NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_8689760508618513.htm iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

April 30, 2020

  

iShares® Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Australia — 13.0%

   

AGL Energy Ltd.

    386,652     $   4,293,273  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

    1,173,880       3,604,449  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    301,166       1,289,514  

BHP Group PLC

    990,143       16,688,035  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

    298,024       1,999,942  

CIMIC Group Ltd.

    56,459       910,786  

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

    299,568       1,702,384  

Cochlear Ltd.

    33,944       4,100,169  

Dexus

    628,851       3,771,253  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

    32,164       231,425  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

    816,319       6,391,951  

GPT Group (The)

    1,091,731       3,023,419  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

    333,396       606,803  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

    75,287       2,514,796  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    1,622,323       2,867,764  

Mirvac Group

    2,320,501       3,403,080  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.(a)

    265,845       4,793,302  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

    415,455       1,049,914  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

    220,168       12,614,042  

Scentre Group

    3,140,792       4,791,125  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

    248,725       4,427,627  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

    742,554       17,379,868  
   

 

 

 
      102,454,921  
Belgium — 2.3%            

Ageas

    104,199       3,749,142  

Colruyt SA

    32,737       1,958,500  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    47,149       3,763,690  

Proximus SADP

    89,527       1,909,207  

UCB SA

    74,518       6,818,498  
   

 

 

 
      18,199,037  
Canada — 13.1%            

Air Canada(b)

    74,469       1,085,174  

Atco Ltd., Class I, NVS

    46,154       1,298,938  

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT

    46,590       1,606,725  

CGI Inc.(b)

    141,752       9,059,595  

CI Financial Corp.

    133,589       1,422,500  

Constellation Software Inc.

    11,877       11,445,855  

Empire Co. Ltd., Class A, NVS

    103,132       2,281,757  

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

    104,385       1,078,458  

Gildan Activewear Inc.

    120,383       1,683,169  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

    82,711       587,156  

Husky Energy Inc.

    240,614       774,358  

Hydro One Ltd.(c)

    193,677       3,519,499  

iA Financial Corp. Inc.

    61,678       2,006,717  

IGM Financial Inc.

    49,994       1,061,106  

Intact Financial Corp.

    82,014       7,822,020  

Kinross Gold Corp.(b)

    738,253       4,884,658  

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.

    117,623       4,872,765  

Loblaw Companies Ltd.

    107,851       5,318,977  

Magna International Inc.

    173,560       6,777,706  

Metro Inc.

    150,201       6,193,176  

Open Text Corp.

    158,488       6,001,994  

Power Corp. of Canada

    342,488       5,488,882  

RioCan REIT

    95,594       1,094,312  

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust

    45,325       695,726  

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B

    287,863       2,542,985  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

    117,494       8,295,933  
Security   Shares     Value  
Canada (continued)            

WSP Global Inc.

    62,019     $ 4,170,917  
   

 

 

 
        103,071,058  
Denmark — 0.2%            

H Lundbeck A/S

    42,068       1,532,463  
   

 

 

 
Finland — 1.2%            

Elisa OYJ

    84,314       5,119,835  

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

    74,170       1,586,992  

Orion OYJ, Class B

    61,642       3,131,414  
   

 

 

 
      9,838,241  
France — 6.8%            

Alstom SA

    32,893       1,345,995  

Atos SE

    57,796       4,118,555  

BioMerieux

    24,403       3,028,351  

Bouygues SA

    133,229       4,101,971  

Cie. Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

    100,611       9,818,750  

Eurazeo SE

    23,314       1,114,894  

Eutelsat Communications SA

    103,213       1,157,624  

Faurecia SE

    43,639       1,580,195  

Ipsen SA

    22,248       1,650,948  

Peugeot SA

    346,624       4,964,018  

SCOR SE

    98,914       2,784,350  

Societe Generale SA

    476,944       7,449,377  

STMicroelectronics NV

    401,830       10,435,348  
   

 

 

 
      53,550,376  
Germany — 2.2%            

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer

    23,815       2,346,307  

Covestro AG(c)

    102,857       3,456,386  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(b)(d)

    140,743       1,257,603  

Hannover Rueck SE

    35,841       5,711,841  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered

    7,439       1,636,106  

Puma SE

    48,986       3,078,687  
   

 

 

 
      17,486,930  
Hong Kong — 4.6%            

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    1,204,000       2,519,782  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    688,300       2,897,743  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

    395,500       1,060,795  

Link REIT

    1,095,000       9,596,852  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

    1,794,000       2,448,821  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

    284,000       1,820,294  

Swire Properties Ltd.(d)

    685,600       1,877,740  

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.

