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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 BlackRock Fund Advisors

400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

(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: April 30, 2024

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2024

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

LOGO

 

APRIL 30, 2024

 

  

2024 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

 

·  

iShares Core Dividend ETF | DIVB | Cboe BZX

 

·  

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | DGRO | NYSE Arca

 

·  

iShares Core High Dividend ETF | HDV | NYSE Arca

 

·  

iShares Select Dividend ETF | DVY | NASDAQ


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.

Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.

Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.

Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.

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 April 30, 2024

 

    

 

 6-Month

 

 

 

12-Month

 

 

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

 

  20.98%   22.66%

 

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

 

  19.66    13.32 

 

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

 

  18.63     9.28 

 

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

 

  15.40     9.88 

 

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

 

   2.66     5.36 

 

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

 

   3.66    (6.40)

 

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

 

   4.97    (1.47)

 

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

 

   7.06     2.08 

 

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

 

   8.99     9.01 

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

     36  

Statements of Operations

     37  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     38  

Financial Highlights

     40  

Notes to Financial Statements

     44  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     51  

Important Tax Information

     52  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     53  

Supplemental Information

     54  

Trustee and Officer Information

     56  

General Information

     59  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     60  

 

 

 

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Market Overview

  

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.

The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.

While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.

To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued to decrease 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.

The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.

Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Core Dividend ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. stocks with a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, as represented by the Morningstar® US Dividend and Buyback IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year      5 Years      Since
Inception
    1 Year     5 Years      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    17.14      11.41      11.17     17.14     71.67      98.55

Fund Market

    17.15        11.39        11.17       17.15       71.48        98.60  

Index

    17.20        11.63        11.40       17.20       73.33        101.31  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was November 7, 2017. The first day of secondary market trading was November 9, 2017.

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $  1,000.00          $  1,196.00          $      0.27               $  1,000.00       $  1,024.61          $     0.25          0.05

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Core Dividend ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Stocks with histories of paying dividends or making buybacks advanced for the reporting period. Corporate dividends reached an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, as the vast majority of dividend-paying companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments amid continued economic growth. Buybacks took a step back, however, as companies repurchased considerably less stock in 2023 relative to the previous year. Toward the end of the reporting period, an improvement in corporate earnings drove a resurgence in buybacks.

The information technology sector contributed the most to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Semiconductor companies also benefited from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which allotted funds for construction of new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing facilities. During the reporting period, a leading U.S. semiconductor manufacturer announced a deal with a major producer of smartphones to produce chips in new facilities across the country, bolstering investor sentiment.

The financials sector also contributed to the Index’s return, led by diversified banks, which benefited from increases in net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits). While higher interest rates typically bolster banking profitability, the value of diversified banks’ existing bond investments declined, forcing banks to raise deposit rates to retain customers. Consequently, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy benefited banks. Stocks in the financial services industry also advanced. Despite a cool market for merger and acquisition activity, strong revenues from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth in the industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    22.7

Financials

    19.2  

Industrials

    10.1  

Health Care

    9.9  

Energy

    9.7  

Consumer Staples

    9.0  

Consumer Discretionary

    5.6  

Communication Services

    4.5  

Materials

    3.2  

Real Estate

    3.1  

Utilities

    3.0  

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Broadcom, Inc.

    4.8

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    4.7  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    3.1  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2.8  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2.8  

International Business Machines Corp.

    2.6  

Chevron Corp.

    2.2  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2.1  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1.8  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1.8  
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities with a history of consistently growing dividends, as represented by the Morningstar® U.S. Dividend Growth IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      5 Years     Since
Inception
            1 Year      5 Years      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     12.77      10.63     11.08        12.77      65.69      182.62

Fund Market

     12.76        10.63       11.08          12.76        65.73        182.60  

Index

     12.83        10.70       11.14                12.83        66.26        184.30  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was June 10, 2014. The first day of secondary market trading was June 12, 2014.

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 1,174.60        $ 0.43             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.47        $ 0.40          0.08

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Stocks of firms with a history of consistently growing dividends advanced during the reporting period. Corporate dividends reached an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, as the vast majority of dividend-paying companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments amid continued economic growth.

The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by banks, which benefited from increases in net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits). While higher interest rates typically bolster banking profitability, the value of banks’ existing bond investments declined, forcing banks to raise deposit rates to retain customers. Consequently, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy benefited the banking industry. Additionally, the announcement of positive client retention figures following the integration of a failed high-profile regional bank by the nation’s largest bank further reinforced industry strength. Stocks in the capital markets industry also advanced. Despite a cool market for merger and acquisition activity, strong revenues from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth in the industry.

The information technology sector also contributed to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Semiconductor companies also benefited from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which allotted funds for construction of new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing facilities. During the reporting period, a leading U.S. semiconductor manufacturer announced a deal with a major producer of smartphones to produce chips in new facilities across the country, bolstering investor sentiment.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    19.3

Health Care

    16.5  

Information Technology

    16.2  

Industrials

    11.7  

Consumer Staples

    10.8  

Energy

    8.5  

Utilities

    7.3  

Consumer Discretionary

    5.9  

Materials

    2.5  

Communication Services

    1.3  

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    3.3

Chevron Corp.

    3.2  

Apple Inc.

    3.0  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3.0  

Microsoft Corp.

    2.9  

Johnson & Johnson

    2.5  

AbbVie, Inc.

    2.4  

Broadcom, Inc.

    2.3  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    2.2  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2.0  
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Core High Dividend ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar® Dividend Yield Focus IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

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

Fund NAV

     8.82      6.44     7.74       8.82      36.65      110.71

Fund Market

     8.84        6.46       7.74         8.84        36.75        110.73  

Index

     8.95        6.53       7.84               8.95        37.23        112.68  

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 1,149.20        $ 0.43             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.47        $ 0.40          0.08

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Core High Dividend ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Stocks with histories of high dividend yields advanced during the reporting period, as the vast majority of dividend-paying U.S. companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments. The information technology sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained as products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue. Investors reacted positively to the strategic acquisition of a provider of cloud-based software solutions, which diversified the revenue stream of the acquiring semiconductors firm. The software and services industry also advanced, as IT services companies benefited from investor enthusiasm for generative AI tools. Strong sales of applications that allow businesses to customize their own AI platforms also supported IT services firms. Growth in consulting services associated with implementation of new AI-driven systems further bolstered the industry.

The energy sector also contributed to the Index’s performance, led by the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Rising oil prices encouraged increased exploration, driving gains for some of the larger companies in the industry as the resulting expanded production led to higher profits. Additionally, merger and acquisition activity was relatively high within the industry, driving stock price gains for some large companies slated to be acquired by even larger companies. The oil and gas storage and transportation industry also advanced, as providers of energy infrastructure benefited from greater use of long-haul gas pipelines for the distribution of liquefied natural gas. The prospect of natural gas as a power source for data centers further buoyed sentiment toward the industry as AI-based demand drives electricity use higher.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Energy

    27.1

Consumer Staples

    18.8  

Health Care

    16.4  

Utilities

    8.9  

Information Technology

    8.5  

Communication Services

    7.8  

Financials

    7.0  

Materials

    2.8  

Industrials

    2.1  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    0.6  

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    8.6

Chevron Corp.

    6.8  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    5.7  

Johnson & Johnson

    5.3  

AbbVie, Inc.

    5.1  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    4.3  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    4.2  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    3.9  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    3.9  

Altria Group, Inc.

    3.8  
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Select Dividend ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying U.S. equities, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend 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

    5.58      7.29      8.50     5.58     42.18      126.15

Fund Market

    5.59        7.30        8.50       5.59       42.22        126.08  

Index

    6.01        7.72        8.94       6.01       45.06        135.40  

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24
 
 
    

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
    

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $  1,000.00       $  1,161.90        $     2.05        $  1,000.00       $  1,022.97       $     1.91        0.38

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Select Dividend ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Stocks with relatively high dividends advanced during the reporting period, as the vast majority of dividend-paying U.S. companies either maintained or increased their dividend payments. The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by insurance companies. Within the life and health insurance industry, optimism surrounding continued economic growth drove gains in net investment income for insurers. Also within the industry, strength in group life and disability underwriting raised investor sentiment and led companies to increase dividends and repurchase shares. Property and casualty insurance companies also advanced, benefiting from cost improvements that boosted operating income. Diversified banks further supported the Index’s performance, gaining as the Fed pivoted away from interest rate increases. Although higher interest rates often drive higher bank earnings, in this case the Fed’s move signaled confidence in the economy, which can itself be a tailwind for banks.

The information technology sector contributed to the Index’s return, as IT services companies benefited from investor enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools. Strong sales of applications that allow businesses to customize their own AI platforms also supported IT services firms. In the technology hardware and equipment industry, a newly announced partnership with a consumer electronics giant to produce AI-related disk drives benefited a data storage company.

The energy sector also contributed to the Index’s performance, led by the oil and gas refining and marketing and transportation industry. Oil refining companies benefited from strong demand for gasoline and jet fuel amid production cuts by major oil producers.

On the downside, drug retailers in the consumer staples sector detracted from the Index’s return, as a change in executive leadership and muted earnings expectations weighed on the stock price of a major drugstore chain’s parent company. The healthcare sector also detracted, as a decline in COVID-19 cases translated into lower revenues from vaccines and antiviral treatments for a large pharmaceutical firm.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

 

Sector     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Utilities

     28.3

Financials

     26.2  

Consumer Staples

     10.7  

Materials

     8.2  

Consumer Discretionary

     7.5  

Communication Services

     5.7  

Energy

     5.0  

Health Care

     3.4  

Information Technology

     2.8  

Industrials

     2.2  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

Security     
Percent of
Total Investments(
 
a) 

Altria Group, Inc.

     2.9

AT&T Inc.

     1.8  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     1.8  

Truist Financial Corp.

     1.7  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     1.7  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     1.7  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     1.7  

KeyCorp

     1.7  

ONEOK, Inc.

     1.6  

Pfizer, Inc.

     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, index returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, index 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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 3.0%            

General Dynamics Corp.

    2,794     $ 802,129  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    361       99,972  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    2,799       599,126  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    7,778        3,616,226  

RTX Corp.

    46,554       4,726,162  
   

 

 

 
      9,843,615  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    5,563       394,973  

FedEx Corp.

    3,248       850,261  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    18,379       2,710,535  
   

 

 

 
          3,955,769  
Automobile Components — 0.1%            

Autoliv, Inc.

    1,290       154,529  

LCI Industries

    403       41,904  

Lear Corp.

    1,059       133,296  
   

 

 

 
          329,729  
Automobiles — 0.4%            

Ford Motor Co.

    87,512       1,063,271  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    4,502       154,823  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    695       69,097  
   

 

 

 
          1,287,191  
Banks — 8.3%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

    2,160       45,511  

Bank of America Corp.

    110,925       4,105,334  

Bank OZK

    3,418       152,614  

BOK Financial Corp.

    503       44,631  

Cadence Bank

    353       9,768  

Cathay General BanCorp.

    1,460       50,282  

Citigroup, Inc.

    42,553       2,609,776  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    13,842       472,151  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    2,926       55,038  

Comerica, Inc.

    2,755       138,218  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    1,820       99,518  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    272       11,756  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    780       81,385  

East West BanCorp., Inc.

    1,881       140,116  

Fifth Third BanCorp.

    10,301       375,574  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    1,297       38,339  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    2,467       52,029  

First Horizon Corp.

    8,521       127,133  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

    3,527       94,171  

FNB Corp.

    5,678       75,745  

Glacier BanCorp., Inc.

    1,429       51,701  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    1,102       50,020  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    3,060       72,461  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    23,401       315,211  

International Bancshares Corp.

    630       35,060  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    35,574       6,820,959  

KeyCorp.

    19,335       280,164  

M&T Bank Corp.

    5,373       775,807  

New York Community BanCorp., Inc., Class A

    45,673       121,033  

Old National BanCorp.

    4,673       77,291  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    11,232       1,721,416  

Popular, Inc.

    1,937       164,626  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    1,588       98,408  

Regions Financial Corp.

    21,001       404,689  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    340       20,046  

SouthState Corp.

    953       72,142  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    2,126       76,090  
Security   Shares      Value  
Banks (continued)             

TFS Financial Corp.

    1,856      $ 22,291  

Truist Financial Corp.

    28,787        1,080,952  

U.S. BanCorp.

    22,160        900,361  

UMB Financial Corp.

    436        34,732  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    2,466        80,046  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    781        19,705  

Valley National BanCorp.

    9,277        65,032  

Webster Financial Corp.

    3,554        155,772  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    89,295        5,296,979  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    768        32,817  
    

 

 

 
        27,624,900  
Beverages — 2.2%             

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    53,297        3,292,156  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    15,412        519,384  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    2,486        142,348  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    19,291        3,393,480  
    

 

 

 
       7,347,368  
Biotechnology — 2.6%             

AbbVie, Inc.

    26,026        4,232,869  

Amgen, Inc.

    10,821        2,964,305  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    24,621        1,605,289  
    

 

 

 
       8,802,463  
Broadline Retail — 0.0%             

Nordstrom, Inc.

    2,479        47,126  
    

 

 

 
Building Products — 0.5%             

A. O. Smith Corp.

    2,326        192,686  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    2,302        168,276  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    9,733        633,326  

Masco Corp.

    4,472        306,108  

Owens Corning

    2,331        392,098  
    

 

 

 
       1,692,494  
Capital Markets — 5.1%             

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    2,311        951,647  

Ares Management Corp.., Class A

    1,442        191,916  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    1,045        42,772  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.. (The)

    17,144        968,465  

BlackRock, Inc.(a)

    2,182        1,646,624  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    8,552        997,249  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A

    5,296        100,041  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    3,065        137,312  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    5,183        1,086,564  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    407        27,993  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    3,252        106,828  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    6,134        140,101  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    7,701        3,286,094  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    625        69,825  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    628        80,064  

Invesco Ltd.

    9,804        138,923  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    3,260        101,777  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    4,088        176,029  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    1,345        66,013  

Morgan Stanley

    46,533        4,227,058  

Northern Trust Corp.

    3,691        304,101  

State Street Corp.

    18,312        1,327,437  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    2,074        165,754  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    5,164        565,819  
    

 

 

 
       16,906,406  
Chemicals — 1.9%             

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    2,458        580,924  

Ashland, Inc.

    1,524        145,283  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Avient Corp.

    1,056     $ 44,795  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    755       115,976  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    5,687       449,102  

Chemours Co. (The)

    8,745       233,929  

Dow, Inc.

    21,836       1,242,468  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    20,480       1,484,800  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    4,192       395,892  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    4,114       348,250  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    5,840       583,825  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    17,938       563,074  

NewMarket Corp.

    105       55,327  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    916       62,783  
   

 

 

 
       6,306,428  
Communications Equipment — 4.9%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    328,011       15,409,957  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    24,129       840,172  
   

 

 

 
      16,250,129  
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%            

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    2,505       61,873  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.3%            

Discover Financial Services

    8,786       1,113,450  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.8%  

Kroger Co. (The)

    8,832       489,116  

Sysco Corp.

    6,710       498,687  

Target Corp.

    7,785       1,253,229  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    23,886       423,499  
   

 

 

 
      2,664,531  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Amcor PLC

    49,448       442,065  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    2,484       203,862  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    578       35,420  

Greif, Inc., Class B

    128       7,998  

Packaging Corp. of America

    1,523       263,449  

Sealed Air Corp.

    3,007       94,660  

Sonoco Products Co.

    1,523       85,364  

Westrock Co.

    4,768       228,673  
   

 

 

 
      1,361,491  
Distributors — 0.2%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    2,042       321,023  

LKQ Corp.

    6,372       274,824  
   

 

 

 
      595,847  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%            

ADT, Inc.

    1,883       12,240  

H&R Block, Inc.

    6,123       289,189  

Service Corp. International

    4,011       287,629  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

589,058

 

 

Diversified REITs — 0.1%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    5,184       284,291  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2%  

AT&T Inc.

    188,860       3,189,846  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    902       57,890  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    106,241       4,195,457  
   

 

 

 
      7,443,193  
Electric Utilities — 1.8%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    2,615       130,227  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    4,140       356,164  

Duke Energy Corp.

    12,789       1,256,647  

Edison International

    6,367       452,439  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Entergy Corp.

    1,556     $ 165,979  

Evergy, Inc.

    4,150       217,668  

Eversource Energy

    5,548       336,320  

Exelon Corp.

    11,339       426,120  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    8,439       323,551  

IDACORP, Inc.

    717       67,957  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    4,651       337,988  

OGE Energy Corp.

    3,776       130,838  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    2,197       161,809  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    1,412       52,329  

PPL Corp.

    10,119       277,868  

Southern Co. (The)

    11,436       840,546  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    6,754       362,892  
   

 

 

 
       5,897,342  
Electrical Equipment — 0.3%            

Emerson Electric Co.

    8,900       959,242  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Avnet, Inc.

    10,603       518,169  

Corning, Inc.

    46,003       1,535,580  
   

 

 

 
      2,053,749  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%            

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    13,079       426,637  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    2,318       91,167  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    5,596       60,549  
   

 

 

 
      578,353  
Entertainment — 0.0%            

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    965       31,845  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.4%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    3,751       406,533  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    337       10,019  

Essent Group Ltd.

    1,423       75,376  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    55,099       3,742,324  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    8,866       179,802  

Radian Group, Inc.

    11       329  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    3,804       259,281  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    460       42,150  
   

 

 

 
      4,715,814  
Food Products — 1.5%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    16,925       992,821  

Bunge Global SA

    2,969       302,125  

Campbell Soup Co.

    3,362       153,677  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    9,603       295,580  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    3,566       88,936  

General Mills, Inc.

    17,360       1,223,186  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    3,682       130,932  

Ingredion, Inc.

    1,003       114,934  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    3,019       346,732  

Kellanova

    4,702       272,058  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    15,528       599,536  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    6,188       375,302  
   

 

 

 
      4,895,819  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%            

National Fuel Gas Co.

    1,031       54,746  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    1,098       47,972  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    257       16,582  

Spire, Inc.

    323       19,958  

UGI Corp.

    5,159       131,864  
   

 

 

 
      271,122  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Ground Transportation — 1.1%  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    4,662     $ 1,073,752  

Ryder System, Inc.

    1,882       229,322  

Union Pacific Corp.

    10,163       2,410,257  
   

 

 

 
      3,713,331  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%  

Baxter International, Inc.

    5,389       217,554  

Medtronic PLC

    20,657       1,657,518  
   

 

 

 
      1,875,072  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    6,806       701,290  

Cigna Group (The)

    7,196       2,569,260  

CVS Health Corp.

    30,603       2,072,129  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    3,248       82,726  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    2,537       52,973  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    3,499       483,492  
   

 

 

 
      5,961,870  
Health Care REITs — 0.3%  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    11,765       218,947  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    45,680       210,128  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    1,516       95,599  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    6,879       209,190  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    7,138       99,361  

Ventas, Inc.

    5,636       249,562  
   

 

 

 
      1,082,787  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    2,973       43,882  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    9,714       183,303  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    11,003       177,478  
   

 

 

 
      404,663  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5%  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    2,577       395,338  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    397       210,120  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    2,235       214,806  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    1,281       79,025  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

    755       40,106  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    4,008       174,508  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    955       180,848  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    5,641       112,764  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    2,781       204,431  
   

 

 

 
       1,611,946  
Household Durables — 0.4%  

Garmin Ltd.

    6,343       916,373  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    5,162       93,277  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    12,544       99,600  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    3,031       151,732  

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.

    432       24,693  
   

 

 

 
      1,285,675  
Household Products — 2.5%  

Clorox Co. (The)

    1,515       224,023  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    12,336       1,133,925  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    1,100       31,592  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    5,540       756,376  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    36,119       5,894,621  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    731       20,929  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    2,028       166,032  
   

 

 

 
      8,227,498  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp. (The)

    10,604       189,811  
Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (continued)  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    984     $ 21,363  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    2,248       52,558  
   

 

 

 
      263,732  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.2%  

3M Co.

    16,850       1,626,193  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    12,379       2,385,805  
   

 

 

 
      4,011,998  
Industrial REITs — 0.3%  

LXP Industrial Trust

    4,582       38,259  

Prologis, Inc.

    9,277       946,718  
   

 

 

 
      984,977  
Insurance — 3.8%  

Aflac, Inc.

    14,818       1,239,526  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    5,557       945,023  

American International Group, Inc.

    24,752       1,864,073  

Assurant, Inc.

    1,091       190,270  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    905       55,504  

Chubb Ltd.

    5,559       1,382,190  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    2,198       254,287  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    3,137       82,597  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    4,609       228,146  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,006       161,031  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    400       51,928  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    7,032       681,330  

Kemper Corp.

    583       33,995  

MetLife, Inc.

    20,696       1,471,072  

Old Republic International Corp.

    8,352       249,391  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    7,839       620,378  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    10,359       1,144,462  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    732       136,877  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    4,084       866,461  

Unum Group.

    2,726       138,208  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    3,498       878,488  
   

 

 

 
       12,675,237  
IT Services — 2.6%  

International Business Machines Corp.

    51,557       8,568,773  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 0.2%  

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    888       54,150  

Brunswick Corp.

    2,114       170,473  

Hasbro, Inc.

    3,256       199,593  

Polaris, Inc.

    1,902       161,974  
   

 

 

 
      586,190  
Machinery — 1.7%  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    1,700       125,035  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    8,189       2,739,794  

Crane Co.

    399       55,864  

Cummins, Inc.

    1,516       428,255  

Flowserve Corp.

    979       46,170  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    1,195       57,025  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    4,729       1,154,396  

Oshkosh Corp.

    693       77,803  

Snap-on, Inc.

    784       210,081  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    6,951       635,321  
   

 

 

 
      5,529,744  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%  

Matson, Inc.

    1,209       130,306  
   

 

 

 
Media — 2.2%  

Cable One, Inc.

    213       83,890  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    153,738       5,858,955  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    12,490     $ 387,315  

Fox Corp., Class B

    6,887       197,519  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    9,843       299,621  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    4,685       434,956  

Paramount Global, Class A

    154       3,186  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    7,336       83,557  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    12,798       37,626  

TEGNA, Inc.

    2,164       29,517  
   

 

 

 
       7,416,142  
Metals & Mining — 0.9%  

Arch Resources, Inc., Class A

    593       94,157  

Newmont Corp.

    20,360       827,430  

Nucor Corp.

    5,528       931,634  

Southern Copper Corp.

    1,540       179,672  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    5,433       706,942  

United States Steel Corp.

    4,517       164,870  
   

 

 

 
      2,904,705  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    7,429       67,975  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    7,237       127,661  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    17,139       190,586  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    10,297       195,334  
   

 

 

 
      581,556  
Multi-Utilities — 1.0%  

Ameren Corp.

    1,599       118,118  

Avista Corp.

    128       4,605  

Black Hills Corp.

    555       30,470  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    6,683       194,743  

CMS Energy Corp.

    2,838       172,011  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    6,952       656,269  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    10,212       520,608  

DTE Energy Co.

    610       67,295  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    8,182       565,213  

Sempra

    9,113       652,764  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    4,941       408,324  
   

 

 

 
      3,390,420  
Office REITs — 0.1%  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    3,737       231,283  

COPT Defense Properties

    2,016       48,323  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    2,138       49,046  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    2,743       92,713  

Vornado Realty Trust

    2,120       55,184  
   

 

 

 
      476,549  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.5%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    5,960       82,486  

APA Corp.

    10,357       325,624  

California Resources Corp.

    1,868       98,742  

Chevron Corp.

    44,295       7,143,455  

Chord Energy Corp.

    1,151       203,704  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    2,041       146,870  

Comstock Resources, Inc.

    1,666       16,760  

ConocoPhillips

    24,130       3,031,211  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    710       58,760  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    17,311       473,629  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    719       21,843  

Devon Energy Corp.

    15,825       809,923  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    3,573       718,637  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    1,253       77,937  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    5,869       775,471  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    7,117       96,293  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    78,379     $ 9,269,884  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    5,643       306,133  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    39,378       719,830  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    3,814       95,617  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    33,078       888,144  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    1,698       75,799  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A

    480       12,576  

ONEOK, Inc.

    7,706       609,699  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    4,493       230,581  

Phillips 66

    8,144       1,166,302  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    4,981       1,341,483  

Targa Resources Corp.

    2,025       230,972  

Valero Energy Corp.

    11,536       1,844,260  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    16,245       623,158  
   

 

 

 
       31,495,783  
Pharmaceuticals — 4.9%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    80,949       3,556,899  

Johnson & Johnson

    35,795       5,175,599  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    25,330       3,273,143  

Organon & Co.

    6,106       113,633  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    2,022       66,038  

Pfizer, Inc.

    145,342       3,723,662  

Viatris, Inc.

    21,054       243,595  
   

 

 

 
      16,152,569  
Professional Services — 0.6%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    5,377       1,300,642  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,917       144,638  

Paychex, Inc.

    3,901       463,478  

Robert Half, Inc.

    2,358       163,032  
   

 

 

 
      2,071,790  
Residential REITs — 0.5%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    5,559       213,354  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    1,338       253,645  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    1,702       102,614  

Equity Residential

    5,825       375,130  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    1,110       273,337  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    6,366       217,717  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    1,652       214,760  
   

 

 

 
      1,650,557  
Retail REITs — 0.6%  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    4,892       108,113  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    560       58,335  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    12,257       228,348  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    3,847       83,865  

Macerich Co. (The)

    3,908       53,774  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    2,466       99,947  

Regency Centers Corp.

    2,901       171,797  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    7,020       986,521  

SITE Centers Corp.

    3,159       42,615  
   

 

 

 
      1,833,315  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 12.6%  

Broadcom, Inc.

    12,144       15,790,479  

Intel Corp.

    56,028       1,707,173  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    14,199       3,637,642  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    56,087       9,302,029  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    12,896       1,374,585  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    57,439       10,133,388  
   

 

 

 
      41,945,296  
Software — 0.3%  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    56,642       1,140,770  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialized REITs — 1.1%  

American Tower Corp.

    3,478     $ 596,686  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    9,452       886,408  

EPR Properties

    2,180       88,486  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    2,725       365,913  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    1,834       78,367  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    3,543       274,653  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    1,414       163,812  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    1,509       60,375  

Public Storage

    2,524       654,852  

Rayonier, Inc.

    1,390       41,227  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    9,498       286,555  
   

 

 

 
      3,497,334  
Specialty Retail — 3.4%  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    2,989       72,513  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    1,766       354,860  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    3,380       69,358  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    15,950       5,330,809  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    21,954       5,005,292  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    621       94,957  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    1,319       378,263  
   

 

 

 
       11,306,052  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.6%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    88,955       1,512,235  

NetApp, Inc.

    20,387       2,083,755  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    20,429       1,755,056  
   

 

 

 
      5,351,046  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    939       58,274  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    1,243       203,404  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    1,927       77,870  

Tapestry, Inc.

    8,955       357,484  

VF Corp.

    8,610       107,281  
   

 

 

 
      804,313  
Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 2.0%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    75,868     $ 3,323,777  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    33,951       3,223,308  
   

 

 

 
      6,547,085  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%  

Fastenal Co.

    4,855       329,849  

Ferguson PLC

    3,364       706,103  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    425       60,788  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    1,192       108,758  

Watsco, Inc.

    356       159,388  
   

 

 

 
      1,364,886  
Water Utilities — 0.0%  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    1,238       45,286  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $307,689,807)

      330,799,891  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 0.3%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,
5.28%(a)(b)

    806,429       806,429  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $806,429)

      806,429  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $308,496,236)

      331,606,320  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

      479,806  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  332,086,126  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

 
     Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
    Shares
Held at
04/30/24
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 
 

 

 
  BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)   $     $     $     $     $     $           $ 9 (b)     $  
  BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares     859,810             (53,381 )(c)                  806,429       806,429       43,586        
  BlackRock, Inc.     1,322,935       535,789       (349,525     (26,788     164,213       1,646,624       2,182       36,276        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (26,788   $ 164,213     $ 2,453,053       $ 79,871     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (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) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend 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
Micro E-Mini S&P 500 Index

    48       06/21/24     $ 1,216     $ (36,577
       

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

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

 

 
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments              

Futures contracts
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $     $     $ 36,577     $     $     $     $ 36,577  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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   $     $     $ 205,313     $     $     $     $ 205,313  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:              
Futures contracts   $     $     $ (54,406   $     $     $     $ (54,406
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts
Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 1,029,305  

 

 

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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend 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

   $ 330,799,891      $      $      $ 330,799,891  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     806,429                      806,429  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  331,606,320      $      —      $      —      $  331,606,320  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (36,577    $      $      $ (36,577
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.4%  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    50,889     $ 4,873,640  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    9,464       2,398,367  

General Dynamics Corp.

    294,167       84,452,404  

HEICO Corp.

    3,786       785,217  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    7,458       1,236,909  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    44,870       12,425,849  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    241,041       51,594,826  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    396,528       184,357,763  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    155,325       75,337,285  

RTX Corp.

    2,208,043       224,160,525  
   

 

 

 
       641,622,785  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    251,966       17,889,586  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    105,269       11,717,493  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    1,967,392       290,150,972  
   

 

 

 
       319,758,051  
Automobile Components — 0.0%  

Gentex Corp.

    193,762       6,646,037  

LCI Industries

    56,834       5,909,599  
   

 

 

 
       12,555,636  
Automobiles — 0.0%  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    57,199       5,686,725  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 7.2%  

BancFirst Corp.

    25,514       2,275,083  

Bank of America Corp.

    11,835,212       438,021,196  

Bank OZK

    237,954       10,624,646  

BOK Financial Corp.

    44,679       3,964,368  

Cadence Bank

    145,900       4,037,053  

Cathay General Bancorp.

    153,149       5,274,452  

Citigroup, Inc.

    4,477,562       274,608,878  

Comerica, Inc.

    464,604       23,309,183  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    165,408       9,044,509  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    101,724       4,396,511  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    128,535       13,411,342  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    256,527       19,108,696  

First Bancorp.

    340,696       5,877,006  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    222,060       6,564,094  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    245,492       8,881,901  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    377,559       8,940,597  

Independent Bank Corp.

    67,804       3,406,473  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    4,056,518       777,796,761  

M&T Bank Corp.

    389,215       56,198,754  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    1,043,118       159,868,265  

Popular, Inc.

    126,566       10,756,844  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    208,855       12,942,744  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    68,676       4,049,137  

SouthState Corp.

    117,069       8,862,123  

UMB Financial Corp.

    53,990       4,300,843  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    238,669       6,021,619  

Western Alliance Bancorp.

    162,151       9,215,041  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    70,884       6,850,230  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    31,138       1,330,527  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    375,480       15,312,074  
   

 

 

 
       1,915,250,950  
Beverages — 3.8%  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    46,271       2,270,518  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    298,976       14,306,002  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    7,711,356       476,330,460  
Security   Shares      Value  
Beverages (continued)  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    142,224      $ 36,048,095  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    2,716,322        477,828,203  
    

 

 

 
        1,006,783,278  
Biotechnology — 4.3%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    3,847,655        625,782,609  

Amgen, Inc.

    1,108,301        303,607,976  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    3,275,631        213,571,141  
    

 

 

 
        1,142,961,726  
Broadline Retail — 0.1%  

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

    880        385,431  

eBay, Inc.

    656,633        33,842,865  
    

 

 

 
        34,228,296  
Building Products — 0.6%  

A. O. Smith Corp.

    118,484        9,815,215  

AAON, Inc.

    21,801        2,051,256  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    15,142        2,377,294  

Allegion PLC

    78,578        9,551,942  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    26,003        2,987,225  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    29,338        11,390,478  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    4,896        1,163,388  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    99,034        7,239,385  

Lennox International, Inc.

    19,150        8,874,493  

Masco Corp.

