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iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF
USRT | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF $ 4 0.08 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 3,131,101,800
Number of Portfolio Holdings 136
Portfolio Turnover Rate 6 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Industry allocation
Industry Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Specialized REITs 27.2 %
Health Care REITs 18.1 %
Retail REITs 17.0 %
Residential REITs 15.2 %
Industrial REITs 12.9 %
Office REITs 4.3 %
Diversified REITs 2.7 %
Hotel & Resort REITs 2.6 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Welltower, Inc. 8.7 %
Prologis, Inc. 8.3 %
Equinix, Inc. 6.3 %
Simon Property Group, Inc. 4.5 %
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 4.4 %
Realty Income Corp. 4.3 %
Public Storage 3.9 %
Ventas, Inc. 3.1 %
VICI Properties, Inc. 2.9 %
Iron Mountain, Inc. 2.8 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
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iShares Core Dividend ETF
DIVB | Cboe BZX Exchange
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Core Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Core Dividend ETF $ 3 0.05 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 1,093,763,854
Number of Portfolio Holdings 439
Portfolio Turnover Rate 26 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Information Technology 26.0 %
Financials 20.3 %
Industrials 10.3 %
Health Care 9.4 %
Consumer Staples 9.3 %
Energy 8.1 %
Consumer Discretionary 5.1 %
Communication Services 3.9 %
Real Estate 2.9 %
Utilities 2.6 %
Materials 2.1 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Cisco Systems, Inc. 5.3 %
Exxon Mobil Corp. 4.0 %
QUALCOMM, Inc. 3.8 %
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.7 %
International Business Machines Corp. 3.0 %
Accenture PLC, Class A 2.6 %
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.3 %
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C 2.1 %
Bank of America Corp. 2.0 %
Texas Instruments, Inc. 1.8 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
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iShares Core Dividend ETF
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025
DIVB-10/25-SAR
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iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
DGRO | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $ 4 0.08 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 34,571,460,076
Number of Portfolio Holdings 403
Portfolio Turnover Rate 8 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Financials 19.8 %
Information Technology 19.0 %
Health Care 17.3 %
Consumer Staples 11.3 %
Industrials 11.2 %
Utilities 7.2 %
Consumer Discretionary 5.3 %
Energy 5.1 %
Materials 2.7 %
Communication Services 1.1 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Apple Inc. 3.3 %
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.1 %
Johnson & Johnson 3.1 %
Microsoft Corp. 3.1 %
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.0 %
AbbVie, Inc. 2.8 %
Broadcom, Inc. 2.7 %
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 2.2 %
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 2.0 %
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.9 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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iShares Core High Dividend ETF
HDV | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Core High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Core High Dividend ETF $ 4 0.08 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 11,278,802,054
Number of Portfolio Holdings 79
Portfolio Turnover Rate 35 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Consumer Staples 24.6 %
Energy 22.2 %
Health Care 21.0 %
Utilities 9.4 %
Consumer Discretionary 6.2 %
Information Technology 5.8 %
Communication Services 3.5 %
Financials 3.3 %
Industrials 3.0 %
Materials 1.0 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Exxon Mobil Corp. 8.9 %
Chevron Corp. 6.8 %
Johnson & Johnson 6.7 %
AbbVie, Inc. 6.1 %
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 4.8 %
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 4.2 %
