    416,990,283        (416,990,283            

Jefferies LLC

    2,431,599        (2,431,599            

Morgan Stanley

    555,794,778        (554,196,466           1,598,312  

National Financial Services LLC

    16,683,267        (16,683,267            

Natixis SA

    49,118,236        (48,975,391           142,845  

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    41,036        (41,036            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    322,259,410        (322,259,410            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    55,114,996        (54,906,529           208,467  

SG Americas Securities LLC

    2,636,523        (2,636,523            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    48,391,126        (48,391,126            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    205,781,193        (205,781,193            

UBS AG

    105,032,365        (104,881,562           150,803  

UBS Securities LLC

    44,900,319        (44,760,889           139,430  

Virtu Americas LLC

    9,047,710        (9,047,710            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    43,785,936        (43,778,729           7,207  

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    6,672,264        (6,672,264            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 4,056,920,552      $ (4,054,391,154   $     $ 2,529,398  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P Small-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 170,299,911      $ (170,299,911   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    43,080,634        (43,080,634            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    116,510        (116,510            

BNP Paribas SA

    307,378,182        (307,378,182            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    334,296,295        (334,296,295            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    24,480,169        (24,480,169            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    116,919,009        (116,558,087           360,922  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    1,409,672        (1,409,672            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    781,170,963        (781,170,963            

HSBC Bank PLC

    33,464,703        (33,464,703            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    665,563,018        (665,563,018            

Jefferies LLC

    14,306,700        (14,306,700            

Morgan Stanley

    724,742,912        (724,742,912            

National Financial Services LLC

    68,722,080        (68,582,804           139,276  

Natixis SA

    8,952,555        (8,952,555            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    38,840        (38,840            

Pershing LLC

    23,795,791        (23,795,791            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    29,772,247        (29,772,247            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    18,103,200        (18,103,200            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    2,343,431        (2,343,431            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    190,533,168        (190,533,168            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    173,462,892        (173,462,892            

UBS AG

    169,243,337        (169,243,337            

UBS Securities LLC

    20,055,293        (19,968,491           86,802  

Virtu Americas LLC

    4,173,150        (4,173,150            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    41,545,403        (41,545,403            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    17,729,741        (17,729,741            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 3,985,699,806      $ (3,985,112,806   $     $ 587,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a)  
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Core S&P U.S. Growth

        

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 8,200,869      $ (8,200,869   $     $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    2,534,553        (2,534,553            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    1,599,690        (1,599,690            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    10,195,459        (10,195,459            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    67,868,907        (67,868,907            

HSBC Bank PLC

    443,689        (443,689            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,510,203        (1,510,203            

Morgan Stanley

    4,104,275        (4,104,275            

National Financial Services LLC

    218,661        (218,661            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    7,494,774        (7,494,774            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    1,767,028        (1,725,335           41,693  

SG Americas Securities LLC

    194,805        (194,805            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    4,851,594        (4,851,594            

UBS Securities LLC

    695,241        (683,820           11,421  

Virtu Americas LLC

    585,441        (585,441            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 112,265,189      $ (112,212,075   $     $ 53,114  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 10,489,650      $ (10,366,874   $     $ 122,776  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    2,420,713        (2,406,410           14,303  

BNP Paribas SA

    10,016,249        (10,016,249            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    2,499,168        (2,499,168            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    1,026,165        (1,022,250           3,915  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    23,816        (23,816            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    16,025        (15,962           63  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    23,033,998        (23,005,419           28,579  

HSBC Bank PLC

    972,585        (972,585            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    9,710,390        (9,710,390            

Morgan Stanley

    3,038,995        (3,037,936           1,059  

Natixis SA

    2,211,121        (2,195,470           15,651  

RBC Capital Market LLC

    3,092,061        (3,006,438           85,623  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    35,445        (35,397           48  

SG Americas Securities LLC

    14,903,403        (14,903,403            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    41,405        (41,405            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    4,556,424        (4,430,250           126,174  

UBS AG

    7,871,560        (7,871,560            

Virtu Americas LLC

    279,095        (279,095            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    76,578        (76,578            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 96,314,846      $ (95,916,655)     $     $ 398,191  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable)

 

 

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on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

    0.05

Core S&P Small-Cap

    0.06  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    0.04  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    0.04  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) for the Funds, with the exception of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, which SSB performed ETF Services prior to April 11, 2022.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $ 8,650,401  

Core S&P Small-Cap

      4,394,373  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    208,803  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    127,961  

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

 

 

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For the year ended March 31, 2023, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  2,048,797,185      $  3,485,447,707      $  (906,004,486

Core S&P Small-Cap

    2,314,420,022        2,101,833,049        94,199,658  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    2,662,783,579        2,977,432,999        (832,128,178

Core S&P U.S. Value

    3,146,812,931        2,815,297,919        (116,294,218

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 year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  11,122,412,600      $  11,137,650,642  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    12,526,547,049        12,883,440,519  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    4,080,939,244        4,083,840,137  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    3,764,282,315        3,724,869,768  

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  10,706,977,048      $  6,027,966,673  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    10,734,231,094        8,274,894,310  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    2,758,615,656        1,305,477,021  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    4,758,950,936        3,356,378,308  

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in capital      Accumulated earnings (loss)  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  1,854,728,886      $ (1,854,728,886

Core S&P Small-Cap

    2,766,853,678        (2,766,853,678

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    512,862,723        (512,862,723

Core S&P U.S. Value

    1,050,199,128        (1,050,199,128

 

 

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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $  1,068,069,845      $ 842,798,749  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core S&P Small-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $ 1,012,107,695      $ 1,058,667,702  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    

Ordinary income

  $ 124,923,098      $ 85,386,412  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 267,844,515      $ 219,854,566  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
     Qualified late-year  losses(c)      Total  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $      $  (1,713,541,092   $ 6,305,213,278      $ (310,816   $  4,591,361,370  

Core S&P Small-Cap

           (2,941,893,594     2,231,084,016        (111,666,576     (822,476,154

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    1,271,844        (1,457,321,766     2,357,206,896              901,156,974  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    464,743        (728,805,923     592,473,808              (135,867,372

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts, accounting for swap agreements, characterization of corporate actions and the timing and recognition of realized gains (losses) for tax purposes.

 
(c) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  64,150,997,994      $ 11,956,116,969      $ (5,650,903,691   $  6,305,213,278  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    68,536,095,691        11,316,943,169        (9,085,859,153     2,231,084,016  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    10,070,516,254        2,674,052,660        (316,845,764     2,357,206,896  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    12,772,139,410        1,429,584,854        (836,931,152     592,653,702  

 

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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

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

 

 

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investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

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:

 

     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

       

Shares sold

    44,050,000     $   10,833,257,889       44,950,000     $   12,187,553,091  

Shares redeemed

    (24,200,000     (5,957,904,147     (33,950,000     (9,149,968,360
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    19,850,000     $ 4,875,353,742       11,000,000     $ 3,037,584,731  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P Small-Cap

       

Shares sold

    109,400,000     $ 10,712,472,940       122,700,000     $ 13,651,203,551  

Shares redeemed

    (87,250,000     (8,367,916,204     (85,100,000     (9,350,124,736
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    22,150,000     $ 2,344,556,736       37,600,000     $ 4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Growth

       

Shares sold

    32,150,000     $ 2,766,534,333       32,600,000     $ 3,543,506,031  

Shares redeemed

    (15,300,000     (1,320,929,843     (26,000,000     (2,826,109,252
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    16,850,000     $ 1,445,604,490       6,600,000     $ 717,396,779  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Core S&P U.S. Value

       

Shares sold

    67,600,000     $ 4,795,462,207       45,100,000     $ 3,309,869,059  

Shares redeemed

    (47,500,000       (3,340,436,231     (17,150,000       (1,264,981,587
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    20,100,000     $ 1,455,025,976       27,950,000     $ 2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and

Shareholders of each of the four funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (four of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

   

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

   

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

   

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

   

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)        

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $ 817,118,083  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    769,604,422  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    121,718,631  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    250,448,729  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $ 94,558,909  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    129,224,285  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    4,810,632  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    8,005,097  

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

    75.67

Core S&P Small-Cap

    74.94  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    94.29  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    90.86  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program  (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF and iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
     % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
     Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $ 4.170696      $      $      $ 4.170696        100             100

Core S&P Small-Cap

    1.498078                      1.498078        100                   100  

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

Regulation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and its United Kingdom (“UK”) equivalent, ( “AIFMD”) impose detailed and prescriptive obligations on fund managers established in the European Union (the “EU”) and the UK. These do not currently apply to managers established outside of the EU or UK, such as BFA (the “Company”). Rather, the Company is only required to comply with certain disclosure, reporting and transparency obligations of AIFMD because it has registered the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Funds”) to be marketed to investors in the EU and/or UK.

Report on Remuneration

The Company is required under AIFMD to make quantitative disclosures of remuneration. These disclosures are made in line with BlackRock’s interpretation of currently available regulatory guidance on quantitative remuneration disclosures. As market or regulatory practice develops BlackRock may consider it appropriate to make changes to the way in which quantitative remuneration disclosures are calculated. Where such changes are made, this may result in disclosures in relation to a fund not being comparable to the disclosures made in the prior year, or in relation to other BlackRock fund disclosures in that same year.

Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; and (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Funds.

All individuals included in the aggregated figures disclosed are rewarded in line with BlackRock’s remuneration policy for their responsibilities across the relevant BlackRock business area. As all individuals have a number of areas of responsibilities, only the portion of remuneration for those individuals’ services attributable to the Funds is included in the aggregate figures disclosed.

BlackRock has a clear and well-defined pay-for-performance philosophy, and compensation programs which support that philosophy.

BlackRock operates a total compensation model for remuneration which includes a base salary, which is contractual, and a discretionary bonus scheme. Although all employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus, there is no contractual obligation to make a discretionary bonus award to any employees. For senior management and staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Funds, a significant percentage of variable remuneration is deferred over time. All employees are subject to a clawback policy.

Remuneration decisions for employees are made once annually in January following the end of the performance year, based on BlackRock’s full-year financial results and other non-financial goals and objectives. Alongside financial performance, individual total compensation is also based on strategic and operating results and other considerations such as management and leadership capabilities. No set formulas are established and no fixed benchmarks are used in determining annual incentive awards.

Annual incentive awards are paid from a bonus pool which is reviewed throughout the year by BlackRock’s independent compensation committee, taking into account both actual and projected financial information together with information provided by the Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Compliance departments in relation to any activities, incidents or events that warrant consideration in making compensation decisions. Individuals are not involved in setting their own remuneration.

Each of the control functions (Enterprise Risk, Legal & Compliance, and Internal Audit) each have their own organizational structures which are independent of the business units and therefore staff members in control functions are remunerated independently of the businesses they oversee. Functional bonus pools for those control functions are determined with reference to the performance of each individual function and the remuneration of the senior members of control functions is directly overseen by BlackRock’s independent remuneration committee.

Members of staff and senior management of the Company typically provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the Company and across the broader BlackRock group. Conversely, members of staff and senior management of the broader BlackRock group may provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the broader BlackRock group and of the Company. Therefore, the figures disclosed are a sum

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

of individuals’ portion of remuneration attributable to the Company according to an objective apportionment methodology which acknowledges the multiple-service nature of the Company and the broader BlackRock group. Accordingly, the figures are not representative of any individual’s actual remuneration or their remuneration structure.

The amount of the total remuneration awarded to the Company’s staff in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022 was USD 4,121 million. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 685 million and variable remuneration of USD 3,436 million. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.

The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022, to its senior management was USD 2,958 million, and to other members of its staff whose actions potentially have a material impact on the risk profile of the Company or its funds was USD 970 million. These figures relate to the entire Company and not to the Funds.

Disclosures Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Funds”) are registered under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to be marketed to European Union (“EU”) investors, as noted above. As a result, certain disclosures are required under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”).

Each Fund has not been categorized under the SFDR as an “Article 8” or “Article 9” product. In addition, each Fund’s investment strategy does not take into account the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities under the EU sustainable investment taxonomy regulation or principal adverse impacts (“PAIs”) on sustainability factors under the SFDR. PAIs are identified under the SFDR as the material impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors relating to environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S.
Kapito(a) (1957)
   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Salim Ramji(b)
(1970)
   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

(a)  Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)  Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
John E.
Kerrigan (1955)
   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).
Jane D.
Carlin (1956)
   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).
Richard L.
Fagnani (1954)
   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H.
Herbert (1949)
   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Drew E.
Lawton (1959)
   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).
John E.
Martinez (1961)
   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Madhav V.
Rajan (1964)
   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers
     
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Dominik
Rohé (1973)
   President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent
Walker (1974)
   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles
Park (1967)
   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa
Rolland (1980)
   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel
Aguirre (1982)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer
Hsui (1976)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James
Mauro (1970)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CVR    Contingent Value Rights
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
 

 

 

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  MARCH 31, 2023

 

  

2023 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Russell Top 200 ETF | IWL | NYSE Arca

 

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iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | IWY | NYSE Arca

 

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iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF | IWX | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023

 

 
     
     6-Month     12-Month 
   

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

    15.62 %        (7.73 )%  
   

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

    9.14       (11.61
   

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

    27.27       (1.38
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    14.04       (10.70
   

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

    1.93       2.52  
   

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

    4.38       (6.90
   

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

    4.89       (4.78
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.00       0.26  
   

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

    7.88       (3.35
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     

Page

 

The Markets in Review

   2

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

   4

Fund Summary

   5

About Fund Performance

   11

Disclosure of Expenses

   11

Schedules of Investments

   12

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   25

Statements of Operations

   26

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   27

Financial Highlights

   29

Notes to Financial Statements

   32

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   39

Important Tax Information

   40

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   41

Supplemental Information

   42

Trustee and Officer Information

   43

General Information

   46

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   47

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares RussellTop 200 ETF(the “Fund) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell Top 200® Index (the ”Index“). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (8.41 )%       11.75      12.59       (8.41 )%       74.30      227.44

Fund Market

    (8.55      11.72        12.59         (8.55      74.06        227.46  

Index

    (8.27      11.92        12.77               (8.27      75.63        232.50  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio   
 
 
 

 

 

 
  $        1,000.00          $          1,157.30          $          0.81         $          1,000.00          $          1,024.18          $          0.76          0.15%   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See ”Disclosure of Expenses“ for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Large-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return. While consumer spending continued to grow, rising inflation drove up costs for companies, and consumers increasingly sought bargains as higher prices eroded personal spending power. Within the sector, the internet and direct marketing retail industry detracted significantly. The sharp rise in e-commerce, which boosted the industry early in the pandemic, waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Stocks in the automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles in the weakening economy and production volumes that failed to meet analysts’ expectations.

The information technology sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as sharply higher interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings. The software and services industry declined notably amid high inflation and slow growth, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets tempered revenue growth. Slowing sales growth for cloud-based software further constrained earnings. Changing consumer behavior patterns pressured the IT services industry, as a return to in-person spending slowed revenue growth for online payment platform providers.

The communication services sector also detracted, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects in the interactive media and services industry. Demand for online advertisements slowed during the reporting period, as businesses cut back marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Stiff competition among companies producing disruptive new artificial intelligence products also pressured the industry.

On the upside, energy sector stocks contributed to the Index’s return. Relatively high average prices of energy commodities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Information Technology

    28.9

Health Care

    15.0  

Financials

    13.2  

Consumer Discretionary

    9.7  

Communication Services

    9.3  

Consumer Staples

    7.7  

Industrials

    6.9  

Energy

    4.5  

Utilities

    1.7  

Materials

    1.7  

Real Estate

    1.4  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Apple Inc.

    8.8

Microsoft Corp.

    7.7  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.3  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.3  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.2  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    2.0  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    1.9  

Tesla, Inc.

    1.9  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    1.7  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1.6  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the Russell Top 200® 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 representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

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

Fund NAV

    (11.60 )%       14.61      15.38       (11.60 )%      97.73      318.21

Fund Market

    (11.80      14.59        15.38         (11.80     97.54        318.27  

Index

    (11.44      14.79        15.61               (11.44     99.34        326.38  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
   

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio   
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
    $          1,000.00          $          1,168.10          $          1.08         $          1,000.00          $          1,023.93          $          1.01          0.20%   
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Growth-oriented large-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. Large-capitalization growth stocks, which derive a significant portion of their price from investors’ expectations of future growth, faced significant headwinds relative to other equities. Growth stocks are particularly sensitive to interest rates, which rose notably as the Fed sharply tightened monetary policy.

The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return. Rising inflation drove up costs for companies, and consumers increasingly sought bargains as higher prices eroded personal spending power. Within the sector, the internet and direct marketing retail industry detracted significantly from the Index’s performance. The sharp rise in e-commerce, which boosted the industry early in the pandemic, waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Excess warehouse capacity also weighed on industry cash flow. Slowing revenue growth from data cloud services further pressured the industry’s profitability, as business customers tried to reduce expenditures amid economic uncertainty. The automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales continued to grow, production did not meet analysts’ expectations, and price discounts on some new models negatively impacted revenues.

The communication services sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as the rising interest rate environment negatively impacted the interactive media and services industry, particularly high-valuation stocks with growth prospects. Demand for online advertisements slowed during the reporting period, as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures in a more challenging economic environment. Stiff competition among companies producing disruptive new artificial intelligence products also pressured the industry, as analysts attempted to chart the potential impact of the new technologies.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Information Technology

    45.3

Consumer Discretionary

    14.2  

Health Care

    10.5  

Communication Services

    7.8  

Financials

    6.7  

Consumer Staples

    6.6  

Industrials

    6.0  

Real Estate

    1.4  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.5  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Apple Inc.

    15.6

Microsoft Corp.

    13.5  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    5.8  

NVIDIA Corp.

    4.1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3.4  

Tesla, Inc.

    3.4  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    3.0  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    2.5  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2.3  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    1.9  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Russell Top 200® 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  
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year     5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (4.37 )%       7.76      9.08       (4.37 )%      45.29      138.44

Fund Market

    (4.51      7.73        9.07         (4.51     45.11        138.30  

Index

    (4.16      7.96        9.30               (4.16     46.69        143.43  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
   

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22
 
 
)  
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23
 
 
)  
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22
 
 
)  
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23
 
 
)  
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio   
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
    $          1,000.00          $          1,142.60          $          1.07         $          1,000.00          $          1,023.93          $          1.01          0.20%   
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented large-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. While bank profitability is typically supported by higher interest rates, persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks. Despite government actions to contain the impact, these bank failures weighed heavily on the industry. The financial services industry also faced headwinds due to weak economic growth, declining prices for stocks and bonds, and concerns about the balance sheet liquidity of a large discount broker following the bank failures.

The information technology sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as sharply higher interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings. High inflation and slow growth weighed on the sector, as consumers and businesses often seek to reduce spending on technology products and services during a downturn.

On the upside, stocks in the energy sector contributed to the Index’s return despite lower oil prices and a sharp decline in the price of natural gas. The price of oil and natural gas surged in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While prices subsequently fell as markets stabilized, the relatively high average prices of energy commodities supported profitability in the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Financials

    21.6

Health Care

    20.8  

Communication Services

    11.3  

Energy

    9.4  

Consumer Staples

    9.2  

Industrials

    7.9  

Information Technology

    7.6  

Utilities

    3.9  

Consumer Discretionary

    3.9  

Materials

    2.8  

Real Estate

    1.6  

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    4.5

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    3.7  

Johnson & Johnson

    3.3  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3.1  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    3.0  

Chevron Corp.

    2.6  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1.9  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1.8  

Walmart, Inc.

    1.7  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1.6  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%            

Boeing Co.(a)

    15,752     $ 3,346,198  

General Dynamics Corp.

    6,905       1,575,790  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    5,414       1,062,443  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    6,474       3,060,454  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    4,093       1,889,820  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    41,787       4,092,201  
   

 

 

 
      15,026,906  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

FedEx Corp.

    6,632       1,515,346  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    20,898       4,054,003  
   

 

 

 
      5,569,349  
Automobiles — 2.3%            

Ford Motor Co.

    112,341       1,415,497  

General Motors Co.

    39,443       1,446,769  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    73,475       15,243,123  
   

 

 

 
      18,105,389  
Banks — 3.4%            

Bank of America Corp.

    199,668       5,710,505  

Citigroup, Inc.

    55,029       2,580,310  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    82,922       10,805,566  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    11,468       1,457,583  

Truist Financial Corp.

    37,757       1,287,513  

U.S. Bancorp

    39,229       1,414,205  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    109,052       4,076,364  
   

 

 

 
      27,332,046  
Beverages — 2.1%            

Coca-Cola Co.

    111,001       6,885,392  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    4,294       969,972  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    24,475       863,478  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    20,887       1,128,107  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    39,302       7,164,754  
   

 

 

 
      17,011,703  
Biotechnology — 2.6%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    50,243       8,007,227  

Amgen, Inc.

    15,180       3,669,765  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    35,687       2,960,950  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    9,413       1,445,649  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,946       2,420,640  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    7,269       2,290,244  
   

 

 

 
        20,794,475  
Broadline Retail — 3.3%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    252,684       26,099,730  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 0.2%            

Johnson Controls International PLC

    19,591       1,179,770  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 2.6%            

BlackRock, Inc.(b)

    4,217       2,821,679  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    20,143       1,769,361  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    43,210       2,263,340  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    10,194       1,952,355  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    9,324       3,049,974  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    15,715       1,638,917  

Moody’s Corp.

    4,537       1,388,413  

Morgan Stanley

    35,048       3,077,214  

S&P Global, Inc.

    9,148       3,153,956  
   

 

 

 
      21,115,209  
Chemicals — 1.3%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    6,307       1,811,434  
Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Dow, Inc.

    19,950     $ 1,093,659  

Ecolab, Inc.

    7,032       1,164,007  

Linde PLC

    14,046       4,992,510  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    6,818       1,532,482  
   

 

 

 
        10,594,092  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%            

Waste Management, Inc.

    11,648       1,900,604  
   

 

 

 
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    116,830       6,107,288  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%            

American Express Co.

    16,913       2,789,799  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    10,794       1,037,951  
   

 

 

 
      3,827,750  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    12,587       6,254,103  

Dollar General Corp.

    6,418       1,350,732  

Sysco Corp.

    14,437       1,114,969  

Target Corp.

    13,165       2,180,519  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    20,377       704,637  

Walmart, Inc.

    40,409       5,958,307  
   

 

 

 
      17,563,267  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%        

AT&T Inc.

    203,542       3,918,184  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    119,488       4,646,888  
   

 

 

 
      8,565,072  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%            

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    14,660       1,333,913  

Duke Energy Corp.

    21,887       2,111,439  

Exelon Corp.

    28,152       1,179,287  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    56,459       4,351,860  

Southern Co.

    30,912       2,150,857  
   

 

 

 
      11,127,356  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%            

Eaton Corp. PLC

    11,353       1,945,223  

Emerson Electric Co.

    16,105       1,403,390  
   

 

 

 
      3,348,613  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%            

Schlumberger NV

    40,151       1,971,414  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.4%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    22,052       1,887,431  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    12,445       4,299,498  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    51,799       5,186,634  
   

 

 

 
      11,373,563  
Financial Services — 5.2%            

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    51,289       15,836,505  

Block, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,190       1,042,793  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    16,793       912,364  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    16,751       1,893,366  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    24,190       8,790,888  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    32,401       2,460,532  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    46,212       10,418,957  
   

 

 

 
      41,355,405  
Food Products — 0.8%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    15,490       1,233,933  

General Mills, Inc.

    16,716       1,428,549  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Food Products (continued)

 

Kraft Heinz Co.

    19,958     $ 771,776  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    38,759       2,702,278  
   

 

 

 
      6,136,536  
Ground Transportation — 1.0%            

CSX Corp.

    59,791       1,790,143  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    6,444       1,366,128  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    54,628       1,731,708  

Union Pacific Corp.

    17,471       3,516,213  
   

 

 

 
      8,404,192  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.5%            

Abbott Laboratories

    48,749       4,936,324  

Baxter International, Inc.

    14,340       581,630  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    8,071       1,997,895  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    40,536       2,028,016  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    17,611       1,456,958  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    10,341       848,272  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    10,014       2,558,277  

Medtronic PLC

    37,998       3,063,399  

Stryker Corp.

    9,987       2,850,989  
   

 

 

 
      20,321,760  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%            

Centene Corp.(a)

    15,613       986,898  

Cigna Group

    8,329       2,128,309  

CVS Health Corp.

    36,493       2,711,795  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    6,858       3,153,377  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    6,121       1,613,985  

Humana, Inc.

    3,593       1,744,258  

McKesson Corp.

    3,883       1,382,542  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    26,592       12,567,113  
   

 

 

 
      26,288,277  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%            

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,646       1,324,362  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,101       2,920,304  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    7,559       1,255,096  

McDonald’s Corp.

    21,010       5,874,606  

Starbucks Corp.

    32,598       3,394,430  
   

 

 

 
      14,768,798  
Household Products — 1.6%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    23,504       1,766,326  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    9,598       1,288,243  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    67,107       9,978,140  
   

 

 

 
      13,032,709  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%            

3M Co.

    15,695       1,649,702  

General Electric Co.

    30,809       2,945,340  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    19,159       3,661,668  
   

 

 

 
      8,256,710  
Industrial REITs — 0.4%            

Prologis, Inc.

    26,169       3,265,106  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.5%            

American International Group, Inc.

    21,195       1,067,380  

Aon PLC, Class A

    5,814       1,833,096  

Chubb Ltd.

    11,827       2,296,567  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    14,081       2,345,190  

MetLife, Inc.

    18,732       1,085,332  

Progressive Corp.

    16,596       2,374,224  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    6,634       1,137,134  
   

 

 

 
        12,138,923  
Security   Shares     Value  

Interactive Media & Services — 5.8%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    171,009     $ 17,738,764  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    148,713       15,466,152  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    63,261       13,407,536  
   

 

 

 
      46,612,452  
IT Services — 1.3%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    18,014       5,148,581  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    14,603       889,761  

International Business Machines Corp.

    25,584       3,353,806  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,837       1,363,461  
   

 

 

 
        10,755,609  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%            

Danaher Corp.

    18,403       4,638,292  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    4,453       1,035,545  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    11,124       6,411,540  
   

 

 

 
      12,085,377  
Machinery — 1.1%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    14,793       3,385,230  

Deere & Co.

    7,719       3,187,021  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    8,686       2,114,607  
   

 

 

 
      8,686,858  
Media — 0.7%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,999       1,072,473  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    118,921       4,508,295  
   

 

 

 
      5,580,768  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    40,584       1,660,292  

Newmont Corp.

    22,591       1,107,411  

Southern Copper Corp.

    2,393       182,466  
   

 

 

 
      2,950,169  
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%            

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    23,735       1,327,024  

Sempra Energy

    8,919       1,348,196  
   

 

 

 
      2,675,220  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3%            

Chevron Corp.

    54,983       8,971,026  

ConocoPhillips

    34,803       3,452,805  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    16,655       1,909,163  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    117,156       12,847,327  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    56,290       985,638  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    12,865       1,734,588  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    22,635       1,413,103  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    6,749       1,378,416  

Valero Energy Corp.

    10,997       1,535,181  
   

 

 

 
      34,227,247  
Personal Care Products — 0.2%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    6,513       1,605,194  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.0%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    60,545       4,196,374  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    23,955       8,226,626  

Johnson & Johnson

    74,820       11,597,100  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    71,917       7,651,250  

Pfizer, Inc.

    160,679       6,555,703  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    13,385       2,227,799  
   

 

 

 
      40,454,852  
Professional Services — 0.3%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    11,870       2,642,618  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.9%        

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    45,918       4,500,423  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

    14,373     $ 2,834,643  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    23,922       2,938,339  

Broadcom, Inc.

    11,228       7,203,211  

Intel Corp.

    117,703       3,845,357  

KLA Corp.

    3,928       1,567,940  

Lam Research Corp.

    3,829       2,029,830  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    24,171       1,046,604  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    30,911       1,865,170  

NVIDIA Corp.

    67,260       18,682,810  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    31,855       4,064,061  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    25,798       4,798,686  
   

 

 

 
          55,377,074  
Software — 11.1%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    12,998       5,009,039  

Atlassian Corp., Class A(a)

    4,147       709,842  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    6,175       1,285,388  

Intuit, Inc.

    7,835       3,493,078  

Microsoft Corp.

    212,720       61,327,176  

Oracle Corp.

    43,456       4,037,931  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)(c)

    8,439       1,685,606  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    3,003       1,323,392  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    27,360       5,465,981  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    5,764       2,678,646  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,088       760,087  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,663       1,169,636  
   

 

 

 
      88,945,802  
Specialized REITs — 1.0%            

American Tower Corp.

    13,190       2,695,245  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    12,235       1,637,532  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    8,132       799,457  

Equinix, Inc.

    2,625       1,892,730  

Public Storage

    4,443       1,342,408  
   

 

 

 
      8,367,372  
Specialty Retail — 1.8%            

Home Depot, Inc.

    28,971       8,549,922  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    17,199       3,439,284  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    32,995       2,585,488  
   

 

 

 
      14,574,694  
Security   Shares     Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.8%

 

Apple Inc.

    427,271     $ 70,456,988  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    34,200       4,194,288  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 0.8%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    50,966       2,274,103  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    44,053       4,284,154  
   

 

 

 
      6,558,257  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

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

    16,671       2,414,628  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $802,292,132)

          801,747,479  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(b)(d)(e)

    1,636,633       1,637,124  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(b)(d)

    1,169,890       1,169,890  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $2,806,990)

 

    2,807,014  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $805,099,122)

 

    804,554,493  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (1,147,276
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 803,407,217  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
    

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
03/31/23
     Shares
Held at
03/31/23
     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   $ 249,903      $ 1,381,728 (a)     $      $ 5,434      $ 59      $ 1,637,124        1,636,633      $ 14,072 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     1,385,000               (215,110 )(a)                      1,169,890        1,169,890        33,759        1  

BlackRock, Inc.

     3,604,590        1,038,890        (1,730,601      703,995        (795,195      2,821,679        4,217                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 709,429      $ (795,136    $ 5,628,693         $ 47,831      $ 1  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 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 500 E-mini Index

     7        06/16/23      $ 1,448      $ 85,017  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 85,017      $      $      $      $   85,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (230,224    $      $      $      $ (230,224
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (13,507    $      $      $      $ (13,507
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments    

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 1,498,366  

 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

          

Investments

          

Long-Term Investments

          

Common Stocks

  $         801,747,479      $             —      $             —      $         801,747,479  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    2,807,014                      2,807,014  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 804,554,493      $      $      $ 804,554,493  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

          

Assets

          

Equity Contracts

  $ 85,017      $      $      $ 85,017  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%            

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    64,193     $ 13,636,519  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    84,718       40,048,740  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    6,212       2,868,205  
   

 

 

 
      56,553,464  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%            

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    243,969       47,327,546  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 3.4%            

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    961,597       199,492,914  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 2.7%            

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,089,548       67,584,662  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    252,259       13,624,509  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    434,633       79,233,596  
   

 

 

 
      160,442,767  
Biotechnology — 3.0%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    657,565       104,796,134  

Amgen, Inc.

    166,878       40,342,757  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    7,214       1,107,926  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,644       4,637,505  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    89,747       28,276,587  
   

 

 

 
      179,160,909  
Broadline Retail — 5.8%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    3,306,977       341,577,654  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 1.0%            

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    264,265       23,213,037  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    313,408       16,416,311  

Moody’s Corp.

    56,080       17,161,602  
   

 

 

 
      56,790,950  
Chemicals — 0.8%            

Ecolab, Inc.

    81,576       13,503,275  

Linde PLC

    38,654       13,739,178  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    88,888       19,979,356  
   

 

 

 
      47,221,809  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%            

Waste Management, Inc.

    143,203       23,366,434  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.0%            

American Express Co.

    13,918       2,295,774  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2%        

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    164,729       81,848,898  

Dollar General Corp.

    83,754       17,626,867  

Sysco Corp.

    189,122       14,605,892  

Target Corp.

    95,074       15,747,107  
   

 

 

 
      129,828,764  
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%            

Emerson Electric Co.

    67,541       5,885,523  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.5%            

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    73,571       25,417,309  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    45,403       4,546,202  
   

 

 

 
      29,963,511  
Financial Services — 4.4%            

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    19,849       2,243,532  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    316,596       115,054,152  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    130,839       9,935,914  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    604,799       136,357,983  
   

 

 

 
        263,591,581  
Security   Shares     Value  

Ground Transportation — 1.2%

 

CSX Corp.

    197,532     $ 5,914,108  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    617,645       19,579,347  

Union Pacific Corp.

    228,659       46,019,910  
   

 

 

 
      71,513,365  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%            

Abbott Laboratories

    84,266       8,532,775  

Baxter International, Inc.

    28,881       1,171,414  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    229,667       19,000,351  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    7,534       618,014  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    120,651       30,822,711  

Stryker Corp.

    69,922       19,960,633  
   

 

 

 
      80,105,898  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%            

Cigna Group

    17,365       4,437,278  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    27,216       12,514,189  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    4,876       1,285,704  

Humana, Inc.

    33,218       16,126,010  

McKesson Corp.

    10,011       3,564,417  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    316,696       149,667,363  
   

 

 

 
      187,594,961  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%            

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    139,482       17,351,561  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,428       38,268,971  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    98,726       16,392,465  

McDonald’s Corp.

    66,765       18,668,162  

Starbucks Corp.

    153,805       16,015,715  
   

 

 

 
      106,696,874  
Household Products — 1.3%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    189,686       14,254,903  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    73,987       9,930,535  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    374,139       55,630,728  
   

 

 

 
      79,816,166  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%            

General Electric Co.(b)

    22,563       2,157,023  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    73,820       14,108,478  
   

 

 

 
      16,265,501  
Insurance — 1.3%            

Aon PLC, Class A

    71,741       22,619,220  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    164,798       27,447,107  

Progressive Corp.

    188,829       27,013,877  
   

 

 

 
      77,080,204  
Interactive Media & Services — 7.0%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,947,115       201,974,239  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,693,261       176,099,144  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    176,339       37,373,288  
   

 

 

 
        415,446,671  
IT Services — 1.9%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    235,750       67,379,708  

International Business Machines Corp.

    223,534       29,303,072  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    108,060       16,672,577  
   

 

 

 
      113,355,357  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%            

Danaher Corp.

    16,360       4,123,374  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    17,730       10,219,040  
   

 

 

 
      14,342,414  
Machinery — 1.8%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    168,620       38,587,001  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Deere & Co.

    101,018     $ 41,708,312  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    102,363       24,920,272  
   

 

 

 
      105,215,585  
Media — 0.2%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    39,028       13,956,803  
   

 

 

 
Metals & Mining — 0.0%            

Southern Copper Corp.

    20,608       1,571,360  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%            

EOG Resources, Inc.

    158,964       18,222,043  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    244,212       15,246,155  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    48,537       9,913,197  
   

 

 

 
      43,381,395  
Personal Care Products — 0.4%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    85,491       21,070,112  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.7%            

Eli Lilly & Co.

    255,192       87,638,037  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    394,370       41,957,024  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    175,085       29,141,147  
   

 

 

 
      158,736,208  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    142,561       31,738,355  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.8%            

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    473,548       46,412,440  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    37,870       7,468,721  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    313,085       38,456,231  

Broadcom, Inc.

    146,949       94,273,661  

KLA Corp.

    51,455       20,539,292  

Lam Research Corp.

    50,123       26,571,205  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    76,561       4,619,691  

NVIDIA Corp.

    880,272       244,513,153  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    416,897       53,187,719  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    231,279       43,020,207  
   

 

 

 
        579,062,320  
Software — 18.0%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    170,113       65,556,447  

Atlassian Corp., Class A(a)

    54,148       9,268,513  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    80,924       16,845,140  

Intuit, Inc.

    102,529       45,710,504  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,783,965       802,617,109  

Oracle Corp.

    390,628       36,297,154  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    110,747       22,120,606  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    76,678       15,318,731  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    75,401     $ 35,040,353  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)

    38,725       4,834,816  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    74,066       15,297,591  
   

 

 

 
      1,068,906,964  
Specialized REITs — 1.4%            

American Tower Corp.

    132,310       27,036,225  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    160,366       21,463,386  

Equinix, Inc.

    25,935       18,700,172  

Public Storage

    46,220       13,964,911  
   

 

 

 
      81,164,694  
Specialty Retail — 2.3%            

Home Depot, Inc.

    219,922       64,903,381  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    194,251       38,844,372  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    431,708       33,828,639  
   

 

 

 
      137,576,392  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 15.5%  

Apple Inc.

    5,591,901       922,104,475  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%        

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    447,589       54,892,315  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $5,293,935,887)

      5,925,093,989  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    40,082,221       40,094,246  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    7,923,181       7,923,181  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.8%
(Cost: $48,011,243)

      48,017,427  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.6%
(Cost: $5,341,947,130)

      5,973,111,416  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%

 

    (38,560,228
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   5,934,551,188  
   

 

 

 

 

(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  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   8,926,531     $   31,124,831 (a)    $     $ 37,894     $ 4,990     $   40,094,246       40,082,221     $   120,319 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    6,166,000       1,757,181 (a)                         7,923,181       7,923,181       194,167       4  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 37,894     $ 4,990     $ 48,017,427       $ 314,486     $ 4  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts    

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

E-mini Technology Select Sector Index

     13        06/16/23      $ 1,996      $ 200,811  

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Index

     25        06/16/23        6,651        663,321  
           

 

 

 
            $ 864,132  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure    

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 864,132      $      $      $      $ 864,132  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:    

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (319,077    $      $      $      $   (319,077
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 361,996      $      $      $      $ 361,996  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments    

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 7,388,034  

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End    

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $   5,925,093,989        $        $        $   5,925,093,989  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     48,017,427                            48,017,427  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 5,973,111,416        $             —        $             —        $ 5,973,111,416  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                                  

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 864,132        $        $        $ 864,132  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 3.1%  

Boeing Co.(a)

    48,302     $ 10,260,794  

General Dynamics Corp.

    30,774       7,022,935  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    24,017       4,713,096  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    16,102       7,434,615  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    185,976       18,212,630  
   

 

 

 
      47,644,070  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%  

FedEx Corp.

    29,573       6,757,135  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    10,045       1,948,629  
   

 

 

 
      8,705,764  
Automobiles — 0.8%            

Ford Motor Co.

    498,581       6,282,121  

General Motors Co.

    175,946       6,453,699  
   

 

 

 
          12,735,820  
Banks — 7.8%            

Bank of America Corp.

    888,641       25,415,133  

Citigroup, Inc.

    244,915       11,484,064  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    369,052       48,091,166  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    50,930       6,473,203  

Truist Financial Corp.

    168,917       5,760,070  

U.S. Bancorp

    174,940       6,306,587  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    485,348       18,142,308  
   

 

 

 
      121,672,531  
Beverages — 1.4%            

Coca-Cola Co.

    123,507       7,661,139  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    19,157       4,327,375  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    108,421       3,825,093  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    6,989       377,476  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    27,112       4,942,517  
   

 

 

 
      21,133,600  
Biotechnology — 2.0%            

Amgen, Inc.

    10,794       2,609,450  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    158,826       13,177,793  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    39,459       6,060,113  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    11,200       9,202,704  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,799       566,811  
   

 

 

 
      31,616,871  
Building Products — 0.3%            

Johnson Controls International PLC

    87,085       5,244,259  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 4.8%            

BlackRock, Inc.(b)

    18,767       12,557,375  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    85,578       4,482,576  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    45,371       8,689,454  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    41,497       13,574,084  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    69,808       7,280,276  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,142       349,475  

Morgan Stanley

    155,983       13,695,307  

S&P Global, Inc.

    40,711       14,035,931  
   

 

 

 
      74,664,478  
Chemicals — 2.0%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    28,009       8,044,465  

Dow, Inc.

    89,034       4,880,844  

Ecolab, Inc.

    3,649       604,019  

Linde PLC

    49,384       17,553,049  
   

 

 

 
      31,082,377  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%  

Waste Management, Inc.

    3,305       539,277  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment — 1.7%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    519,962     $ 27,181,014  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 1.0%            

American Express Co.

    70,532       11,634,253  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    48,142       4,629,335  
   

 

 

 
          16,263,588  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2%  

Target Corp.

    26,308       4,357,394  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    90,702       3,136,475  

Walmart, Inc.

    179,843       26,517,851  
   

 

 

 
      34,011,720  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%  

AT&T Inc.

    905,884       17,438,267  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    531,789       20,681,274  
   

 

 

 
      38,119,541  
Electric Utilities — 3.2%  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    65,033       5,917,353  

Duke Energy Corp.

    97,413       9,397,432  

Exelon Corp.

    125,580       5,260,546  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    251,273       19,368,123  

Southern Co.

    137,573       9,572,329  
   

 

 

 
      49,515,783  
Electrical Equipment — 0.8%  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    50,495       8,651,813  

Emerson Electric Co.

    48,932       4,263,935  
   

 

 

 
      12,915,748  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Schlumberger NV

    178,692       8,773,777  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.6%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    98,255       8,409,645  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    30,408       10,505,356  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    215,091       21,537,062  
   

 

 

 
      40,452,063  
Financial Services — 6.1%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    228,268       70,482,310  

Block, Inc., Class A(a)

    67,782       4,653,234  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    74,909       4,069,806  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    67,700       7,652,131  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    99,787       7,577,825  
   

 

 

 
      94,435,306  
Food Products — 1.8%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    69,145       5,508,091  

General Mills, Inc.

    74,581       6,373,692  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    88,356       3,416,726  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    172,500       12,026,700  
   

 

 

 
      27,325,209  
Ground Transportation — 0.8%  

CSX Corp.

    198,758       5,950,815  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    28,752       6,095,424  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    32,440       1,028,348  
   

 

 

 
      13,074,587  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.1%  

Abbott Laboratories

    188,321       19,069,385  

Baxter International, Inc.

    53,934       2,187,563  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    35,923       8,892,379  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    180,521       9,031,466  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    43,701       3,584,793  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    3,521       899,510  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Medtronic PLC

    169,110     $ 13,633,648  

Stryker Corp.

    20,669       5,900,379  
   

 

 

 
      63,199,123  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%  

Centene Corp.(a)

    69,262       4,378,051  

Cigna Group

    31,179       7,967,170  

CVS Health Corp.

    162,412       12,068,836  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    21,229       9,761,307  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    25,630       6,758,118  

Humana, Inc.

    4,701       2,282,147  

McKesson Corp.

    13,934       4,961,201  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    10,651       5,033,556  
   

 

 

 
      53,210,386  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%  

McDonald’s Corp.

    70,783       19,791,635  

Starbucks Corp.

    92,854       9,668,887  
   

 

 

 
      29,460,522  
Household Products — 2.0%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    40,403       3,036,285  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    17,383       2,333,146  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    171,434       25,490,522  
   

 

 

 
          30,859,953  
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.0%  

3M Co.

    69,745       7,330,897  

General Electric Co.(c)

    129,442       12,374,655  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    60,200       11,505,424  
   

 

 

 
      31,210,976  
Industrial REITs — 0.9%            

Prologis, Inc.

    116,469       14,531,837  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.8%            

American International Group, Inc.

    93,933       4,730,466  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1,536       484,286  

Chubb Ltd.

    52,580       10,209,984  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    6,675       1,111,721  

MetLife, Inc.

    83,563       4,841,640  

Progressive Corp.

    9,583       1,370,944  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    29,584       5,070,994  
   

 

 

 
      27,820,035  
Interactive Media & Services — 4.2%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    98,941       10,263,150  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    86,042       8,948,368  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    221,577       46,961,029  
   

 

 

 
      66,172,547  
IT Services — 0.6%            

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    64,879       3,953,077  

International Business Machines Corp.

    37,802       4,955,464  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,475       381,868  
   

 

 

 
      9,290,409  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.1%  

Danaher Corp.