    217,698        14,901,428  

Owens Corning

    90,263        15,183,139  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    13,779        2,396,030  

Trane Technologies PLC

    169,783        53,878,937  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    45,755        5,156,589  
    

 

 

 
        146,966,799  
Capital Markets — 6.4%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    84,038        34,606,008  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    241,903        32,194,870  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    1,452,575        82,055,962  

BlackRock, Inc.(a)

    219,790        165,862,326  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    2,187,857        458,662,341  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    35,585        6,458,677  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    20,743        8,647,549  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    581,075        247,950,513  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    41,230        4,606,216  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    62,508        7,969,145  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    438,435        56,452,891  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    286,145        12,321,404  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    34,470        6,897,102  

Moody’s Corp.

    88,431        32,748,652  

Morgan Stanley

    3,200,843        290,764,578  

Morningstar, Inc.

    8,856        2,503,148  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    58,877        27,424,318  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    388,663        23,261,481  

Northern Trust Corp.

    484,704        39,934,763  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    178,495        21,776,390  

S&P Global, Inc.

    170,750        71,002,972  

SEI Investments Co.

    95,127        6,273,626  

State Street Corp.

    753,079        54,590,697  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    140,937        11,263,685  
    

 

 

 
        1,706,229,314  
Chemicals — 2.0%  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    407,218        96,241,902  

Albemarle Corp.

    100,247        12,060,717  

Ashland, Inc.

    52,648        5,018,934  

Avient Corp.

    154,391        6,549,266  

Balchem Corp.

    11,419        1,614,418  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Chemicals (continued)  

Cabot Corp.

    65,354      $ 5,962,246  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    121,669        18,689,575  

Corteva, Inc.

    533,237        28,864,119  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    281,411        26,576,455  

Ecolab, Inc.

    161,092        36,430,956  

FMC Corp.

    300,289        17,720,054  

HB Fuller Co.

    37,003        2,764,494  

Innospec, Inc.

    21,135        2,536,200  

Linde PLC

    338,833        149,411,800  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    530,570        16,654,592  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    278,291        35,899,539  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    8,221        1,533,463  

RPM International, Inc.

    124,252        13,283,781  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    127,725        38,267,687  

Westlake Corp.

    33,223        4,895,741  
    

 

 

 
        520,975,939  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%  

ABM Industries, Inc.

    92,123        4,025,775  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    46,059        2,717,481  

Cintas Corp.

    48,266        31,775,438  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    24,893        4,490,697  

Republic Services, Inc.

    152,490        29,232,333  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    20,715        4,033,625  

Waste Management, Inc.

    316,281        65,792,774  
    

 

 

 
        142,068,123  
Communications Equipment — 1.6%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    8,205,053        385,473,390  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    123,256        41,802,272  
    

 

 

 
        427,275,662  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    7,297        2,257,764  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    285,884        7,061,335  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    14,805        3,827,981  
    

 

 

 
        13,147,080  
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    19,239        11,294,640  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    52,856        13,617,291  
    

 

 

 
        24,911,931  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%  

American Express Co.

    401,841        94,042,849  

Discover Financial Services

    374,658        47,480,408  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    30,906        3,491,760  

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    16,370        1,541,727  

Synchrony Financial

    609,860        26,821,643  
    

 

 

 
        173,378,387  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.2%  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    14,864        4,750,237  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    149,048        107,746,799  

Dollar General Corp.

    212,062        29,516,910  

Kroger Co. (The)

    977,085        54,110,967  

Sysco Corp.

    804,214        59,769,185  

Target Corp.

    744,271        119,812,746  

Walmart, Inc.

    3,475,567        206,274,901  
    

 

 

 
        581,981,745  
Containers & Packaging — 0.2%  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    47,841        6,907,284  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    77,548        16,849,629  
Security   Shares      Value  
Containers & Packaging (continued)  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    86,353      $ 4,029,231  

Sonoco Products Co.

    222,810        12,488,501  
    

 

 

 
        40,274,645  
Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    239,073        37,584,666  

Pool Corp.

    26,130        9,472,909  
    

 

 

 
        47,057,575  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    2,623        1,839,693  

H&R Block, Inc.

    248,490        11,736,183  

Service Corp. International

    142,876        10,245,638  
    

 

 

 
        23,821,514  
Electric Utilities — 4.7%  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    639,099        31,827,130  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,403,800        120,768,914  

Duke Energy Corp.

    2,137,898        210,069,858  

Edison International

    1,115,986        79,301,965  

Entergy Corp.

    590,523        62,991,088  

Eversource Energy

    1,026,061        62,199,818  

IDACORP, Inc.

    121,592        11,524,490  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    49,567        3,882,088  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    4,839,223        324,082,764  

Otter Tail Corp.

    58,276        4,974,439  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    365,938        26,951,334  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    228,867        8,481,811  

Portland General Electric Co.

    302,990        13,098,258  

Southern Co. (The)

    2,723,462        200,174,457  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    1,507,991        81,024,356  
    

 

 

 
        1,241,352,770  
Electrical Equipment — 0.9%  

AMETEK, Inc.

    81,709        14,271,294  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    294,587        93,755,259  

Emerson Electric Co.

    693,220        74,715,252  

Hubbell, Inc.

    39,578        14,664,440  

nVent Electric PLC

    115,695        8,338,139  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    35,488        5,726,698  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    125,288        33,948,036  
    

 

 

 
        245,419,118  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    295,201        35,651,425  

Avnet, Inc.

    143,516        7,013,627  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    12,849        2,350,339  

CDW Corp.

    85,850        20,763,681  

Cognex Corp.

    81,483        3,384,804  

Corning, Inc.

    1,679,272        56,054,099  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    16,408        3,784,341  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    50,267        5,923,463  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    320,408        45,331,324  
    

 

 

 
        180,257,103  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%  

Cactus, Inc., Class A

    45,274        2,247,401  
    

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.8%  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    526,082        19,417,687  

Essent Group Ltd.

    134,628        7,131,245  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    1,122,137        76,215,545  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    56,621        9,211,671  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    295,233        133,209,130  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    405,355        8,220,599  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    746,198        200,436,245  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Financial Services (continued)  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    156,583      $ 10,672,697  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    57,964        5,311,241  
    

 

 

 
        469,826,060  
Food Products — 1.6%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    1,248,792        73,254,139  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    488,887        12,192,842  

Hershey Co. (The)

    270,879        52,528,856  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    607,904        21,617,066  

Ingredion, Inc.

    111,095        12,730,376  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    19,709        2,705,848  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    238,987        27,447,657  

Kellanova

    700,507        40,531,335  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    130,045        10,837,950  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    24,157        4,609,397  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    395,232        30,061,346  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    2,055,852        147,897,993  
    

 

 

 
        436,414,805  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    264,893        31,230,885  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    220,592        11,713,435  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    246,386        10,764,604  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    141,543        9,132,355  

Spire, Inc.

    167,753        10,365,458  
    

 

 

 
        73,206,737  
Ground Transportation — 1.3%  

CSX Corp.

    1,584,846        52,648,584  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    43,661        7,097,969  

Landstar System, Inc.

    16,241        2,832,593  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    305,468        70,355,390  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    44,610        8,106,083  

Ryder System, Inc.

    73,462        8,951,345  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    39,634        819,631  

Union Pacific Corp.

    802,987        190,436,397  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    53,331        1,823,920  
    

 

 

 
        343,071,912  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4%  

Abbott Laboratories

    2,034,818        215,629,664  

Baxter International, Inc.

    874,457        35,301,829  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    285,133        66,892,202  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    216,601        6,500,196  

Medtronic PLC

    2,731,136        219,146,353  

ResMed, Inc.

    97,864        20,941,917  

STERIS PLC

    57,302        11,721,697  

Stryker Corp.

    199,990        67,296,635  
    

 

 

 
        643,430,493  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    285,258        29,392,984  

Cencora, Inc.

    87,221        20,850,180  

Chemed Corp.

    2,822        1,602,896  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    166,667        88,096,843  

Ensign Group, Inc. (The)

    8,904        1,053,877  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    94,380        29,240,812  

Humana, Inc.

    77,402        23,382,370  

McKesson Corp.

    39,566        21,255,251  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    160,565        22,186,872  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    935,757        452,625,661  
    

 

 

 
        689,687,746  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0%  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    16,000        2,064,000  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    24,071        12,740,058  
Security   Shares      Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

McDonald’s Corp.

    1,047,985      $ 286,141,824  

Starbucks Corp.

    1,797,934        159,099,180  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    62,037        9,974,309  

Wingstop, Inc.

    4,211        1,620,351  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    344,197        48,617,826  
    

 

 

 
        520,257,548  
Household Durables — 0.2%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    155,329        22,132,829  

Garmin Ltd.

    205,028        29,620,395  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    98,723        10,999,717  

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.

    48,477        2,770,945  
    

 

 

 
        65,523,886  
Household Products — 3.1%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    174,704        18,848,815  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,154,096        106,084,504  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    811,783        110,832,733  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    3,531,364        576,318,605  

WD-40 Co.

    12,256        2,771,449  
    

 

 

 
        814,856,106  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

AES Corp. (The)

    1,817,944        32,541,198  

Vistra Corp.

    296,803        22,509,539  
    

 

 

 
        55,050,737  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    903,950        174,218,284  
    

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.1%  

Aflac, Inc.

    828,761        69,325,858  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    378,967        64,447,128  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    100,311        12,814,730  

Aon PLC, Class A

    98,977        27,912,504  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    132,482        31,092,201  

Assurant, Inc.

    56,629        9,876,098  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    44,560        3,417,752  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    139,790        8,573,321  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    91,110        7,429,109  

Chubb Ltd.

    333,463        82,912,240  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    252,269        29,185,001  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    172,366        4,538,397  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    19,928        7,625,648  

Everest Group Ltd.

    51,732        18,955,122  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    481,733        23,845,783  

First American Financial Corp.

    239,980        12,855,729  

Globe Life, Inc.

    46,324        3,528,499  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    58,774        7,630,041  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    343,486        33,280,358  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    2,631        955,711  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    439,677        87,684,784  

MetLife, Inc.

    1,147,963        81,597,210  

Old Republic International Corp.

    557,902        16,658,954  

Primerica, Inc.

    26,932        5,705,813  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    503,559        39,851,659  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    75,380        14,095,306  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    20,599        4,516,331  

RLI Corp.

    21,297        3,010,331  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    53,731        5,461,756  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    264,286        56,070,918  

Unum Group

    340,275        17,251,942  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    68,133        5,244,197  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    79,778        20,035,447  
    

 

 

 
        817,385,878  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
IT Services — 1.8%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    540,654      $ 162,688,195  

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,967,200        326,948,640  
    

 

 

 
        489,636,835  
Leisure Products — 0.1%  

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    28,232        1,721,587  

Brunswick Corp.

    83,059        6,697,878  

Polaris, Inc.

    94,627        8,058,435  
    

 

 

 
        16,477,900  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    119,297        16,348,461  

Danaher Corp.

    163,905        40,422,251  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    58,458        33,246,234  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    10,097        3,609,475  
    

 

 

 
        93,626,421  
Machinery — 2.4%  

AGCO Corp.

    41,762        4,768,803  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    21,682        1,729,140  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    501,980        167,947,449  

Cummins, Inc.

    212,551        60,043,532  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    104,900        7,573,780  

Dover Corp.

    106,631        19,118,938  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    25,535        2,458,254  

Graco, Inc.

    119,237        9,562,807  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    82,425        3,933,321  

IDEX Corp.

    50,198        11,066,651  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    410,750        100,268,182  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    21,298        1,987,529  

ITT, Inc.

    47,525        6,146,883  

Kadant, Inc.

    3,510        961,003  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    40,767        8,949,580  

Nordson Corp.

    33,452        8,636,972  

Oshkosh Corp.

    63,316        7,108,487  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    373,851        34,095,211  

PACCAR, Inc.

    305,824        32,450,985  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    87,442        47,648,020  

Pentair PLC

    122,715        9,705,529  

Snap-on, Inc.

    87,611        23,476,244  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    351,509        32,127,923  

Terex Corp.

    54,395        3,048,840  

Timken Co. (The)

    70,756        6,312,850  

Toro Co. (The)

    96,628        8,463,647  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    12,749        2,530,167  

Xylem, Inc.

    175,573        22,947,391  
    

 

 

 
        645,068,118  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%  

Matson, Inc.

    29,604        3,190,719  
    

 

 

 
Media — 1.3%  

Cable One, Inc.

    7,845        3,089,753  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    6,940,270        264,493,690  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    1,014,019        30,866,738  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    101,931        4,386,091  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    86,989        13,923,459  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    377,496        35,046,729  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    1,022,354        3,005,721  
    

 

 

 
        354,812,181  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%  

Nucor Corp.

    182,440        30,746,613  

Reliance, Inc.

    45,591        12,980,670  
Security   Shares      Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    60,647      $ 7,285,524  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    131,043        17,051,315  
    

 

 

 
        68,064,122  
Multi-Utilities — 1.8%  

Ameren Corp.

    547,065        40,411,692  

CMS Energy Corp.

    636,086        38,553,172  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    811,878        76,641,283  

DTE Energy Co.

    478,811        52,822,430  

NiSource, Inc.

    1,127,448        31,410,701  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    1,113,281        76,905,451  

Sempra

    1,349,524        96,666,404  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    828,715        68,485,008  
    

 

 

 
        481,896,141  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.5%  

Chevron Corp.

    5,182,509        835,783,227  

ConocoPhillips

    2,086,739        262,136,153  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    1,157,357        152,921,580  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    7,278,807        860,864,504  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    393,523        20,195,600  

Phillips 66

    781,632        111,937,519  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    10,324        5,949,721  
    

 

 

 
        2,249,788,304  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    62,252        4,556,224  
    

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.0%  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    22,090        2,570,834  
    

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.7%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    5,822,403        255,836,388  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    358,601        280,103,241  

Johnson & Johnson

    4,576,777        661,756,187  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    4,013,961        518,684,040  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    336,573        10,992,474  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    276,401        44,014,095  
    

 

 

 
        1,771,386,425  
Professional Services — 1.0%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    600,712        145,306,226  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    107,635        15,894,461  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    115,275        22,295,338  

Exponent, Inc.

    38,876        3,573,093  

Genpact Ltd.

    154,261        4,741,983  

Insperity, Inc.

    48,777        5,020,617  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    61,959        8,892,975  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    124,552        9,397,448  

Robert Half, Inc.

    177,940        12,302,772  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    210,080        13,001,851  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    53,566        11,675,245  
    

 

 

 
        252,102,009  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.9%  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    566,785        113,702,739  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    320,690        63,705,068  

Broadcom, Inc.

    463,473        602,640,038  

KLA Corp.

    70,075        48,301,997  

Lam Research Corp.

    68,216        61,013,072  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    692,428        63,689,527  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    15,723        10,523,876  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    264,835        67,848,079  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    39,510        2,636,107  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,350,188        223,928,680  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    263,793      $ 28,117,696  

Universal Display Corp.

    23,889        3,773,984  
    

 

 

 
        1,289,880,863  
Software — 3.8%  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    55,496        4,309,819  

Intuit, Inc.

    93,909        58,751,349  

Microsoft Corp.

    1,982,517        771,853,344  

Oracle Corp.

    1,446,151        164,499,676  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    35,086        17,945,085  
    

 

 

 
        1,017,359,273  
Specialty Retail — 2.7%  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    82,029        16,482,907  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    5,916        1,739,422  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    1,401,575        468,434,397  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    13,112        3,335,431  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    667,861        152,265,629  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    28,926        4,423,075  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    180,806        23,423,417  

Tractor Supply Co.

    121,259        33,113,408  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    58,258        16,707,229  
    

 

 

 
        719,924,915  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.3%  

Apple Inc.

    4,577,130        779,622,553  

HP, Inc.

    2,008,693        56,424,186  

NetApp, Inc.

    254,809        26,044,028  
    

 

 

 
        862,090,767  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  

Carter’s, Inc.

    82,404        5,637,258  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    34,326        2,733,379  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    120,705        7,490,952  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    1,142,242        105,383,247  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    99,894        4,036,717  
    

 

 

 
        125,281,553  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%  

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    130,544        6,558,531  
Security   Shares      Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    21,155      $ 3,876,654  

Boise Cascade Co.

    17,524        2,317,899  

Fastenal Co.

    762,899        51,831,358  

Ferguson PLC

    202,912        42,591,229  

GATX Corp.

    39,705        4,858,304  

McGrath RentCorp

    27,428        2,925,470  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    99,042        9,036,592  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    61,025        2,680,218  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    9,950        407,055  

Watsco, Inc.

    53,867        24,117,333  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    21,810        20,094,643  
    

 

 

 
        171,295,286  
Water Utilities — 0.2%  

American States Water Co.

    56,973        4,035,967  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    292,881        35,825,204  

California Water Service Group

    86,726        4,259,981  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    562,656        20,581,957  
    

 

 

 
        64,703,109  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $21,651,851,964)

        26,382,854,744  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 0.3%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(a)(b)

    72,964,605        72,964,605  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $72,964,605)

 

     72,964,605  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $21,724,816,569)

 

     26,455,819,349  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

     28,219,475  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 26,484,038,824  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

 
     Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sales
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
   

Shares

Held at
04/30/24

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying
Funds

 
 

 

 
 

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

  $ 644,774     $ —        $ (640,471 )(b)    $ (4,303)     $ —      $ —        —      $ 942,446 (c)    $  
 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL
Agency Shares

    46,636,422       26,328,183 (b)      —        —        —        72,964,605       72,964,605       3,137,753        
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    162,805,601       24,926,507       (44,511,786     6,414,845       16,227,159       165,862,326       219,790       4,894,684        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $  6,410,542     $  16,227,159     $  238,826,931       $ 8,974,883     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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

     383        06/21/24      $ 97,033      $ (2,203,914)  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

 

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

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

             

Futures contracts
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $     $     $ 2,203,914     $     $     $     $ 2,203,914  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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

  $     $     $  19,670,097     $     $     $     $  19,670,097  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

             

Futures contracts

  $     $     $ (6,815,274   $     $     $     $ (6,815,274
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts
Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 87,997,925  

 

 

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

   $ 26,382,854,744     $     $      $ 26,382,854,744  
  

 Short-Term Securities
 Money Market Funds

     72,964,605                    72,964,605  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 26,455,819,349     $     $      $ 26,455,819,349  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)
Liabilities
  Equity Contracts

   $ (2,203,914   $     $      $ (2,203,914
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core High Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    325,927     $  151,533,240  
   

 

 

 

Banks — 4.0%

   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    857,451       131,412,940  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    4,615,333       273,781,554  
   

 

 

 
      405,194,494  

Beverages — 8.2%

   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    6,338,581       391,534,148  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    1,483,658       49,999,275  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    2,232,772       392,766,923  
   

 

 

 
      834,300,346  

Biotechnology — 5.0%

   

AbbVie, Inc.

    3,162,771       514,393,075  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 2.4%

   

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    217,170       8,888,768  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,146,456       133,688,234  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    322,268       14,437,606  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    40,631       2,794,600  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    666,835       15,230,512  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    336,577       10,507,934  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    161,036       7,903,647  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    483,667       52,995,393  
   

 

 

 
      246,446,694  

Chemicals — 2.4%

   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    334,833       79,134,431  

Dow, Inc.

    1,805,105       102,710,474  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    677,075       67,687,188  
   

 

 

 
      249,532,093  

Communications Equipment — 3.1%

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    6,744,409       316,852,335  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.4%

   

Amcor PLC

    4,096,506       36,622,764  
   

 

 

 

Distributors — 0.3%

   

Genuine Parts Co.

    195,351       30,711,131  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.7%

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    14,651,343       578,581,535  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 5.4%

   

Alliant Energy Corp.

    522,338       26,012,432  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,153,938       99,273,286  

Duke Energy Corp.

    1,757,303       172,672,593  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    1,178,478       45,182,847  

IDACORP, Inc.

    99,717       9,451,177  

PPL Corp.

    1,379,606       37,883,981  

Southern Co. (The)

    2,238,612       164,537,982  
   

 

 

 
      555,014,298  

Financial Services — 0.3%

   

Radian Group, Inc.

    262,497       7,840,785  

Western Union Co. (The)

    1,305,538       17,546,431  
   

 

 

 
      25,387,216  

Food Products — 1.3%

   

General Mills, Inc.

    1,072,802       75,589,629  

Hershey Co. (The)

    222,623       43,171,052  

Ingredion, Inc.

    91,589       10,495,184  
   

 

 

 
      129,255,865  
Security   Shares      Value  

Gas Utilities — 0.3%

    

Atmos Energy Corp.

    216,525      $ 25,528,297  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    202,152        8,832,021  
    

 

 

 
       34,360,318  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%

    

Medtronic PLC

    2,245,014        180,139,923  
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%

    

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    187,257        28,727,096  
    

 

 

 

Household Products — 1.2%

    

Clorox Co. (The)

    206,450        30,527,762  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    667,270        91,102,373  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    73,448        2,102,816  
    

 

 

 
       123,732,951  

Insurance — 0.4%

    

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    206,189        23,854,005  

Old Republic International Corp.

    457,594        13,663,757  
    

 

 

 
       37,517,762  

IT Services — 2.6%

    

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,616,989        268,743,572  
    

 

 

 

Media — 2.1%

    

Comcast Corp., Class A

    5,704,820        217,410,690  
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 2.9%

    

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    931,752        27,151,253  

DTE Energy Co.

    393,526        43,413,788  

NiSource, Inc.

    921,617        25,676,250  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    915,559        63,246,816  

Sempra

    1,109,455        79,470,262  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    677,178        55,961,990  
    

 

 

 
       294,920,359  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 27.0%

    

Antero Midstream Corp.

    1,099,609        15,218,588  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    154,766        13,910,368  

Chevron Corp.

    4,256,444        686,436,724  

Chord Energy Corp.

    132,886        23,518,164  

ConocoPhillips

    1,715,322        215,478,750  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    1,184,955        32,420,369  

Devon Energy Corp.

    2,266,856        116,017,690  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    665,306        133,812,996  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    240,277        14,945,229  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    951,361        125,703,329  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    7,386,209        873,566,938  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    6,518,388        119,156,133  

Phillips 66

    642,441        92,003,976  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    650,143        175,096,513  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    3,113,482        119,433,169  
    

 

 

 
       2,756,718,936  

Pharmaceuticals — 9.5%

    

Johnson & Johnson

    3,762,101        543,962,184  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    3,299,423        426,351,440  
    

 

 

 
       970,313,624  

Professional Services — 0.6%

    

Paychex, Inc.

    498,739        59,255,181  
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%

    

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    217,525        23,185,990  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    1,436,065        253,350,587  
    

 

 

 
       276,536,577  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core High Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Tobacco — 8.1%

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    8,750,333     $ 383,352,089  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    4,631,539       439,718,312  
   

 

 

 
      823,070,401  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

   

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    81,304       7,418,177  
   

 

 

 

Water Utilities — 0.2%

   

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    460,952       16,861,624  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $9,667,618,120)

 

    10,169,552,277  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 0.1%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(a)(b)

    12,064,701       12,064,701  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1%
(Cost: $12,064,701)

 

    12,064,701  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $9,679,682,821)

 

    10,181,616,978  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    10,194,144  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 10,191,811,122  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

 
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
   

Shares

Held at
04/30/24

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying
Funds

 
 

 

 

  

 

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

  $     $ 3,265 (b)     $     $ (3,265)     $     $           $ 2,419 (c)     $  
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL
Agency Shares

    22,682,184             (10,617,483 )(b)                  12,064,701       12,064,701       987,260        
 

BlackRock, Inc.(a)

          200,966,076       (224,482,552     23,516,476                         2,565,445        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 23,513,211     $     $ 12,064,701       $ 3,555,124     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core High Dividend 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

           

E-Mini Consumer Staples Index

     135        06/21/24      $ 10,333      $ 133,152  

E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index

     21        06/21/24        3,989        (78,093

E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index

     67        06/21/24        6,600        378,991  
           

 

 

 
            $ 434,050  
           

 

 

 

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)

   $      $      $ 512,143      $      $      $      $ 512,143  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 78,093      $      $      $      $ 78,093  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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

   $      $      $ 2,965,060      $      $      $      $ 2,965,060  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (1,351,677    $      $      $      $ (1,351,677
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts
Average notional value of contracts — long

  $ 25,262,890  

 

 

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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core High Dividend 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

   $ 10,169,552,277      $      $      $ 10,169,552,277  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     12,064,701                      12,064,701  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  10,181,616,978      $      —      $      —      $  10,181,616,978  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Equity Contracts

   $ 512,143      $      $      $ 512,143  

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

     (78,093                    (78,093
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 434,050      $      $      $ 434,050  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Select Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%            

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    349,220     $ 162,362,855  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 1.4%            

Ford Motor Co.

    20,159,240       244,934,766  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 13.9%            

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    8,802,411       300,250,239  

Comerica, Inc.

    2,986,995       149,857,539  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    6,245,924       227,726,389  

First Horizon Corp.

    12,051,265       179,804,874  

FNB Corp.

    7,936,596       105,874,191  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    18,982,643       255,696,201  

KeyCorp.

    20,660,353       299,368,515  

Regions Financial Corp.

    14,219,701       274,013,638  

Truist Financial Corp.

    8,413,670       315,933,308  

U.S. Bancorp

    5,825,566       236,692,747  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    3,048,347       98,949,344  

Valley National Bancorp

    9,904,663       69,431,688  
   

 

 

 
       2,513,598,673  
Beverages — 0.9%            

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    2,749,065       169,809,745  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.1%            

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    3,008,553       196,157,656  
   

 

 

 
Broadline Retail — 0.3%            

Kohl’s Corp.

    2,377,063       56,906,888  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 4.1%            

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    1,859,359       61,079,943  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    6,213,865       141,924,677  

Invesco Ltd.

    9,910,786       140,435,838  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    2,858,565       89,244,399  

Lazard, Inc.

    2,388,471       91,956,133  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    2,061,453       225,873,405  
   

 

 

 
      750,514,395  
Chemicals — 3.3%            

Chemours Co. (The)

    3,162,095       84,586,041  

FMC Corp.

    2,779,454       164,015,580  

Huntsman Corp.

    3,486,495       83,187,771  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    2,633,275       263,248,502  
   

 

 

 
      595,037,894  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%            

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    2,598,157       135,389,961  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.1%  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    10,929,243       193,775,478  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging — 3.8%            

International Paper Co.

    7,587,432       265,104,874  

Packaging Corp. of America

    857,916       148,402,310  

Sonoco Products Co.

    2,104,505       117,957,505  

Westrock Co.

    3,124,897       149,870,060  
   

 

 

 
      681,334,749  
Distributors — 0.8%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    937,434       147,373,999  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%            

H&R Block, Inc.

    2,789,804       131,762,443  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.6%  

AT&T Inc.

    19,604,174       331,114,499  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    8,327,650       328,858,898  
   

 

 

 
      659,973,397  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 15.9%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    4,244,203     $ 211,361,309  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    2,639,788       227,100,962  

Edison International

    3,525,000       250,486,500  

Entergy Corp.

    2,281,142       243,329,417  

Eversource Energy

    4,213,408       255,416,793  

Exelon Corp.

    5,856,833       220,099,784  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    6,052,045       232,035,405  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,107,631       104,981,266  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    3,335,944       223,408,170  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    2,918,544       212,090,592  

OGE Energy Corp.

    4,358,067       151,007,022  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    2,513,410       185,112,647  

PPL Corp.

    7,489,839       205,670,979  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    3,103,699       166,761,747  
   

 

 

 
       2,888,862,593  
Financial Services — 0.6%            

Western Union Co. (The)

    7,760,448       104,300,421  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 2.7%            

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    9,297,429       286,174,865  

General Mills, Inc.

    2,910,559       205,077,987  
   

 

 

 
      491,252,852  
Gas Utilities — 1.7%            

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    2,167,225       94,686,061  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    1,168,797       87,215,632  

UGI Corp.

    4,550,834       116,319,317  
   

 

 

 
      298,221,010  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%            

McDonald’s Corp.

    393,909       107,552,913  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    3,644,921       72,861,971  
   

 

 

 
      180,414,884  
Household Durables — 2.0%            

Garmin Ltd.

    884,657       127,806,397  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    2,802,354       50,638,537  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    8,742,743       69,417,379  

Whirlpool Corp.

    1,203,429       114,157,275  
   

 

 

 
      362,019,588  
Household Products — 1.3%            

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,729,797       236,169,184  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 6.8%            

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    1,294,919       149,809,179  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    3,756,863       185,964,719  

MetLife, Inc.

    2,217,245       157,601,775  

Old Republic International Corp.

    5,567,134       166,234,621  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    2,175,785       172,191,625  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    2,281,151       252,021,562  

Unum Group

    3,092,503       156,789,902  
   

 

 

 
      1,240,613,383  
IT Services — 0.9%            

International Business Machines Corp.

    970,734       161,335,991  
   

 

 

 
Media — 2.0%            

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    6,514,568       198,303,450  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    1,846,110       171,392,852  
   

 

 

 
      369,696,302  
Metals & Mining — 1.1%            

Newmont Corp.

    5,090,512       206,878,408  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 10.6%            

Avista Corp.

    1,703,022       61,274,732  

Black Hills Corp.

    1,489,507       81,773,934  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Select Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)            

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    5,307,795     $ 154,669,146  

CMS Energy Corp.

    3,206,610       194,352,632  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    6,120,884       312,042,666  

DTE Energy Co.

    1,779,710       196,337,607  

NiSource, Inc.

    8,047,828       224,212,488  

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

    1,363,844       68,792,291  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    3,257,870       225,053,660  

Sempra

    2,428,554       173,957,323  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    2,816,943       232,792,170  
   

 

 

 
       1,925,258,649  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.1%            

Chevron Corp.

    1,406,932       226,895,924  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,785,028       211,115,261  

ONEOK, Inc.

    3,759,747       297,471,183  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,119,973       179,050,083  
   

 

 

 
      914,532,451  
Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%            

Merck & Co., Inc.

    955,724       123,498,655  

Pfizer, Inc.

    11,434,370       292,948,560  
   

 

 

 
      416,447,215  
Specialty Retail — 1.3%            

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,183,243       234,414,015  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.9%            

HP, Inc.

    6,826,936       191,768,632  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,775,174       152,505,199  
   

 

 

 
      344,273,831  
Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 4.6%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    12,098,501     $ 530,035,329  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    3,260,784       309,578,833  
   

 

 

 
      839,614,162  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%            

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    994,334       90,723,034  

Watsco, Inc.

