Fund · iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF · measured from SEC filings
ESML holdings
ESML reports 899 holdings and behaves like 349.4 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Read this figure with the following in mind
5.6% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 167.3
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 99.91% at a quoted market price (level 1), 14 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31ESML's largest investment is Sandisk Corp DE at 3.6% of net assets. Technipfmc PLC and Akamai Technologies Inc follow; the three together are 4.61%. Ten companies are 7.64% of the fund; the other 889 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, ESML behaves like 349.4 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 8.2 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings ESML has become more concentrated: it behaved like 601.6 at 2019-11-30 and 349.4 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 50 positions were added and 43 dropped; 15.0% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, ESML went from behaving like 601.6 equally weighted positions to 349.4 — 42% fewer, while its top ten went from 4.87% to 7.64% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 899 | 349.4 | 7.64% | 3.6% |
| 2026-02-28 | 892 | 491.9 | 6.95% | 1.39% |
| 2025-11-30 | 915 | 602.1 | 4.92% | 0.74% |
| 2025-08-31 | 913 | 628.1 | 4.42% | 0.54% |
| 2025-05-31 | 907 | 583.1 | 4.83% | 0.7% |
| 2025-02-28 | 907 | 591.7 | 4.61% | 0.62% |
| 2024-11-30 | 914 | 624.5 | 4.21% | 0.54% |
| 2024-08-31 | 900 | 609.3 | 4.15% | 0.51% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 916 | 587.4 | 4.66% | 0.6% |
| 2024-02-29 | 938 | 627.4 | 4.16% | 0.57% |
| 2023-11-30 | 960 | 641.2 | 4.09% | 0.61% |
| 2023-08-31 | 972 | 660.2 | 3.97% | 0.59% |
| 2023-05-31 | 978 | 664.6 | 3.9% | 0.48% |
| 2023-02-28 | 988 | 679.5 | 3.81% | 0.44% |
| 2022-11-30 | 1,005 | 660.4 | 4.07% | 0.49% |
| 2022-08-31 | 994 | 677.9 | 3.93% | 0.51% |
| 2022-05-31 | 1,009 | 651.8 | 4.58% | 0.66% |
| 2022-02-28 | 1,032 | 697.3 | 3.92% | 0.49% |
| 2021-11-30 | 1,050 | 713.4 | 3.88% | 0.44% |
| 2021-08-31 | 1,078 | 772.7 | 3.33% | 0.41% |
| 2021-05-31 | 1,090 | 807.1 | 3.13% | 0.36% |
| 2021-02-28 | 1,036 | 754.4 | 3.57% | 0.48% |
| 2020-11-30 | 1,021 | 717 | 4.07% | 0.51% |
| 2020-08-31 | 1,034 | 737.9 | 3.83% | 0.47% |
| 2020-05-31 | 888 | 535.4 | 5.26% | 0.58% |
| 2020-02-29 | 911 | 577.3 | 5.03% | 0.72% |
| 2019-11-30 | 924 | 601.6 | 4.87% | 0.72% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
5.59% collateralESML's filing lists 900 positions including 5.59% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 167.3 effective holdings with a top ten of 12.82%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 349.4 with a top ten of 7.64%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 899 positions in ESML's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: ESML.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANDISK CORPORATION | 3.60% | 3.6% |
| 2 | TECHNIPFMC PLC | 0.56% | 4.2% |
| 3 | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.45% | 4.6% |
| 4 | US FOODS HOLDING CORP. | 0.45% | 5.1% |
| 5 | ASSURANT, INC. | 0.45% | 5.5% |
| 6 | STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 0.45% | 6.0% |
| 7 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.43% | 6.4% |
| 8 | NVENT ELECTRIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.43% | 6.8% |
| 9 | XPO, INC. | 0.42% | 7.2% |
| 10 | ATI INC | 0.40% | 7.6% |
| 11 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.39% | 8.0% |
| 12 | JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | 0.38% | 8.4% |
| 13 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.38% | 8.8% |
| 14 | FABRINET | 0.37% | 9.2% |
| 15 | MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.37% | 9.5% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of ESML's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 93.85% |
| Bermuda° | 1.52% |
| United Kingdom | 0.96% |
| Ireland° | 0.96% |
| Canada | 0.56% |
| Cayman Islands° | 0.55% |
| Jersey° | 0.46% |
| Puerto Rico° | 0.32% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of ESML's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.09 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: ESML.json · all funds.
Who borrows ESML's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $131m was out to 20 borrowers, 5.46% of net assets. The largest, JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, held 21.3% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | $28m | 21.3% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $23m | 17.2% |
| BNP PARIBAS PRIME BROKERAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | $14m | 10.4% |
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | $12m | 9.3% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $11m | 8.2% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 5.59% of net assets, 102.4% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter ESML has filed, with each borrower: ESML.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31892 positions became 899: 50 added (4.2% of the fund at the later date), 43 dropped (5.9% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 15.0%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of ESML compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDISK CORPORATION | 1.39% | 3.60% | SUNOCOCORP LLC | 0.80% | 0.17% |
| STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 0.23% | 0.45% | US FOODS HOLDING CORP. | 0.62% | 0.45% |
| MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.23% | 0.37% | ROYAL GOLD, INC. | 0.46% | 0.33% |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.33% | 0.45% | OSHKOSH CORPORATION | 0.33% | 0.20% |
| TD SYNNEX CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.33% | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.34% | 0.23% |
| LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | 0.25% | 0.37% | HECLA MINING COMPANY | 0.30% | 0.20% |
New: DYNATRACE, INC. (0.25%), Essential Utilities, Inc. (0.24%), NUTANIX, INC. (0.23%), THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY (0.19%), BXP, INC. (0.18%), DOCUSIGN, INC. (0.18%). Gone: LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. (0.84%), Coherent Corp. (0.67%), CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. (0.58%), FTAI Aviation Ltd, (0.50%), CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (0.41%), EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION (0.39%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 94.20% |
| short-term investment STIV | 5.63% |
| unknown unknown | 0.16% |
99.9% of ESML is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $2.41B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of ESML (349.4). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSIE Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta(R) International Equity ETF | 658 | 305.7 | 10.5% | 2026-05-31 |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 2,335 | 310.4 | 10.77% | 2026-07-31 |
| VFMO Vanguard U.s. Momentum Factor ETF | 707 | 318.2 | 9.53% | 2026-05-31 |
| BKMC BNY Mellon US Mid Cap Core Equity ETF | 403 | 325.1 | 6.4% | 2026-07-31 |
| EZM WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund | 507 | 330.3 | 7.77% | 2026-06-30 |
| DFSV Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF | 995 | 354.9 | 6.89% | 2026-07-31 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 655 | 356.1 | 7.46% | 2026-06-30 |
| BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF | 463 | 358.2 | 6.66% | 2026-07-31 |
| DFSI Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF | 2,809 | 361.8 | 9.77% | 2026-07-31 |
| FSMD Fidelity Small-Mid Multifactor ETF | 588 | 371.9 | 8.16% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine ESML
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