    76,334       19,239,221  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(c)

    19,872       4,621,234  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    43,466       25,052,498  
   

 

 

 
      48,912,953  
Machinery — 0.2%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    8,479       1,940,334  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    3,939       958,950  
   

 

 

 
      2,899,284  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media — 1.3%            

Comcast Corp., Class A

    529,271     $ 20,064,664  
   

 

 

 
Metals & Mining — 0.8%            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    180,299       7,376,032  

Newmont Corp.

    100,480       4,925,530  

Southern Copper Corp.

    3,690       281,362  
   

 

 

 
      12,582,924  
Multi-Utilities — 0.8%            

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    105,284       5,886,428  

Sempra Energy

    39,791       6,014,808  
   

 

 

 
      11,901,236  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.8%  

Chevron Corp.

    244,705       39,926,068  

ConocoPhillips

    154,893       15,366,935  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    20,002       2,292,829  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    521,413       57,178,150  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    251,243       4,399,265  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    57,336       7,730,613  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    17,654       1,102,139  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    13,527       2,762,754  

Valero Energy Corp.

    48,500       6,770,600  
   

 

 

 
          137,529,353  
Pharmaceuticals — 8.1%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    269,462       18,676,411  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    19,830       6,810,019  

Johnson & Johnson

    332,989       51,613,295  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    185,963       19,784,603  

Pfizer, Inc.

    715,120       29,176,896  
   

 

 

 
      126,061,224  
Professional Services — 0.1%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    4,349       968,218  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.2%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    43,324       4,246,185  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    51,109       10,079,717  

Intel Corp.

    523,844       17,113,983  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    107,289       4,645,614  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    111,406       6,722,238  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    36,167       6,727,424  
   

 

 

 
      49,535,161  
Software — 2.1%            

Oracle Corp.

    60,534       5,624,819  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    13,352       5,884,093  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    95,709       19,120,744  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,915       1,737,288  
   

 

 

 
      32,366,944  
Specialized REITs — 0.6%            

American Tower Corp.

    13,656       2,790,467  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    36,267       3,565,409  

Equinix, Inc.

    2,865       2,065,779  

Public Storage

    4,093       1,236,659  
   

 

 

 
      9,658,314  
Specialty Retail — 1.2%            

Home Depot, Inc.

    54,156       15,982,519  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    10,533       2,106,284  
   

 

 

 
      18,088,803  
Tobacco — 1.9%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    226,829       10,121,110  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    196,060       19,066,835  
   

 

 

 
      29,187,945  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%  

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

    74,196     $ 10,746,549  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $1,519,302,827)

 

    1,553,366,743  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.4%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(b)(d)(e)

    4,045,677       4,046,890  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(b)(d)

    2,378,970       2,378,970  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $6,426,265)

 

    6,425,860  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $1,525,729,092)

 

    1,559,792,603  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%

 

    (2,634,806
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 1,557,157,797  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

    

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
    

Net
Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

     Value at
03/31/23
     Shares
Held at
03/31/23
     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 1,178,770      $ 2,864,748 (a)     $      $ 3,581      $ (209    $ 4,046,890        4,045,677      $ 20,889 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     1,740,000        638,970 (a)                             2,378,970        2,378,970        67,630        1  

BlackRock, Inc.

     10,349,918        6,069,609        (3,235,512      1,461,494        (2,088,134      12,557,375        18,767        342,900         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 1,465,075      $ (2,088,343    $ 18,983,235         $ 431,419      $ 1  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

E-Mini Consumer Staples Select Sector Index

     7        06/16/23      $ 530      $ 20,523  

E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index

     10        06/16/23        1,673        63,446  

E-Mini Financials Select Sector Index

     12        06/16/23        1,198        (5,704
           

 

 

 
            $ 78,265  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 78,265      $      $      $      $   78,265  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (242,914    $      $      $      $   (242,914
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (17,865    $      $      $      $ (17,865
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 3,126,066  

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $         1,553,366,743        $         —        $         —        $         1,553,366,743  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     6,425,860                            6,425,860  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 1,559,792,603        $        $        $ 1,559,792,603  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 78,265        $        $        $ 78,265  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(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

March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

Russell Top
200 ETF

   

iShares

Russell Top 200
Growth ETF

    

iShares

Russell Top 200
Value ETF

 

ASSETS

      

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 798,925,800     $ 5,925,093,989      $ 1,540,809,368  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    5,628,693       48,017,427        18,983,235  

Cash

    16       6        8  

Cash pledged:

      

Futures contracts

    80,000       549,000        195,000  

Receivables:

      

Investments sold

    5,503,133       24,347,976        7,643,465  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    2,114       13,684        1,156  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    483,266       1,661,329        1,521,554  

Dividends — affiliated

    4,774       30,823        10,440  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    20,212       138,475        37,820  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    810,648,008       5,999,852,709        1,569,202,046  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Collateral on securities loaned

    1,635,740       40,052,275        4,047,421  

Payables:

      

Investments purchased

    5,503,133       17,409,698        1,260,816  

Capital shares redeemed

          6,949,122        6,477,941  

Investment advisory fees

    101,918       890,426        258,071  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    7,240,791       65,301,521        12,044,249  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 803,407,217     $ 5,934,551,188      $ 1,557,157,797  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

  $ 830,227,631     $ 5,599,406,434      $ 1,578,914,692  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    (26,820,414     335,144,754        (21,756,895
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 803,407,217     $ 5,934,551,188      $ 1,557,157,797  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

      

Shares outstanding

    8,250,000       42,700,000        23,900,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 97.38     $ 138.98      $ 65.15  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None        None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 799,336,182     $ 5,293,935,887      $ 1,506,496,444  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 1,658,841     $ 39,687,747      $ 4,065,098  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 5,762,940     $ 48,011,243      $ 19,232,648  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

Russell Top

200 ETF

   

iShares

Russell Top 200
Growth ETF

   

iShares

Russell Top 200
Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 14,324,281     $ 49,206,170     $ 33,156,969  

Dividends — affiliated

    33,759       194,167       410,530  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    14,072       120,319       20,889  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (1,106     (3,089     (2,692
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    14,371,006       49,517,567       33,585,696  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

    1,297,201       9,252,268       2,834,991  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,297,201       9,252,268       2,834,991  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    13,073,805       40,265,299       30,750,705  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (13,069,815     (204,641,431     (9,802,597

Investments — affiliated

    349,417       37,894       707,490  

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    1       4       1  

Futures contracts

    (230,224     (319,077     (242,914

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    122,912,619       369,469,630       85,011,908  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    360,012             757,585  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    110,322,010       164,547,020       76,431,473  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (213,619,201     (696,040,165     (167,264,399

Investments — affiliated

    (795,136     4,990       (2,088,343

Futures contracts

    (13,507     361,996       (17,865
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (214,427,844     (695,673,179     (169,370,607
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (104,105,834     (531,126,159     (92,939,134
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (91,032,029   $ (490,860,860   $ (62,188,429
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 ETF            iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF  
    

Year Ended

03/31/23

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

           

Year Ended

03/31/23

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 13,073,805     $ 11,557,048        $ 40,265,299     $ 24,224,459  

Net realized gain

    110,322,010       88,803,279          164,547,020       438,653,331  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (214,427,844     31,330,490          (695,673,179     169,212,054  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (91,032,029     131,690,817          (490,860,860     632,089,844  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (12,861,101     (11,546,241        (40,613,805     (24,456,769
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

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

    (134,788,881     56,024,466          1,645,653,871       682,843,598  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (238,682,011     176,169,042          1,114,179,206       1,290,476,673  

Beginning of year

    1,042,089,228       865,920,186          4,820,371,982       3,529,895,309  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 803,407,217     $ 1,042,089,228        $ 5,934,551,188     $ 4,820,371,982  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 Top 200 Value ETF  
   

Year Ended

03/31/23

 

 

      

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

      

OPERATIONS

      

Net investment income

  $ 30,750,705        $ 22,977,803  

Net realized gain

    76,431,473          132,334,923  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (169,370,607        (24,705,658
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (62,188,429        130,607,068  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

      

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (30,093,801        (22,928,866
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

      

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    361,717,362          26,107,292  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

      

Total increase in net assets

    269,435,132          133,785,494  

Beginning of year

    1,287,722,665          1,153,937,171  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 1,557,157,797        $ 1,287,722,665  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

See notes to financial statements.    

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/20
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/19
 
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 107.99      $ 94.64      $ 61.54      $ 65.66      $ 60.63  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.42        1.26        1.23        1.28        1.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (10.59      13.37        33.09        (3.94      4.97  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (9.17      14.63        34.32        (2.66      6.18  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.44      (1.28      (1.22      (1.46      (1.15
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 97.38      $ 107.99      $ 94.64      $ 61.54      $ 65.66  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (8.41 )%       15.48      56.06      (4.24 )%       10.27
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.15      0.15      0.15      0.15      0.15
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.51      1.20      1.48      1.82      1.91
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 803,407      $
 
 
1,042,089
 
 
   $ 865,920      $ 369,243      $ 213,382  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    5      4      5      5      5
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/20
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/19
 
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 158.56      $ 134.47      $ 84.14      $ 82.24      $ 73.61  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.14        0.89        0.93        1.04        1.00  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (19.62      24.09        50.31        1.90        8.60  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (18.48      24.98        51.24        2.94        9.60  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.10      (0.89      (0.91      (1.04      (0.97
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 138.98      $ 158.56      $ 134.47      $ 84.14      $ 82.24  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (11.60 )%       18.58      61.04      3.55      13.11
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.87      0.57      0.77      1.16      1.27
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 5,934,551      $ 4,820,372      $ 3,529,895      $ 1,678,603      $ 1,377,486  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    12      10      11      20      15
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/20
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/19
 
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 69.61      $ 63.58      $ 44.04      $ 52.57      $ 50.39  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.40        1.30        1.26        1.40        1.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (4.52      6.01        19.49        (8.38      2.13  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (3.12      7.31        20.75        (6.98      3.44  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.34      (1.28      (1.21      (1.55      (1.26
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 65.15      $ 69.61      $ 63.58      $ 44.04      $ 52.57  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (4.37 )%       11.56      47.63      (13.72 )%       6.92
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.17      1.91      2.31      2.56      2.54
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 1,557,158      $ 1,287,723      $ 1,153,937      $ 389,726      $ 425,831  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    18      15      17      17      14
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

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
 

 

 

Russell Top 200

     Diversified  

Russell Top 200 Growth(a)

     Diversified  

Russell Top 200 Value

     Diversified  

 

  (a) 

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as its underlying index is diversified. The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status due solely to a change in its relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index.

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

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 jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its

 

 

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financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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 BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

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.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a)  
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Russell Top 200

        

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 1,658,841      $ (1,640,238   $     $ 18,603  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Growth

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 513,276      $ (513,276   $     $  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    26,524,100        (26,524,100            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    12,501,670        (12,501,670            

Virtu Americas LLC

    148,701        (148,701            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 39,687,747      $ (39,687,747   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 30,401      $ (30,401   $     $  

BNP Paribas SA

    755,742        (755,742            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    3,278,955        (3,243,000           35,955  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 4,065,098      $ (4,029,143   $     $ 35,955  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of 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 to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

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).

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Russell Top 200

    0.15

Russell Top 200 Growth

    0.20  

Russell Top 200 Value

    0.20  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 4,906  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    48,245  

Russell Top 200 Value

    6,520  

 

 

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

Russell Top 200

  $ 18,667,521      $ 18,462,481      $ (6,930,340

Russell Top 200 Growth

    412,316,889        316,817,617        (149,755,398

Russell Top 200 Value

    187,135,237        196,134,146        1,130  

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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

7.    PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 42,025,142      $ 42,258,036  

Russell Top 200 Growth

      563,450,685          561,923,855  

Russell Top 200 Value

    259,577,390        258,112,301  

 

 

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 334,380,701      $ 468,764,504  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    2,455,567,125        814,279,402  

Russell Top 200 Value

    733,047,970        373,425,596  

 

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Paid-in capital      Accumulated earnings (loss)  

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 122,830,815      $ (122,830,815

Russell Top 200 Growth

    368,542,676        (368,542,676

Russell Top 200 Value

    84,851,353        (84,851,353

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

 

 

Russell Top 200

    

Ordinary income

  $ 12,861,101      $ 11,546,241  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Growth

    

Ordinary income

  $ 40,613,805      $ 24,456,769  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 30,093,801      $ 22,928,866  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF    
Undistributed
Ordinary Income
 
 
    

Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
 
 
 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
 
 
    Total  

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 319,346      $ (23,957,521   $ (3,182,239   $ (26,820,414)  

Russell Top 200 Growth

           (288,680,613     623,825,367       335,144,754  

Russell Top 200 Value

    994,025        (49,966,749     27,215,829       (21,756,895

 

 

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains(losses) on certain futures contracts and characterization of corporate actions.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

As of March 31, 2023, 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)
 
 
 

 

 

Russell Top 200

  $ 807,736,732      $ 61,177,348      $ (64,359,587   $ (3,182,239)  

Russell Top 200 Growth

     5,349,286,049        782,578,329        (158,752,962     623,825,367  

Russell Top 200 Value

    1,532,576,774        122,304,922        (95,089,093     27,215,829  

 

 

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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

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.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

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:

 

    

Year Ended

03/31/23

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
 iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 Russell Top 200

       

Shares sold

    3,600,000     $ 333,290,298       2,650,000     $ 283,025,557  

Shares redeemed

    (5,000,000     (468,079,179     (2,150,000     (227,001,091
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,400,000   $ (134,788,881     500,000     $ 56,024,466  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Russell Top 200 Growth

       

Shares sold

    18,450,000     $   2,459,950,957       10,200,000     $   1,599,356,266  

Shares redeemed

    (6,150,000     (814,297,086     (6,050,000     (916,512,668
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    12,300,000     $ 1,645,653,871       4,150,000     $ 682,843,598  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Russell Top 200 Value

       

Shares sold

    11,250,000     $ 736,022,834       6,300,000     $ 425,716,600  

Shares redeemed

    (5,850,000     (374,305,472     (5,950,000     (399,609,308
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,400,000     $ 361,717,362       350,000     $ 26,107,292  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

11.    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of

iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the three funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (three of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Russell Top 200 ETF

 

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

 

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

 

 
iShares ETF    Qualified Dividend
Income
 

 

 

Russell Top 200

   $ 13,782,554  

Russell Top 200 Growth

     47,034,459  

Russell Top 200 Value

     32,612,676  

The following maximum amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

 

 
iShares ETF    Qualified Business
Income
 

 

 

Russell Top 200

   $ 204,781  

Russell Top 200 Growth

     1,043,569  

Russell Top 200 Value

     295,830  

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF    Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Russell Top 200

     100.00

Russell Top 200 Growth

     100.00  

Russell Top 200 Value

     100.00  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Russell Top 200 ETF, iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF and iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     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
 

Russell Top 200 Value

  $   1.343796     $     $     $   1.343796       100             100

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Year of Birth)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S. Kapito(a) (1957)    Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Salim Ramji(b) (1970)    Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

 

(a) 

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) 

Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of Birth)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
John E. Kerrigan (1955)    Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).
Jane D. Carlin (1956)    Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).
Richard L. Fagnani (1954)    Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of Birth)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H. Herbert (1949)    Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Drew E. Lawton (1959)    Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).
John E. Martinez (1961)    Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Madhav V. Rajan (1964)    Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

Officers
     
Name (Year of Birth)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Dominik Rohé (1973)    President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent Walker (1974)    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles Park (1967)    Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa Rolland (1980)    Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel Aguirre (1982)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer Hsui (1976)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James Mauro (1970)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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  MARCH 31, 2023

 

  

2023 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV | NYSE Arca

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

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023
     
     6-Month    12-Month 
   

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

  15.62%   (7.73)%
   

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

  9.14     (11.61)    
   

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

  27.27   (1.38)  
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  14.04   (10.70)   
   

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

  1.93   2.52
   

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

  4.38   (6.90)
   

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

  4.89   (4.78)
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  7.00   0.26
   

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

  7.88   (3.35)

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

    

Page

 

 

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

     4  

Fund Summary

     5  

About Fund Performance

     9  

Disclosure of Expenses

     9  

Schedules of Investments

     10  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     44  

Statements of Operations

     45  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     46  

Financial Highlights

     47  

Notes to Financial Statements

     49  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     57  

Important Tax Information

     58  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     59  

Supplemental Information

     60  

Trustee and Officer Information

     62  

General Information

     65  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     66  

 

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023      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    

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

Fund NAV

    (8.72 )%      10.26     11.55       (8.72 )%      62.99     198.23

Fund Market

    (8.86     10.25       11.55         (8.86     62.87       198.30  

Index

    (8.58     10.45       11.73               (8.58     64.37       203.26  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

          Hypothetical 5% Return           
                                                          

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

      

Ending

      Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a)     

           

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

      Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

    Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

$       1,000.00

       $         1,147.90          $        1.07               $      1,000.00          $        1,023.93          $        1.01          0.20

 

(a)

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, primarily due to weakness in the internet and direct marketing retail industry. The pandemic-related rise in e-commerce waned, as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Slowing revenue growth from data cloud services further pressured the industry, as business customers reduced expenditures amid economic uncertainty. The automobiles industry also declined amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles (“EVs”) in the weakening economy. While EV sales grew, production did not meet analysts’ expectations.

The information technology sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as sharply higher interest rates lowered the current value of future earnings. The software and services industry declined, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets reduced revenue growth. Slowing growth in cloud-based software sales, which provide software companies with steady revenue streams, further constrained earnings. Changing consumer behavior patterns pressured the IT services industry, as a return to in-person spending meant slowing revenue growth for online payment platforms.

The financials sector also detracted amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks. The financial services industry also faced headwinds, as declining prices for stocks and bonds reduced assets under management, diminishing profits.

On the upside, the energy sector contributed to performance. Relatively high average prices of energy commodities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted the oil, gas, and consumable fuels industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of    

Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  24.6%

Health Care

  14.1   

Financials

  13.4   

Consumer Discretionary

  10.3   

Industrials

  9.9   

Communication Services

  7.6   

Consumer Staples

  6.6   

Energy

  4.7   

Real Estate

  3.1   

Materials

  2.9   

Utilities

  2.8   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of    
Total Investments(a)

Apple Inc.

  6.2%

Microsoft Corp.

  5.4   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  2.3   

NVIDIA Corp.

  1.7   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

  1.6   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

  1.4   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

  1.4   

Tesla, Inc.

  1.4   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

  1.2   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  1.1   
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023       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   

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

Fund NAV

    (9.37 )%      6.34   8.58%       (9.37 )%      36.00     127.71

Fund Market

    (9.44     6.35     8.58          (9.44     36.05       127.81  

Index

    (9.22     6.54     8.80                (9.22     37.24       132.37  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

          Hypothetical 5% Return           
                                                          

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 

$        1,000.00

       $        1,118.20          $        1.24               $        1,000.00          $        1,023.76          $        1.16          0.23

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Persistently high inflation led to significant tightening from the Fed, and investors became concerned about the long-term effect of this tightening on loan growth and credit losses. Bank stocks were further pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks, as markets digested the long-term implications of the disruption, including a potential slowdown in lending activity.

The real estate sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on the sector. Equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) were the largest source of weakness. REITs typically take on substantial debt to finance the purchase of the properties they manage. Higher interest rates make financing more expensive for REITs. Furthermore, higher interest rates also meant increased bond yields, making dividend yields from REITs comparatively less attractive to income-oriented investors, although many REITs raised dividends during the reporting period.

The information technology sector also detracted. Interest rates rose sharply during the reporting period, which reduced the current value of future earnings. Furthermore, increased concerns about economic growth lowered investors’ growth expectations for information technology stocks. The software and services industry declined, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets pressured revenue growth.

On the upside, the industrials sector contributed to the Index’s return, driven by the machinery industry. Improvements in machine efficiency and increased demand for automation boosted industry revenue.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of    

Total Investments(a)

Financials

  17.0%

Industrials

  16.9   

Real Estate

  10.4   

Consumer Discretionary

  10.1   

Utilities

  8.9   

Information Technology

  8.7   

Materials

  7.8   

Health Care

  7.4   

Energy

  5.0   

Consumer Staples

  4.5   

Communication Services

  3.3   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of    

Total Investments(a)

Phillips 66

  0.8%

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

  0.8   

Corteva, Inc.

  0.7   

Biogen, Inc.

  0.7   

Realty Income Corp.

  0.7   

Nucor Corp.

  0.7   

Aflac, Inc.

  0.6   

Carrier Global Corp.

  0.6   

PACCAR, Inc.

  0.6   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

  0.6   
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

A B O U T   F U N D   P E R F O R M A N C E   /   D I S C L O S U R E   O F   E X P E N S E S

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Schedule of Investments   

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%

   

AAR Corp.(a)

    9,392     $ 512,334  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)

    19,909       1,118,289  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,870       538,044  

AerSale Corp.(a)

    7,435       128,031  

Archer Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    41,067       117,452  

Astronics Corp.(a)

    7,715       103,072  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    17,831       4,009,300  

Boeing Co.(a)

    147,656       31,366,564  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    25,225       1,590,184  

Cadre Holdings, Inc.

    6,713       144,598  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    10,052       1,771,765  

Ducommun, Inc.(a)

    2,615       143,067  

General Dynamics Corp.

    64,934       14,818,588  

HEICO Corp.

    11,906       2,036,402  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    20,700       2,813,130  

Hexcel Corp.

    21,567       1,471,948  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    98,040       4,153,955  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    10,299       2,132,099  

Kaman Corp.

    7,951       181,760  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a)

    33,510       451,715  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    50,883       9,985,280  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    60,670       28,680,529  

Maxar Technologies, Inc.

    20,039       1,023,191  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    13,138       671,615  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    7,692       774,969  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    2,245       161,842  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    38,541       17,795,150  

Park Aerospace Corp.

    6,379       85,798  

Parsons Corp.(a)

    8,138       364,094  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    391,912       38,379,942  

Rocket Lab U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    61,684       249,203  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A

    28,240       975,127  

Textron, Inc.

    55,190       3,898,070  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    13,759       10,141,071  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    15,954       184,907  

V2X, Inc.(a)

    3,345       132,863  

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    66,592       269,698  

Woodward, Inc.

    15,378       1,497,356  
   

 

 

 
            184,873,002  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%            

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)

    15,863       330,426  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    30,792       3,059,801  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    42,113       4,637,484  

FedEx Corp.

    62,503       14,281,311  

Forward Air Corp.

    7,341       791,066  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    28,153       1,420,600  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,683       728,851  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    196,001       38,022,234  
   

 

 

 
      63,271,773  
Automobile Components — 0.2%            

Adient PLC(a)

    24,885       1,019,290  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)

    30,183       235,729  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    72,472       8,130,634  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    62,473       3,068,049  

Dana, Inc.

    34,147       513,912  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

    7,423       640,308  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    11,243       1,364,563  

Gentex Corp.

    62,823       1,760,929  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    8,474       511,999  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    75,348       830,335  
Security   Shares     Value  

Automobile Components (continued)

   

LCI Industries

    6,965     $ 765,244  

Lear Corp.

    15,954       2,225,423  

Luminar Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,232       429,846  

Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)

    11,758       271,022  

Patrick Industries, Inc.(b)

    5,904       406,254  

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

    64,417       526,931  

Solid Power, Inc.(a)

    37,878       114,013  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    5,095       188,056  

Stoneridge, Inc.(a)

    6,844       127,983  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    6,994       1,096,869  

XPEL, Inc.(a)

    6,648       451,732  
   

 

 

 
      24,679,121  
Automobiles — 1.7%            

Canoo, Inc.(a)(b)

    71,344       46,559  

Fisker, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,193       252,925  

Ford Motor Co.

    1,051,617       13,250,374  

General Motors Co.

    371,856       13,639,678  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    35,685       1,354,960  

Lordstown Motors Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    63,623       42,188  

Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    155,127       1,247,221  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    138,210       2,139,491  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    689,109       142,962,553  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    14,546       1,158,443  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(b)

    7,835       452,080  

Workhorse Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,452       47,151  
   

 

 

 
            176,593,623  
Banks — 3.4%            

1st Source Corp.

    4,047       174,628  

ACNB Corp.

    3,182       103,574  

Amalgamated Financial Corp.

    5,075       89,777  

Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    7,764       168,945  

American National Bankshares, Inc.

    3,346       106,068  

Ameris Bancorp

    16,322       597,059  

Arrow Financial Corp.

    4,849       120,789  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    39,591       711,846  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    19,288       676,044  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)

    15,549       574,069  

Banc of California, Inc.

    14,370       180,056  

BancFirst Corp.

    4,744       394,226  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    12,700       353,695  

Bank First Corp.(b)

    1,644       120,966  

Bank of America Corp.

    1,872,661       53,558,105  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.(b)

    10,456       544,548  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

    4,508       98,680  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.

    14,064       379,728  

Bank OZK

    29,543       1,010,371  

BankUnited, Inc.

    20,095       453,745  

Banner Corp.

    9,732       529,129  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

    4,816       127,383  

BCB Bancorp, Inc.

    5,763       75,668  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    11,818       296,159  

Blue Foundry Bancorp(a)

    8,872       84,461  

BOK Financial Corp.

    7,803       658,651  

Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    8,181       88,682  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    17,954       188,517  

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

    6,549       112,184  

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

    7,366       159,253  

Cadence Bank

    38,189       792,804  

Cambridge Bancorp

    1,678       108,751  

Camden National Corp.

    3,726       134,844  

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

    4,570       133,947  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    39,520       265,970  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Banks (continued)

   

Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.

    5,912     $ 89,567  

Carter Bankshares, Inc.(a)

    8,320       116,480  

Cathay General Bancorp

    17,836       615,699  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    8,258       147,818  

Citigroup, Inc.

    516,115       24,200,632  

Citizens & Northern Corp.

    5,817       124,367  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    128,693       3,908,406  

City Holding Co.

    4,234       384,786  

Civista Bancshares, Inc.

    6,038       101,921  

CNB Financial Corp.

    5,073       97,402  

Coastal Financial Corp.(a)(b)

    2,800       100,828  

Colony Bankcorp, Inc.

    11,978       122,176  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    54,574       1,168,975  

Columbia Financial, Inc.(a)

    8,622       157,610  

Comerica, Inc.

    34,001       1,476,323  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    30,372       1,772,206  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    14,122       741,264  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    3,852       146,183  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

    10,448       184,721  

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,872       134,899  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    15,115       1,592,214  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    7,353       136,178  

CVB Financial Corp.

    34,654       578,029  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    9,577       217,589  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    8,669       290,151  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    37,341       2,072,426  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    40,276       508,283  

Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.

    4,082       128,420  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    9,370       417,808  

Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A

    3,974       96,846  

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.

    2,276       88,992  

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.

    4,356       105,938  

Farmers National Banc Corp.

    10,834       136,942  

FB Financial Corp.

    10,423       323,947  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    181,056       4,823,332  

Financial Institutions, Inc.

    4,631       89,286  

First Bancorp, Inc.

    3,793       98,201  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    48,397       552,694  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    8,919       316,803  

First Bancshares, Inc.

    5,044       130,287  

First Busey Corp.

    14,003       284,821  

First Business Financial Services, Inc.

    3,316       101,171  

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

    2,923       2,844,371  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    23,135       287,568  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

    4,414       110,571  

First Financial Bancorp

    24,566       534,802  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    34,516       1,101,060  

First Financial Corp.

    2,801       104,981  

First Foundation, Inc.

    11,623       86,591  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    35,437       731,065  

First Horizon Corp.

    139,036       2,472,060  

First Internet Bancorp

    4,142       68,964  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

    23,714       708,100  

First Merchants Corp.

    14,341       472,536  

First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

    3,360       91,459  

First of Long Island Corp.

    6,616       89,316  

First Republic Bank(b)

    48,345       676,347  

Five Star Bancorp

    3,927       83,802  

Flushing Financial Corp.

    7,579       112,851  

FNB Corp.

    94,086                 1,091,398  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    44,061       608,923  

German American Bancorp, Inc.

    6,503       217,005  
Security   Shares     Value  

Banks (continued)

   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    28,500     $ 1,197,285  

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

    2,585       131,008  

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

    3,130       87,233  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    23,650       860,860  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    8,508       157,994  

HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

    17,089       208,486  

HBT Financial, Inc.

    5,134       101,242  

Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc.

    9,649       370,136  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    16,550       137,862  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    9,192       196,709  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    13,830       410,336  

Hingham Institution For Savings

    467       109,016  

Home Bancorp, Inc.

    2,904       95,919  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    52,538       1,140,600  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    4,842       87,108  

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    5,442       133,819  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    29,353       288,246  

Horizon Bancorp, Inc.

    10,570       116,904  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    384,322       4,304,406  

Independent Bank Corp.

    12,027       789,212  

Independent Bank Corp.

    5,170       91,871  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    9,221       427,393  

International Bancshares Corp.

    14,674       628,341  

John Marshall Bancorp, Inc.

    5,911       127,678  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    777,715             101,344,042  

Kearny Financial Corp.

    15,682       127,338  

KeyCorp

    244,750       3,064,270  

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

    17,687       276,625  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    6,035       378,032  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    8,482       206,706  

M&T Bank Corp.

    46,148       5,517,916  

Macatawa Bank Corp.

    10,070       102,915  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    4,770       145,867  

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

    7,589       129,696  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a)

    2,466       83,573  

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.

    5,609       143,646  

Midland States Bancorp, Inc.

    6,252       133,918  

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    6,080       148,474  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    8,104       271,160  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    11,816       398,317  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    175,387       1,585,498  

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,271       206,237  

Northeast Bank

    2,857       96,167  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    12,444       146,590  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    26,773       322,079  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    15,196       280,822  

OFG Bancorp

    11,498       286,760  

Old National Bancorp

    77,021       1,110,643  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

    11,950       168,017  

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

    7,029       225,982  

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.

    6,384       126,786  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    22,786       547,320  

PacWest Bancorp(b)

    29,592       287,930  

Park National Corp.

    3,568       423,058  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    7,353       305,076  

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.

    4,858       143,894  

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

    5,476       141,007  

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

    3,244       140,627  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    20,297       1,119,583  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    106,986       13,597,921  

Popular, Inc.

    19,217       1,103,248  

Preferred Bank

    2,534       138,889  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Banks (continued)

   

Premier Financial Corp.

    8,952     $ 185,575  

Primis Financial Corp.

    9,741       93,806  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    22,746       1,399,334  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    21,816       418,431  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

    5,065       222,404  

RBB Bancorp

    4,895       75,873  

Regions Financial Corp.

    247,793       4,599,038  

Renasant Corp.

    16,064       491,237  

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    3,142       133,315  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    8,969       282,075  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

    11,001       285,806  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    16,955       401,834  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    13,456       735,101  

Shore Bancshares, Inc.

    6,814       97,304  

Sierra Bancorp

    7,019       120,867  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    34,010       594,835  

SmartFinancial, Inc.

    6,437       148,952  

South Plains Financial, Inc.

    3,553       76,070  

Southern First Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,918       89,583  

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.

    2,562       95,844  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    9,146       303,647  

SouthState Corp.

    19,515       1,390,639  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    13,640       335,680  

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

    7,605       419,340  

Summit Financial Group, Inc.

    4,424       91,798  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    37,602       1,159,270  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    13,061       639,467  

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    7,851       123,339  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    3,478       230,278  

Towne Bank

    17,017       453,503  

TriCo Bancshares

    7,295       303,399  

Triumph Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,796       336,516  

Truist Financial Corp.

    353,055       12,039,175  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    5,288       168,899  

Trustmark Corp.

    16,710       412,737  

U.S. Bancorp

    369,731       13,328,803  

UMB Financial Corp.

    11,212       647,157  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    36,232       1,275,366  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    25,283       710,958  

Univest Financial Corp.

    7,201       170,952  

Valley National Bancorp

    112,696       1,041,311  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    12,013       219,357  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    16,850       507,522  

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    3,596       124,637  

Webster Financial Corp.

    46,744       1,842,648  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,022,789       38,231,853  

WesBanco, Inc.

    16,939       520,027  

West BanCorp, Inc.

    5,742       104,906  

Westamerica Bancorp

    7,741       342,926  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    27,809       988,332  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    15,365       1,120,877  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    16,322       613,870  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    39,637       1,186,335  
   

 

 

 
            364,658,814  
Beverages — 1.6%            

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

    2,420       795,454  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    12,217       796,426  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    48,958       3,146,531  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,301       1,329,135  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,041,069       64,577,510  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    1,184       633,535  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    40,158       9,071,291  
Security   Shares     Value  

Beverages (continued)

   

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(a)

    6,984     $ 111,046  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    229,071       8,081,625  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    3,875       374,790  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    46,469       2,401,518  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    194,470       10,503,325  

National Beverage Corp.(a)

    6,738       355,227  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    368,605       67,196,691  

Primo Water Corp.

    44,900       689,215  

Vita Coco Co., Inc.(a)

    10,788       211,660  
   

 

 

 
            170,274,979  
Biotechnology — 2.7%            

2seventy bio, Inc.(a)

    7,840       79,968  

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,655       131,589  

AbbVie, Inc.

    471,230       75,099,925  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    30,291       570,077  

Adicet Bio, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,517       49,058  

ADMA Biologics, Inc.(a)(b)

    44,916       148,672  

Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,632       93,427  

Agenus, Inc.(a)

    61,842       94,000  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    16,284       374,044  

Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    8,914       341,050  

Alector, Inc.(a)

    16,184       100,179  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    42,540       1,199,203  

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,902       123,016  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    32,619       6,534,238  

ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,174       41,467  

Amgen, Inc.

    142,341       34,410,937  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    70,499       781,834  

AnaptysBio, Inc.(a)

    7,274       158,282  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    19,303       165,427  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,012       172,665  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    24,614       1,623,539  

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(a)

    48,511       146,988  

Arcellx, Inc.(a)

    10,153       312,814  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,788       210,648  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    12,090       220,522  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,477       126,247  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    26,994       685,648  

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,345       76,401  

Aura Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    8,710       80,829  

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    37,743       413,663  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)

    16,752       314,268  

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    15,714       241,210  

Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,664       540,872  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,148       384,874  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    38,149       10,606,566  

Biohaven Ltd.(a)

    16,693       228,026  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    49,899       4,852,179  

Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,848       71,804  

Bluebird Bio, Inc.(a)

    17,324       55,090  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)(b)

    15,572       700,584  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,874       478,731  

C4 Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,616       33,334  

CareDx, Inc.(a)

    12,897       117,879  

Caribou Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    17,941       95,267  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,429       405,033  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    13,474       484,795  

Century Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,229       35,495  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,665       382,069  

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    13,888       321,507  

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,649       158,063  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    16,598       113,530  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

   

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    12,233     $ 196,462  

CTI BioPharma Corp.(a)

    29,038       121,960  

Cullinan Oncology, Inc.(a)

    8,142       83,293  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)

    20,547       723,049  

Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,418       139,289  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    16,154       249,579  

Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    28,695       661,133  

Design Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    8,914       51,434  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)

    28,575       280,321  

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    9,514       109,601  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,852       109,281  

Editas Medicine, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,726       135,764  

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,877       17,828  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,985       124,165  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4,839       195,689  

EQRx, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,048       89,333  

Erasca, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,317       52,124  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    46,898       3,180,153  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    83,184       1,614,601  

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    20,309       115,761  

FibroGen, Inc.(a)

    22,391       417,816  

Generation Bio Co.(a)

    21,027       90,416  

Geron Corp.(a)

    98,617       213,999  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    334,696               27,769,727  

Gossamer Bio, Inc.(a)

    13,515       17,029  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    35,873       1,369,990  

Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    28,378       42,851  

HilleVax, Inc.(a)

    5,831       96,386  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    59,564       6,500,815  

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    9,612       131,973  

IGM Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    5,384       73,976  

ImmunityBio, Inc.(a)

    21,823       39,718  

ImmunoGen, Inc.(a)

    55,162       211,822  

Immunovant, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,534       163,382  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    49,401       3,570,210  

Inhibrx, Inc.(a)

    7,637       144,110  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,803       51,498  

Insmed, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,420       620,961  

Instil Bio, Inc.(a)

    21,271       14,056  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    23,299       868,354  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    8,149       109,441  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    38,426       1,373,345  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)

    36,636       223,846  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    40,411       425,124  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,613       90,003  

IVERIC bio, Inc.(a)

    35,490       863,472  

Janux Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,840       70,664  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,498       51,074  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    8,578       1,558,108  

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,522       87,611  

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,111       175,540  

Kezar Life Sciences, Inc.(a)

    14,166       44,340  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a)

    11,538       124,149  

Kinnate Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    11,820       73,875  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.(a)

    14,136       87,643  

Krystal Biotech, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,874       470,272  

Kura Oncology, Inc.(a)

    16,701       204,253  

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,789       290,048  

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    40,966       96,680  

MacroGenics, Inc.(a)

    16,354       117,258  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,338       808,664  

MannKind Corp.(a)

    60,112       246,459  
Security   Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

   

MeiraGTx Holdings PLC(a)

    17,169     $ 88,764  

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,300       91,653  

MiMedx Group, Inc.(a)

    33,458       114,092  

Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,227       97,515  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,908       405,559  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,013       144,432  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    88,819       13,640,822  

Morphic Holding, Inc.(a)

    5,795       218,124  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)

    22,776       529,087  

Natera, Inc.(a)

    25,553       1,418,703  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    25,306       2,561,473  

Nkarta, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,733       31,002  

Novavax, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,598       135,814  

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,600       94,128  

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

    6,003       156,618  

Ocugen, Inc.(a)(b)

    57,149       48,754  

PepGen, Inc.(a)

    7,415       90,685  

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    8,312       39,648  

Point Biopharma Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,299       191,194  

Precigen, Inc.(a)

    60,589       64,224  

Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    9,180       985,198  

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,731       269,813  

Prothena Corp. PLC(a)

    9,343       452,855  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    19,854       961,728  

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,464       100,264  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    31,974       213,267  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    27,688       22,750,399  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)

    9,284       175,560  

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,009       329,548  

Replimune Group, Inc.(a)

    10,313       182,128  

REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,034       498,916  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    63,854       84,287  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,146       242,321  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,559       568,936  

Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,616       73,954  

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    33,780       59,453  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,636       3,119,920  

Seagen, Inc.(a)

    36,050       7,299,044  

Seres Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,238       103,409  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,429       268,442  

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,777       64,782  

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    22,512       104,005  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    14,461       305,416  

Tango Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    12,953       51,164  

TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,672       491,387  

Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    16,888       379,811  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)(b)

    15,113       227,904  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    16,808       674,001  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    11,934       2,672,739  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    14,935       101,409  

Vaxart, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,740       40,665  

Vaxcyte, Inc.(a)

    17,850       669,018  

Veracyte, Inc.(a)

    17,434       388,778  

Vericel Corp.(a)(b)

    11,625       340,845  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    68,281       21,513,295  

Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,467       179,774  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    20,130       468,425  

Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,432       265,390  

Xencor, Inc.(a)

    14,962       417,290  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    9,137       45,776  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,061       241,849  
   

 

 

 
            291,984,767  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Broadline Retail — 2.4%

   

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,369,881     $ 244,785,008  

Big Lots, Inc.

    8,971       98,322  

ContextLogic, Inc., Class A(a)

    169,533       75,578  

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,051       323,372  

eBay, Inc.

    145,596       6,460,094  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    33,366       3,714,637  

Kohl’s Corp.

    29,365       691,252  

Macy’s, Inc.

    73,892       1,292,371  

Nordstrom, Inc.(b)

    29,096       473,392  

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

    17,020       986,139  

Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A(a)

    97,898       96,704  
   

 

 

 
            258,996,869  
Building Products — 0.6%            

A O Smith Corp.

    33,423       2,311,200  

AAON, Inc.

    11,725       1,133,690  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.(b)

    16,937       1,426,265  

Allegion PLC

    23,123       2,467,918  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    4,771       248,426  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    6,981       301,928  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    12,142       864,996  

AZEK Co., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,708       675,786  

AZZ, Inc.

    6,745       278,164  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    38,843       3,448,482  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    13,532       3,059,179  

Carrier Global Corp.

    222,098       10,160,983  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    3,702       514,319  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    34,416       2,021,252  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    8,147       395,129  

Griffon Corp.

    11,123       356,047  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,845       220,863  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    4,296       119,515  

Janus International Group, Inc.(a)

    22,281       219,691  

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a)

    21,804       276,039  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    183,654       11,059,644  

Lennox International, Inc.

    8,459       2,125,577  

Masco Corp.

    59,369       2,951,827  

Masonite International Corp.(a)(b)

    6,208       563,500  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    34,226       275,177  

Owens Corning

    25,153       2,409,657  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)

    14,854       372,984  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    9,073       195,342  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    37,909       692,977  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    11,630       1,275,113  

Trane Technologies PLC

    61,214       11,262,152  

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

    30,306       1,474,993  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    16,355       1,299,732  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.

    32,902       702,787  
   

 

 

 
      67,161,334  
Capital Markets — 3.0%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    10,025       1,427,761  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    28,102       8,613,263  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    41,065       3,426,464  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    14,945       477,941  

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a)

    7,043       221,502  

Avantax, Inc.(a)

    13,168       346,582  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    5,782       164,151  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    195,799       8,897,107  

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

    87,424       457,228  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    39,503       26,432,247  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    189,692       16,662,545  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc.

    107,951       1,196,097  
Security   Shares     Value  

Capital Markets (continued)

   

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    8,546     $ 201,515  

Carlyle Group, Inc.

    53,886       1,673,699  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    27,872       3,741,537  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    404,952       21,211,386  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    95,505       18,291,118  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    6,102       390,284  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    41,640       2,813,615  

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., Class A

    687       113,066  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)

    6,459       263,915  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    9,523       1,098,764  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    10,056       4,174,145  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    23,674       950,274  

Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,595       808,913  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    75,649       2,037,984  

GCM Grosvenor, Inc., Class A

    13,043       101,866  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    87,417       28,594,975  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    9,342       691,121  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    13,810       1,208,237  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    24,148       1,993,659  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    147,336       15,365,671  

Invesco Ltd.

    100,276       1,644,526  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    38,607       1,028,490  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    54,203       1,720,403  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    151,575       7,960,719  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    23,777       787,256  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    20,987       4,247,769  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    10,009       3,916,422  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    16,423       631,300  

Moody’s Corp.

    42,726       13,075,011  

Morgan Stanley

    328,633       28,853,977  

Morningstar, Inc.

    6,794       1,379,386  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    20,693       11,581,665  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    91,575       5,006,405  

Northern Trust Corp.

    55,340       4,877,114  

Open Lending Corp., Class A(a)

    26,930       189,587  

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A, NVS

    2,485       97,288  

Perella Weinberg Partners, Class A

    8,331       75,812  

Piper Sandler Cos.

    4,969       688,753  

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

    6,338       457,540  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    51,340       4,788,482  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    148,595       1,442,857  

S&P Global, Inc.

    85,735       29,558,856  

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

    10,749       92,549  

SEI Investments Co.

    26,929       1,549,764  

State Street Corp.

    93,188       7,053,400  

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A

    15,109       366,695  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    27,824       1,644,120  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)

    5,303       549,020  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    58,289       6,580,828  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    27,957       2,209,162  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    4,354       127,442  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    27,816       525,722  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    1,731       329,565  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    39,738       232,865  
   

 

 

 
            319,319,382  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    7,886       301,797  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    58,886       16,912,648  

Albemarle Corp.

    30,985       6,848,924  

American Vanguard Corp.

    8,832       193,244  

Amyris, Inc.(a)(b)

    44,037       59,890  

Ashland, Inc.

    13,658       1,402,813  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Chemicals (continued)

   

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.(a)

    10,509     $ 78,292  

Avient Corp.

    23,060       949,150  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    56,731       1,718,382  

Balchem Corp.

    8,168       1,033,089  

Cabot Corp.

    14,136       1,083,383  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    28,666       3,121,441  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    52,389       3,797,679  

Chase Corp.

    2,289       239,727  

Chemours Co.

    41,515       1,242,959  

Corteva, Inc.

    190,344       11,479,647  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)

    20,779       168,102  

Dow, Inc.

    187,007       10,251,724  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    122,545       8,795,055  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    31,851       2,686,313  

Ecolab, Inc.

