NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Israel_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Israel ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Aerospace & Defense — 3.3%            

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     24,734     $ 4,104,158  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 24.1%            

Bank Hapoalim BM

     1,069,427       8,638,379  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     1,411,763       10,256,346  

FIBI Holdings Ltd.

     3,330       119,474  

First International Bank of Israel Ltd.

     52,654       1,615,991  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

     1,164,183       5,367,835  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

     144,768       3,874,831  
   

 

 

  
        29,872,856  
Biotechnology — 0.3%            

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)(b)

    10,592       335,131  
   

 

 

  
Building Products — 0.4%            

Caesarstone Ltd.

     27,853       436,178  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 2.9%            

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     654,451       3,074,134  

Israel Corp. Ltd. (The)(a)

    2,807       572,223  
   

 

 

  
      3,646,357  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%            

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.

     18,077       152,322  

Ituran Location and Control Ltd.

     21,615       518,760  

Radware Ltd.(a)

    48,573       1,170,123  
   

 

 

  
      1,841,205  
Construction & Engineering — 2.9%  

Ashtrom Group Ltd.

     17,457       223,866  

Elco Ltd.

     8,652       302,188  

Electra Ltd./Israel

     2,502       1,049,079  

Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd.

     133,139       821,448  

Shikun & Binui Ltd.

     269,791       1,187,979  
   

 

 

  
      3,584,560  
Consumer Finance — 0.1%            

Isracard Ltd.(a)

    29,961       112,588  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.(a)

    2,315,628       1,933,193  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%  

REIT 1 Ltd.

     208,101       1,331,328  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%  

Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

     8,999       516,066  

Shufersal Ltd.

     140,190       915,451  
   

 

 

  
      1,431,517  
Food Products — 1.3%            

Mehadrin Ltd.(a)

    1       33  

Strauss Group Ltd.

     53,383       1,670,671  
   

 

 

  
      1,670,704  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%  

Fattal Holdings 1998 Ltd.

     2,517       384,792  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

Maytronics Ltd.

     26,622       222,943  
   

 

 

  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%  

Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd.(a)

    71,799       199,252  

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd.(a)

    113,423       143,491  
Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (continued)  

Kenon Holdings Ltd./Singapore

     25,911     $ 541,352  
   

 

 

  
      884,095  
Insurance — 3.0%            

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd.(a)

    28,477       467,764  

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

     135,037       1,141,361  

IDI Insurance Co. Ltd.

     9,151       327,000  

Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd.

     37,163       571,673  

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.

     513,818       527,574  

Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (The)

     108,061       676,372  
   

 

 

  
        3,711,744  
IT Services — 5.0%            

Formula Systems 1985 Ltd.

     5,367       382,020  

Matrix IT Ltd.

     47,787       878,457  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    40,666       4,916,113  
   

 

 

  
      6,176,590  
Machinery — 1.2%            

Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)

    45,016       1,535,046  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%  

Delek Group Ltd.

     5,220       738,451  

Equital Ltd.(a)

    11,677       346,248  

Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

     53,898       322,139  

Oil Refineries Ltd.

     1,227,498       601,350  

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.

     8,530       1,273,318  
   

 

 

  
      3,281,506  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%  

Hadera Paper Ltd.(b)

    2,742       109,598  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 8.4%            

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)(b)

    995,121       10,369,161  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 12.1%  

ADO Group Ltd.(a)

    9,724       274,982  

AFI Properties Ltd.(a)

    19,271       688,056  

Airport City Ltd.(a)

    84,510       1,606,614  

Alony Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd.

     124,966       1,871,195  

Amot Investments Ltd.

     157,080       1,161,544  

Azrieli Group Ltd.

     43,912       3,430,605  

Bayside Land Corp.

     1,027       714,144  

Big Shopping Centers Ltd.

     2,975       295,262  

Blue Square Real Estate Ltd.

     4,691       252,117  

Brack Capital Properties NV(a)

    1,557       167,388  

Gazit-Globe Ltd.

     114,109       1,235,104  

Industrial Buildings Corp. Ltd.(a)

    401,472       1,072,490  

Melisron Ltd.

     21,587       1,395,938  

Norstar Holdings Inc.

     18,996       390,091  

Property & Building Corp. Ltd.

     1,531       165,714  

Summit Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

     18,238       238,822  
   

 

 

  
      14,960,066  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%  

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.(a)

    18,381       649,938  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    98,487       2,190,506  
   

 

 

  
      2,840,444  
Software — 22.1%            

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)(b)

    115,550       13,621,034  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)(b)

    34,045       4,172,215  

Hilan Ltd.

     8,703       356,386  

Nice Ltd.(a)

    55,466       8,423,556  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Sapiens International Corp. NV(b)

    36,726     $ 844,780  
   

 

 

  
      27,417,971  
Specialty Retail — 0.2%            

Delek Automotive Systems Ltd.

     55,737       259,402  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%            

Delta-Galil Industries Ltd.(b)

    13,451       390,727  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%  

Cellcom Israel Ltd.(a)(b)

    90,129       256,743  

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.(a)

    144,155       672,981  
   

 

 

  
      929,724  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 100.0%
(Cost: $134,835,767)

       123,773,584  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 8.9%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.82%(c)(d)(e)

    10,948,430       10,952,809  
Security   Shares     Value  
Money Market Funds (continued)            

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

    85,000     $ 85,000  
   

 

 

  
      11,037,809  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 8.9%
(Cost: $11,037,272)

 

     11,037,809  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 108.9%
(Cost: $145,873,039)

 

     134,811,393  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (8.9)%

 

     (11,011,125 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $   123,800,268  
   

 

 

  

 

(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 cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

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: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      7,807,734        3,140,696        10,948,430      $ 10,952,809      $ 8,148 (a)     $ (438 )     $ (667 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      92,000        (7,000 )       85,000        85,000        282        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 11,037,809      $ 8,430      $ (438 )     $ (667 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

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.

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

    $ 123,773,584        $ —        $ —        $ 123,773,584  

Money Market Funds

      11,037,809          —          —          11,037,809  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 134,811,393        $ —        $ —        $ 134,811,393  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

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