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 4.1 %
Merck & Co., Inc. 4.1 %
PepsiCo, Inc. 4.1 %
Philip Morris International, Inc. 3.8 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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iShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY | NASDAQ
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Select Dividend ETF $ 20 0.38 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 20,359,905,314
Number of Portfolio Holdings 104
Portfolio Turnover Rate 2 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Utilities 26.2 %
Financials 25.9 %
Consumer Staples 10.5 %
Consumer Discretionary 7.3 %
Energy 5.9 %
Materials 5.7 %
Information Technology 5.6 %
Communication Services 5.4 %
Health Care 5.3 %
Industrials 2.2 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Ford Motor Co. 2.7 %
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.4 %
Altria Group, Inc. 2.3 %
Edison International 1.9 %
Pfizer, Inc. 1.9 %
Eversource Energy 1.8 %
Verizon Communications, Inc. 1.8 %
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1.7 %
KeyCorp 1.6 %
Dominion Energy, Inc. 1.5 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF
IMCV | NASDAQ
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF $ 3 0.06 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 864,289,973
Number of Portfolio Holdings 285
Portfolio Turnover Rate 17 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Financials 19.3 %
Industrials 11.8 %
Utilities 11.1 %
Energy 10.0 %
Information Technology 9.4 %
Consumer Staples 7.7 %
Consumer Discretionary 7.5 %
Materials 7.4 %
Health Care 7.3 %
Real Estate 6.0 %
Communication Services 2.5 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Capital One Financial Corp. 2.4 %
Newmont Corp. 1.5 %
U.S. Bancorp 1.2 %
CSX Corp. 1.1 %
General Motors Co. 1.1 %
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 1.1 %
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 1.0 %
Sempra 1.0 %
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 1.0 %
Truist Financial Corp. 1.0 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025
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iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
ISCB | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF $ 2 0.04 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 252,749,612
Number of Portfolio Holdings 1,556
Portfolio Turnover Rate 14 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Industrials 20.9 %
Financials 15.7 %
Information Technology 15.3 %
Health Care 12.7 %
Consumer Discretionary 11.9 %
Real Estate 6.0 %
Materials 4.5 %
Energy 4.0 %
Communication Services 3.2 %
Utilities 3.1 %
Consumer Staples 2.7 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 0.5 %
Ciena Corp. 0.5 %
Bloom Energy Corp., Class A 0.5 %
Rocket Lab Corp. 0.5 %
Astera Labs, Inc. 0.5 %
Sandisk Corp. 0.4 %
Coherent Corp. 0.4 %
BWX Technologies, Inc. 0.4 %
nVent Electric PLC 0.4 %
IonQ, Inc. 0.3 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025
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iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF
ILCB | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF $ 2 0.03 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 1,178,299,046
Number of Portfolio Holdings 567
Portfolio Turnover Rate 2 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Information Technology 35.8 %
Financials 12.9 %
Consumer Discretionary 10.7 %
Communication Services 9.9 %
Health Care 9.1 %
Industrials 8.4 %
Consumer Staples 4.6 %
Energy 2.8 %
Utilities 2.2 %
Real Estate 1.8 %
Materials 1.8 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
NVIDIA Corp. 8.0 %
Apple Inc. 6.7 %
Microsoft Corp. 6.5 %
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.0 %
Broadcom, Inc. 2.9 %
Alphabet, Inc., Class A 2.6 %
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A 2.4 %
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS 2.2 %
Tesla, Inc. 2.2 %
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 1.5 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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iShares Morningstar Value ETF
ILCV | NYSE Arca
Semi-Annual Shareholder Report — October 31, 2025

