NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11029891457712610.htm iShares MSCI Israel ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 3.0%  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     24,136     $ 3,361,982  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 17.6%  

Bank Hapoalim BM

     771,882       4,739,162  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     1,351,727       7,153,342  

FIBI Holdings Ltd.

     3,513       94,258  

First International Bank of Israel Ltd.

     51,585       1,172,641  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

     1,136,039       3,602,612  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

     141,370       2,768,970  
   

 

 

  
      19,530,985  
Biotechnology — 0.2%  

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)(b)

    10,409       244,299  
   

 

 

  
Building Products — 0.3%  

Caesarstone Ltd.

     27,392       305,147  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 2.3%  

ICL Group Ltd.

     638,252       2,209,852  

Israel Corp. Ltd. (The)(a)

    2,732       320,504  
   

 

 

  
      2,530,356  
Communications Equipment — 1.7%  

AudioCodes Ltd.

     8,026       287,739  

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.(a)

    17,354       146,375  

Ituran Location and Control Ltd.(b)

    21,066       360,439  

Radware Ltd.(a)

    47,354       1,127,973  
   

 

 

  
      1,922,526  
Construction & Engineering — 3.2%  

Ashtrom Group Ltd.

     16,968       225,504  

Elco Ltd.

     8,485       310,976  

Electra Ltd./Israel

     2,431       1,144,930  

Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd.(a)

    129,955       836,469  

Shikun & Binui Ltd.

     263,614       998,504  
   

 

 

  
      3,516,383  
Consumer Finance — 0.2%  

Isracard Ltd.

     78,365       214,623  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.(a)

    2,264,354       1,932,528  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.8%  

REIT 1 Ltd.

     203,543       880,776  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%  

Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

     8,781       548,907  

Shufersal Ltd.

     136,349       917,322  
   

 

 

  
      1,466,229  
Food Products — 1.3%  

Mehadrin Ltd.(a)

    0       19  

Strauss Group Ltd.

     52,055       1,456,274  
   

 

 

  
      1,456,293  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%  

Inmode Ltd.(a)

    3,191       93,528  
   

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%  

Fattal Holdings 1998 Ltd.

     2,478       154,265  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 0.2%  

Maytronics Ltd.

     25,937       244,164  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.4%  

Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd.(a)

    69,651     $ 267,200  

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd.(a)

    393,169       630,704  

Kenon Holdings Ltd./Singapore

     25,238       518,678  

OPC Energy Ltd.

     10,705       90,110  
   

 

 

  
      1,506,692  
Insurance — 2.3%  

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd.(a)

    38,414       322,145  

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

     132,068       818,027  

IDI Insurance Co. Ltd.

     8,948       231,222  

Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd.

     36,200       464,977  

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.

     499,287       278,617  

Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (The)

     105,099       491,984  
   

 

 

  
      2,606,972  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%  

Fiverr International Ltd.(a)

    3,072       200,049  
   

 

 

  
IT Services — 9.9%  

Formula Systems 1985 Ltd.

     5,284       405,417  

Matrix IT Ltd.

     46,377       1,029,100  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    42,906       9,539,291  
   

 

 

  
      10,973,808  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.6%  

Compugen Ltd.(a)

    40,855       628,758  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.8%  

Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)

    43,927       2,053,587  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%  

Delek Group Ltd.

     6,356       172,352  

Equital Ltd.(a)

    11,443       248,160  

Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corp. Ltd.(a)

    52,858       208,815  

Oil Refineries Ltd.

     1,208,371       296,281  

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.

     8,294       689,154  
   

 

 

  
      1,614,762  
Pharmaceuticals — 11.0%  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)

    975,222       12,219,532  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 9.6%  

AFI Properties Ltd.(a)

    31,171       870,978  

Airport City Ltd.(a)

    82,379       1,079,996  

Alony Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd.

     121,969       1,388,749  

Amot Investments Ltd.

     152,815       802,591  

Azrieli Group Ltd.

     42,851       2,249,329  

Bayside Land Corp.

     1,008       566,090  

Big Shopping Centers Ltd.

     2,910       205,164  

Blue Square Real Estate Ltd.

     4,527       225,226  

Brack Capital Properties NV(a)

    1,501       111,413  

Gazit-Globe Ltd.

     111,197       759,849  

Mega Or Holdings Ltd.

     6,850       162,285  

Melisron Ltd.

     21,054       805,272  

Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd.(a)

    391,456       826,847  

Norstar Holdings Inc.

     18,699       186,809  

Property & Building Corp. Ltd.

     1,474       98,746  

Summit Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

     17,764       202,465  

YH Dimri Construction & Development Ltd.

     2,866       87,451  
   

 

 

  
      10,629,260  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6%  

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.(a)

    17,974       880,384  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    96,086       1,977,169  
   

 

 

  
      2,857,553  
 

 

 

          1  

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software — 23.6%  

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

    105,191     $ 11,536,297  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)(b)

    33,224       3,447,987  

Hilan Ltd.

     8,558       361,530  

Nice Ltd.(a)

    55,062       9,956,550  

Sapiens International Corp. NV

     35,799       872,341  
   

 

 

  
      26,174,705  
Specialty Retail — 0.3%  

Delek Automotive Systems Ltd.

     54,718       284,258  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%  

Delta-Galil Industries Ltd.(b)

    13,237       193,451  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%  

Cellcom Israel Ltd.(a)

    111,947       350,853  

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.(a)

    169,178       701,649  
   

 

 

  
      1,052,502  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $133,351,072)

 

     110,849,973  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 6.7%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.69%(c)(d)(e)

    7,397,324       7,408,420  
Security   Shares     Value  
Money Market Funds (continued)            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.16%(c)(d)

    66,000     $ 66,000  
   

 

 

  
      7,474,420  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 6.7%
(Cost: $7,469,691)

 

     7,474,420  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 106.6%
(Cost: $140,820,763)

 

     118,324,393  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (6.6)%

 

     (7,289,167 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 111,035,226  
   

 

 

  

 

(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 period ended May 31, 2020, 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
05/31/20		      Value at
05/31/20		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss) (a)		      Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

      7,807,734        (410,410 )       7,397,324      $ 7,408,420      $ 36,778 (b)     $ 6,335      $ 3,524  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      92,000        (26,000 )       66,000        66,000        762        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 7,474,420      $ 37,540      $ 6,335      $ 3,524  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 
  (b) 

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.

 

Futures Contracts

 

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

Long Contracts

                  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

      6          06/19/20        $  203        $  22,336  
                 

 

 

  

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.

 

 

 

2        

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2020. 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

    $ 110,849,973        $ —        $ —        $ 110,849,973  

Money Market Funds

      7,474,420          —          —          7,474,420  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 118,324,393        $ —        $ —        $ 118,324,393  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 22,336        $ —        $ —        $ 22,336  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

          3