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iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Index ETF (XSUS : TSX)

U.S. Equity

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(12-23-2024)
$45.60
Change
$0.26 (0.57%)
Open $45.49
Day Range $45.30 - $45.60
Volume 1,019

As at November 30, 2024

As at November 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 18, 2019): 16.38%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 6.70% 11.51% 18.38% 35.12% 37.51% 24.34% 12.85% 15.80% 16.27% - - - - -
Benchmark 6.59% 11.27% 18.22% 35.66% 38.11% 25.73% 14.87% 17.60% 17.00% 16.83% 15.78% 16.05% 15.20% 15.67%
Category Average 6.29% 15.35% 15.35% 29.18% 32.66% 20.86% 10.80% 13.48% 13.25% 13.15% 11.90% 12.39% 11.52% 11.50%
Category Rank 445 / 1,332 357 / 1,324 254 / 1,307 359 / 1,285 432 / 1,284 515 / 1,188 406 / 1,123 306 / 1,066 220 / 1,004 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 1.77% 2.73% 6.74% 2.91% -2.66% 3.91% 3.85% 2.42% -0.18% 2.47% 1.99% 6.70%
Benchmark 1.80% 3.00% 6.70% 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.27% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.97% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - - - - 19.97% 25.30% -14.66% 21.85%
Benchmark 24.19% 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32%
Category Average 16.59% 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 2 2 2 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 283/ 1,004 405/ 1,069 500/ 1,124 576/ 1,188

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.30% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.66% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 96.02
International Equity 3.88
Canadian Equity 0.10

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 37.70
Financial Services 12.70
Healthcare 9.99
Consumer Services 9.52
Consumer Goods 7.21
Other 22.88

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.12
Europe 3.58
Latin America 0.30

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Apple Inc 6.64
NVIDIA Corp 6.50
Microsoft Corp 5.70
Amazon.com Inc 3.63
Alphabet Inc Cl C 2.83
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 2.19
Tesla Inc 1.84
Broadcom Inc 1.33
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.26
Eli Lilly and Co 1.25

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Index ETF

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.43% 14.41% -
Beta 1.01% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.01% -
Rsquared 1.00% 0.99% -
Sharpe 0.67% 0.96% -
Sortino 1.10% 1.49% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 97.12% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.97% 14.43% 14.41% -
Beta 1.00% 1.01% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.02% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.99% 1.00% 0.99% -
Sharpe 3.14% 0.67% 0.96% -
Sortino 10.07% 1.10% 1.49% -
Treynor 0.28% 0.09% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 98.79% 97.12% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date March 18, 2019
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $555
52 Week High $46.20
52 Week Low $33.24
Annual Dividend $0.38
Annual Yield -
Index MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

iShares ESG MSCI USA Index ETF seeks to provide long-term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible,the performance, net of expenses, of an environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-oriented index selected at the discretion of BlackRock. The ESG-oriented index will generally emphasize issuers that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics, as identified by an index provider, chosen from the securities included in its reference parent index.

Investment Strategy

Under normal market conditions, iShares ESG MSCI USA Index ETF will primarily invest in securities of one or more ETFs managed by BlackRock or an affiliate and/or U.S. equity securities.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 03-04-2019
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 08-05-2020

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Advisor BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fees

MER 0.22%
Management Fee 0.25%

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