    65,751       10,883,763  

Ecovyst, Inc.(a)

    16,484       182,148  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    59,012       1,139,522  

FMC Corp.

    33,129       4,046,045  

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    237,229       315,515  

Hawkins, Inc.

    4,486       196,397  

HB Fuller Co.

    13,544       927,087  

Huntsman Corp.

    50,857       1,391,447  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    9,742       696,748  

Innospec, Inc.

    6,521       669,511  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    67,339       6,192,494  

Intrepid Potash, Inc.(a)

    2,897       79,957  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    5,212       182,264  

Linde PLC

    132,116       46,959,311  

Livent Corp.(a)(b)

    44,126       958,417  

LSB Industries, Inc.(a)

    19,512       201,559  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    68,376       6,419,823  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    13,952       299,549  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    9,727       587,705  

Mosaic Co.

    91,024       4,176,181  

NewMarket Corp.

    1,514       552,580  

Olin Corp.

    33,482       1,858,251  

Origin Materials, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,106       137,093  

Orion Engineered Carbons SA

    16,012       417,753  

Perimeter Solutions SA(a)(b)

    38,558       311,549  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    62,643       8,367,852  

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,793       194,551  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    3,554       703,514  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)

    16,250       101,887  

RPM International, Inc.

    33,384       2,912,420  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    10,744       749,286  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    11,434       875,387  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    63,389       14,247,945  

Stepan Co.

    6,114       629,925  

Trinseo PLC

    9,821       204,768  

Tronox Holdings PLC

    27,007       388,361  

Valvoline, Inc.

    46,619       1,628,868  

Westlake Corp.(b)

    9,059       1,050,663  
   

 

 

 
            194,202,355  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  

ABM Industries, Inc.

    17,561       789,191  

ACCO Brands Corp.

    27,827       148,040  

ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    33,613       433,944  

Aris Water Solutions, Inc., Class A

    6,504       50,666  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    12,743       684,681  

BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,951       78,405  

Brink’s Co.

    11,676       779,957  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,304       1,099,709  
Security   Shares     Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Cimpress PLC(a)(b)

    4,459     $ 195,393  

Cintas Corp.

    23,090               10,683,281  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    13,509       1,925,843  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    113,086       8,505,198  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    30,614       281,649  

Deluxe Corp.

    10,910       174,560  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,001       515,300  

Ennis, Inc.

    6,523       137,570  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    33,192       261,885  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    22,873       156,223  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    20,261       281,020  

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(a)

    5,246       186,810  

HNI Corp.

    11,701       325,756  

Interface, Inc., Class A

    14,453       117,358  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)

    28,549       390,550  

Kimball International, Inc., Class B

    9,498       117,775  

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    36,229       203,969  

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

    6,761       89,042  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    7,933       286,064  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    21,070       430,882  

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,022       214,805  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    9,649       1,288,142  

Republic Services, Inc.

    55,182       7,461,710  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.(b)

    19,064       1,073,113  

Rollins, Inc.

    61,142       2,294,659  

SP Plus Corp.(a)

    5,965       204,540  

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

    25,282       212,874  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    24,085       1,050,347  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    14,254       2,094,055  

UniFirst Corp.

    4,121       726,244  

Viad Corp.(a)

    5,044       105,117  

VSE Corp.

    2,973       133,488  

Waste Management, Inc.

    109,582       17,880,495  
   

 

 

 
      64,070,310  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    18,538       294,013  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    65,751       11,036,963  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    14,550       779,735  

Cambium Networks Corp.(a)

    4,536       80,378  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    40,084       2,105,212  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,095,732       57,279,390  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)

    3,411       158,884  

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(a)

    52,019       331,361  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    8,059       100,576  

Digi International, Inc.(a)

    8,672       292,073  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

    35,462       678,033  

F5, Inc.(a)

    15,756       2,295,492  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)

    25,064       365,684  

Infinera Corp.(a)(b)

    53,109       412,126  

Inseego Corp.(a)(b)

    50,435       29,373  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    84,193       2,897,923  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)

    19,048       1,028,782  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    43,879       12,555,098  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

    8,768       162,296  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    16,586       475,189  

Ribbon Communications, Inc.(a)

    23,481       80,305  

Ubiquiti, Inc.(b)

    1,060       287,991  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,227       616,802  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    63,988       692,990  
   

 

 

 
      95,036,669  
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%            

AECOM

    35,671       3,007,779  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Construction & Engineering (continued)

   

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

    8,005     $ 394,006  

API Group Corp.(a)

    51,915       1,167,049  

Arcosa, Inc.

    12,815       808,755  

Argan, Inc.

    3,849       155,769  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    9,088       1,326,484  

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

    8,890       239,497  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,177       672,126  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    12,541       2,039,041  

Fluor Corp.(a)

    39,075       1,207,808  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    13,398       550,390  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a)(b)

    14,740       80,038  

IES Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,690       115,912  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    15,792       1,491,396  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    52,237       1,592,184  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    4,910       618,709  

Northwest Pipe Co.(a)

    4,008       125,170  

Primoris Services Corp.

    15,638       385,633  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    37,938       6,321,988  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a)

    6,794       257,357  

Tutor Perini Corp.(a)(b)

    13,280       81,938  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    5,519       1,762,106  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

    54,644       2,561,711  
   

 

 

 
      26,962,846  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    9,551       1,401,609  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.(b)

    16,682       5,923,111  

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    32,497       925,839  

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

    684       104,440  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    35,430       6,078,371  
   

 

 

 
      14,433,370  
Consumer Finance — 0.5%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    82,271       2,097,088  

American Express Co.

    158,458       26,137,647  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    12,814       388,521  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    101,644       9,774,087  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    1,827       796,645  

Discover Financial Services

    71,254       7,042,745  

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

    6,523       329,085  

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    7,670       340,778  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    13,975       120,185  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    9,767       931,479  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    14,236       244,575  

LendingClub Corp.(a)

    25,765       185,766  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    3,876       103,334  

Navient Corp.

    25,377       405,778  

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    3,244       298,091  

NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,929       95,931  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    29,554       1,095,862  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    9,575       373,042  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,689       349,451  

Regional Management Corp.

    3,389       88,419  

SLM Corp.

    65,027       805,685  

SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    214,405       1,301,438  

Synchrony Financial

    115,664       3,363,509  

Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,212       321,169  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)

    986       82,124  
   

 

 

 
              57,072,434  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.8%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    62,240       1,293,347  

Andersons, Inc.

    9,847       406,878  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    35,099       2,669,981  
Security   Shares     Value  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (continued)

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    10,001     $ 2,164,816  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)

    7,594       258,576  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    118,050       58,655,503  

Dollar General Corp.

    59,984       12,624,233  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)(b)

    55,339       7,943,913  

Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(d)

    10,847        

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    22,170       626,524  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

    4,237       375,822  

Kroger Co.

    175,496       8,664,238  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    39,940       2,409,980  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    5,986       427,879  

Rite Aid Corp.(a)(b)

    20,565       46,066  

SpartanNash Co.

    9,025       223,820  

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

    27,784       973,274  

Sysco Corp.

    134,868       10,415,856  

Target Corp.

    123,343       20,429,301  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    53,292       1,968,606  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    14,129       372,299  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    191,678       6,628,225  

Walmart, Inc.

    378,987       55,881,633  

Weis Markets, Inc.

    4,746       401,844  
   

 

 

 
            195,862,614  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Amcor PLC

    389,056       4,427,457  

AptarGroup, Inc.(b)

    17,391       2,055,442  

Ardagh Group SA, Class A(a)

    4,919       32,859  

Ardagh Metal Packaging SA(b)

    41,863       170,801  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    21,674       3,878,129  

Ball Corp.

    82,785       4,562,281  

Berry Global Group, Inc.

    32,960       1,941,344  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    31,187       2,579,477  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    82,999       2,115,645  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    6,331       401,195  

Greif, Inc., Class B

    1,999       152,964  

International Paper Co.

    95,718       3,451,591  

Myers Industries, Inc.

    9,724       208,385  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    43,697       992,359  

Packaging Corp. of America

    24,016       3,334,141  

Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.

    10,599       84,792  

Sealed Air Corp.

    38,327       1,759,593  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    22,078       1,184,926  

Sonoco Products Co.

    26,105       1,592,405  

TriMas Corp.

    9,873       275,062  

Westrock Co.

    67,615       2,060,229  
   

 

 

 
      37,261,077  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Funko, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,120       67,142  

Genuine Parts Co.

    37,262       6,234,305  

LKQ Corp.

    67,535       3,833,286  

Pool Corp.

    10,254       3,511,380  
   

 

 

 
      13,646,113  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

2U, Inc.(a)

    18,563       127,156  

ADT, Inc.

    55,191       399,031  

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

    12,765       492,984  

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

    15,001       1,154,927  

Carriage Services, Inc.

    3,914       119,455  

Chegg, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,132       523,752  

Coursera, Inc.(a)

    34,882       401,841  

Duolingo, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,472       922,842  

European Wax Center, Inc., Class A

    6,841       129,979  
 

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Diversified Consumer Services (continued)

 

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)

    22,870     $ 637,616  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    1,032       614,907  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    8,069       919,059  

H&R Block, Inc.

    41,577       1,465,589  

Laureate Education, Inc., Class A

    35,384       416,116  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,247       174,529  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,025       168,160  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    20,213       271,461  

Rover Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,800       148,584  

Service Corp. International

    40,179       2,763,512  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    5,910       530,895  

Stride, Inc.(a)

    11,175       438,619  

Udemy, Inc.(a)

    22,381       197,624  
   

 

 

 
      13,018,638  
Diversified REITs — 0.1%            

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    20,254       383,003  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    12,433       231,130  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    14,842       175,284  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    46,675       793,942  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    6,711       115,832  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A(b)

    38,766       251,591  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    36,497       906,950  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    9,804       123,825  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    25,400       326,644  

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

    4,622       105,982  

WP Carey, Inc.

    56,014       4,338,284  
   

 

 

 
      7,752,467  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%  

Anterix, Inc.(a)

    6,556       216,610  

AT&T Inc.

    1,908,937       36,747,037  

ATN International, Inc.

    3,073       125,747  

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,528       129,626  

Charge Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,774       66,851  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    11,570       737,240  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    20,808       53,685  

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

    9,711       177,614  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    63,214       1,439,383  

Globalstar, Inc.(a)(b)

    172,419       200,006  

IDT Corp., Class B(a)

    5,263       179,363  

Iridium Communications, Inc.

    33,737       2,089,333  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)

    11,917       99,030  

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

    42,900       354,354  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    268,947       712,710  

Ooma, Inc.(a)

    7,115       89,009  

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

    22,287       326,950  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,120,656       43,582,312  
   

 

 

 
              87,326,860  
Electric Utilities — 1.7%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    15,038       967,996  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    67,709       3,615,661  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    136,915       12,457,896  

Avangrid, Inc.

    19,342       771,359  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    87,553       6,872,911  

Duke Energy Corp.

    205,146       19,790,435  

Edison International

    100,491       7,093,660  

Entergy Corp.

    54,154       5,834,552  

Evergy, Inc.

    59,712       3,649,597  

Eversource Energy

    92,447       7,234,902  

Exelon Corp.

    263,697       11,046,267  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    145,051       5,810,743  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    29,269       1,123,930  
Security   Shares     Value  

Electric Utilities (continued)

   

IDACORP, Inc.

    12,956     $ 1,403,523  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    9,514       738,952  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    529,515       40,815,016  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    56,682       1,943,626  

OGE Energy Corp.

    51,862       1,953,123  

Otter Tail Corp.

    10,591       765,412  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    437,029       7,066,759  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    29,382       2,328,230  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    22,430       1,091,892  

Portland General Electric Co.

    24,206       1,183,431  

PPL Corp.

    195,200       5,424,608  

Southern Co.

    290,492       20,212,433  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    145,671       9,824,052  
   

 

 

 
            181,020,966  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    8,567       1,565,448  

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.

    3,514       135,816  

AMETEK, Inc.

    61,407       8,924,279  

Array Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,274       903,075  

Atkore, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,765       1,512,267  

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    17,309       104,893  

Blink Charging Co.(a)(b)

    9,945       86,024  

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    44,990       896,651  

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

    67,811       709,981  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    106,412       18,232,632  

Emerson Electric Co.

    151,858       13,232,906  

Encore Wire Corp.

    5,101       945,368  

EnerSys

    11,517       1,000,597  

Enovix Corp.(a)(b)

    30,435       453,786  

ESS Tech, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,148       44,686  

Fluence Energy, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,949       181,217  

FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    100,839       287,391  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,573       1,790,050  

GrafTech International Ltd.

    57,202       278,002  

Hubbell, Inc.

    14,071       3,423,615  

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

    8,188       296,897  

NuScale Power Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    10,297       93,600  

nVent Electric PLC

    44,276       1,901,211  

Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    136,319       1,597,659  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    2,845       121,169  

Preformed Line Products Co.

    882       112,931  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    17,390       2,447,295  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    30,588       8,976,049  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    40,469       2,024,259  

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

    43,080       981,793  

Stem, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,454       240,714  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    20,424       282,668  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,765       1,083,365  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,770       218,548  

TPI Composites, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,617       138,552  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    84,725       1,212,415  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    5,553       260,658  
   

 

 

 
      76,698,467  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

908 Devices, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,927       68,172  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    10,720       1,050,560  

Akoustis Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    33,763       103,990  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    156,293       12,772,264  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    21,722       131,635  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    15,504       1,935,984  

Avnet, Inc.

    24,409       1,103,287  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    7,216       879,053  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Belden, Inc.

    11,227     $ 974,167  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    10,666       252,678  

CDW Corp.

    35,843       6,985,442  

Cognex Corp.

    45,295       2,244,367  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    30,839       1,174,349  

Corning, Inc.

    196,564       6,934,778  

CTS Corp.

    8,300       410,518  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    7,612       373,292  

Fabrinet(a)

    9,459       1,123,351  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,216       103,756  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,126       1,161,693  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    8,533       1,052,204  

Itron, Inc.(a)

    11,820       655,419  

Jabil, Inc.

    34,400       3,032,704  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    47,490       7,668,685  

Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a)

    6,050       145,805  

Knowles Corp.(a)(b)

    26,140       444,380  

Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,721       165,901  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    6,305       1,690,307  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    9,312       408,611  

MicroVision, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,822       111,665  

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

    42,683       364,513  

Napco Security Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,642       287,186  

National Instruments Corp.

    35,085       1,838,805  

nLight, Inc.(a)

    10,925       111,217  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    9,060       1,441,355  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    4,571       467,888  

Ouster, Inc.(a)

    83,654       69,993  

PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b)

    7,460       253,342  

PC Connection, Inc.

    2,996       134,700  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    7,476       729,433  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    5,027       821,563  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    14,052       857,031  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    6,836       208,088  

SmartRent, Inc.(a)

    38,548       98,297  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    12,414       1,201,551  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    12,410       5,551,738  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    65,113       3,413,223  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,153       325,824  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    32,409       733,092  

Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(a)

    3,264       136,305  

Vontier Corp.

    42,841       1,171,273  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    13,576       4,317,168  
   

 

 

 
              79,692,602  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%            

Archrock, Inc.

    35,195       343,855  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    252,734       7,293,903  

Borr Drilling Ltd.(a)

    46,405       351,750  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)

    6,195       138,768  

Cactus, Inc., Class A

    14,966       617,048  

ChampionX Corp.

    51,580       1,399,365  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a)

    26,571       319,915  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,426       141,179  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)

    9,969       286,011  

Expro Group Holdings NV(a)(b)

    20,279       372,322  

Halliburton Co.

    239,112       7,565,504  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    35,809       277,162  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    27,084       968,253  

Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A

    39,313       503,600  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    2,256       275,029  

Newpark Resources, Inc.(a)

    26,365       101,505  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    40,906       325,203  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)  

Noble Corp. PLC(a)

    22,264     $ 878,760  

NOV, Inc.

    105,360       1,950,214  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

    24,823       437,629  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    23,162       192,939  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    58,495       684,392  

ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a)

    8,219       104,135  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    20,065       144,267  

RPC, Inc.

    20,839       160,252  

Schlumberger NV

    376,192       18,471,027  

Select Energy Services, Inc., Class A

    22,635       157,540  

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A

    12,623       107,800  

TETRA Technologies, Inc.(a)

    42,560       112,784  

Tidewater, Inc.(a)

    13,090       577,007  

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

    21,420       255,755  

Valaris Ltd.(a)

    15,737       1,023,849  

Weatherford International PLC(a)

    18,369       1,090,200  
   

 

 

 
      47,628,922  
Entertainment — 1.5%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    206,699       17,691,367  

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

    135,834       680,528  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    29,321       433,658  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    73,189       8,815,615  

IMAX Corp.(a)

    14,901       285,801  

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

    3,144       108,720  

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

    8,666       291,958  

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

    4,891       330,142  

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

    53,728       4,020,466  

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

    14,275       158,024  

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

    33,784       350,678  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    40,710       2,849,700  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)

    6,896       407,347  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A

    5,288       1,030,367  

Marcus Corp.

    7,290       116,640  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    116,720       40,324,426  

Playstudios, Inc., Class A(a)

    27,703       102,224  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)

    27,395       308,468  

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

    119,400       5,370,612  

Roku, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,994       2,105,845  

Skillz, Inc.(a)

    129,732       76,957  

Spotify Technology SA(a)

    37,040       4,949,285  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    44,375       5,293,937  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    485,816       48,644,756  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)

    629,609       9,507,096  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    11,622       1,060,624  
   

 

 

 
            155,315,241  
Financial Services — 4.1%            

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

    57,748       650,820  

Alerus Financial Corp.

    5,596       89,816  

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

    5,156       178,655  

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    128,356       8,106,965  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a)

    38,134       297,445  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E

    10,926       189,894  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    481,036       148,529,486  

Block, Inc., Class A(a)

    142,343       9,771,847  

Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)

    22,233       448,662  

Cantaloupe, Inc.(a)

    24,639       140,442  

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

    3,411       147,730  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

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iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Financial Services (continued)  

Compass Diversified Holdings

    14,424     $ 275,210  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    8,504       194,401  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    96,810       2,458,006  

Essent Group Ltd.

    29,301       1,173,505  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,415       1,389,239  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    16,117       543,949  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    2,527       336,571  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    157,419       8,552,574  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    156,893       17,733,616  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    19,078       4,022,596  

Flywire Corp.(a)

    16,501       484,469  

Global Payments, Inc.

    69,757       7,341,227  

I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,147       150,786  

International Money Express, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,577       246,895  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    19,222       2,897,140  

Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A

    20,018       748,873  

Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a)

    116,802       533,785  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    226,880       82,450,461  

Merchants Bancorp

    5,209       135,642  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    83,617       1,122,140  

MoneyGram International, Inc.(a)

    23,572       245,620  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a)

    18,798       770,154  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,199       495,704  

Payoneer Global, Inc.(a)

    66,133       415,315  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    304,140       23,096,392  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)

    7,779       134,343  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A

    6,772       403,679  

Radian Group, Inc.

    44,881       991,870  

Remitly Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,961       456,989  

Repay Holdings Corp.(a)

    20,910       137,379  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    31,073       281,521  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,319       1,009,580  

Star Holdings(a)

    2,417       42,036  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    76,526       730,058  

TFS Financial Corp.

    15,225       192,292  

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

    69,089       1,226,330  

UWM Holdings Corp., Class A(b)

    33,203       163,027  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    433,419       97,718,648  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    26,234       1,874,682  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    7,880       600,220  

Waterstone Financial, Inc.

    8,288       125,397  

Western Union Co.

    88,648       988,425  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    11,705       2,152,433  
   

 

 

 
            435,594,941  
Food Products — 1.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    145,212       11,567,588  

B&G Foods, Inc.

    16,935       263,000  

Benson Hill, Inc.(a)(b)

    59,955       68,948  

Beyond Meat, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,109       245,219  

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

    14,149       72,726  

Bunge Ltd.

    36,866       3,521,440  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    4,144       119,223  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    9,420       573,584  

Campbell Soup Co.

    50,853       2,795,898  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    126,550       4,753,218  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    42,479       2,480,774  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    49,512       1,357,124  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    8,970       270,087  

Freshpet, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,181       806,260  

General Mills, Inc.

    156,921       13,410,469  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)

    23,464       402,408  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Hershey Co.

    38,992     $ 9,919,955  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    75,299       3,002,924  

Hostess Brands, Inc., Class A(a)

    37,735       938,847  

Ingredion, Inc.

    17,938       1,824,833  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    4,123       611,111  

J M Smucker Co.

    27,564       4,337,747  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    1,976       191,514  

Kellogg Co.

    67,685       4,532,188  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    187,273       7,241,847  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    38,841       4,059,661  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    5,065       1,027,587  

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.(a)

    11,554       43,616  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    66,266       5,513,994  

Mission Produce, Inc.(a)

    10,467       116,288  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    363,863       25,368,528  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    13,878       321,692  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,652       1,316,775  

Seaboard Corp.

    75       282,751  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    2,104       109,976  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)

    22,876       909,778  

Sovos Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,293       138,327  

SunOpta, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,049       215,977  

Tattooed Chef, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    26,849       38,126  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    4,191       188,218  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)

    13,293       670,366  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    75,113       4,455,703  

Utz Brands, Inc.(b)

    15,630       257,426  

Vital Farms, Inc.(a)

    8,736       133,661  
   

 

 

 
            120,477,382  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    37,963       4,265,523  

Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A

    24,589       1,132,569  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    4,585       586,834  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    22,508       1,299,612  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    26,436       1,406,395  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    8,698       413,677  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    14,467       1,146,220  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    17,342       1,083,008  

Spire, Inc.

    13,543       949,906  

UGI Corp.

    56,472       1,962,967  
   

 

 

 
      14,246,711  
Ground Transportation — 1.0%            

ArcBest Corp.

    6,181       571,248  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)

    6,796       1,323,861  

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc., Class A

    3,737       132,365  

CSX Corp.

    561,591       16,814,035  

Daseke, Inc.(a)

    12,699       98,163  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    11,922       189,798  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    48,398       788,404  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    22,022       3,863,980  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    42,127       2,383,546  

Landstar System, Inc.

    9,242       1,656,721  

Lyft, Inc., Class A(a)

    84,901       787,032  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    14,132       296,065  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    60,767       12,882,604  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    26,402       8,998,858  

RXO, Inc.(a)

    27,836       546,699  

Ryder System, Inc.

    13,221       1,179,842  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,101       1,932,040  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    14,826       396,596  

TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    34,955       51,384  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    513,106       16,265,460  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Ground Transportation (continued)  

U-Haul Holding Co.

    2,317     $ 138,209  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS(b)

    20,905       1,083,924  

Union Pacific Corp.

    163,790       32,964,375  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

    3,526       102,783  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    16,396       745,854  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    27,836       887,968  
   

 

 

 
            107,081,814  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8%  

Abbott Laboratories

    457,205       46,296,578  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    20,939       6,996,557  

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a)

    21,371       333,388  

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)

    10,237       105,851  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    10,570       138,467  

AtriCure, Inc.(a)

    12,065       500,094  

Atrion Corp.

    382       239,862  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    12,089       359,527  

Axogen, Inc.(a)

    10,984       103,799  

Axonics, Inc.(a)

    12,825       699,732  

Baxter International, Inc.

    133,322       5,407,540  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    75,880       18,783,335  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    379,865       19,004,646  

Butterfly Network, Inc.(a)(b)

    47,836       89,932  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    9,979       198,183  

Cerus Corp.(a)

    38,883       115,483  

CONMED Corp.

    7,851       815,405  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    13,039       4,868,241  

Cue Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,287       69,682  

Cutera, Inc.(a)

    4,115       97,196  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    58,462       2,296,387  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    102,917       11,956,897  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    164,963       13,647,389  

Embecta Corp.

    16,127       453,491  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    14,010       749,395  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    43,234       1,767,406  

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

    38,013       235,300  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    97,009       7,957,648  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    11,873       594,837  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,957       1,130,364  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    13,721       1,135,413  

Heska Corp.(a)

    2,517       245,710  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    64,224       5,182,877  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    5,116       843,935  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    21,896       10,949,752  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)

    13,136       811,017  

Inogen, Inc.(a)

    4,680       58,406  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    7,361       1,722,989  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    18,343       5,850,683  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    9,114       706,335  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    19,338       1,110,195  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    94,044       24,025,421  

iRadimed Corp.

    2,760       108,606  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,981       989,883  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    17,522       1,446,616  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    4,775       245,769  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    13,820       602,276  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    12,706       2,344,765  

Medtronic PLC

    356,371       28,730,630  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    14,180       1,048,611  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    1,385       242,001  

Nano-X Imaging Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,570       84,069  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    57,223       1,059,770  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    9,106       329,182  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Novocure Ltd.(a)(b)

    26,946     $ 1,620,532  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    14,396       594,699  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    11,601       680,631  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)

    20,704       125,259  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)

    9,102       152,459  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)

    2,866       126,935  

Outset Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,618       232,171  

Paragon 28, Inc.(a)

    14,774       252,192  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,667       2,694,096  

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a)

    7,810       221,804  

Pulmonx Corp.(a)

    8,042       89,910  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    13,160       1,172,424  

ResMed, Inc.

    38,602       8,453,452  

RxSight, Inc.(a)

    8,174       136,342  

Senseonics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    108,467       77,012  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)

    9,457       2,050,561  

SI-BONE, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,600       149,492  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.(a)

    9,336       365,318  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    12,666       809,991  

STERIS PLC

    26,324       5,035,255  

Stryker Corp.

    93,770       26,768,522  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)

    3,851       87,726  

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(a)

    7,248       119,012  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    16,409       666,369  

Teleflex, Inc.

    12,315       3,119,513  

TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,371       558,206  

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a)

    10,750       270,792  

UFP Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,983       257,473  

Utah Medical Products, Inc.

    1,148       108,796  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    9,831       178,826  

ViewRay, Inc.(a)

    40,436       139,909  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    56,020       7,237,784  

Zimvie, Inc.(a)

    13,212       95,523  

Zynex, Inc.(a)

    7,370       88,440  
   

 

 

 
            300,624,949  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%            

23andMe Holding Co., Class A(a)(b)

    61,857       141,034  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    22,993       1,661,244  

Accolade, Inc.(a)

    14,956       215,067  

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)(b)

    20,179       250,825  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)(b)

    3,488       372,379  

Agiliti, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,279       116,318  

agilon health, Inc.(a)(b)

    51,188       1,215,715  

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    20,775       132,129  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    8,789       646,431  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    43,557       6,973,911  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

    11,393       945,163  

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

    9,333       340,375  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a)(b)

    49,555       146,187  

Cano Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    47,310       43,052  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    68,124       5,143,362  

CareMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,495       60,062  

Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    5,382       122,279  

Centene Corp.(a)

    146,384       9,252,933  

Chemed Corp.

    3,940       2,118,735  

Cigna Group

    78,351       20,021,031  

Clover Health Investments Corp.(a)(b)

    117,833       99,581  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

    41,097       201,375  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    2,091       397,875  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    12,024       268,376  

CVS Health Corp.

    341,874       25,404,657  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,610       1,266,127  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

DocGo, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,638     $ 213,119  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    64,237       29,536,815  

Encompass Health Corp.

    25,609       1,385,447  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    14,413       200,485  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    13,729       1,311,669  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)

    5,261       164,248  

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)

    26,905       630,653  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    57,667       15,205,635  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    21,553       1,265,377  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,633       2,905,515  

Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    31,880       316,250  

Humana, Inc.

    33,592       16,307,572  

Invitae Corp.(a)(b)

    53,164       71,771  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    23,588       5,411,559  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)

    23,459       174,300  

McKesson Corp.

    36,630       13,042,112  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    3,098       260,480  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    15,257       4,081,095  

National HealthCare Corp.

    3,511       203,884  

National Research Corp., Class A

    3,771       164,076  

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    34,444       599,670  

Nutex Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,079       66,740  

Oak Street Health, Inc.(a)

    30,436       1,177,265  

OPKO Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    100,897       147,310  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    44,234       1,405,314  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    19,533       284,205  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    21,607       578,419  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    20,729       309,069  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,610       122,951  

PetIQ, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,380       107,307  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    32,826       1,062,578  

Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,863       410,367  

Progyny, Inc.(a)

    21,075       676,929  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    29,553       4,181,158  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    38,623       579,345  

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    14,102       352,973  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    30,509       788,658  

Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,309       458,761  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    27,572       1,638,328  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    3,538       346,406  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    249,399       117,863,473  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    16,797       2,134,899  
   

 

 

 
            305,700,410  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%            

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    26,331       515,561  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    5,786       211,768  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    82,608       111,521  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    11,664       106,259  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    99,551       1,924,321  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    146,623       3,221,307  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    9,886       347,295  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    157,888       1,297,839  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    11,398       587,909  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    61,225       1,678,177  

Physicians Realty Trust

    62,211       928,810  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    63,250       727,375  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    3,249       156,310  

Ventas, Inc.

    106,109       4,599,825  

Welltower, Inc.

    125,496       8,996,808  
   

 

 

 
      25,411,085  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

American Well Corp., Class A(a)

    52,343       123,529  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Technology (continued)  

Certara, Inc.(a)

    28,604     $ 689,642  

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.(a)

    4,009       121,072  

Definitive Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    10,445       107,897  

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

    29,652       960,132  

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,540       731,423  

Health Catalyst, Inc.(a)

    12,105       141,265  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    6,907       187,180  

Multiplan Corp., Class A(a)

    99,766       105,752  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    13,301       231,570  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)

    5,232       76,544  

Phreesia, Inc.(a)

    12,806       413,506  

Schrodinger, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,690       413,118  

Sharecare, Inc., Class A(a)

    93,579       132,882  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    4,171       183,274  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)

    44,585       1,154,752  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    37,365       6,867,313  

Veradigm, Inc.(a)(b)

    30,707       400,726  
   

 

 

 
              13,041,577  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%            

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    54,216       841,432  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    22,762       87,861  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    12,892       135,237  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    56,876       462,402  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    13,430       90,250  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    187,466       3,091,314  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    59,495       735,358  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b)

    34,644       486,402  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    46,017       487,780  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    14,275       1,280,896  

Service Properties Trust

    43,364       431,906  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    29,386       205,702  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    55,065       544,042  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    30,301       396,640  
   

 

 

 
      9,277,222  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%            

Accel Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    13,027       118,676  

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

    99,674       12,399,446  

Aramark

    61,856       2,214,445  

Bally’s Corp.(a)(b)

    8,454       165,022  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    6,028       175,656  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    23,177       594,490  

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp., Class A

    3,888       106,453  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    10,328       27,394,090  

Bowlero Corp.(a)

    12,088       204,892  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    21,185       1,358,382  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)

    12,065       458,470  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    53,791       2,625,539  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    263,579       2,675,327  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.(b)

    11,646       408,192  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    7,322       12,508,099  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    8,590       1,006,662  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    9,663       2,483,874  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,740       205,779  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    5,804       659,334  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    32,816       5,091,731  

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

    12,764       469,588  

Denny’s Corp.(a)

    17,557       195,936  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    4,559       308,371  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    9,430       3,110,674  

DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a)

    66,598       4,232,969  

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

    94,958       1,838,387  

Everi Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,153       414,224  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    38,858     $ 3,770,392  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    5,237       227,862  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)

    23,342       1,037,085  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    70,121       9,877,945  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    12,644       1,413,473  

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    6,629       84,785  

International Game Technology PLC

    25,179       674,797  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    5,447       477,103  

Krispy Kreme, Inc.(b)

    22,337       347,340  

Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,518       99,945  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    87,165       5,007,629  

Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,193       162,680  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)

    25,203       1,513,440  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,508       119,576  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    70,503       11,706,318  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    9,779       1,318,796  

McDonald’s Corp.

    197,043       55,095,193  

MGM Resorts International

    85,631       3,803,729  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.

    3,645       270,277  

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

    115,552       1,554,174  

Papa John’s International, Inc.(b)

    8,749       655,563  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    43,328       1,285,108  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,607       1,755,886  

Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,208       111,295  

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.(b)

    2,946       230,289  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

    12,886       574,329  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    57,779       3,772,969  

Rush Street Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)

    23,080       71,779  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    8,493       139,455  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    85,744       367,842  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,102       619,354  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,483       526,212  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    21,463       573,277  

Sonder Holdings, Inc.(a)

    61,383       46,473  

Starbucks Corp.

    305,691       31,831,604  

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

    25,123       196,964  

Target Hospitality Corp.(a)

    9,620       126,407  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    17,205       1,859,172  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    22,023       863,302  

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

    37,089       35,687  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    10,661       2,491,262  

Wendy’s Co.

    48,044       1,046,398  

Wingstop, Inc.

    7,685       1,410,812  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    23,063       1,564,825  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    28,064       3,140,642  

Xponential Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,859       147,665  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    75,383       9,956,587  
   

 

 

 
            247,388,405  
Household Durables — 0.5%            

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.(a)

    9,853       156,466  

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,385       757,810  

Century Communities, Inc.

    7,177       458,754  

DR Horton, Inc.

    84,133       8,218,953  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    6,039       165,831  

Garmin Ltd.

    40,447       4,081,911  

GoPro, Inc., Class A(a)

    31,753       159,717  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    8,286       290,507  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    6,408       609,849  

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,534       104,066  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    6,030       687,601  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    7,280       317,699  

KB Home

    20,168       810,350  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    12,796     $ 372,108  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    36,358       1,159,093  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    66,665       7,007,158  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    3,873       345,898  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)

    5,965       680,189  

Lovesac Co.(a)(b)

    3,842       111,034  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    7,303       460,746  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    14,910       579,552  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    9,813       1,145,766  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    13,890       1,392,056  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    98,599       1,226,571  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    789       4,396,458  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    60,369       3,518,305  

Skyline Champion Corp.(a)

    13,438       1,010,941  

Sonos, Inc.(a)

    32,329       634,295  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)

    29,273       1,119,985  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    44,080       1,740,719  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    29,535       1,772,986  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    8,749       1,821,017  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    25,821       653,788  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    14,430       36,075  

Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    19,399       178,083  

Vuzix Corp.(a)(b)

    20,078       83,123  

Whirlpool Corp.

    14,298       1,887,622  
   

 

 

 
      50,153,082  
Household Products — 1.3%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)

    2,592       106,428  

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

    11,613       453,720  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    64,583       5,709,783  

Clorox Co.

    33,077       5,234,104  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    220,495       16,570,199  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    19,340       671,098  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    89,937       12,071,344  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    629,390       93,583,999  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    14,341       394,378  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    10,243       678,291  

WD-40 Co.

    3,591       639,378  
   

 

 

 
            136,112,722  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    175,324       4,221,802  

Altus Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,044       76,961  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    34,582       1,208,641  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    8,324       249,970  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    23,166       725,791  

Montauk Renewables, Inc.(a)

    18,941       149,065  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    13,884       1,176,947  

Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,509       429,690  

Vistra Corp.

    104,632       2,511,168  
   

 

 

 
      10,750,035  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%            

3M Co.

    147,433       15,496,683  

Brookfield Business Corp., Class A

    10,853       215,107  

General Electric Co.(b)

    288,669       27,596,756  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    179,669       34,338,339  
   

 

 

 
      77,646,885  
Industrial REITs — 0.4%            

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    70,971       2,019,125  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    10,831       1,790,581  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    34,488       1,834,762  

Indus Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,055       136,226  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust(b)

    20,912       64,200  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Industrial REITs (continued)  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    7,797     $ 592,494  

LXP Industrial Trust

    73,810       760,981  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    11,809       248,107  

Prologis, Inc.

    245,437       30,623,175  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    52,223       3,115,102  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    46,831       1,583,824  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    20,957       1,353,822  
   

 

 

 
              44,122,399  
Insurance — 2.3%            

Aflac, Inc.

    163,016       10,517,792  

Allstate Corp.

    70,100       7,767,781  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    13,040       201,859  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    20,907       762,896  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    18,417       2,237,666  

American International Group, Inc.

    197,365       9,939,301  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    4,911       240,394  

Aon PLC, Class A

    54,780       17,271,586  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    93,561       6,349,985  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

    8,273       242,316  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    55,216       10,563,373  

Assurant, Inc.

    14,754       1,771,513  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    16,400       824,428  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    21,212       1,156,478  

Bright Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    95,801       21,105  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    17,443       769,411  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    62,344       3,579,793  

BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    16,315       415,380  

Chubb Ltd.

    110,659       21,487,765  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    40,931       4,587,547  

CNA Financial Corp.

    8,064       314,738  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    32,256       715,761  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    7,311       304,796  

Enstar Group Ltd.(a)

    3,151       730,370  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    6,568       1,521,543  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    10,466       3,747,037  

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

    4,708       85,309  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    69,364       2,422,885  

First American Financial Corp.

    27,259       1,517,236  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    136,479       685,125  

Globe Life, Inc.

    23,619       2,598,562  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,642       242,312  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    9,438       1,212,783  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    84,197       5,867,689  

HCI Group, Inc.

    3,027       162,247  

Hippo Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,416       104,132  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    10,907       365,166  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    8,472       174,947  

Kemper Corp.

    16,399       896,369  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    5,795       1,739,369  

Lemonade, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,544       150,357  

Lincoln National Corp.

    45,380       1,019,689  

Loews Corp.

    51,300       2,976,426  

Markel Corp.(a)

    3,503       4,474,767  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    132,255       22,027,070  

MBIA, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,043       139,298  

Mercury General Corp.

    7,045       223,608  

MetLife, Inc.

    175,488       10,167,775  

National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A

    565       137,080  

Old Republic International Corp.

    75,213       1,878,069  

Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    38,846       254,053  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,824       321,485  

Primerica, Inc.

    10,003       1,722,917  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    64,829     $ 4,818,091  

ProAssurance Corp.

    13,261       245,063  

Progressive Corp.

    155,524       22,249,263  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    97,771       8,089,573  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    17,560       2,331,266  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    11,273       2,258,433  

RLI Corp.

    10,612       1,410,441  

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,747       875,099  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    3,821       284,741  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    15,476       1,475,327  

Selectquote, Inc.(a)

    44,761       97,131  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    24,175       196,543  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    6,984       281,804  

Tiptree, Inc.

    6,831       99,528  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    62,249       10,670,101  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,643       413,588  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    5,953       158,052  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    9,229       168,152  

Unum Group

    52,694       2,084,575  

W R Berkley Corp.

    54,144       3,371,005  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    651       896,746  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    28,902       6,716,247  
   

 

 

 
            240,800,108  
Interactive Media & Services — 4.2%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,603,864       166,368,813  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,394,759       145,054,936  

Bumble, Inc., Class A(a)

    23,266       454,850  

Cargurus, Inc.(a)

    25,802       481,981  

Cars.com, Inc.(a)

    18,799       362,821  

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

    18,686       160,326  

EverQuote, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,778       108,114  

fuboTV, Inc.(a)

    41,960       50,772  

IAC, Inc.(a)

    20,434       1,054,394  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    74,538       2,861,514  

MediaAlpha, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,566       113,339  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    593,311       125,746,333  

Outbrain, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,862       110,940  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)

    160,040       4,364,291  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    12,412       196,978  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    6,043       438,722  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    27,696       550,043  

Vimeo, Inc.(a)

    38,546       147,631  

Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,799       577,129  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,422       891,487  

ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a)

    21,503       342,758  

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

    73,056       1,805,214  
   

 

 

 
      452,243,386  
IT Services — 1.4%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    168,945       48,286,170  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    40,771       3,192,369  

Amdocs Ltd.

    32,183       3,090,533  

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1(a)

    19,935       178,219  

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

    76,075       4,690,784  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    137,014       8,348,263  

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,321       795,974  

DXC Technology Co.(a)(b)

    61,151       1,563,020  

Edgio, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,584       28,942  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    14,541       4,347,759  

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

    27,957       496,516  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    20,441       6,659,065  

Globant SA(a)

    10,907       1,788,857  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)

    41,448       3,221,338  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,366     $ 130,254  

Hackett Group, Inc.

    7,906       146,103  

International Business Machines Corp.

    239,822       31,438,266  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    59,125       872,685  

MongoDB, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,865       4,164,689  

Okta, Inc., Class A(a)

    40,184       3,465,468  

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    8,503       613,832  

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

    82,861       12,784,624  

Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,918       315,095  

Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a)

    28,925       212,888  

Tucows, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,736       53,215  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)

    46,186       3,077,373  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)

    18,100       70,228  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    24,651       5,209,496  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    14,035       1,400,693  
   

 

 

 
            150,642,718  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    9,460       481,892  

AMMO, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,772       72,441  

Brunswick Corp.

    18,921       1,551,522  

Hasbro, Inc.

    34,454       1,849,835  

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

    1,492       94,011  

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,108       288,347  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,244       159,575  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    91,042       1,676,083  

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

    78,896       894,681  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    14,608       1,616,083  

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

    15,045       185,204  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    4,144       238,031  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    38,167       825,171  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,864       439,591  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    22,686       907,440  
   

 

 

 
      11,279,907  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    25,766       1,437,485  

AbCellera Biologics, Inc.(a)(b)

    58,078       437,908  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b)

    29,488       260,379  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    78,878       10,911,983  

Avantor, Inc.(a)(b)

    163,845       3,463,683  

Azenta, Inc.(a)

    19,066       850,725  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,551       207,734  

Bionano Genomics, Inc.(a)(b)

    73,441       81,520  

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

    5,772       2,764,903  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    41,982       3,114,645  

Bruker Corp.

    29,064       2,291,406  

Charles River Laboratories International,
Inc.(a)(b)

    13,233       2,670,684  

Codexis, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,674       69,030  

CryoPort, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,117       242,808  

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    27,922       256,603  

Danaher Corp.

    172,599       43,501,852  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    41,676       9,691,754  

Inotiv, Inc.(a)

    863       3,737  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    49,454       9,835,906  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    29,897       418,857  

MaxCyte, Inc.(a)

    25,128       124,384  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,564       1,234,360  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    5,822       8,908,883  

NanoString Technologies, Inc.(a)

    11,895       117,761  

OmniAb, Inc.(a)

    19,145       70,454  

OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(a)(d)

    1,502        

OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(a)(d)

    1,502        

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

    67,871       785,946  
Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    33,263     $ 4,432,627  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    61,157       2,808,941  

Quanterix Corp.(a)

    12,288       138,486  

Quantum-Si, Inc.(a)

    35,046       61,681  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    14,665       2,468,999  

Seer, Inc., Class A(a)

    18,863       72,811  

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

    59,807       152,508  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    26,207       469,367  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    27,150       967,083  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    104,326       60,130,377  

Waters Corp.(a)

    15,913       4,927,142  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    19,656       6,810,214  
   

 

 

 
            187,195,626  
Machinery — 2.0%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    31,103       333,424  

AGCO Corp.

    16,378       2,214,306  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    2,397       441,432  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    7,990       713,986  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    24,567       1,111,411  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    5,987       246,964  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    12,412       499,955  

Blue Bird Corp.(a)

    5,415       110,628  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    138,690       31,737,820  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,273       1,413,634  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)

    4,670       145,330  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

    6,623       246,111  

Crane NXT Co.

    12,637       1,434,300  

Cummins, Inc.

    37,395       8,932,918  

Deere & Co.

    72,345       29,869,804  

Desktop Metal, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    62,688       144,182  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    32,700       2,136,618  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

    5,478       174,693  

Dover Corp.

    37,311       5,669,033  

Energy Recovery, Inc.(a)

    14,895       343,330  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    15,877       404,864  

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    5,147       534,722  

Esab Corp.(b)

    15,137       894,143  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    6,631       632,929  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.(a)

    31,835       1,582,836  

Federal Signal Corp.

    17,244       934,797  

Flowserve Corp.

    35,592       1,210,128  

Fortive Corp.

    94,199       6,421,546  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    11,797       1,110,098  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    25,089       348,486  

Gorman-Rupp Co.

    4,753       118,825  

Graco, Inc.

    44,336       3,236,971  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    8,383       269,681  

Helios Technologies, Inc.

    8,155       533,337  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    18,986       902,405  

Hillman Solutions Corp.(a)

    33,880       285,270  

Hyliion Holdings Corp.(a)

    54,749       108,403  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A

    2,690       134,204  

IDEX Corp.