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Morningstar Value ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports . You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737) .
What were the Fund costs for the last six months?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name Costs of a $10,000
investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment
iShares Morningstar Value ETF $ 2 0.04 % (a)
(a)
Annualized.
Key Fund statistics
Net Assets $ 1,129,193,563
Number of Portfolio Holdings 406
Portfolio Turnover Rate 12 %
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of October 31, 2025)
Sector allocation
Sector Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Financials 18.5 %
Information Technology 17.0 %
Communication Services 12.8 %
Health Care 12.4 %
Consumer Discretionary 9.3 %
Industrials 8.9 %
Consumer Staples 7.0 %
Energy 5.6 %
Utilities 3.9 %
Materials 2.5 %
Real Estate 2.1 %
Ten largest holdings
Security Percent of Total
Investments (a)
Apple Inc. 7.3 %
Alphabet, Inc., Class A 5.9 %
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.3 %
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS 3.7 %
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 3.2 %
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.1 %
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.8 %
Johnson & Johnson 1.6 %
AbbVie, Inc. 1.4 %
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.4 %
(a)
Excludes money market funds.
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports . For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords .
The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., and its affiliates, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.
©2025 BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

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Audit Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies filed under Item 7 of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7 –

Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies


(a) The registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith.

(b) The registrant’s Financial Highlights are attached herewith.

 


 

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  OCTOBER 31, 2025

 

 

  

2025 Semi-Annual Financial

Statements and Additional

Information (Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

 

 

iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | USRT | NYSE Arca


Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Schedule of Investments

     3  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     7  

Statement of Operations

     8  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     9  

Financial Highlights

     10  

Notes to Financial Statements

     11  

Additional Information

     17  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     18  

Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

     21  

 

 

2  


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core U.S. REIT ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

    
Diversified REITs — 2.7%             

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    206,908      $ 3,304,321  

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.

    37,556        551,322  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    147,429        2,817,368  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    227,552        1,488,190  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    536,557        9,615,101  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    86,650        1,445,322  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    561,415        16,775,080  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    131,060        1,498,016  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    565,648        4,310,238  

NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust

    100,845        320,687  

WP Carey, Inc.

    618,719        40,835,454  
    

 

 

 
       82,961,099  
Health Care REITs — 18.1%             

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    489,613        28,505,269  

American Healthcare REIT, Inc.

    449,818        20,385,752  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    602,155        20,864,671  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    78,682        1,153,478  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    620,100        2,641,626  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    36,435        1,118,554  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    936,680        16,597,970  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,978,690        35,517,485  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    128,858        4,520,339  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    1,424,013        7,362,147  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    130,606        9,731,453  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    819,728        34,453,168  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    671,791        11,971,316  

Sila Realty Trust, Inc.

    157,645        3,736,186  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    36,813        1,406,993  

Ventas, Inc.

    1,293,181        95,423,826  

Welltower, Inc.

    1,494,676        270,596,143  
    

 

 

 
       565,986,376  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 2.6%             

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    633,675        7,090,823  

Chatham Lodging Trust

    133,818        856,435  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    583,886        4,565,989  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,957,480        31,358,830  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    561,519        5,778,031  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (a)

    333,104        3,484,268  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    420,925        2,862,290  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    174,530        15,168,402  

Service Properties Trust

    440,425        942,509  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    312,086        1,604,122  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    538,007        4,761,362  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    280,314        3,447,862  
    

 

 

 
       81,920,923  
Industrial REITs — 12.9%             

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    814,581        10,499,949  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    151,127        26,376,195  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    365,330        20,195,442  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    153,876        812,465  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    78,679        3,945,752  

Lineage, Inc.

    201,609        7,943,395  

LXP Industrial Trust

    824,803        7,827,380  

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

    52,151        1,047,714  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    115,906        2,549,932  

Prologis, Inc.

    2,076,792        257,709,119  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    676,499        27,952,939  

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Industrial REITs (continued)             

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    532,843      $ 20,391,902  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    288,984        16,509,656  
    

 

 

 
       403,761,840  
Office REITs — 4.3%             

Brandywine Realty Trust

    489,345        1,678,453  

BXP, Inc.

    452,120        32,186,423  

City Office REIT, Inc.

    111,241        767,563  

COPT Defense Properties

    322,358        9,080,825  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    476,314        12,350,822  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    408,066        5,280,374  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    116,784        2,524,870  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    389,925        2,881,546  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    302,971        8,674,060  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (b)

    1,054,907        2,573,973  

JBG SMITH Properties

    176,301        3,436,107  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    334,799        14,145,258  

NET Lease Office Properties

    42,775        1,255,446  

Orion Properties, Inc.