    329,798       147,657,161  
   

 

 

 
      238,380,195  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $18,046,030,663)

       18,091,618,033  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 0.4%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,
5.28%(a)(b)

    64,708,693       64,708,693  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $64,708,693)

      64,708,693  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $18,110,739,356)

      18,156,326,726  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%

      (30,208,664
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 18,126,118,062  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

     Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
   

Shares

Held at
04/30/24

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 
  BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)   $     $ 14,183 (b)     $     $ (14,183   $     $           $ 30,369 (c)    $  
  BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares     30,848,274       33,860,419 (b)                        64,708,693       64,708,693       1,934,089        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (14,183   $     $  64,708,693       $  1,964,458     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Select Dividend 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

       

E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index

    41       06/21/24     $ 4,039     $ 157,517  

E-Mini Financials Select Sector Index

    132       06/21/24       16,516       (128,859

E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index

    180       06/21/24       12,166       451,038  
       

 

 

 
        $ 479,696  
       

 

 

 

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)

  $     $     $  608,555     $     $     $     $ 608,555  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments              

Futures contracts
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $     $     $ 128,859     $     $     $     $ 128,859  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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   $     $     $  9,070,417     $     $     $     $   9,070,417  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:              
Futures contracts   $     $     $ (1,649,859   $     $     $     $ (1,649,859
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 41,967,804  

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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Select Dividend 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

   $ 18,091,618,033      $      $      $ 18,091,618,033  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     64,708,693                      64,708,693  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 18,156,326,726      $      $      $ 18,156,326,726  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Equity Contracts

   $ 608,555      $      $      $ 608,555  

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

     (128,859                    (128,859
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 479,696      $      —      $      —      $ 479,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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

April 30, 2024

 

    

iShares

Core Dividend

ETF

   

iShares

Core Dividend

Growth ETF

    

iShares

Core High

Dividend ETF

   

iShares

Select Dividend ETF

 

ASSETS

        

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)

  $  329,153,267     $  26,216,992,418      $  10,169,552,277     $ 18,091,618,033  

Investments, at value — affiliated(b)

    2,453,053       238,826,931        12,064,701       64,708,693  

Cash

          5,654        1,052       6,674  

Cash pledged:

        

Futures contracts

    58,000       4,565,000        875,000       1,079,000  

Receivables:

        

Securities lending income — affiliated

          4,145               

Capital shares sold

          228,273        34,305        

Dividends — unaffiliated

    476,288       26,440,434        21,327,728       32,142,181  

Dividends — affiliated

    4,023       251,854        65,974       166,835  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    332,144,631       26,487,314,709        10,203,921,037       18,189,721,416  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Bank overdraft

    25,545                     

Payables:

        

Investments purchased

                 11,340,615       57,081,409  

Capital shares redeemed

                       569,520  

Investment advisory fees

    13,760       1,743,885        674,965       5,700,163  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    19,200       1,532,000        94,335       252,262  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    58,505       3,275,885        12,109,915       63,603,354  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

        

NET ASSETS

  $ 332,086,126     $ 26,484,038,824      $ 10,191,811,122     $ 18,126,118,062  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

        

Paid-in capital

  $ 334,797,158     $ 22,751,216,722      $ 11,250,437,278     $ 19,171,321,427  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    (2,711,032     3,732,822,102        (1,058,626,156     (1,045,203,365
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 332,086,126     $ 26,484,038,824      $ 10,191,811,122     $ 18,126,118,062  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

        

Shares outstanding

    7,800,000       473,350,000        94,500,000       151,800,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 42.58     $ 55.95      $ 107.85     $ 119.41  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None        None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 306,050,362     $ 21,518,447,182      $ 9,667,618,120     $ 18,046,030,663  

(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 2,445,874     $ 206,369,387      $ 12,064,701     $ 64,708,693  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended April 30, 2024

 

    

iShares

Core Dividend

ETF

   

iShares

Core Dividend

Growth ETF

   

iShares

Core High

Dividend ETF

   

iShares

Select Dividend ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 8,837,471     $ 630,228,479     $  402,873,503     $ 829,584,909  

Dividends — affiliated

    79,862       8,032,437       3,552,705       1,934,089  

Interest — unaffiliated

    139       21,361       9,521       32,652  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    9       942,446       2,419       30,369  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (8,866     (222,711            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    8,908,615       639,002,012       406,438,148       831,582,019  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    136,678       19,580,231       8,224,956       71,884,231  

Interest expense

    5       61       257       153  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    136,683       19,580,292       8,225,213       71,884,384  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    8,771,932       619,421,720       398,212,935       759,697,635  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    605,127       185,060,626       (78,052,675     177,204,889  

Investments — affiliated

    (39,269     1,463,600       23,486,723       (14,183

Futures contracts

    205,313       19,670,097       2,965,060       9,070,417  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    3,852,975       539,142,844       225,374,702       787,160,997  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    12,481       4,946,942       26,488        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    4,636,627       750,284,109       173,800,298       973,422,120  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    30,090,430       1,633,541,373       271,307,458       (846,347,981

Investments — affiliated

    164,213       16,227,159              

Futures contracts

    (54,406     (6,815,274     (1,351,677     (1,649,859
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    30,200,237       1,642,953,258       269,955,781       (847,997,840
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    34,836,864       2,393,237,367       443,756,079       125,424,280  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  43,608,796     $  3,012,659,087     $ 841,969,014     $ 885,121,915  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(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 Dividend ETF     iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF  
     Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
   

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 8,771,932     $ 6,460,263     $ 619,421,720     $ 575,258,915  

Net realized gain (loss)

    4,636,627       (12,617,681     750,284,109       248,197,630  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    30,200,237       (962,486     1,642,953,258       (65,720,886
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    43,608,796       (7,119,904     3,012,659,087       757,735,659  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (8,487,745     (6,069,221     (616,886,891     (566,321,278
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    36,265,594       13,625,180       577,063,593       576,990,646  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    71,386,645       436,055       2,972,835,789       768,405,027  

Beginning of year

    260,699,481       260,263,426       23,511,203,035       22,742,798,008  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  332,086,126     $  260,699,481     $  26,484,038,824     $  23,511,203,035  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 High Dividend ETF     iShares Select Dividend ETF  
    

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

   

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 398,212,935     $ 467,160,044     $ 759,697,635     $ 779,187,674  

Net realized gain

    173,800,298       187,210,528       973,422,120       684,182,466  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    269,955,781       (426,134,339     (847,997,840     (1,827,432,545
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    841,969,014       228,236,233       885,121,915       (364,062,405
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (372,509,745     (476,667,345     (737,378,830     (783,757,169
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

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

    (1,415,312,932     1,755,194,226       (3,444,012,541     908,270,822  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (945,853,663     1,506,763,114       (3,296,269,456     (239,548,752

Beginning of year

    11,137,664,785       9,630,901,671       21,422,387,518       21,661,936,270  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  10,191,811,122     $  11,137,664,785     $  18,126,118,062     $  21,422,387,518  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 Dividend ETF

 
     Year Ended
04/30/24
     Year Ended
04/30/23
    Year Ended
04/30/22
    Year Ended
04/30/21
    Year Ended
04/30/20
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 37.51      $ 39.14     $ 38.39     $ 25.94     $ 27.96  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.27        0.96       0.77       0.70       0.64  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    5.04        (1.68     0.68       12.43       (2.02
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    6.31        (0.72     1.45       13.13       (1.38
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.24      (0.91     (0.70     (0.68     (0.64
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 42.58      $ 37.51     $ 39.14     $ 38.39     $ 25.94  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

          

Based on net asset value

    17.14      (1.75 )%      3.71     51.33     (4.95 )% 
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

          

Total expenses

    0.05      0.15     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.21      2.54     1.87     2.20     2.31
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  332,086      $  260,699     $  260,263     $  67,180     $  24,645  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    36      65     25     30     33
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF  
     
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
 
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 50.88     $ 50.58     $ 49.87     $ 36.39     $ 38.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.33       1.22       1.10       1.08       0.99  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    5.07       0.28       0.68       13.44       (1.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    6.40       1.50       1.78       14.52       (0.78
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.33     (1.20     (1.07     (1.04     (0.96
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 55.95     $ 50.88     $ 50.58     $ 49.87     $ 36.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

    12.77     3.13     3.51     40.52     (2.05 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses

    0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.53     2.47     2.10     2.53     2.55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  26,484,039     $  23,511,203     $  22,742,798     $  18,403,156     $  9,355,727  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    25     30     22     31     24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

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

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core High Dividend ETF  
     
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
 
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 102.75     $ 103.67     $ 95.59     $ 81.85     $ 95.42  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    3.95       3.95       3.68       3.56       3.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    4.84       (0.88     7.80       13.72       (13.51
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    8.79       3.07       11.48       17.28       (10.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (3.69     (3.99     (3.40     (3.54     (3.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 107.85     $ 102.75     $ 103.67     $ 95.59     $ 81.85  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

    8.82     3.16     12.21     21.70     (10.86 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses

    0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.87     3.86     3.68     4.13     3.53
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  10,191,811     $  11,137,665     $  9,630,902     $  6,839,327     $  6,036,798  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    67     74     74     75     62
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Select Dividend ETF  
     Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
    Year Ended
04/30/22
    Year Ended
04/30/21
    Year Ended
04/30/20
 
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 117.61     $ 123.50     $ 118.37     $ 80.66     $ 101.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    4.60       4.24       3.91       3.51       3.51  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    1.67       (5.87     4.97       37.74       (20.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    6.27       (1.63     8.88       41.25       (16.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (4.47     (4.26     (3.75     (3.54     (3.68
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 119.41     $ 117.61     $ 123.50     $ 118.37     $ 80.66  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

    5.58     (1.23 )%      7.63     52.54     (16.96 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses

    0.38     0.38     0.38     0.38     0.39
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.04     3.52     3.23     3.78     3.60
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  18,126,118     $  21,422,388     $  21,666,936     $  18,495,567     $  13,257,023  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    17     15     15     55     6
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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, if any.

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 Dividend

  Diversified

Core Dividend Growth

  Diversified

Core High Dividend

  Non-Diversified

Select Dividend

  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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

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 jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of April 30, 2024, 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.

Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.

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.

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

 

 

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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.

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

 

 

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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.

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  

Core Dividend

    0.05

Core Dividend Growth

    0.08  

Core High Dividend

    0.08  

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

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees  

First $46 billion

    0.4000

Over $46 billion, up to and including $81 billion

    0.3800  

Over $81 billion, up to and including $111 billion

    0.3610  

Over $111 billion, up to and including $141 billion

    0.3430  

Over $141 billion, up to and including $171 billion

    0.3259  

Over $171 billion

    0.3096  

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.

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

 

 

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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, redemption fee, 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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the 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 April 30, 2024, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts  

Core Dividend

  $ 4  

Core Dividend Growth

    223,134  

Core High Dividend

    1,035  

Select Dividend

    9,382  

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 April 30, 2024, 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 Dividend

  $ 43,619,381      $ 42,575,719      $ (1,370,832

Core Dividend Growth

     1,507,904,537         1,481,357,509         113,794,870  

Core High Dividend

    1,482,270,616        1,047,679,320        12,037,035  

Select Dividend

    307,371,074        180,474,645        (4,495,755

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 April 30, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Core Dividend

  $ 99,260,416      $ 98,608,151  

Core Dividend Growth

     6,084,951,766         6,086,170,380  

Core High Dividend

    6,870,047,720        6,834,866,415  

Select Dividend

    3,183,719,131        3,220,700,160  

 

 

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For the year ended April 30, 2024, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF  

In-kind

Purchases

    

In-kind

Sales

 

Core Dividend

  $ 66,783,248      $ 31,110,242  

Core Dividend Growth

     2,294,625,662        1,722,623,010  

Core High Dividend

    654,703,850        2,072,377,256  

Select Dividend

    929,867,557        4,300,682,987  

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 April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024, 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)  

Core Dividend

  $ 3,863,908      $ (3,863,908

Core Dividend Growth

    543,221,001        (543,221,001

Core High Dividend

     223,112,803        (223,112,803

Select Dividend

    783,645,048        (783,645,048

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
April 30, 2024
     Year Ended
April 30, 2023
 

Core Dividend

    

Ordinary income

  $ 8,487,745      $ 6,069,221  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core Dividend Growth

    

Ordinary income

  $  616,886,891      $  566,321,278  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core High Dividend

    

Ordinary income

  $  372,509,745      $  476,667,345  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Select Dividend

    

Ordinary income

  $  737,378,830      $  783,757,169  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  

As of April 30, 2024, 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  

Core Dividend

  $ 1,077,148      $ (26,530,156)      $    22,741,976     $ (2,711,032

Core Dividend Growth

    49,281,100         (1,009,048,248)         4,692,589,250       3,732,822,102  

Core High Dividend

    43,872,818        (1,580,879,478)        478,380,504       (1,058,626,156

Select Dividend

    49,496,952        (1,029,155,503)        (65,544,814      (1,045,203,365

 

(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, the characterization of corporate actions, the timing and recognition of partnership income and the timing and recognition of realized gains (losses) for tax purposes.

 

For the year ended April 30, 2024, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:

 

iShares ETF   Amount Utilized  

Core Dividend

  $ 572,477  

Core Dividend Growth

    189,624,366  

Select Dividend

    154,753,791  

 

 

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As of April 30, 2024, 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 Dividend

  $ 308,863,114      $ 36,072,455      $ (13,329,249   $ 22,743,206  

Core Dividend Growth

     21,763,230,099        5,277,493,558        (584,904,308      4,692,589,250  

Core High Dividend

    9,703,236,474        778,625,550        (300,245,046     478,380,504  

Select Dividend

    18,221,871,540        1,705,180,165        (1,770,724,979     (65,544,814

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 an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

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 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.

Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

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

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic

 

 

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growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.

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:

 

iShares ETF

  Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
 
  Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Core Dividend

       

Shares sold

    1,650,000     $ 67,441,257       3,000,000     $ 113,592,280  

Shares redeemed

    (800,000     (31,175,663     (2,700,000     (99,967,100
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    850,000     $ 36,265,594       300,000     $ 13,625,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core Dividend Growth

       

Shares sold

    44,300,000     $ 2,310,691,239       70,700,000     $ 3,514,986,304  

Shares redeemed

    (33,000,000     (1,733,627,646     (58,300,000     (2,937,995,658
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    11,300,000     $ 577,063,593       12,400,000     $ 576,990,646  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core High Dividend

       

Shares sold

    6,500,000     $ 660,365,834       64,500,000     $ 6,706,128,749  

Shares redeemed

    (20,400,000     (2,075,678,766     (49,000,000     (4,950,934,523
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (13,900,000   $ (1,415,312,932     15,500,000     $ 1,755,194,226  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Select Dividend

       

Shares sold

    8,350,000     $ 959,530,770       48,000,000     $ 5,672,978,227  

Shares redeemed

    (38,700,000     (4,403,543,311     (41,250,000      (4,764,707,405
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (30,350,000   $  (3,444,012,541     6,750,000     $ 908,270,822  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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

Opinion 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 April 30, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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 listed in the table below as of April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Core Dividend ETF

 

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

 

iShares Select Dividend 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 April 30, 2024 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

June 24, 2024

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 April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

 

 

Core Dividend

  $ 8,418,870  

Core Dividend Growth

    631,875,634  

Core High Dividend

    400,227,417  

Select Dividend

    809,554,902  

 

 

The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

 

 

Core Dividend

  $ 357,339  

 

 

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

 

 

Core Dividend

    93.08

Core Dividend Growth

    99.02  

Core High Dividend

    98.26  

Select Dividend

    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 Core Dividend ETF, iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, iShares Core High Dividend ETF and iShares Select Dividend 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 8, 2023 (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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.

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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile.

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)

 

Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs

Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.

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 Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) to be marketed to investors in the EU and/or UK.

Report on Remuneration

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.

Each of the control functions (Enterprise Risk, Legal & Compliance, Finance, Human Resources 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.

The Company is required under the 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. BlackRock bases its proportionality approach on a combination of factors that it is entitled to take into account based on relevant guidelines.

Remuneration information at an individual AIF level is not readily available. Disclosures are provided in relation to (a) the staff of the Company; (b) staff who are senior management; (c) staff who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of the Fund; and (d) staff of companies to which portfolio management and risk management has been formally delegated.

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.

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, 2023 was USD 5.43m. This figure is comprised of fixed remuneration of USD 0.74m and variable remuneration of USD 4.68m. There was a total of 8 beneficiaries of the remuneration described above.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

The amount of the aggregate remuneration awarded by the Company in respect of the Company’s financial year ending December 31, 2023, to its senior management was USD 3.66m, 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 1.77m.

Disclosures Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

iShares Select Dividend 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 Select Dividend 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 (unaudited)

 

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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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 of 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).
Stephen Cohen(b) (1975)    Trustee (since 2024).   

Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

 

(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) 

Stephen Cohen 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).
Laura F. Fergerson (1962)    Trustee (since 2024).   

President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
James Lam (1961)    Trustee (since 2024).   

President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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

Jessica Tan (1980)    President (since 2024).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019).

Trent Walker (1974)    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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).

Aaron Wasserman (1974)    Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023).

Marisa Rolland (1980)    Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022).

Rachel Aguirre (1982)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

Jennifer Hsui (1976)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Officers
     

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

James Mauro (1970)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

 

Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.

 

Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.

 

Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

 

 

 

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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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  APRIL 30, 2024

 

   2024 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | IMCV | NASDAQ

 

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iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | ISCB | NYSE Arca

 

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iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF | ILCB | NYSE Arca

 

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iShares Morningstar Value ETF | ILCV | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.

Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.

Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.

Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.

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 April 30, 2024

 

 
     
      6-Month      12-Month  
   

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

    20.98     22.66
   

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

    19.66       13.32  
   

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

    18.63         9.28  
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging
Markets Index)

    15.40         9.88  
   

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

      2.66         5.36  
   

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

      3.66       (6.40
   

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

      4.97       (1.47
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

      7.06         2.08  
   

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

      8.99         9.01  

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

 

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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

    53  

Statements of Operations

    54  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    55  

Financial Highlights

    57  

Notes to Financial Statements

    61  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    70  

Important Tax Information

    71  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

    72  

Supplemental Information

    73  

Trustee and Officer Information

    74  

General Information

    77  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

    78  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.

The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.

While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.

To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued to decrease 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.

The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.

Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Morningstar 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 Morningstar® US Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    

 Average Annual Total Returns 

        

 Cumulative Total Returns 

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

Fund NAV

     14.49      8.18      8.32        14.49      48.13      122.42

Fund Market

     14.36        8.17        8.31          14.36        48.07        122.14  

Index

     14.58        8.31        8.54            14.58        49.05        126.86  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Mid Value IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM.

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $   1,000.00          $   1,209.20          $    0.33               $   1,000.00          $   1,024.57          $   0.30          0.06%  

 

(a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The financials sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The capital markets industry gained, benefiting from growing institutional acceptance of cryptocurrencies, which promoted increased transactions and drove revenue at cryptocurrency trading platforms. The financial services industry was another source of strength, bolstered by higher earnings from credit operations, which benefited from higher interest rates, and fees for assets under management. Meanwhile, higher premiums, greater income from investments amid higher bond yields, and slowing inflation in claim costs benefited the property and casualty insurance industry. While underwriting losses weighed on profitability in the wake of damaging storms, this was partially offset by premium growth.

The industrials sector was another significant contributor to the Index’s performance. Strong economic growth increased investor confidence that demand would continue to expand, boosting earnings in the sector. Moderating inflation also helped the sector by reducing cost pressures and allowing companies to maintain profitability. The capital goods industry was the leading source of strength, as spending on factory construction increased following passage of federal legislation granting subsidies for certain types of production facilities. The surge in manufacturing construction benefited makers of building products, machinery, manufacturing equipment, and tools.

The information technology sector also contributed to the Index’s return. The technology hardware, storage, and peripherals industry gained, as strong demand for servers optimized for artificial intelligence applications propelled sales in the industry. Continued growth in cloud computing drove increased demand for data storage, benefiting makers of hard drives and memory chips.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    17.7

Industrials

    11.7  

Utilities

    11.4  

Health Care

    9.0  

Consumer Discretionary

    8.9  

Materials

    8.8  

Information Technology

    8.6  

Consumer Staples

    8.2  

Real Estate

    8.0  

Energy

    6.1  

Communication Services

    1.6  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

PACCAR, Inc.

    1.1

Capital One Financial Corp.

    1.1  

General Motors Co.

    1.1  

American International Group, Inc.

    1.1  

Truist Financial Corp.

    1.0  

Ford Motor Co.

    1.0  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    1.0  

ONEOK, Inc.

    1.0  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    1.0  

Newmont Corp.

    0.9  
 

 

(a)  

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Morningstar 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 Morningstar® US Small Cap Extended IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    

 Average Annual Total Returns 

        

 Cumulative Total Returns 

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

Fund NAV

     14.32      5.19      6.44        14.32      28.78      86.67

Fund Market

     14.62        5.17        6.43          14.62        28.68        86.53  

Index

     14.18        5.14        6.50            14.18        28.51        87.65  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Small Core IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Small Cap Extended IndexSM.

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $   1,000.00          $   1,201.00          $    0.22               $   1,000.00          $   1,024.66          $   0.20          0.04%  

 

(a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Small-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The industrials sector contributed the most to the Index’s performance. Strong economic growth bolstered stocks in the sector, which is sensitive to overall conditions in the broader economy. This supportive backdrop led to investor confidence that demand would continue to expand, boosting earnings in the sector. A key measure of confidence among purchasing managers in manufacturing rose to its highest level in nearly two years, as output improved and suppliers’ delivery times shortened. Moderating inflation also helped reduce cost pressures, allowing companies to maintain profitability. The capital goods industry was the leading source of strength, as spending on factory construction increased following passage of federal legislation granting subsidies for certain types of production facilities. The surge in manufacturing construction benefited makers of machinery, building products, manufacturing equipment, and tools.

The financials sector was another strong contributor to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The capital markets industry advanced, as higher short-term interest rates drove increased interest income, bolstering the industry’s revenue. Regional bank stocks also gained, as investor sentiment recovered following a prominent regional bank failure at the beginning of the reporting period.

The information technology sector further aided performance. The software industry advanced, as the U.S. economy continued to expand and the Fed paused its interest rate increases. The rising price of cryptocurrencies late in the reporting period buoyed the stock of a software company with substantial cryptocurrency assets. Amid growth in cloud computing, strong revenue from a multi-cloud software platform designed to simplify integration of products from different vendors bolstered the industry’s earnings.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Industrials

    18.7

Financials

    17.3  

Consumer Discretionary

    14.6  

Health Care

    13.1  

Information Technology

    12.0  

Real Estate

    6.2  

Materials

    5.6  

Energy

    4.6  

Communication Services

    3.0  

Consumer Staples

    2.8  

Utilities

    2.1  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A

    0.4

TopBuild Corp.

    0.3  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    0.3  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.

    0.3  

nVent Electric PLC

    0.3  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    0.3  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.

    0.3  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    0.3  

Natera, Inc.

    0.3  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    0.3  
 

 

(a)  

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that re 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

     23.44      12.48      11.73        23.44      80.06      203.30

Fund Market

     23.48        12.50        11.74          23.48        80.22        203.38  

Index

     23.43        12.58        11.89            23.43        80.84        207.67  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large Core IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap IndexSM.

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
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)

 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $   1,000.00          $   1,214.60          $    0.17               $   1,000.00          $   1,024.71          $   0.15          0.03%  

 

(a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced strongly for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The information technology sector was the largest contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI, which allows users to generate outputs using simple natural language queries, drove investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained the most, as companies purchased specialized chips to provide computing capacity for AI applications, which require substantial processing power. In some cases corporations set up separate budgetary allocations to expedite increased investment in AI technologies. Consequently, industry revenue and earnings grew rapidly.

The software and services industry also advanced, driven by strength among systems software companies. Enthusiasm for AI products benefited a large company in the industry with a significant investment in a prominent consumer-facing AI platform. Integration of AI into already existing productivity software and cloud services also propelled gains, as many customers adopted new AI features to automate certain tasks.

The financials sector also contributed significantly to the Index’s return, as interest rates rose to the highest levels in 22 years while the economy remained fundamentally healthy. The transaction and payment processing services industry advanced, as growth in consumer spending, cross-border transactions, and e-commerce sales increased earnings at companies that manage consumer payments.

The communication services sector further aided performance, led by the interactive media and services industry. Growth in the online advertising market drove large increases in both revenue and income, and industry companies initiated dividend payments while continuing stock buybacks. Cost cutting efforts also boosted profitability, as the industry refocused on core social media products.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    29.1

Financials

    13.3  

Health Care

    12.0  

Consumer Discretionary

    10.3  

Industrials

    9.1  

Communication Services

    9.0  

Consumer Staples

    6.1  

Energy

    4.2  

Materials

    2.4  

Utilities

    2.3  

Real Estate

    2.2  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Microsoft Corp.

    6.5

Apple Inc.

    5.6  

NVIDIA Corp.

    4.7  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.7  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.2  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    2.2  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    2.0  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.6  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1.5  

Broadcom, Inc.

    1.4  
 

 

(a)  

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2024    iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Morningstar 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 Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    

 Average Annual Total Returns 

        

 Cumulative Total Returns 

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

Fund NAV

     16.27      9.18      8.81        16.27      55.17      132.56

Fund Market

     16.26        9.19        8.80          16.26        55.21        132.50  

Index

     16.27        9.30        8.99            16.27        56.02        136.61  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Index performance through March 21, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large Value IndexSM. Index performance beginning on March 22, 2021 reflects the performance of the Morningstar® US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value IndexSM.

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
(11/01/23)

 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(11/01/23)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(04/30/24)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $   1,000.00          $   1,187.90          $    0.22               $   1,000.00          $   1,024.66          $   0.20          0.04%  

 

(a)  

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented large- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks advanced for the reporting period, as receding inflation, shifting monetary policy, and robust U.S. economic growth supported equities. The financials sector contributed the most to the Index’s return, led by the capital markets industry. Strong revenue from asset and wealth management supported earnings growth, as assets under management rose due to higher asset prices and solid inflows. The financial services industry also gained, as a large multi-sector holding company with investments in a broad array of companies benefited from rising equity prices. Banks also advanced, as robust net interest income (the difference between the interest received from a bank’s assets and the interest paid on deposits) supported earnings. Furthermore, the Fed’s shift in monetary policy raised investor hopes for increased bank loan activity and dealmaking as borrowing costs subside.

The information technology sector was another significant contributor to the Index’s return amid notable innovations in artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Rapid advances in generative AI drove a surge in investor enthusiasm for products and technologies associated with AI. The semiconductors industry gained, as companies purchased specialized chips used to provide computing capacity for AI applications. Products designed to facilitate customers’ AI usage, such as networking products for AI data centers and custom AI accelerators, generated strong revenue in the industry.

The communication services sector further aided performance, led by the interactive media and services industry. Growth in the online advertising market drove large increases in both revenue and income, leading companies to initiate dividend payments while continuing stock buybacks. Cost cutting efforts also boosted profitability. In addition, strong sales of cloud computing products bolstered the earnings of a large company in the industry.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    19.7

Health Care

    15.3  

Information Technology

    12.4  

Industrials

    10.9  

Consumer Staples

    9.9  

Communication Services

    8.4  

Energy

    7.5  

Consumer Discretionary

    5.9  

Utilities

    4.1  

Materials

    3.6  

Real Estate

    2.3  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    3.3

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2.6  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2.2  

Broadcom, Inc.

    1.9  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    1.8  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1.8  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    1.7  

Johnson & Johnson

    1.6  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    1.6  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    1.5  
 

 

(a)  

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

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

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. 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, index returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, index 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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap  Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%            

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    2,166     $ 599,831  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    22,267       4,766,251  

Textron, Inc.

    12,617       1,067,272  
   

 

 

 
      6,433,354  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    14,385       1,021,335  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.(a)

    10,499       1,168,644  
   

 

 

 
      2,189,979  
Automobile Components — 0.2%            

BorgWarner, Inc.

    28,942       948,429  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 2.2%            

Ford Motor Co.

    488,309       5,932,954  

General Motors Co.

    143,313       6,381,728  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    83,023       738,905  
   

 

 

 
      13,053,587  
Banks — 3.4%            

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    56,016       1,910,706  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    79,136       2,885,299  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    173,496       2,336,991  

KeyCorp.

    116,999       1,695,315  

M&T Bank Corp.

    20,639       2,980,065  

Regions Financial Corp.

    115,866       2,232,738  

Truist Financial Corp.

    165,653       6,220,270  
   

 

 

 
      20,261,384  
Beverages — 0.5%            

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    7,755       1,965,582  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    22,222       1,272,432  
   

 

 

 
      3,238,014  
Biotechnology — 1.6%            

Biogen, Inc.(b)

    17,948       3,855,589  

Moderna, Inc.(b)

    39,776       4,387,691  

United Therapeutics Corp.(b)

    5,809       1,361,223  
   

 

 

 
      9,604,503  
Broadline Retail — 0.6%            

Coupang, Inc., Class A(b)

    55,134       1,240,515  

eBay, Inc.

    39,266       2,023,769  

Etsy, Inc.(b)

    5,619       385,857  
   

 

 

 
      3,650,141  
Building Products — 2.3%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    5,866       485,939  

Allegion PLC

    5,316       646,213  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)

    15,245       2,787,091  

Carrier Global Corp.

    54,136       3,328,823  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    42,387       2,758,122  

Masco Corp.

    27,826       1,904,690  

Owens Corning

    11,079       1,863,598  
   

 

 

 
       13,774,476  
Capital Markets — 3.5%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    5,333       2,196,076  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    94,246       5,323,957  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    25,555       1,144,864  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    35,704       815,479  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    34,003       2,035,080  

Northern Trust Corp.

    25,605       2,109,596  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    12,830       1,565,260  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

State Street Corp.

    38,152     $ 2,765,638  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    27,479       3,010,874  
   

 

 

 
       20,966,824  
Chemicals — 4.4%            

Albemarle Corp.

    14,495       1,743,893  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    12,850       1,973,889  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    21,999       1,737,261  

Corteva, Inc.

    53,759       2,909,975  

Dow, Inc.

    87,027       4,951,836  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    25,268       1,831,930  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    14,816       1,399,223  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    31,646       2,678,834  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    32,106       3,209,637  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    40,412       1,268,533  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    13,445       1,734,405  

RPM International, Inc.

    5,687       607,997  

Westlake Corp.

    2,256       332,444  
   

 

 

 
      26,379,857  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(b)

    2,300       435,735  

Veralto Corp.

    10,353       969,869  
   

 

 

 
      1,405,604  
Communications Equipment — 0.3%            

F5, Inc.(b)

    4,039       667,687  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    39,406       1,372,117  
   

 

 

 
      2,039,804  
Construction & Engineering — 0.5%            

AECOM

    10,631       981,879  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    2,388       852,922  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    4,858       1,256,085  
   

 

 

 
      3,090,886  
Consumer Finance — 1.8%            

Capital One Financial Corp.

    45,665       6,549,731  

Discover Financial Services

    14,980       1,898,415  

Synchrony Financial

    49,014       2,155,636  
   

 

 

 
      10,603,782  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.4%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    52,298       1,066,879  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(b)

    8,814       658,229  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    1,417       452,845  

Dollar General Corp.

    27,162       3,780,679  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)

    15,826       1,871,424  

Kroger Co. (The)

    83,147       4,604,681  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(b)

    12,059       605,965  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    88,464       1,568,467  
   

 

 

 
      14,609,169  
Containers & Packaging — 1.7%            

Amcor PLC

    178,828       1,598,722  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    5,710       1,240,669  

Ball Corp.

    24,718       1,719,631  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    9,220       756,686  

International Paper Co.

    40,802       1,425,622  

Packaging Corp. of America

    10,588       1,831,512  

Westrock Co.

    30,755       1,475,010  
   

 

 

 
      10,047,852  
Distributors — 0.6%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    10,571       1,661,867  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap  Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Distributors (continued)            

LKQ Corp.

    23,670     $ 1,020,887  

Pool Corp.

    2,287       829,106  
   

 

 

 
      3,511,860  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%            

Service Corp. International

    12,431       891,427  
   

 

 

 
Diversified REITs — 0.2%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    26,932       1,476,951  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 6.3%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    31,557       1,571,539  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    65,165       5,606,145  

Avangrid, Inc.

    8,816       322,048  

Edison International

    47,565       3,379,969  

Entergy Corp.

    26,101       2,784,194  

Evergy, Inc.

    27,300       1,431,885  

Eversource Energy

    43,241       2,621,269  

Exelon Corp.

    123,328       4,634,666  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    63,833       2,447,357  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    17,156       1,246,727  

PG&E Corp.

    263,464       4,507,869  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    14,015       1,032,205  

PPL Corp.

    91,311       2,507,400  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    68,451       3,677,872  
   

 

 

 
       37,771,145  
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%            

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    4,911       792,488  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.1%  

Corning, Inc.

    95,711       3,194,833  

Flex Ltd.(a)(b)

    29,830       854,629  

Jabil, Inc.