    20,145       4,654,099  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    81,362       19,807,579  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    109,002       6,341,736  

ITT, Inc.

    22,055       1,903,346  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    8,637       943,938  

Kadant, Inc.

    2,832       590,529  

Kennametal, Inc.

    22,180       611,724  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    14,944       2,527,030  

Lindsay Corp.

    3,108       469,712  

Luxfer Holdings PLC

    7,280       123,032  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Manitowoc Co., Inc.(a)

    9,214     $ 157,467  

Markforged Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    47,272       45,324  

Microvast Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    54,413       67,472  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    14,419       2,113,970  

Miller Industries, Inc.

    3,051       107,853  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    15,481       1,137,544  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

    45,589       635,511  

Nikola Corp.(a)(b)

    81,463       98,570  

Nordson Corp.

    15,475       3,439,473  

Omega Flex, Inc.(b)

    1,089       121,358  

Oshkosh Corp.

    17,912       1,489,920  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    110,544       9,329,914  

PACCAR, Inc.

    136,733       10,008,856  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    34,085       11,456,309  

Pentair PLC

    42,217       2,333,334  

Proterra, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,684       95,280  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,142       236,757  

RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)

    7,303       1,699,627  

REV Group, Inc.

    9,406       112,778  

Sarcos Technology & Robotics Corp.(a)(b)

    54,085       25,674  

Shyft Group, Inc.

    8,917       202,862  

Snap-on, Inc.

    13,871       3,424,611  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)

    12,310       868,840  

Standex International Corp.

    3,103       379,931  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    39,580       3,189,356  

Tennant Co.

    4,631       317,362  

Terex Corp.

    17,987       870,211  

Timken Co.

    16,701       1,364,806  

Titan International, Inc.(a)

    11,187       117,240  

Toro Co.

    27,987       3,111,035  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    20,182       491,634  

Wabash National Corp.

    12,574       309,195  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    7,026       1,182,616  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    48,362       4,887,464  

Xylem, Inc.

    48,043       5,030,102  
   

 

 

 
            216,016,505  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%            

Costamare, Inc.

    18,033       169,690  

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

    3,012       137,046  

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    9,062       141,911  

Golden Ocean Group Ltd.

    30,205       287,552  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    15,680       1,092,896  

Matson, Inc.

    10,957       653,804  
   

 

 

 
      2,482,899  
Media — 0.9%            

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

    58,904       201,452  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,641       134,329  

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    4,951       117,190  

Cable One, Inc.

    1,628       1,142,856  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    28,113       10,053,490  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(a)

    98,790       118,548  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1,115,348       42,282,843  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    396       112,844  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    66,612       621,490  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    23,462       141,945  

EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(a)

    13,710       129,011  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    77,918       2,653,108  

Fox Corp., Class B

    37,079       1,160,943  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)

    60,605       113,331  

Gray Television, Inc.

    21,533       187,768  

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(a)

    28,363       110,616  

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a)

    10,108       144,241  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    104,491     $ 3,891,245  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    12,338       478,344  

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

    5,333       437,946  

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

    31,365       2,562,521  

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

    18,943       532,109  

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

    40,361       1,129,704  

Magnite, Inc.(a)(b)

    34,024       315,062  

New York Times Co., Class A

    43,708       1,699,367  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    103,967       1,795,510  

News Corp., Class B

    31,536       549,672  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    9,961       1,719,866  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    53,042       5,003,982  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    152,972       3,412,805  

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

    11,372       157,161  

Quotient Technology, Inc.(a)

    27,771       91,089  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

    6,949       237,795  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

    11,917       204,496  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    195,439       775,893  

Stagwell, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,709       138,821  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,385       266,746  

TEGNA, Inc.

    55,919       945,590  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,663       153,649  

Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    116,036       7,067,753  

WideOpenWest, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,857       157,930  
   

 

 

 
              93,151,061  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%            

5E Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)

    10,839       58,747  

Alcoa Corp.

    48,689       2,072,204  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

    4,505       702,780  

Arconic Corp.(a)

    26,316       690,269  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,891       1,297,879  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    13,396       599,605  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    15,311       153,110  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    136,779       2,507,159  

Coeur Mining, Inc.(a)

    64,839       258,708  

Commercial Metals Co.

    31,753       1,552,722  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    9,018       309,227  

Constellium SE(a)

    30,530       466,498  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    378,749       15,494,622  

Haynes International, Inc.

    3,755       188,088  

Hecla Mining Co.(b)

    144,980       917,723  

Ivanhoe Electric, Inc.(a)

    12,303       149,482  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    4,355       325,014  

Materion Corp.

    5,022       582,552  

MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    23,823       671,570  

Newmont Corp.

    212,667       10,424,936  

Novagold Resources, Inc.(a)

    65,594       407,995  

Nucor Corp.

    68,264       10,544,740  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    2,534       132,300  

Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,883       293,224  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    15,443       3,964,836  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    17,938       2,326,738  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    5,022       182,700  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

    6,252       194,437  

Southern Copper Corp.

    22,177       1,690,996  

SSR Mining, Inc.

    53,198       804,354  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    44,182       4,995,217  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    26,356       236,677  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    10,063       184,555  

Tredegar Corp.

    11,430       104,356  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)  

United States Steel Corp.

    59,359     $ 1,549,270  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    12,514       459,389  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    9,436       610,037  
   

 

 

 
              68,104,716  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%  

AFC Gamma, Inc.

    6,405       77,885  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    151,405       1,526,162  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    124,045       2,370,500  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    41,209       383,656  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    41,720       479,363  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    11,119       101,072  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    49,142       257,996  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    42,673       761,713  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A

    23,558       138,992  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

    36,510       171,597  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    60,231       339,703  

Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    23,529       274,113  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    8,729       105,795  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    13,771       168,144  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    22,021       262,711  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    16,042       79,568  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.(b)

    22,985       657,371  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    8,714       96,638  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    15,992       182,149  

Ladder Capital Corp., Class A

    28,069       265,252  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    29,882       296,429  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    24,480       243,821  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

    11,938       128,095  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    23,801       293,466  

Ready Capital Corp.

    21,495       218,604  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    31,709       213,719  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    113,088       904,704  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    75,478       1,335,206  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    14,931       108,399  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    24,088       354,334  
   

 

 

 
      12,797,157  
Multi-Utilities — 0.7%            

Ameren Corp.

    68,624       5,928,427  

Avista Corp.

    18,236       774,118  

Black Hills Corp.

    17,609       1,111,128  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    167,063       4,921,676  

CMS Energy Corp.

    77,724       4,770,699  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    94,705       9,060,427  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    222,516       12,440,870  

DTE Energy Co.

    51,285       5,617,759  

NiSource, Inc.

    106,864       2,987,918  

NorthWestern Corp.

    15,555       900,012  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    133,272       8,322,836  

Sempra Energy

    83,485       12,619,593  

Unitil Corp.

    3,429       195,590  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    84,081       7,970,038  
   

 

 

 
      77,621,091  
Office REITs — 0.2%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    45,895       5,763,953  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    41,763       2,260,214  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    50,370       238,250  

City Office REIT, Inc.

    13,001       89,707  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    29,830       707,269  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    39,890       852,848  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    45,071       555,726  
Security   Shares      Value  
Office REITs (continued)  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    25,580      $ 351,469  

Equity Commonwealth

    27,990        579,673  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

    36,281        56,961  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    27,148        629,562  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    40,963        272,404  

JBG SMITH Properties

    28,765        433,201  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    31,110        1,007,964  

Office Properties Income Trust

    12,742        156,727  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    14,444        96,775  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    47,069        214,635  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    33,998        248,185  

Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    3,870        58,901  

SL Green Realty Corp.(b)

    16,856        396,453  

Vornado Realty Trust

    47,438        729,122  
    

 

 

 
       15,699,999  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.2%  

Amplify Energy Corp.(a)

    12,533        86,102  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    89,193        935,635  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    77,230        1,783,241  

APA Corp.

    86,694        3,126,186  

Arch Resources, Inc.

    4,041        531,230  

Ardmore Shipping Corp.

    13,338        198,336  

Berry Corp.

    23,041        180,872  

California Resources Corp.

    19,472        749,672  

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)(b)

    12,962        433,449  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    66,655        10,504,828  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    31,971        2,431,075  

Chevron Corp.

    515,674        84,137,370  

Chord Energy Corp.

    11,223        1,510,616  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    19,441        1,328,598  

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)

    41,917        182,758  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    44,642        715,165  

Comstock Resources, Inc.

    22,464        242,387  

ConocoPhillips

    326,317        32,373,910  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    9,620        560,557  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    208,477        5,116,026  

Crescent Energy Co., Class A

    10,020        113,326  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    7,555        247,653  

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

    19,215        440,984  

Denbury, Inc.(a)

    13,907        1,218,670  

Devon Energy Corp.

    173,159        8,763,577  

DHT Holdings, Inc.

    31,369        339,099  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    47,831        6,465,316  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    9,471        188,852  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    25,152        1,241,754  

Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,930        116,179  

Energy Fuels, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,744        221,771  

Enviva, Inc.

    7,876        227,459  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    156,273        17,913,574  

EQT Corp.

    96,881        3,091,473  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    112,001        647,366  

Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A

    4,879        108,021  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,098,788              120,493,092  

FLEX LNG Ltd.

    7,261        243,824  

Frontline PLC

    33,739        558,718  

Gevo, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,319        82,111  

Golar LNG Ltd.(a)

    25,052        541,123  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)

    9,493        294,188  

Gulfport Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    2,953        236,240  

Hess Corp.

    74,813        9,900,752  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    35,811        1,732,536  

International Seaways, Inc.

    13,424        559,512  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    531,264     $ 9,302,433  

Kinetik Holdings, Inc.

    4,913       153,777  

Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a)

    124,472       926,072  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    48,428       1,059,605  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    168,045       4,026,358  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    121,178       16,338,430  

Matador Resources Co.

    30,083       1,433,455  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    38,085       1,408,383  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A

    15,218       447,866  

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.

    51,634       204,471  

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.

    17,587       533,765  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    210,895       13,166,175  

ONEOK, Inc.

    119,024       7,562,785  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    65,556       2,365,260  

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

    11,798       344,502  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    31,433       1,362,935  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    23,455       1,505,342  

Peabody Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    30,597       783,283  

Permian Resources Corp.

    62,253       653,656  

PetroCorp Escrow(a)(d)

    1,248        

Phillips 66

    124,180       12,589,368  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    63,206       12,909,193  

Range Resources Corp.

    62,474       1,653,687  

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A

    6,257       255,536  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    4,604       131,628  

Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.

    3,314       126,131  

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

    12,820       721,894  

SFL Corp. Ltd.

    36,084       342,798  

SilverBow Resources, Inc.(a)

    3,093       70,675  

Sitio Royalties Corp., Class A

    19,181       433,491  

SM Energy Co.

    31,948       899,656  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    296,275       1,481,375  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)

    18,409       273,189  

Targa Resources Corp.

    60,593       4,420,259  

Teekay Corp.(a)(b)

    22,022       136,096  

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A(a)

    6,420       275,611  

Tellurian, Inc.(a)(b)

    139,735       171,874  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    1,495       2,543,025  

Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    86,886       250,232  

Ur-Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    92,421       97,966  

VAALCO Energy, Inc.

    27,961       126,663  

Valero Energy Corp.

    102,033       14,243,807  

Vertex Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,844       156,539  

Vital Energy, Inc.(a)

    4,680       213,127  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    6,379       121,392  

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

    33,221       168,763  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    326,170       9,739,436  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    17,787       454,458  
   

 

 

 
            451,701,605  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    4,528       151,326  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    18,382       996,488  

Sylvamo Corp.

    9,399       434,798  
   

 

 

 
      1,582,612  
Passenger Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    32,674       1,371,001  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    3,675       338,027  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)

    174,783       2,578,049  

Blade Air Mobility, Inc., Class A(a)

    23,467       79,318  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(b)

    8,172       754,684  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    170,815       5,964,860  

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,833       96,757  
Security   Shares     Value  
Passenger Airlines (continued)  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,243     $ 130,466  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    82,558       601,022  

Joby Aviation, Inc.(a)(b)

    69,932       303,505  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    14,042       311,311  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    157,127       5,112,913  

Spirit Airlines, Inc.

    26,652       457,615  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,778       138,949  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    86,506       3,827,890  
   

 

 

 
      22,066,367  
Personal Care Products — 0.2%            

Beauty Health Co., Class A(a)

    24,187       305,482  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    35,573       1,209,482  

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

    89,677       1,081,505  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    15,159       643,045  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)

    12,220       1,006,317  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    61,384       15,128,701  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)

    28,398       457,208  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    5,044       717,458  

Medifast, Inc.

    3,200       331,744  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    11,889       467,356  

Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a)

    34,623       147,840  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    3,624       227,950  

Veru, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,562       19,212  
   

 

 

 
      21,743,300  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%            

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,902       144,827  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    54,985       76,429  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    10,488       393,300  

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    13,677       401,283  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,200       127,104  

Arvinas, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,661       318,579  

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,257       61,161  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,472       522,553  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    567,845       39,357,337  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    12,351       60,643  

Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,990       240,959  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    47,495       3,120,896  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    9,456       226,849  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,051       499,285  

DICE Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,562       273,951  

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,533       83,595  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    118,186       1,110,948  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    224,665       77,154,454  

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,699       26,551  

Evolus, Inc.(a)

    11,582       97,984  

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    18,691       53,269  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)

    7,401       241,643  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)

    18,560       208,800  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)

    24,446       1,323,751  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    16,482       2,411,811  

Johnson & Johnson

    701,718             108,766,290  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,911       287,693  

Liquidia Corp.(a)

    21,435       148,116  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    674,500       71,760,055  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    45,251       31,807  

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,493       83,611  

Nuvation Bio, Inc.(a)

    46,571       77,308  

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.(a)

    27,259       143,655  

Organon & Co.

    68,392       1,608,580  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)

    11,838       483,109  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    37,023       1,328,015  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,506,992       61,485,274  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

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iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    3,823     $ 58,568  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    13,659       855,463  

Provention Bio, Inc.(a)

    15,527       374,201  

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,353       668,535  

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,493       32,754  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,316       718,798  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    97,994       3,530,724  

Scilex Holding Co. (Acquired 01/13/23,
Cost $96,475)(a)(b)(e)

    19,104       154,869  

SIGA Technologies, Inc.

    12,144       69,828  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,130       475,700  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    9,335       117,341  

Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,424       167,350  

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,019       235,137  

Viatris, Inc.

    320,464       3,082,864  

Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc.(a)

    64,131       104,534  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    125,217       20,841,118  
   

 

 

 
            406,229,259  
Professional Services — 1.0%  

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

    101,896       938,462  

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    13,333       1,102,239  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    111,409       24,802,986  

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

    1,745       154,677  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    35,479       3,288,548  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    30,771       4,510,105  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,075       1,799,901  

CBIZ, Inc.(a)

    13,592       672,668  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    123,338       1,158,144  

Concentrix Corp.

    11,200       1,361,360  

Conduent, Inc.(a)

    41,224       141,398  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    107,041       7,369,773  

CRA International, Inc.

    1,737       187,283  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    8,364       449,147  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    67,850       796,559  

Equifax, Inc.

    32,433       6,578,710  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,743       1,414,880  

Exponent, Inc.

    13,424       1,338,239  

First Advantage Corp.(a)(b)

    15,083       210,559  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    3,639       117,722  

Franklin Covey Co.(a)

    4,383       168,614  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,723       1,721,484  

Genpact Ltd.

    47,242       2,183,525  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    4,465       135,557  

HireRight Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    8,458       89,739  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a)

    5,796       465,825  

ICF International, Inc.

    4,865       533,690  

Insperity, Inc.

    9,426       1,145,730  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    33,472       3,933,295  

KBR, Inc.

    36,492       2,008,885  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    10,105       167,642  

Kforce, Inc.

    5,065       320,311  

Korn Ferry

    14,178       733,570  

Legalzoom.com, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,191       236,292  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    35,731       3,289,396  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    13,931       1,149,725  

Maximus, Inc.

    16,460       1,295,402  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

    3,690       383,649  

Paychex, Inc.

    86,054       9,860,928  

Planet Labs PBC, Class A(a)(b)

    44,904       176,473  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    10,727       183,003  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    28,385       2,286,979  

Science Applications International Corp.

    14,621       1,571,173  
Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    58,952     $ 3,329,019  

Sterling Check Corp.(a)(b)

    5,933       66,153  

TransUnion

    52,024       3,232,771  

TriNet Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,368       835,764  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)

    10,009       178,160  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    4,671       173,901  

Upwork, Inc.(a)

    30,482       345,056  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    41,371       7,937,440  

Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a)

    37,279       630,761  
   

 

 

 
            109,163,272  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)

    31,577       166,727  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    84,395       6,144,800  

Compass, Inc., Class A(a)

    75,010       242,282  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a)(b)

    39,856       420,082  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

    41,988       503,436  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    25,654       79,784  

eXp World Holdings, Inc.

    16,255       206,276  

Forestar Group, Inc.(a)

    6,608       102,820  

FRP Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,524       146,089  

Howard Hughes Corp.(a)(b)

    9,694       775,520  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    12,741       1,853,688  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    31,753       526,782  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    5,899       189,417  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

    41,727       295,427  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    118,556       208,659  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    5,450       102,242  

Redfin Corp.(a)

    27,091       245,444  

RMR Group, Inc., Class A

    4,144       108,739  

St. Joe Co.(b)

    8,431       350,814  

Tejon Ranch Co.(a)

    8,456       154,491  

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

    38,275       29,751  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,910       695,267  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    42,284       1,880,370  
   

 

 

 
      15,428,907  
Residential REITs — 0.4%  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    82,248       2,586,700  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    40,282       1,442,498  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

    40,370       310,445  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    37,486       6,299,897  

Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,896       77,219  

Camden Property Trust

    27,721       2,906,270  

Centerspace

    4,672       255,231  

Elme Communities

    24,179       431,837  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    46,905       3,148,733  

Equity Residential

    98,154       5,889,240  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    17,242       3,605,992  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    58,016       929,996  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    163,631       5,110,196  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    30,314       4,578,627  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    6,215       271,409  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    32,244       4,542,535  

UDR, Inc.

    88,383       3,629,006  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    15,648       231,434  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    24,207       354,390  
   

 

 

 
      46,601,655  
Retail REITs — 0.4%            

Acadia Realty Trust

    24,793       345,862  

Agree Realty Corp.

    23,106       1,585,303  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    557       107,919  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Retail REITs (continued)  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    80,354     $ 1,729,218  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    8,990       230,504  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    21,207       2,095,888  

Getty Realty Corp.

    8,694       313,245  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    18,561       434,327  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    161,718       3,158,352  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    55,465       1,160,328  

Macerich Co.

    58,281       617,779  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    48,834       2,156,021  

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc., Class A

    28,707       180,280  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    15,984       292,187  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    29,913       975,762  

Realty Income Corp.

    166,507       10,543,223  

Regency Centers Corp.

    45,091       2,758,667  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    29,088       406,068  

RPT Realty

    19,564       186,054  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    3,202       124,878  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    86,415       9,675,888  

SITE Centers Corp.

    48,242       592,412  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    37,843       1,507,665  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    29,000       569,270  

Urban Edge Properties

    30,285       456,092  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    9,274       162,944  

Whitestone REIT

    15,779       145,167  
   

 

 

 
              42,511,303  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.7%  

ACM Research, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    16,012       187,340  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    430,654       42,208,399  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    19,292       925,823  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    6,389       172,184  

Ambarella, Inc.(a)

    9,273       717,916  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    29,060       756,141  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    134,639       26,553,504  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    224,151       27,532,467  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    8,158       1,087,054  

AXT, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,347       88,941  

Broadcom, Inc.

    105,310       67,560,577  

CEVA, Inc.(a)

    5,669       172,508  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    14,357       1,570,369  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    11,114       426,666  

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(a)(b)

    29,021       273,378  

Diodes, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,155       1,127,498  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    35,094       7,379,566  

Entegris, Inc.

    39,936       3,275,151  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    28,478       6,193,965  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,439       650,982  

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,421       1,185,268  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    7,333       240,082  

Impinj, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,704       773,006  

indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(a)

    32,832       346,378  

Intel Corp.

    1,103,466       36,050,234  

KLA Corp.

    37,020       14,777,273  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    15,097       795,461  

Lam Research Corp.

    36,038       19,104,465  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    35,443       3,384,806  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,638       1,036,956  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    226,139       9,791,819  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)

    18,778       661,173  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    141,708       11,872,296  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    288,546       17,410,866  

MKS Instruments, Inc.(b)

    15,536       1,376,800  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    12,157       6,085,065  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

NVIDIA Corp.

    630,827     $       175,224,816  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    115,333       9,494,213  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)

    13,591       1,194,377  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)

    7,558       320,459  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    16,263       269,641  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    15,657       1,325,208  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    26,150       2,656,055  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    298,762       38,116,056  

Rambus, Inc.(a)

    27,391       1,404,063  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    17,050       411,587  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    8,379       1,467,079  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    4,307       612,585  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    42,176       4,975,924  

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

    14,129       243,584  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    10,271       1,141,622  

Teradyne, Inc.

    42,157       4,532,299  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    241,958       45,006,608  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,515       381,837  

Universal Display Corp.

    11,821       1,833,792  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,252       237,755  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,672       2,122,046  
   

 

 

 
      606,723,983  
Software — 9.5%            

8x8, Inc.(a)

    28,145       117,365  

A10 Networks, Inc.

    14,940       231,421  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    31,753       856,696  

Adeia, Inc.

    28,067       248,674  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    121,910       46,980,457  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)

    5,009       413,293  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)

    12,226       614,723  

Alkami Technology, Inc.(a)

    7,450       94,317  

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

    14,024       1,011,271  

Alteryx, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,537       914,197  

American Software, Inc., Class A

    8,823       111,258  

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

    17,238       214,441  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    23,248       7,736,934  

Appfolio, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,800       597,504  

Appian Corp., Class A(a)

    10,323       458,135  

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

    59,697       940,228  

Asana, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,718       416,641  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    6,976       1,596,597  

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

    38,875       6,654,234  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    57,921       12,056,835  

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

    39,298       161,908  

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B(b)

    45,647       1,962,365  

BILL Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,867       2,098,848  

Black Knight, Inc.(a)

    41,052       2,362,953  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    12,866       891,614  

Blackline, Inc.(a)

    14,904       1,000,804  

Blend Labs, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    60,275       60,046  

Box, Inc., Class A(a)

    37,484       1,004,196  

C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    15,644       525,169  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    72,487       15,228,794  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,241       414,782  

Cerence, Inc.(a)

    9,944       279,327  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,341       2,734,108  

Clear Secure, Inc., Class A

    16,650       435,730  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    11,165       633,502  

Confluent, Inc., Class A(a)

    33,767       812,772  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    5,684       193,768  

Couchbase, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,435       132,656  

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

    57,545       7,898,627  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

CS Disco, Inc.(a)

    9,723     $ 64,561  

Cvent Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    12,186       101,875  

Datadog, Inc., Class A(a)

    70,335       5,110,541  

Digimarc Corp.(a)

    5,308       104,302  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,649       279,942  

DocuSign, Inc.(a)

    52,628       3,068,212  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    15,525       1,326,145  

Domo, Inc., Class B(a)

    6,907       98,010  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)

    22,862       689,289  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    70,163       1,516,924  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    56,858       2,405,093  

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    53,945       313,960  

Ebix, Inc.

    6,822       89,982  

Elastic NV(a)

    21,316       1,234,196  

Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,078       84,819  

EngageSmart, Inc.(a)

    11,604       223,377  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,382       843,792  

Everbridge, Inc.(a)

    9,648       334,496  

EverCommerce, Inc.(a)

    11,363       120,221  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    6,503       4,569,593  

Five9, Inc.(a)

    19,424       1,404,161  

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

    9,323       192,054  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    171,974       11,429,392  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    146,607       2,515,776  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)

    21,853       1,793,039  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    12,297       5,272,339  

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

    8,811       144,500  

Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,218       135,146  

Intapp, Inc.(a)

    4,098       183,754  

InterDigital, Inc.(b)

    8,910       649,539  

Intuit, Inc.

    73,476       32,757,805  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)

    17,996       349,482  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)

    16,556       73,012  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    16,697       366,165  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    16,532       2,559,980  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,502       239,817  

Matterport, Inc.(a)

    65,431       178,627  

MeridianLink, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,056       104,769  

Microsoft Corp.

    1,995,073             575,179,546  

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

    2,548       744,831  

Mitek Systems, Inc.(a)

    10,975       105,250  

Model N, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,649       322,952  

Momentive Global, Inc.(a)

    32,109       299,256  

N-able, Inc.(a)

    17,985       237,402  

nCino, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,406       505,661  

NCR Corp.(a)

    33,595       792,506  

New Relic, Inc.(a)

    13,785       1,037,873  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    60,938       1,583,779  

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

    26,776       218,492  

ON24, Inc.(a)

    15,162       132,819  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    11,005       192,587  

Oracle Corp.

    407,560       37,870,475  

PagerDuty, Inc.(a)

    21,253       743,430  

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

    495,405       4,186,172  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,489       15,877,133  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    13,548       4,118,727  

Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,034       451,742  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    10,436       2,074,468  

Pegasystems, Inc.

    10,991       532,844  

Porch Group, Inc.(a)

    31,979       45,730  

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    11,286       223,689  

Procore Technologies, Inc.(a)

    18,101       1,133,666  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Progress Software Corp.

    11,758     $ 675,497  

PROS Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,803       323,402  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    28,090       3,601,981  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,814       364,721  

Qualys, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,008       1,301,240  

Rapid7, Inc.(a)

    15,199       697,786  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a)

    24,451       749,912  

Riot Platforms, Inc.(a)(b)

    40,626       405,854  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    28,044       12,358,710  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    256,605       51,264,547  

Sapiens International Corp. NV

    6,886       149,564  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)

    50,885       832,479  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    54,219       25,196,654  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)

    34,494       1,648,813  

SolarWinds Corp.(a)

    12,307       105,840  

SoundThinking, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,883       113,360  

Splunk, Inc.(a)

    43,271       4,148,823  

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,640       708,643  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)

    9,835       1,497,870  

Sumo Logic, Inc.(a)

    35,080       420,258  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    40,789       15,754,751  

Telos Corp.(a)

    12,342       31,225  

Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a)

    28,887       1,372,421  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    26,335       1,060,774  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    11,073       3,926,929  

UiPath, Inc., Class A(a)

    100,079       1,757,387  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,125       2,015,335  

Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)

    27,501       715,301  

Verint Systems, Inc.(a)

    17,794       662,649  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)

    57,078       7,126,188  

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

    53,047       10,956,327  

Workiva, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,084       1,339,932  

Xperi, Inc.(a)

    12,417       135,718  

Yext, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,562       245,651  

Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    30,754       333,066  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    65,339       4,824,632  

Zscaler, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,197       2,593,276  

Zuora, Inc., Class A(a)

    29,493       291,391  
   

 

 

 
         1,014,345,814  
Specialized REITs — 1.2%            

American Tower Corp.

    123,971       25,332,234  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    114,954       15,385,443  

CubeSmart

    58,804       2,717,921  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    76,245       7,495,646  

EPR Properties

    20,701       788,708  

Equinix, Inc.

    24,534       17,689,995  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    35,563       5,794,280  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    10,264       109,825  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    22,253       597,716  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    65,803       3,425,704  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    9,274       154,412  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    77,815       4,117,192  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    23,338       2,331,233  

Life Storage, Inc.

    22,313       2,925,011  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    22,571       943,016  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    39,045       633,700  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    21,687       1,073,507  

Public Storage

    41,698       12,598,634  

Rayonier, Inc.

    37,817       1,257,793  

Safehold, Inc.

    8,977       263,650  

SBA Communications Corp.

    28,531       7,448,588  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    61,727       219,131  
 

 

 

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iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialized REITs (continued)  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    267,857     $ 8,737,495  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    196,342       5,915,785  
   

 

 

 
            127,956,619  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%            

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,740       123,510  

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    9,848       95,132  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    14,232       394,938  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    20,174       1,316,354  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    15,609       1,898,211  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    38,915       523,018  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)

    1,958       155,093  

Arko Corp., Class A

    20,871       177,195  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)

    5,933       1,245,930  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    9,004       1,209,777  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    4,966       12,207,173  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    61,339       2,243,781  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,339       12,112  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    52,005       4,070,431  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,191       627,758  

Buckle, Inc.

    6,808       242,978  

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.

    4,272       99,281  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    17,059       3,447,624  

Caleres, Inc.

    10,702       231,484  

Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A

    10,927       228,046  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,739       2,747,263  

CarParts.com, Inc.(a)

    21,805       116,439  

Carvana Co., Class A(a)(b)

    30,679       300,347  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)

    33,463       184,047  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)

    3,249       130,772  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    17,755       155,179  

Destination XL Group, Inc.(a)

    15,332       84,479  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    14,199       2,014,696  

EVgo, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,741       161,572  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

    14,649       3,017,255  

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

    26,785       2,630,823  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    20,846       827,378  

Franchise Group, Inc.

    7,656       208,626  

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

    71,338       1,642,201  

Gap, Inc.

    53,329       535,423  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    3,200       118,016  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    3,750       849,075  

GrowGeneration Corp.(a)

    28,115       96,153  

Guess?, Inc.

    9,577       186,368  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    4,597       146,690  

Hibbett, Inc.

    4,201       247,775  

Home Depot, Inc.

    271,723       80,190,892  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,898       461,297  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    7,443       1,703,926  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    161,247       32,244,563  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)

    5,430       156,113  

Monro, Inc.

    8,431       416,744  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    5,550       1,432,178  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    20,701       390,007  

ODP Corp.(a)

    11,830       532,113  

OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,382       94,595  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    16,432       13,950,439  

Overstock.com, Inc.(a)

    11,571       234,544  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(b)

    7,043       998,768  

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

    23,456       211,104  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    5,725       92,974  

Revolve Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,746       256,320  

RH(a)(b)

    4,807       1,170,745  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    91,129     $ 9,671,521  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    27,797       433,077  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    5,543       142,178  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    11,766       915,159  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)

    5,794       176,196  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    5,589       303,706  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,354       113,242  

Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    26,331       134,551  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    308,991       24,212,535  

Tractor Supply Co.

    29,487       6,930,624  

TravelCenters of America, Inc.(a)

    4,064       351,536  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    13,345       7,281,966  

Upbound Group, Inc.

    12,640       309,806  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    18,859       522,771  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    21,247       725,585  

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    25,915       274,440  

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

    19,822       680,687  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    17,697       2,153,017  

Winmark Corp.

    776       248,654  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)

    5,414       99,834  
   

 

 

 
      237,168,810  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.4%  

Apple Inc.

    4,007,325       660,807,892  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,820       346,024  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,236       187,831  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    63,104       2,537,412  

Eastman Kodak Co.(a)(b)

    20,075       82,307  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    346,306       5,516,654  

HP, Inc.

    262,533       7,705,343  

IonQ, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,078       228,030  

NetApp, Inc.

    58,771       3,752,528  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    75,057       1,914,704  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    12,363       1,317,278  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    85,367       3,215,775  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    33,639       518,041  
   

 

 

 
            688,129,819  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%  

Allbirds, Inc., Class A(a)

    34,064       40,877  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    33,304       1,565,288  

Carter’s, Inc.

    9,844       707,980  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    10,030       905,107  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    16,354       2,067,800  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    6,979       3,137,409  

Ermenegildo Zegna NV

    16,732       228,224  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    11,264       175,155  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    95,318       501,373  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    14,169       685,638  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    29,490       10,739,963  

Movado Group, Inc.

    4,360       125,437  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    320,757       39,337,639  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    4,606       486,348  

PVH Corp.

    17,658       1,574,387  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    10,973       1,280,220  

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

    35,054       1,665,766  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    22,224       800,064  

Tapestry, Inc.

    63,078       2,719,293  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    50,343       477,755  

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

    51,233       437,018  

VF Corp.

    92,637       2,122,314  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    22,627       385,790  
   

 

 

 
      72,166,845  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 0.6%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    478,429     $ 21,347,502  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    413,164       40,180,199  

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

    6,111       128,331  

Universal Corp.

    6,664       352,459  

Vector Group Ltd.

    41,257       495,497  
   

 

 

 
      62,503,988  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%            

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    28,419       1,118,856  

Alta Equipment Group, Inc., Class A

    8,962       142,048  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    9,886       1,405,097  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)

    14,298       841,437  

BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,289       155,560  

Boise Cascade Co.

    9,649       610,299  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,052       486,301  

Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,247       117,107  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    5,424       146,014  

Fastenal Co.

    152,638       8,233,294  

GATX Corp.

    9,043       994,911  

Global Industrial Co.

    3,967       106,474  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    11,183       647,384  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

    8,156       360,740  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    6,328       720,759  

Hudson Technologies, Inc.(a)

    11,357       99,147  

McGrath RentCorp

    6,161       574,883  

MRC Global, Inc.(a)

    23,378       227,234  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    12,368       1,038,912  

NOW, Inc.(a)

    27,717       309,045  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    10,335       564,291  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    2,236       133,914  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,517       1,576,332  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

    11,911       382,462  

Titan Machinery, Inc.(a)

    5,729       174,448  

Transcat, Inc.(a)

    1,405       125,593  

Triton International Ltd.

    16,877       1,066,964  

United Rentals, Inc.

    18,605       7,363,115  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    42,972       1,505,309  

Veritiv Corp.

    3,525       476,369  

Watsco, Inc.(b)

    8,878       2,824,625  

WESCO International, Inc.

    11,665       1,802,709  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    11,982       8,253,321  

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

    9,490       142,065  
   

 

 

 
              44,727,019  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American States Water Co.

    10,219       908,367  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    51,397       7,529,147  

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,961       163,921  

California Water Service Group

    13,333       775,981  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    60,911       2,658,765  

Middlesex Water Co.

    5,085       397,240  

SJW Group

    7,686       585,135  

York Water Co.

    3,303       147,644  
   

 

 

 
      13,166,200  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    10,826       156,977  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    13,333       253,594  
Security   Shares     Value  
Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    27,633     $ 290,423  

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

    156,810       22,712,360  

United States Cellular Corp.(a)

    4,570       94,736  
   

 

 

 
      23,508,090  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $8,436,162,095)

      10,701,905,874  
   

 

 

 

Rights

   
Biotechnology — 0.0%  

Aduro Biotech CVR, Expires 01/02/24(a)(d)

    4,039       10,255  

GTX, Inc., Contingent Rights, Expires 06/10/34(a)(b)(d)

    684       701  
   

 

 

 
      10,956  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $1,402)

      10,956  
   

 

 

 

Warrants(a)

   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%            

Chord Energy Corp. (Issued/Exercisable, Expires 09/01/25, Strike Price USD 83.45)

    204       2,897  

Chord Energy Corp., Class A (Issued/Exercisable, Expires 09/01/24, Strike Price USD 73.44)

    409       7,272  
   

 

 

 
      10,169  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $68,578)

      10,169  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $8,436,232,075)

      10,701,926,999  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 2.4%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(f)(g)

    245,597,200       245,670,879  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(f)

    17,462,038       17,462,038  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.4%
(Cost: $262,966,770)

 

    263,132,917  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.2%
(Cost: $8,699,198,845)

 

    10,965,059,916  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.2)%

 

    (237,156,384
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  10,727,903,532  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Fund held restricted securities with a current value of $154,869, representing 0.0% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $96,475.

(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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

       Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
   

Shares

Held at
03/31/23

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

    

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  231,125,019     $  14,390,546 (a)    $     $ 23,625     $ 131,689     $ 245,670,879       245,597,200     $ 2,467,148 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    19,635,000             (2,172,962 )(a)                  17,462,038       17,462,038       459,237       17    
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    29,068,263       5,015,284       (4,213,108     1,727,219       (5,165,411     26,432,247       39,503       778,726          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $  1,750,844     $ (5,033,722   $  289,565,164       $  3,705,111     $ 17    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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

           

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     34        06/16/23      $ 3,083      $ 52,579  

S&P 500 E-mini Index

     102        06/16/23        21,102        1,080,384  
           

 

 

 
            $     1,132,963  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $  —      $  —      $   1,132,963      $  —      $  —      $  —      $  1,132,963  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $  —      $  —      $   (2,679,242    $  —      $  —      $  —      $   (2,679,242
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 33,161      $      $      $      $ 33,161  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

       

Average notional value of contracts — long

 

  $

 

23,177,881

 

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

                                                       
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets

          

Investments

          

Long-Term Investments

          

Common Stocks

  $ 10,701,718,146      $ 187,728      $      $ 10,701,905,874  

Rights

                  10,956        10,956  

Warrants

    10,169                      10,169  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    263,132,917                      263,132,917  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $     10,964,861,232      $     187,728      $     10,956      $     10,965,059,916  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

          

Assets

          

Equity Contracts

  $ 1,132,963      $      $      $ 1,132,963  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    31,720     $ 7,132,242  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    115,264       7,266,243  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    79,320       13,980,943  

HEICO Corp.(b)

    5,772       987,243  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    10,104       1,373,134  

Hexcel Corp.

    174,194       11,888,740  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    692,693       29,349,402  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    63,493       13,144,321  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    101,438       5,185,511  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A

    10,790       372,579  

Textron, Inc.(b)

    431,507       30,477,339  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    65,325       48,147,791  

Woodward, Inc.

    120,455       11,728,703  
   

 

 

 
             181,034,191  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    176,245       17,513,466  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.(b)

    227,201       25,019,374  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    194,387       9,808,768  
   

 

 

 
      52,341,608  
Automobile Components — 0.8%            

Aptiv PLC(a)(b)

    419,095       47,018,268  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    482,896       23,715,023  

Gentex Corp.

    486,500       13,636,595  

Lear Corp.

    122,060       17,026,149  

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

    538,724       4,406,762  
   

 

 

 
      105,802,797  
Automobiles — 0.3%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    279,351       10,606,958  

Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    82,136       660,373  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,078,346       16,692,796  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    107,915       8,594,351  
   

 

 

 
      36,554,478  
Banks — 3.4%            

Bank of Hawaii Corp.(b)

    81,790       4,259,623  

Bank OZK

    231,510       7,917,642  

BOK Financial Corp.

    60,631       5,117,863  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    1,013,313       30,774,316  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    429,278       9,195,135  

Comerica, Inc.

    270,341       11,738,206  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    235,151       13,721,061  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    120,315       12,673,982  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    292,103       16,211,716  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,410,061       37,564,025  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    17,168       16,706,181  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    265,459       5,476,419  

First Horizon Corp.

    1,097,325       19,510,438  

First Republic Bank(b)

    385,036       5,386,654  

FNB Corp.

    743,610       8,625,876  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    2,969,970       33,263,664  

KeyCorp

    1,930,461       24,169,372  

M&T Bank Corp.

    355,801       42,543,126  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    1,392,651       12,589,565  

PacWest Bancorp(b)

    240,735       2,342,351  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    156,160       8,613,786  

Popular, Inc.

    146,302       8,399,198  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    181,310       11,154,191  

Regions Financial Corp.

    1,934,335       35,901,258  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    298,808       9,212,251  

Webster Financial Corp.

    359,018       14,152,489  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Western Alliance Bancorp(b)

    85,150     $ 3,026,231  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    124,170       9,058,201  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    305,460       9,142,418  
   

 

 

 
             428,447,238  
Beverages — 0.3%            

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

    994       326,728  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A(b)

    38,042       2,479,958  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    157,344       10,112,499  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    363,442       18,782,682  
   

 

 

 
      31,701,867  
Biotechnology — 1.4%            

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    297,144       82,614,946  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    382,966       37,239,614  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    296,243       20,088,238  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    90,990       1,766,116  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    31,923       3,484,076  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    51,536       3,724,507  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,667       810,119  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    91,941       3,418,366  

Natera, Inc.(a)

    14,327       795,435  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    29,708       1,191,291  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    92,293       20,669,940  
   

 

 

 
      175,802,648  
Broadline Retail — 0.5%            

eBay, Inc.

    980,532       43,506,205  

Kohl’s Corp.

    228,484       5,378,513  

Macy’s, Inc.

    557,538       9,751,340  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    35,490       577,422  

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

    122,427       7,093,421  
   

 

 

 
      66,306,901  
Building Products — 1.9%            

A O Smith Corp.

    197,527       13,658,992  

Allegion PLC

    38,115       4,068,014  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    39,889       2,841,692  

AZEK Co., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    230,136       5,417,402  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    301,441       26,761,932  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    16,939       3,829,400  

Carrier Global Corp.

    1,732,599       79,266,404  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    173,210       10,172,623  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    146,278       1,714,378  

Lennox International, Inc.

    66,181       16,629,962  

Masco Corp.

    441,954       21,973,953  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    173,626       1,395,953  

Owens Corning

    193,633       18,550,041  

Trane Technologies PLC

    199,274       36,662,431  
   

 

 

 
      242,943,177  
Capital Markets — 4.7%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    76,979       10,963,349  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    78,734       24,131,971  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    1,523,165       69,212,618  

Carlyle Group, Inc.

    428,550       13,310,763  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    219,053       29,405,675  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    331,748       22,416,212  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    75,862       8,752,958  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    589,969       15,893,765  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    192,144       15,863,409  

Invesco Ltd.

    773,188       12,680,283  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    280,097       7,461,784  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    411,128       13,049,203  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    1,186,163       62,297,281  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    170,676     $ 5,651,082  

Morningstar, Inc.

    5,137       1,042,965  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    39,719       22,230,327  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    711,554       38,900,657  

Northern Trust Corp.

    426,611       37,597,227  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    371,611       34,660,158  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,187,170       11,527,421  

SEI Investments Co.

    213,621       12,293,888  

State Street Corp.

    723,561       54,766,332  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    211,300       12,485,717  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    455,363       51,410,483  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    82,425       6,513,223  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    194,551       3,677,014  
   

 

 

 
      598,195,765  
Chemicals — 4.0%            

Albemarle Corp.(b)

    117,476       25,966,895  

Ashland, Inc.

    105,026       10,787,221  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    344,743       10,442,266  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    224,098       24,402,031  

Chemours Co.

    120,298       3,601,722  

Corteva, Inc.

    1,482,869       89,431,829  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    951,085       68,259,370  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    248,117       20,926,188  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    468,556       9,047,816  

FMC Corp.

    171,505       20,945,906  

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.,
Class A(a)(b)

    1,454,929       1,935,056  

Huntsman Corp.

    375,980       10,286,813  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    528,839       48,632,034  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    532,969       50,040,459  

Mosaic Co.

    617,196       28,316,953  

NewMarket Corp.

    11,995       4,377,935  

Olin Corp.

    253,360       14,061,480  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    228,738       30,554,822  

RPM International, Inc.

    251,170       21,912,071  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    56,265       3,923,921  

Westlake Corp.(b)

    68,249       7,915,519  
   

 

 

 
      505,768,307  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%  

Cintas Corp.

    12,168       5,629,890  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    105,296       15,010,998  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    120,727       3,659,235  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    46,926       6,264,621  

Republic Services, Inc.

    400,444       54,148,038  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

    24,464       1,377,079  

Rollins, Inc.

    36,127       1,355,846  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    190,677       8,315,424  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    64,648       9,497,438  
   

 

 

 
      105,258,569  
Communications Equipment — 1.3%            

Ciena Corp.(a)

    304,352       15,984,567  

F5, Inc.(a)

    122,962       17,914,334  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    661,262       22,760,638  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    141,620       7,648,896  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    341,244       97,640,146  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    6,026       1,637,204  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    152,144       5,148,553  
   

 

 

 
             168,734,338  
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%            

AECOM

    256,636       21,639,548  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    126,460       11,942,882  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    418,193       12,746,523  
Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)            

Quanta Services, Inc.

    134,071     $ 22,341,591  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    37,484       11,967,892  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

    196,247       9,200,059  
   

 

 

 
      89,838,495  
Construction Materials — 0.5%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    12,651       1,856,534  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    117,679       41,783,106  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    140,285       24,067,295  
   

 

 

 
      67,706,935  
Consumer Finance — 1.0%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    619,170       15,782,643  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    12,396       5,405,152  

Discover Financial Services

    553,280       54,686,195  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    238,739       8,852,442  

SLM Corp.

