NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_8686204982752670.htm iShares Evolved US Media and Entertainment ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

April 30, 2020

   

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Advertising — 0.1%            

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    2,633     $ 2,540  

National CineMedia Inc.

     1,446       4,772  
   

 

 

  
      7,312  
Commercial Services — 1.4%            

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

     72       28,081  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     4,224       62,219  

Viad Corp.

     96       2,301  
   

 

 

  
      92,601  
Entertainment — 3.9%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A(b)

    660       3,247  

Churchill Downs Inc.

     185       18,541  

Cinemark Holdings Inc.

     1,866       26,647  

Eldorado Resorts Inc.(a)

    108       2,316  

IMAX Corp.(a)

    1,152       13,248  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)

    1,914       13,666  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B,
NVS(a)

    3,851       25,725  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,512       67,843  

Madison Square Garden Sports Co. (The)(a)

    288       49,340  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)

    192       3,421  

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

    270       1,152  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    486       6,128  

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.(a)

    714       10,489  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     1,122       22,451  
   

 

 

  
          264,214  
Home Furnishings — 0.7%  

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

     846       50,785  
   

 

 

  
Internet — 17.8%            

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    59       79,455  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    64       86,314  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    780       174,314  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    1,234       518,095  

Roku Inc.(a)

    1,363       165,237  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    6,241       178,992  
   

 

 

  
      1,202,407  
Leisure Time — 0.1%            

Carnival Corp.

     283       4,500  

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    523       1,229  
   

 

 

  
      5,729  
Lodging — 0.2%            

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     294       14,118  

Marcus Corp. (The)

     180       2,617  
   

 

 

  
      16,735  
Media — 56.2%            

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    4,763       123,695  

AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    1,296       30,910  

Cable One Inc.

     72       137,726  

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

    1,333       5,185  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    799       395,689  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     11,824       444,937  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)

    4,128       92,550  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    9,742       198,834  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    4,666       116,720  

Entercom Communications Corp., Class A

     3,972       4,846  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

     910       1,329  

EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A, NVS

     2,064       16,656  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

     10,189       263,589  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

Fox Corp., Class B(a)

    5,537     $ 141,526  

Gannett Co. Inc.

     1,518       1,715  

Gray Television Inc.(a)

    2,962       34,389  

Hemisphere Media Group Inc.(a)

    618       5,735  

Iheartmedia Inc., Class A(a)

    697       4,893  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

     305       11,453  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    432       51,849  

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

    2,399       294,309  

Liberty Global PLC, Class A(a)

    1,866       36,238  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C, NVS(a)

    5,664       103,708  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)

    232       2,482  

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

    1,096       11,333  

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

    564       19,012  

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

    575       19,590  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a)

    288       23,818  

Meredith Corp.

     1,140       16,906  

MSG Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    1,578       18,747  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

     2,832       92,097  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

     8,303       82,283  

News Corp., Class B

     2,592       26,490  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

     1,536       107,581  

Saga Communications Inc., Class A

     162       4,555  

Scholastic Corp., NVS

     324       9,419  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Class A

     2,177       38,424  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.

     22,633       133,761  

TEGNA Inc.

     6,862       73,561  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class A

     197       3,867  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

     9,599       165,679  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     3,445       372,577  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

     1,367       60,790  
   

 

 

  
      3,801,453  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%            

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

     690       39,778  

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.

     126       4,453  
   

 

 

  
      44,231  
Retail — 0.7%            

Qurate Retail Inc. Series A(a)

    6,058       48,797  
   

 

 

  
Software — 13.6%            

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     6,257       398,758  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    12       3,330  

Electronic Arts Inc.(a)

    2,664       304,389  

Glu Mobile Inc.(a)

    1,206       9,407  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    1,228       148,649  

TiVo Corp.

     1,962       13,793  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    5,202       39,223  
   

 

 

  
      917,549  
Telecommunications — 1.2%            

AT&T Inc.

     1,181       35,985  

GCI Liberty Inc., Class A(a)

    371       22,568  

Harmonic Inc.(a)(b)

    696       4,037  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

     325       17,391  
   

 

 

  
      79,981  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 2.5%            

Hasbro Inc.

     1,968       142,109  

Mattel Inc.(a)

    2,743       23,919  
   

 

 

  
      166,028  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.1%
(Cost: $7,439,833)

       6,697,822  
   

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2020

   

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 4.1%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.89%(c)(d)(e)

    231,338     $ 231,593  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.18%(c)(d)

    48,000       48,000  
   

 

 

  
      279,593  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 4.1%
(Cost: $279,283)

       279,593  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 103.2%
(Cost: $7,719,116)

       6,977,415  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.2)%

       (217,895 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $  6,759,520  
   

 

 

  
(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 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

      87,096        144,242        231,338      $ 231,593      $ 1,381 (b)     $ (125 )     $ 300  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      51,000        (3,000 )       48,000        48,000        671        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 279,593      $ 2,052      $ (125 )     $ 300  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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.

 

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 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

    $ 6,697,822        $ —        $ —        $ 6,697,822  

Money Market Funds

      279,593          —          —          279,593  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 6,977,415        $ —        $ —        $ 6,977,415  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity

NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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