    5,185       608,512  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)

    11,477       1,697,907  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    6,498       765,724  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    19,593       2,772,018  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)

    2,314       882,745  

Trimble, Inc.(b)

    13,841       831,429  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)

    3,367       1,059,124  
   

 

 

 
      12,666,921  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%            

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    50,423       1,644,798  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.3%            

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    12,059       1,529,322  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.9%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    21,156       2,292,887  

Corpay, Inc.(b)

    3,276       989,811  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    39,761       1,467,578  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    73,527       4,993,954  

Global Payments, Inc.

    14,122       1,733,758  
   

 

 

 
      11,477,988  
Food Products — 4.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    65,892       3,865,225  

Bunge Global SA

    18,071       1,838,905  

Campbell Soup Co.

    24,614       1,125,106  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    56,820       1,748,920  

General Mills, Inc.

    70,292       4,952,774  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    25,124       893,409  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    13,102       1,504,765  

Kellanova

    32,601       1,886,294  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    99,527       3,842,738  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    14,074     $ 1,070,468  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    33,354       2,022,920  
   

 

 

 
       24,751,524  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    12,918       1,523,032  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.4%            

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    18,686       863,854  

U-Haul Holding Co.(b)

    539       34,081  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS

    7,156       438,806  

XPO, Inc.(b)

    7,051       757,700  
   

 

 

 
      2,094,441  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%            

Align Technology, Inc.(b)

    4,071       1,149,569  

Baxter International, Inc.

    62,792       2,534,913  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

    10,447       930,410  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    25,474       1,942,138  

Hologic, Inc.(b)

    29,648       2,246,429  

Teleflex, Inc.

    3,390       707,662  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    24,765       2,978,734  
   

 

 

 
      12,489,855  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%            

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    17,965       1,851,114  

Cencora, Inc.

    19,530       4,668,646  

Centene Corp.(b)

    66,207       4,837,083  

Chemed Corp.

    574       326,032  

Henry Schein, Inc.(b)

    15,039       1,041,902  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    10,518       2,118,010  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b)

    2,402       821,724  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    13,890       1,919,320  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    7,271       1,239,197  
   

 

 

 
      18,823,028  
Health Care REITs — 0.8%            

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    59,836       1,113,548  

Ventas, Inc.

    27,765       1,229,434  

Welltower, Inc.

    26,341       2,509,771  
   

 

 

 
      4,852,753  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.1%            

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(b)

    13,127       470,209  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    117,681       1,744,032  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    7,950       1,219,610  

Expedia Group, Inc.(b)

    7,389       994,781  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    13,165       1,838,229  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    1,967       372,491  
   

 

 

 
      6,639,352  
Household Durables — 3.0%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    38,110       5,430,294  

Garmin Ltd.

    10,523       1,520,258  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    30,963       4,694,610  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    1,540       216,201  

NVR, Inc.(b)

    380       2,826,763  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    26,675       2,972,128  
   

 

 

 
      17,660,254  
Household Products — 1.0%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    9,204       993,020  

Clorox Co. (The)

    8,675       1,282,772  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    25,356       3,461,855  
   

 

 

 
      5,737,647  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap  Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%  

AES Corp. (The)

    82,878     $ 1,483,516  

Vistra Corp.

    19,918       1,510,581  
   

 

 

 
      2,994,097  
Insurance — 6.9%            

Allstate Corp. (The)

    32,486       5,524,569  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    5,792       739,928  

American International Group, Inc.

    84,486       6,362,641  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)

    16,871       1,578,113  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    9,337       1,080,198  

Everest Group Ltd.

    2,798       1,025,215  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    32,113       1,589,593  

Globe Life, Inc.

    11,892       905,814  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    34,775       3,369,350  

Loews Corp.

    23,049       1,732,132  

Markel Group, Inc.(b)

    509       742,326  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    29,396       2,326,399  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    44,835       4,953,371  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    8,011       1,497,977  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    2,609       572,023  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    17,755       3,766,901  

Unum Group

    20,662       1,047,563  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    9,324       717,668  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    6,455       1,621,109  
   

 

 

 
       41,152,890  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%            

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    50,348       757,737  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 0.8%            

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,484       957,220  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    62,118       4,079,910  
   

 

 

 
      5,037,130  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%            

Avantor, Inc.(b)

    80,740       1,956,330  

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

    1,488       401,388  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)

    3,329       762,341  

Illumina, Inc.(b)

    11,630       1,431,072  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(b)

    7,770       1,800,853  

Revvity, Inc.

    15,288       1,566,561  

Waters Corp.(b)

    2,683       829,154  
   

 

 

 
      8,747,699  
Machinery — 3.4%            

AGCO Corp.

    7,717       881,204  

CNH Industrial NV

    117,816       1,343,102  

Cummins, Inc.

    9,093       2,568,681  

Dover Corp.

    7,602       1,363,039  

Fortive Corp.

    17,451       1,313,537  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    17,960       1,637,952  

PACCAR, Inc.

    63,903       6,780,747  

Pentair PLC

    8,708       688,716  

Snap-on, Inc.

    3,782       1,013,425  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    18,936       1,730,750  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    7,133       1,148,984  
   

 

 

 
      20,470,137  
Media — 1.2%            

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    30,590       948,596  

Fox Corp., Class B

    16,546       474,539  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    47,308       1,440,055  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(b)

    1,235       61,911  

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

    8,331       414,301  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    46,822       1,114,364  

News Corp., Class B

    13,331       327,143  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    23,691     $ 2,199,472  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(a)

    77,930       229,114  
   

 

 

 
      7,209,495  
Metals & Mining — 2.7%  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(b)

    62,243       1,051,907  

Newmont Corp.

    138,243       5,618,196  

Nucor Corp.

    30,397       5,122,806  

Reliance, Inc.

    7,120       2,027,206  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    19,416       2,526,410  
   

 

 

 
      16,346,525  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    62,505       1,171,344  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 4.0%  

Ameren Corp.

    20,433       1,509,386  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    49,383       1,439,021  

CMS Energy Corp.

    25,525       1,547,070  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    42,796       4,039,942  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    103,686       5,285,912  

DTE Energy Co.

    25,508       2,814,042  

NiSource, Inc.

    55,565       1,548,041  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    37,672       2,602,382  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    39,020       3,224,613  
   

 

 

 
      24,010,409  
Office REITs — 0.5%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    12,738       1,475,952  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    19,452       1,203,884  
   

 

 

 
      2,679,836  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.8%  

Antero Resources Corp.(b)

    35,156       1,195,655  

APA Corp.

    45,629       1,434,576  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    11,537       1,820,769  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    13,045       1,172,485  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    41,799       1,143,621  

Devon Energy Corp.

    54,020       2,764,744  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    12,820       2,578,487  

EQT Corp.

    15,209       609,729  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    18,638       1,011,111  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    244,349       4,466,700  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    72,754       1,953,445  

ONEOK, Inc.

    72,110       5,705,343  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    31,423       1,612,628  

Targa Resources Corp.

    12,389       1,413,089  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    151,031       5,793,549  
   

 

 

 
       34,675,931  
Passenger Airlines — 0.7%  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    35,834       1,794,208  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    43,401       1,125,822  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(b)

    25,130       1,293,190  
   

 

 

 
      4,213,220  
Personal Care Products — 0.1%  

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

    25,511       291,846  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b)

    7,766       860,084  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    47,768       1,323,174  

Viatris, Inc.

    143,518       1,660,503  
   

 

 

 
      3,843,761  
Professional Services — 1.2%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    4,779       705,715  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap  Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    5,866     $ 841,947  

KBR, Inc.

    5,856       380,289  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    16,181       2,268,900  

Robert Half, Inc.

    9,178       634,567  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    26,896       1,664,593  

TransUnion

    8,676       633,348  
   

 

 

 
      7,129,359  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    20,275       1,761,695  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    3,382       142,044  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(b)

    10,609       451,625  
   

 

 

 
      2,355,364  
Residential REITs — 1.7%  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    16,811       601,834  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    10,085       1,911,814  

Camden Property Trust

    7,216       719,291  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    7,692       463,751  

Equity Residential

    30,106       1,938,826  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    4,191       1,032,034  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    29,702       1,015,808  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    8,891       1,155,830  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    6,951       773,785  

UDR, Inc.

    19,909       758,135  
   

 

 

 
      10,371,108  
Retail REITs — 1.9%  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    83,518       1,555,940  

Realty Income Corp.

    58,651       3,140,175  

Regency Centers Corp.

    12,275       726,926  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    40,463       5,686,265  
   

 

 

 
       11,109,306  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    34,524       3,175,518  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    19,252       4,932,170  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)

    33,888       2,377,582  

Qorvo, Inc.(b)

    12,024       1,404,884  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    19,780       2,108,350  

Teradyne, Inc.

    9,365       1,089,337  
   

 

 

 
      15,087,841  
Software — 0.2%  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    73,298       1,476,222  
   

 

 

 
Specialized REITs — 2.5%  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    35,090       3,290,740  

CubeSmart

    15,584       630,217  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    13,233       1,836,476  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    15,176       2,037,833  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    30,643       1,309,376  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    20,169       1,563,501  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    60,620       1,730,701  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    84,831       2,559,351  
   

 

 

 
      14,958,195  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail — 1.1%  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    23,161     $ 1,705,576  

CarMax, Inc.(b)

    9,623       654,075  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    2,493       381,205  

Tractor Supply Co.

    6,067       1,656,777  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)

    2,712       1,097,926  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    4,567       1,309,724  
   

 

 

 
      6,805,283  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.5%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    19,862       2,475,600  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    158,924       2,701,708  

HP, Inc.

    107,168       3,010,349  

NetApp, Inc.

    16,990       1,736,548  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    25,838       2,219,742  

Western Digital Corp.(b)

    37,317       2,643,163  
   

 

 

 
      14,787,110  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%  

Ferguson PLC

    25,248       5,299,556  

United Rentals, Inc.

    3,582       2,392,740  

Watsco, Inc.

    1,796       804,105  
   

 

 

 
      8,496,401  
Water Utilities — 0.3%  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    10,643       1,301,852  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    17,740       648,929  
   

 

 

 
      1,950,781  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $517,971,977)

      596,761,458  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 1.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(c)(d)(e)

    5,587,540       5,589,216  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(c)(d)

    944,816       944,816  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1%
(Cost: $6,532,130)

      6,534,032  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.8%
(Cost: $524,504,107)

      603,295,490  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.8)%

 

    (5,065,783
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  598,229,707  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(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)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
  Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    Value at
04/30/24
   

Shares

Held at
04/30/24

    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
        
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  11,874,694     $   —     $  (6,285,697 )(a)    $ 3,861           $ (3,642   $ 5,589,216       5,587,540     $ 122,369 (b)    $   —     
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    872,368       72,448 (a)                          944,816       944,816       62,045           
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    
          $ 3,861       $ (3,642   $  6,534,032       $  184,414     $     
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

  (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 Utilities Select Sector Index

     11        06/21/24      $ 744      $ 12,031  

S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Index

     2        06/21/24        575        (27,274
           

 

 

 
            $ (15,243
           

 

 

 

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)

   $      $      $ 12,031      $      $      $      $ 12,031  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 27,274      $      $      $      $  27,274  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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).

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

For the period ended April 30, 2024, 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

   $      $      $ 55,102      $      $      $      $ 55,102  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

                 

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (22,377    $      $      $      $  (22,377
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 1,322,283   

 

 

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

   $ 596,761,458                $                $    —                $ 596,761,458  

Short-Term Securities

                    

Money Market Funds

     6,534,032                               6,534,032  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 
   $  603,295,490         $         $         $  603,295,490  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                    

Assets

                    

Equity Contracts

   $ 12,031         $         $         $ 12,031  

Liabilities

                    

Equity Contracts

     (27,274                             (27,274
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 
   $ (15,243       $    —         $         $ (15,243
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

  (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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%  

AAR Corp.(a)

    1,720     $ 118,921  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)

    1,441       230,257  

AerSale Corp.(a)(b)

    1,336       9,526  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    4,720       452,034  

Cadre Holdings, Inc.

    1,008       33,617  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    1,976       500,758  

Ducommun, Inc.(a)

    751       40,622  

Eve Holding, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,368       7,373  

Hexcel Corp.

    4,327       277,837  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a)

    7,653       136,376  

Leonardo DRS, Inc.(a)

    2,653       57,093  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,605       73,461  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    1,480       235,424  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    275       22,547  

Rocket Lab U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    13,656       51,347  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,463       174,816  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    3,863       51,610  

V2X, Inc.(a)

    659       32,014  

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    18,626       16,206  

Woodward, Inc.

    2,893       469,707  
   

 

 

 
       2,991,546  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%            

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,618       33,563  

Forward Air Corp.

    1,589       34,990  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    6,087       302,280  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A

    3,174       127,658  
   

 

 

 
      498,491  
Automobile Components — 1.5%            

Adient PLC(a)

    4,857       145,078  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,908       43,365  

Autoliv, Inc.

    3,686       441,546  

Dana, Inc.

    6,786       84,350  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

    1,373       120,069  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    2,164       84,223  

Garrett Motion, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,719       64,234  

Gentex Corp.

    12,039       412,938  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    1,621       81,974  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)

    14,162       169,377  

LCI Industries

    1,295       134,654  

Lear Corp.

    2,999       377,484  

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

    13,880       20,404  

Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,993       110,007  

Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)

    2,465       228,333  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    1,123       117,342  

Phinia, Inc.

    2,398       93,522  

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

    17,943       97,251  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    1,055       33,865  

Stoneridge, Inc.(a)

    1,401       20,987  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    1,436       158,865  

XPEL, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,112       58,436  
   

 

 

 
      3,098,304  
Automobiles — 0.3%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    7,167       246,473  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    2,633       261,773  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    1,500       92,370  
   

 

 

 
      600,616  
Banks — 7.1%            

1st Source Corp.

    870       43,152  

Amalgamated Financial Corp.

    843       20,687  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    1,516     $ 32,837  

Ameris Bancorp

    3,404       161,622  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    7,905       166,558  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    3,997       126,985  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)

    2,870       145,251  

Banc of California, Inc.

    7,755       106,166  

BancFirst Corp.

    1,046       93,272  

Bancorp, Inc. (The)(a)

    2,801       83,862  

Bank First Corp.

    440       33,964  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    2,104       119,276  

Bank OZK

    5,561       248,299  

BankUnited, Inc.

    3,808       101,788  

Banner Corp.

    1,687       73,604  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    2,338       49,846  

BOK Financial Corp.

    1,260       111,800  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    4,750       39,425  

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

    1,549       33,567  

Cadence Bank

    9,502       262,920  

Cambridge Bancorp

    362       22,216  

Camden National Corp.

    805       25,132  

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

    708       18,776  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    6,597       31,468  

Cathay General Bancorp

    3,716       127,979  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    531       10,588  

City Holding Co.

    795       80,311  

Coastal Financial Corp.(a)

    529       20,462  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    10,663       200,571  

Columbia Financial, Inc.(a)

    1,526       25,332  

Comerica, Inc.

    6,806       341,457  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    6,534       357,279  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    2,840       122,745  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    814       34,196  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

    1,947       34,871  

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,137       25,815  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    3,000       313,020  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    1,520       69,418  

CVB Financial Corp.

    7,027       114,821  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    2,025       36,855  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    1,591       29,418  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    7,273       541,766  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    8,218       103,218  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    1,926       73,207  

Farmers National Banc Corp.

    2,042       24,157  

FB Financial Corp.

    1,825       66,886  

First Bancorp

    2,149       65,351  

First Bancorp

    8,262       142,519  

First Bancshares, Inc. (The)

    1,335       31,960  

First Busey Corp.

    2,876       64,250  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    5,374       70,883  

First Financial Bancorp

    5,092       112,584  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    7,350       217,266  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    6,750       142,357  

First Horizon Corp.

    28,565       426,190  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

    4,671       124,716  

First Merchants Corp.

    3,084       103,067  

First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

    1,228       38,019  

FNB Corp.

    17,976       239,800  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    8,329       137,845  

German American Bancorp, Inc.

    1,497       47,500  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    5,748       207,963  

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

    499       25,649  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    4,417        200,488  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    1,167     $ 17,855  

HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

    1,893       19,176  

HBT Financial, Inc.

    689       12,715  

Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc.

    2,118       89,189  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    3,365       26,718  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    1,894       33,600  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    2,371       69,375  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    10,070       238,458  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    5,856       58,677  

Horizon Bancorp, Inc.

    2,343       26,898  

Independent Bank Corp.

    2,143       107,664  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    1,880       70,011  

International Bancshares Corp.

    2,747       152,871  

Kearny Financial Corp.

    2,996       16,178  

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

    3,391       41,336  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    1,350       79,339  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

    1,480       47,834  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    820       29,586  

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

    985       22,635  

Midland States Bancorp, Inc.

    1,163       25,470  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    2,022       66,180  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    2,185       76,497  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    37,459       99,266  

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.

    704       53,877  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    6,509       68,995  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    3,080       45,461  

OFG Bancorp

    2,511       90,672  

Old National Bancorp

    14,433       238,722  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

    2,308       31,620  

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

    1,465       43,510  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    4,560       98,040  

Park National Corp.

    735       96,807  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    1,376       69,309  

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.

    844       18,889  

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

    1,751       50,849  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    3,963        303,962  

Popular, Inc.

    3,446       292,876  

Premier Financial Corp.

    1,794       34,768  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    4,784       296,464  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    3,736       54,844  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

    836       45,947  

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    506       25,664  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    1,994       60,119  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

    2,321       47,464  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    4,525       104,392  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    2,760       162,730  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    6,638       113,443  

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.

    523       20,972  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    1,595       42,523  

SouthState Corp.

    3,753       284,102  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    2,656       58,963  

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

    1,433       63,840  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    7,265       260,014  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,348       134,775  

TFS Financial Corp.

    2,788       33,484  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    694       30,522  

Towne Bank

    3,599       93,106  

TriCo Bancshares

    1,654       57,510  

Triumph Financial, Inc.(a)

    1,180       83,025  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    940       25,023  

Trustmark Corp.

    3,042       90,043  

UMB Financial Corp.

    2,257       179,793  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

United Bankshares, Inc.

    6,875     $ 223,162  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    6,254       157,788  

Univest Financial Corp.

    1,494       31,180  

Valley National Bancorp

    22,566       158,188  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    2,644       51,505  

WaFd, Inc.

    3,412       92,431  

Webster Financial Corp.

    8,469       371,196  

WesBanco, Inc.

    3,046       82,242  

Westamerica BanCorp

    1,375       64,006  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    5,358       304,495  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    3,136       303,063  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    3,236       138,274  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    7,590       309,520  
   

 

 

 
       14,926,949  
Beverages — 0.2%            

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

    503       140,040  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    245       202,370  

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (The)(a)

    2,681       22,708  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    760       59,614  

National Beverage Corp.(a)

    1,247       55,492  

Vita Coco Co., Inc. (The)(a)

    1,734       42,032  
   

 

 

 
      522,256  
Biotechnology — 5.0%            

89bio, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,099       34,882  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,998       100,227  

ACELYRIN, Inc.(a)

    1,173       4,903  

ADMA Biologics, Inc.(a)

    11,733       76,499  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,847       92,528  

Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,836       56,408  

Alector, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,319       16,861  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    8,108       198,970  

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,189       14,322  

Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc.(a)

    1,875       121,106  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    13,464       134,505  

AnaptysBio, Inc.(a)

    766       18,644  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)

    4,180       15,257  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,043       222,850  

Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,013       50,954  

Arcellx, Inc.(a)

    1,967       98,389  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,262       32,269  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    2,620       39,903  

Ardelyx, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,064       70,810  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,081       137,552  

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,989       35,574  

Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    3,696       78,429  

Biohaven Ltd.(a)

    3,549       137,701  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)

    2,836       259,040  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,591       143,241  

Cabaletta Bio, Inc.(a)

    1,905       20,279  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,295       79,690  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    3,138       117,424  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,942       168,363  

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    4,361       28,347  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,236       141,802  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG(a)(b)

    3,912       207,297  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)

    4,775       292,803  

Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,926       50,035  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,592       65,500  

Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,677       87,653  

Disc Medicine, Inc.(a)

    414       11,526  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)

    6,663       75,758  

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    2,678       67,780  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Editas Medicine, Inc.(a)

    4,124     $ 21,486  

Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    993       11,767  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    15,930        373,718  

Geron Corp.(a)

    24,159       94,945  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,820       259,842  

HilleVax, Inc.(a)

    1,056       13,939  

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    3,251       132,153  

Immunovant, Inc.(a)

    3,183       87,342  

Inhibrx, Inc.(a)

    1,489       50,686  

Insmed, Inc.(a)

    6,881       170,098  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,446       95,144  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,377       304,375  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,275       132,820  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,031       54,490  

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,310       73,871  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a)

    1,642       30,738  

Krystal Biotech, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,288       197,219  

Kura Oncology, Inc.(a)

    3,480       68,278  

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    2,144       72,081  

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,950       17,252  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    696       141,998  

MannKind Corp.(a)

    13,689       56,262  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,708       42,888  

Morphic Holding, Inc.(a)

    2,062       56,231  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)

    4,544       88,926  

Natera, Inc.(a)

    6,189       574,834  

Novavax, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,680       24,594  

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

    1,636       112,688  

Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,088       21,235  

Prime Medicine, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,232       15,901  

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    2,788       70,007  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    3,932       126,414  

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    1,422       10,949  

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

    8,057       63,006  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)

    1,988       30,516  

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,397       28,668  

Replimune Group, Inc.(a)

    2,058       13,068  

REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a)

    6,297       234,752  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,502       99,480  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,429       73,792  

Roivant Sciences Ltd.(a)(b)

    19,569       213,302  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    2,745       38,265  

Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    5,277       47,493  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,648       588,716  

Savara, Inc.(a)

    4,337       19,863  

Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a)

    1,636       24,000  

Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    685       30,592  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    3,156       147,354  

Summit Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,852       22,998  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4,263       90,077  

Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.(a)

    2,985       7,254  

TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,277       99,404  

Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    3,566       19,720  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)

    2,767       86,413  

Tyra Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    906       15,493  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    3,795       161,439  

Vaxcyte, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,300       320,915  

Veracyte, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,569       69,845  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    2,451       112,427  

Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,244       19,496  

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,339       424,878  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    4,502       38,087  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,420     $ 32,089  

Xencor, Inc.(a)

    2,980       62,401  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,810       31,079  

Zymeworks, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,085       17,889  
   

 

 

 
       10,496,023  
Broadline Retail — 0.5%            

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b)

    234       102,490  

Kohl’s Corp.

    5,217       124,895  

Macy’s, Inc.

    14,129       260,398  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    5,436       103,338  

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

    3,185       232,951  

Savers Value Village, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,283       136,835  
   

 

 

 
      960,907  
Building Products — 2.3%            

AAON, Inc.(b)

    3,467       326,210  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    3,549       557,193  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    839       77,255  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    1,155       71,356  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    2,273       261,122  

AZEK Co., Inc. (The), Class A(a)

    7,490       341,844  

AZZ, Inc.

    1,269       90,898  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    792       188,195  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    6,487       474,200  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,559       111,406  

Griffon Corp.

    2,223       145,651  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,558       89,058  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    917       29,436  

Janus International Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,910       85,163  

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a)

    4,169       85,464  

Masonite International Corp.(a)

    1,134       150,312  

Masterbrand, Inc.(a)

    6,588       109,822  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    1,682       55,876  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    7,548       147,412  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    2,203       383,080  

Tecnoglass, Inc.

    1,169       64,938  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)

    5,586       494,640  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    3,171       357,372  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.

    7,505       234,756  
   

 

 

 
      4,932,659  
Capital Markets — 2.6%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    1,732       270,365  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    3,644       149,149  

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,040       35,162  

B Riley Financial, Inc.(b)

    888       30,547  

BGC Group, Inc., Class A

    20,267       158,691  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A

    18,692       353,092  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    1,649       36,674  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    1,308       89,964  

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., Class A

    145       21,637  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,214       76,215  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,826       331,419  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B

    4,410       144,868  

Freedom Holding Corp.(a)

    878       59,713  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    1,924       214,949  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    2,664       339,633  

Invesco Ltd.

    16,799       238,042  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    6,920       216,042  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    8,120       349,647  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    3,544       173,940  

Open Lending Corp.(a)

    4,970       25,347  

Perella Weinberg Partners, Class A

    1,971       29,407  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Piper Sandler Cos

    757     $ 148,213  

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

    1,222       115,467  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)

    25,897       427,042  

SEI Investments Co.

    5,575       367,671  

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A

    2,758       99,481  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    5,164       412,707  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)

    1,393       101,132  

TPG, Inc., Class A

    3,069       132,274  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,017       102,585  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    4,422       95,957  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    353       77,420  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    5,870       52,243  
   

 

 

 
       5,476,695  
Chemicals — 2.3%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    1,382       34,909  

Arcadium Lithium PLC(a)(b)

    52,982       233,121  

Ashland, Inc.

    2,644       252,053  

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,596       40,653  

Avient Corp.

    4,719       200,180  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    10,638       334,459  

Balchem Corp.

    1,653       233,701  

Cabot Corp.

    2,840       259,093  

Chemours Co. (The)

    7,674       205,279  

Ecovyst, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,584       52,657  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    11,629       268,979  

FMC Corp.

    6,418       378,726  

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    76,530       68,196  

Hawkins, Inc.

    1,028       77,892  

HB Fuller Co.

    2,779       207,619  

Huntsman Corp.

    8,522       203,335  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    1,857       94,967  

Innospec, Inc.

    1,266       151,920  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    1,089       55,844  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

    1,253       14,347  

LSB Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,571       23,910  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    2,858       52,187  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    1,523       111,011  

NewMarket Corp.

    392       206,553  

Olin Corp.

    6,293       328,998  

Orion SA

    2,748       65,018  

Perimeter Solutions SA(a)

    7,038       49,266  

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,941       23,074  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    709       132,250  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    2,090       143,249  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    2,157       157,936  

Stepan Co.

    1,118       92,783  

Tronox Holdings PLC

    6,175       104,913  
   

 

 

 
      4,859,078  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    3,389       148,099  

ACCO Brands Corp.

    4,967       23,941  

ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,028       122,639  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,188       129,092  

BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,129       23,951  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    2,221       194,249  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,918       263,787  

CECO Environmental Corp.(a)

    1,541       33,316  

Cimpress PLC(a)(b)

    815       69,495  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    5,759       85,809  

Deluxe Corp.

    2,120       41,870  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,240       46,429  

Ennis, Inc.

    1,427       28,397  
Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Enviri Corp.(a)

    4,229     $ 32,902  

GEO Group, Inc. (The)(a)

    6,192       92,013  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a)

    3,559       37,797  

HNI Corp.

    2,382       99,925  

Interface, Inc., Class A

    3,032       46,359  

LanzaTech Global, Inc.(a)

    4,850       10,500  

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

    1,236       21,333  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    1,550       41,819  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    3,753       95,439  

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a)

    1,456       63,219  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,919       346,188  

OPENLANE, Inc.(a)

    5,504       94,559  

SP Plus Corp.(a)

    1,040       53,102  

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

    4,488       53,991  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    4,575       204,640  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    2,732       531,975  

UniFirst Corp.

    769       123,140  

Vestis Corp.

    6,757       124,464  

Viad Corp.(a)

    1,058       36,480  

VSE Corp.

    687       53,634  
   

 

 

 
       3,374,553  
Communications Equipment — 0.5%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    3,740       16,381  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    3,043       84,382  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    7,552       349,129  

Digi International, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,887       57,855  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

    6,629       74,245  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)

    5,366       57,631  

Infinera Corp.(a)(b)

    10,303       49,660  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,462       151,497  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,514       67,680  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,902       62,081  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    11,385       89,942  
   

 

 

 
      1,060,483  
Construction & Engineering — 1.6%            

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

    1,619       33,886  

API Group Corp.(a)

    11,111       428,551  

Arcosa, Inc.

    2,504       190,354  

Argan, Inc.

    672       40,495  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    1,839       569,005  

Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,253       116,345  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,460       204,429  

Fluor Corp.(a)

    8,741       352,524  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    2,248       124,764  

IES Holdings, Inc.(a)

    438       59,183  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    3,157       279,994  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    10,213       252,261  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    820       136,325  

Primoris Services Corp.

    2,736       127,498  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a)

    1,599       162,458  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    1,067       218,522  
   

 

 

 
      3,296,594  
Construction Materials — 0.3%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.(b)

    1,792       449,272  

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,103       237,407  

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

    115       35,650  
   

 

 

 
      722,329  
Consumer Finance — 1.2%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    13,954       535,136  

Atlanticus Holdings Corp.(a)

    264       6,983  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    2,531       93,419  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance (continued)  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    339     $ 174,151  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)

    1,160       47,664  

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    1,577       95,456  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    2,654       29,141  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    2,007       226,751  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    2,261       19,784  

LendingClub Corp.(a)

    5,480       41,210  

Navient Corp.

    4,384       65,848  

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    979       92,202  

NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,901       23,896  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    5,975       311,357  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    1,870       44,487  

PROG Holdings, Inc.

    2,354       78,247  

SLM Corp.

    11,552       244,787  

SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    45,884       311,093  

Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,712       82,146  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)

    177       24,350  
   

 

 

 
       2,548,108  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.4%            

Andersons, Inc. (The)

    1,608       88,343  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(a)(b)

    1,850       61,198  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    4,843       125,773  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

    747       53,597  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    1,281       103,236  

SpartanNash Co.

    1,796       34,286  

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

    5,249       346,591  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    3,021       26,978  

Weis Markets, Inc.

    842       53,155  
   

 

 

 
      893,157  
Containers & Packaging — 1.1%            

AptarGroup, Inc.

    3,386       488,871  

Berry Global Group, Inc.

    5,978       338,594  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    15,762       407,448  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,287       78,867  

Greif, Inc., Class B

    156       9,747  

Myers Industries, Inc.

    1,590       34,821  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    7,894       118,094  

Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.

    1,792       27,310  

Sealed Air Corp.

    7,580       238,618  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    4,243       197,978  

Sonoco Products Co.

    5,033       282,100  

TriMas Corp.

    2,103       54,657  
   

 

 

 
      2,277,105  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%            

ADT, Inc.

    11,424       74,256  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)

    1,961       97,305  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)

    2,739       284,062  

Chegg, Inc.(a)

    5,139       26,569  

Coursera, Inc.(a)

    5,424       55,433  

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

    1,686       19,827  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)

    3,941       120,949  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    184       129,052  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    1,451       188,659  

H&R Block, Inc.

    7,393       349,171  

Laureate Education, Inc., Class A

    6,751       97,890  

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

    4,716       31,550  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a)

    4,272       54,340  

Perdoceo Education Corp.

    3,237       59,237  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    1,179       135,396  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Consumer Services (continued)  

Stride, Inc.(a)

    2,193     $ 146,383  

Udemy, Inc.(a)

    4,360       43,687  
   

 

 

 
      1,913,766  
Diversified REITs — 0.3%            

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    3,722       61,301  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    2,594       55,382  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    3,423       36,010  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    8,960       130,458  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    6,852       62,353  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    8,455       222,705  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    2,041       27,288  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    9,911       68,881  
   

 

 

 
      664,378  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%            

Anterix, Inc.(a)

    600       18,912  

ATN International, Inc.

    545       10,399  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,271       145,753  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,960       17,107  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    11,361       262,894  

Globalstar, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,000       50,310  

IDT Corp., Class B

    1,078       38,312  

Iridium Communications, Inc.

    5,752       177,104  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)

    1,820       13,741  

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

    6,398       48,241  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.(a)

    50,908       60,580  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    2,476       31,742  
   

 

 

 
      875,095  
Electric Utilities — 0.7%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    2,978       176,357  

Genie Energy Ltd., Class B

    720       11,009  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    5,837       57,494  

IDACORP, Inc.