    497,615       6,165,450  

SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,663,285       10,096,140  

Synchrony Financial

    901,088       26,203,639  

Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    120,553       1,915,587  
   

 

 

 
             129,107,248  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.4%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    483,830       10,053,987  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    101,980       7,757,619  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    77,009       16,669,368  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)(b)

    298,147       42,799,002  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    169,485       4,789,646  

Kroger Co.

    1,359,691       67,127,945  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    218,113       13,160,938  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    416,818       15,397,257  
   

 

 

 
      177,755,762  
Containers & Packaging — 1.5%            

Amcor PLC

    3,068,994       34,925,152  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    135,419       16,005,172  

Ardagh Group SA, Class A(a)

    34,751       232,137  

Ardagh Metal Packaging SA

    222,239       906,735  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    65,065       11,642,080  

Ball Corp.

    384,195       21,172,986  

Berry Global Group, Inc.

    130,550       7,689,395  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    28,503       2,357,483  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    147,893       3,769,793  

International Paper Co.

    734,966       26,502,874  

Packaging Corp. of America

    189,079       26,249,837  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    174,333       9,356,452  

Sonoco Products Co.

    201,624       12,299,064  

Westrock Co.

    524,802       15,990,717  
   

 

 

 
      189,099,877  
Distributors — 0.6%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    264,810       44,305,361  

LKQ Corp.

    517,279       29,360,756  
   

 

 

 
      73,666,117  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%            

ADT, Inc.

    437,421       3,162,554  

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

    85,952       6,617,445  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    63,238       7,202,808  

H&R Block, Inc.

    54,583       1,924,051  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,684       359,316  

Service Corp. International

    310,212       21,336,381  
   

 

 

 
      40,602,555  
Diversified REITs — 0.3%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    431,995       33,458,013  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)(b)

    506,675     $ 11,536,990  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    2,116,617       5,609,035  
   

 

 

 
      17,146,025  
Electric Utilities — 4.4%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    518,728       27,700,075  

Avangrid, Inc.

    147,002       5,862,440  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    677,495       53,183,358  

Edison International

    779,954       55,056,953  

Entergy Corp.

    420,153       45,267,284  

Evergy, Inc.

    460,042       28,117,767  

Eversource Energy

    714,875       55,946,118  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    1,123,901       45,023,474  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    225,744       8,668,570  

IDACORP, Inc.

    104,680       11,339,984  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    441,086       15,124,839  

OGE Energy Corp.

    415,228       15,637,486  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    3,415,359       55,226,355  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    234,509       18,582,493  

PPL Corp.

    1,525,291       42,387,837  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    1,130,694       76,254,003  
   

 

 

 
      559,379,036  
Electrical Equipment — 1.6%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    66,612       12,172,011  

AMETEK, Inc.

    477,759       69,432,715  

Hubbell, Inc.

    110,986       27,004,004  

nVent Electric PLC

    342,161       14,692,393  

Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    544,397       6,380,333  

Regal Rexnord Corp.(b)

    134,441       18,919,882  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    77,496       22,741,201  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    314,279       15,720,236  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    429,021       8,644,773  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    527,429       7,547,509  
   

 

 

 
      203,255,057  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.0%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    298,826       24,420,061  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    114,601       14,310,227  

Avnet, Inc.

    187,452       8,472,830  

Cognex Corp.

    24,339       1,205,997  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    205,877       7,839,796  

Corning, Inc.

    1,436,527       50,680,673  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    67,222       8,289,145  

Jabil, Inc.

    49,752       4,386,136  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    27,246       4,399,684  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    50,182       13,453,292  

National Instruments Corp.

    236,490       12,394,441  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    96,486       9,338,880  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    96,111       42,996,217  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    509,461       26,705,946  

Vontier Corp.

    123,136       3,366,538  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    63,266       20,118,588  
   

 

 

 
             252,378,451  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%            

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    1,953,616       56,381,358  

Halliburton Co.

    1,020,263       32,281,121  

NOV, Inc.

    808,198       14,959,745  
   

 

 

 
      103,622,224  
Entertainment — 1.2%            

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

    1,067,801       5,349,683  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    531,672       64,039,893  
Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment (continued)  

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

    37,888     $ 2,557,440  

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

    369,566       27,654,624  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    160,819       11,257,330  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A

    19,189       3,738,977  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)

    18,032       203,040  

Roku, Inc.(a)(b)

    180,271       11,865,437  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    58,611       6,992,292  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,302,800       19,672,280  
   

 

 

 
      153,330,996  
Financial Services — 1.1%            

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

    460,734       5,192,472  

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    239,344       15,116,967  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    764,366       19,407,253  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,235       2,711,897  

Global Payments, Inc.

    541,613       56,999,352  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    614,696       8,249,220  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    105,763       958,213  

TFS Financial Corp.

    107,696       1,360,200  

UWM Holdings Corp., Class A(b)

    28,660       140,721  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    202,839       14,494,875  

Western Union Co.

    458,982       5,117,649  

WEX, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,146       4,624,098  
   

 

 

 
      134,372,917  
Food Products — 2.4%            

Bunge Ltd.

    286,249       27,342,504  

Campbell Soup Co.

    402,079       22,106,303  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    973,972       36,582,388  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)(b)

    309,533       18,076,727  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    390,102       10,692,696  

Freshpet, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,612       2,820,488  

Hershey Co.

    40,034       10,185,050  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    593,285       23,660,206  

Ingredion, Inc.

    135,697       13,804,456  

J M Smucker Co.

    213,315       33,569,382  

Kellogg Co.

    239,496       16,036,652  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    519,951       43,265,123  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    46,014       1,066,605  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    111,479       10,018,618  

Seaboard Corp.

    542       2,043,345  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    575,766       34,154,439  
   

 

 

 
             305,424,982  
Gas Utilities — 0.5%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    294,090       33,043,952  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    167,791       9,688,252  

UGI Corp.

    434,952       15,118,932  
   

 

 

 
      57,851,136  
Ground Transportation — 0.6%            

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

    52,582       10,242,974  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    378,763       6,170,049  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    18,503       3,246,536  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    322,316       18,236,639  

Landstar System, Inc.

    8,130       1,457,384  

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

    135,256       1,253,823  

RXO, Inc.(a)

    218,007       4,281,658  

Ryder System, Inc.

    101,534       9,060,894  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    110,986       2,968,876  

U-Haul Holding Co.

    18,656       1,112,830  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Ground Transportation (continued)  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS(b)

    168,145     $ 8,718,318  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    198,452       6,330,619  
   

 

 

 
      73,080,600  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    40,501       13,533,004  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    100,535       37,535,748  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    443,362       17,415,259  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    105,193       5,626,773  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    336,928       13,773,617  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    148,459       8,408,718  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    503,280       40,614,696  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    34,169       5,636,518  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    150,799       8,657,371  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    23,094       4,261,767  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    101,785       9,068,026  

STERIS PLC

    206,521       39,503,337  

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

    10,532       427,704  

Teleflex, Inc.

    97,091       24,594,121  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    435,171       56,224,093  
   

 

 

 
      285,280,752  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%  

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

    184,281       13,314,302  

agilon health, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,758       611,752  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    66,105       4,862,023  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    533,234       40,259,167  

Chemed Corp.

    19,377       10,419,982  

Encompass Health Corp.

    203,661       11,018,060  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    99,515       1,384,254  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

    280,409       22,864,550  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    183,261       42,043,738  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    26,714       7,145,728  

Oak Street Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    242,216       9,368,915  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    246,240       7,970,789  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    228,937       32,390,007  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    219,862       13,064,200  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    128,756       16,364,887  
   

 

 

 
      233,082,354  
Health Care REITs — 1.3%            

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    786,697       15,206,853  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,135,553       24,948,099  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    1,238,335       10,179,114  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    486,725       13,341,132  

Ventas, Inc.

    826,230       35,817,071  

Welltower, Inc.

    980,899       70,320,649  
   

 

 

 
             169,812,918  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

Certara, Inc.(a)(b)

    88,647       2,137,279  

Definitive Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    37,574       388,139  

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

    122,996       3,982,611  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    299,571       7,758,889  
   

 

 

 
      14,266,918  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.2%            

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,466,823       24,187,911  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    462,387       5,715,104  
   

 

 

 
      29,903,015  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%            

Aramark

    488,655       17,493,849  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    157,443       10,095,245  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    133,606       6,521,309  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    2,023,302       20,536,515  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    68,200     $ 10,581,912  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    19,585       6,460,504  

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

    60,698       3,857,965  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    150,244       21,164,872  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    97,608       10,911,598  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    430,110       24,709,819  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    77,114       10,399,594  

MGM Resorts International

    655,156       29,102,030  

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

    803,353       10,805,098  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    318,773       9,454,807  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    45,052       3,499,189  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    455,809       29,764,328  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    78,286       2,091,019  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    47,807       1,874,034  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    4,397       1,027,491  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    54,455       3,694,772  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    189,105       21,162,741  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    517,483       68,349,155  
   

 

 

 
             323,557,846  
Household Durables — 1.7%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    310,832       30,365,178  

Garmin Ltd.

    319,049       32,198,425  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    277,999       8,862,608  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    518,984       54,550,408  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    30,291       2,705,289  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    109,105       10,934,503  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    783,574       9,747,661  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    1,678       9,350,135  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    286,998       16,726,243  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    344,065       13,587,127  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    110,399       6,627,252  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    10,183       2,119,490  

Whirlpool Corp.

    110,915       14,642,998  
   

 

 

 
      212,417,317  
Household Products — 0.3%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    275,647       24,369,951  

Clorox Co.

    43,693       6,913,980  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    111,162       3,056,955  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    82,649       5,473,017  
   

 

 

 
      39,813,903  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%  

AES Corp.

    1,132,134       27,261,787  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    266,800       9,324,660  

Vistra Corp.

    342,588       8,222,112  
   

 

 

 
      44,808,559  
Industrial REITs — 0.5%            

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    556,966       15,845,683  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    85,248       14,093,199  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    271,643       14,451,408  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    404,062       24,102,298  
   

 

 

 
      68,492,588  
Insurance — 6.4%            

Aflac, Inc.

    1,264,761       81,602,380  

Allstate Corp.

    548,244       60,750,918  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    139,106       16,901,379  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)(b)

    494,757       33,579,158  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    382,191       73,116,960  

Assurant, Inc.

    103,336       12,407,553  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    118,440       5,953,979  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    161,428       8,801,055  
 

 

 

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iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    140,831     $ 6,212,055  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    453,874       26,061,445  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    317,245       35,556,820  

CNA Financial Corp.

    57,491       2,243,874  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    13,781       3,192,506  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    55,575       19,896,961  

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

    36,989       670,241  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    536,639       18,744,800  

First American Financial Corp.

    209,007       11,633,330  

Globe Life, Inc.

    185,689       20,429,504  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    73,806       9,484,071  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    657,083       45,792,114  

Kemper Corp.

    131,134       7,167,784  

Lincoln National Corp.

    279,343       6,276,837  

Loews Corp.(b)

    401,889       23,317,600  

Markel Corp.(a)(b)

    21,177       27,051,712  

Old Republic International Corp.

    579,937       14,481,027  

Primerica, Inc.

    75,645       13,029,095  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    501,147       37,245,245  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    762,212       63,065,421  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    138,617       18,402,793  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    40,672       8,148,228  

Unum Group

    410,613       16,243,850  

W R Berkley Corp.

    426,004       26,523,009  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    5,169       7,120,246  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    222,740       51,760,321  
   

 

 

 
      812,864,271  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%            

IAC, Inc.(a)(b)

    158,617       8,184,637  

Match Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,462       1,399,776  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)

    969,416       26,435,975  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    197,422       3,920,801  
   

 

 

 
      39,941,189  
IT Services — 1.3%            

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    320,545       25,098,674  

Amdocs Ltd.

    245,581       23,583,143  

DXC Technology Co.(a)(b)

    474,247       12,121,753  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)

    279,114       21,692,740  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    425,087       6,274,284  

Okta, Inc., Class A(a)

    271,280       23,395,187  

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

    223,495       14,891,472  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    172,066       36,362,708  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    25,671       2,561,966  
   

 

 

 
             165,981,927  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Brunswick Corp.

    122,928       10,080,096  

Hasbro, Inc.

    272,121       14,610,176  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    375,615       6,915,072  

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

    646,382       7,329,972  

Polaris, Inc.

    29,719       3,287,813  
   

 

 

 
      42,223,129  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,193       1,070,778  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    63,087       8,727,456  

Avantor, Inc.(a)

    87,898       1,858,164  

Azenta, Inc.(a)

    141,978       6,335,058  

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

    44,184       21,165,020  

Charles River Laboratories International,
Inc.(a)(b)

    7,061       1,425,051  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    261,971       34,910,255  

QIAGEN NV(a)(b)

    468,715       21,528,080  
Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    32,903     $ 5,539,549  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    174,141       6,202,902  
   

 

 

 
             108,762,313  
Machinery — 5.8%            

AGCO Corp.

    111,475       15,071,420  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    41,024       1,855,926  

Crane NXT Co.

    97,908       11,112,558  

Cummins, Inc.

    292,242       69,810,769  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    210,019       13,722,641  

Dover Corp.

    289,882       44,044,671  

Esab Corp.

    117,728       6,954,193  

Flowserve Corp.

    271,642       9,235,828  

Fortive Corp.

    732,823       49,956,544  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)(b)

    224,734       3,121,555  

Graco, Inc.

    108,862       7,948,015  

IDEX Corp.

    129,223       29,854,390  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    840,684       48,910,995  

ITT, Inc.

    172,799       14,912,554  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    102,768       15,066,816  

Nordson Corp.

    90,861       20,194,766  

Oshkosh Corp.

    136,271       11,335,022  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    759,140       64,071,416  

PACCAR, Inc.

    1,060,939       77,660,735  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.(b)

    205,141       68,949,942  

Pentair PLC

    340,280       18,807,276  

Snap-on, Inc.

    108,998       26,910,516  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    305,571       24,622,911  

Timken Co.

    126,034       10,299,498  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    375,740       37,972,284  

Xylem, Inc.

    318,776       33,375,847  
   

 

 

 
      735,779,088  
Marine Transportation — 0.1%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    124,760       8,695,772  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.6%            

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

    424,709       1,452,505  

Cable One, Inc.

    4,656       3,268,512  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    520,050       4,852,066  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    606,294       20,644,311  

Fox Corp., Class B

    289,877       9,076,049  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    802,955       29,902,044  

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

    19,910       1,635,009  

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

    131,470       10,741,099  

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

    112,936       3,172,372  

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

    229,877       6,434,257  

New York Times Co., Class A

    337,854       13,135,764  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    783,111       13,524,327  

News Corp., Class B

    248,342       4,328,601  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    67,909       11,725,168  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    414,873       39,139,119  

Paramount Global, Class A(b)

    21,680       560,211  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    1,195,625       26,674,394  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    1,461,733       5,803,080  
   

 

 

 
      206,068,888  
Metals & Mining — 1.8%            

Alcoa Corp.

    366,922       15,616,200  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    1,058,973       19,410,975  

Nucor Corp.

    531,521       82,104,049  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    120,834       31,022,921  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    126,777       16,444,245  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

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iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)  

SSR Mining, Inc.(b)

    424,647     $ 6,420,663  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    344,499       38,949,057  

United States Steel Corp.

    466,596       12,178,155  
   

 

 

 
      222,146,265  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    1,187,432       11,969,315  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    969,250       18,522,367  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    896,173       7,169,384  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    602,810       10,663,709  
   

 

 

 
      48,324,775  
Multi-Utilities — 3.0%            

Ameren Corp.

    532,684       46,018,571  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    1,308,018       38,534,210  

CMS Energy Corp.

    599,135       36,774,906  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    735,849       70,398,674  

DTE Energy Co.

    399,275       43,736,584  

NiSource, Inc.

    842,448       23,554,846  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    1,032,666       64,489,992  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    654,504       62,040,434  
   

 

 

 
      385,548,217  
Office REITs — 0.8%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    355,536       44,651,766  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    324,992       17,588,567  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    316,295       6,762,387  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    351,843       4,338,224  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    214,922       4,984,041  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    285,147       1,896,228  

JBG SMITH Properties

    226,280       3,407,777  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    242,227       7,848,155  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    133,102       3,130,559  

Vornado Realty Trust

    366,189       5,628,325  
   

 

 

 
             100,236,029  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.2%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    694,197       7,282,127  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    204,097       4,712,600  

APA Corp.

    662,938       23,905,544  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    218,949       34,506,362  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    251,167       19,098,739  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    1,359,406       33,359,823  

Devon Energy Corp.

    689,858       34,913,713  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    159,615       21,575,160  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    201,184       9,932,454  

EQT Corp.

    762,591       24,334,279  

Hess Corp.

    126,273       16,710,969  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    278,200       13,459,316  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    1,315,165       31,511,353  

ONEOK, Inc.

    818,055       51,979,215  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    147,779       5,331,866  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    84,021       5,392,468  

Phillips 66

    966,038       97,936,933  

Range Resources Corp.

    165,073       4,369,482  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    2,111,291       10,556,455  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    49,071       933,821  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    2,525,377       75,407,757  
   

 

 

 
      527,210,436  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    132,395       7,177,133  
   

 

 

 
Passenger Airlines — 0.9%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    257,878       10,820,561  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,337,995       19,735,426  
Security   Shares     Value  
Passenger Airlines (continued)  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(b)

    58,753     $ 5,425,839  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    669,380       4,873,086  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    1,228,703       39,981,996  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    674,979       29,867,821  
   

 

 

 
             110,704,729  
Personal Care Products — 0.1%            

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

    724,756       8,740,557  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%            

Catalent, Inc.(a)(b)

    253,209       16,638,363  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    922,473       8,671,246  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    127,742       18,692,487  

Organon & Co.

    525,729       12,365,146  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    279,411       10,022,473  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    769,659       27,730,814  

Viatris, Inc.

    2,507,531       24,122,448  
   

 

 

 
      118,242,977  
Professional Services — 2.0%            

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    22,759       3,335,787  

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

    47,963       14,210,478  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    980,983       9,211,430  

Concentrix Corp.

    87,604       10,648,266  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    715,392       49,254,739  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    519,883       6,103,426  

Equifax, Inc.

    125,775       25,512,201  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    40,320       7,957,152  

Genpact Ltd.

    175,559       8,114,337  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    260,559       30,618,288  

KBR, Inc.

    99,051       5,452,758  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    281,871       25,949,044  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    104,963       8,662,596  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    25,872       2,084,507  

Science Applications International Corp.

    114,219       12,273,974  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    457,265       25,821,755  

TransUnion

    106,498       6,617,786  
   

 

 

 
      251,828,524  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    334,010       24,319,268  

Howard Hughes Corp.(a)(b)

    76,161       6,092,880  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    99,216       14,434,936  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    734,727       1,293,120  

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

    440,411       342,331  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    110,976       4,849,651  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    305,649       13,592,211  
   

 

 

 
      64,924,397  
Residential REITs — 2.5%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    638,482       20,080,259  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    283,124       10,138,670  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    289,077       48,582,281  

Camden Property Trust

    196,905       20,643,520  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    143,331       9,621,810  

Equity Residential

    766,424       45,985,440  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    132,965       27,808,300  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,266,793       39,561,945  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    238,313       35,994,796  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    251,735       35,464,427  

UDR, Inc.

    678,104       27,842,950  
   

 

 

 
      321,724,398  
Retail REITs — 1.8%            

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    617,785       13,294,733  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    166,751       16,480,001  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

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iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Retail REITs (continued)

   

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,249,813     $ 24,408,848  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    376,032       16,601,813  

Realty Income Corp.

    1,300,989       82,378,624  

Regency Centers Corp.

    355,512       21,750,224  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    347,713       38,933,425  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    286,810       11,426,510  
   

 

 

 
      225,274,178  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.6%  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    113,870       12,455,101  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    219,818       47,810,415  

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(a)(b)

    100,696       7,268,237  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    161,417       13,523,516  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    119,182       10,561,909  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    338,342       27,852,313  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    205,808       20,903,918  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    328,758       38,786,869  

Teradyne, Inc.

    30,202       3,247,017  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    255,527       16,596,479  
   

 

 

 
      199,005,774  
Software — 1.5%            

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    85,344       28,402,483  

BILL Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    205,069       16,639,299  

Black Knight, Inc.(a)

    290,339       16,711,913  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    223,843       2,007,872  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    229,360       16,793,739  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    122,988       10,505,635  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,548       740,122  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    38,707       836,845  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    732,296       12,566,199  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    169,218       13,884,337  

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

    61,049       1,001,204  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    22,687       440,582  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    49,687       7,694,032  

nCino, Inc.(a)(b)

    114,062       2,826,456  

NCR Corp.(a)

    250,236       5,903,067  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    226,769       5,893,726  

Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    126,237       3,347,805  

Procore Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,123       2,638,164  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)

    120,994       1,979,462  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    96,893       3,902,850  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    10,958       3,886,145  

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

    707,228       12,418,924  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    160,442       5,204,738  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    251,580       18,576,667  
   

 

 

 
      194,802,266  
Specialized REITs — 2.4%            

CubeSmart

    462,505       21,376,981  

EPR Properties

    155,173       5,912,091  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    241,581       39,360,792  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    505,217       26,301,597  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    149,690       7,920,098  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    22,158       2,213,363  

Life Storage, Inc.

    173,838       22,788,423  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    175,229       7,321,068  

Rayonier, Inc.

    301,965       10,043,356  

SBA Communications Corp.

    170,883       44,612,425  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    2,078,890       67,813,392  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,522,971       45,887,116  
   

 

 

 
             301,550,702  
Specialty Retail — 2.1%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    113,360       13,785,710  
Security   Shares     Value  

Specialty Retail (continued)

   

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    69,522     $ 9,340,976  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    3,602       8,854,256  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    474,493       17,356,954  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    280,682       21,968,980  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    8,618       1,741,698  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    289,501       18,609,124  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    109,764       15,574,414  

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

    557,783       12,840,165  

Gap, Inc.

    408,726       4,103,609  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,932       439,651  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    56,059       12,833,587  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)(b)

    76,131       64,633,696  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(b)

    53,198       7,544,008  

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

    163,387       1,470,483  

RH(a)

    23,649       5,759,714  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    406,462       43,137,812  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    47,844       1,633,873  

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

    60,221       2,067,989  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    28,522       3,469,987  
   

 

 

 
      267,166,686  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    415,954       16,725,511  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    2,668,355       42,506,895  

HP, Inc.

    1,100,278       32,293,159  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    657,769       24,778,158  
   

 

 

 
      116,303,723  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    254,706       11,971,182  

Carter’s, Inc.

    78,131       5,619,182  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    74,860       6,755,366  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    6,399       2,876,671  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    728,002       3,829,291  

PVH Corp.

    130,984       11,678,534  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    83,582       9,751,512  

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

    234,197       11,129,041  

Tapestry, Inc.

    424,472       18,298,988  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    395,613       3,754,367  

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

    392,863       3,351,121  

VF Corp.

    726,696       16,648,605  
   

 

 

 
      105,663,860  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%  

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    214,489       8,444,432  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    101,153       2,336,634  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    95,283       8,003,772  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,504       4,996,302  

United Rentals, Inc.

    78,188       30,943,683  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    331,673       11,618,505  

Watsco, Inc.

    32,017       10,186,529  

WESCO International, Inc.

    43,644       6,744,744  
   

 

 

 
      83,274,601  
Water Utilities — 0.6%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    400,217       58,627,788  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    480,135       20,957,893  
   

 

 

 
      79,585,681  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $11,798,010,709)

        12,641,156,965  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

 

 

Money Market Funds — 3.2%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    389,506,511     $ 389,623,363  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    12,494,031       12,494,031  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.2%
(Cost: $401,849,697)

 

    402,117,394  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.9%
(Cost: $12,199,860,406)

 

    13,043,274,359  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.9)%

 

    (367,148,716
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   12,676,125,643  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

 

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

 

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(e) 

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

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

   
       Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

    

 

 

   
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

  $   397,536,030     $     $   (8,259,101) (a)    $ 139,773     $ 206,661     $   389,623,363       389,506,511     $   6,276,486 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

    21,620,000             (9,125,969 )(a)                  12,494,031       12,494,031       495,356       13    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $     139,773     $ 206,661     $ 402,117,394       $ 6,771,842     $ 13    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

S&P 500 E-mini Index

     34        06/16/23      $ 7,034      $ 332,300  

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     94        06/16/23        23,779        644,233  
           

 

 

 
            $ 976,533  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $         —      $         —      $ 976,533      $         —      $         —      $         —      $   976,533  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $         —        $         —        $   (2,644,951      $         —        $         —        $         —        $   (2,644,951
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $         —        $         —        $ (337,993      $         —        $         —        $         —        $ (337,993
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 32,231,064  

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $     12,640,924,828        $             232,137        $        $     12,641,156,965  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     402,117,394                            402,117,394  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     13,043,042,222        $             232,137        $             —        $     13,043,274,359  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 976,533        $        $        $ 976,533  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(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

March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Russell 3000 ETF
     iShares
Russell Mid-Cap
Value ETF
 

ASSETS

    

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $   10,675,494,752      $   12,641,156,965  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    289,565,164        402,117,394  

Cash pledged:

    

Futures contracts

    1,503,459        1,927,590  

Receivables:

    

Investments sold

    4,483,061        17,935,266  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    274,500        1,086,847  

Capital shares sold

    1,140        1,401  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    8,066,965        20,441,047  

Dividends — affiliated

    71,802        67,265  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    351,253        516,495  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    10,979,812,096        13,085,250,270  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Bank overdraft

    277,106        29,923  

Collateral on securities loaned

    245,555,320        389,212,581  

Payables:

    

Investments purchased

    4,304,401        17,388,814  

Investment advisory fees

    1,771,109        2,493,309  

Other accrued expenses

    628         
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    251,908,564        409,124,627  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 10,727,903,532      $ 12,676,125,643  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

    

Paid-in capital

  $ 8,793,168,556      $ 12,644,614,795  

Accumulated earnings

    1,934,734,976        31,510,848  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 10,727,903,532      $ 12,676,125,643  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

    

Shares outstanding

  $ 45,550,000      $ 119,350,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 235.52      $ 106.21  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 8,414,982,442      $ 11,798,010,709  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 246,612,950      $ 390,121,924  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 284,216,403      $ 401,849,697  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

    

iShares

Russell 3000 ETF

   

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 172,863,775     $ 272,656,801  

Dividends — affiliated

    1,237,963       495,356  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    2,467,148       6,276,486  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (37,421     (109,962
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    176,531,465       279,318,681  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

    21,207,142       30,920,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    21,207,142       30,920,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    155,324,323       248,398,209  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (119,127,485     (311,725,961

Investments — affiliated

    (84,436     139,773  

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    17       13  

Futures contracts

    (2,679,242     (2,644,951

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    754,070,676       1,092,789,475  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    1,835,280        
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    634,014,810       778,558,349  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (1,795,920,346     (2,368,408,788

Investments — affiliated

    (5,033,722     206,661  

Futures contracts

    33,161       (337,993
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,800,920,907     (2,368,540,120
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (1,166,906,097     (1,589,981,771
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  (1,011,581,774   $  (1,341,583,562
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Russell 3000 ETF            iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
            Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 155,324,323     $ 132,413,906        $ 248,398,209     $ 200,831,244  

Net realized gain

    634,014,810       856,447,831          778,558,349       1,226,700,162  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,800,920,907     290,779,607          (2,368,540,120     53,384,283  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,011,581,774     1,279,641,344          (1,341,583,562     1,480,915,689  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (161,314,568     (135,842,146        (252,968,676     (220,370,366
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

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

    (116,682,684     (84,663,380        (637,067,384     527,173,955  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (1,289,579,026     1,059,135,818          (2,231,619,622     1,787,719,278  

Beginning of year

    12,017,482,558       10,958,346,740          14,907,745,265       13,120,025,987  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $   10,727,903,532     $   12,017,482,558        $   12,676,125,643     $   14,907,745,265  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell 3000 ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 262.10      $ 237.19      $ 148.31      $ 166.74      $ 156.30  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    3.37        2.87        2.73        2.91        2.78  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (26.44      25.00        89.03        (18.04      10.52  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (23.07      27.87        91.76        (15.13      13.30  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (3.51      (2.96      (2.88      (3.30      (2.86
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 235.52      $ 262.10      $ 237.19      $ 148.31      $ 166.74  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (8.72 )%       11.75      62.21      (9.29 )%       8.59
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.47      1.10      1.37      1.69      1.72
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $     10,727,904      $     12,017,483      $     10,958,347      $     8,230,988      $     9,379,045  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    4      5      4      5      5
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 119.55      $ 109.15      $ 64.10      $ 86.86      $ 86.44  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    2.04        1.62        1.43        1.93        1.67  

Net realized and unrealized gain(b)

    (13.31      10.55        45.22        (22.63      0.70  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    (11.27      12.17        46.65        (20.70      2.37  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (2.07      (1.77      (1.60      (2.06      (1.95
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 106.21      $ 119.55      $ 109.15      $ 64.10      $ 86.86  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (9.37 )%       11.19      73.40      (24.28 )%       2.78
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.23      0.23      0.23      0.24      0.24
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.88      1.39      1.65      2.18      1.93
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $     12,676,126      $     14,907,745      $     13,120,026      $     8,201,945      $     11,218,007  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    19      21      25      20      25
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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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

Russell 3000

  Diversified

Russell Mid-Cap Value

  Diversified

 

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.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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 BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. 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

 

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or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
    

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
    

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

Russell 3000

           

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 36,953,190      $ (36,953,190    $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

     1,832,774        (1,754,795             77,979  

BNP Paribas SA

     35,326,598        (34,793,585             533,013  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     8,210,779        (8,187,016             23,763  

Citadel Clearing LLC

     3,486,331        (3,397,677             88,654  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     20,721,507        (20,491,106             230,401  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     194,293        (194,293              

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

     226,916        (226,916              

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     48,337,613        (48,205,646             131,967  

HSBC Bank PLC

     3,650,439        (3,650,439              

ING Financial Markets LLC

     1,073,479        (1,051,155             22,324  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     16,410,589        (16,410,589              

Jefferies LLC

     2,861,156        (2,861,156              

Morgan Stanley

     27,772,488        (27,665,663             106,825  

National Financial Services LLC

     1,378,225        (1,378,225              

Natixis SA

     3,396,327        (3,354,132             42,195  

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     29,925        (29,925              

Pershing LLC

     26,563        (26,563              

RBC Capital Market LLC

     4,540,780        (4,437,185             103,595  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     12,746,855        (12,674,483             72,372  

SG Americas Securities LLC

     1,831,502        (1,822,414             9,088  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     447,376        (447,376              

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     5,965,269        (5,951,556             13,713  

UBS AG

     4,063,898        (4,063,898              

UBS Securities LLC

     1,015,846        (1,004,325             11,521  

Virtu Americas LLC

     119,897        (118,675             1,222  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A

     3,682,359        (3,682,359              

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     309,976        (309,976              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     246,612,950      $ (245,144,318    $     —      $     1,468,632  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Value

           

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 22,270,522      $ (22,218,194    $      $ 52,328  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

     3,420,835        (3,408,500             12,335  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

     43,773        (41,753             2,020  

BNP Paribas SA

     46,431,870        (46,143,764             288,106  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     8,632,458        (8,601,913             30,545  

Citadel Clearing LLC

     7,515,523        (7,452,885             62,638  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     11,281,488        (11,182,993             98,495  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     104,448,744        (103,987,781             460,963  

HSBC Bank PLC

     4,842,149        (4,822,881             19,268  

ING Financial Markets LLC

     620        (618             2  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     47,450,507        (47,450,507              

Jefferies LLC

     2,342,958        (2,342,958              

Morgan Stanley

     65,454,900        (65,209,595             245,305  

National Financial Services LLC

     1,207,415        (1,207,159             256  

Natixis SA

     2,756,124        (2,756,124              

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     223,300        (223,300              

RBC Capital Market LLC

     10,860,761        (10,852,240             8,521  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     1,889,810        (1,875,307             14,503  

SG Americas Securities LLC

     4,273,696        (4,259,629             14,067  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     1,282        (1,282              

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     2,692,254        (2,605,094             87,160  

UBS AG

     16,313,442        (16,174,132             139,310  

UBS Securities LLC

     12,660,066        (12,531,212             128,854  

Virtu Americas LLC

     584,365        (582,505             1,860  

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
    

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
    

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

Russell Mid-Cap Value (continued)

           

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

   $ 5,830,355      $ (5,813,615    $      $ 16,740  

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     6,692,707        (6,692,707              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     390,121,924      $ (388,438,648    $     —      $     1,683,276  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of 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 to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

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 the following fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF    Investment Advisory Fees    

Russell 3000

     0.20%    

For its investment advisory services to the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value 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 the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets    Investment Advisory Fees  

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  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

 

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ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts  

Russell 3000

  $ 691,670  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,679,004  

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

Russell 3000

  $ 60,672,740      $ 79,151,900      $ (32,716,730

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,093,929,606        1,151,782,609        (180,997,540

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 year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ 469,325,775      $ 472,122,779  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    2,482,023,620        2,480,769,070  

 

 

 

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For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

In-kind 

Purchases

    

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Russell 3000

  $   1,406,561,676      $   1,482,857,262  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    2,665,395,307        3,304,973,984  

 

 

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Paid-in capital      Accumulated earnings (loss)  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ 747,001,355      $ (747,001,355)  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,076,949,017        (1,076,949,017)  

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Year Ended

March 31, 2023

    

Year Ended

March 31, 2022

 

 

 

Russell 3000

    

Ordinary income

  $     161,314,568      $ 135,842,146  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 252,968,676      $ 220,370,366  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF    

Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
(a) 
   

Net Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

 

(b) 

    Qualified late-year losses (c)      Total  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ (262,843,385   $ 2,197,578,361     $     $   1,934,734,976  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    (701,035,961     732,597,544       (50,735     31,510,848  

 

 

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net accumulated losses was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains(losses) on certain futures contracts, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the characterization of corporate actions, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies and the timing and recognition of realized gains/losses for tax purposes.

 
(c) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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)
 

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ 8,767,467,483      $ 3,035,635,806      $ (838,043,373   $   2,197,592,433  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    12,310,573,076        2,116,052,928        (1,383,351,645     732,701,283  

 

 

 

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;

 

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(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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

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.

 

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Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Year Ended

 

03/31/23

   

Year Ended

 

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

Russell 3000

       

Shares sold

    6,250,000     $ 1,412,201,639       5,400,000     $ 1,415,391,570  

Shares redeemed

    (6,550,000     (1,528,884,323     (5,750,000     (1,500,054,950
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (300,000   $ (116,682,684     (350,000   $ (84,663,380
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       

Russell Mid-Cap Value

       

Shares sold

    25,450,000     $ 2,683,741,714       16,200,000     $ 1,882,610,327  

Shares redeemed

    (30,800,000     (3,320,809,098     (11,700,000     (1,355,436,372
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (5,350,000   $ (637,067,384     4,500,000     $ 527,173,955  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of

iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the two funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (two of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Russell 3000 ETF

 

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

   
iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

Russell 3000

  $ 162,979,049  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    220,481,463  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

   
iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

Russell 3000

  $ 6,142,551  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    24,635,138  

The following percentages or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

   
iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Russell 3000

    100.00 %  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    83.65  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Russell 3000 ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)  

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)  

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)  

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)  

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)  

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule

 

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     
   

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
 

Russell 3000(a)

  $   3.416108     $     $   0.096410     $   3.512518       97         3     100

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    2.069501                   2.069501       100                   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.

 

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

Regulation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and its United Kingdom (“UK”) equivalent, ( “AIFMD”) impose detailed and prescriptive obligations on fund managers established in the European Union (the “EU”) and the UK. These do not currently apply to managers established outside of the EU or UK, such as BFA (the “Company”). Rather, the Company is only required to comply with certain disclosure, reporting and transparency obligations of AIFMD because it has registered the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (the “Fund”) to be marketed to investors in the EU and/or UK.

Report on Remuneration

The Company is required under AIFMD to make quantitative disclosures of remuneration. These disclosures are made in line with BlackRock’s interpretation of currently available regulatory guidance on quantitative remuneration disclosures. As market or regulatory practice develops BlackRock may consider it appropriate to make changes to the way in which quantitative remuneration disclosures are calculated. Where such changes are made, this may result in disclosures in relation to a fund not being comparable to the disclosures made in the prior year, or in relation to other BlackRock fund disclosures in that same year.

Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; and (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund.

All individuals included in the aggregated figures disclosed are rewarded in line with BlackRock’s remuneration policy for their responsibilities across the relevant BlackRock business area. As all individuals have a number of areas of responsibilities, only the portion of remuneration for those individuals’ services attributable to the Fund is included in the aggregate figures disclosed.

BlackRock has a clear and well-defined pay-for-performance philosophy, and compensation programs which support that philosophy.

BlackRock operates a total compensation model for remuneration which includes a base salary, which is contractual, and a discretionary bonus scheme. Although all employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus, there is no contractual obligation to make a discretionary bonus award to any employees. For senior management and staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund, a significant percentage of variable remuneration is deferred over time. All employees are subject to a clawback policy.

Remuneration decisions for employees are made once annually in January following the end of the performance year, based on BlackRock’s full-year financial results and other non-financial goals and objectives. Alongside financial performance, individual total compensation is also based on strategic and operating results and other considerations such as management and leadership capabilities. No set formulas are established and no fixed benchmarks are used in determining annual incentive awards.

Annual incentive awards are paid from a bonus pool which is reviewed throughout the year by BlackRock’s independent compensation committee, taking into account both actual and projected financial information together with information provided by the Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Compliance departments in relation to any activities, incidents or events that warrant consideration in making compensation decisions. Individuals are not involved in setting their own remuneration.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Each of the control functions (Enterprise Risk, Legal & Compliance, and Internal Audit) each have their own organizational structures which are independent of the business units and therefore staff members in control functions are remunerated independently of the businesses they oversee. Functional bonus pools for those control functions are determined with reference to the performance of each individual function and the remuneration of the senior members of control functions is directly overseen by BlackRock’s independent remuneration committee.

Members of staff and senior management of the Company typically provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the Company and across the broader BlackRock group. Conversely, members of staff and senior management of the broader BlackRock group may provide both AIFMD and non-AIFMD related services in respect of multiple funds, clients and functions of the broader BlackRock group and of the Company. Therefore, the figures disclosed are a sum of individuals’ portion of remuneration attributable to the Company according to an objective apportionment methodology which acknowledges the multiple-service nature of the Company and the broader BlackRock group. Accordingly, the figures are not representative of any individual’s actual remuneration or their remuneration structure.

The amount of the total remuneration awarded to the Company’s staff in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022 was USD 4,121 million. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 685 million and variable remuneration of USD 3,436 million. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.

The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2022, to its senior management was USD 2,958 million, and to other members of its staff whose actions potentially have a material impact on the risk profile of the Company or its funds was USD 970 million. These figures relate to the entire Company and not to the Fund.

Disclosures Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

iShares Russell 3000 ETF is registered under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to be marketed to European Union (“EU”) investors, as noted above. As a result, certain disclosures are required under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”).

iShares Russell 3000 ETF has not been categorized under the SFDR as an “Article 8” or “Article 9” product. In addition, the Fund’s investment strategy does not take into account the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities under the EU sustainable investment taxonomy regulation or principal adverse impacts (“PAIs”) on sustainability factors under the SFDR. PAIs are identified under the SFDR as the material impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors relating to environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S. Kapito(a)

(1957)

   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(1970)

   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

(a)  Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its  affiliates.

 

(b)  Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
John E.
Kerrigan (1955)
   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).
Jane D.
Carlin (1956)
   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).
Richard L.
Fagnani (1954)
   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

 

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Independent Trustees
       
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H.
Herbert (1949)
   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Drew E.
Lawton (1959)
   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).
John E.
Martinez (1961)
   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Madhav V.
Rajan (1964)
   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers
     
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Dominik

Rohé (1973)

   President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019-2023).

Trent

Walker (1974)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (1967)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (1980)

   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (1982)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (1976)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (1970)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report  

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CVR   Contingent Value Rights
NVS   Non-Voting Shares
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P   Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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LOGO   MARCH 31, 2023

 

   2023 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF | REM | Cboe BZX

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iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF | REZ | NYSE Arca

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023
     6-Month       12-Month    
   

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

      15.62%       (7.73)%
   

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

    9.14   (11.61)
   

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

  27.27     (1.38)
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  14.04   (10.70)
   

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

    1.93     2.52
   

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

    4.38     (6.90)
   

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

    4.89     (4.78)
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.00     0.26
   

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

    7.88     (3.35)
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.
 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     

Page

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

     4  

Fund Summary

     5  

About Fund Performance

     9  

Disclosure of Expenses

     9  

Schedules of Investments

     10  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     15  

Statements of Operations

     16  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     17  

Financial Highlights

     18  

Notes to Financial Statements

     20  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     27  

Important Tax Information

     28  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     29  

Supplemental Information

     30  

Trustee and Officer Information

     31  

General Information

     34  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     35  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) that hold U.S. residential and commercial mortgages, as represented by the FTSE Nareit All Mortgage Capped Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

         Average Annual Total Returns                 Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

     (26.00 )%       (4.47 )%       (0.30 )%        (26.00 )%       (20.42 )%       (2.92 )% 

Fund Market

     (26.02      (4.46      (0.32       (26.02      (20.41      (3.13

Index

     (25.49      (3.79      0.29               (25.49      (17.59      2.98  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 1,095.80        $ 2.51               $ 1,000.00        $ 1,022.54        $ 2.42          0.48

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023   (continued)    iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Mortgage real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) declined substantially for the reporting period amid sharply rising interest rates. Inflation reached the highest point in four decades before subsiding somewhat, while remaining persistently elevated. The Fed raised interest rates eight times in an attempt to control inflation, sending mortgage rates to a more than 20-year high. Rising borrowing costs made homebuyers more hesitant to take on home loans, and mortgage originations dropped substantially. The fourth quarter of 2022 was the seventh consecutive quarter with fewer originations, which dropped to less than half the level of a year prior. Mortgage refinancing also declined sharply, as higher mortgage rates incentivized homeowners to maintain their current financing.

Higher interest rates weighed on mortgage REITs, which derive their income from the difference between the short-term interest rates at which they borrow funds to purchase securities and the long-term rates they earn on their mortgage investments. As interest rates rise, profit margins for mortgage REITs can narrow or turn negative and the value of their existing mortgage portfolios declines. In addition, the value of the mortgage-backed securities that the REITs hold can go down, and mortgage holders with variable interest rate loans may struggle to meet payment obligations. Mortgage REITs often cut dividend payouts to shareholders when profits fall, reducing their appeal to investors seeking consistent income. Amid a softening economic environment during the reporting period, mortgage REITs built up reserves in anticipation of future credit losses, cutting into earnings.

Equity REITs detracted slightly from the Index’s return. Unlike mortgage REITs, equity REITs own and sometimes operate commercial and residential properties and generate income from rents. Declining revenues stifled profitability in the industry.

Portfolio Information

 

INDUSTRY ALLOCATION

 

Industry    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Mortgage REITs

    100.0

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    17.7

AGNC Investment Corp.

    11.4  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    10.2  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    6.9  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

    4.6  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    4.2  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    3.8  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    3.4  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    3.1  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    3.1  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. residential, healthcare and self-storage real estate equities, as represented by the FTSE Nareit All Residential Capped Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

         Average Annual Total Returns                 Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

     (23.84 )%       7.31      6.79       (23.84 )%       42.28      92.97

Fund Market

     (23.92      7.31        6.80         (23.92      42.29        93.15  

Index

     (23.54      7.75        7.20               (23.54      45.22        100.36  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 999.30        $ 2.39               $ 1,000.00        $ 1,022.54        $ 2.42          0.48

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023   (continued)    iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Residential and multisector real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) declined significantly during the reporting period. Rising interest rates raised the cost for REITs to pay debt held on existing properties and increased the expense of financing new acquisitions. As interest rates rose, bond yields increased, making bonds a more attractive investment option, perceived to have lower risk than the dividends offered by REITs. Because REITs are required to pay out 90% of their earnings in dividends to shareholders each year in order to maintain their tax-free status, they often compete with bonds for yield-seeking investors, particularly when interest rates rise.