    424,000       1,489,620  

WH Group Ltd.(c)

    5,604,000       5,278,435  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

    725,000       2,989,887  

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.

    498,000       3,558,776  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

    435,500       683,300  
   

 

 

 
      36,222,045  
Israel — 0.3%            

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    709,648       2,324,670  
   

 

 

 
Italy — 0.2%            

Leonardo SpA

    261,711       1,804,188  
   

 

 

 
Japan — 18.3%            

AGC Inc.

    108,200       2,730,928  

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

    110,700       2,233,980  

Amada Co. Ltd.

    197,300       1,813,680  

Astellas Pharma Inc.

    1,113,700       18,605,929  

Brother Industries Ltd.

    129,400       2,221,709  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2020

  

iShares® Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Japan (continued)            

Calbee Inc.

    48,700     $ 1,486,936  

Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

    378,900       5,167,865  

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

    90,700       1,047,501  

Daicel Corp.

    146,700       1,201,751  

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

    87,900       1,775,509  

Fujitsu Ltd.

    116,600       11,487,174  

Hino Motors Ltd.

    167,500       1,011,876  

Hitachi Ltd.

    548,100       16,611,887  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.

    67,100       1,217,319  

JTEKT Corp.

    121,100       901,441  

Kakaku.com Inc.

    81,100       1,668,490  

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

    62,100       1,105,123  

Konica Minolta Inc.

    262,800       1,034,636  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

    56,300       1,595,259  

Marubeni Corp.

    920,700       4,511,589  

Medipal Holdings Corp.

    106,600       2,087,440  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd.

    232,300       1,127,448  

NEC Corp.

    149,300       5,815,070  

NH Foods Ltd.

    50,100       1,806,102  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    757,900       17,314,721  

Obayashi Corp.

    385,500       3,431,954  

ORIX Corp.

    126,200       1,521,221  

Shimamura Co. Ltd.

    14,700       934,774  

Shinsei Bank Ltd.(b)

    93,100       1,136,162  

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

    94,500       1,323,804  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

    64,100       1,375,091  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    99,600       980,772  

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

    42,900       1,482,354  

Suzuken Co. Ltd.

    43,400       1,688,353  

Toho Gas Co. Ltd.

    45,800       2,252,845  

Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc.

    251,200       2,379,629  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.(b)

    902,500       3,063,613  

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    223,500       4,928,349  

Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.

    162,500       2,449,619  

Tosoh Corp.

    153,400       1,906,472  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

    53,400       2,576,743  

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

    38,300       721,337  

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

    70,800       1,257,298  

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (The)

    64,400       837,709  
   

 

 

 
        143,829,462  
Netherlands — 8.7%            

Aegon NV

    1,049,644       2,701,736  

AerCap Holdings NV(b)

    70,904       1,993,821  

EXOR NV

    64,615       3,530,855  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    698,643       16,957,354  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    475,292       20,675,123  

Koninklijke Vopak NV

    42,554       2,452,586  

NN Group NV

    180,472       5,220,490  

Randstad NV

    70,826       2,841,598  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    164,701       12,108,245  
   

 

 

 
      68,481,808  
New Zealand — 0.5%            

Mercury NZ Ltd.

    389,159       1,096,019  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    1,095,100       2,999,761  
   

 

 

 
      4,095,780  
Singapore — 1.4%            

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

    1,251,400       1,466,797  

Mapletree Commercial Trust.

    1,166,500       1,624,167  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(d)

    311,700       1,352,907  
Security   Shares     Value  
Singapore (continued)            

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

    495,400     $   3,396,043  

Venture Corp. Ltd.

