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iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF ESML

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · US
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Last price 52.76 USD Change: Up +0.82 Percent change: Up +1.58%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.17%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$2.4B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
900
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
0.96%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$52.76 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.17% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$2.41 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 900 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.50 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 0.96%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.17%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.17%
Prospectus date
30 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
19 Dec 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$2,408,307,400
Total assets
$2,543,166,696
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
27 Jul 2026 (57 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 900 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

ESML top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS INSTITUTIONAL FUND SL AGENCY US0669225197 5.59% $134.5M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
2 SANDISK CORPORATION SANDISK CORP DE US80004C2008 3.60% $86.7M Equity (common) United States USD
3 TECHNIPFMC PLC GB00BDSFG982 0.56% $13.5M Equity (common) United Kingdom USD
4 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. US00971T1016 0.45% $10.9M Equity (common) United States USD
5 US FOODS HOLDING CORP. US9120081099 0.45% $10.8M Equity (common) United States USD
6 ASSURANT, INC. US04621X1081 0.45% $10.7M Equity (common) United States USD
7 STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. US8592411016 0.45% $10.7M Equity (common) United States USD
8 OVINTIV INC. US69047Q1022 0.43% $10.5M Equity (common) United States USD
9 NVENT ELECTRIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY NVENT ELECTRIC PLC IE00BDVJJQ56 0.43% $10.4M Equity (common) Ireland USD
10 XPO, INC. US9837931008 0.41% $10.0M Equity (common) United States USD
11 ATI INC US01741R1023 0.40% $9.7M Equity (common) United States USD
12 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION US1442851036 0.39% $9.4M Equity (common) United States USD
13 JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC JE00BYPZJM29 0.38% $9.2M Equity (common) Jersey USD
14 WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. US95082P1057 0.38% $9.1M Equity (common) United States USD
15 FABRINET KYG3323L1005 0.37% $8.9M Equity (common) Cayman Islands USD
16 MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. US55405Y1001 0.37% $8.9M Equity (common) United States USD
17 NEXTPOWER INC. NEXTPOWER INC CL A US65290E1010 0.37% $8.9M Equity (common) United States USD
18 LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION US5184151042 0.37% $8.8M Equity (common) United States USD
19 BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY US0669224778 0.35% $8.5M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
20 MASTEC, INC. US5763231090 0.35% $8.4M Equity (common) United States USD
21 FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST US3137451015 0.35% $8.4M Equity (common) United States USD
22 ALBEMARLE CORPORATION US0126531013 0.34% $8.2M Equity (common) United States USD
23 ROYAL GOLD, INC. US7802871084 0.33% $7.9M Equity (common) United States USD
24 TD SYNNEX CORPORATION US87162W1009 0.33% $7.8M Equity (common) United States USD
25 WOODWARD, INC. US9807451037 0.32% $7.7M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 900 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.38%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 5.94%
Other 0.17%
Equity derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 99.36%
Bermuda 1.52%
United Kingdom 0.96%
Ireland 0.96%
Canada 0.56%
Cayman Islands 0.55%
Jersey 0.46%
Puerto Rico 0.32%
Netherlands 0.24%
Switzerland 0.15%
British Virgin Islands 0.14%
Israel 0.14%
Other (2) 0.17%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 105.50%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Consumer Discretionary 17.72%
Industrials 15.79%
Technology 14.96%
Finance 12.24%
Health Care 8.05%
Real Estate 5.06%
Utilities 3.60%
Energy 2.92%
Consumer Staples 1.69%
Unknown 1.36%
Telecommunications 0.71%
Miscellaneous 0.58%
Basic Materials 0.57%
Health Technology 0.21%
Electronic Technology 0.19%
Other (3) 0.22%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 85.9% of net assets (86% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.5040
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
0.96%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.5040) ÷ latest price ($52.76) × 100 = 0.96%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
ESML distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Sep 2026$0.1510
15 Jun 2026$0.1080
17 Mar 2026$0.1130
16 Dec 2025$0.1320
16 Sep 2025$0.1430
16 Jun 2025$0.1190
18 Mar 2025$0.1030
17 Dec 2024$0.1790
25 Sep 2024$0.1380
11 Jun 2024$0.0880
21 Mar 2024$0.1080
20 Dec 2023$0.1390
26 Sep 2023$0.1320
7 Jun 2023$0.1150
23 Mar 2023$0.1130
13 Dec 2022$0.1420
26 Sep 2022$0.1520
9 Jun 2022$0.0960
24 Mar 2022$0.0910
13 Dec 2021$0.0930

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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