Diversified REITs, including those that operate self-storage units, apartment complexes, and senior living complexes, detracted the most from the Index’s performance. The occupancy rates of REITs that own and operate self-storage units declined from levels reached during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for self-storage units soared during the pandemic as Americans decluttered their homes and put items into storage to accommodate working, studying, and exercising at home. However, with the widespread usage of vaccines, many people returned to offices and schools. In addition, rising mortgage rates slowed housing sales, lessening the demand for storage rentals during a move. Labor costs, a significant expense for operating storage units, increased as inflationary pressure raised wages. In addition, the costs of materials to build new storage units increased significantly. REITs that own and operate apartment buildings, particularly those operating in large cities with slow post-pandemic real estate market recovery, also detracted from the Index’s performance. REITs that focus on senior living complexes continued to face challenges due to COVID-19 outbreaks, which caused disruptions in the process of new tenants moving into apartments and led to increased expenses for staffing.

Portfolio Information

 

INDUSTRY ALLOCATION

 

Industry    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Residential REITs

    48.0

Health Care REITs

    26.1  

Specialized REITs

    25.9  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Public Storage

    12.9

Welltower, Inc.

    9.3  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    6.4  

Equity Residential

    6.1  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    5.9  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    5.2  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    4.5  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    4.5  

Ventas, Inc.

    4.2  

UDR, Inc.

    3.8  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Mortgage REITs — 97.4%            

AFC Gamma, Inc.

    223,838     $ 2,721,870  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    6,537,579       65,898,796  

Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.

    163,712       1,195,098  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    5,356,170       102,356,409  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    1,931,248       17,979,919  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,922,043       22,084,274  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    705,473       6,412,749  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    2,226,026       11,686,637  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    1,375,365       24,550,265  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A

    1,287,812       7,598,091  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

    1,789,424       8,410,293  

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    74,687       1,009,021  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    3,191,682       18,001,086  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    724,962       8,786,539  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    870,269       10,625,984  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,140,266       13,603,373  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    713,937       3,541,128  

Great Ajax Corp.

    296,721       1,952,424  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.(a)

    928,967       26,568,456  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    488,982       5,422,810  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    783,861       8,928,177  

Ladder Capital Corp., Class A

    1,559,343       14,735,791  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    1,410,666       13,993,807  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    1,271,358       12,662,726  

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    110,790       1,736,079  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.(a)

    514,172       5,517,066  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    1,221,017       15,055,140  
Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage REITs (continued)            

Ready Capital Corp.

    982,273     $ 9,989,716  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    1,554,667       10,478,456  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    4,960,757       39,686,056  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    3,338,930       59,065,672  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    947,398       6,878,109  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    1,330,367       19,569,699  
   

 

 

 
      578,701,716  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.4%
(Cost: $886,194,815)

      578,701,716  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 1.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(b)(c)(d)

    6,291,044       6,292,932  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(b)(c)

    498,399       498,399  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1%
(Cost: $6,791,627)

      6,791,331  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 98.5%
(Cost: $892,986,442)

      585,493,047  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.5%

      8,669,743  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   594,162,790  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(d) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

         Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases
at Cost

   

Proceeds
from Sale

   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

      

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 23,893     $ 6,263,406 (a)    $     $ 5,933     $ (300   $ 6,292,932       6,291,044     $ 88,238 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,230,000             (731,601 )(a)                  498,399       498,399       40,093       1    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 5,933     $ (300   $ 6,791,331       $ 128,331     $ 1    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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

                 

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index

     477          06/16/23        $ 15,803        $ 401,484  
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 401,484      $      $      $      $ 401,484  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023 the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 875,132      $      $      $      $ 875,132  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 431,409      $      $      $      $ 431,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 16,371,195  

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 578,701,716        $        $        $ 578,701,716  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     6,791,331                            6,791,331  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 585,493,047        $        $        $ 585,493,047  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 401,484        $             —        $             —        $ 401,484  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Health Care REITs — 26.0%            

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    174,726     $ 3,421,135  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    41,748       1,527,977  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    420,507       567,684  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    107,897       982,942  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    672,500       12,999,425  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    969,371       21,297,081  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    70,381       2,472,485  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    1,053,397       8,658,923  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    73,672       3,800,002  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    416,831       11,425,338  

Physicians Realty Trust

    401,928       6,000,785  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    407,032       4,680,868  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    22,532       1,084,014  

Ventas, Inc.

    606,121       26,275,345  

Welltower, Inc.

    806,798       57,839,349  
   

 

 

 
          163,033,353  
Residential REITs — 47.7%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    545,960       17,170,442  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    267,017       9,561,879  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

    263,740       2,028,161  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    238,198       40,031,556  

BRT Apartments Corp.

    21,261       419,267  

Camden Property Trust

    183,887       19,278,713  

Centerspace

    26,512       1,448,351  

Elme Communities

    154,815       2,764,996  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    315,026       21,147,695  

Equity Residential

    631,530       37,891,800  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    114,006       23,843,215  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    396,006       6,347,976  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,040,646       32,499,375  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    184,379       27,848,604  
Security   Shares     Value  
Residential REITs (continued)            

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    39,858     $ 1,740,599  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    201,666       28,410,706  

UDR, Inc.

    581,518       23,877,129  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    93,270       1,379,463  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    152,124       2,227,095  
   

 

 

 
          299,917,022  
Specialized REITs — 25.7%            

CubeSmart

    396,471       18,324,890  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    225,949       36,813,870  

Life Storage, Inc.

    149,212       19,560,201  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    150,572       6,290,898  

Public Storage

    266,677       80,573,789  
   

 

 

 
          161,563,648  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.4%
(Cost: $805,596,014)

      624,514,023  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(b)(c)

    1,066,711       1,066,711  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $1,066,711)

      1,066,711  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $806,662,725)

      625,580,734  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.4%

      2,761,399  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 628,342,133  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
   

Shares

Held at

03/31/23

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)

  $     $     $ (3,683 )(b)    $ 3,683     $     $           $ 14,385 (c)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    2,910,000             (1,843,289 )(b)                  1,066,711       1,066,711       33,788       1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 3,683     $     $ 1,066,711       $ 48,173     $ 1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (c) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate 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

                 

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index

     113          06/16/23        $ 3,744        $ 123,326  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   123,326      $      $      $      $   123,326  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (252,333    $      $      $      $ (252,333
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (18,379    $      $      $      $ (18,379
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 4,010,328  

 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 624,514,023        $        $        $ 624,514,023  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     1,066,711                            1,066,711  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $         625,580,734        $        $        $         625,580,734  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 123,326        $                  —        $                  —        $ 123,326  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Mortgage Real
Estate ETF
    iShares
Residential and
Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 

ASSETS

   

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 578,701,716     $ 624,514,023  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    6,791,331       1,066,711  

Cash

          11  

Cash pledged:

   

Futures contracts

    1,189,000       273,000  

Receivables:

   

Investments sold

    621,205        

Securities lending income — affiliated

    10,519       3,308  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    13,688,074       2,663,641  

Dividends — affiliated

    4,509       3,869  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    317,564       74,946  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    601,323,918       628,599,509  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

   

Bank overdraft

    23,843        

Collateral on securities loaned

    6,287,305        

Payables:

   

Investments purchased

    606,654        

Investment advisory fees

    243,326       257,376  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    7,161,128       257,376  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 594,162,790     $ 628,342,133  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

   

Paid-in capital

  $   1,210,906,012     $    842,343,833  

Accumulated loss

    (616,743,222     (214,001,700
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 594,162,790     $ 628,342,133  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

   

Shares outstanding

    27,200,000       8,900,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 21.84     $ 70.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 886,194,815     $ 805,596,014  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 6,156,969     $  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 6,791,627     $ 1,066,711  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

     iShares
Mortgage Real
Estate ETF
    iShares
Residential and
Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 65,319,304     $ 21,473,974  

Dividends — affiliated

    40,093       33,788  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    88,238       14,385  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    65,447,635       21,522,147  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

    3,473,169       4,001,380  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,473,169       4,001,380  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

          61,974,466             17,520,767  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (67,975,319     (26,350,113

Investments — affiliated

    5,933       3,683  

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

    1       1  

Futures contracts

    875,132       (252,333

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    5,646,973       44,784,193  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (61,447,280     18,185,431  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (242,760,832     (310,762,784

Investments — affiliated

    (300      

Futures contracts

    431,409       (18,379
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (242,329,723     (310,781,163
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (303,777,003     (292,595,732
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (241,802,537   $ (275,074,965
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF            iShares Residential and Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
            Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 61,974,466     $ 32,106,113        $ 17,520,767     $ 15,723,193  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (61,447,280     131,124,057          18,185,431       107,107,083  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (242,329,723     (173,766,987        (310,781,163     99,352,430  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (241,802,537     (10,536,817        (275,074,965     222,182,706  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

From net investment income and net realized gain

    (61,974,466     (81,209,640        (24,693,312     (18,832,367

Return of capital

    (6,144,140                     
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (68,118,606     (81,209,640        (24,693,312     (18,832,367
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

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

    (71,024,623     (446,732,193        (360,163,509     589,464,681  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (380,945,766     (538,478,650        (659,931,786     792,815,020  

Beginning of year

    975,108,556           1,513,587,206              1,288,273,919       495,458,899  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $     594,162,790     $ 975,108,556        $ 628,342,133     $     1,288,273,919  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 32.67      $ 35.20      $ 18.67      $ 43.32      $ 42.48  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    2.26        0.82        1.38        2.61        3.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (10.57      (1.27      17.37        (23.51      1.52  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (8.31      (0.45      18.75        (20.90      4.65  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

             

From net investment income

    (2.29      (2.08      (1.34      (2.60      (3.08

Return of capital

    (0.23             (0.88      (1.15      (0.73
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (2.52      (2.08      (2.22      (3.75      (3.81
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 21.84      $ 32.67      $ 35.20      $ 18.67      $ 43.32  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (26.00 )%       (1.65 )%       103.62      (51.80 )%       11.46
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    8.57      2.30      4.94      6.16      7.22
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   594,163      $   975,109      $   1,513,587      $   593,850      $   1,252,029  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    28      20      30      29      25
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF  
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 95.78      $ 73.95      $ 55.26      $ 70.64      $ 57.61  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.66        1.46        1.51        1.55        1.80  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (24.47      21.98        19.29        (14.77      13.45  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (22.81      23.44        20.80        (13.22      15.25  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

             

From net investment income

    (2.37      (1.50      (2.11      (2.16      (2.00

From net realized gain

           (0.11                    (0.22
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (2.37      (1.61      (2.11      (2.16      (2.22
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 70.60      $ 95.78      $ 73.95      $ 55.26      $ 70.64  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

    (23.84 )%       31.85      38.23      (19.25 )%       26.94
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

             

Total expenses

    0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.10      1.64      2.36      2.07      2.81
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   628,342      $   1,288,274      $   495,459      $   331,559      $   430,875  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    18      8      7      12      10
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

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

Mortgage Real Estate

  Non-Diversified

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

  Non-Diversified

 

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.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income, net realized capital gains and/or return of capital 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. The portion of distributions that exceeds each Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will constitute a non-taxable return of capital. Distributions in excess of each Fund’s minimum distribution requirements, but not in excess of the Fund’s earning and profits, will be taxable to the Fund’s shareholders and will not constitute non-taxable returns of capital. Return of capital distributions will reduce a shareholder’s cost basis and will result in higher capital gains or lower capital losses when each Fund’s shares on which distributions were received are sold. Once a shareholder’s cost basis is reduced to zero, further distributions will be treated as capital gains.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

 

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If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. 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  (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

   
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
   
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   
Net
Amount
 
 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate

       

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

  $ 1,675,960     $ (1,675,960   $     $  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    4,481,009       (4,481,009            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 6,156,969     $ (6,156,969   $     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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 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 to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF    Investment Advisory Fees  

Mortgage Real Estate

     0.48

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     0.48  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

 

 

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managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF    Amounts  

Mortgage Real Estate

   $   22,232  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     5,828  

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

Mortgage Real Estate

   $ 16,886,254      $ 42,064,041      $ (15,129,925

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

       40,990,397          45,745,158          (18,773,927

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 year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF    Purchases      Sales  

Mortgage Real Estate

   $   216,701,578      $   204,771,506  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     158,066,541        150,124,435  

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF    In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Mortgage Real Estate

   $   476,619,332      $   567,116,334  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     192,788,301        565,875,753  

 

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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions and distributions paid in excess of taxable income were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     
iShares ETF    Paid-in capital      Accumulated earnings (loss)  

Mortgage Real Estate

   $ (16,227,988    $     16,227,988  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

         32,482,220        (32,482,220

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF    Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

Mortgage Real Estate

     

Ordinary income

   $ 61,974,466      $ 81,209,640  

Return of capital

     6,144,140         
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 68,118,606      $ 81,209,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     

Ordinary income

   $ 24,693,312      $ 17,568,653  

Long term capital gains

            1,263,714  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 24,693,312      $ 18,832,367  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF    Non-expiring
Capital  Loss
Carryforwards(a)
     Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
     Total  

Mortgage Real Estate

   $ (276,754,574    $   (339,988,648    $   (616,743,222

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     (26,817,079      (187,184,621      (214,001,700

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 

(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts and characterization of corporate actions.

As of March 31, 2023, 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)
 

Mortgage Real Estate

   $   925,481,695      $ 401,485      $ (340,390,133    $   (339,988,648

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

     812,765,355        915,938        (188,100,559      (187,184,621

 

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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

 

 

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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.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

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:

 

 

 
    Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate

       

Shares sold

    18,600,000     $ 473,627,895       8,400,000     $ 299,578,675  

Shares redeemed

    (21,250,000     (544,652,518     (21,550,000     (746,310,868
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,650,000   $ (71,024,623     (13,150,000   $ (446,732,193
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

       

Shares sold

    2,150,000     $ 189,986,614       10,400,000     $ 926,228,317  

Shares redeemed

    (6,700,000     (550,150,123     (3,650,000     (336,763,636
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (4,550,000   $ (360,163,509     6,750,000     $ 589,464,681  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of

iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the two funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (two of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

  iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF

  iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

Mortgage Real Estate

  $ 1,594,738  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    50,635  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

Mortgage Real Estate

  $ 29,491,485  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    11,921,827  

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Mortgage Real Estate

    0.98

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF and iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     
    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
 

Mortgage Real Estate(a)

  $ 2.505192     $     $   0.017360     $   2.522552       99         1     100

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    2.369643                   2.369643       100                   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.

 

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S.

Kapito(a) (1957)

   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

  

Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(1970)

   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

 

(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

John E.

Kerrigan (1955)

   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D.

Carlin (1956)

   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L.

Fagnani (1954)

   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

  

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia

H. Herbert (1949)

   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Drew E.

Lawton (1959)

   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).

John E.

Martinez (1961)

   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V.

Rajan (1964)

   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers
     

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Dominik

Rohé (1973)

   President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent

Walker (1974)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (1967)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (1980)

   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (1982)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (1976)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (1970)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviations
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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  MARCH 31, 2023

 

 

   

  

2023 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF | STLG | Cboe BZX

·  iShares Factors US Value Style ETF | STLV | Cboe BZX

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023
     
       6-Month       12-Month  

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

  15.62%     (7.73)%
   

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

  9.14   (11.61)   
   

International equities

(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

  27.27      (1.38)  
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  14.04      (10.70)   
   

3-month Treasury bills

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

  1.93     2.52  
   

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

  4.38     (6.90)  
   

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

  4.89     (4.78)  
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  7.00     0.26  
   

U.S. high yield bonds

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

  7.88     (3.35)  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

   

Page

 

 

 

 

The Markets in Review

    2  

Annual Report:

 

Market Overview

    4  

Fund Summary

    5  

About Fund Performance

    9  

Disclosure of Expenses

    9  

Schedules of Investments

    10  

Financial Statements:

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    17  

Statements of Operations

    18  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    19  

Financial Highlights

    20  

Notes to Financial Statements

    22  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    28  

Important Tax Information

    29  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

    30  

Supplemental Information

    31  

Trustee and Officer Information

    32  

General Information

    35  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

    36  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023       iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, as represented by the Russell US Large Cap Factors Growth Style Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns         Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
     1 Year    

Since   

Inception   

         1 Year     Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (7.47 )%      10.41       (7.47 )%      37.47

Fund Market

    (7.70     10.39         (7.70     37.39  

Index

    (7.33     10.61           (7.33     38.24  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 1/14/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 1/16/20.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         

 

 

     

 

 

    
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending

Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period

 
 

(a)  

    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
               
  $       1,000.00          $       1,171.30          $          1.35               $       1,000.00          $       1,023.68          $          1.26        0.25

 

  (a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Growth-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return. While consumer spending continued to grow, rising inflation drove up costs for companies, and consumers increasingly sought bargains as higher prices eroded personal spending power. Individual savings rates declined, while credit card debt and interest rates rose, further pressuring consumers. A tight labor market amid historically low unemployment also meant higher labor costs for the sector.

Within the sector, the internet and direct marketing retail industry detracted significantly from the Index’s performance. The sharp rise in e-commerce that boosted the industry early in the pandemic waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. Overbuilding of warehouses during the online shopping surge created excess capacity, which weighed on industry cash flow. Slowing revenue growth from data cloud services further pressured the industry’s profitability, as business customers tried to reduce expenditures amid economic uncertainty.

The information technology sector detracted significantly from the Index’s return, as rising interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings. High inflation and slow economic growth led consumers and businesses to reduce spending on technology products and services. The software and services industry declined, as cuts to corporate information technology budgets reduced revenue growth. Slowing growth in cloud-based software sales, which provide software companies with steady revenue streams, further constrained earnings. On the upside, industrials stocks contributed to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity.

The Index’s research-based selection process is designed to maximize exposure to the weighted combination of five target investment style factors: momentum, quality, value, size, and low volatility. Reflecting those factor contributions, the Index outperformed the broader market, as represented by the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Security selection in the information technology sector and an underweight position in the communication services sector contributed to the Index’s return for the reporting period.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Information Technology

    48.2

Consumer Discretionary

    16.1  

Health Care

    10.7  

Industrials

    8.7  

Consumer Staples

    5.7  

Financials

    3.5  

Materials

    3.2  

Communication Services

    1.4  

Energy

    1.2  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.3  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

   

Security

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Apple Inc.

    14.2

Microsoft Corp.

    10.7  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.4  

NVIDIA Corp.

    3.1  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2.4  

AbbVie, Inc.

    2.2  

Tesla, Inc.

    2.0  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1.8  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    1.8  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    1.8  
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023       iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Factors US Value Style ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, as represented by the Russell US Large Cap Factors Value Style Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
     1 Year    

Since

Inception

           1 Year     Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (5.40 )%      4.64       (5.40 )%      15.85

Fund Market

    (5.67     4.68         (5.67     15.70  

Index

    (5.25     4.82               (5.25     16.34  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 1/14/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 1/16/20.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning

Account Value

(10/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(03/31/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a)  

   

    

 

 

 

   

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
      $       1,000.00          $       1,122.80          $          1.32               $       1,000.00          $       1,023.68          $          1.26          0.25

 

  (a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. U.S. insurance stocks led declines. Despite rising interest rates that can benefit insurance providers, lower earnings pressured the sector. Insurance stocks declined at the end of the reporting period amid concern about unrealized bond investment losses and potential liquidity impacts within the wider global financials sector.

The property and casualty insurance industry detracted from the Index’s return amid rising claims, natural disasters, and price declines on long-term bonds. Stocks in the life and health insurance industry also detracted. Large life insurers reported relatively flat premium and fee revenue, excluding certain pension-related items. At the same time, lower investment income resulting from declining net investment spreads (the difference between interest earned on assets and interest paid on liabilities) and private equity returns reduced annual earnings. Regional banks were also pressured late in the reporting period after the sudden failure of two regional banks led to government intervention to cover depositors and prevent a contagion effect.

The communications services sector also detracted from the Index’s performance, as a telecommunications provider cut its dividend while struggling with a legacy wireline business and a heavy debt load. Stocks in the healthcare sector also faltered during the reporting period, primarily due to weakness in the healthcare equipment and supplies industry. Stocks of a diabetes equipment maker declined, as charges related to closing down U.S. production lines and an ongoing separation from its parent company weighed on earnings. Meanwhile, slow growth and a heavy debt load constrained a maker of dental and spine products. On the upside, industrials stocks contributed, benefiting from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity.

The Index’s research-based selection process is designed to maximize exposure to the weighted combination of five target investment style factors: momentum, quality, value, low size, and low volatility. Reflecting those factor contributions, the Index outperformed the broader market, as represented by the Russell 1000 Value Index. Strong security selection in the financials and information technology sectors drove positive relative performance, while underweight positions in the energy and communication services sectors detracted somewhat.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Financials

    21.8

Health Care

    16.1  

Industrials

    11.9  

Consumer Discretionary

    9.8  

Consumer Staples

    9.3  

Information Technology

    8.0  

Energy

    6.3  

Utilities

    5.3  

Communication Services

    5.0  

Materials

    4.0  

Real Estate

    2.5  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

   

Security

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Johnson & Johnson

    3.0

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2.6  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    2.2  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    2.1  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1.8  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1.8  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    1.8  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    1.7  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    1.6  

Kroger Co.

    1.6  
 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 2.4%

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    9     $ 894  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    113       12,444  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    133       25,801  
   

 

 

 
          39,139  
Automobiles — 2.0%  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    156       32,364  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.8%  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    69       12,579  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 4.2%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    230       36,655  

Amgen, Inc.

    30       7,252  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    94       14,437  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    34       10,712  
   

 

 

 
      69,056  
Broadline Retail — 3.9%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    544       56,190  

eBay, Inc.

    165       7,321  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    65       1,057  
   

 

 

 
      64,568  
Building Products — 1.3%  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    17       3,843  

Masco Corp.

    228       11,336  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    398       3,200  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)

    78       3,797  
   

 

 

 
      22,176  
Capital Markets — 3.2%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    43       13,179  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    7       2,906  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    42       23,507  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    144       13,431  
   

 

 

 
      53,023  
Chemicals — 1.1%  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    144       10,439  

Chemours Co.

    161       4,820  

Mosaic Co.

    57       2,615  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    11       767  
   

 

 

 
      18,641  
Communications Equipment — 0.7%  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    49       8,225  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    10       2,717  
   

 

 

 
      10,942  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 3.5%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    162       12,323  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    60       29,812  

Dollar General Corp.

    30       6,314  

Target Corp.

    55       9,110  
   

 

 

 
      57,559  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Sealed Air Corp.

    99       4,545  
   

 

 

 
Distributors — 0.2%  

Pool Corp.

    11       3,767  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%  

H&R Block, Inc.

    264       9,306  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    45       5,619  

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

 

Jabil, Inc.

    54     $ 4,761  

Vontier Corp.

    100       2,734  
   

 

 

 
      13,114  
Food Products — 1.3%  

Hershey Co.

    86       21,879  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.3%  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    14       4,772  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3%  

Chemed Corp.

    17       9,142  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    61       4,948  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    24       6,328  

McKesson Corp.

    20       7,121  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    26       6,955  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    9       4,253  
   

 

 

 
      38,747  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    68       8,459  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    35       11,545  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    61       8,057  
   

 

 

 
      28,061  
Household Durables — 0.1%  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    21       1,224  
   

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.0%  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    5       743  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%  

Vistra Corp.

    457       10,968  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.3%  

Assurant, Inc.

    40       4,803  
   

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services — 1.2%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    112       11,618  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    74       7,696  
   

 

 

 
      19,314  
IT Services — 1.1%  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    7       2,280  

MongoDB, Inc.(a)

    8       1,865  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    66       13,948  
   

 

 

 
      18,093  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.0%  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    253       3,544  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    9       13,772  
   

 

 

 
      17,316  
Machinery — 0.8%  

AGCO Corp.

    2       270  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    210       9,501  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    47       3,967  
   

 

 

 
          13,738  
Media — 0.2%  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    43       3,531  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%  

Devon Energy Corp.

    210       10,628  

Range Resources Corp.

    321       8,497  
   

 

 

 
      19,125  
Paper & Forest Products — 1.8%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    537       29,111  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Personal Care Products — 0.0%

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    3     $ 739  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.1%  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    63       21,636  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    285       30,321  
   

 

 

 
      51,957  
Professional Services — 2.3%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    270       25,026  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    22       4,342  

Paychex, Inc.

    41       4,698  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    51       4,109  
   

 

 

 
      38,175  
Residential REITs — 0.4%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    171       6,123  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.0%  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    170       8,158  

Broadcom, Inc.

    26       16,680  

KLA Corp.

    18       7,185  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    77       7,353  

NVIDIA Corp.

    184       51,110  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    309       39,422  

Teradyne, Inc.

    33       3,548  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    88       16,369  
   

 

 

 
      149,825  
Software — 20.3%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    4       1,541  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    31       7,095  

Atlassian Corp., Class A(a)

    138       23,621  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    94       19,748  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    131       17,981  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    125       2,703  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    25       17,567  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    258       17,147  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    6       2,573  

Intuit, Inc.

    2       892  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    124       19,201  

Microsoft Corp.

    614       177,016  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    116       3,015  

Oracle Corp.

    30       2,788  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    19       3,795  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)

    154       7,361  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    16       6,180  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    49       1,974  

Zscaler, Inc.(a)

    39       4,556  
   

 

 

 
          336,754  
Specialized REITs — 0.3%  

Public Storage

    14       4,230  

SBA Communications Corp.

    1       261  
   

 

 

 
      4,491  

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Specialty Retail — 6.5%

 

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    6     $ 14,749  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    132       10,332  

Home Depot, Inc.

    58       17,117  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)

    390       4,294  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    92       18,397  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    2       1,698  

Tractor Supply Co.

    26       6,111  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    291       9,938  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    75       2,575  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    180       21,899  
   

 

 

 
      107,110  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 16.2%  

Apple Inc.

    1,423       234,653  

HP, Inc.

    760       22,306  

NetApp, Inc.

    181       11,557  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)

    10       255  
   

 

 

 
      268,771  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    35       15,734  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    3       1,093  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    31       3,802  
   

 

 

 
      20,629  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.6%  

Watsco, Inc.

    25       7,954  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    27       18,598  
   

 

 

 
      26,552  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $1,736,326)

      1,653,330  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            

Money Market Funds — 0.2%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    1,703       1,703  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    1,256       1,256  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $2,959)

      2,959  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $1,739,285)

      1,656,289  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

      (1,301
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   1,654,988  
   

 

 

 

 

(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   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
03/31/23
     Shares
Held at
03/31/23
   

Income

    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 4,274      $      $ (2,580 )(a)       $ 10      $ (1    $ 1,703        1,703       $ 102 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

            1,256 (a)                              1,256        1,256                75         
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

 
              $ 10      $ (1    $ 2,959          $   177      $  
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 1,653,330        $        $        $ 1,653,330  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,959                            2,959  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $         1,656,289        $                 —        $                 —        $         1,656,289  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    23     $ 10,620  
   

 

 

 
Air Freight & Logistics — 2.8%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    145       14,409  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    252       27,750  

FedEx Corp.

    109       24,905  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    235       45,588  
   

 

 

 
          112,652  
Banks — 2.3%            

Citigroup, Inc.

    545       25,555  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    234       30,493  

Popular, Inc.

    608       34,905  
   

 

 

 
      90,953  
Biotechnology — 2.2%            

Amgen, Inc.

    80       19,340  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    16       4,448  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    370       30,699  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    212       32,559  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    7       2,206  
   

 

 

 
      89,252  
Broadline Retail — 1.3%            

eBay, Inc.

    296       13,134  

Kohl’s Corp.

    262       6,167  

Macy’s, Inc.

    1,891       33,074  
   

 

 

 
      52,375  
Building Products — 2.2%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    44       3,906  

Lennox International, Inc.

    136       34,174  

Masco Corp.

    519       25,805  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    2,327       18,709  

Owens Corning

    67       6,419  
   

 

 

 
      89,013  
Capital Markets — 8.4%            

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    631       72,805  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    420       11,315  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    96       31,403  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    41       3,385  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    2,207       70,050  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    2,002       66,286  

Morgan Stanley

    150       13,170  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    32       17,910  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    202       18,840  

State Street Corp.

    74       5,601  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,343       25,383  
   

 

 

 
      336,148  
Chemicals — 0.6%            

Chemours Co.

    304       9,102  

Huntsman Corp.

    378       10,342  

Mosaic Co.

    68       3,120  
   

 

 

 
      22,564  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%            

Republic Services, Inc.

    160       21,635  

Waste Management, Inc.

    25       4,079  
   

 

 

 
      25,714  
Communications Equipment — 1.2%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    168       8,782  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    56       1,928  

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Communications Equipment (continued)

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    103     $ 29,471  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    29       7,879  
   

 

 

 
      48,060  
Consumer Finance — 3.0%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    1,428       36,400  

American Express Co.

    78       12,866  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    143       13,751  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    568       21,061  

SLM Corp.

    1,002       12,415  

Synchrony Financial

    861       25,038  
   

 

 

 
      121,531  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 4.6%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    2,366       49,165  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    176       13,388  

Kroger Co.

    1,249       61,663  

Target Corp.

    41       6,791  

Walmart, Inc.

    359       52,935  
   

 

 

 
      183,942  
Containers & Packaging — 0.7%            

Amcor PLC

    1,165       13,258  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    282       15,135  
   

 

 

 
      28,393  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.8%            

H&R Block, Inc.

    689       24,287  

Service Corp. International

    86       5,915  
   

 

 

 
      30,202  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.0%            

AT&T Inc.

    779       14,996  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    7,835       20,763  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    2,126       82,680  
   

 

 

 
          118,439  
Electric Utilities — 2.8%            

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    41       3,730  

Avangrid, Inc.

    14       558  

Entergy Corp.

    232       24,996  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    609       23,386  

IDACORP, Inc.

    91       9,858  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    507       17,385  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    178       14,105  

Southern Co.

    29       2,018  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    253       17,062  
   

 

 

 
      113,098  
Electrical Equipment — 0.8%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    33       6,030  

nVent Electric PLC

    604       25,936  
   

 

 

 
      31,966  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%  

Avnet, Inc.

    28       1,266  

Jabil, Inc.

    18       1,587  

Vontier Corp.

    216       5,905  
   

 

 

 
      8,758  
Entertainment — 0.1%            

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    22       2,650  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    3       358  
   

 

 

 
      3,008  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Financial Services — 1.4%  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    474     $ 33,872  

Western Union Co.

    1,892       21,096  
   

 

 

 
      54,968  
Food Products — 2.4%  

Campbell Soup Co.

    111       6,103  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    1,438       39,416  

General Mills, Inc.

    81       6,922  

Hershey Co.

    113       28,748  

J M Smucker Co.

    106       16,681  
   

 

 

 
          97,870  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    90       5,197  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 1.2%  

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

    65       12,662  

RXO, Inc.(a)

    453       8,897  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    947       25,332  
   

 

 

 
      46,891  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%  

Abbott Laboratories

    225       22,783  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%  

Chemed Corp.

    18       9,679  

CVS Health Corp.

    694       51,571  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    838       11,657  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    58       15,293  

McKesson Corp.

    60       21,363  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    38       10,165  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    107       3,464  
   

 

 

 
          123,192  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    327       7,184  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.2%  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    73       24,080  

McDonald’s Corp.

    92       25,724  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    285       37,643  
   

 

 

 
      87,447  
Household Durables — 0.2%  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    518       6,444  
   

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.3%  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    84       12,490  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%  

Vistra Corp.

    605       14,520  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 6.7%  

Aflac, Inc.

    185       11,936  

Allstate Corp.

    66       7,313  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    192       23,328  

Assurant, Inc.

    50       6,004  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    406       20,410  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    233       12,703  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    381       16,806  

CNA Financial Corp.

    169       6,596  

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

    2,527       45,789  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    423       14,775  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    16       2,056  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    64       4,460  

Loews Corp.

    549       31,853  

MetLife, Inc.

    439       25,436  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    30       2,230  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    9       1,543  

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Unum Group

    300     $ 11,868  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    15       20,662  
   

 

 

 
          265,768  
Interactive Media & Services — 1.1%  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    205       43,448  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 1.0%  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    180       38,039  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 0.4%  

Hasbro, Inc.

    298       16,000  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.0%  

Danaher Corp.

    83       20,919  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    32       18,444  
   

 

 

 
      39,363  
Machinery — 2.5%  

AGCO Corp.

    46       6,219  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    633       28,637  

Esab Corp.

    45       2,658  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    1       243  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    739       62,372  
   

 

 

 
      100,129  
Media — 0.9%  

Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)

    2,207       7,548  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    451       17,097  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    11       1,038  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    2,169       8,611  
   

 

 

 
      34,294  
Metals & Mining — 1.2%  

Nucor Corp.

    74       11,431  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    63       16,175  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    177       20,011  

United States Steel Corp.

    53       1,383  
   

 

 

 
      49,000  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    82       827  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 2.0%  

Ameren Corp.

    364       31,446  

CMS Energy Corp.

    76       4,665  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    167       15,977  

NiSource, Inc.

    309       8,639  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    182       17,252  
   

 

 

 
      77,979  
Office REITs — 0.7%  

JBG SMITH Properties

    116       1,747  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    926       21,779  

Vornado Realty Trust

    262       4,027  
   

 

 

 
      27,553  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.2%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    3,781       39,663  

APA Corp.

    45       1,623  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    783       59,539  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    454       11,141  

Devon Energy Corp.

    576       29,151  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    269       13,281  

Range Resources Corp.

    218       5,770  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    4,691       89,270  
   

 

 

 
      249,438  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Paper & Forest Products — 1.5%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    1,087     $ 58,926  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 9.1%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    603       41,794  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    69       23,696  

Johnson & Johnson

    760       117,800  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    962       102,347  

Organon & Co.

    25       588  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,800       73,440  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    158       5,693  
   

 

 

 
      365,358  
Professional Services — 0.9%  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    1,077       12,644  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    82       16,183  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    25       2,063  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    65       5,237  
   

 

 

 
      36,127  
Residential REITs — 0.5%  

Equity Residential

    313       18,780  
   

 

 

 

Retail REITs — 0.1%

 

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    251       5,402  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.4%

 

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    120       13,126  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    241       44,828  
   

 

 

 
      57,954  
Software — 1.6%  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    644       13,923  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    185       28,647  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    365       9,487  

Oracle Corp.

    16       1,487  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    290       11,681  
   

 

 

 
      65,225  
Specialized REITs — 1.0%  

Public Storage

    64       19,337  

SBA Communications Corp.

    82           21,408  
   

 

 

 
      40,745  
Specialty Retail — 3.8%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    151       20,288  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    5       12,291  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    170       6,219  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    155       12,132  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    105       14,898  

Home Depot, Inc.

    55       16,231  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)

    520       5,725  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    78       15,598  

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    1     $ 849  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    479       16,358  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    22       755  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    254       30,902  
   

 

 

 
      152,246  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.5%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    3,474       55,341  

HP, Inc.

    1,576       46,255  
   

 

 

 
      101,596  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%  

Carter’s, Inc.

    74       5,322  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    197       17,777  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    51       22,927  
   

 

 

 
      46,026  
Tobacco — 1.9%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    692       30,877  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    471       45,805  
   

 

 

 
      76,682  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    21       1,764  

Watsco, Inc.

    55       17,499  
   

 

 

 
      19,263  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $4,245,074)

      3,981,842  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities  
Money Market Funds — 0.7%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    22,037       22,043  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    5,487       5,487  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.7%
(Cost: $27,530)

      27,530  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.4%
(Cost: $4,272,604)

 

    4,009,372  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.4)%

      (14,445
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   3,994,927  
   

 

 

 

 

(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   (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style  ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   105,560     $         —     $ (83,574 )(a)    $         74     $ (17   $     22,043       22,037     $   674 (b)    $         —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    10,000             (4,513 )(a)                  5,487       5,487       175        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 74     $ (17   $ 27,530       $ 849     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 3,981,842        $        $        $ 3,981,842  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     27,530                            27,530  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $         4,009,372        $             —        $             —        $         4,009,372  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2023

 

   

iShares

Factors US

Growth Style
ETF

    

iShares

Factors US

Value Style

ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

    

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 1,653,330      $ 3,981,842  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    2,959        27,530  

Cash

    66        2  

Receivables:

    

Investments sold

    51        17,996  

Securities lending income — affiliated

           43  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    686        6,087  

Dividends — affiliated

    8        31  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,657,100        4,033,531  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Collateral on securities loaned

    1,725        22,085  

Payables:

    

Investments purchased

    51        15,680  

Investment advisory fees

    336        839  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    2,112        38,604  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,654,988      $ 3,994,927  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

    

Paid-in capital

  $ 2,659,925      $ 5,172,151  

Accumulated loss

    (1,004,937      (1,177,224
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,654,988      $ 3,994,927  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

    

Shares outstanding

    50,000        150,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 33.10      $ 26.63  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 1,736,326      $ 4,245,074  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 1,751      $ 21,712  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 2,959      $ 27,530  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

    iShares
Factors US
Growth Style
ETF
    iShares
Factors US
Value Style
ETF
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 37,086     $ 149,722  

Dividends — affiliated

    75       175  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    102       674  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (146
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    37,263       150,425  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

    7,385       12,818  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    7,385       12,818  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    29,878       137,607  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (311,310     (682,582

Investments — affiliated

    10       74  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    (444,383     309,605  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (755,683     (372,903
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    121,880       (21,263

Investments — affiliated

    (1     (17
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    121,879       (21,280
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (633,804     (394,183
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (603,926   $ (256,576
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

iShares Factors US Growth Style

ETF

      

iShares Factors US Value Style

ETF

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
     Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
       Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

            

OPERATIONS

            

Net investment income

  $ 29,878      $ 36,997        $ 137,607      $ 175,589  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (755,683      1,652,570          (372,903      2,079,050  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    121,879        (1,206,725        (21,280      (1,743,608
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (603,926      482,842          (256,576      511,031  
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

            

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (31,710      (43,421        (136,086      (173,963
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

            

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

    (3,168,344      167,748          (2,875,406      62,505  
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

            

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (3,803,980      607,169          (3,268,068      399,573  

Beginning of year

    5,458,968        4,851,799          7,262,995        6,863,422  
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 1,654,988      $ 5,458,968        $ 3,994,927      $ 7,262,995  
 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF  
       
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
    

Period From

01/14/20

to 03/31/20

 

(a)  

 

   

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 36.39      $ 32.35      $ 20.27      $ 24.96  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.32        0.24        0.25        0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (3.08      4.06        12.08        (4.69
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (2.76      4.30        12.33        (4.63
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

          

From net investment income

    (0.53      (0.26      (0.25      (0.06

Return of capital

                         (0.00 )(e)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.53      (0.26      (0.25      (0.06
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 33.10      $ 36.39      $ 32.35      $ 20.27  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

          

Based on net asset value

    (7.47 )%       13.28      61.00      (18.54 )%(g) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

          

Total expenses

    0.25      0.25      0.25      0.25 %(i)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.01      0.66      0.88      1.20 %(i)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 1,655      $ 5,459      $ 4,852      $ 4,054  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

    67      111      103      13
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i) 

Annualized.

(j) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Factors US Value Style ETF  
       
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
    

Period From

01/14/20

to 03/31/20

 

(a)  

 

   

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 29.05      $ 27.45      $ 17.46      $ 25.09  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.73        0.69        0.51        0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (2.33      1.58        10.06        (7.65
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.60      2.27        10.57        (7.50
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.82      (0.67      (0.58      (0.13
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 26.63      $ 29.05      $ 27.45      $ 17.46  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

          

Based on net asset value

    (5.40 )%       8.28      61.25      (29.87 )%(f) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

          

Total expenses

    0.25      0.25      0.25      0.25 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.69      2.37      2.29      3.09 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 3,995      $ 7,263      $ 6,863      $ 3,492  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    109      104      148      16
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   

 

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   

Factors US Growth Style

  Non-Diversified   

Factors US Value Style

  Diversified(a)    

 

  (a) 

The Fund’s classification changed from non-diversified to diversified during the reporting period.

 

 

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 jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, 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 include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. 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   (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

   

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

    

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 

 

(a)  

    

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

   

Factors US Growth Style

          

Morgan Stanley

  $ 1,751      $ (1,725    $      $ 26  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Factors US Value Style

          

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 123      $ (123    $      $  

Jefferies LLC

    3,446        (3,446              

Morgan Stanley

    5,676        (5,676              

UBS Securities LLC

    12,467        (12,262             205  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 21,712      $ (21,507    $      $ 205  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of 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.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees   

Factors US Growth Style

  0.25%

Factors US Value Style

  0.25   

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

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 year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ 34  

Factors US Value Style

    174  

 

 

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ 59,649      $ 36,478      $ (8,853)  

Factors US Value Style

    607,502        644,320        (79,950)  

 

 

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.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $   2,059,233      $   2,105,043  

Factors US Value Style

    5,586,068        5,579,390  

 

 

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $   7,167,369      $   10,283,479  

Factors US Value Style

    1,473,314        4,346,436  

 

 

 

7.

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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Paid-in capital     Accumulated earnings (loss)  

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ (523,117   $ 523,117  

Factors US Value Style

    168,954       (168,954

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF  

Year Ended

March 31, 2023

    

Year Ended

March 31, 2022

 

Factors US Growth Style

    

Ordinary income

  $ 31,710      $ 43,421  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Factors US Value Style

    

Ordinary income

  $ 136,086      $ 173,963  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Undistributed

Ordinary Income

    

Non-expiring

Capital Loss

Carryforwards(a)

   

Net Unrealized

Gains (Losses)(b)

    Total  

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ 147      $ (899,128   $ (105,956     $ (1,004,937

Factors US Value Style

    3,605        (863,481     (317,348     (1,177,224

 

 

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the characterization of corporate actions, and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies.

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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)

 

 

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $   1,762,245      $ 69,176      $ (175,132   $ (105,956

Factors US Value Style

    4,326,720        171,910        (489,258     (317,348

 

 

 

8.

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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

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.

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

 

 

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entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

9.

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:

 

     Year Ended
03/31/23
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Factors US Growth Style

       

Shares sold

    200,000     $ 6,596,262       450,000     $ 16,814,770  

Shares redeemed

    (300,000     (9,764,606     (450,000     (16,647,022
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (100,000   $ (3,168,344         $ 167,748  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Factors US Value Style

       

Shares sold

    50,000     $ 1,458,535       450,000     $ 13,270,839  

Shares redeemed

    (150,000     (4,333,941     (450,000     (13,208,334
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (100,000   $ (2,875,406         $ 62,505  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

10.

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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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   

 

To the Board of Trustees of

iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the two funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (two of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

 iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

 iShares Factors US Value Style ETF

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)   

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF  

Qualified Dividend

Income

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ 32,736  

Factors US Value Style

    135,895  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

iShares ETF  

Qualified Business

Income

 

Factors US Growth Style

  $ 110  

Factors US Value Style

    3,167  

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF  

Dividends-Received

Deduction

 

Factors US Growth Style

    100.00

Factors US Value Style

    98.28  

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF and iShares Factors US Value Style ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays, the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

     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

 

Factors US Growth Style(a)

  $  0.498387     $     $  0.030110     $  0.528497       94         6     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.

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S.

Kapito(a) (1957)

   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(1970)

   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

 

(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

John E.

Kerrigan (1955)

   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D.

Carlin (1956)

   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L.

Fagnani (1954)

   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Independent Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia H.

Herbert (1949)

   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Drew E.

Lawton (1959)

   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).

John E.

Martinez (1961)

   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V.

Rajan (1964)

   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers
     

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Dominik

Rohé (1973)

   President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent

Walker (1974)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (1967)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (1980)

   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (1982)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (1976)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (1970)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS   Non-Voting Shares
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by FTSE Russell, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with teh company listed above.