    147,653        364,703  

Paramount Group, Inc. (b)

    527,714        3,451,250  

Peakstone Realty Trust, Class E

    104,795        1,415,780  

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    352,408        2,840,408  

Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    64,094        949,232  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    203,025        10,425,334  

Vornado Realty Trust

    503,430        19,100,134  
    

 

 

 
       135,382,561  
Residential REITs — 15.1%             

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    975,279        30,818,816  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

    374,834        1,994,117  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    405,954        70,603,520  

BRT Apartments Corp.

    32,420        476,898  

Camden Property Trust

    306,798        30,520,265  

Centerspace

    47,774        2,830,610  

Elme Communities

    249,266        4,100,426  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    548,447        33,482,689  

Equity Residential

    1,081,164        64,264,388  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    181,924        45,803,005  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    664,760        10,589,627  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,746,587        49,166,424  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    332,142        42,590,569  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    63,511        1,947,882  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    360,667        45,660,442  

UDR, Inc.

    943,030        31,770,681  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    224,576        3,265,335  

Veris Residential, Inc.

    223,770        3,213,337  
    

 

 

 
       473,099,031  
Retail REITs — 16.9%             

Acadia Realty Trust

    372,873        7,110,688  

Agree Realty Corp.

    309,008        22,560,674  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    6,148        1,358,278  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    869,039        22,734,060  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    51,589        1,525,487  

Curbline Properties Corp.

    275,459        6,352,085  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    242,814        23,356,279  

FrontView REIT, Inc.

    54,812        729,000  

Getty Realty Corp.

    149,623        4,104,159  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    220,824        6,050,578  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,907,467        39,408,268  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    624,037        13,816,179  

Macerich Co. (The)

    717,602        12,306,874  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    268,004        4,990,234  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    533,746        21,595,363  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core U.S. REIT ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Retail REITs (continued)             

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    356,800      $ 12,074,112  

Realty Income Corp.

    2,301,783        133,457,378  

Regency Centers Corp.

    515,636        35,553,102  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    34,971        1,035,491  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    796,712        140,030,101  

SITE Centers Corp.

    143,026        1,048,381  

Tanger, Inc.

    316,120        10,292,867  

Urban Edge Properties

    359,426        6,911,762  

Whitestone REIT

    128,288        1,608,732  
    

 

 

 
        530,010,132  
Specialized REITs — 27.2%             

CubeSmart

    646,140        24,340,094  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    808,501        137,776,656  

EPR Properties

    213,169        10,449,544  

Equinix, Inc.

    233,723        197,731,995  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    601,374        80,307,484  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    117,437        1,177,893  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    281,924        6,664,683  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    775,043        34,613,420  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    99,680        903,101  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    837,497        86,220,316  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    250,111        29,660,664  

Millrose Properties, Inc., Class A (a)

    341,953        11,014,306  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    200,976        5,846,392  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    393,585        6,962,519  

Public Storage

    433,035        120,626,230  

Safehold, Inc.

    159,298        2,298,670  
Security   Shares      Value  
Specialized REITs (continued)             

Smartstop Self Storage REIT, Inc.

    88,155      $ 3,028,124  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    3,014,793        90,413,642  
    

 

 

 
       850,035,733  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $3,195,130,339)

 

     3,123,157,695  
    

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities             
Money Market Funds — 0.3%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.27% (c)(d)(e)

    4,302,388        4,304,539  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (c)(d)

    5,998,150        5,998,150  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $10,302,558)

 

     10,302,689  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $3,205,432,897)

 

     3,133,460,384  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

     (2,358,584
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $  3,131,101,800  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(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 the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a) (3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
04/30/25
     Purchases
at Cost
    

Proceeds

from Sales

    

Net

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/25
    

Shares

Held at
10/31/25

     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $  5,873,641      $      $  (1,569,106 ) (a)      $ 6      $ (2    $ 4,304,539        4,302,388      $ 2,381 (b)      $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     5,262,548        735,602 (a)                             5,998,150        5,998,150        132,349         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 6      $ (2    $  10,302,689         $  134,730      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

   iShares ® Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
    

Notional
Amount

(000)

     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

           