    2,599       246,333  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    1,753       137,295  

OGE Energy Corp.

    10,359       358,939  

Otter Tail Corp.

    2,138       182,500  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    4,441       164,584  

Portland General Electric Co.

    5,217       225,531  
   

 

 

 
       1,560,042  
Electrical Equipment — 1.6%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    1,593       395,542  

Allient, Inc.

    762       22,395  

Atkore, Inc.

    1,916       335,875  

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)

    10,366       115,374  

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

    19,728       26,238  

Encore Wire Corp.

    783       218,739  

EnerSys

    2,080       188,136  

Fluence Energy, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,911       51,932  

Freyr Battery, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,320       10,428  

FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,389       19,845  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,172       431,265  

GrafTech International Ltd.

    10,140       17,441  

LSI Industries, Inc.

    1,285       18,761  

NEXTracker, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,082       260,249  

nVent Electric PLC

    8,494       612,162  

Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,875       73,631  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    488       69,784  

Preformed Line Products Co.

    124       15,008  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    7,805       299,009  

SES AI Corp., Class A(a)

    6,958       10,994  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    4,114       8,475  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,297       116,246  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,689     $ 53,930  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    1,203       38,953  
   

 

 

 
       3,410,412  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    1,923       184,300  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,950       61,281  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    2,800       357,476  

Avnet, Inc.

    4,553       222,505  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    1,511       276,392  

Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B, NVS

    522       30,652  

Belden, Inc.

    2,154       175,056  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    1,874       56,614  

Cognex Corp.

    8,876       368,709  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    6,689       365,420  

Crane NXT Co.

    2,923       177,748  

CTS Corp.

    1,592       72,834  

Daktronics, Inc.(a)

    1,813       17,133  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    1,398       107,478  

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,179       16,340  

Fabrinet(a)

    1,867       323,122  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,454       265,457  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    1,564       131,345  

Itron, Inc.(a)

    2,352       216,666  

Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a)

    1,237       25,890  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    4,697       74,354  

Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a)

    6,333       24,192  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    1,286       296,603  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    1,771       21,588  

Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,704       105,482  

Napco Security Technologies, Inc.

    1,729       70,370  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    1,834       287,021  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    867       113,958  

PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b)

    1,438       60,799  

PC Connection, Inc.

    609       37,740  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    1,400       141,414  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    969       115,398  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    2,944       178,612  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    1,311       54,564  

SmartRent, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,506       22,054  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)

    5,193       77,532  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    6,234       144,255  

Vontier Corp.

    7,945       322,805  
   

 

 

 
      5,601,159  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.6%            

Archrock, Inc.

    7,469       143,330  

Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc.

    521       11,571  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)

    1,124       29,572  

Cactus, Inc., Class A

    3,201       158,898  

ChampionX Corp.

    9,647       323,850  

Core Laboratories, Inc.(b)

    2,268       35,834  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a)

    5,209       63,758  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)

    1,640       29,815  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    7,338       78,810  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    5,107       200,858  

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

    1,018       27,669  

Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A

    8,146       179,212  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    451       32,486  

Newpark Resources, Inc.(a)

    3,901       27,073  

NOV, Inc.

    20,240       374,238  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

    5,128       117,482  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    3,091       12,333  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    19,428       210,211  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)  

ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    1,342     $ 9,756  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    4,104       35,787  

RPC, Inc.

    5,285       35,357  

Select Water Solutions, Inc., Class A

    4,636       42,837  

Tidewater, Inc.(a)

    2,463       226,227  

Transocean Ltd.(a)(b)

    37,234       194,362  

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

    3,901       60,192  

Valaris Ltd.(a)

    3,029       197,067  

Weatherford International PLC(a)

    3,727       460,732  
   

 

 

 
       3,319,317  
Entertainment — 0.9%            

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

    12,833       37,601  

Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    538       21,703  

Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    2,342       87,661  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,700       97,698  

Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A

    9,558       252,427  

Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,341       22,920  

IMAX Corp.(a)(b)

    2,265       36,263  

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

    1,290       46,259  

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

    2,978       111,139  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)

    2,866       28,918  

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

    6,893       65,001  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a)

    2,054       80,414  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A(a)

    856       159,147  

Playtika Holding Corp.

    2,696       19,546  

Roku, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,111       352,360  

Sphere Entertainment Co., Class A(a)(b)

    1,231       47,837  

TKO Group Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,755       260,816  

Vivid Seats, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,903       20,530  

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    6,798       224,334  
   

 

 

 
      1,972,574  
Financial Services — 2.4%            

Affirm Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    11,559       368,501  

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

    892       35,743  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,475       98,818  

Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,171       61,676  

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

    637       27,512  

Compass Diversified Holdings

    2,987       65,624  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    1,643       48,846  

Essent Group Ltd.

    5,500       291,335  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    2,279       234,008  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    3,141       117,882  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    461       85,806  

Flywire Corp.(a)

    4,727       96,904  

I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,125       25,549  

International Money Express, Inc.(a)

    1,658       33,541  

Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A

    3,081       210,494  

Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a)

    20,614       114,408  

Merchants Bancorp

    810       32,667  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    14,162       287,205  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(a)

    3,228       249,202  

NCR Atleos Corp.(a)

    3,607       71,888  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,903       120,447  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A

    1,355       116,042  

Radian Group, Inc.

    8,046       240,334  

Remitly Global, Inc.(a)

    7,038       125,488  

Repay Holdings Corp., Class A(a)

    4,189       42,602  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a)

    6,222       76,406  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,922       169,067  

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

    19,910       470,473  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    5,393       367,587  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    1,707       156,412  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Financial Services (continued)  

Western Union Co. (The)

    16,315     $ 219,274  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    2,204       465,617  
   

 

 

 
       5,127,358  
Food Products — 1.3%            

B&G Foods, Inc.

    3,992       44,311  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    928       25,010  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    2,135       118,130  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    8,186       346,841  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    9,793       244,237  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    1,572       40,196  

Freshpet, Inc.(a)

    2,408       255,417  

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

    4,410       27,077  

Ingredion, Inc.

    3,351       383,991  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    773       106,125  

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    469       46,759  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    1,028       196,153  

Mission Produce, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,200       24,970  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    2,179       78,488  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,551       270,789  

Seaboard Corp.

    14       46,342  

Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)

    4,654       169,638  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    734       21,807  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)

    2,497       93,762  

Utz Brands, Inc., Class A

    3,078       55,496  

Vital Farms, Inc.(a)

    1,270       33,985  

Westrock Coffee Co.(a)

    1,480       15,007  

WK Kellogg Co.

    3,755       87,642  
   

 

 

 
      2,732,173  
Gas Utilities — 0.7%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    1,109       117,410  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    4,570       242,667  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    5,038       220,110  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    1,930       73,629  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    2,661       171,688  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    2,767       206,474  

Spire, Inc.

    2,735       168,996  

UGI Corp.

    10,752       274,821  
   

 

 

 
      1,475,795  
Ground Transportation — 0.7%            

ArcBest Corp.

    1,221       135,421  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

    967       92,300  

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc., Class A

    419       18,935  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    2,438       24,234  

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

    6,560       29,848  

Landstar System, Inc.

    1,844       321,612  

Lyft, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,454       272,981  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    3,025       51,183  

RXO, Inc.(a)

    5,953       112,571  

Ryder System, Inc.

    2,298       280,011  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    1,911       39,520  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

    362       16,174  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    3,232       110,534  
   

 

 

 
      1,505,324  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0%            

Agiliti, Inc.(a)

    1,778       18,047  

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,016       63,302  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    2,157       42,320  

AtriCure, Inc.(a)

    2,410       58,129  

Atrion Corp.

    70       29,630  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    2,357       42,615  

Axonics, Inc.(a)

    2,609       173,681  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

CONMED Corp.

    1,573     $ 106,933  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    10,583       317,596  

Embecta Corp.

    2,664       26,986  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    2,683       148,182  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    8,754       172,279  

Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,207       60,362  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)

    2,426       232,896  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,930       295,255  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    2,598       238,886  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,043       102,131  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,448       91,408  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,519       367,082  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    1,720       192,004  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,568       104,079  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,573       172,369  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,521       234,287  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    1,018       65,966  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    2,758       153,758  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    2,538       341,133  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,980       220,818  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    11,159       137,590  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    1,740       18,409  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    5,402       66,120  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    2,326       62,360  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)(b)

    803       23,793  

Paragon 28, Inc.(a)

    1,951       17,988  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,877       368,774  

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a)

    2,181       115,549  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    2,583       104,741  

RxSight, Inc.(a)

    1,164       60,679  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,894       625,380  

SI-BONE, Inc.(a)

    1,925       27,450  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    2,536       116,555  

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

    3,382       124,086  

TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,628       153,244  

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a)

    2,256       23,395  

UFP Technologies, Inc.(a)

    373       76,816  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)(b)

    2,161       35,116  
   

 

 

 
       6,230,179  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%            

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    4,691       346,853  

Accolade, Inc.(a)

    3,606       27,514  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    784       75,382  

agilon health, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,544       85,492  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    1,552       142,862  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

    1,968       118,041  

Astrana Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,062       76,603  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,934       60,662  

Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    1,243       26,215  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    482       115,126  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    1,685       29,656  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,849       396,039  

DocGo, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,672       15,791  

Encompass Health Corp.

    5,135       428,156  

Ensign Group, Inc. (The)

    2,900       343,244  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)

    1,065       21,673  

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)

    5,623       101,214  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    4,421       348,861  

Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,775       84,891  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,994       30,863  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    573       13,448  

National HealthCare Corp.

    768       69,788  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

National Research Corp., Class A

    724     $ 24,797  

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    6,642       92,457  

OPKO Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,130       28,219  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    9,116       272,477  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    3,720       92,033  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    4,504       114,717  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    4,369       38,753  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    6,124       127,869  

Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,451       100,298  

Progyny, Inc.(a)

    4,224       135,421  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    10,180       125,112  

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    3,573       173,290  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    5,456       154,787  

Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,460       86,327  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    5,187       582,448  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    738       74,914  
   

 

 

 
       5,182,293  
Health Care REITs — 0.5%            

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    6,613       163,473  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    1,237       32,818  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    3,232       26,212  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    2,134       70,635  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(b)

    31,129       143,193  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    2,144       135,201  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    12,585       382,710  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    10,800       150,336  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    746       26,878  
   

 

 

 
      1,131,456  
Health Care Technology — 0.4%            

Certara, Inc.(a)

    5,685       97,270  

Definitive Healthcare Corp., Class A(a)

    2,659       18,454  

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

    6,102       148,218  

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,809       161,142  

Health Catalyst, Inc.(a)

    2,797       17,397  

HealthStream, Inc.

    1,298       33,450  

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

    14,316       9,303  

Phreesia, Inc.(a)

    2,538       52,638  

Schrodinger, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,856       69,629  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    804       36,461  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,059       102,752  
   

 

 

 
      746,714  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.6%            

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    11,667       172,205  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    2,535       23,246  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    10,250       91,225  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    10,828       174,656  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b)

    6,042       87,790  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    8,155       89,705  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    2,995       315,913  

Service Properties Trust

    8,441       51,743  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    5,695       34,227  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    9,635       98,277  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    5,517       76,521  
   

 

 

 
      1,215,508  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.1%            

Accel Entertainment, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,760       29,642  

Aramark

    12,737       401,343  

Bally’s Corp.(a)

    1,521       19,986  

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

    35       6,899  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,159       37,772  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    4,039       104,166  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Bowlero Corp., Class A(b)

    1,988     $ 23,359  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    3,749       200,609  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)

    2,251       120,654  

Cava Group, Inc.(a)

    903       64,962  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)

    2,443       84,332  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    1,379       163,081  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)

    872       25,689  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    1,134       65,987  

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

    1,663       88,804  

Denny’s Corp.(a)

    2,622       21,028  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    753       33,207  

Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,872       109,036  

Everi Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,290       35,049  

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,004       25,622  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

    1,177       37,723  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)

    3,986       165,977  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A

    2,072       308,293  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    996       56,842  

Krispy Kreme, Inc.

    4,027       50,942  

Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    288       31,703  

Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,978       40,679  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,646       414,702  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,646       158,197  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.

    705       47,778  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)

    21,945       415,199  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    1,672       103,146  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    7,725       127,771  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,394       262,937  

Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,374       29,105  

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

    421       21,370  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

    2,568       136,412  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    18,445       52,937  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,938       205,137  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    3,640       85,831  

Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,392       98,688  

Target Hospitality Corp.(a)(b)

    1,876       20,871  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    3,442       553,405  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    3,701       161,142  

United Parks & Resorts, Inc.(a)

    1,857       94,373  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    8,708       174,073  

Wingstop, Inc.

    1,453       559,100  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    4,255       312,785  

Xponential Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,371       17,480  
   

 

 

 
       6,405,825  
Household Durables — 2.5%            

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)

    399       145,320  

Century Communities, Inc.

    1,483       117,632  

Cricut, Inc., Class A

    1,519       8,081  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    1,217       34,368  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    1,525       82,548  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    1,233       114,311  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    1,228       289,476  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)

    1,406       12,035  

KB Home

    3,612       233,913  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    2,182       71,657  

Legacy Housing Corp.(a)

    598       12,181  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    6,865       124,051  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,030       92,628  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,441       167,473  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    1,809       299,824  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,732       315,054  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    18,604       147,716  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

Skyline Champion Corp.(a)

    2,793     $ 209,447  

Sonos, Inc.(a)

    6,315       106,724  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)

    5,210       291,812  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    8,772       439,126  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    5,550       661,061  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    1,639       663,254  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    5,013       184,729  

Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    3,522       37,333  

Whirlpool Corp.

    2,821       267,600  

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.

    1,657       94,714  
   

 

 

 
       5,224,068  
Household Products — 0.3%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)(b)

    440       18,018  

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

    2,713       96,122  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    3,421       98,251  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    2,280       65,276  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    1,523       124,688  

WD-40 Co.(b)

    697       157,613  
   

 

 

 
      559,968  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Altus Power, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,509       12,878  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    1,738       37,732  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    4,342       101,516  

Montauk Renewables, Inc.(a)

    3,447       12,409  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    2,756       175,916  

Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,921       20,717  
   

 

 

 
      361,168  
Industrial REITs — 0.9%            

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    13,819       303,604  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    2,384       370,378  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,162       279,878  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    1,456       150,550  

LXP Industrial Trust

    15,286       127,638  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    1,992       41,593  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    9,326       320,721  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    4,457       242,238  
   

 

 

 
      1,836,600  
Insurance — 2.9%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    2,445       35,330  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    3,217       180,506  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    1,042       47,515  

Assurant, Inc.

    2,742       478,205  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    2,966       227,492  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    3,948       242,131  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    3,222       155,461  

BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,290       87,646  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    5,716       150,502  

Crawford & Co., Class A, NVS

    781       7,248  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    1,020       43,442  

Enstar Group Ltd.(a)

    596       173,061  

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

    894       33,811  

First American Financial Corp.

    5,316       284,778  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,219       69,373  

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

    1,327       11,877  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    1,851       240,297  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    1,984       73,130  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,974       17,549  

Kemper Corp.

    2,932       170,965  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    1,140       414,105  

Lemonade, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,268       56,308  

Lincoln National Corp.

    8,621       235,095  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,381     $ 72,171  

National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A

    104       50,837  

Old Republic International Corp.

    13,539       404,275  

Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,400       128,538  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,241       97,629  

Primerica, Inc.

    1,818       385,161  

ProAssurance Corp.

    2,607       34,830  

RLI Corp.

    2,129       300,934  

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A

    5,127       252,966  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    774       61,587  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    3,153       320,502  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    4,833       56,933  

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.(a)

    1,104       38,552  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    1,375       85,264  

Tiptree, Inc.

    1,151       18,335  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)

    1,691       38,048  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    1,144       25,271  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.(b)

    131       232,936  
   

 

 

 
       6,040,596  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Bumble, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,783       48,308  

Cargurus, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,424       99,363  

Cars.com, Inc.(a)

    3,181       53,154  

Getty Images Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,251       8,284  

IAC, Inc.(a)

    3,787       180,110  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    2,497       45,171  

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

    4,268       30,132  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,275       54,455  

Taboola.com Ltd.(a)

    7,539       31,664  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    5,551       146,158  

Vimeo, Inc.(a)

    8,032       28,835  

Yelp, Inc.(a)

    3,319       133,557  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)

    2,305       115,503  

ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,342       34,356  

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)

    14,434       228,923  
   

 

 

 
      1,237,973  
IT Services — 0.5%            

Applied Digital Corp.(a)(b)

    3,582       9,689  

ASGN, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,432       234,566  

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1(a)

    3,320       18,791  

Couchbase, Inc.(a)

    1,546       37,320  

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,566       84,319  

DXC Technology Co.(a)(b)

    9,399       183,187  

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

    6,321       79,961  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,932       28,646  

Hackett Group, Inc. (The)

    1,287       27,915  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,759       231,182  

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    1,757       83,036  

Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,319       80,840  

Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,014       9,313  
   

 

 

 
      1,108,765  
Leisure Products — 0.9%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    1,552       94,641  

Brunswick Corp.

    3,541       285,546  

Hasbro, Inc.

    6,752       413,898  

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

    344       14,107  

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,006       34,224  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    17,457       319,812  

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

    17,119       53,240  

Polaris, Inc.

    2,638       224,652  

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

    2,280       38,692  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Leisure Products (continued)  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    905     $ 41,838  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    7,514       120,374  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)

    2,856       100,217  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,484       160,169  
   

 

 

 
      1,901,410  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,126       150,089  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)

    5,833       15,282  

Azenta, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,676       140,383  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,746       30,625  

CryoPort, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,575       41,689  

Fortrea Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,265       156,056  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,753       47,175  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,214       471,457  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    268       28,429  

OmniAb, Inc.(a)

    5,013       22,258  

OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares(a)(c)

    359        

OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares(a)(c)

    359        

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(a)

    12,827       21,165  

Quanterix Corp.(a)

    1,640       26,437  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    2,507       411,649  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    5,464       61,197  
   

 

 

 
       1,623,891  
Machinery — 3.9%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    6,943       23,259  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    514       99,911  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    1,610       128,397  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    4,632       340,684  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    1,160       48,488  

Atmus Filtration Technologies, Inc.(a)

    878       26,595  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    2,599       90,237  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,200       316,932  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

    1,455       60,048  

Crane Co.

    2,525       353,525  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    6,201       447,712  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

    1,176       26,625  

Energy Recovery, Inc.(a)

    2,870       42,763  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Class A

    2,773       98,802  

Enpro, Inc.

    1,030       154,634  

Esab Corp.

    2,747       290,852  

Federal Signal Corp.

    3,132       254,632  

Flowserve Corp.

    6,787       320,075  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    2,069       199,183  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)

    7,351       129,525  

Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)

    1,119       37,117  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)

    1,620       80,012  

Helios Technologies, Inc.

    1,554       70,085  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    3,612       172,365  

Hillman Solutions Corp.(a)

    9,851       94,176  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A

    555       32,506  

ITT, Inc.

    4,228       546,850  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    1,624       144,682  

Kadant, Inc.(b)

    574       157,155  

Kennametal, Inc.

    3,943       92,779  

Lindsay Corp.

    562       65,276  

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

    2,648       367,993  

Miller Industries, Inc.

    554       26,985  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    5,837       325,821  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

    8,015       126,958  

Nikola Corp.(a)(b)

    50,276       31,201  

Omega Flex, Inc.

    171       11,330  

Oshkosh Corp.

    3,156       354,324  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)

    1,244     $ 37,917  

RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,395       341,147  

REV Group, Inc.

    2,156       47,130  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,341       285,157  

Standex International Corp.

    608       105,111  

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

    1,026       39,573  

Tennant Co.

    956       111,355  

Terex Corp.

    3,456       193,709  

Timken Co. (The)

    3,410       304,240  

Titan International, Inc.(a)

    2,678       29,512  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    4,248       110,533  

Wabash National Corp.

    2,351       54,332  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    1,405       278,836  
   

 

 

 
      8,129,046  
Marine Transportation — 0.3%            

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    2,177       46,457  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    2,935       320,297  

Matson, Inc.

    1,793       193,249  
   

 

 

 
      560,003  
Media — 1.0%            

Advantage Solutions, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,699       24,278  

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

    11,000       21,230  

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    1,068       16,490  

Cable One, Inc.

    238       93,736  

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

    15,064       20,939  

EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)

    6,219       99,442  

Gray Television, Inc.

    4,230       24,323  

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a)

    2,581       24,752  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    2,311       86,824  

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

    8,218       197,725  

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

    4,055       97,563  

Magnite, Inc.(a)

    6,021       53,166  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    8,013       344,799  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    1,668       266,980  

Paramount Global, Class A(b)

    281       5,814  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    26,460       301,380  

PubMatic, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,034       45,643  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

    1,302       46,377  

Sinclair, Inc., Class A

    1,977       24,317  

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

    5,301       31,541  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)

    1,358       37,345  

TEGNA, Inc.

    9,808       133,781  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,625       37,391  

WideOpenWest, Inc.(a)

    2,844       10,153  
   

 

 

 
       2,045,989  
Metals & Mining — 1.6%            

Alcoa Corp.

    9,191       322,972  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

    549       179,589  

Arch Resources, Inc., Class A

    872       138,456  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,563       391,811  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    2,405       206,108  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    2,702       46,880  

Coeur Mining, Inc.(a)

    19,837       89,663  

Commercial Metals Co.

    6,008       322,870  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    1,759       21,900  

Haynes International, Inc.

    622       37,413  

Hecla Mining Co.

    30,133       142,529  

Ivanhoe Electric, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,795       38,329  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    817       73,930  

Materion Corp.

    1,074       123,446  

Metallus, Inc.(a)

    1,960       40,298  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)  

MP Materials Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    6,398     $ 102,368  

Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(a)(b)

    943       11,552  

Radius Recycling, Inc., Class A

    1,343       23,395  

Ramaco Resources, Inc., Class B

    250       2,777  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    3,387       406,880  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    1,532       43,739  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    4,283       44,158  

United States Steel Corp.

    11,482       419,093  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    2,679       183,110  
   

 

 

 
       3,413,266  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    34,276       313,625  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    6,423       61,853  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.(b)

    9,548       122,501  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    2,680       18,197  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    2,377       43,190  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    8,519       150,275  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A

    6,874       43,237  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    11,672       48,089  

Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    5,925       51,547  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    2,973       34,695  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    4,123       47,167  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    4,187       52,296  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

    5,666       141,707  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,955       27,807  

Ladder Capital Corp., Class A

    5,830       62,556  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    5,189       54,951  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    4,596       31,483  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    4,207       58,267  

Ready Capital Corp.

    8,989       76,586  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    5,986       33,103  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    24,949       277,433  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    15,446       293,011  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,852       20,905  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    4,728       59,715  
   

 

 

 
      2,124,196  
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%            

Avista Corp.

    4,047       145,611  

Black Hills Corp.

    3,480       191,052  

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

    2,960       149,302  

Unitil Corp.

    819       41,720  
   

 

 

 
      527,685  
Office REITs — 0.8%            

Brandywine Realty Trust

    9,009       40,901  

COPT Defense Properties

    5,748       137,779  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    7,241       166,108  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    8,198       112,394  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    4,946       57,819  

Equity Commonwealth(a)

    5,499       102,941  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    5,409       141,716  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    7,365       42,717  

JBG SMITH Properties

    4,658       69,917  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    5,782       195,432  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    9,322       43,254  

Peakstone Realty Trust, Class E

    1,812       25,314  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    6,357       43,800  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    3,420       170,419  

Vornado Realty Trust

    8,750       227,762  
   

 

 

 
      1,578,273  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.0%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    16,381     $ 226,713  

Berry Corp.

    3,640       30,904  

California Resources Corp.

    3,481       184,006  

Centrus Energy Corp., Class A(a)

    659       28,291  

Chord Energy Corp.

    2,134       377,675  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    3,554       255,746  

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)(b)

    8,763       20,330  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    8,108       190,700  

Comstock Resources, Inc.

    4,845       48,741  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    1,469       121,574  

Crescent Energy Co., Class A

    4,527       48,167  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    1,913       58,117  

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

    3,289       89,888  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    1,789       73,921  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    5,010       311,622  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    22,357       302,490  

Granite Ridge Resources, Inc.

    3,226       21,034  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)

    1,948       40,265  

Gulfport Energy Corp.(a)

    623       98,876  

Hallador Energy Co.(a)

    1,149       5,871  

HighPeak Energy, Inc.(b)

    1,092       15,517  

International Seaways, Inc.

    1,800       99,522  

Kinetik Holdings, Inc., Class A

    909       34,851  

Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a)

    22,600       128,142  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    8,690       217,858  

Matador Resources Co.

    5,802       361,465  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    7,954       355,067  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A

    4,185       109,647  

NextDecade Corp.(a)

    4,680       30,046  

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.

    4,729       192,896  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,162       97,390  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    5,614       299,058  

Peabody Energy Corp.

    5,705       125,168  

Permian Resources Corp., Class A

    24,433       409,253  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    852       47,141  

Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.

    283       7,338  

SandRidge Energy, Inc.

    1,705       23,359  

SilverBow Resources, Inc.(a)

    650       19,968  

Sitio Royalties Corp., Class A

    4,171       96,934  

SM Energy Co.

    5,968       289,388  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    53,800       402,962  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,682       74,889  

Uranium Energy Corp.(a)

    18,616       125,658  

VAALCO Energy, Inc.

    5,633       36,051  

Vital Energy, Inc.(a)

    1,243       65,904  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    1,113       24,697  

W&T Offshore, Inc.

    4,680       10,530  

World Kinect Corp.

    3,137       73,720  
   

 

 

 
       6,309,350  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    840       37,834  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    3,309       242,186  

Mercer International, Inc.

    2,003       20,290  

Sylvamo Corp.

    1,835       114,687  
   

 

 

 
      414,997  
Passenger Airlines — 0.6%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    6,602       284,018  

Allegiant Travel Co.

    726       39,611  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)

    31,358       423,647  

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,110       12,744  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    17,175       97,554  

Joby Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,862       110,403  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Passenger Airlines (continued)  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    2,088     $ 152,487  

Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)

    5,559       19,623  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,821       24,237  
   

 

 

 
      1,164,324  
Personal Care Products — 0.5%            

Beauty Health Co. (The), Class A(a)(b)

    4,447       14,364  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,736       371,625  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    2,544       95,705  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,617       425,341  

Herbalife Ltd.(a)

    4,960       42,904  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    938       109,165  

Medifast, Inc.

    562       15,472  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    2,552       30,012  

Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,621       9,203  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    572       23,749  
   

 

 

 
       1,137,540  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,920       79,200  

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,318       4,195  

AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    427       1,025  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    879       58,014  

Arvinas, Inc.(a)

    2,555       81,172  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,880       138,669  

Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,158       47,800  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    9,277       518,120  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    1,563       57,722  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,886       113,941  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,437       321,591  

Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,223       21,268  

Evolus, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,275       26,777  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,882       58,173  

Harrow, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,796       18,301  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)

    2,850       43,063  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)

    4,951       355,531  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    898       62,761  

Liquidia Corp.(a)(b)

    2,360       30,326  

Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,975       36,133  

Organon & Co.

    13,221       246,043  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)

    2,371       62,239  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    7,004       228,751  

Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,698       15,333  

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,402       28,392  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    2,538       182,127  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,128       14,902  

Scilex Holding Co. (Acquired 01/09/23, cost $19,912)(a)(d)

    3,943       3,221  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,722       81,932  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,333       41,896  

Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    2,188       18,467  

Tilray Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,106       94,122  

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,475       9,256  
   

 

 

 
      3,100,463  
Professional Services — 2.3%            

Alight, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,141       172,652  

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

    321       39,002  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,150       462,565  

CBIZ, Inc.(a)

    2,428       172,825  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    17,611       119,050  

Concentrix Corp.

    2,229       121,859  

Conduent, Inc.(a)

    8,713       27,446  

CRA International, Inc.

    342       49,621  
Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    1,571     $ 74,214  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    13,122       119,410  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,466       245,514  

Exponent, Inc.

    2,606       239,517  

First Advantage Corp.

    2,546       41,500  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    618       11,241  

Franklin Covey Co.(a)

    595       23,169  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    1,823       389,812  

Genpact Ltd.

    7,960       244,690  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    1,066       31,426  

HireRight Holdings Corp.(a)

    625       8,938  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a)

    902       84,102  

ICF International, Inc.

    973       140,394  

Insperity, Inc.

    1,755       180,642  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,616       37,071  

Kforce, Inc.

    953       58,857  

Korn Ferry

    2,573       156,233  

Legalzoom.com, Inc.(a)

    6,182       73,875  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    2,520       190,134  

Maximus, Inc.

    3,142       252,240  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

    718       66,946  

Parsons Corp.(a)

    2,253       176,883  

Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,291       57,165  

Planet Labs PBC, Class A(a)(b)

    10,491       17,730  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    1,824       20,155  

Science Applications International Corp.

    2,631       338,610  

Sterling Check Corp.(a)

    1,562       23,633  

TriNet Group, Inc.

    1,619       162,499  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    1,032       7,513  

Upwork, Inc.(a)

    6,376       74,599  

Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a)

    8,560       201,845  
   

 

 

 
       4,915,577  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%            

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

    5,802       28,198  

Compass, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,185       54,133  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a)

    8,127       78,426  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Class A

    7,587       124,730  

eXp World Holdings, Inc.

    4,196       41,792  

Forestar Group, Inc.(a)

    955       29,596  

FRP Holdings, Inc.(a)

    788       23,884  

Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,537       100,151  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    2,446       441,992  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    5,651       48,542  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    1,267       40,126  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

    7,134       68,272  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    32,195       64,068  

Redfin Corp.(a)

    5,799       32,532  

St. Joe Co. (The)

    1,842       105,363  
   

 

 

 
      1,281,805  
Residential REITs — 0.4%            

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    7,106       272,728  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(a)

    6,457       51,656  

Centerspace

    779       52,388  

Elme Communities

    4,567       69,236  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,562       182,333  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    1,180       40,403  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    3,339       53,157  

Veris Residential, Inc.

    4,054       58,418  
   

 

 

 
      780,319  
Retail REITs — 1.4%            

Acadia Realty Trust

    5,370       92,794  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Retail REITs (continued)  

Agree Realty Corp.

    4,868     $ 278,547  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    110       23,272  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    15,459       341,644  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    767       16,682  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    4,164       433,764  

Getty Realty Corp.

    2,533       68,644  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    3,320       84,129  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    11,296       246,253  

Macerich Co. (The)

    11,141       153,300  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    3,584       60,390  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    9,413       381,509  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    6,164       201,563  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    6,400       78,528  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    626       22,793  

SITE Centers Corp.

    9,811       132,350  

Tanger, Inc.

    5,311       150,567  

Urban Edge Properties

    6,019       100,698  

Whitestone REIT

    2,573       29,589  
   

 

 

 
       2,897,016  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%  

Aehr Test Systems(a)(b)

    1,459       17,479  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,863       114,692  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    1,181       25,828  

Ambarella, Inc.(a)

    2,017       92,722  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    5,891       190,574  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,656       171,429  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    2,774       245,693  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    2,407       72,980  

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(a)

    6,746       120,551  

Diodes, Inc.(a)

    2,368       172,888  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)

    4,021       179,296  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    1,515       58,752  

Impinj, Inc.(a)

    1,196       190,618  

indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    7,256       40,779  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    2,799       129,538  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,816       287,091  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)

    3,915       81,393  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    2,994       356,226  

Navitas Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    6,051       26,201  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)

    2,532       469,661  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,467       44,127  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    3,095       84,834  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    2,894       193,088  

Rambus, Inc.(a)

    5,536       303,484  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    3,353       126,140  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    1,631       198,150  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    892       79,495  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,659       48,580  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,936       172,196  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    2,022       181,899  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,272       95,038  

Universal Display Corp.