    161,500       1,818,409  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

    1,402,300       981,222  
   

 

 

 
      10,639,545  
Spain — 1.6%            

Enagas SA

    76,100       1,774,571  

Mapfre SA

    693,118       1,268,577  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    264,663       4,654,109  

Repsol SA

    536,058       4,881,517  
   

 

 

 
      12,578,774  
Sweden — 1.4%            

Boliden AB

    161,144       3,304,647  

ICA Gruppen AB

    53,037       2,314,314  

Kinnevik AB, Class B

    144,635       2,991,264  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

    44,757       1,888,856  

Millicom International Cellular SA, SDR

    21,053       553,958  
   

 

 

 
      11,053,039  
Switzerland — 9.8%            

Adecco Group AG, Registered

    91,511       4,011,636  

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

    28,525       4,270,696  

Coca-Cola HBC AG

    116,602       2,963,581  

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer

    22,894       1,628,424  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

    104,235       36,228,183  

SGS SA, Registered

    3,114       7,049,775  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

    32,754       5,915,166  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

    19,835       7,026,458  

Swisscom AG, Registered

    15,364       7,988,038  
   

 

 

 
      77,081,957  
United Kingdom — 12.8%            

3i Group PLC

    576,331       5,699,331  

Barratt Developments PLC

    598,548       3,918,340  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    70,185       3,703,122  

Burberry Group PLC

    242,255       4,247,402  

Carnival PLC

    94,103       1,300,324  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    818,171       2,812,201  

easyJet PLC

    94,450       718,620  

Evraz PLC

    302,111       1,010,592  

Ferguson PLC

    135,286       9,788,087  

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

    639,855       5,617,878  

Halma PLC

    67,305       1,774,310  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    169,385       3,077,684  

J Sainsbury PLC

    1,038,023       2,593,745  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    257,481       1,719,352  

Kingfisher PLC

    1,238,729       2,457,768  

M&G PLC

    1,526,206       2,545,919  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

    1,175,741       1,365,863  

Meggitt PLC

    456,896       1,609,623  

Pearson PLC

    464,889       2,696,212  

Persimmon PLC

    187,294       5,209,167  

Rio Tinto PLC

    419,470       19,494,642  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    514,787       10,116,513  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    1,949,559       3,616,073  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    1,424,011       3,287,004  
   

 

 

 
      100,379,772  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 98.4%
(Cost: $950,849,748)

      774,624,066  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2020

  

iShares® Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Preferred Stocks

   
Germany — 0.6%            

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS

    89,961     $ 4,535,532  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.6%
(Cost: $7,178,212)

      4,535,532  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.89%(e)(f)(g)

    1,611,130       1,612,902  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.18%(e)(f)

    198,000       198,000  
   

 

 

 
      1,810,902  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.2%
(Cost: $1,808,803)

      1,810,902  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.2%
(Cost: $959,836,763)

      780,970,500  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.8%

      6,270,852  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   787,241,352  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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 cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the nine months ended April 30, 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
07/31/19
 
 
 
     Net Activity       

Shares
Held at
04/30/20
 
 
 
    
Value at
04/30/20
 
 
     Income       
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
(a)  
    


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

     2,241,970        (630,840      1,611,130      $ 1,612,902      $ 25,668 (b)     $ (545    $ 1,651  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     860,000        (662,000      198,000        198,000        4,619                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 1,810,902      $ 30,287      $ (545    $ 1,651  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

           

ASX SPI 200 Index

     20        06/18/20      $ 1,813      $ 165,329  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     72        06/19/20        2,277        223,729  

FTSE 100 Index

     29        06/19/20        2,153        195,569  

TOPIX Index

     13        06/11/20        1,768        143,725  
           

 

 

 
            $ 728,352  
           

 

 

 

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)

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Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of April 30, 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

   $ 736,506,462        $ 33,324,302        $ 4,793,302        $ 774,624,066  

Preferred Stocks

     4,535,532                            4,535,532  

Money Market Funds

     1,810,902                            1,810,902  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 742,852,896        $ 33,324,302        $ 4,793,302        $ 780,970,500  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 728,352        $        $        $ 728,352  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
SDR    Swedish Depositary Receipt

 

 

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