iSharesSmall BlendESML · Cboe BZX

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML)

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Price: $53.79; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $3B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.17%; Category 0.96%
Yield: 0.91%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 19.7%+2.6%; Category 17.0%
3Y CAGR: 16.7%+0.9%; Category 15.8%
5Y CAGR: 7.7%0.0%; Category 7.7%

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iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-3.7%	-0.9%	+15.8%	+17.5%	+19.7%	+16.7%	+7.7%	—	+10.3%
Small Blend average	-4.1%	0.0%	16.7%	16.6%	17.0%	15.8%	7.7%	10.5%	11.7%
Difference	+0.4%	-1.0%	-0.9%	+0.9%	+2.6%	+0.9%	0.0%	—	-1.3%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 4.5% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
MRNA	Moderna Inc	0.74%
AIZ	Assurant Inc	0.62%
USFD	US Foods Holding Corp	0.57%
OVV	Ovintiv Inc	0.46%
OGS	ONE Gas Inc	0.39%
RGLD	Royal Gold Inc	0.38%
JLL	Jones Lang LaSalle Inc	0.36%
TRMB	Trimble Inc	0.33%
GH	Guardant Health Inc	0.32%
NTNX	Nutanix Inc Class A	0.32%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E: 19.2
P/B: 2.5
P/S: 1.4
P/CF: 11.1

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Technology17.4%
Industrials16.3%
Health care15.6%
Financial services14.2%
Consumer discretionary11.3%
Real estate6.8%
Energy5.3%
Materials4.1%
Consumer staples4.0%
Utilities2.8%
Communication services2.3%

Asset mix

Stocks99.3%
Cash0.7%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Equity · Small Blend
Ticker: ESML
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 10 Apr 2018 (8.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.17% (category 0.96%)
Holdings turnover: 35% (category 61%)
Distribution yield: 0.91%
Beta, 3 years: 1.13
Total net assets: $3B

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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