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The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high before beginning to moderate.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly during the first half of the reporting period. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and volatile commodities prices.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, we believe that it still seems determined to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Turmoil in the banking sector late in the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as we believe a weakening U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where we believe that valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we’re concerned about tightening credit and financial conditions. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2023

 

 
     
     6-Month     12-Month 
   

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

    15.62 %        (7.73 )%  
   

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

    9.14       (11.61
   

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

    27.27       (1.38
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    14.04       (10.70
   

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

    1.93       2.52  
   

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

    4.38       (6.90
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg

U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    4.89       (4.78
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.00       0.26  
   

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

    7.88       (3.35

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     

Page

 

The Markets in Review

   2

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

   4

Fund Summary

   5

About Fund Performance

   11

Disclosure of Expenses

   11

Schedules of Investments

   12

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   37

Statements of Operations

   38

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   39

Financial Highlights

   41

Notes to Financial Statements

   44

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   52

Important Tax Information

   53

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   54

Supplemental Information

   55

Trustee and Officer Information

   56

General Information

   60

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   61

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks declined for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned -8.58%. Elevated inflation and rapid tightening of monetary policy dampened growth and weighed on equities. Higher interest rates drove bond yields higher and increased borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Equities began to recover in the second half of the reporting period, as the broader economy remained resilient and the pace of inflation declined. In March 2023, two banks suddenly failed, representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history by asset value. This drove concern among investors about the resiliency of the financial system in the face of rapidly rising interest rates. However, government agencies acted swiftly to organize a sale of the failed banks’ assets and inject liquidity, and equity prices recovered.

Inflation was a significant driver of the economic outlook. As the reporting period began, the consumer price index, a widely followed measure of inflation, stood at multi-decade highs. Strong consumer spending and a tight labor market, along with continued supply chain disruptions in Asia, combined to drive prices higher. But the rate of inflation began to decline as the reporting period wore on, decelerating for nine consecutive months beginning in July 2022. Nonetheless, inflation remained elevated by historic standards, and higher prices negatively impacted both consumers and businesses.

The U.S. economy recovered from a decline in the first half of 2022 to post modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Consumers continued to power the economy with growing spending, despite higher prices for many consumer goods and services. The strong labor market supported spending, as unemployment remained very low, at one point dropping to the lowest recorded level since 1969. Furthermore, the labor force participation rate—which measures the total proportion of employed persons of working age—rose, indicating that more people were being drawn into the labor force. Amid tightening labor supply, wages rose significantly, with the largest gains at the lower end of the wage spectrum.

To contain inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightened monetary policy rapidly, raising short-term interest rates eight times over the course of the reporting period. The pace of tightening accelerated as the Fed twice stepped up the increment of increase before reducing it again as inflation began to subside. The Fed also started to reduce the size of its balance sheet by reducing the store of U.S. Treasuries it had accumulated to stabilize markets in the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Fed indicated that more tightening could be needed to achieve its long-term inflation goal, it sounded a more cautious note about the potential for further interest rate increases near the end of the reporting period.

Despite economic headwinds, corporate profits remained robust, and many companies were able to sufficiently raise prices to preserve profit margins even in the face of rising labor and input costs. Nonetheless, profits declined overall in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the yield curve (a graphical representation of U.S. Treasury rates at different maturities) inverted, a sign that markets were concerned about the impact of higher borrowing costs on the economy. Furthermore, dwindling personal savings and rising household debt raised questions about the sustainability of consumer spending as an engine of economic growth.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P 500 Substainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (8.72 )%       9.58       (8.72 )%       25.97

Fund Market

    (8.79      9.57         (8.79      25.95  

Index

    (8.66      9.68               (8.66      26.24  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

LOGO

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
  $        1,000.00          $        1,161.30          $        0.43               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.53          $        0.40          0.08

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Globally, bonds and equities that factor in companies’ ESG characteristics continued to attract investment flows, although the pace of investment slowed significantly in 2022. In the U.S., the country passed its largest ever climate appropriation, designed to encourage clean energy adoption with spending and tax credits.

In this environment the Parent Index, the S&P 500, posted a decline for the reporting period. The consumer discretionary sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, led by the internet and direct marketing retail industry. The sharp rise in e-commerce that boosted the industry early in the pandemic waned as more workers returned to the office and brick-and-mortar retailers gained market share. The automobiles industry also declined, amid concerns about the market for electric vehicles in the weakening economy.

The communication services sector also detracted from the Index’s performance, as the rising interest rate environment negatively impacted the interactive media and services industry. Demand for online advertisements slowed as businesses cut back on marketing expenditures.

The information technology sector, especially the software and services and technology hardware and equipment industries, also detracted. A sharp rise in interest rates reduced the current value of future earnings, as well as investors’ growth expectations. The financials sector also detracted from Index’s performance.

In terms of relative performance, the Index underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P 500 Index, while tracking it relatively closely. Relative to the broader market, the screening process leads to modest overweights and underweights that can affect returns. An overweight in the declining consumer discretionary sector and an underweight in the rising energy sector were the primary detractors. Overall, security selection contributed to relative performance, while sector allocation detracted from relative performance.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Information Technology

    29.0

Health Care

    14.4  

Financials

    13.9  

Consumer Discretionary

    11.3  

Communication Services

    9.1  

Industrials

    7.1  

Consumer Staples

    6.6  

Real Estate

    2.9  

Materials

    2.8  

Utilities

    1.6  

Energy

    1.3  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Apple Inc.

    8.0

Microsoft Corp.

    7.0  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.0  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.2  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.0  

Tesla, Inc.

    1.8  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.8  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    1.8  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    1.5  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.4  
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (5.35 )%       14.11       (5.35 )%       39.54

Fund Market

    (5.58      14.08         (5.58      39.43  

Index

    (5.29      14.28               (5.29      40.04  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
  $        1,000.00          $        1,153.70          $        0.64               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.33          $        0.61          0.12

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Equities that consider companies’ environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) characteristics continued to attract investment flows, although the pace of investment slowed significantly in 2022. In the U.S., the country passed its largest ever climate appropriation bill, designed to encourage clean energy adoption with spending and tax credits.

The Parent Index, the S&P 400, declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The real estate sector detracted the most from the Index’s return, amid higher interest rates and changing usage patterns. Office real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) declined amid an ongoing oversupply of office space due to the shift toward remote work. In addition, analysts’ concerns about the solvency of several large tenants of medical facilities had a negative impact on the healthcare REIT industry.

The financials sector also detracted significantly from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges that outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans, including the slowing economy and the sudden failure of two regional banks.

The healthcare sector also detracted from the Index’s return. Healthcare equipment manufacturers faced challenges in meeting demand, while healthcare providers endured labor market tightness and higher financing costs.

On the upside, the industrials sector contributed to the Index’s return, as the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity. The machinery industry benefited from increased efficiency and supply chain improvements, while investments in prefabrication capabilities boosted construction and engineering companies.

In terms of relative performance, the ETF slightly underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P 400 Index, while tracking it relatively closely. Relative to the broader market, the screening process leads to modest overweights and underweights that can affect returns. For the reporting period, security selection in the healthcare sector was the primary detractor, while a large underweight in the energy sector contributed to relative performance.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Industrials

    22.7

Financials

    15.2  

Consumer Discretionary

    15.0  

Information Technology

    11.5  

Health Care

    10.4  

Real Estate

    8.5  

Materials

    7.0  

Consumer Staples

    3.5  

Communication Services

    2.3  

Utilities

    2.3  

Energy

    1.6  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

    0.8

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    0.8  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

    0.7  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.

    0.7  

Hubbell, Inc.

    0.7  

Graco, Inc.

    0.6  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

    0.6  

Jabil, Inc.

    0.6  

AECOM

    0.6  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    0.6  

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023     iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&PSmall-Cap ETF(the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results if an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (9.08 )%       14.44       (9.08 )%       40.55

Fund Market

    (9.12      14.42         (9.12      40.49  

Index

    (9.04      14.87               (9.04      41.84  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

LOGO

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/22)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/23)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
  $        1,000.00         
$        1,117.40
 
       $        0.63               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.33          $          0.61          0.12

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2023 (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Equities that consider companies’ environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) characteristics continued to attract investment flows, although the pace of investment slowed significantly in 2022.In the U.S., the country passed its largest ever climate appropriation bill, designed to encourage clean energy adoption with spending and tax credits.

The Parent Index, the S&P 600, declined for the reporting period, as high inflation and tighter financial conditions impeded economic growth and weighed on equities. The financials sector detracted the most from the Index’s performance amid tightening financial conditions. The banking industry faced significant challenges as the potential impact of a slowing economy outweighed the benefits of being able to charge more for loans. Although higher interest rates typically support bank profitability, sharp increases in interest rates during the reporting period due to persistently high inflation raised concerns among investors about the long-term effect on loan growth and credit losses. Healthcare also detracted from Index’s performance. The sudden failure of two regional banks late in the reporting period further pressured bank stocks, leading to government intervention to cover depositors and prevent a contagion effect.

The real estate sector also detracted from the Index’s return, as higher interest rates and changing usage patterns weighed on equity real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs typically take on substantial debt in order to finance the purchase of the properties they manage. Higher interest rates make financing more expensive for REITs.

On the upside, the consumer staples and industrials sectors contributed modestly to the Index’s return despite the significant decline of the broader market. The beverages industry gained amid consumers’ increasing purchases of packaged products relative to fresh foods, while the capital goods industry benefited from government incentives that encouraged investments in additional industrial capacity.

In terms of relative performance, the Index modestly underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P 600 Index, while tracking it relatively closely. Relative to the broader market, the screening process leads to modest overweights and underweights that can affect returns. During the reporting period, security selection in the industrials and financials sectors were modest detractors while an underweight to energy contributed positively.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Industrials

    17.2

Financials

    15.6  

Information Technology

    15.0  

Consumer Discretionary

    14.6  

Health Care

    11.6  

Real Estate

    7.1  

Materials

    6.3  

Consumer Staples

    5.8  

Energy

    2.7  

Communication Services

    2.3  

Utilities

    1.8  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Rambus, Inc.

    0.7

SPS Commerce, Inc.

    0.7  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    0.7  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    0.7  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    0.7  

ATI, Inc.

    0.6  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

    0.6  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

    0.5  

Onto Innovation, Inc.

    0.5  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

    0.5  
 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%            

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    1,545     $ 65,461  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    215       158,466  
   

 

 

 
      223,927  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    485       48,195  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    663       73,010  

FedEx Corp.

    978       223,463  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    3,067       594,967  
   

 

 

 
      939,635  
Automobile Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    1,141       128,009  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    986       48,422  
   

 

 

 
      176,431  
Automobiles — 2.1%            

Ford Motor Co.

    16,461       207,409  

General Motors Co.

    5,883       215,788  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    11,308       2,345,958  
   

 

 

 
      2,769,155  
Banks — 3.0%            

Bank of America Corp.

    29,351       839,439  

Citigroup, Inc.

    8,141       381,731  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    2,072       62,927  

Comerica, Inc.

    533       23,143  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    2,892       77,043  

First Republic Bank(b)

    775       10,842  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    6,088       68,186  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    12,334       1,607,243  

KeyCorp

    3,894       48,753  

M&T Bank Corp.

    712       85,134  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    1,687       214,418  

Regions Financial Corp.

    3,920       72,755  

Truist Financial Corp.

    5,585       190,448  

U.S. Bancorp

    5,877       211,866  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    646       19,335  
   

 

 

 
      3,913,263  
Beverages — 2.0%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    773       49,681  

Coca-Cola Co.

    16,367       1,015,245  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    681       153,831  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    3,557       125,491  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    795       41,086  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    3,196       172,616  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    5,792       1,055,881  
   

 

 

 
          2,613,831  
Biotechnology — 2.6%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    7,435       1,184,916  

Amgen, Inc.

    2,244       542,487  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    603       167,652  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    5,244       435,095  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    784       56,660  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    1,392       213,783  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    454       373,038  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,080       340,276  
   

 

 

 
      3,313,907  
Broadline Retail — 3.1%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    37,488       3,872,135  
Security   Shares     Value  
Broadline Retail (continued)            

eBay, Inc.

    2,281     $ 101,208  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

    532       59,228  
   

 

 

 
          4,032,571  
Building Products — 0.5%            

A O Smith Corp.

    533       36,857  

Allegion PLC

    373       39,810  

Carrier Global Corp.

    3,506       160,399  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    2,890       174,036  

Masco Corp.

    937       46,588  

Trane Technologies PLC

    963       177,173  
   

 

 

 
      634,863  
Capital Markets — 3.1%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    446       136,699  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    3,102       140,955  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    629       420,876  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    447       60,005  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    6,423       336,437  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    1,513       289,770  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    161       66,830  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    1,200       32,328  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    1,423       465,478  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    2,344       244,456  

Invesco Ltd.

    1,891       31,012  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    158       61,824  

Moody’s Corp.

    664       203,197  

Morgan Stanley

    5,494       482,373  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    336       188,056  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    1,418       77,522  

Northern Trust Corp.

    882       77,731  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    816       76,108  

S&P Global, Inc.

    1,385       477,506  

State Street Corp.

    1,470       111,264  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    942       106,352  
   

 

 

 
      4,086,779  
Chemicals — 1.9%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    933       267,967  

Albemarle Corp.

    494       109,194  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    417       45,407  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    827       59,949  

Corteva, Inc.

    2,988       180,206  

Dow, Inc.

    2,960       162,267  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    501       42,255  

Ecolab, Inc.

    1,047       173,310  

FMC Corp.

    533       65,095  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    1,074       98,765  

Linde PLC

    2,070       735,761  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    1,070       100,462  

Mosaic Co.

    1,436       65,884  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    990       132,244  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    987       221,848  
   

 

 

 
      2,460,614  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

Cintas Corp.

    366       169,341  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    1,806       135,829  

Republic Services, Inc.

    868       117,371  

Rollins, Inc.

    952       35,729  

Waste Management, Inc.

    1,556       253,892  
   

 

 

 
      712,162  
Communications Equipment — 1.1%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    1,038       174,239  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Communications Equipment (continued)

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    17,274     $ 902,998  

F5, Inc.(a)

    253       36,860  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    1,363       46,914  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    707       202,294  
   

 

 

 
      1,363,305  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    604       100,651  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    262       93,026  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    559       95,902  
   

 

 

 
      188,928  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%  

American Express Co.

    2,503       412,870  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    1,604       154,241  

Discover Financial Services

    1,127       111,393  

Synchrony Financial

    1,843       53,594  
   

 

 

 
      732,098  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.5%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    1,867       927,656  

Dollar General Corp.

    944       198,674  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    879       126,180  

Kroger Co.

    2,746       135,570  

Sysco Corp.

    2,130       164,500  

Target Corp.

    1,933       320,163  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    2,984       103,187  
   

 

 

 
      1,975,930  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Amcor PLC

    6,200       70,556  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    337       60,299  

Ball Corp.

    1,323       72,911  

International Paper Co.

    1,483       53,477  

Packaging Corp. of America

    389       54,005  

Sealed Air Corp.

    597       27,408  

Westrock Co.

    1,073       32,694  
   

 

 

 
      371,350  
Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    592       99,048  

LKQ Corp.

    1,069       60,676  

Pool Corp.

    164       56,160  
   

 

 

 
      215,884  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%  

AT&T Inc.

    29,973       576,980  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    17,661       686,837  
   

 

 

 
      1,263,817  
Electric Utilities — 1.1%  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    1,375       107,938  

Edison International

    1,612       113,791  

Entergy Corp.

    858       92,441  

Eversource Energy

    1,465       114,651  

Exelon Corp.

    4,158       174,179  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    2,287       91,617  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    8,353       643,849  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    970       33,261  
   

 

 

 
          1,371,727  
Electrical Equipment — 0.6%  

AMETEK, Inc.

    966       140,389  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    1,677       287,337  

Emerson Electric Co.

    2,393       208,526  
Security   Shares     Value  

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)

    266     $ 28,731  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    483       141,736  
   

 

 

 
      806,719  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    2,489       203,401  

CDW Corp.

    570       111,087  

Corning, Inc.

    3,212       113,319  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    750       121,110  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    1,330       174,430  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    1,050       55,041  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    216       68,688  
   

 

 

 
      847,076  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    4,198       121,154  

Halliburton Co.

    3,796       120,106  

Schlumberger NV

    5,992       294,207  
   

 

 

 
      535,467  
Entertainment — 1.6%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    2,986       255,572  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    1,099       132,374  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    603       42,210  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    1,874       647,429  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    669       79,812  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    7,683       769,299  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,279       140,113  
   

 

 

 
      2,066,809  
Financial Services — 4.8%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    7,578       2,339,859  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    2,502       135,934  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    2,672       302,016  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    310       65,363  

Global Payments, Inc.

    1,111       116,922  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    306       46,120  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    3,549       1,289,742  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,756       361,171  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    6,833       1,540,568  
   

 

 

 
          6,197,695  
Food Products — 1.2%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    2,310       184,015  

Campbell Soup Co.

    857       47,118  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    1,999       75,082  

General Mills, Inc.

    2,485       212,368  

Hershey Co.

    616       156,717  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    1,206       48,095  

J M Smucker Co.

    452       71,131  

Kellogg Co.

    1,079       72,250  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    3,330       128,771  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    613       64,071  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    1,056       87,870  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    5,734       399,774  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    1,206       71,540  
   

 

 

 
      1,618,802  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    605       67,978  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.9%            

CSX Corp.

    8,823       264,161  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    351       61,586  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    963       204,156  
 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Ground Transportation (continued)

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    380     $ 129,519  

Union Pacific Corp.

    2,571       517,440  
   

 

 

 
          1,176,862  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.1%  

Abbott Laboratories

    7,332       742,438  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    305       101,913  

Baxter International, Inc.

    2,114       85,744  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    1,193       295,315  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    6,032       301,781  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    211       78,779  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    905       35,548  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    1,625       188,793  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    2,608       215,760  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,530       125,506  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    1,026       82,798  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    350       175,028  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    1,470       375,541  

Medtronic PLC

    5,587       450,424  

ResMed, Inc.

    615       134,679  

STERIS PLC

    416       79,572  

Stryker Corp.

    1,417       404,511  

Teleflex, Inc.

    200       50,662  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    883       114,084  
   

 

 

 
      4,038,876  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    685       109,675  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    1,083       81,766  

Centene Corp.(a)

    2,321       146,710  

Cigna Group

    1,255       320,690  

CVS Health Corp.

    5,401       401,348  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    219       17,763  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    1,007       463,029  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    891       234,939  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    571       46,559  

Humana, Inc.

    526       255,352  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    376       86,262  

McKesson Corp.

    573       204,017  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    246       65,803  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    466       65,930  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    3,928       1,856,334  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    272       34,571  
   

 

 

 
      4,390,748  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    2,266       49,784  

Ventas, Inc.

    1,674       72,568  

Welltower, Inc.

    1,992       142,806  
   

 

 

 
      265,158  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0%  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    3,017       49,750  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    163       432,343  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    904       44,124  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    4,251       43,148  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    118       201,578  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    514       79,752  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    148       48,821  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    626       60,741  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    1,126       158,620  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    1,381       79,338  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    1,135       188,455  
Security   Shares     Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

McDonald’s Corp.

    3,078     $ 860,639  

MGM Resorts International

    1,326       58,901  

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

    1,726       23,215  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    906       59,162  

Starbucks Corp.

    4,829       502,844  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    431       48,233  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    1,174       155,062  
   

 

 

 
      3,044,976  
Household Durables — 0.4%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    1,317       128,658  

Garmin Ltd.

    638       64,387  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    1,068       112,257  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    221       22,149  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    1,570       19,531  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    13       72,438  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    953       55,541  

Whirlpool Corp.

    229       30,233  
   

 

 

 
      505,194  
Household Products — 1.6%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    1,023       90,443  

Clorox Co.

    519       82,127  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    3,504       263,326  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,423       190,995  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    9,921       1,475,153  
   

 

 

 
          2,102,044  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%  

General Electric Co.(b)

    4,586       438,422  
   

 

 

 
Industrial REITs — 0.4%            

Prologis, Inc.

    3,883       484,482  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 2.4%            

Aflac, Inc.

    2,362       152,396  

Allstate Corp.

    1,110       122,999  

American International Group, Inc.

    3,121       157,174  

Aon PLC, Class A

    863       272,095  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    1,558       105,741  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    893       170,840  

Assurant, Inc.

    232       27,856  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    991       56,903  

Chubb Ltd.

    1,743       338,456  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    665       74,533  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    164       58,715  

Globe Life, Inc.

    379       41,698  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    1,325       92,339  

Lincoln National Corp.

    633       14,223  

Loews Corp.

    817       47,402  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    2,078       346,091  

MetLife, Inc.

    2,758       159,799  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    961       71,422  

Progressive Corp.

    2,461       352,071  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    1,548       128,082  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    965       165,411  

W R Berkley Corp.

    863       53,730  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    453       105,268  
   

 

 

 
      3,115,244  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.3%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    25,046       2,598,022  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    21,832       2,270,528  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    1,172       44,993  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,360       1,983,758  
   

 

 

 
      6,897,301  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

IT Services — 1.3%

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

    2,646     $ 756,253  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    669       52,383  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    2,128       129,659  

DXC Technology Co.(a)(b)

    940       24,027  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    242       72,358  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    329       107,178  

International Business Machines Corp.

    3,803       498,535  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    382       80,728  
   

 

 

 
          1,721,121  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Hasbro, Inc.

    555       29,798  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    1,247       172,510  

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

    91       43,591  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    652       48,372  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    212       42,786  

Danaher Corp.

    2,756       694,622  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    663       154,181  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    785       156,129  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    93       142,309  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    535       71,294  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    1,647       949,281  

Waters Corp.(a)

    247       76,479  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    311       107,752  
   

 

 

 
      2,659,306  
Machinery — 2.0%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    2,189       500,931  

Cummins, Inc.

    595       142,134  

Deere & Co.

    1,135       468,619  

Dover Corp.

    589       89,493  

Fortive Corp.

    1,481       100,960  

IDEX Corp.

    317       73,236  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    1,169       284,593  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    1,696       98,673  

Nordson Corp.

    221       49,119  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    1,739       146,771  

PACCAR, Inc.

    2,184       159,869  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    543       182,508  

Pentair PLC

    703       38,855  

Snap-on, Inc.

    223       55,056  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    622       50,121  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    769       77,715  

Xylem, Inc.

    763       79,886  
   

 

 

 
      2,598,539  
Media — 0.9%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    442       158,064  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    17,688       670,552  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    1,049       9,787  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    1,252       42,631  

Fox Corp., Class B

    581       18,191  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    1,652       61,520  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    1,570       27,114  

News Corp., Class B

    528       9,203  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    856       80,755  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    2,135       47,632  
   

 

 

 
      1,125,449  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    6,021       246,319  

Newmont Corp.

    3,347       164,070  
Security   Shares     Value  

Metals & Mining (continued)

 

Nucor Corp.

    1,062     $ 164,047  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    705       79,708  
   

 

 

 
      654,144  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    2,635       77,627  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    1,496       143,122  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    2,100       131,145  

Sempra Energy

    1,325       200,287  
   

 

 

 
      552,181  
Office REITs — 0.1%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    657       82,512  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    602       32,580  
   

 

 

 
      115,092  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.9%  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    8,325       145,771  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    1,914       258,065  

ONEOK, Inc.

    1,878       119,328  

Phillips 66

    1,968       199,516  

Targa Resources Corp.

    950       69,302  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,696       236,761  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    5,138       153,421  
   

 

 

 
          1,182,164  
Passenger Airlines — 0.2%  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    540       22,658  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)

    2,731       40,282  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    2,695       94,110  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    2,506       81,545  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,362       60,269  
   

 

 

 
      298,864  
Personal Care Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    972       239,559  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    8,941       619,701  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    745       48,954  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    3,317       1,139,124  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    10,662       1,134,330  

Organon & Co.

    1,051       24,720  

Pfizer, Inc.

    23,604       963,043  

Viatris, Inc.

    5,082       48,889  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    1,962       326,555  
   

 

 

 
      4,305,316  
Professional Services — 0.8%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    1,743       388,044  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    496       72,699  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    1,705       117,389  

Equifax, Inc.

    518       105,071  

Paychex, Inc.

    1,341       153,665  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    456       36,740  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    659       126,436  
   

 

 

 
      1,000,044  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,332       96,983  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 0.4%            

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    590       99,155  

Camden Property Trust

    462       48,436  

Equity Residential

    1,440       86,400  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    274       57,304  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    2,435       76,045  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Residential REITs (continued)

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    486     $ 73,406  

UDR, Inc.

    1,299       53,337  
   

 

 

 
      494,083  
Retail REITs — 0.3%  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    307       30,341  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    2,607       50,915  

Realty Income Corp.

    2,628       166,405  

Regency Centers Corp.

    635       38,849  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    1,381       154,630  
   

 

 

 
      441,140  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.2%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    6,779       664,410  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    2,132       420,473  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    3,546       435,555  

Broadcom, Inc.

    1,757       1,127,186  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    572       120,280  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    418       90,915  

Intel Corp.

    17,396       568,327  

KLA Corp.

    580       231,519  

Lam Research Corp.

    565       299,518  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    2,311       193,615  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    4,579       276,297  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    190       95,103  

NVIDIA Corp.

    10,344       2,873,253  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,093       203,817  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    1,821       149,905  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    421       42,761  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    4,688       598,095  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    673       79,400  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)

    235       71,428  

Teradyne, Inc.

    647       69,559  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    3,811       708,884  
   

 

 

 
          9,320,300  
Software — 10.5%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    1,925       741,837  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    369       122,803  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    909       189,217  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,149       241,393  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    648       47,447  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    2,721       180,838  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    2,397       41,133  

Intuit, Inc.

    1,182       526,971  

Microsoft Corp.

    31,300       9,023,790  

Oracle Corp.

    6,463       600,542  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    205       62,322  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    444       56,934  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    449       197,870  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    4,206       840,275  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    854       396,871  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    639       246,814  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    174       61,707  
   

 

 

 
          13,578,764  
Specialized REITs — 1.3%  

American Tower Corp.

    1,959       400,302  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    1,814       242,786  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,215       119,447  

Equinix, Inc.

    387       279,042  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    564       91,892  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    1,226       64,868  

Public Storage

    666       201,225  

SBA Communications Corp.

    452       118,004  
Security   Shares     Value  

Specialized REITs (continued)

 

VICI Properties, Inc.

    4,236     $ 138,178  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    3,084       92,921  
   

 

 

 
      1,748,665  
Specialty Retail — 2.4%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    250       30,402  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    78       191,736  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    946       34,605  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    830       64,964  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    668       42,939  

Home Depot, Inc.

    4,286       1,264,884  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    2,544       508,724  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    262       222,433  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    1,454       154,313  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    4,865       381,221  

Tractor Supply Co.

    464       109,059  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    211       115,136  
   

 

 

 
      3,120,416  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.2%  

Apple Inc.

    62,538       10,312,516  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    5,417       86,293  

HP, Inc.

    3,648       107,069  

NetApp, Inc.

    914       58,359  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    804       53,160  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    1,347       50,742  
   

 

 

 
          10,668,139  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    5,238       642,388  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    171       19,950  

Tapestry, Inc.

    979       42,205  

VF Corp.

    1,413       32,372  
   

 

 

 
      736,915  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.

    2,406       129,779  

United Rentals, Inc.

    293       115,958  
   

 

 

 
      245,737  
Water Utilities — 0.1%  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    812       118,950  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

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

    2,491       360,796  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $155,429,456)

      129,522,896  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    68,946     $ 68,967  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    167,581       167,581  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $236,533)

 

    236,548  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.0%
(Cost: $155,665,989)

 

    129,759,444  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0%

 

    34,428  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  129,793,872  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

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

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
03/31/23
     Shares
Held at
03/31/23
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 12,354      $ 56,072 (a)     $      $ 524      $ 17      $ 68,967        68,946      $ 1,679 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     320,000               (152,419 )(a)                     167,581        167,581        8,328         

BlackRock, Inc.

     719,848        338,420        (577,302      (24,548      (35,542      420,876        629        19,002         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (24,024    $ (35,525    $ 657,424         $ 29,009      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

     12        06/16/23      $ 248      $ 13,294  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

   iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 13,294      $      $      $      $ 13,294  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (19,644    $      $      $      $ (19,644
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (9,704    $      $      $      $ (9,704
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 398,794  

 

 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 129,522,896        $        $        $ 129,522,896  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     236,548                            236,548  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $         129,759,444        $        $        $         129,759,444  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 13,294        $             —        $             —        $ 13,294  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    3,558     $ 800,016  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    2,016       355,340  

Hexcel Corp.

    4,436       302,757  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,073       157,092  

Woodward, Inc.

    3,141       305,839  
   

 

 

 
          1,921,044  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    6,244       315,072  
   

 

 

 
Automobile Components — 1.7%  

Adient PLC(a)

    5,020       205,619  

Dana, Inc.

    6,753       101,633  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    2,225       270,048  

Gentex Corp.

    12,366       346,619  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    14,969       164,958  

Lear Corp.

    3,112       434,093  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    1,482       232,422  
   

 

 

 
      1,755,392  
Automobiles — 0.5%  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    7,001       265,828  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    2,820       224,585  
   

 

 

 
      490,413  
Banks — 6.2%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    7,962       143,157  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.(b)

    2,110       109,889  

Bank OZK

    5,827       199,283  

Cadence Bank

    7,970       165,457  

Cathay General Bancorp

    3,861       133,282  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    1       21  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    5,987       349,341  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    3,400       358,156  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    7,418       411,699  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    6,869       219,121  

First Horizon Corp.

    28,244       502,178  

FNB Corp.

    19,077       221,293  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    8,903       123,039  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    5,830       244,918  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    4,527       164,783  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    9,994       216,970  

International Bancshares Corp.

    2,790       119,468  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    36,015       325,576  

Old National Bancorp

    15,472       223,106  

PacWest Bancorp(b)

    6,311       61,406  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    4,026       222,074  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    4,806       295,665  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    7,656       236,035  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,559       125,289  

UMB Financial Corp.

    2,300       132,756  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    7,328       257,946  

Valley National Bancorp

    22,216       205,276  

Webster Financial Corp.

    9,194       362,428  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    3,211       234,242  
   

 

 

 
      6,363,854  
Beverages — 0.5%  

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

    497       163,364  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,132       198,148  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    244       130,559  
   

 

 

 
      492,071  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology — 1.8%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,700     $ 144,780  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    17,057       331,077  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,131       272,333  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    5,083       514,501  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    2,399       537,280  
   

 

 

 
          1,799,971  
Broadline Retail — 0.6%  

Kohl’s Corp.

    5,814       136,862  

Macy’s, Inc.

    14,252       249,268  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    5,898       95,960  

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

    3,060       177,296  
   

 

 

 
      659,386  
Building Products — 3.1%  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    7,746       687,690  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    2,722       615,363  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    6,750       396,428  

Lennox International, Inc.

    1,700       427,176  

Owens Corning

    4,919       471,240  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    2,246       246,251  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)

    5,790       281,799  
   

 

 

 
      3,125,947  
Capital Markets — 2.2%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    1,982       282,276  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,883       217,260  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    4,443       178,342  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    5,414       446,980  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    6,973       185,761  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    9,523       302,260  

SEI Investments Co.

    5,367       308,871  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    5,545       327,654  
   

 

 

 
      2,249,404  
Chemicals — 2.6%  

Ashland, Inc.

    2,632       270,333  

Avient Corp.

    4,491       184,850  

Cabot Corp.

    2,978       228,234  

Chemours Co.

    7,816       234,011  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    1,848       132,169  

NewMarket Corp.

    352       128,473  

RPM International, Inc.

    6,794       592,708  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    2,150       149,941  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    2,224       170,269  

Valvoline, Inc.

    9,050       316,207  

Westlake Corp.

    1,809       209,808  
   

 

 

 
      2,617,003  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%  

Brink’s Co.

    2,444       163,259  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    2,647       377,357  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,940       258,990  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    4,848       211,421  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    2,801       411,495  
   

 

 

 
      1,422,522  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    2,997       160,609  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    7,811       410,234  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,606       194,760  
   

 

 

 
      765,603  
Construction & Engineering — 2.0%  

AECOM

    7,314       616,716  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    2,508       407,776  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    3,122     $ 294,842  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    10,721       326,776  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    1,121       357,913  
   

 

 

 
      2,004,023  
Construction Materials — 0.3%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,897       278,385  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.2%            

Navient Corp.

    5,336       85,323  

SLM Corp.

    12,683       157,142  
   

 

 

 
      242,465  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.8%            

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    7,076       538,271  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    4,659       131,664  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)

    5,566       194,977  
   

 

 

 
      864,912  
Containers & Packaging — 1.0%            

AptarGroup, Inc.

    3,437       406,219  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,346       85,296  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    4,422       237,329  

Sonoco Products Co.

    5,132       313,052  
   

 

 

 
      1,041,896  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%            

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    204       121,551  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    1,614       183,835  

H&R Block, Inc.

    8,014       282,493  

Service Corp. International

    8,096       556,843  
   

 

 

 
      1,144,722  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    11,762       267,821  

Iridium Communications, Inc.

    6,613       409,543  
   

 

 

 
      677,364  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%            

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    5,789       222,298  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 2.3%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    1,691       308,996  

EnerSys

    2,158       187,487  

Hubbell, Inc.

    2,821       686,378  

nVent Electric PLC

    8,768       376,498  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    3,482       490,022  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    4,508       62,391  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,216       226,002  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    1,172       55,014  
   

 

 

 
          2,392,788  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.9%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    3,068       383,101  

Avnet, Inc.

    4,809       217,367  

Belden, Inc.

    2,260       196,100  

Cognex Corp.

    9,102       451,004  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    7,313       278,479  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    1,693       208,764  

Jabil, Inc.(b)

    7,015       618,443  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    1,302       349,053  

National Instruments Corp.

    6,872       360,162  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,879       298,930  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    2,208       213,712  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    6,818       154,223  

Vontier Corp.

    8,353       228,371  
   

 

 

 
      3,957,709  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%  

ChampionX Corp.

    10,479     $ 284,295  

NOV, Inc.

    20,674       382,676  
   

 

 

 
      666,971  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    2,282       208,255  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.7%            

Essent Group Ltd.

    5,696       228,125  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    2,480       277,512  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    15,960       214,183  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    5,106       364,875  

Western Union Co.

    17,972       200,388  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    2,296       422,211  
   

 

 

 
      1,707,294  
Food Products — 1.6%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,435       492,604  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    10,112       277,170  

Ingredion, Inc.

    3,457       351,681  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    1,048       212,618  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    2,394       55,493  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,822       253,613  
   

 

 

 
      1,643,179  
Gas Utilities — 1.3%            

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    5,100       271,320  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    2,853       226,043  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    3,421       213,642  

Spire, Inc.

    2,766       194,007  

UGI Corp.

    11,030       383,403  
   

 

 

 
      1,288,415  
Ground Transportation — 2.0%            

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)

    1,316       256,357  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    8,458       478,554  

Landstar System, Inc.

    1,890       338,801  

Ryder System, Inc.

    2,654       236,843  

Saia, Inc.(a)

    1,393       379,007  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    3,094       140,746  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    6,042       192,740  
   

 

 

 
      2,023,048  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.0%            

Enovis Corp.(a)

    2,508       134,153  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    8,590       351,159  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,103       232,394  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    2,655       219,701  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,057       174,363  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,541       156,881  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,824       219,536  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,628       299,528  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    2,817       122,765  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    2,545       469,654  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    11,443       211,924  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    2,358       138,344  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    2,000       557,380  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    2,826       251,768  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,902       412,411  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    2,536       162,177  
   

 

 

 
          4,114,138  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%            

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    4,788       345,933  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    1,722       126,653  

Chemed Corp.

    783       421,059  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Encompass Health Corp.

    5,257     $ 284,404  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    4,462       261,964  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    8,808       279,830  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    4,574       122,446  

Progyny, Inc.(a)

    3,959       127,163  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    7,233       108,495  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    5,691       338,159  
   

 

 

 
          2,416,106  
Health Care REITs — 1.3%            

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    20,030       387,180  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    31,560       259,423  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    12,330       337,965  

Physicians Realty Trust

    12,058       180,026  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    12,156       139,794  
   

 

 

 
      1,304,388  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%            

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    11,910       147,208  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.1%            

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    4,175       267,701  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    1,458       170,863  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    1,732       445,211  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,928       295,926  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    2,016       271,878  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    1,693       126,856  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    8,190       242,915  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    3,522       380,587  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    4,272       167,462  

Wendy’s Co.

    8,969       195,345  

Wingstop, Inc.

    1,575       289,139  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    4,656       315,910  
   

 

 

 
      3,169,793  
Household Durables — 1.7%            

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    1,268       120,676  

KB Home

    4,296       172,613  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    7,009       223,447  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)

    5,702       218,159  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    8,984       354,778  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    5,412       324,882  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    1,681       349,883  
   

 

 

 
      1,764,438  
Household Products — 0.1%            

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    3,496       121,311  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    2,763       234,220  
   

 

 

 
Industrial REITs — 1.3%            

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    2,294       379,244  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,955       370,006  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    9,954       593,756  
   

 

 

 
      1,343,006  
Insurance — 4.3%            

American Financial Group, Inc.

    3,738       454,167  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    3,593       158,487  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    6,041       134,050  

First American Financial Corp.

    5,451       303,403  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    1,881       241,708  

Kemper Corp.

    3,362       183,767  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    1,142       342,771  

Old Republic International Corp.

    14,518       362,514  

Primerica, Inc.

    1,942       334,490  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    3,510     $ 465,988  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    2,302       461,183  

RLI Corp.(b)

    2,130       283,098  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    3,176       302,768  

Unum Group

    9,842       389,350  
   

 

 

 
          4,417,744  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%            

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    5,543       110,084  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)

    2,484       193,876  
   

 

 

 
      303,960  
IT Services — 0.2%            

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    10,776       159,054  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 1.0%            

Brunswick Corp.

    3,823       313,486  

Polaris, Inc.

    2,867       317,176  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    7,337       158,626  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,557       182,280  
   

 

 

 
      971,568  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%            

Azenta, Inc.(a)

    3,637       162,283  

Bruker Corp.

    5,264       415,014  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,333       250,670  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    2,719       457,771  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    5,416       192,918  
   

 

 

 
      1,478,656  
Machinery — 5.3%            

AGCO Corp.

    3,259       440,617  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,243       281,272  

Crane NXT Co.

    2,516       285,566  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    6,405       418,503  

Esab Corp.

    2,719       160,611  

Flowserve Corp.

    6,913       235,042  

Graco, Inc.

    8,870       647,599  

ITT, Inc.

    4,352       375,578  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    3,038       513,726  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    2,837       415,933  

Oshkosh Corp.

    3,442       286,306  

Terex Corp.

    3,566       172,523  

Timken Co.

    3,484       284,712  

Toro Co.

    5,509       612,380  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    1,439       242,212  
   

 

 

 
      5,372,580  
Marine Transportation — 0.2%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    3,157       220,043  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.1%            

Cable One, Inc.

    254       178,308  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    2,252       87,310  

New York Times Co., Class A

    8,666       336,934  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    1,985       342,730  

TEGNA, Inc.

    11,737       198,473  
   

 

 

 
      1,143,755  
Metals & Mining — 2.9%            

Alcoa Corp.

    9,314       396,404  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    27,122       497,146  

Commercial Metals Co.

    6,171       301,762  

MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)

    4,858       136,947  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    3,089       793,070  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    3,454       448,018  
 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)  

United States Steel Corp.

    11,926     $ 311,269  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    1,614       104,345  
   

 

 

 
          2,988,961  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    24,649       471,042  
   

 

 

 
Office REITs — 0.8%  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    5,957       141,240  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    7,975       170,505  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    9,251       114,065  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    5,537       128,403  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    5,547       179,723  

Vornado Realty Trust

    8,480       130,338  
   

 

 

 
      864,274  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    5,086       251,096  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    22,776       131,645  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    7,078       342,434  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    6,015       260,810  
   

 

 

 
      985,985  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    3,773       204,534  
   

 

 

 
Passenger Airlines — 0.1%  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    17,045       124,088  
   

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.5%  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    7,038       239,292  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,316       232,951  
   

 

 

 
      472,243  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    3,315       485,084  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    7,086       254,175  
   

 

 

 
      739,259  
Professional Services — 2.9%  

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    2,640       218,249  

Concentrix Corp.

    2,247       273,123  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,743       282,070  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    1,812       357,598  

Genpact Ltd.

    8,857       409,370  

Insperity, Inc.

    1,880       228,514  

KBR, Inc.

    7,221       397,516  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    2,666       220,025  

Maximus, Inc.

    3,204       252,155  

Science Applications International Corp.

    2,875       308,947  
   

 

 

 
      2,947,567  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

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

    2,498       363,434  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 0.5%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    7,959       285,012  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,781       188,849  
   

 

 

 
      473,861  
Retail REITs — 1.7%  

Agree Realty Corp.

    4,662       319,860  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    15,785       339,693  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    11,576       242,170  

Macerich Co.

    11,555       122,483  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    9,551       421,677  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    7,350       292,824  
   

 

 

 
      1,738,707  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    3,427     $ 164,462  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    5,286       137,542  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    2,908       318,077  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    7,214       688,937  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,718       192,543  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    3,011       266,835  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    3,000       253,920  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    1,679       293,976  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    847       120,469  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    2,073       230,414  

Universal Display Corp.

    2,288       354,937  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    6,548       425,292  
   

 

 

 
          3,447,404  
Software — 2.9%  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    5,934       160,099  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    1,533       350,858  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    2,370       164,241  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,344       132,998  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    11,410       482,643  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    2,506       147,027  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    3,289       509,302  

NCR Corp.(a)

    7,322       172,726  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    2,181       433,539  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    1,831       238,067  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    5,378       216,626  
   

 

 

 
      3,008,126  
Specialized REITs — 2.3%  

CubeSmart

    11,820       546,320  

EPR Properties

    3,974       151,409  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,592       458,695  

Life Storage, Inc.

    4,473       586,366  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    4,440       185,503  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    4,252       210,474  

Rayonier, Inc.

    7,761       258,131  
   

 

 

 
      2,396,898  
Specialty Retail — 2.8%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    1,803       242,251  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

    2,921       601,638  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    4,169       165,468  

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

    13,339       307,064  

Gap, Inc.

    11,211       112,558  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    1,439       329,430  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    1,052       271,469  

RH(a)

    984       239,653  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    4,272       145,889  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    3,504       426,297  
   

 

 

 
      2,841,717  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    2,456       261,687  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    5,948       91,599  
   

 

 

 
      353,286  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.4%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    6,616       310,952  

Carter’s, Inc.

    2,008       144,415  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,864       168,207  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    3,250       410,930  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    1,388       623,976  

PVH Corp.

    3,335       297,349  

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

    7,064       335,681  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,906     $ 94,008  

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

    9,976       85,095  
   

 

 

 
      2,470,613  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.2%  

GATX Corp.

    1,853       203,867  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    2,490       209,160  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    8,588       300,838  

Watsco, Inc.

    1,751       557,098  
   

 

 

 
      1,270,963  
Water Utilities — 0.5%  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    12,563       548,375  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $106,652,582)

      101,734,711  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 3.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(c)(d)(e)

    3,257,274       3,258,251  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(c)(d)

    158,472       158,472  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.3%
(Cost: $3,416,150)

      3,416,723  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.0%
(Cost: $110,068,732)

      105,151,434  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.0)%

 

    (3,105,416
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 102,046,018  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(c)

Affiliate of the Fund.

