NPORT-EX 2 iShsEvolvedUSMediaandEntETF.htm iShares Evolved US Media and Entertainment ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

October 31, 2019

   

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Advertising — 0.2%            

National CineMedia Inc.

     964     $ 8,093  
   

 

 

  
Commercial Services — 1.7%            

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

     48       30,224  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     2,816       56,770  

Viad Corp.

     64       3,905  
   

 

 

  
      90,899  
Entertainment — 5.5%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A

     440       4,123  

Churchill Downs Inc.

     123       15,989  

Cinemark Holdings Inc.

     1,244       45,530  

Eldorado Resorts Inc.(a)

    72       3,223  

IMAX Corp.(a)

    768       16,397  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A

     1,276       10,195  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS

     2,567       19,227  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,008       71,064  

Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A(a)

    192       51,249  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)

    128       2,728  

Reading International Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    180       2,047  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    324       7,773  

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.(a)

    476       12,576  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     748       31,558  
   

 

 

  
           293,679  
Home Furnishings — 0.7%  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

     564       36,282  
   

 

 

  
Internet — 13.1%            

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    39       49,093  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    42       52,925  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    520       118,170  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    872       250,621  

New Media Investment Group Inc.

     472       4,158  

Roku Inc.(a)

    708       104,218  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    4,047       121,289  
   

 

 

  
      700,474  
Leisure Time — 0.3%            

Carnival Corp.

     261       11,194  

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    349       3,368  
   

 

 

  
      14,562  
Lodging — 0.5%            

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     356       22,015  

Marcus Corp. (The)

     120       4,332  
   

 

 

  
      26,347  
Media — 60.8%            

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    3,175       98,266  

AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    864       37,627  

Cable One Inc.

     48       63,618  

CBS Corp., Class B, NVS

     4,894       176,380  

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.,
Class A(a)

    889       3,987  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    628       293,816  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     8,228       368,779  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,752       74,180  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    6,494       163,909  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    2,755       94,717  

Entercom Communications Corp., Class A

     2,648       9,215  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

     606       1,721  

EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A, NVS

     1,376       18,487  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

     7,188       230,304  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

Fox Corp., Class B(a)

    2,930     $ 91,533  

Gannett Co. Inc.

     996       10,807  

Gray Television Inc.(a)(b)

    1,888       30,982  

Hemisphere Media Group Inc.(a)

    412       5,319  

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(a)

    516       3,333  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

     203       9,352  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    288       33,981  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    1,316       155,380  

Liberty Global PLC, Class A(a)

    1,244       31,287  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    4,030       96,196  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)(b)

    154       2,878  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a)

    730       13,439  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)

    429       19,266  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C,
NVS(a)

    421       19,025  

Meredith Corp.

     760       28,652  

MSG Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    1,052       17,053  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

     1,888       58,339  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

     5,535       75,885  

News Corp., Class B

     1,728       24,399  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

     1,024       99,625  

Saga Communications Inc., Class A

     108       3,258  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

     216       8,316  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Class A

     1,294       51,553  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.(b)

    16,763       112,647  

TEGNA Inc.

     4,292       64,509  

Viacom Inc., Class A

     220       5,256  

Viacom Inc., Class B, NVS

     7,166       154,499  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2,520       327,398  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

     911       51,053  
   

 

 

  
        3,240,226  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.8%  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

     460       36,805  

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.

     84       7,070  
   

 

 

  
      43,875  
Retail — 0.6%            

Qurate Retail Inc. Series A(a)

    3,440       32,818  
   

 

 

  
Software — 10.2%            

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     4,512       252,807  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    8       2,248  

Electronic Arts Inc.(a)

    1,791       172,653  

Glu Mobile Inc.(a)

    804       4,768  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    698       84,004  

TiVo Corp.

     1,308       10,647  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    3,060       18,880  
   

 

 

  
      546,007  
Telecommunications — 1.0%            

AT&T Inc.

     1,181       45,456  

Harmonic Inc.(a)(b)

    464       3,610  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

     217       6,979  
   

 

 

  
      56,045  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 2.9%  

Hasbro Inc.

     1,312       127,671  

Mattel Inc.(a)(b)

    2,129       25,420  
   

 

 

  
      153,091  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 98.3%
(Cost: $5,289,375)

 

     5,242,398  
   

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2019

   

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 8.2%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.00%(c)(d)(e)

    350,588     $ 350,764  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.74%(c)(d)

    88,000       88,000  
   

 

 

  
      438,764  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 8.2%
(Cost: $438,753)

 

     438,764  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 106.5%
(Cost: $5,728,128)

 

     5,681,162  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (6.5)%

 

     (348,924 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   5,332,238  
   

 

 

  

 

(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 October 31, 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

07/31/19

      Net Activity     

Shares

Held at

10/31/19

     

Value at

10/31/19

      Income     

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

     

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

 

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      87,096        263,492        350,588      $ 350,764      $ 311 (a)     $ (2 )     $ 1  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      51,000        37,000        88,000        88,000        289        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 438,764      $ 600      $ (2 )     $ 1  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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 October 31, 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

    $ 5,242,398        $ —        $ —        $ 5,242,398  

Money Market Funds

      438,764          —          —          438,764  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 5,681,162        $ —        $ —        $ 5,681,162  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

 

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