    2,441       385,629  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)

    2,863       101,178  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,495       175,560  
   

 

 

 
      5,233,789  
Software — 5.8%            

A10 Networks, Inc.

    3,649       47,656  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    5,626       191,847  

Adeia, Inc.

    5,657       55,665  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)

    1,183       98,248  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,557       170,041  

Alkami Technology, Inc.(a)

    2,212       53,243  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

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

    2,808     $ 225,904  

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

    3,384       33,129  

Appfolio, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,079       244,696  

Appian Corp., Class A(a)

    1,574       58,931  

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

    4,225       62,826  

Aurora Innovation, Inc., Class A(a)

    36,897       102,389  

AvePoint, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,246       40,761  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    2,273       177,112  

BlackLine, Inc.(a)

    2,522       146,402  

Box, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,425       193,198  

Braze, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,364       99,052  

C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,098       114,858  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    9,537       107,005  

Cerence, Inc.(a)

    2,142       19,514  

Cleanspark, Inc.(a)

    9,098       149,025  

Clear Secure, Inc., Class A

    3,877       67,731  

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,478       102,223  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,260       231,582  

Confluent, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,616        298,522  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    921       10,720  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)

    4,774       9,118  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    3,021       234,611  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,335       185,615  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    12,827       297,073  

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,637       46,739  

Elastic NV(a)

    4,190       428,302  

Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,527       14,216  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    2,734       169,699  

Everbridge, Inc.(a)

    2,122       73,740  

EverCommerce, Inc.(a)

    1,114       10,026  

Five9, Inc.(a)

    3,729       214,679  

Freshworks, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,557       152,742  

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

    4,659       244,458  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)

    4,226       466,550  

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

    5,823       189,015  

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

    2,104       65,161  

Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,067       20,412  

Intapp, Inc.(a)

    1,277       39,485  

InterDigital, Inc.

    1,272       125,585  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    2,497       48,617  

JFrog Ltd.(a)

    3,920       156,330  

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

    1,871       41,910  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,348       107,504  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,440       183,726  

Matterport, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,240       60,904  

MeridianLink, Inc.(a)

    978       16,313  

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

    739       787,057  

Mitek Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,224       28,089  

Model N, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,937       57,432  

N-able, Inc.(a)

    3,510       43,033  

nCino, Inc.(a)

    3,179       92,700  

NCR Voyix Corp.(a)

    7,304       89,474  

Olo, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,136       24,653  

PagerDuty, Inc.(a)

    4,529       90,399  

Pegasystems, Inc.

    2,115       125,673  

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

    3,637       62,993  

Progress Software Corp.

    2,179       108,558  

PROS Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,200       72,050  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,012       154,787  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    1,896       310,773  

Rapid7, Inc.(a)

    3,166       141,837  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,874       114,748  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Riot Platforms, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,981     $ 111,018  

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

    8,669       302,808  

SEMrush Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,583       19,376  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)

    12,482       263,745  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,960       263,297  

SolarWinds Corp.

    2,453       27,032  

Sprinklr, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,394       74,746  

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,374       119,768  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)

    1,878       326,528  

Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,026       270,989  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    5,033       186,724  

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

    21,999       417,321  

Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)

    5,560       243,250  

Verint Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,280       99,318  

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

    2,370       69,038  

Weave Communications, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,691       18,077  

Workiva, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,588       203,934  

Yext, Inc.(a)

    5,845       32,089  

Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a)

    8,101       100,128  

Zuora, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,840       67,442  
   

 

 

 
       12,225,694  
Specialized REITs — 0.7%            

EPR Properties

    3,662       148,640  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    2,285       24,587  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    4,636       108,714  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    1,720       21,810  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,485       519,587  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    4,111       144,049  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    7,154       113,462  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    4,090       163,641  

Rayonier, Inc.

    6,786       201,273  

Safehold, Inc.

    2,365       43,138  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    12,204       70,173  
   

 

 

 
      1,559,074  
Specialty Retail — 3.3%            

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    2,382       289,461  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    3,781       220,432  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    2,967       216,532  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    9,361       227,098  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)

    331       18,946  

Arhaus, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,751       22,168  

Arko Corp., Class A

    3,807       16,370  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)

    1,061       223,065  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    1,453       234,151  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    11,293       512,928  

Beyond, Inc.(a)

    2,369       47,688  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,564       166,519  

Buckle, Inc. (The)

    1,612       60,273  

Caleres, Inc.

    1,720       63,348  

Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,076       42,081  

Carvana Co., Class A(a)(b)

    5,518       457,553  

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

    6,204       92,998  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    2,287       21,246  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    2,981       599,002  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    4,283       89,301  

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

    13,830       153,375  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    11,058       226,910  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    687       201,992  

Guess?, Inc.

    1,526       40,866  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    727       22,392  

Hibbett, Inc.

    625       53,900  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,055       35,586  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    1,420     $ 361,220  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)

    1,043       25,731  

Monro, Inc.

    1,594       43,436  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    1,061       439,063  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,108       71,561  

ODP Corp. (The)(a)

    1,865       94,947  

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

    4,847       7,270  

Revolve Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,020       40,218  

RH(a)

    770       190,228  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,427       58,883  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    848       28,357  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    2,269       222,430  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    698       40,372  

Upbound Group, Inc.

    2,506       77,711  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    3,008       117,192  

Valvoline, Inc.(a)

    6,735       286,372  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    3,654       64,383  

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,766       44,213  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,600       230,690  

Winmark Corp.

    132       47,430  
   

 

 

 
       6,847,888  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)

    2,497       27,717  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a)

    1,660       52,555  

IonQ, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,714       74,505  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    4,670       62,064  
   

 

 

 
      216,841  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    5,981       212,206  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,854       126,832  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,795       142,936  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    3,096       385,050  

Figs, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,699       34,232  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    2,156       60,691  

Hanesbrands, Inc.(a)

    17,920       81,715  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    2,893       179,540  

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

    4,747       100,731  

Movado Group, Inc.

    824       20,987  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    802       86,440  

PVH Corp.

    3,122       339,674  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    1,933       316,316  

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

    6,885       454,754  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    3,715       150,123  

Tapestry, Inc.

    11,801       471,096  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,971       67,105  

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

    8,233       53,679  

VF Corp.

    17,026       212,144  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    4,206       45,172  
   

 

 

 
      3,541,423  
Tobacco — 0.1%            

Universal Corp.

    1,255       64,545  

Vector Group Ltd.

    7,039       72,853  
   

 

 

 
      137,398  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.0%            

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    5,384       270,492  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    1,985       363,751  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)

    2,714       267,410  

BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a)

    436       47,816  

Boise Cascade Co.

    2,037       269,434  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,337       527,260  

Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,002       14,980  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    519     $ 17,112  

DNOW, Inc.(a)

    5,256       74,162  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    638       31,109  

FTAI Aviation Ltd.

    5,108       358,633  

GATX Corp.

    1,684       206,054  

Global Industrial Co.

    824       31,732  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    2,012       186,150  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

    1,665       80,403  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    1,276       182,506  

McGrath RentCorp.

    1,260       134,392  

MRC Global, Inc.(a)

    4,403       49,446  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    2,383       217,425  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    3,108       136,503  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    412       16,855  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,287       358,808  

Titan Machinery, Inc.(a)

    1,066       23,729  

Transcat, Inc.(a)(b)

    446       47,887  

WESCO International, Inc.

    2,286       349,187  
   

 

 

 
      4,263,236  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

American States Water Co.

    1,911       135,375  

California Water Service Group

    2,814       138,224  

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.

    760       19,342  

Middlesex Water Co.

    904       45,851  

SJW Group

    1,485       80,858  

York Water Co. (The)

    699       24,822  
   

 

 

 
      444,472  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%            

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    3,531       31,991  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    5,222       81,724  

United States Cellular Corp.(a)(b)

    743       27,016  
   

 

 

 
      140,731  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $209,054,359)

 

     209,490,055  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 9.5%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(e)(f)(g)

    19,767,661     $ 19,773,591  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(e)(f)

    184,955       184,955  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 9.5%
(Cost: $19,948,440)

 

    19,958,546  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 109.4%
(Cost: $229,002,799)

 

    229,448,601  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (9.4)%

 

    (19,681,925
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  209,766,676  
   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Fund held restricted securities with a current value of $3,221, representing 0.0% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $19,912.

(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 April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
  Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
    Shares
Held at
04/30/24
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
        
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  24,584,128     $   —     $  (4,810,203 )(a)    $ 23           $ (357   $ 19,773,591       19,767,661     $ 276,578 (b)    $   —     
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    345,266             (160,311 )(a)                    184,955       184,955       24,165           
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    
          $ 23       $ (357   $  19,958,546       $  300,743     $     
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

  (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)

April 30, 2024

   iShares® Morningstar 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                            

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

     2        06/21/24      $ 199      $ 1,358  
           

 

 

 

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)

   $      $      $ 1,358      $      $      $      $  1,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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

   $      $      $ 38,290      $      $      $      $  38,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 2,566      $      $      $      $ 2,566  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 455,760  

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)

April 30, 2024

   iShares® Morningstar Small-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

   $ 209,486,834                $ 3,221                $    —                $ 209,490,055  

Short-Term Securities

                    

Money Market Funds

     19,958,546                               19,958,546  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 
   $  229,445,380         $   3,221         $         $  229,448,601  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                    

Assets

                    

Equity Contracts

   $ 1,358         $         $         $ 1,358  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

  (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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    1,378     $ 432,223  

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

    11,801       1,980,680  

General Dynamics Corp.

    4,638       1,331,523  

General Electric Co.

    20,291       3,283,490  

HEICO Corp.(b)

    822       170,483  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    1,450       240,483  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    7,484       499,557  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    764       211,575  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    3,469       742,539  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    4,150       1,929,459  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    2,915       1,413,862  

RTX Corp.

    25,688       2,607,846  

Textron, Inc.

    3,787       320,342  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    1,023       1,276,735  
   

 

 

 
       16,440,797  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    2,232       158,472  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    2,832       315,230  

FedEx Corp.

    4,572       1,196,858  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    14,012       2,066,490  
   

 

 

 
      3,737,050  
Automobile Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    5,512       391,352  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    4,519       148,088  
   

 

 

 
      539,440  
Automobiles — 1.4%            

Ford Motor Co.

    76,210       925,952  

General Motors Co.

    22,329       994,310  

Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,936       43,187  

Tesla, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,639       9,830,956  
   

 

 

 
      11,794,405  
Banks — 3.3%            

Bank of America Corp.

    132,825       4,915,853  

Citigroup, Inc.

    36,805       2,257,251  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    8,630       294,369  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    12,288       448,021  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    230       387,955  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    26,781       360,740  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    55,634       10,667,263  

KeyCorp.

    18,292       265,051  

M&T Bank Corp.

    3,210       463,492  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    7,698       1,179,796  

Regions Financial Corp.

    18,075       348,305  

Truist Financial Corp.

    25,808       969,090  

U.S. Bancorp

    30,112       1,223,451  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    69,670       4,132,824  
   

 

 

 
      27,913,461  
Beverages — 1.4%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    926       45,439  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    5,890       281,837  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,812       200,411  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    75,913       4,689,146  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    3,022       765,956  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    18,185       612,834  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    3,423       196,001  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    15,070       805,491  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    26,616       4,682,021  
   

 

 

 
      12,279,136  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology — 1.9%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    34,179     $ 5,558,872  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,351       338,426  

Amgen, Inc.

    10,357       2,837,197  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    2,790       599,348  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    3,655       295,178  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    3,554       210,930  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    24,154       1,574,841  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    3,509       182,643  

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,218       685,908  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    1,899       261,188  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,073       1,846,338  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    900       210,897  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4,986       1,958,551  
   

 

 

 
       16,560,317  
Broadline Retail — 4.0%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    181,507       31,763,725  

Coupang, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,674       510,165  

eBay, Inc.

    10,089       519,987  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

    2,346       161,100  

MercadoLibre, Inc.(a)

    943       1,375,554  
   

 

 

 
      34,330,531  
Building Products — 0.6%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    2,341       193,928  

Allegion PLC

    1,702       206,895  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    2,376       434,380  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    952       369,614  

Carrier Global Corp.

    16,245       998,905  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    13,210       859,575  

Lennox International, Inc.

    635       294,272  

Masco Corp.

    4,361       298,511  

Owens Corning

    1,716       288,648  

Trane Technologies PLC

    4,371       1,387,093  
   

 

 

 
      5,331,821  
Capital Markets — 3.0%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,959       806,697  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    3,228       429,614  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    14,673       828,878  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    2,767       2,088,089  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    13,914       1,622,512  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    4,068       182,246  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    27,789       2,054,997  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    6,964       1,459,933  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,320       677,048  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    726       302,662  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    5,690       129,960  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    6,261       2,671,631  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    2,046       235,535  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    11,068       1,425,116  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    12,835       1,194,553  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,457       392,122  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    743       148,667  

Moody’s Corp.

    3,068       1,136,172  

Morgan Stanley

    24,537       2,228,941  

Morningstar, Inc.

    501       141,608  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    1,521       708,467  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    7,745       463,538  

Northern Trust Corp.

    4,025       331,620  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    3,664       447,008  

S&P Global, Inc.

    6,081       2,528,662  

State Street Corp.

    5,964       432,330  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    4,335     $ 474,986  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    2,107       214,303  
   

 

 

 
      25,757,895  
Chemicals — 1.5%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    4,311       1,018,862  

Albemarle Corp.

    2,245       270,096  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    2,003       307,681  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    3,440       271,657  

Corteva, Inc.

    13,560       734,003  

Dow, Inc.

    13,619       774,921  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    8,317       602,982  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    2,320       219,101  

Ecolab, Inc.

    4,796       1,084,615  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    4,939       418,086  

Linde PLC

    9,368       4,130,913  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    5,008       500,650  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    6,289       197,412  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    4,569       589,401  

RPM International, Inc.

    2,400       256,584  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    4,576       1,371,015  

Westlake Corp.

    686       101,089  
   

 

 

 
       12,849,068  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%            

Cintas Corp.

    1,693       1,114,570  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    987       186,987  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    16,103       874,554  

Republic Services, Inc.

    3,985       763,925  

Rollins, Inc.

    5,699       253,947  

Veralto Corp.

    4,484       420,061  

Waste Management, Inc.

    7,110       1,479,022  
   

 

 

 
      5,093,066  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    4,927       1,264,071  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    78,684       3,696,574  

F5, Inc.(a)

    1,111       183,660  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    6,097       212,298  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    3,216       1,090,706  
   

 

 

 
      6,447,309  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

AECOM

    2,654       245,124  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    901       321,810  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    2,813       727,329  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,519       130,062  
   

 

 

 
      1,424,325  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    1,196       702,136  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    2,486       640,468  
   

 

 

 
      1,342,604  
Consumer Finance — 0.5%            

American Express Co.

    11,127       2,604,052  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    7,115       1,020,504  

Discover Financial Services

    4,821       610,965  

Synchrony Financial

    7,619       335,084  
   

 

 

 
      4,570,605  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    8,071       164,648  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,376       177,440  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    726       232,015  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    8,590       6,209,711  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (continued)  

Dollar General Corp.

    4,247     $ 591,140  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    3,972       469,689  

Kroger Co. (The)

    12,942       716,728  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    3,012       204,455  

Sysco Corp.

    9,608       714,067  

Target Corp.

    8,928       1,437,229  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    4,728       237,582  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    13,702       242,936  

Walmart, Inc.

    84,255       5,000,534  
   

 

 

 
       16,398,174  
Containers & Packaging — 0.2%            

Amcor PLC

    27,668       247,352  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    1,548       336,349  

Ball Corp.

    5,822       405,037  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    2,355       193,275  

International Paper Co.

    6,370       222,568  

Packaging Corp. of America

    1,654       286,109  

Westrock Co.

    4,816       230,975  
   

 

 

 
      1,921,665  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    2,709       425,882  

LKQ Corp.

    5,109       220,351  

Pool Corp.

    738       267,547  
   

 

 

 
      913,780  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Service Corp. International

    2,840       203,656  
   

 

 

 
Diversified REITs — 0.0%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    4,224       231,644  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

AT&T Inc.

    138,480       2,338,927  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    81,348       3,212,433  
   

 

 

 
      5,551,360  
Electric Utilities — 1.5%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    4,960       247,008  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    10,184       876,130  

Avangrid, Inc.

    1,302       47,562  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    5,937       1,103,926  

Duke Energy Corp.

    14,922       1,466,236  

Edison International

    7,353       522,504  

Entergy Corp.

    4,100       437,347  

Evergy, Inc.

    4,228       221,759  

Eversource Energy

    6,749       409,124  

Exelon Corp.

    19,275       724,354  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    10,081       386,506  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    39,691       2,658,106  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    4,424       321,492  

PG&E Corp.

    41,177       704,538  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    2,189       161,220  

PPL Corp.

    14,440       396,522  

Southern Co. (The)

    20,296       1,491,756  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    10,598       569,431  
   

 

 

 
      12,745,521  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

AMETEK, Inc.

    4,436       774,792  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    7,734       2,461,423  

Emerson Electric Co.

    11,051       1,191,077  

Hubbell, Inc.

    952       352,735  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    1,310       211,394  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    2,222     $ 602,073  

Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A

    6,281       584,133  
   

 

 

 
      6,177,627  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    11,229       1,356,126  

CDW Corp.

    2,593       627,143  

Corning, Inc.

    14,965       499,532  

Flex Ltd.(a)(b)

    8,528       244,327  

Jabil, Inc.

    2,418       283,777  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    3,402       503,292  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,006       118,547  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    5,810       821,999  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    909       346,765  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    4,586       275,481  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    1,007       316,762  
   

 

 

 
      5,393,751  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%            

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    19,567       638,276  

Halliburton Co.

    17,241       646,020  

Schlumberger NV

    27,631       1,311,920  
   

 

 

 
      2,596,216  
Entertainment — 1.2%            

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    4,710       597,322  

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

    481       29,952  

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

    4,008       280,440  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    2,752       244,680  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    8,378       4,613,262  

ROBLOX Corp., Class A(a)

    9,205       327,330  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,087       440,855  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    35,402       3,933,162  
   

 

 

 
       10,467,003  
Financial Services — 4.2%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    7,694       833,876  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    35,094       13,922,843  

Block, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,711       781,903  

Corpay, Inc.(a)

    1,319       398,523  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    6,236       230,171  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    11,485       780,061  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    10,598       1,617,997  

Global Payments, Inc.

    4,632       568,671  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    1,450       235,900  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    16,043       7,238,601  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    20,859       1,416,743  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    30,600       8,219,466  
   

 

 

 
      36,244,755  
Food Products — 0.8%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    10,246       601,030  

Bunge Global SA

    2,807       285,640  

Campbell Soup Co.

    3,827       174,932  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    8,809       271,141  

General Mills, Inc.

    10,984       773,933  

Hershey Co. (The)

    2,903       562,950  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    5,689       202,301  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    2,028       232,916  

Kellanova

    5,189       300,235  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    15,364       593,204  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    2,789       232,435  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    4,894       372,238  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    26,354     $ 1,895,907  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    5,215       316,290  
   

 

 

 
      6,815,152  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    2,843       335,190  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 1.1%            

CSX Corp.

    38,342       1,273,721  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    1,529       248,570  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    2,914       134,714  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    4,377       1,008,111  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    3,682       669,056  

Saia, Inc.(a)

    514       203,971  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    38,416       2,545,828  

U-Haul Holding Co.(a)

    182       11,508  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS

    1,885       115,588  

Union Pacific Corp.

    11,784       2,794,693  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    2,244       241,140  
   

 

 

 
      9,246,900  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4%  

Abbott Laboratories

    33,543       3,554,552  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    1,474       416,228  

Baxter International, Inc.

    9,904       399,824  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    5,352       1,255,579  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    28,325       2,035,718  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

    3,867       344,395  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    7,375       939,501  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    11,640       985,559  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    7,305       556,933  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    4,674       354,149  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    1,591       783,981  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    1,342       230,743  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    6,448       2,389,758  

Medtronic PLC

    25,764       2,067,303  

ResMed, Inc.

    2,842       608,160  

STERIS PLC

    1,914       391,528  

Stryker Corp.

    6,738       2,267,337  

Teleflex, Inc.

    868       181,195  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    3,870       465,484  
   

 

 

 
       20,227,927  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%            

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    4,770       491,501  

Cencora, Inc.

    3,041       726,951  

Centene Corp.(a)

    10,338       755,294  

Chemed Corp.

    294       166,992  

Cigna Group (The)

    5,402       1,928,730  

CVS Health Corp.

    24,910       1,686,656  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    4,308       2,277,123  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    3,844       1,190,948  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,346       162,531  

Humana, Inc.

    2,246       678,494  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    1,640       330,247  

McKesson Corp.

    2,538       1,363,439  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    1,053       360,231  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    2,152       297,363  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    17,888       8,652,426  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    1,135       193,438  
   

 

 

 
      21,262,364  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%            

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    13,661       254,231  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care REITs (continued)            

Ventas, Inc.

    7,410     $ 328,115  

Welltower, Inc.

    10,720       1,021,402  
   

 

 

 
      1,603,748  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,828       561,528  
   

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0%            

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    12,882       243,083  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%            

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,953       1,261,107  

Booking Holdings, Inc.

    665       2,295,600  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    3,936       140,988  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    18,384       272,451  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    484       1,529,246  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    1,391       179,439  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    2,346       359,900  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    671       355,140  

DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,346       691,024  

DraftKings, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,025       375,079  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    2,577       346,942  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    4,580       903,542  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    5,898       261,635  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    4,822       1,138,619  

McDonald’s Corp.

    13,980       3,817,099  

MGM Resorts International(a)

    5,360       211,398  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    4,568       637,830  

Starbucks Corp.

    22,002       1,946,957  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    697       131,991  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    1,852       169,736  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    5,428       766,705  
   

 

 

 
       17,792,428  
Household Durables — 0.3%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    5,956       848,671  

Garmin Ltd.

    2,960       427,631  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    4,825       731,567  

Lennar Corp., Class B(b)

    224       31,447  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    59       438,892  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    4,174       465,067  
   

 

 

 
      2,943,275  
Household Products — 1.2%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    4,800       517,872  

Clorox Co. (The)

    2,421       357,993  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    15,941       1,465,297  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    6,534       892,087  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    45,552       7,434,086  
   

 

 

 
      10,667,335  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp. (The)

    13,002       232,736  

Vistra Corp.

    6,425       487,272  
   

 

 

 
      720,008  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%            

3M Co.

    10,703       1,032,946  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    12,764       2,460,006  
   

 

 

 
      3,492,952  
Industrial REITs — 0.2%            

Prologis, Inc.

    17,912       1,827,920  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    3,808       163,020  
   

 

 

 
      1,990,940  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance — 2.2%            

Aflac, Inc.

    10,337     $ 864,690  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    5,063       861,014  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    1,371       175,145  

American International Group, Inc.

    13,077       984,829  

Aon PLC, Class A

    3,875       1,092,789  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    7,173       670,962  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    4,154       974,902  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    4,501       367,011  

Chubb Ltd.

    7,350       1,827,504  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    2,994       346,376  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    490       187,503  

Everest Group Ltd.

    839       307,418  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    5,120       253,440  

Globe Life, Inc.

    1,823       138,858  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    5,392       522,431  

Loews Corp.

    3,518       264,378  

Markel Group, Inc.(a)

    232       338,349  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    9,550       1,904,556  

MetLife, Inc.

    11,945       849,051  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    4,591       363,332  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    11,309       2,355,099  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    6,985       771,703  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,227       229,437  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    936       205,218  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    4,411       935,838  

Unum Group

    3,142       159,299  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    4,046       311,421  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    1,996       501,275  
   

 

 

 
       18,763,828  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.4%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    114,082       18,570,268  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    102,319       16,845,800  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    5,065       156,103  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    42,969       18,483,975  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,686       357,447  

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    19,733       296,981  
   

 

 

 
      54,710,574  
IT Services — 1.3%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    12,141       3,653,348  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,894       292,091  

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,733       501,064  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    9,723       638,607  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,102       259,257  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    1,465       604,444  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,538       310,601  

International Business Machines Corp.

    17,668       2,936,422  

MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,285       469,256  

Okta, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,034       282,101  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,927       919,870  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,262       195,329  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    1,719       291,336  
   

 

 

 
      11,353,726  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    5,433       744,538  

Avantor, Inc.(a)

    12,613       305,613  

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

    405       109,249  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    3,017       190,705  

Bruker Corp.

    1,785       139,248  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    942       215,718  

Danaher Corp.

    13,068       3,222,830  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    3,077       378,625  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)            

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,542     $ 820,929  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    417       512,785  

Revvity, Inc.

    2,364       242,239  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    7,480       4,254,026  

Waters Corp.(a)

    1,155       356,941  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    1,375       491,535  
   

 

 

 
       11,984,981  
Machinery — 1.8%            

AGCO Corp.

    1,178       134,516  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    9,855       3,297,187  

CNH Industrial NV

    18,387       209,612  

Cummins, Inc.

    2,630       742,949  

Deere & Co.

    4,982       1,950,005  

Dover Corp.

    2,700       484,110  

Fortive Corp.

    6,748       507,922  

Graco, Inc.

    3,256       261,131  

IDEX Corp.

    1,407       310,187  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    5,805       1,417,059  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    7,318       682,916  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    1,111       243,898  

Nordson Corp.

    990       255,608  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    7,895       720,024  

PACCAR, Inc.

    9,967       1,057,598  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    2,386       1,300,155  

Pentair PLC

    3,245       256,647  

Snap-on, Inc.

    1,014       271,711  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    3,007       274,840  

Toro Co. (The)

    1,881       164,757  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    3,465       558,142  

Xylem, Inc.

    4,663       609,454  
   

 

 

 
      15,710,428  
Media — 0.6%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,943       497,291  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    76,727       2,924,066  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    4,843       150,181  

Fox Corp., Class B

    2,643       75,801  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    7,324       222,943  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    329       16,493  

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

    2,168       107,815  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    7,334       174,549  

News Corp., Class B

    1,972       48,393  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    3,678       341,465  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    11,636       34,210  

Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A(a)

    8,583       711,102  
   

 

 

 
      5,304,309  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    9,728       164,403  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    27,770       1,386,834  

Newmont Corp.

    21,605       878,027  

Nucor Corp.

    4,756       801,529  

Reliance, Inc.

    1,106       314,900  

Southern Copper Corp.

    1,697       197,989  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    3,047       396,476  
   

 

 

 
      4,140,158  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    9,815       183,933  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 0.6%            

Ameren Corp.

    4,810       355,315  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    12,374       360,578  

CMS Energy Corp.

    5,664       343,295  
Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)            

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    6,685     $ 631,064  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    16,246       828,221  

DTE Energy Co.

    3,995       440,728  

NiSource, Inc.

    8,653       241,073  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    9,592       662,615  

Sempra

    12,195       873,528  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    6,078       502,286  
   

 

 

 
      5,238,703  
Office REITs — 0.1%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    3,331       385,963  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    3,035       187,836  
   

 

 

 
      573,799  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%            

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    5,495       186,885  

APA Corp.

    7,139       224,450  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    4,575       722,026  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    2,037       183,086  

Chevron Corp.

    35,833       5,778,788  

ConocoPhillips

    22,784       2,862,126  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    14,421       394,558  

Devon Energy Corp.

    12,299       629,463  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    3,313       666,344  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    11,270       1,489,105  

EQT Corp.

    7,440       298,270  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    76,798       9,082,899  

Hess Corp.

    5,387       848,399  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    2,903       157,488  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    38,048       695,517  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    11,240       301,794  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    7,118       1,293,483  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    12,854       850,163  

ONEOK, Inc.

    11,265       891,287  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    4,999       256,549  

Phillips 66

    8,309       1,189,932  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    4,515       1,215,980  

Range Resources Corp.

    4,638       166,551  

Targa Resources Corp.

    4,324       493,195  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    369       212,655  

Valero Energy Corp.

    6,419       1,026,205  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    23,520       902,227  
   

 

 

 
       33,019,425  
Passenger Airlines — 0.1%            

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    12,433       622,520  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    11,612       301,215  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,273       322,809  
   

 

 

 
      1,246,544  
Personal Care Products — 0.2%            

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,337       72,495  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    4,498       659,902  

Kenvue, Inc.

    33,556       631,524  
   

 

 

 
      1,363,921  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    39,417       1,731,983  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    16,356       12,775,672  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    1,232       136,444  

Johnson & Johnson

    46,602       6,738,183  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    49,056       6,339,016  

Pfizer, Inc.

    109,276       2,799,651  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    7,375       204,287  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Viatris, Inc.

    22,722     $     262,894  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    8,891       1,415,803  
   

 

 

 
           32,403,933  
Professional Services — 0.8%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    7,955       1,924,235  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    2,315       341,856  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    2,193       424,148  

Dayforce, Inc.(a)

    2,861       175,580  

Equifax, Inc.

    2,381       524,272  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    2,447       351,218  

KBR, Inc.

    2,588       168,065  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    2,509       351,812  

Paychex, Inc.

    6,270       744,939  

Paycom Software, Inc.

    954       179,333  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    837       129,869  

Robert Half, Inc.

    2,037       140,838  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    4,237       262,228  

TransUnion

    3,593       262,289  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    2,792       608,544  
   

 

 

 
          6,589,226  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,923       514,650  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    7,515       687,848  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    944       39,648  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    3,109       132,350  
   

 

 

 
          1,374,496  
Residential REITs — 0.4%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    6,362       227,760  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    2,571       487,384  

Camden Property Trust

    2,108       210,125  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    3,316       199,922  

Equity Residential

    7,222       465,097  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    1,179       290,329  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    11,449       391,556  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    2,227       289,510  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    2,308       256,926  

UDR, Inc.

    6,335       241,237  
   

 

 

 
          3,059,846  
Retail REITs — 0.3%            

Kimco Realty Corp.

    12,967       241,575  

Realty Income Corp.

    16,044       858,996  

Regency Centers Corp.

    3,255       192,761  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    6,273       881,545  
   

 

 

 
          2,174,877  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    31,212       4,943,356  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    9,619       1,929,668  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    16,095       3,197,272  

Broadcom, Inc.

    9,063       11,784,347  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    2,619       284,842  

Entegris, Inc.

    2,743       364,600  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    1,969       347,135  

Intel Corp.

    81,902       2,495,554  

KLA Corp.

    2,631       1,813,522  

Lam Research Corp.

    2,536       2,268,224  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    2,614       179,320  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    16,072       1,059,305  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    10,275       945,094  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    21,352       2,411,922  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    865       578,970  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

NVIDIA Corp.

    46,095     $  39,827,002  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    4,993       1,279,157  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    8,280       580,925  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    1,858       217,089  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    21,547       3,573,570  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    3,087       329,043  

Teradyne, Inc.

    3,009       350,007  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    17,564       3,098,641  
   

 

 

 
           83,858,565  
Software — 10.6%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    8,752       4,050,688  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    1,681       546,123  

AppLovin Corp., Class A(a)

    2,637       186,093  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    549       108,082  

Atlassian Corp., Class A(a)

    2,766       476,582  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    4,133       879,709  

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B

    4,383       230,239  

BILL Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,843       114,930  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    5,262       1,450,365  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,379       1,281,033  

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

    5,274       661,887  

DocuSign, Inc.(a)

    3,922       221,985  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    4,301       194,878  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    479       542,865  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    12,594       795,689  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    11,428       230,160  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    933       564,344  

Intuit, Inc.

    5,156       3,225,697  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    1,205       248,302  

Microsoft Corp.

    143,845       56,003,174  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,709       285,836  

Oracle Corp.

    30,875       3,512,031  

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)

    35,865       787,954  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    6,088       1,770,938  

Procore Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,685       115,288  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    2,321       411,838  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    1,909       976,377  

Salesforce, Inc.

