NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Australia_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Australia ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    

Airlines — 0.4%

    

Qantas Airways Ltd.

     1,268,632     $   6,264,150  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 25.5%            

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     4,934,776       82,913,009  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     848,871       5,758,989  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     3,081,938       168,479,236  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     5,019,086       87,894,222  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     6,075,675       100,767,072  
   

 

 

  
          445,812,528  
Beverages — 1.3%            

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     884,031       6,804,769  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     1,249,973       15,810,510  
   

 

 

  
          22,615,279  
Biotechnology — 8.6%            

CSL Ltd.

     789,082       151,303,230  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 4.5%            

ASX Ltd.

     337,795       18,669,474  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     562,949       52,566,505  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

     221,445       7,862,236  
   

 

 

  
          79,098,215  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     2,801,843       6,121,389  

Orica Ltd.

     664,345       10,685,852  
   

 

 

  
          16,807,241  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%            

Brambles Ltd.

     2,758,191       23,413,789  
   

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

CIMIC Group Ltd.

     167,537       3,812,153  
   

 

 

  
Construction Materials — 1.3%            

Boral Ltd.

     2,033,760       7,070,766  

James Hardie Industries PLC

     771,819       15,118,812  
   

 

 

  
          22,189,578  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%            

AMP Ltd.

     5,799,240       7,668,696  

Challenger Ltd.

     964,000       5,307,684  
   

 

 

  
          12,976,380  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     7,229,239       18,874,851  

TPG Telecom Ltd.

     655,155       3,097,597  
   

 

 

  
          21,972,448  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%            

AusNet Services

     3,211,516       3,779,749  
   

 

 

  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%            

Worley Ltd.

     590,475       5,990,960  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.0%  

BGP Holdings PLC(a)(b)

     18,888,372       208  

Dexus

     1,910,810       15,806,933  

Goodman Group

     2,865,910       28,728,595  

GPT Group (The)

     3,400,087       14,143,887  

Mirvac Group

     6,855,200       15,626,211  

Scentre Group

     9,266,598       24,695,634  

Stockland

     4,140,879       14,144,499  

Security

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

Vicinity Centres

     5,594,644     $   10,141,703  
   

 

 

  
          123,287,670  
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.6%            

Coles Group Ltd.

     1,977,018       21,743,768  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     2,191,274       58,931,392  
   

 

 

  
          80,675,160  
Gas Utilities — 0.9%            

APA Group

     2,049,110       15,246,199  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%            

Cochlear Ltd.

     100,386       15,888,178  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%            

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     282,498       13,945,140  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     782,167       15,935,221  
   

 

 

  
          29,880,361  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%            

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     1,001,787       22,984,490  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     651,163       5,686,167  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

     96,859       2,884,644  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     3,506,892       11,362,177  
   

 

 

  
          42,917,478  
Insurance — 4.1%            

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     4,013,571       21,419,612  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

     4,811,501       10,609,668  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     2,293,410       19,670,011  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     2,189,701       19,817,304  
   

 

 

  
          71,516,595  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%            

REA Group Ltd.

     91,364       6,449,304  
   

 

 

  
IT Services — 0.6%            

Computershare Ltd.

     847,614       10,165,073  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 14.3%            

Alumina Ltd.

     4,247,379       6,636,462  

BHP Group Ltd.

     5,128,482       132,616,259  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     892,725       8,785,861  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     2,419,246       15,921,959  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     1,338,750       27,854,121  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     646,256       42,357,665  

South32 Ltd.

     8,680,445       15,852,925  
   

 

 

  
          250,025,252  
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%            

AGL Energy Ltd.

     1,138,965       15,723,782  
   

 

 

  
Multiline Retail — 3.4%            

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     983,197       2,859,648  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     1,973,921       56,570,742  
   

 

 

  
          59,430,390  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.6%            

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     433,317       10,129,386  

Oil Search Ltd.

     2,383,211       11,993,310  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     3,073,458       18,086,319  

Santos Ltd.

     3,074,813       16,950,400  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

     210,967       3,185,021  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,629,762       38,042,827  
   

 

 

  
          98,387,263  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

Seek Ltd.

     584,034       9,160,992  
   

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%  

Lendlease Group

     984,871      $ 12,863,681  
    

 

 

  
Road & Rail — 0.8%             

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     3,456,236        13,512,474  
    

 

 

  
Software — 0.3%             

WiseTech Global Ltd.

     248,670        4,588,507  
    

 

 

  
Transportation Infrastructure — 3.5%         

Sydney Airport

     1,933,013        12,002,759  

Transurban Group

     4,720,115        49,007,732  
    

 

 

  
       61,010,491  
    

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,906,799,437)

 

      1,736,764,550  
    

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

 

   

Money Market Funds — 0.0%

 

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.57%(c)(d)

     607,000        607,000  
    

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%
(Cost: $607,000)

 

      607,000  
    

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,907,406,437)

 

      1,737,371,550  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%

 

      11,960,203  
    

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $   1,749,331,753  
    

 

 

  

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the three months ended November 30, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   

Shares

Held at
08/31/19

      Net Activity      Shares
Held at
11/30/19		      Value at
11/30/19		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		     

Change in

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      603,000        4,000        607,000      $ 607,000      $ 3,280      $ —      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Futures Contracts

 

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

Long Contracts

           

ASX SPI 200 Index

     105        12/19/19      $ 12,173      $ 229,524  
          

 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2019. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                  

Assets

                  

Common Stocks

    $ 1,736,764,342        $ —        $ 208        $ 1,736,764,550  

Money Market Funds

      607,000          —          —          607,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,737,371,342        $ —        $ 208        $ 1,737,371,550  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 229,524        $                     —        $                     —        $ 229,524  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

 

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