Fund · iShares MSCI World Small-Cap ETF · measured from SEC filings
WSML holdings
WSML reports 3,520 holdings and behaves like 929.3 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 5 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Read this figure with the following in mind
5.0% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 282.2
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: 72.11% at a quoted market price (level 1), 37 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31WSML's largest investment is Sandisk Corp DE at 2.18% of net assets. Blackrock Cash Funds Treasury and Technipfmc PLC follow; the three together are 2.9%. Ten companies are 4.51% of the fund; the other 3,510 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, WSML behaves like 929.3 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 21.9 times the median. Across 5 quarterly filings WSML has become more concentrated: it behaved like 1687.3 at 2025-05-31 and 929.3 at 2026-05-31. Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 227 positions were added and 85 dropped; 13.6% of the weight moved. the United States is the largest country at 59.82% of the portfolio, across 37 countries in the filing.
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 2025
5Between 2025-05-31 and 2026-05-31, WSML went from behaving like 1687.3 equally weighted positions to 929.3 — 45% fewer, while its top ten went from 2.07% to 4.51% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 3,520 | 929.3 | 4.51% | 2.18% |
| 2026-02-28 | 3,381 | 1403.1 | 3.64% | 0.85% |
| 2025-11-30 | 3,382 | 1662.2 | 2.5% | 0.44% |
| 2025-08-31 | 3,275 | 1720 | 2.19% | 0.28% |
| 2025-05-31 | 3,206 | 1687.3 | 2.07% | 0.22% |
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
4.97% collateralWSML's filing lists 3,521 positions including 4.97% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 282.2 effective holdings with a top ten of 9.26%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 929.3 with a top ten of 4.51%. 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 3,520 positions in WSML's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: WSML.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANDISK CORPORATION | 2.18% | 2.2% |
| 2 | BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares | 0.46% | 2.6% |
| 3 | TECHNIPFMC PLC | 0.26% | 2.9% |
| 4 | NVENT ELECTRIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.25% | 3.1% |
| 5 | STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 0.25% | 3.4% |
| 6 | XPO, INC. | 0.23% | 3.6% |
| 7 | MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.23% | 3.9% |
| 8 | EURO | 0.22% | 4.1% |
| 9 | ATI INC | 0.22% | 4.3% |
| 10 | MASTEC, INC. | 0.22% | 4.5% |
| 11 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.22% | 4.7% |
| 12 | FABRINET | 0.21% | 4.9% |
| 13 | NEXTPOWER INC. | 0.21% | 5.2% |
| 14 | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | 0.21% | 5.4% |
| 15 | MKS, INCORPORATED. | 0.20% | 5.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of WSML'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 | 57.82% |
| Japan | 12.68% |
| Canada | 4.50% |
| United Kingdom | 4.20% |
| Australia | 3.62% |
| Israel | 1.97% |
| Sweden | 1.64% |
| Switzerland | 1.57% |
Returns the fund reported
2025-04 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of WSML's own filings, 14 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: WSML.json · all funds.
Who borrows WSML'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, $32m was out to 14 borrowers, 4.77% of net assets. The largest, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO., held 41.5% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $13m | 41.5% |
| JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | $5m | 15.8% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $4m | 11.7% |
| HSBC BANK PLC | $2m | 7.6% |
| BNP PARIBAS PRIME BROKERAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | $2m | 6.9% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 4.97% of net assets, 104.1% 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 WSML has filed, with each borrower: WSML.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-313,369 positions became 3,511: 227 added (3.7% of the fund at the later date), 85 dropped (3.9% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 13.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of WSML 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 | 0.85% | 2.18% | COEUR MINING, INC. | 0.17% | 0.00% |
| STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 0.13% | 0.25% | ROYAL GOLD, INC. | 0.24% | 0.18% |
| Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | 0.13% | 0.21% | TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.14% |
| DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. | 0.04% | 0.11% | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.16% | 0.11% |
| MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.16% | 0.23% | HECLA MINING COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.11% |
| Resonac Holdings Corporation | 0.13% | 0.20% | FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. | 0.13% | 0.08% |
New: NUTANIX, INC. (0.12%), DYNATRACE, INC. (0.12%), EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. (0.10%), THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY (0.10%), AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT (0.10%), DOCUSIGN, INC. (0.10%). Gone: Lumentum Holdings Inc (0.48%), Coherent Corp (0.38%), FTAI Aviation Ltd (0.30%), Curtiss-Wright Corp (0.25%), Casey's General Stores Inc (0.24%), Exact Sciences Corp (0.19%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 93.25% |
| short-term investment STIV | 5.17% |
| unknown unknown | 1.30% |
| derivative DE | 0.27% |
72.1% of WSML is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.0% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. 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 $663M. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
| Swap counterparty | Notional | % of net assets |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Bank USA | $0M | 0% |
| HSBC BANK PLC | $0M | 0% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $0M | 0% |
| Merrill Lynch International | $0M | 0% |
| BNP PARIBAS | $0M | 0% |
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 WSML (929.3). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VB Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund | 1,316 | 689.3 | 4.33% | 2026-06-30 |
| PRFZ Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF | 1,500 | 718.3 | 3.81% | 2026-07-31 |
| RSSL Global X Russell 2000 ETF | 1,961 | 836.2 | 3.31% | 2026-07-31 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2,016 | 840.2 | 3.42% | 2026-06-30 |
| DFAS Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF | 2,055 | 896.9 | 2.54% | 2026-07-31 |
| DFIS Dimensional International Small Cap ETF | 3,513 | 951.3 | 3.6% | 2026-07-31 |
| FNDC Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF | 1,582 | 971 | 3.66% | 2026-05-31 |
| SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | 2,073 | 1093 | 2.7% | 2026-07-31 |
| GWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) International Small Cap ETF | 2,045 | 1099.2 | 3% | 2026-06-30 |
| EWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF | 3,358 | 1201 | 4.67% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine WSML
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