    18,140       4,878,572  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    3,777       2,618,707  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    2,839       1,506,345  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    782       360,932  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,612       111,933  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,035       987,486  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,540       277,394  

Zscaler, Inc.(a)

    1,761       304,547  
   

 

 

 
          90,919,003  
Specialized REITs — 0.9%            

American Tower Corp.

    9,039       1,550,731  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    8,328       781,000  

CubeSmart

    4,099       165,764  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    5,726       794,654  

Equinix, Inc.

    1,821       1,294,931  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    3,956       531,212  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    4,785       204,463  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    5,660       438,763  

Public Storage

    3,077       798,328  

SBA Communications Corp.

    2,104       391,596  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    20,033       571,942  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    13,257       399,964  
   

 

 

 
          7,923,348  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail — 1.9%            

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    334     $ 987,438  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,583       263,852  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    1,162       209,090  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,041       206,697  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

    999       146,194  

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

    2,038       224,852  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    19,248       6,433,066  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    11,134       2,538,441  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    1,140       1,155,116  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    370       56,577  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    6,051       783,907  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    22,029       2,072,709  

Tractor Supply Co.

    2,099       573,195  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    919       372,048  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    1,173       336,393  
   

 

 

 
      16,359,575  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.0%  

Apple Inc.

    281,666       47,976,170  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    3,105       387,007  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    24,671       419,407  

HP, Inc.

    16,637       467,334  

NetApp, Inc.

    4,092       418,243  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,393       271,807  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    4,032       346,389  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    952       817,578  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    5,811       411,593  
   

 

 

 
       51,515,528  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    494       404,324  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    2,142       772,405  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    22,813       2,104,728  
   

 

 

 
      3,281,457  
Tobacco — 0.5%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    34,245       1,500,273  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    30,023       2,850,384  
   

 

 

 
      4,350,657  

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%  

Fastenal Co.

    11,055     $ 751,077  

Ferguson PLC

    3,941       827,216  

United Rentals, Inc.

    1,306       872,395  

Watsco, Inc.

    654       292,809  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    870       801,574  
   

 

 

 
      3,545,071  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    3,772       461,391  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    4,754       173,901  
   

 

 

 
      635,292  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.

    8,752       1,436,816  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $628,763,794)

      856,181,831  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.6%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(c)(d)(e)

    3,717,087       3,718,202  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(c)(d)

    1,089,252       1,089,252  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6%
(Cost: $4,806,374)

      4,807,454  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.4%
(Cost: $633,570,168)

      860,989,285  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.4)%

 

    (3,179,884
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  857,809,401  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
   

Shares

Held at
04/30/24

    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

  $  5,530,618     $       $ (1,814,081 )(a)    $ 3,871     $ (2,206   $ 3,718,202       3,717,087     $ 37,652 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

    1,674,057             (584,805 )(a)                  1,089,252       1,089,252       86,931        

BlackRock, Inc.

    2,014,942       117,902       (275,877     72,749       158,373       2,088,089       2,767       57,568        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 76,620     $ 156,167     $  6,895,543       $  182,151     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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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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

     6          06/21/24        $ 1,520        $ (41,425
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

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

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 41,425      $      $      $      $  41,425  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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

   $      $      $  401,603     $      $      $      $  401,603  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                   

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (154,548   $      $      $      $ (154,548
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 1,598,191  

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)

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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

   $   856,181,831     $      —      $      —      $   856,181,831  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

     4,807,454                     4,807,454  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 860,989,285     $      $      $ 860,989,285  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

          

Liabilities

          

Equity Contracts

   $ (41,425   $      $      $ (41,425
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Aerospace & Defense — 2.7%            

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

    25,340     $ 4,253,066  

General Dynamics Corp.

    9,973       2,863,149  

General Electric Co.

    13,587       2,198,648  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    710       196,620  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    7,462       1,597,241  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    8,914       4,144,386  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    6,244       3,028,527  

RTX Corp.

    55,164       5,600,249  

Textron, Inc.

    4,189       354,348  
   

 

 

 
      24,236,234  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    4,841       343,711  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    3,531       393,036  

FedEx Corp.

    9,810       2,568,062  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    30,070       4,434,723  
   

 

 

 
      7,739,532  
Automobile Components — 0.0%            

BorgWarner, Inc.

    9,767       320,065  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 0.5%            

Ford Motor Co.

    163,494       1,986,452  

General Motors Co.

    47,832       2,129,959  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,544       254,042  
   

 

 

 
      4,370,453  
Banks — 6.6%            

Bank of America Corp.

    285,239       10,556,695  

Citigroup, Inc.

    79,039       4,847,462  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    18,596       634,310  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    26,456       964,586  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    57,632       776,303  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    119,474       22,907,945  

KeyCorp.

    38,981       564,835  

M&T Bank Corp.

    6,914       998,313  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    16,536       2,534,307  

Regions Financial Corp.

    38,723       746,192  

Truist Financial Corp.

    55,435       2,081,584  

U.S. Bancorp

    64,472       2,619,497  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    149,616       8,875,221  
   

 

 

 
      59,107,250  
Beverages — 2.3%            

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    163,022       10,069,869  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    2,599       658,743  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    39,051       1,316,019  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    7,417       424,697  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    44,953       7,907,682  
   

 

 

 
       20,377,010  
Biotechnology — 3.1%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    73,399       11,937,613  

Amgen, Inc.

    22,249       6,094,891  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    5,997       1,288,276  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    51,828       3,379,186  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    13,360       1,473,742  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,461       3,082,574  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    1,959       459,052  
   

 

 

 
      27,715,334  
Broadline Retail — 0.1%            

Coupang, Inc., Class A(a)

    18,568       417,780  
Security   Shares     Value  
Broadline Retail (continued)            

eBay, Inc.

    13,257     $ 683,266  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

    1,897       130,267  
   

 

 

 
      1,231,313  
Building Products — 0.5%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    1,984       164,354  

Allegion PLC

    1,795       218,200  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    5,121       936,221  

Carrier Global Corp.

    18,069       1,111,063  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    14,266       928,289  

Masco Corp.

    9,352       640,144  

Owens Corning

    3,698       622,041  
   

 

 

 
      4,620,312  
Capital Markets — 4.7%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,798       740,398  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    31,410       1,774,351  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    5,950       4,490,108  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A, NVS

    29,890       3,485,473  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    8,541       382,637  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    59,671       4,412,670  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    14,964       3,137,053  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    11,793       269,352  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    13,444       5,736,689  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    17,799       2,291,799  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    27,578       2,566,685  

Moody’s Corp.

    2,528       936,194  

Morgan Stanley

    52,677       4,785,179  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    11,441       684,744  

Northern Trust Corp.

    8,605       708,966  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    4,269       520,818  

S&P Global, Inc.

    7,307       3,038,470  

State Street Corp.

    12,841       930,844  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    9,246       1,013,084  
   

 

 

 
      41,905,514  
Chemicals — 2.2%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    7,147       1,689,122  

Albemarle Corp.

    4,881       587,233  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    4,309       661,905  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    7,409       585,089  

Corteva, Inc.

    18,094       979,428  

Dow, Inc.

    29,189       1,660,854  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    8,511       617,047  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    4,931       465,684  

Ecolab, Inc.

    4,698       1,062,453  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    10,636       900,337  

Linde PLC

    13,993       6,170,353  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    10,776       1,077,277  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    13,593       426,684  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    4,523       583,467  

RPM International, Inc.

    1,915       204,733  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    6,978       2,090,679  

Westlake Corp.

    742       109,341  
   

 

 

 
       19,871,686  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

Cintas Corp.

    1,171       770,916  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    749       141,898  

Republic Services, Inc.

    5,171       991,281  

Veralto Corp.

    3,488       326,756  

Waste Management, Inc.

    10,733       2,232,678  
   

 

 

 
      4,463,529  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment — 1.1%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    168,931     $ 7,936,378  

F5, Inc.(a)

    1,357       224,326  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    13,259       461,678  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    3,160       1,071,714  
   

 

 

 
      9,694,096  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

AECOM

    3,556       328,432  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    793       283,236  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    1,619       418,609  
   

 

 

 
      1,030,277  
Consumer Finance — 1.0%            

American Express Co.

    23,896       5,592,381  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    15,293       2,193,475  

Discover Financial Services

    5,012       635,171  

Synchrony Financial

    16,414       721,887  
   

 

 

 
      9,142,914  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.8%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    17,272       352,349  

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

    3,036       226,728  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    470       150,203  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    8,981       6,492,365  

Dollar General Corp.

    9,130       1,270,805  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    5,326       629,799  

Kroger Co. (The)

    27,683       1,533,084  

Target Corp.

    19,188       3,088,884  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    4,071       204,568  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    29,808       528,496  

Walmart, Inc.

    180,937       10,738,611  
   

 

 

 
      25,215,892  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Amcor PLC

    60,317       539,234  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    1,922       417,612  

Ball Corp.

    8,324       579,101  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    3,104       254,745  

International Paper Co.

    13,716       479,237  

Packaging Corp. of America

    3,561       615,982  

Westrock Co.

    10,240       491,110  
   

 

 

 
      3,377,021  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    3,541       556,680  

LKQ Corp.

    7,916       341,417  

Pool Corp.

    771       279,511  
   

 

 

 
      1,177,608  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%            

Service Corp. International

    4,186       300,178  
   

 

 

 
Diversified REITs — 0.1%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    9,051       496,357  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

AT&T Inc.

    297,248       5,020,518  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    174,777       6,901,944  
   

 

 

 
       11,922,462  
Electric Utilities — 2.8%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    10,625       529,125  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    21,892       1,883,369  

Avangrid, Inc.

    2,989       109,188  

Duke Energy Corp.

    32,073       3,151,493  

Edison International

    15,864       1,127,296  

Entergy Corp.

    8,787       937,309  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Evergy, Inc.

    9,189     $ 481,963  

Eversource Energy

    14,574       883,476  

Exelon Corp.

    41,234       1,549,574  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    21,452       822,470  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    85,210       5,706,514  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    5,700       414,219  

PG&E Corp.

    87,991       1,505,526  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    4,729       348,291  

PPL Corp.

    30,721       843,599  

Southern Co. (The)

    43,615       3,205,702  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    22,865       1,228,536  
   

 

 

 
      24,727,650  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

Eaton Corp. PLC

    10,308       3,280,624  

Emerson Electric Co.

    23,712       2,555,679  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    1,651       266,422  
   

 

 

 
      6,102,725  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    14,879       1,796,937  

Corning, Inc.

    32,212       1,075,237  

Flex Ltd.(a)(b)

    9,984       286,042  

Jabil, Inc.

    1,742       204,441  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,865       571,788  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    2,176       256,420  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    6,557       927,684  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    782       298,317  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    4,662       280,046  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    1,134       356,711  
   

 

 

 
      6,053,623  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    16,774       547,168  

Schlumberger NV

    31,354       1,488,688  
   

 

 

 
      2,035,856  
Entertainment — 0.6%            

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    4,059       514,762  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    46,404       5,155,485  
   

 

 

 
      5,670,247  
Financial Services — 4.3%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    7,072       766,463  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    75,365       29,899,557  

Corpay, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,093       330,239  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    13,170       486,105  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    24,659       1,674,839  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    15,226       2,324,554  

Global Payments, Inc.

    4,738       581,684  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    35,448       2,407,628  
   

 

 

 
       38,471,069  
Food Products — 1.4%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    22,016       1,291,459  

Bunge Global SA

    6,044       615,037  

Campbell Soup Co.

    8,286       378,753  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    18,963       583,681  

General Mills, Inc.

    23,505       1,656,162  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    8,460       300,838  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    4,419       507,522  

Kellanova

    10,975       635,014  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    33,103       1,278,107  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    4,744       360,829  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    56,598     $ 4,071,660  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    11,222       680,614  
   

 

 

 
       12,359,676  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    4,348       512,629  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 1.5%            

CSX Corp.

    82,243       2,732,112  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    6,273       290,001  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    9,382       2,160,862  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    22,141       1,467,284  

U-Haul Holding Co.(a)

    139       8,789  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS

    2,399       147,107  

Union Pacific Corp.

    25,317       6,004,180  

XPO, Inc.(a)

    2,354       252,961  
   

 

 

 
      13,063,296  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%            

Abbott Laboratories

    72,101       7,640,543  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    1,367       386,013  

Baxter International, Inc.

    21,120       852,614  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    11,471       2,691,097  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    30,427       2,186,788  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

    3,508       312,423  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    8,559       652,538  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    9,982       756,336  

Medtronic PLC

    55,299       4,437,192  

Stryker Corp.

    7,870       2,648,255  

Teleflex, Inc.

    1,140       237,975  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    8,335       1,002,534  
   

 

 

 
      23,804,308  
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.1%            

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    5,991       617,313  

Cencora, Inc.

    6,535       1,562,192  

Centene Corp.(a)

    22,190       1,621,201  

Chemed Corp.

    195       110,760  

Cigna Group (The)

    11,608       4,144,520  

CVS Health Corp.

    53,466       3,620,183  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    9,262       4,895,708  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    8,251       2,556,325  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    5,045       349,518  

Humana, Inc.

    3,504       1,058,523  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    3,531       711,037  

McKesson Corp.

    5,456       2,931,018  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    802       274,364  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    4,678       646,406  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    22,753       11,005,626  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    2,449       417,383  
   

 

 

 
      36,522,077  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%            

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    20,137       374,750  

Ventas, Inc.

    9,342       413,664  

Welltower, Inc.

    8,869       845,038  
   

 

 

 
      1,633,452  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.

    582       2,009,081  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    4,433       158,790  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    39,559       586,264  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    2,675       410,372  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    2,490       335,229  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    4,108       970,022  

McDonald’s Corp.

    18,696       5,104,756  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)            

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    4,394     $ 613,534  

Starbucks Corp.

    19,499       1,725,467  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    657       124,416  
   

 

 

 
       12,037,931  
Household Durables — 0.7%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    12,804       1,824,442  

Garmin Ltd.

    3,540       511,424  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    10,410       1,578,364  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    486       68,229  

NVR, Inc.(a)(b)

    127       944,734  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    8,964       998,769  
   

 

 

 
      5,925,962  
Household Products — 2.3%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    3,096       334,027  

Clorox Co. (The)

    2,925       432,520  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    34,266       3,149,731  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    8,536       1,165,420  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    97,822       15,964,550  
   

 

 

 
      21,046,248  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp. (The)

    27,847       498,461  

Vistra Corp.

    6,624       502,364  
   

 

 

 
      1,000,825  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%            

3M Co.

    22,979       2,217,703  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    27,407       5,282,151  
   

 

 

 
      7,499,854  
Industrial REITs — 0.3%            

Prologis, Inc.

    23,828       2,431,647  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.0%            

Aflac, Inc.

    22,170       1,854,520  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    10,901       1,853,824  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    1,873       239,276  

American International Group, Inc.

    28,194       2,123,290  

Aon PLC, Class A

    4,870       1,373,389  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    5,575       521,485  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    3,848       903,087  

Chubb Ltd.

    15,797       3,927,766  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    3,066       354,706  

Everest Group Ltd.

    927       339,662  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    10,772       533,214  

Globe Life, Inc.

    3,919       298,510  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    11,603       1,124,215  

Loews Corp.

    7,632       573,545  

Markel Group, Inc.(a)

    171       249,386  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    10,783       2,150,454  

MetLife, Inc.

    25,548       1,815,952  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    9,884       782,220  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    6,925       1,442,131  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    15,026       1,660,072  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    2,641       493,841  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    863       189,213  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    5,928       1,257,684  

Unum Group

    6,787       344,101  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    3,030       233,219  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    2,122       532,919  
   

 

 

 
      27,171,681  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.1%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    93,887       15,282,926  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)            

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    84,206     $ 13,863,676  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    37,761       16,243,649  

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    16,937       254,902  
   

 

 

 
      45,645,153  
IT Services — 1.5%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    19,523       5,874,666  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    3,159       318,838  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    20,774       1,364,436  

International Business Machines Corp.

    37,961       6,309,118  
   

 

 

 
      13,867,058  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%            

Avantor, Inc.(a)

    27,134       657,457  

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

    506       136,494  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    1,120       256,480  

Danaher Corp.

    28,078       6,924,596  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    3,907       480,756  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,599       602,370  

Revvity, Inc.

    5,144       527,106  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    11,183       6,359,996  

Waters Corp.(a)

    903       279,063  
   

 

 

 
      16,224,318  
Machinery — 2.2%            

AGCO Corp.

    2,604       297,351  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    16,040       5,366,503  

CNH Industrial NV

    39,581       451,223  

Cummins, Inc.

    3,138       886,454  

Deere & Co.

    7,221       2,826,372  

Dover Corp.

    2,556       458,291  

Fortive Corp.

    5,884       442,889  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    12,481       3,046,737  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    6,045       551,304  

PACCAR, Inc.

    21,390       2,269,693  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    3,200       1,743,712  

Pentair PLC

    2,926       231,417  

Snap-on, Inc.

    1,273       341,113  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    6,374       582,583  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    2,366       381,115  
   

 

 

 
       19,876,757  
Media — 1.1%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,194       1,073,412  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    164,730       6,277,860  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    10,284       318,907  

Fox Corp., Class B

    5,724       164,164  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    15,950       485,518  

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

    420       21,055  

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

    2,801       139,294  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    15,770       375,326  

News Corp., Class B

    4,352       106,798  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    7,958       738,821  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    26,237       77,137  
   

 

 

 
      9,778,292  
Metals & Mining — 1.0%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

    20,957       354,174  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    59,496       2,971,230  

Newmont Corp.

    46,469       1,888,500  

Nucor Corp.

    10,200       1,719,006  

Reliance, Inc.

    2,392       681,050  

Southern Copper Corp.

    3,574       416,979  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    6,527       849,293  
   

 

 

 
      8,880,232  
Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    20,796     $ 389,717  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 1.1%            

Ameren Corp.

    6,881       508,299  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    16,391       477,634  

CMS Energy Corp.

    8,596       521,003  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    14,292       1,349,165  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    34,859       1,777,112  

DTE Energy Co.

    8,590       947,649  

NiSource, Inc.

    18,621       518,781  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    12,685       876,280  

Sempra

    26,186       1,875,703  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    13,031       1,076,882  
   

 

 

 
      9,928,508  
Office REITs — 0.1%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    4,285       496,503  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    6,526       403,894  
   

 

 

 
      900,397  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.3%            

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    11,821       402,032  

APA Corp.

    15,331       482,007  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    3,883       612,815  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    4,381       393,764  

Chevron Corp.

    76,952       12,410,049  

ConocoPhillips

    48,928       6,146,335  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    14,065       384,818  

Devon Energy Corp.

    18,181       930,504  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    4,290       862,848  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    24,217       3,199,792  

EQT Corp.

    5,066       203,096  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    164,921       19,505,207  

Hess Corp.

    8,368       1,317,876  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    6,272       340,256  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    81,406       1,488,102  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    24,372       654,388  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    10,154       1,845,185  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    27,645       1,828,440  

ONEOK, Inc.

    24,228       1,916,919  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    10,572       542,555  

Phillips 66

    17,860       2,557,731  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    9,670       2,604,325  

Targa Resources Corp.

    4,119       469,813  

Valero Energy Corp.

    13,754       2,198,852  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    50,561       1,939,520  
   

 

 

 
       65,237,229  
Passenger Airlines — 0.2%            

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    11,934       597,536  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    14,594       378,568  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,463       435,506  
   

 

 

 
      1,411,610  
Personal Care Products — 0.0%            

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,599       98,373  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.6%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    84,599       3,717,280  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    2,617       289,833  

Johnson & Johnson

    100,078       14,470,278  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    46,171       5,966,217  

Pfizer, Inc.

    234,739       6,014,013  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    16,046       444,474  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Viatris, Inc.

    47,947     $ 554,747  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    7,837       1,247,964  
   

 

 

 
      32,704,806  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    9,510       2,300,374  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    1,585       234,057  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    1,975       283,472  

KBR, Inc.

    1,926       125,074  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    5,398       756,907  

Robert Half, Inc.

    3,097       214,127  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    8,973       555,339  

TransUnion

    2,920       213,160  
   

 

 

 
      4,682,510  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,830       593,459  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,143       48,006  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    3,535       150,485  
   

 

 

 
      791,950  
Residential REITs — 0.4%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    5,702       204,132  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    3,385       641,694  

Camden Property Trust

    2,429       242,123  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    2,612       157,477  

Equity Residential

    10,132       652,501  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    1,398       344,258  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    9,991       341,692  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    2,995       389,350  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    2,338       260,266  

UDR, Inc.

    6,720       255,898  
   

 

 

 
      3,489,391  
Retail REITs — 0.4%            

Kimco Realty Corp.

    27,837       518,603  

Realty Income Corp.

    19,659       1,052,543  

Regency Centers Corp.

    4,077       241,440  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    13,560       1,905,587  
   

 

 

 
      3,718,173  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    37,580       5,951,920  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    14,565       2,921,885  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    34,557       6,864,748  

Broadcom, Inc.

    12,738       16,562,839  

Intel Corp.

    175,771       5,355,742  

KLA Corp.

    3,457       2,382,876  

Lam Research Corp.

    5,445       4,870,062  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    11,530       1,060,529  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    45,847       5,178,877  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    6,437       1,649,095  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    11,428       801,789  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    4,046       472,735  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    46,271       7,674,045  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    6,662       710,103  

Teradyne, Inc.

    3,153       366,757  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    37,719       6,654,386  
   

 

 

 
       69,478,388  
Software — 0.7%            

Gen Digital, Inc.

    24,435       492,121  

Oracle Corp.

    43,536       4,952,220  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    2,043       1,044,913  
   

 

 

 
      6,489,254  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialized REITs — 0.7%            

American Tower Corp.

    9,421     $ 1,616,267  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    11,737       1,100,696  

CubeSmart

    5,258       212,633  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    4,446       617,016  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    5,103       685,231  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    10,295       439,905  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    6,718       520,779  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    20,325       580,279  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    28,551       861,384  
   

 

 

 
      6,634,190  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%            

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    509       1,504,807  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    7,745       570,342  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,276       222,670  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    41,335       13,814,984  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    17,833       4,065,746  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    1,315       1,332,437  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    860       131,503  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    27,130       2,552,662  

Tractor Supply Co.

    2,045       558,448  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    911       368,809  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    1,527       437,913  
   

 

 

 
       25,560,321  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    6,674       831,847  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    53,470       908,990  

HP, Inc.

    35,792       1,005,397  

NetApp, Inc.

    5,710       583,619  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    8,672       745,012  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    12,514       886,367  
   

 

 

 
      4,961,232  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%            

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    16,705       1,541,203  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 1.0%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    73,598       3,224,328  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    64,474       6,121,162  
   

 

 

 
      9,345,490  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Ferguson PLC

    8,430       1,769,457  

United Rentals, Inc.

    1,205       804,928  

Watsco, Inc.

    607       271,766  
   

 

 

 
      2,846,151  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    3,582       438,150  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    5,967       218,273  
   

 

 

 
      656,423  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.

    11,377       1,867,762  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $737,962,670)

 

    893,390,681  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Short-Term Securities  
Money Market Funds — 0.6%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL
Agency Shares, 5.49%(c)(d)(e)

    3,557,774      $ 3,558,842  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL
Agency Shares, 5.28%(c)(d)

    1,792,039        1,792,039  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6%
(Cost: $5,350,331)

 

     5,350,881  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.3%
(Cost: $743,313,001)

 

      898,741,562  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%

 

     (2,513,704
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 896,227,858  
    

 

 

 

 

(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 April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
04/30/24
    Shares
Held at
04/30/24
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

  $   2,355,543     $  1,202,975 (a)    $     $ 1,254     $ (930   $  3,558,842       3,557,774     $ 42,407 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    2,347,896             (555,857 )(a)                  1,792,039       1,792,039       91,736        

BlackRock, Inc.

    4,309,775       440,495       (809,217     (13,880     562,935       4,490,108       5,950       126,721        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (12,626   $ 562,005     $  9,840,989       $  260,864     $  —  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 Russell 1000 Value Index

     28          06/21/24        $ 2,374   $ (56,927

E-Mini S&P Communication Services Select Sector Index

     2          06/21/24        205     (11,803
              

 

 

 
               $ (68,730
              

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Morningstar 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  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $    68,730      $      $      $      $    68,730  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 April 30, 2024, 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

   $      $      $  381,793     $      $      $      $  381,793  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                   

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (101,116   $      $      $      $  (101,116
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 2,214,374  

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

   $ 893,390,681     $      $      $ 893,390,681  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

     5,350,881                     5,350,881  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $   898,741,562     $      —      $      —      $   898,741,562  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

          

Liabilities

          
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Contracts

   $ (68,730   $      $      $ (68,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

April 30, 2024

 

   

iShares
Morningstar
Mid-Cap

Value ETF

     iShares
Morningstar
Small-Cap ETF
   

iShares
Morningstar

U.S. Equity

ETF

    

iShares
Morningstar

Value ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

         

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

  $  596,761,458      $  209,490,055     $  854,093,742      $  888,900,573  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    6,534,032        19,958,546       6,895,543        9,840,989  

Cash

    167              91        149  

Cash pledged:

         

Futures contracts

    65,000        15,000       72,000        136,000  

Receivables:

         

Securities lending income — affiliated

    3,863        10,493       1,589        1,373  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    494,185        82,718       502,258        968,051  

Dividends — affiliated

    4,682        1,539       8,989        5,986  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    603,863,387        229,558,351       861,574,212        899,853,121  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Bank overdraft

           6,104               

Collateral on securities loaned

    5,589,394        19,774,335       3,719,378        3,558,164  

Payables:

         

Investment advisory fees

    29,734        7,086       21,433        29,769  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    14,552        4,150       24,000        37,330  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    5,633,680        19,791,675       3,764,811        3,625,263  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

         

NET ASSETS

  $ 598,229,707      $ 209,766,676     $ 857,809,401      $ 896,227,858  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 551,451,650      $ 247,479,373     $ 703,968,324      $ 778,547,099  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    46,778,057        (37,712,697     153,841,077        117,680,759  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 598,229,707      $ 209,766,676     $ 857,809,401      $ 896,227,858  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

         

Shares outstanding

    8,600,000        4,000,000       12,350,000        12,150,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 69.56      $ 52.44     $ 69.46      $ 73.76  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None       None        None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 517,971,977      $ 209,054,359     $ 627,427,498      $ 733,647,910  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 5,296,062      $ 18,699,728     $ 3,564,868      $ 3,400,970  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 6,532,130      $ 19,948,440     $ 6,142,670      $ 9,665,091  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended April 30, 2024

 

    iShares
Morningstar
Mid-Cap
Value ETF
    iShares
Morningstar
Small-Cap ETF
   

iShares
Morningstar
U.S. Equity

ETF

    iShares
Morningstar
Value ETF
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $   13,859,932     $    2,994,740     $   11,969,777     $   19,771,414  

Dividends — affiliated

    62,045       24,165       144,499       218,457  

Interest — unaffiliated

    1,497       2,085       1,399       2,322  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    122,369       276,578       37,652       42,407  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (8,773     (1,848     (3,094     (4,642
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    14,037,070       3,295,720       12,150,233       20,029,958  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    329,305       83,616       241,175       336,069  

Interest expense

    16       397       121       5  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    329,321       84,013       241,296       336,074  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    13,707,749       3,211,707       11,908,937       19,693,884  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    2,580,326       (5,342,147     (5,683,010     8,188,904  

Investments — affiliated

    3,861       23       8,911       (50,255

Futures contracts

    55,102       38,290       401,603       381,793  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    7,902,825       3,365,426       13,138,352       14,906,744  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

                67,709       37,629  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    10,542,114       (1,938,408     7,933,565       23,464,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    54,967,690       26,546,497       148,862,960       85,304,554  

Investments — affiliated

    (3,642     (357     156,167       562,005  

Futures contracts

    (22,377     2,566       (154,548     (101,116
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    54,941,671       26,548,706       148,864,579       85,765,443  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    65,483,785       24,610,298       156,798,144       109,230,258  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 79,191,534     $ 27,822,005     $ 168,707,081     $ 128,924,142  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Value
ETF
           iShares Morningstar Small-Cap
ETF
 
    Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
           Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 13,707,749     $ 11,990,407        $ 3,211,707     $ 3,398,402  

Net realized gain (loss)

    10,542,114       6,599,179          (1,938,408     (12,328,087

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    54,941,671       (33,166,530        26,548,706       3,219,922  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    79,191,534       (14,576,944        27,822,005       (5,709,763
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (12,832,610     (11,819,760        (3,167,971     (3,393,435
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

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

    15,655,924       45,120,668          (15,146,663     9,391,283  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase in net assets

    82,014,848       18,723,964          9,507,371       288,085  

Beginning of year

    516,214,859       497,490,895          200,259,305       199,971,220  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  598,229,707     $  516,214,859        $  209,766,676     $  200,259,305  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF            iShares Morningstar Value ETF  
    Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
           Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 11,908,937     $ 12,196,647        $ 19,693,884     $ 18,588,586  

Net realized gain (loss)

    7,933,565       (9,759,247        23,464,815       10,547,440  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    148,864,579       8,004,673          85,765,443       (10,470,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    168,707,081       10,442,073          128,924,142       18,665,756  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (11,860,921     (12,049,075        (19,636,858     (18,183,374
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

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

    (47,182,146     (40,561,179        4,566,393       (6,551,556
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    109,664,014       (42,168,181        113,853,677       (6,069,174

Beginning of year

    748,145,387       790,313,568          782,374,181       788,443,355  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  857,809,401     $  748,145,387        $  896,227,858     $  782,374,181  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF  
      
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
(a)  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 62.19      $ 65.46      $ 64.01      $ 40.13      $ 53.28  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     1.62        1.53        1.24        1.14        1.50  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     7.26        (3.29      1.50        23.92        (13.08
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     8.88        (1.76      2.74        25.06        (11.58
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

     (1.51      (1.51      (1.29      (1.18      (1.57
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 69.56      $ 62.19      $ 65.46      $ 64.01      $ 40.13  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

              

Based on net asset value

     14.49      (2.60 )%       4.28      63.45      (22.07 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

              

Total expenses

     0.06      0.06      0.06      0.27      0.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2.50      2.44      1.88      2.32      2.95
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 598,230      $ 516,215      $ 497,491      $ 457,694      $ 331,048  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     43      37      42      95      51
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a three-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(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, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF  
      
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
(a)  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 46.57      $ 48.77      $ 58.27      $ 35.60      $ 43.90  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     0.77        0.79        0.72        0.56        0.57  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     5.86        (2.20      (9.50      22.71        (8.23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     6.63        (1.41      (8.78      23.27        (7.66
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

     (0.76      (0.79      (0.72      (0.60      (0.64
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 52.44      $ 46.57      $ 48.77      $ 58.27      $ 35.60  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

              

Based on net asset value

     14.32      (2.85 )%       (15.22 )%       65.95      (17.58 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

              

Total expenses

     0.04      0.04      0.04      0.22      0.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.54      1.67      1.28      1.24      1.34
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 209,767      $ 200,259      $ 199,971      $ 241,801      $ 185,115  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     28      28      41      175      62
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(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, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF  
      
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
(a)  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 57.11      $ 57.06      $ 59.02      $ 40.80      $ 41.90  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     0.94        0.90        0.79        0.66        0.81  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     12.35        0.04        (1.95      18.21        (0.88
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     13.29        0.94        (1.16      18.87        (0.07
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

     (0.94      (0.89      (0.80      (0.65      (1.03
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 69.46      $ 57.11      $ 57.06      $ 59.02      $ 40.80  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

              

Based on net asset value

     23.44      1.77      (2.08 )%       46.58      (0.13 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

              

Total expenses

     0.03      0.03      0.03      0.18      0.20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.48      1.65      1.27      1.32      1.90
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 857,809      $ 748,145      $ 790,314      $ 891,187      $ 718,065  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     5      4      6      131      49
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(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, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Morningstar Value ETF  
      
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
    
Year Ended
04/30/20
 
(a)  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 64.93      $ 64.89      $ 63.68      $ 48.12      $ 54.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     1.61        1.54        1.38        1.55        1.65  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     8.81        0.00 (d)        1.20        15.58        (6.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     10.42        1.54        2.58        17.13        (4.39
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(e)

     (1.59      (1.50      (1.37      (1.57      (1.67
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 73.76      $ 64.93      $ 64.89      $ 63.68      $ 48.12  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

              

Based on net asset value

     16.27      2.53      4.02      36.36      (8.23 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

              

Total expenses

     0.04      0.04      0.04      0.22      0.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2.34      2.43      2.08      2.88      3.06
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 896,228      $ 782,374      $ 788,443      $ 687,758      $ 447,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

     22      27      21      112      36
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(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) 

Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(e) 

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

(f) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

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
 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    Diversified  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    Diversified  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    Diversified  

Morningstar 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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

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 jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of April 30, 2024, 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.

Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.

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.

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

 

 

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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.

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

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
 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

         

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 845,175      $ (845,175   $      $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    758,263        (758,263             

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    1,810,722        (1,810,722             

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    197,406        (197,406             

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    2,660        (2,660             

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    38,246        (38,246             

RBC Capital Market LLC

    1,008,914        (1,008,914             

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    346,388        (346,388             

UBS AG

    288,288        (288,288             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 5,296,062      $ (5,296,062   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar Small-Cap

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 1,116,854      $ (1,116,854   $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    222,583        (222,583             

BNP Paribas SA

    2,077,593        (2,077,593             

BofA Securities, Inc.

    2,551,899        (2,551,899             

Citadel Clearing LLC

    91,218        (91,218             

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    518,298        (518,298             

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    55,402        (55,402             

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    2,602,927        (2,602,927             

HSBC Bank PLC

    134,487        (134,487             

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,904,129        (1,904,129             

Jefferies LLC

    642,338        (642,338             

Morgan Stanley

    3,146,690        (3,146,690             

National Financial Services LLC

    331,979        (331,979             

Natixis SA

    76,524        (76,524             

RBC Capital Market LLC

    580,798        (580,798             

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    288,478        (288,478             

SG Americas Securities LLC

    4,320        (4,320             

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    659,195        (659,195             

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    771,852        (771,852             

UBS AG

    354,981        (354,981             

Virtu Americas LLC

    98,235        (98,235             

Wells Fargo Bank N.A

    439,038        (439,038             

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    29,910        (29,910             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 18,699,728      $ (18,699,728   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar U.S. Equity

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 31,026      $ (31,026   $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    18,328        (18,328             

BNP Paribas SA

    917,733        (917,733             

BofA Securities, Inc.

    588,252        (588,252             

Citadel Clearing LLC

    661,860        (661,860             

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    266,239        (266,239             

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    9,138        (9,138             

HSBC Bank PLC

    208,793        (208,793             

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    659,786        (659,786             

 

 

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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
 

Morningstar U.S. Equity (continued)

         

Morgan Stanley

  $ 39,650      $ (39,650   $      $  

RBC Capital Market LLC

    3,195        (3,195             

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    160,868        (160,868             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 3,564,868      $ (3,564,868   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar Value

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 625,716      $ (625,716   $      $  

BNP Paribas SA

    860,232        (860,232             

BofA Securities, Inc.

    274,265        (274,265             

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    53,595        (53,595             

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    967,925        (967,925             

National Financial Services LLC

    600,409        (600,409             

RBC Capital Market LLC

    17,740        (17,740             

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    1,088        (1,088             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 3,400,970      $ (3,400,970   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

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

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

 

 

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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  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  0.06%

Morningstar Small-Cap

  0.04  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

  0.03  

Morningstar 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.

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, redemption fee, 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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the 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 April 30, 2024, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  32,782  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    74,421  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    11,823  

Morningstar Value

    11,280  

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 April 30, 2024, 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)
 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  143,464,854      $  120,264,299      $   3,540,767  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    34,066,065        23,035,216        219,410  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    14,265,581        12,512,426        (3,954,553

Morningstar Value

    125,400,791        98,062,835        6,906,623  

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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

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 April 30, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  235,104,076      $  233,048,345  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    59,374,520        59,191,826  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    40,683,688        39,508,326  

Morningstar Value

    185,137,714        185,468,594  

For the year ended April 30, 2024, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $   51,467,468      $   37,054,667  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    2,501,821        17,506,593  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    6,245,197        53,496,320  

Morningstar Value

    62,138,042        58,116,878  

 

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 April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024, 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)  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $ 7,893,678      $ (7,893,678

Morningstar Small-Cap

    3,338,748        (3,338,748

Morningstar U.S. Equity

     13,085,164        (13,085,164

Morningstar Value

    14,929,626        (14,929,626

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
April 30, 2024
     Year Ended
April 30, 2023
 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 12,832,610      $ 11,819,760  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar Small-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $ 3,167,971      $ 3,393,435  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    

Ordinary income

  $ 11,860,921      $ 12,049,075  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Morningstar Value

    

Ordinary income

  $ 19,636,858      $ 18,183,374  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2024, 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  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $ 1,010,347      $ (31,958,804   $ 77,726,514     $ 46,778,057  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    308,915        (37,298,740     (722,872     (37,712,697

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    1,040,969        (73,847,118     226,647,226       153,841,077  

Morningstar Value

    1,905,428        (38,144,056     153,919,387       117,680,759  

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the characterization of corporate actions, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, 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.

 

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.

For the year ended April 30, 2024, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:

 

iShares ETF   Amount Utilized  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  1,496,470  

Morningstar Value

    7,548,533  

As of April 30, 2024, 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)
 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  525,562,538      $  104,518,531      $  (26,785,579   $  77,732,952  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    230,171,473        41,595,968        (42,318,840     (722,872

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    634,340,061        276,551,525        (49,902,301     226,649,224  

Morningstar Value

    744,817,826        194,992,724        (41,068,988     153,923,736  

 

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 an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

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 may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore each Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by each Fund, and each Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. Each Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

 

 

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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.

Geographic/Asset Class 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 of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.

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
04/30/24
           Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount            Shares     Amount  

 

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

          

Shares sold

    850,000     $ 52,070,944          1,750,000     $  108,029,844  

Shares redeemed

    (550,000     (36,415,020        (1,050,000     (62,909,176
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    300,000     $  15,655,924          700,000     $ 45,120,668  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morningstar Small-Cap

          

Shares sold

    50,000     $ 2,623,248          400,000     $ 18,341,725  

Shares redeemed

    (350,000     (17,769,911        (200,000     (8,950,442
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (300,000   $ (15,146,663        200,000     $ 9,391,283  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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    Year Ended
04/30/24
           Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount            Shares     Amount  

 

 

Morningstar U.S. Equity

          

Shares sold

    100,000     $ 6,276,740          200,000     $ 10,798,586  

Shares redeemed

    (850,000     (53,458,886        (950,000     (51,359,765
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (750,000   $  (47,182,146        (750,000   $  (40,561,179
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morningstar Value

          

Shares sold

    950,000     $ 62,582,240          750,000     $ 47,324,307  

Shares redeemed

    (850,000     (58,015,847        (850,000     (53,875,863
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    100,000     $ 4,566,393          (100,000   $ (6,551,556
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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 April 30, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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 listed in the table below as of April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

iShares Morningstar 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 April 30, 2024 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 24, 2024

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 April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

 

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $ 11,688,602  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    2,306,129  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    11,576,799  

Morningstar Value

    19,323,112  

 

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

 

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $ 1,722,809  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    570,026  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    624,426  

Morningstar Value

    760,991  

 

 

The following percentages, or maximum percentages allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Dividends-Received  
Deduction  
 

 

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    81.48%  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    65.83    

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    91.62    

Morningstar Value

    92.99    

 

 

 

 

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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 Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF and iShares Morningstar 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 8, 2023 (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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.

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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile.

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)

 

Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs

Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.

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 (unaudited)

 

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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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 of 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).

Stephen

Cohen(b) (1975)

   Trustee (since 2024).   

Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

 

(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) 

Stephen Cohen 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).

Laura F.

Fergerson (1962)

   Trustee (since 2024).   

President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
James
Lam (1961)
   Trustee (since 2024).   

President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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
Jessica
Tan (1980)
   President (since 2024).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019).

Trent
Walker (1974)
   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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).

Aaron
Wasserman (1974)
   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023).

Marisa
Rolland (1980)
   Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022).

Rachel
Aguirre (1982)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

Jennifer
Hsui (1976)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

Officers
     
Name (Year of
Birth)
   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
James
Mauro (1970)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

 

Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.

 

Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.

 

Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.

 

Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

 

Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

 

 

 

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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

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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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  APRIL 30, 2024

 

  

 

  

2024 Annual Report

 

 

iShares Trust

· iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | USRT | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Higher interest rates helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially while remaining above pre-pandemic levels. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war has had a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.

Equity returns were robust during the period, as interest rates stabilized and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the second half of 2023. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks’ advance was slower but still impressive. Meanwhile, both international developed market equities and emerging market stocks also gained, albeit at a notably slower pace than that of U.S. stocks.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate future interest rate changes. However, higher yields drove solid gains in shorter-duration U.S. Treasuries. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates twice during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening after its July meeting. The Fed also continued to reduce its balance sheet by not replacing some of the securities that reach maturity.

Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has stopped tightening for now, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period, and recent statements from the Fed seem to support this view. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.

Looking at developed market stocks, we have an overweight stance on U.S. stocks overall, particularly given the promise of emerging AI technologies. We are also overweight Japanese stocks as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest, although we maintain an underweight stance on European stocks. In credit, we believe there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tighter credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries and hard-currency emerging market bonds.

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 April 30, 2024

 

 
     
      6-Month        12-Month    
   

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

    20.98%        22.66%   
   

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

    19.66          13.32     
   

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

    18.63          9.28     
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    15.40          9.88     
   

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

    2.66          5.36     
   

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

    3.66          (6.40)    
   

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

    4.97          (1.47)    
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    7.06          2.08     
   

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

    8.99          9.01     

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

     12  

Statement of Operations

     13  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     14  

Financial Highlights

     15  

Notes to Financial Statements

     16  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     22  

Important Tax Information

     23  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     24  

Supplemental Information

     25  

Trustee and Officer Information

     26  

General Information

     29  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     30  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended April 30, 2024 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 22.30%. The economy showed notable resilience even as interest rates rose, and analysts’ optimism about the economy’s trajectory improved. Meanwhile, inflation decelerated notably, enabling a pause in monetary policy tightening and providing a supportive environment for equities.

The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace in 2023 despite concerns about the impact of higher interest rates on growth. The U.S. consumer helped to power the expansion, as consumer spending continued to grow in both nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Consumers were emboldened by a strong labor market, as employers continued to add jobs, and average hourly wages increased notably. Higher asset values also supported consumer spending, as both home prices and strong equity performance increased household net worth. Government spending also stimulated the economy, as the federal deficit increased amid rising expenditures, while state and local governments also boosted spending to fill personnel vacancies.

While consumer sentiment rose amid healthy household balance sheets and an improving economy, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, as elevated inflation and high interest rates weighed on consumers’ outlook. Inflation declined early in the reporting period, decreasing from 4.1% in May 2023 to 3% in June 2023, but remained stubbornly persistent thereafter, fluctuating between 3% and 4%, above the pre-pandemic average. While improved supply chains eased goods inflation, the tight labor market kept labor costs near record highs, and growing services inflation was a significant driver of inflation’s overall persistence.

To counteract inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) raised interest rates twice early in the reporting period, to the highest level since 2001. However, the Fed paused its interest rate increases thereafter as inflation edged down, keeping interest rates steady after its July 2023 meeting. The Fed also continued to decrease 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 investors closely watched the Fed for signs of a shift toward lower interest rates, tenacious inflation later in the reporting period led investors to limit their expectations.

The strong economy supported corporate profits, which grew substantially in the last three quarters of 2023. Despite higher input costs, companies were able to raise prices sufficiently to widen profit margins, as the U.S. consumer continued to spend. Firms increasingly kept assets in short-term investments that earned higher yields due to elevated interest rates. This helped to mitigate the negative impact of higher borrowing costs, which drove a rise in interest expense. Innovations in computing also drove enthusiasm for equities, as new technologies drove hopes for economy-wide improvements in productivity.

Despite the strong economic conditions during the reporting period, analysts noted several areas of caution about potential disruptions to markets. Geopolitical tensions were high amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and fighting in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel. Missile attacks on a major shipping lane in the Middle East raised concerns about a wider conflict while disrupting some supply chains. While inflation declined during the reporting period, it remained more persistent than some analysts expected, raising concerns about the effect of continued inflation on the Fed’s interest rate policy.

 

 

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Fund Summaryas of April 30, 2024     iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. real estate equities, as represented by the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs 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

    1.82     2.62     5.41     1.82     13.80     69.29

Fund Market

    1.83       2.61       5.41       1.83       13.74       69.35  

Index

    1.94       2.69       5.55       1.94       14.21       71.64  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Index performance through November 2, 2016 reflects the performance of the FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index. Index performance beginning on November 3, 2016 reflects the performance of the FTSE Nareit Equity REITS Index.

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 of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning

Account Value

(11/01/23)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(04/30/24)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(11/01/23)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(04/30/24)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

$ 1,000.00          $  1,127.00          $   0.42               $  1,000.00          $  1,024.47          $   0.40          0.08

 

(a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (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 Summaryas of April 30, 2024 (continued)    iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) advanced during the reporting period, supported by resilient economic growth. The retail REITs industry contributed the most to the Index’s return amid strong consumer spending and low vacancy rates. The national shopping center vacancy rate fell to 5.4%, its lowest level in over 15 years, in part due to a slowdown in new construction given higher interest rates and risk-averse lenders. In this environment, one large holder of retail properties posted record high annual operating performance.

The data center REITs industry also contributed meaningfully to the Index’s performance, as the digital economy continued to expand. In particular, generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) sparked substantial investor enthusiasm for AI-related products and technologies, creating a surge in plans for and construction of new data centers.

The office REITs industry also aided the Index’s performance, as the outlook for commercial real estate improved amid investor optimism that interest rates may have peaked while businesses increasingly required employees to return to working in the office. REITs that focus on higher-end workplaces and supply-constrained markets particularly benefited.

On the downside, the industrial REITs industry detracted from the Index’s return. Uncertainty about the economic outlook constrained demand for warehouse space. As freight and logistics companies increasingly focused on reducing costs, landlords lowered their forecasts for occupancy, earnings, and planned development. Additionally, a 12-year low in home sales reduced demand for furniture, building materials, and appliances, prompting some of the largest home goods retailers to close distribution centers. Regional concentrations of investments also hampered the industry, particularly properties in southern California, where both demand and rent growth disappointed.

Portfolio Information

 

INDUSTRY ALLOCATION

 

 

 
Industry   Percent of  
Total Investments(a)
 

 

 

Specialized REITs

    27.3%  

Residential REITs

    17.9     

Retail REITs

    17.1     

Industrial REITs

    14.1     

Health Care REITs

    11.3     

Office REITs

    6.0     

Hotel & Resort REITs

    3.7     

Diversified REITs

    2.6     

 

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

 
Security  

Percent of  

Total Investments(a)

 

 

 

Prologis, Inc.

    9.5%  

Equinix, Inc.

    6.7     

Welltower, Inc.

    5.3     

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    4.6     

Realty Income Corp.

    4.5     

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    4.2     

Public Storage

    4.1     

VICI Properties, Inc.

    3.0     

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    2.8     

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    2.7     

 

 
 

 

(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 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, index returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, index 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 

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Diversified REITs — 2.6%

   

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    161,344     $ 2,657,336  

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.

    28,297       422,474  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    108,645       2,319,571  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    150,679       1,585,143  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    419,398       6,106,435  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    49,947       866,580  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    296,292       2,696,257  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    347,586       9,155,415  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    88,653       1,185,291  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    434,103       3,017,016  

NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust

    73,160       437,497  

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

    36,960       846,754  

WP Carey, Inc.

    487,035       26,708,999  
   

 

 

 
       58,004,768  
Health Care REITs — 11.2%  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    267,401       6,610,153  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    59,543       1,579,676  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    528,950       1,248,322  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    136,017       1,103,098  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    853,362       12,143,341  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,587,040       29,534,814  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    91,981       3,044,571  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,336,432       6,147,587  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    93,210       5,877,823  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    549,814       16,719,844  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    515,855       7,180,701  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    29,122       1,049,266  

Ventas, Inc.

    897,949       39,761,182  

Welltower, Inc.

    1,245,776       118,697,537  
   

 

 

 
      250,697,915  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 3.7%  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    480,512       7,092,357  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    151,031       412,315  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    107,500       985,775  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    470,531       4,187,726  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,570,807       29,641,128  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    466,921       7,531,436  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(a)

    264,771       3,847,123  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    343,169       3,774,859  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    130,049       13,717,568  

Service Properties Trust

    367,869       2,255,037  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    232,982       1,400,222  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    459,387       4,685,747  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    234,919       3,258,326  
   

 

 

 
      82,789,619  
Industrial REITs — 14.1%  

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    636,841       13,991,397  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    102,783       15,968,367  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    296,534       13,468,574  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    145,644       512,667  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    62,302       6,442,027  

LXP Industrial Trust

    645,714       5,391,712  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    102,632       2,142,956  

Prologis, Inc.

    2,074,864       211,739,871  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    472,912       20,245,363  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    408,332       14,042,537  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    200,074       10,874,022  
   

 

 

 
      314,819,493  
Security   Shares     Value  
Office REITs — 6.0%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    389,844     $ 45,171,224  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    352,423       21,811,459  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    370,285       1,681,094  

City Office REIT, Inc.

    90,543       421,930  

COPT Defense Properties

    251,692       6,033,057  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    339,922       7,797,811  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    321,437       4,406,901  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    214,042       2,502,151  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    234,104       6,133,525  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    310,595       1,801,451  

JBG SMITH Properties

    202,265       3,035,998  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    262,318       8,866,348  

NET Lease Office Properties

    33,100       756,666  

Office Properties Income Trust

    107,356       216,859  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    131,171       409,254  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    416,687       1,933,428  

Peakstone Realty Trust, Class E

    81,493       1,138,457  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    275,471       1,897,995  

Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    45,521       630,466  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    138,842       6,918,497  

Vornado Realty Trust

    397,289       10,341,433  
   

 

 

 
       133,906,004  
Residential REITs — 17.8%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    748,210       26,785,918  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    329,528       12,647,285  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(b)

    323,619       2,588,952  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    318,550       60,387,523  

BRT Apartments Corp.

    26,888       482,371  

Camden Property Trust

    233,149       23,240,292  

Centerspace

    33,756       2,270,091  

Elme Communities

    195,625       2,965,675  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    399,208       24,068,250  

Equity Residential

    838,404       53,993,218  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    143,458       35,326,533  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    502,819       7,929,456  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,373,696       46,980,403  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    260,938       33,921,940  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    50,567       1,731,414  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    276,167       30,742,910  

UDR, Inc.

    737,312       28,076,841  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    135,426       2,155,982  

Veris Residential, Inc.

    176,463       2,542,832  
   

 

 

 
      398,837,886  
Retail REITs — 17.0%            

Acadia Realty Trust

    224,807       3,884,665  

Agree Realty Corp.

    222,664       12,740,834  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    4,835       1,022,893  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    672,495       14,862,139  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    60,386       1,313,395  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    181,638       18,921,230  

Getty Realty Corp.

    106,231       2,878,860  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    151,461       3,838,022  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,474,318       27,466,544  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    485,208       10,577,534  

Macerich Co. (The)

    481,625       6,627,160  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    155,228       2,615,592  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    407,589       16,519,582  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    268,140       8,768,178  

Realty Income Corp.

    1,869,730       100,105,344  

Regency Centers Corp.

    405,977       24,041,958  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    274,412       3,367,035  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    25,992       946,369  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2024

  

iShares® Core U.S. REIT ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Retail REITs (continued)            

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    729,435     $ 102,507,501  

SITE Centers Corp.

    425,386       5,738,457  

Tanger, Inc.

    233,305       6,614,197  

Urban Edge Properties

    255,816       4,279,802  

Whitestone REIT

    108,475       1,247,463  
   

 

 

 
      380,884,754  
Specialized REITs — 27.2%            

CubeSmart

    502,541       20,322,758  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    679,014       94,233,563  

EPR Properties

    166,803       6,770,534  

Equinix, Inc.

    209,929       149,282,611  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    470,076       63,121,805  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    99,619       1,071,900  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    202,289       4,743,677  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    574,815       24,561,845  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    75,987       963,515  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    650,831       50,452,419  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    195,227       22,617,048  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    168,884       5,917,695  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    329,631       5,227,948  

Public Storage

    352,257       91,393,079  

Safehold, Inc.

    108,512       1,979,259  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    2,324,667       66,369,243  
   

 

 

 
      609,028,899  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $2,586,254,134)

      2,228,969,338  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 0.4%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.49%(c)(d)(e)

    2,557,869     $ 2,558,636  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.28%(c)(d)

    6,904,914       6,904,914  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $ 9,463,214)

 

    9,463,550  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.0%
(Cost: $ 2,595,717,348)

 

    2,238,432,888  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.0)%

 

    (551,908
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  2,237,880,980  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(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 April 30, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

04/30/23

   

  Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

  (Depreciation)

   

Value at

04/30/24

   

Shares

Held at

04/30/24

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  10,979,342     $     $  (8,420,764 )(a)    $ 4,215      $ (4,157   $ 2,558,636       2,557,869     $ 69,607 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    3,910,036       2,994,878 (a)                        6,904,914       6,904,914       289,043        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 4,215      $ (4,157   $  9,463,550       $  358,650     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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)

April 30, 2024

   iShares® Core U.S. REIT 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

    272        06/21/24      $ 8,650      $ (470,503
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

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

 

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

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                               

Futures contracts

                               

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $        $        $  470,503        $        $        $        $  470,503  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement 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 April 30, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement 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

  $        $        $  (42,918)        $        $        $        $  (42,918)  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                               

Futures contracts

  $        $        $ (670,666      $        $        $        $ (670,666
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments 

 

   

Futures contracts

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $ 6,934,723  

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)

April 30, 2024

   iShares® Core U.S. REIT 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

  $   2,228,969,338      $       —      $       —      $   2,228,969,338  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    9,463,550                      9,463,550  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 2,238,432,888      $      $      $ 2,238,432,888  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

          

Liabilities

          

Equity Contracts

  $ (470,503    $      $      $ (470,503
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2024

 

    

iShares

Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

ASSETS

 

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

  $  2,228,969,338  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    9,463,550  

Cash

    1,897  

Cash pledged:

 

Futures contracts

    548,000  

Receivables:

 

Securities lending income — affiliated

    4,137  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    1,754,314  

Dividends — affiliated

    21,819  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    2,240,763,055  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Collateral on securities loaned

    2,529,558  

Payables:

 

Capital shares redeemed

    55,932  

Investment advisory fees

    146,835  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    149,750  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    2,882,075  
 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 2,237,880,980  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 2,635,573,818  

Accumulated loss

    (397,692,838
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 2,237,880,980  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

Shares outstanding

  $ 44,700,000  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 50.06  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

    None  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 2,586,254,134  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 2,380,699  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 9,463,214  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended April 30, 2024

 

    

iShares

Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 73,826,000  

Dividends — affiliated

    289,043  

Interest — unaffiliated

    4,878  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    69,607  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    74,189,528  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    1,671,773  

Interest expense

    647  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,672,420  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    72,517,108  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (9,696,273

Investments — affiliated

    4,215  

Futures contracts

    (42,918

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    33,764,205  
 

 

 

 
    24,029,229  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (58,850,080

Investments — affiliated

    (4,157

Futures contracts

    (670,666
 

 

 

 
    (59,524,903
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (35,495,674
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $   37,021,434  
 

 

 

 

 

(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 U.S. REIT ETF  
    

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 72,517,108     $ 64,307,573  

Net realized gain

    24,029,229       80,322,433  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (59,524,903     (490,807,237
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    37,021,434       (346,177,231
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (68,921,006     (65,460,022
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

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

    378,443,147       (15,575,503
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    346,543,575       (427,212,756

Beginning of year

    1,891,337,405       2,318,550,161  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  2,237,880,980     $  1,891,337,405  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 U.S. REIT ETF  
    

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

   

Year Ended

04/30/22

   

Year Ended

04/30/21

   

Year Ended

04/30/20

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 50.84     $ 61.83     $ 56.60     $ 42.45     $ 51.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.77       1.71       1.24       1.17       1.62  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (0.85     (10.95     5.45       14.39       (8.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.92       (9.24     6.69       15.56       (7.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

         

From net investment income

    (1.70     (1.75     (1.43     (1.41     (1.80

From net realized gain

                (0.03           (0.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.70     (1.75     (1.46     (1.41     (1.82
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 50.06     $ 50.84     $ 61.83     $ 56.60     $ 42.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

    1.82     (14.84 )%      11.82     37.43     (14.60 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses

    0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.47     3.24     2.00     2.48     3.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  2,237,881     $  1,891,337     $  2,318,550     $  1,986,692     $  1,339,443  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    5     8     9     5     8
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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, if any.

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
 

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

    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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

Bank Overdraft: The Fund had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Fund is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations.

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.

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.

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.

 

   

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

 

 

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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 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: 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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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:

 

Counterparty    

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 

 

(a)  

   
Net
Amount
 
 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 1,745,360      $ (1,745,360   $     $  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    536,273        (536,273            

National Financial Services LLC

    99,066        (99,066            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $   2,380,699      $ (2,380,699   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

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.

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 Fund 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 Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement 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 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 average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees    

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

    0.08%  

 

 

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.

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, 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 SLAgency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, redemption fee, distribution fee or service

 

 

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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 generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of the 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 April 30, 2024, the Fund paid BTC $17,751 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.

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 April 30, 2024, transactions executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

           
iShares ETF   Purchases                  Sales                   

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

 

Core U.S. REIT

  $  10,751,699              $  24,384,624                 $ (2,408,423

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.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended April 30, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

  $  127,736,073       $  105,214,704  

 

 

For the year ended April 30, 2024, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

In-kind

Purchases

    

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

  $  649,028,717       $  292,888,617  

 

 

 

8.

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 April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024, 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)  

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

  $ 33,570,994      $ (33,570,994

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Year Ended

April 30, 2024

    

Year Ended

April 30, 2023

 

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

    

Ordinary income

  $ 68,921,006      $ 65,460,022  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

    

 

 

As of April 30, 2024, 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  

 

 

Core U.S. REIT

  $ 3,962,048      $ (21,772,127   $ (379,882,759   $  (397,692,838

 

 

 

(a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the characterization of corporate actions, 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.

As of April 30, 2024, 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 U.S. REIT

  $  2,618,114,336      $ 43,542,210      $ (423,223,658   $  (379,681,448

 

 

 

9.

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 an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

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 discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

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 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 manages 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 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.

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 Fund 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 Fund.

Geographic/Asset Class 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.

The Fund invests a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.

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.

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 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: 

 

     Year Ended
04/30/24
          Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 Share Class   Shares           Amount           Shares           Amount  

Shares sold

    13,100,000        $  659,303,907          11,700,000        $  614,069,077  

Shares redeemed

    (5,600,000        (280,860,760        (12,000,000        (629,644,580
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
    7,500,000        $ 378,443,147          (300,000      $ (15,575,503
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

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 Core U.S. REIT ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of April 30, 2024, the related statement of operations for the year ended April 30, 2024, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2024, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 (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 April 30, 2024, 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 April 30, 2024 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended April 30, 2024 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 April 30, 2024 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and broker. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 24, 2024

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 April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Qualified Dividend

Income

 

 

 

iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF

  $ 1,482,386  

 

 

The following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, is hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Qualified Business

Income

 

 

 

iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF

  $ 68,250,261  

 

 

 

 

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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 U.S. REIT 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 8, 2023 (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, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (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, delays in the repatriation of the local currency in certain non-U.S. countries, the continued illiquidity of Russian equity securities and the suspension of select sanctions in Venezuela.

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 utilized for liquidity classifications. 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 ETFs for which the custom baskets accepted by the ETF had a significant change in its liquidity profile.

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)

 

Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs

Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Fund.

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 (unaudited)

 

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 the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the iShares 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 iShares Complex, which consists of 404 funds as of April 30, 2024. With the exception of Stephen Cohen, Robert S. Kapito and Aaron Wasserman, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito and Mr. Wasserman is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The address of Mr. Cohen is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom. 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 of 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).
Stephen Cohen(b) (1975)    Trustee (since 2024).   

Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Product Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024); Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions of BlackRock, Inc. (2021-2024); Head of iShares Index and Wealth in EMEA of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2021); Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing of BlackRock, Inc. (2016-2017); Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares of BlackRock, Inc. (2011-2015).

       Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

(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) Stephen Cohen 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).
Laura F. Fergerson
(1962)
   Trustee (since 2024).   

President, Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2017-2024); Director of the Board of Crocker Art Museum Association (since 2019); President, Crocker Art Museum Foundation (2022-2023).

       Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (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); Member of the Wyoming State Investment Funds Committee (since 2022); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009- 2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director of the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts (since 2021).

 

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
James Lam
(1961)
   Trustee (since 2024).   

President, James Lam & Associates, Inc. (since 2002); Director of the FAIR Institute (since 2020); adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University (since 2018); Member, Zicklin School of Business Dean’s Council of Baruch College (since 2017); Director and Audit Committee Chair of RiskLens, Inc. (2018-2023); Director, Risk Oversight Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank (2012-2020).

       Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2024); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2024).
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); Director of WellBe Senior Medical (since 2023); 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

Jessica Tan
(1980)
   President (since 2024).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2015); Head of Global Product Solutions, Americas of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2024) and Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions of BlackRock, Inc. (2022-2024); Global Head of Corporate Strategy of BlackRock, Inc. (2019-2022); Chief of Staff to the CEO of BlackRock, Inc. (2017-2019).

Trent Walker
(1974)
   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 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).

Aaron Wasserman (1974)    Chief Compliance Officer (since 2023).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed- Income Complex and the iShares Complex (since 2023); Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex (2014-2023).

Marisa Rolland (1980)    Secretary (since 2022).   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2023); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2018-2022).

Rachel Aguirre (1982)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

Jennifer Hsui (1976)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) (continued)

 

          Officers     
     

Name (Year of

Birth)

   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

James Mauro
(1970)
   Executive Vice President (since 2022).   

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

 

Effective July 1, 2023, Aaron Wasserman replaced Charles Park as Chief Compliance Officer.

Effective February 1, 2024, Salim Ramji resigned as Trustee of the Trust.

Effective March 5, 2024, Stephen Cohen replaced Salim Ramji as Trustee of the Trust.

Effective March 5, 2024, Dominik Rohé resigned as President of the Trust.

Effective March 5, 2024, Jessica Tan replaced Dominik Rohé as President of the Trust.

Effective April 8, 2024, Laura Fergerson was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

Effective April 8, 2024, James Lam was appointed as Trustee of the Trust.

 

 

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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 its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s 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
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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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 International Limited, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

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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 nine series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is April 30, 2024 (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 $119,700 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 and $119,700 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024.

(b) Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2024 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 $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024. 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 April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2024 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 $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 and $87,300 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024.

(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.

Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

Not applicable

 

Item 14.

Exhibits.


(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2

(a)(2) Any policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities exchange or registered national securities association upon which the Registrant’s securities are listed – Not Applicable

(a)(3) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(4) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable

(a)(5) 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/ Jessica Tan          

      

Jessica Tan, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: June 24, 2024

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/ Jessica Tan          

      

Jessica Tan, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: June 24, 2024

 

 

By:

    

/s/ Trent Walker         

       Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: June 24, 2024