 

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(e) 

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

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  815,271     $  2,442,211 (a)    $     $ 307     $ 462     $  3,258,251       3,257,274     $  36,649 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    90,000       68,472 (a)                        158,472       158,472       5,533        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 307     $ 462     $ 3,416,723       $ 42,182     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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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   iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-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

           

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     1        06/16/23      $ 253      $ 5,977  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

   $      $      $ 5,977      $      $      $      $ 5,977  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (5,910    $      $      $      $ (5,910
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 5,977      $      $      $      $ 5,977  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 124,308  

 

 

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

 

 

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March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 101,734,711        $        $        $ 101,734,711  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     3,416,723                            3,416,723  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 105,151,434        $        $        $ 105,151,434  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 5,977        $        $        $ 5,977  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%  

AAR Corp.(a)

    1,762     $ 96,117  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)

    1,349       123,649  

Kaman Corp.

    1,511       34,542  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    269       19,392  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    3,493       40,484  
   

 

 

 
          314,184  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%  

Forward Air Corp.

    1,427       153,773  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,752       147,063  
   

 

 

 
      300,836  
Automobile Components — 1.4%  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,118       47,782  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

    1,517       130,856  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    1,780       107,548  

LCI Industries

    1,366       150,082  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    1,155       79,476  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    1,010       37,279  

XPEL, Inc.(a)

    1,054       71,619  
   

 

 

 
      624,642  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    1,648       95,090  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 8.4%  

Ameris Bancorp

    3,364       123,055  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)

    2,646       97,690  

Banc of California, Inc.

    2,374       29,746  

BancFirst Corp.

    936       77,782  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,385       66,422  

BankUnited, Inc.

    3,179       71,782  

Banner Corp.

    1,588       86,340  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    1,691       42,376  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    3,883       40,771  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    5,491       36,954  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    540       9,666  

City Holding Co.

    737       66,979  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    2,280       119,677  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    1,411       26,132  

CVB Financial Corp.

    6,310       105,251  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    1,749       39,737  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    1,360       45,519  

FB Financial Corp.

    1,882       58,493  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    6,375       72,802  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    1,992       70,756  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    5,073       63,057  

First Financial Bancorp

    4,426       96,354  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    6,838       141,068  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    1,354       25,144  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    1,615       34,561  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    2,465       73,137  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    766       13,780  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    5,805       57,005  

Independent Bank Corp.

    1,185       77,760  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    1,906       88,343  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    1,308       81,933  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    1,923       64,344  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    1,962       66,139  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    1,784       21,016  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    5,784       69,582  

OFG Bancorp

    2,331       58,135  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    4,032       96,849  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Park National Corp.

    779     $ 92,366  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    1,124       46,635  

Preferred Bank

    107       5,865  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    3,208       61,529  

Renasant Corp.

    2,374       72,597  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    1,959       61,611  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    3,945       93,496  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    2,624       143,349  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    3,595       62,877  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    1,296       43,027  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    2,423       59,630  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    672       44,493  

Triumph Financial, Inc.(a)

    1,114       64,679  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    915       29,225  

Trustmark Corp.

    2,873       70,963  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    5,262       147,967  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    2,103       38,401  

Westamerica Bancorp

    1,367       60,558  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,754       65,968  
   

 

 

 
          3,681,373  
Beverages — 0.3%  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    826       79,891  

National Beverage Corp.(a)

    1,254       66,111  
   

 

 

 
      146,002  
Biotechnology — 2.6%  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    785       22,545  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    2,785       50,798  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)

    3,333       62,527  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,147       85,337  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    3,447       23,578  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)

    5,080       178,765  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)

    6,375       62,539  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    563       15,972  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,406       24,926  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,051       42,503  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,160       75,323  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    1,309       17,816  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)

    4,363       101,353  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)

    2,023       38,255  

uniQure NV(a)(b)

    2,443       49,202  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,039       20,635  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    2,532       74,238  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    4,074       94,802  

Xencor, Inc.(a)

    3,233       90,168  
   

 

 

 
      1,131,282  
Broadline Retail — 0.0%  

Big Lots, Inc.

    1,545       16,933  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 1.9%  

AAON, Inc.

    2,257       218,229  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    892       46,446  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    1,188       51,381  

AZZ, Inc.

    1,341       55,303  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,660       80,510  

Griffon Corp.

    2,546       81,498  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    1,052       29,267  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)

    3,220       80,854  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    1,778       38,280  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    7,828       143,096  
   

 

 

 
      824,864  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets — 1.1%  

Avantax, Inc.(a)

    2,131     $ 56,088  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    863       24,501  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    1,737       40,958  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,339       54,712  

Piper Sandler Cos.

    739       102,433  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)

    947       98,043  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    352       67,017  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    5,485       32,142  
   

 

 

 
      475,894  
Chemicals — 3.1%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    1,485       56,831  

American Vanguard Corp.

    1,486       32,514  

Balchem Corp.

    1,725       218,178  

FutureFuel Corp.

    1,404       10,362  

Hawkins, Inc.

    1,018       44,568  

HB Fuller Co.

    2,884       197,410  

Innospec, Inc.

    1,328       136,346  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    1,125       39,341  

Livent Corp.(a)

    9,630       209,164  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    1,750       105,735  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    731       144,701  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)

    3,427       21,487  

Stepan Co.

    1,132       116,630  

Trinseo PLC

    1,871       39,010  
   

 

 

 
          1,372,277  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    3,548       159,447  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,479       133,197  

Deluxe Corp.

    2,317       37,072  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    6,683       52,729  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    4,291       29,308  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    3,968       55,036  

HNI Corp.

    2,225       61,944  

Interface, Inc., Class A

    3,142       25,513  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)

    5,842       79,919  

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

    1,279       16,844  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    1,638       59,066  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    4,052       82,863  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    1,838       7,150  

UniFirst Corp.

    810       142,746  

Viad Corp.(a)

    1,121       23,362  
   

 

 

 
      966,196  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    3,800       60,268  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)(b)

    674       31,395  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    1,484       18,520  

Digi International, Inc.(a)

    1,920       64,666  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

    6,930       132,501  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)

    5,895       86,008  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

    1,564       28,950  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,635       104,143  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    12,060       130,610  
   

 

 

 
      657,061  
Construction & Engineering — 1.5%            

Arcosa, Inc.

    2,596       163,833  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    1,920       280,243  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    2,358       96,867  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    893       112,527  
   

 

 

 
      653,470  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    646     $ 19,587  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)

    1,256       63,365  

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    1,671       74,243  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    875       15,033  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    584       15,569  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    2,089       81,387  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,693       64,066  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)

    180       14,992  
   

 

 

 
      348,242  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.8%            

Andersons, Inc.

    1,671       69,046  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)

    1,831       62,346  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    1,357       96,998  

SpartanNash Co.

    1,899       47,095  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    3,210       84,583  
   

 

 

 
          360,068  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%            

Myers Industries, Inc.

    1,968       42,174  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    8,287       188,198  
   

 

 

 
      230,372  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%            

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)

    2,452       94,696  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)

    4,372       121,892  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    3,598       48,321  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    1,195       107,347  

Stride, Inc.(a)

    2,204       86,507  
   

 

 

 
      458,763  
Diversified REITs — 1.0%            

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    3,878       73,333  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    2,797       51,996  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    3,649       43,095  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    7,644       189,953  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    5,570       71,630  
   

 

 

 
      430,007  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%            

ATN International, Inc.

    575       23,529  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,293       146,110  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,984       10,279  
   

 

 

 
      179,918  
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%            

Encore Wire Corp.

    982       181,994  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    491       20,912  
   

 

 

 
      202,906  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.8%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    2,007       196,686  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,750       28,785  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    1,571       191,379  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    1,887       44,703  

CTS Corp.

    1,711       84,626  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    1,445       70,863  

Fabrinet(a)

    1,958       232,532  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,002       24,659  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    1,627       232,596  

Itron, Inc.(a)

    2,424       134,411  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    4,892       83,164  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    1,935       84,908  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    841       86,085  

PC Connection, Inc.

    604       27,156  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    1,486       144,989  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

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

Rogers Corp.(a)

    970     $ 158,527  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    3,134       191,143  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    1,214       36,954  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)

    5,485       73,992  
   

 

 

 
          2,128,158  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.9%            

Archrock, Inc.

    7,193       70,275  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)

    1,272       28,493  

Core Laboratories NV

    2,734       60,285  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)

    995       21,860  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)

    1,815       52,072  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    7,632       59,072  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    5,610       200,557  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    524       63,881  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    3,417       28,464  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    11,636       136,141  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    5,147       37,007  

RPC, Inc.

    4,472       34,390  

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

    4,078       48,691  
   

 

 

 
      841,188  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,762       85,220  

Marcus Corp.

    1,314       21,024  
   

 

 

 
      106,244  
Financial Services — 1.3%            

EVERTEC, Inc.

    3,601       121,534  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a)

    3,720       152,408  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,508       100,664  

Payoneer Global, Inc.(a)

    10,676       67,045  

Star Holdings(a)

    38       667  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    1,647       125,452  
   

 

 

 
      567,770  
Food Products — 2.4%            

B&G Foods, Inc.

    3,851       59,806  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    946       27,216  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    2,036       123,972  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    1,644       49,501  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)

    4,794       82,217  

Hostess Brands, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,188       178,837  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    804       119,169  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    482       46,715  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    288       15,054  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)

    4,530       180,158  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    982       44,102  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)

    2,709       136,615  
   

 

 

 
      1,063,362  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    280       35,837  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    1,894       90,079  
   

 

 

 
      125,916  
Ground Transportation — 0.5%            

ArcBest Corp.

    1,299       120,054  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    2,503       39,848  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    3,094       64,819  
   

 

 

 
      224,721  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8%            

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)

    2,094       21,652  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    2,154       28,217  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    2,495       74,201  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,256     $ 44,804  

CONMED Corp.

    1,636       169,915  

Cutera, Inc.(a)

    966       22,817  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    2,560       128,256  

Heska Corp.(a)

    544       53,105  

Inogen, Inc.(a)

    1,224       15,276  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    1,778       137,795  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    1,040       53,529  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,056       225,991  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    268       46,828  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    2,795       115,462  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)

    3,905       23,625  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,819       30,468  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    2,153       39,163  

Zynex, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,176       14,112  
   

 

 

 
          1,245,216  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%            

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)

    4,105       51,025  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    869       92,774  

Agiliti, Inc.(a)

    1,777       28,396  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

    2,326       192,965  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,109       76,915  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

    6,733       32,992  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    491       93,428  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    1,898       42,363  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    2,992       285,856  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)

    1,052       32,843  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    685       57,595  

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    6,776       117,970  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    4,100       59,655  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    4,401       65,619  

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    2,619       65,554  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    5,589       144,476  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    699       68,439  
   

 

 

 
      1,508,865  
Health Care REITs — 0.6%            

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    5,365       105,047  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    1,264       46,262  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    2,174       76,373  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    685       32,955  
   

 

 

 
      260,637  
Health Care Technology — 0.5%            

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.(a)

    765       23,103  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    1,292       35,013  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    2,880       50,141  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    864       37,964  

Veradigm, Inc.(a)

    5,882       76,760  
   

 

 

 
      222,981  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 1.0%            

Chatham Lodging Trust

    2,635       27,641  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    11,215       91,178  

Service Properties Trust

    8,908       88,724  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    5,718       40,026  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    11,328       111,920  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    5,543       72,558  
   

 

 

 
      432,047  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%            

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    1,258       36,658  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    4,709       120,786  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)

    2,361       89,718  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    2,579     $ 90,394  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)

    971       34,810  

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

    2,253       82,888  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    843       57,021  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

    1,061       10,175  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    1,180       51,342  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    1,106       96,875  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.

    714       52,943  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    1,618       26,568  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    17,625       75,611  

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

    2,001       111,035  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    3,992       106,626  
   

 

 

 
      1,043,450  
Household Durables — 3.3%            

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)

    434       137,899  

Century Communities, Inc.

    1,526       97,542  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    1,231       33,803  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    1,458       51,117  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    1,259       143,564  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    1,456       63,540  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    2,315       67,320  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,099       125,319  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,473       92,932  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    3,114       121,041  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    1,964       229,317  

Sonos, Inc.(a)

    6,834       134,083  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    5,415       137,108  
   

 

 

 
      1,434,585  
Household Products — 0.5%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)

    524       21,515  

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

    2,207       86,227  

WD-40 Co.

    731       130,155  
   

 

 

 
          237,897  
Industrial REITs — 0.6%            

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    1,505       114,365  

LXP Industrial Trust

    14,800       152,588  
   

 

 

 
      266,953  
Insurance — 2.3%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    2,422       37,493  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    3,726       135,962  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    1,026       50,223  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    3,219       161,819  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    1,151       47,985  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    14,070       70,631  

HCI Group, Inc.

    365       19,564  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    1,098       36,761  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,590       32,833  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,427       45,293  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,354       74,741  

ProAssurance Corp.

    2,026       37,440  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    728       54,251  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    4,558       37,057  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    1,266       51,083  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)

    1,881       80,676  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    1,118       29,683  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    1,333       24,287  
   

 

 

 
      1,027,782  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.7%            

Cars.com, Inc.(a)

    3,315       63,979  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    2,708       42,976  
Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,295     $ 94,017  

Yelp, Inc.(a)

    3,738       114,757  
   

 

 

 
          315,729  
IT Services — 0.3%            

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    1,858       134,129  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%            

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,839       39,998  

OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(a)(c)

    262        

OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(a)(c)

    262        
   

 

 

 
      39,998  
Machinery — 5.2%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)(b)

    7,043       75,501  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    555       102,209  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    1,669       149,142  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    1,212       49,995  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    2,711       109,199  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)

    1,089       33,890  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    3,054       77,877  

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    1,115       115,837  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    1,384       132,103  

Federal Signal Corp.

    3,255       176,454  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    2,089       196,575  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    1,755       56,458  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    3,725       177,049  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    1,711       186,995  

Lindsay Corp.

    592       89,469  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)

    1,457       48,300  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,426       171,227  

Standex International Corp.

    641       78,484  

Tennant Co.

    995       68,187  

Titan International, Inc.(a)

    2,734       28,652  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    4,389       106,916  

Wabash National Corp.

    2,562       63,000  
   

 

 

 
      2,293,519  
Marine Transportation — 0.3%            

Matson, Inc.

    2,026       120,891  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.5%            

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,519       26,704  

EW Scripps Co., Class A, NVS(a)

    3,113       29,293  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)

    7,867       14,711  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

    1,588       54,342  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)

    1,437       51,905  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,655       38,164  
   

 

 

 
      215,119  
Metals & Mining — 2.2%            

Arconic Corp.(a)

    5,237       137,366  

ATI, Inc.(a)

    6,948       274,168  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    2,604       116,555  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    2,727       27,270  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    1,824       62,545  

Haynes International, Inc.

    673       33,711  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    857       63,958  

Materion Corp.

    1,102       127,832  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    518       27,045  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    4,486       40,284  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    2,129       39,046  

Tredegar Corp.

    1,336       12,198  
   

 

 

 
      961,978  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    6,977     $ 64,956  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    8,777       46,079  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    3,411       41,648  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    4,428       52,826  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    1,898       21,049  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    3,109       35,412  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    4,980       49,601  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    4,753       58,604  

Ready Capital Corp.

    5,285       53,748  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    6,086       41,020  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    5,198       76,463  
   

 

 

 
          541,406  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%            

Avista Corp.

    3,131       132,911  

Unitil Corp.

    861       49,111  
   

 

 

 
      182,022  
Office REITs — 0.5%            

Brandywine Realty Trust

    8,853       41,875  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    4,855       66,708  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    6,891       45,825  

Office Properties Income Trust

    2,618       32,201  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    3,023       20,254  
   

 

 

 
      206,863  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%            

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    1,720       34,297  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)

    2,434       75,430  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,992       87,366  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    818       23,387  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    3,333       85,158  
   

 

 

 
      305,638  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    906       30,279  

Mercer International, Inc.

    2,167       21,182  

Sylvamo Corp.

    1,714       79,290  
   

 

 

 
      130,751  
Passenger Airlines — 0.5%            

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    840       77,263  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,787       25,529  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    2,705       59,970  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,740       35,670  
   

 

 

 
      198,432  
Personal Care Products — 1.5%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    2,757       116,952  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)

    2,719       223,910  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    957       136,124  

Medifast, Inc.

    588       60,958  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    2,650       104,171  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    596       37,488  
   

 

 

 
      679,603  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,023       75,862  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    654       25,977  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,412       11,843  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    1,799       43,158  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,138       111,289  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,592       51,979  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)

    3,377       37,991  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    864       63,556  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    10,092       7,093  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)

    2,475     $ 101,005  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    1,082       16,576  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    2,668       167,097  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,899       105,031  
   

 

 

 
          818,457  
Professional Services — 1.1%  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    1,611       86,511  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    604       19,539  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    1,060       32,182  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,864       30,924  

Korn Ferry

    2,829       146,372  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

    665       69,140  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    1,715       29,258  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)

    1,769       31,488  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    1,014       37,751  
   

 

 

 
      483,165  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)

    6,267       33,090  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    4,217       13,115  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    1,451       46,592  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    1,085       20,354  

St. Joe Co.

    1,816       75,564  
   

 

 

 
      188,715  
Residential REITs — 0.5%  

Centerspace

    804       43,922  

Elme Communities

    4,338       77,477  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    1,225       53,496  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    4,256       62,308  
   

 

 

 
      237,203  
Retail REITs — 1.5%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    4,292       59,873  

Getty Realty Corp.

    2,105       75,843  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    6,719       93,797  

RPT Realty

    4,399       41,835  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    691       26,949  

SITE Centers Corp.

    9,839       120,823  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    5,602       109,967  

Urban Edge Properties

    6,335       95,405  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    1,544       27,128  

Whitestone REIT

    2,488       22,890  
   

 

 

 
      674,510  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.6%  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    1,199       32,313  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,760       234,520  

CEVA, Inc.(a)

    1,249       38,007  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    2,569       98,624  

Diodes, Inc.(a)

    2,442       226,520  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)

    4,133       131,636  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    1,556       50,943  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    3,034       159,861  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)

    3,888       136,897  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)

    2,658       233,585  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,586       67,246  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    3,323       55,095  

Rambus, Inc.(a)

    5,771       295,821  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    3,422       82,607  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,652       45,721  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,441       80,944  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)

    2,751       58,129  
   

 

 

 
      2,028,469  
 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software — 3.1%  

8x8, Inc.(a)

    6,046     $ 25,212  

A10 Networks, Inc.

    3,453       53,487  

Adeia, Inc.

    5,658       50,130  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)

    1,075       88,698  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,678       134,650  

Cerence, Inc.(a)

    2,166       60,843  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    947       32,283  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)

    4,846       59,896  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,686       141,283  

Ebix, Inc.

    1,256       16,567  

InterDigital, Inc.

    1,444       105,268  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)

    3,786       16,696  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,470       76,097  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    1,890       33,075  

Progress Software Corp.(b)

    2,326       133,629  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)

    1,935       294,700  

Xperi, Inc.(a)

    2,241       24,494  
   

 

 

 
          1,347,008  
Specialized REITs — 0.8%            

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    4,500       120,870  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    7,533       122,261  

Safehold, Inc.

    2,050       60,210  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    12,739       45,223  
   

 

 

 
      348,564  
Specialty Retail — 4.6%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    1,641       15,852  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    2,629       72,955  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    9,351       125,678  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)

    311       24,634  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)

    1,186       249,060  

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

    1,600       122,624  

Buckle, Inc.

    1,589       56,711  

Caleres, Inc.

    1,919       41,508  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)

    6,670       36,685  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)

    652       26,243  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    2,718       23,755  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    639       23,566  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    781       176,834  

Guess?, Inc.

    1,645       32,012  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    709       22,624  

Hibbett, Inc.

    687       40,519  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)

    7,987       87,937  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)

    1,164       33,465  

Monro, Inc.

    1,684       83,240  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,233       79,750  

ODP Corp.(a)

    2,174       97,787  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    1,132       18,384  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,763       89,788  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    899       23,059  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    2,439       189,705  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)

    1,185       36,036  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    893       48,526  

Upbound Group, Inc.

    2,690       65,932  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,211       89,009  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)

    835       15,397  
   

 

 

 
      2,049,275  
Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)

    1,777     $ 56,829  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)

    2,144       39,342  
   

 

 

 
      96,171  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    2,303       35,812  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    2,648       128,137  

Movado Group, Inc.

    837       24,080  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    796       84,049  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    3,929       141,444  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    4,233       72,173  
   

 

 

 
      485,695  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.7%  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    2,069       294,067  

Boise Cascade Co.

    2,117       133,900  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    846       22,774  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    2,233       129,269  

NOW, Inc.(a)

    5,932       66,142  

Veritiv Corp.

    728       98,382  
   

 

 

 
      744,534  
Water Utilities — 1.0%            

American States Water Co.

    1,984       176,358  

California Water Service Group

    2,943       171,282  

SJW Group

    1,430       108,866  
   

 

 

 
      456,506  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    3,468       50,286  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    2,680       50,973  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    5,362       56,355  
   

 

 

 
      157,614  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.7%
(Cost: $45,949,727)

      42,650,116  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 5.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.01%(d)(e)(f)

    718,614       718,829  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.73%(d)(e)

    1,812,611       1,812,611  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 5.8%
(Cost: $2,531,147)

 

    2,531,440  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.5%
(Cost: $48,480,874)

 

    45,181,556  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.5)%

 

    (1,081,683
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  44,099,873  
   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

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

 

 

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Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/23
    Shares
Held at
03/31/23
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 405,593     $ 312,904 (a)    $     $ 105     $ 227     $ 718,829       718,614     $ 4,244 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    760,000       1,052,611 (a)                        1,812,611       1,812,611       36,0771    
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 105     $ 227     $ 2,531,440       $ 40,321     $ 1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

Micro E-mini Russell 2000 Index

     18        06/16/23      $ 163      $ 2,929  
           

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
       Counterparty(a)     Termination
Date
     Net
Notional
     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Net Value of
Reference
Entity
     Gross Notional
Amount
Net Asset
Percentage
 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

   Monthly        Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)       08/19/26      $ 446,283      $ (9,705 )(c)    $ 436,623        1.0
   Monthly        HSBC Bank PLC(d)       02/10/28        435,573        (34,511 )(e)      401,825        1.0  
   Monthly        JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)       02/08/24        486,802        (55,880 )(g)      431,866        1.1  
               

 

 

   

 

 

    
                $ (100,096   $ 1,270,314     
               

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (c)

Amount includes $(45) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(763) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $(944) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

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

 

        (b)   (d)   (f)    
  Range:   40 basis points   40 basis points   40 basis points  
     Benchmarks:   USD -1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate   USD -1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate       
    (FEDL01)   (OBFR01)   (OBFR01)  

 

 

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Banc of California, Inc.

    140     $ 1,754       0.4

Bancorp, Inc.

    480       13,368       3.1  

BankUnited, Inc.

    883       19,938       4.6  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    282       2,961       0.7  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    322       2,167       0.5  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    11       197       0.0  

City Holding Co.

    60       5,453       1.2  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    188       9,868       2.3  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    82       2,745       0.6  

First Bancorp

    1,294       14,777       3.4  

First Financial Bancorp

    664       14,455       3.3  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    282       5,237       1.2  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    269       5,757       1.3  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    14       252       0.1  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    36       354       0.1  

Independent Bank Corp.

    263       17,258       3.9  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    337       11,360       2.6  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    940       11,308       2.6  

OFG Bancorp

    325       8,106       1.9  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    367       8,815       2.0  

Preferred Bank

    330       18,087       4.1  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    832       15,958       3.6  

Renasant Corp.

    195       5,963       1.4  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    134       4,214       1.0  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    1,574       27,529       6.3  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    80       2,656       0.6  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    85       2,715       0.6  

Trustmark Corp.

    162       4,001       0.9  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    681       19,150       4.4  

Westamerica BanCorp

    4       177       0.0  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,032       38,814       8.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      295,394    
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    1,110       4,318       1.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    303       9,187       2.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    132       16,895       3.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    134       5,587       1.3  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,685       8,459       2.0  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    442       14,798       3.4  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    153       3,159       0.7  

ProAssurance Corp.

    575       10,626       2.4  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    25       1,863       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      44,492    
Residential REITs                  

Elme Communities

    359       6,412       1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 
Retail REITs                  

Getty Realty Corp.

    152     $ 5,476       1.2
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    697       54,449       12.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $   436,623    
   

 

 

   

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Ameris Bancorp

    135     $ 4,938       1.2

Axos Financial, Inc.

    11       406       0.1  

Banc of California, Inc.

    432       5,413       1.4  

Bancorp, Inc.

    124       3,453       0.9  

Banner Corp.

    83       4,513       1.1  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    690       17,291       4.3  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    546       5,733       1.4  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    352       2,369       0.6  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    160       8,398       2.1  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    222       4,112       1.0  

CVB Financial Corp.

    116       1,935       0.5  

Eagle Bancorp., Inc.

    89       2,979       0.8  

First Bancorp

    614       7,012       1.8  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    12       426       0.1  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    175       3,148       0.8  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    572       5,617       1.4  

Independent Bank Corp.

    306       20,080       5.0  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    53       3,320       0.8  

Northfield Bancorp., Inc.

    457       5,384       1.3  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    94       1,131       0.3  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    701       16,838       4.2  

Preferred Bank

    47       2,576       0.6  

Renasant Corp.

    439       13,425       3.3  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    173       4,100       1.0  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    1,492       26,095       6.5  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    1       33       0.0  

Triumph Financial, Inc.

    1       58       0.0  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    21       671       0.2  

Trustmark Corp.

    238       5,879       1.5  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    3       84       0.0  

Verites Holdings, Inc.

    140       2,556       0.6  

Westamerica BanCorp

    73       3,234       0.8  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    57       2,144       0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      185,351    
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    5,737       22,317       5.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    124       2,130       0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components                  

Rogers Corp.

    3     $ 490       0.1

ScanSource, Inc.

    147       4,475       1.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      4,965    
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    540       69,115       17.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs                  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    36       471       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    175       7,296       1.8  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,109       10,587       2.6  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    655       21,929       5.5  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    499       10,304       2.6  

ProAssurance Corp.

    295       5,452       1.4  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    38       2,832       0.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    190       7,666       1.9  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    45       1,195       0.3  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    141       2,569       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      69,830    
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    175       7,429       1.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    422       13,078       3.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Retail REITs                  

Getty Realty Corp.

    26       937       0.3  

RPT Realty

    176       1,673       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      2,610    
Specialized REITs                  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    308       4,999       1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    250       19,530       4.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

    $   401,825    
   

 

 

   

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

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Axos Financial, Inc.

    209     $     7,716       1.8

Banner Corp.

    167       9,080       2.1  

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks (continued)                  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    631     $ 4,247       1.0

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    857       15,340       3.6  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    256       13,438       3.1  

CVB Financial Corp.

    628       10,475       2.4  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    151       5,054       1.2  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    1,848       21,104       4.9  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    181       6,429       1.5  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    447       5,556       1.3  

Independent Bank Corp.

    696       45,672       10.6  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    96       3,212       0.7  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    355       14,729       3.4  

Preferred Bank

    225       12,332       2.9  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    371       8,793       2.0  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    158       2,763       0.6  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    232       7,702       1.8  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

    99       5,748       1.3  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    223       6,271       1.5  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    657       11,997       2.8  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    464       17,451       4.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      235,109    
Capital Markets                  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    13       2,475       0.6  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    491       2,877       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      5,352    
Consumer Finance                  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,727       52,363       12.1  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    1,512       25,976       6.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      78,339    
Diversified REITs                  

Acadia Realty Trust

    804       11,216       2.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components                  

Rogers Corp.

    37       6,047       1.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs                  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    531       6,951       1.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    8,725       43,800       10.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Metals & Mining                  

Arconic Corp.

    210       5,508       1.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    654       27,762       6.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Office REITs                  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    355       1,679       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    326       10,103       2.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

    $   431,866    
   

 

 

   
 

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

 

Description   Swap
Premiums
Paid
     Swap
Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

    $          —        $          —        $              —        $   (100,096

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-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:

 

 

 
   
Commodity
Contracts
 
 
    
Credit
Contracts
 
 
    
Equity
Contracts
 
 
    


Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
 
 
 
 
    

Interest
Rate
Contracts
 
 
 
    
Other
Contracts
 
 
     Total  

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

  $      $      $ 2,929      $      $      $      $ 2,929  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Swaps — OTC

                   

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;

                   

Swap premiums received

  $      $      $ 100,096      $      $      $      $   100,096  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the period ended March 31, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
   
Commodity
Contracts
 
 
    
Credit
Contracts
 
 
    
Equity
Contracts
 
 
   


Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
 
 
 
 
    

Interest
Rate
Contracts
 
 
 
    
Other
Contracts
 
 
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ 2,931     $      $      $      $ 2,931  

Swaps

                  (128,210                          (128,210
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $      $      $ (125,279   $      $      $      $ (125,279
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ 2,929     $      $      $      $        2,929  

Swaps

                  (115,081                          (115,081
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $      $      $ (112,152   $      $      $      $ (112,152
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

       

Average notional value of contracts — long

    $83,920  

Total return swaps

 

Average notional amount

    $1,202,452  

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

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

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

 

     
     Assets     Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

   

Futures contracts

  $ 2,844     $  

Swaps — OTC(a)

          100,096  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

  $   2,844     $   100,096  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

    (2,844      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

  $     $ 100,096  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2023

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 

 

Counterparty

    



Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to

an MNA by
Counterparty

 
 
 

 
 

    

Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
 
 
 
    



Non-

Cash
Collateral
Pledged

 

 
 
 

    

Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
 
 
    



Net

Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities(b)

 

 
 
 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 9,705      $      $      $      $ 9,705  

HSBC Bank PLC

     34,511                             34,511  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     55,880                             55,880  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 100,096      $      $      $      $ 100,096  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 42,650,116        $        $        $ 42,650,116  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,531,440                            2,531,440  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $             45,181,556        $                     —        $                     —        $             45,181,556  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 2,929        $        $        $ 2,929  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

              (100,096                 (100,096
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 2,929        $ (100,096      $        $ (97,167
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2023

 

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P Mid-Cap

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

     

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 129,102,020     $ 101,734,711     $ 42,650,116  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    657,424       3,416,723       2,531,440  

Cash

    10,738       765        

Cash pledged:

     

Futures contracts

    14,000       16,000       12,000  

Receivables:

     

Investments sold

    397       176,060       30,968  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    140       2,677       460  

Swaps

                4,859  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    81,869       123,594       49,445  

Dividends — affiliated

    730       755       6,551  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    4,571       4,450       2,844  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    129,871,889       105,475,735       45,288,683  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Bank overdraft

                3  

Collateral on securities loaned

    68,603       3,258,117       718,873  

Payables:

     

Investments purchased

    397       161,016       204,504  

Swaps

                160,929  

Investment advisory fees

    9,017       10,584       4,405  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

                100,096  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    78,017       3,429,717       1,188,810  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  129,793,872     $  102,046,018     $  44,099,873  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

     

Paid-in capital

  $ 158,692,252     $ 110,472,167     $ 49,480,002  

Accumulated loss

    (28,898,380     (8,426,149     (5,380,129
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 129,793,872     $ 102,046,018     $ 44,099,873  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

     

Shares outstanding

    4,200,000       3,000,000       1,300,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 30.90     $ 34.02     $ 33.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 154,856,056     $ 106,652,582     $ 45,949,727  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 67,920     $ 3,254,883     $ 725,154  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 809,933     $ 3,416,150     $ 2,531,147  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened
S&P Mid-Cap

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 2,908,324     $ 1,424,377     $ 520,170  

Dividends — affiliated

    27,330       5,533       36,077  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    1,679       36,649       4,244  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (906           (429
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    2,936,427       1,466,559       560,062  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

    158,396       105,437       41,829  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    158,396       105,437       41,829  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

        2,778,031         1,361,122            518,233  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,320,624     (2,322,889     (1,135,308

Investments — affiliated

    (989     307       105  

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — affiliated

                1  

Futures contracts

    (19,644     (5,910     2,931  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    (13,691,198     2,082,109       784,227  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    (23,035            

Swaps

                (128,210
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (16,055,490     (246,383     (476,254
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (13,886,548     (4,178,089     (2,130,779

Investments — affiliated

    (35,525     462       227  

Futures contracts

    (9,704     5,977       2,929  

Swaps

                (115,081
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (13,931,777     (4,171,650     (2,242,704
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (29,987,267     (4,418,033     (2,718,958
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (27,209,236   $ (3,056,911   $ (2,200,725
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares
ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF
           iShares
ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap
ETF
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
      
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
      
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
      
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                

OPERATIONS

                

Net investment income

  $ 2,778,031        $ 2,155,766        $ 1,361,122        $ 586,448  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (16,055,490        27,890,630          (246,383        1,134,234  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (13,931,777        (13,278,031        (4,171,650        (2,007,608
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (27,209,236        16,768,365          (3,056,911        (286,926
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (2,794,860        (2,164,851        (1,398,055        (598,577
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                

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

    (68,616,036        183,536,895          29,834,804          57,811,412  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (98,620,132        198,140,409          25,379,838          56,925,909  

Beginning of year

    228,414,004          30,273,595          76,666,180          19,740,271  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

  $  129,793,872        $  228,414,004        $  102,046,018        $  76,666,180  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(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
ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/23
 
 
      
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

      

OPERATIONS

      

Net investment income

  $ 518,233        $ 167,343  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (476,254        1,351,582  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,242,704        (2,333,805
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,200,725        (814,880
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

      

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (524,007        (297,928
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

      

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    22,208,671          16,027,431  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

      

Total increase in net assets

    19,483,939          14,914,623  

Beginning of year

    24,615,934          9,701,311  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

  $      44,099,873        $      24,615,934  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

   

iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

 
     

 

Year Ended
03/31/23

 

 
 

 

    

 

Year Ended
03/31/22

 

 
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 

 

 
(a) 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $

 

34.35

 

 

 

   $

 

30.27

 

 

 

   $ 25.29  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.42        0.39        0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

   

 

(3.45

 

 

    

 

4.07

 

 

 

    

 

4.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

   

 

(3.03

 

 

    

 

4.46

 

 

 

    

 

5.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

   

 

(0.42

 

 

    

 

(0.38

 

 

    

 

(0.14

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $

 

30.90

 

 

 

   $

 

34.35

 

 

 

   $

 

30.27

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

   

 

(8.72

 

)% 

 

    

 

14.74

 

 

    

 

20.27

 

%(f)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

   

 

0.08

 

 

    

 

0.08

 

 

    

 

0.08

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

   

 

1.40

 

 

    

 

1.12

 

 

    

 

1.37

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $

 

129,794

 

 

 

   $

 

228,414

 

 

 

   $

 

30,274

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

   

 

4

 

 

    

 

3

 

 

    

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)

Annualized.

(i)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

   

iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

 
     

 

Year Ended
03/31/23

 

 
 

 

    

 

Year Ended
03/31/22

 

 
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Period From

09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 

 

 

(a) 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $

 

36.51

 

 

 

   $

 

35.89

 

 

 

   $

 

25.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.52        0.46        0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

   

 

(2.50

 

 

    

 

0.58

 

 

 

    

 

10.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

   

 

(1.98

 

 

    

 

1.04

 

 

 

    

 

10.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

   

 

(0.51

 

 

    

 

(0.42

 

 

    

 

(0.18

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $

 

34.02

 

 

 

   $

 

36.51

 

 

 

   $

 

35.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

   

 

(5.35

 

)% 

 

    

 

2.88

 

 

    

 

43.29

 

%(f)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

   

 

0.12

 

 

    

 

0.12

 

 

    

 

0.12

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

   

 

1.55

 

 

    

 

1.23

 

 

    

 

1.29

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $

 

102,046

 

 

 

   $

 

76,666

 

 

 

   $

 

19,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

   

 

20

 

 

    

 

26

 

 

    

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

   

iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 
     

 

Year Ended
03/31/23

 

 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/22

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 

 

 
(a) 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $

 

37.87

 

 

 

  $

 

38.81

 

 

 

  $
25.18
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.51       0.39       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

   

 

(3.97

 

 

   

 

(0.55

 

 

   

 

13.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

   

 

(3.46

 

 

   

 

(0.16

 

 

   

 

13.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

   

 

(0.49

 

 

   

 

(0.78

 

 

   

 

(0.26

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $

 

33.92

 

 

 

  $

 

37.87

 

 

 

  $

 

38.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

     

Based on net asset value

   

 

(9.08

 

)% 

 

   

 

(0.47

 

)% 

 

   

 

55.32

 

%(f)  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

     

Total expenses

   

 

0.12

 

 

   

 

0.12

 

 

   

 

0.12

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

   

 

1.49

 

 

   

 

1.00

 

 

   

 

1.13

 

%(h)  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $

 

44,100

 

 

 

  $

 

24,616

 

 

 

  $

 

9,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

   

 

23

 

 

   

 

34

 

 

   

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

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
 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

     Non-Diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

     Non-Diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

     Non-Diversified  

 

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.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Fund uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. 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

 

 

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or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty

   
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

          

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 15,774      $ (15,774   $     $    

BofA Securities, Inc.

    17,472        (17,472              

Citadel Clearing LLC

    23,771        (23,771              

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    450        (436           14    

UBS AG

    10,453        (10,453              
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
  $ 67,920      $ (67,906   $     $ 14    
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

          

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 167,577      $ (167,084   $     $ 493    

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    355,020        (355,020              

BofA Securities, Inc.

    108,743        (108,576           167    

Citadel Clearing LLC

    487,640        (484,300           3,340    

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    21,915        (21,848           67    

HSBC Bank PLC

    275,661        (275,661              

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    610,113        (610,113              

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    851,808        (848,825           2,983    

UBS AG

    286,143        (276,517           9,626    

UBS Securities LLC

    90,263        (90,263              
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
  $ 3,254,883      $ (3,238,207   $     $ 16,676    
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

          

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 99,632      $ (99,450   $     $ 182    

BofA Securities, Inc.

    81,968        (81,734           234    

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    469,955        (463,827           6,128    

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    25,329        (25,329              

Pershing LLC

    13,428        (13,148           280    

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    34,842        (34,842              
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
  $ 725,154      $ (718,330   $     $ 6,824    
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a)

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2023. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of 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 to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the

 

 

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difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded on the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares EGS Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

ESG Screened S&P 500

    0.08

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    0.12  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    0.12  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to September 12, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts  

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $ 675  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    9,423  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    1,337  

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

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, 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)
 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $   1,893,031      $   1,535,538      $ (609,648

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    2,594,587        5,066,854          (1,683,906

 

 

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iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

  $   1,223,469      $   341,914      $   (86,073

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 year ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions,, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $ 7,070,518      $ 7,633,029  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

      18,036,380          17,836,109  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    9,857,093        7,627,797  

For the year ended March 31, 2023, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $   79,486,070      $   147,412,983  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    44,231,249        14,801,457  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    24,807,975        5,766,358  

 

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 March 31, 2023, 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.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2023, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     
iShares ETF   Paid-in capital     Accumulated earnings (loss)  

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $ (13,841,039   $ 13,841,039  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    2,068,983       (2,068,983

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    758,869       (758,869

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Year Ended
March 31, 2023
     Year Ended
March 31, 2022
 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

    

Ordinary income

  $

 

2,794,860

 

 

 

   $

 

2,164,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $

 

1,398,055

 

 

 

   $

 

598,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $

 

524,007

 

 

 

   $

 

297,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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As of March 31, 2023, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
    Qualified late-year  losses(c)     Total  

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $      $ (2,733,274   $ (26,165,106   $     $   (28,898,380

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    3,087        (2,793,371     (5,635,865           (8,426,149

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

           (1,397,798     (3,723,239     (259,092     (5,380,129

 

  (a)

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 

 

  (b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net accumulated losses was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, accounting for swap agreements, the timing and recognition of realized gains/losses for tax purposes and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts.

 
  (c) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

As of March 31, 2023, 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)
 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $   155,924,551      $ 2,025,225      $ (28,190,332   $ (26,165,107

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    110,787,299        6,917,945        (12,553,810     (5,635,865

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    48,904,795        2,681,405        (6,404,644     (3,723,239

 

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.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

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.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against 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

 

 

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may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

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:

 

 

 
    Year Ended
03/31/23
     Year Ended
03/31/22
       
iShares ETF   Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount        

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

            

Shares sold

    2,700,000      $ 79,779,151        15,950,000      $ 540,500,596    

Shares redeemed

    (5,150,000          (148,395,187          (10,300,000          (356,963,701  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   
   

 

    (2,450,000

 

 

   $

 

(68,616,036

 

 

    

 

5,650,000

 

 

 

   $

 

183,536,895

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

            

Shares sold

    1,350,000      $ 44,682,535        1,850,000      $ 68,955,535    

Shares redeemed

    (450,000      (14,847,731      (300,000      (11,144,123  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   
   

 

900,000

 

 

 

   $

 

29,834,804

 

 

 

    

 

1,550,000

 

 

 

   $

 

57,811,412

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

            

Shares sold

    850,000      $ 28,860,781        700,000      $ 27,779,582    

Shares redeemed

    (200,000      (6,652,110      (300,000      (11,752,151  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   
   

 

650,000

 

 

 

   $

 

22,208,671

 

 

 

    

 

400,000

 

 

 

   $

 

16,027,431

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the three funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (three of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2023, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2023, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2023 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

 

iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

 

iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 25, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $ 2,696,846  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    1,132,956  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    368,498  

 

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

  $ 113,254  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    120,574  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    67,183  

 

 

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Dividends-Received    
Deduction    
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

    93.35%   

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    80.04      

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    69.10      

 

 

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2022 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays and the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries, Russian sanctions and the closure of the Russian securities market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. The Committee also considered that ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs. However, there were no ETFs with persistent deviations of fund premium/discount or bid/ask spreads from long-term averages over the Program Reporting Period.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2023

 

    

 

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
 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap(a)

 

 

$

 

0.505453

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

0.000770

 

 

 

 

$

 

0.506223

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    0.492598                   0.492598       100                   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.

 

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 380 funds as of March 31, 2023. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S.

Kapito(a) (1957)

   Trustee (since 2009).   

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

   Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(1970)

   Trustee (since 2019).   

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

 

(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

John E.

Kerrigan (1955)

   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).   

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D.

Carlin (1956)

   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).   

Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L.

Fagnani (1954)

   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016); Director of One Generation Away (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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     Independent Trustees     
       

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia H.

Herbert (1949)

   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).   

Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018), Investment Committee (since 2011) and Personnel Committee (since 2022); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (1992-2021) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015- 2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Drew E.

Lawton (1959)

   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).   

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Director of Jackson Financial Inc. (since 2021).

John E.

Martinez (1961)

   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V.

Rajan (1964)

   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

 

Officers
     

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Dominik

Rohé (1973)

   President (since 2023).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Head of Americas ETF and Index Investments (since 2023); Head of Latin America (2019- 2023).

Trent

Walker (1974)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (1967)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).   

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (1980)

   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (1982)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co.-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (1976)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co.-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (1970)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Effective March 30, 2023, Dominik Rohé replaced Armando Senra as President.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the registrant has not amended the code of ethics and there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under Item 3(b) and 3(c), serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the registrant’s audit committee are Richard L. Fagnani and Madhav V. Rajan, all of whom are independent, as that term is defined under Item 3(a)(2).


Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g) are for the twenty-one series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is March 31, 2023 (the “Funds”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1.

(a) Audit Fees – The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $270,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and $283,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

(b) Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this Item.

(c) Tax Fees – The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the Funds were $203,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and $203,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. These services related to the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.

(d) All Other Fees – There were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.

(e) (1) The registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

(2) There were no services described in (b) through (d) above that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years were $203,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and $203,700 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) Not Applicable

(j) Not Applicable


Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

(a) The registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant’s audit committee members are Richard L. Fagnani, Cecilia H. Herbert and Madhav V. Rajan.

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 6.

Investments.

(a) Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 9.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.


Item 13.

Exhibits.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics is not filed as an exhibit; please refer to Item 2.

(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.

(a) (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable.

(a) (4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable.

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

iShares Trust

 

  By:     

/s/ Dominik Rohe                            

       Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 25, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

  By:     

/s/ Dominik Rohe                            

       Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 25, 2023

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                            

       Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: May 25, 2023