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index

     210        12/19/25      $ 7,564      $ (128,963
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $  128,963      $      $      $      $  128,963  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (37,889    $      $      $      $ (37,889
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (149,485    $      $      $      $  (149,485
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts:

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $  6,478,255  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 3,123,157,695        $        $        $ 3,123,157,695  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     10,302,689                            10,302,689  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   3,133,460,384        $      —        $      —        $   3,133,460,384  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (128,963      $        $        $ (128,963
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

 

     

iShares

Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated (a)(b)

 

$

3,123,157,695

 

Investments, at value — affiliated (c)

 

 

10,302,689

 

Cash

 

 

3

 

Cash pledged:

 

Futures contracts

 

 

543,000

 

Receivables:

 

Securities lending income — affiliated

 

 

966

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

 

 

1,556,172

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

17,289

 

Variation margin on futures contracts

 

 

18,900

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

3,135,596,714

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Collateral on securities loaned

 

 

4,280,044

 

Payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

 

 

214,870

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,494,914

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 3,131,101,800  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

3,247,182,845

 

Accumulated loss

 

 

(116,081,045

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

3,131,101,800

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

Shares outstanding

 

 

54,350,000

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value

 

$

57.61

 

 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

 

 

Unlimited

 

 

 

 

 

Par value

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

(a)    Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 3,195,130,339  

(b)    Securities loaned, at value

  $ 4,086,579  

(c)    Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 10,302,558  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited) 

Six Months Ended October 31, 2025

 

     

iShares

Core U.S. REIT ETF

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 65,432,215  

Dividends — affiliated

    132,349  

Interest — unaffiliated

    115  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    2,381  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    65,567,060  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    1,217,868  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,217,868  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    64,349,192  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (17,868,113

Investments — affiliated

    6  

Futures contracts

    (37,889

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated (a)

    4,005,070  
 

 

 

 
    (13,900,926)  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    74,118,654  

Investments — affiliated

    (2

Futures contracts

    (149,485
 

 

 

 
    73,969,167  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    60,068,241  
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 124,417,433  
 

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF  
    

Six Months

Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS    
OPERATIONS    

Net investment income

  $ 64,349,192     $ 81,659,394  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (13,900,926     36,773,344  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    73,969,167       211,684,320  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    124,417,433       330,117,058  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)    

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (42,419,078 ) (b)       (76,166,281
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS    

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    191,808,876       365,462,812  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS    

Total increase in net assets

    273,807,231       619,413,589  

Beginning of period

    2,857,294,569       2,237,880,980  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  3,131,101,800     $  2,857,294,569  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(b)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF  
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
04/30/25
    Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
    Year Ended
04/30/22
    Year Ended
04/30/21
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 56.03     $ 50.06     $ 50.84     $ 61.83     $ 56.60     $ 42.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (a)

    1.22       1.73       1.77       1.71       1.24       1.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (b)

    1.16       5.85       (0.85     (10.95     5.45       14.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    2.38       7.58       0.92       (9.24     6.69       15.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions (c)

           

From net investment income

    (0.80 ) (d)       (1.61     (1.70     (1.75     (1.43     (1.41

From net realized gain

                            (0.03      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.80     (1.61     (1.70     (1.75     (1.46     (1.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 57.61     $ 56.03     $ 50.06     $ 50.84     $ 61.83     $ 56.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (e)

           

Based on net asset value

    4.27 % (f)       15.03     1.82     (14.84 )%      11.82     37.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (g)

           

Total expenses

    0.08 % (h)       0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.23 % (h)       3.01     3.47     3.24     2.00     2.48
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  3,131,102     $  2,857,295     $  2,237,881     $  1,891,337     $  2,318,550     $  1,986,692  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (i)

    6     7     5     8     9     5
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(e)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)

Annualized.

(i)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

   
iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification

Core U.S. REIT

   Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

Cash: The Fund may maintain cash at its custodian which, at times may exceed United States federally insured limits. The Fund may, at times, have outstanding cash disbursements that exceed deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Fund is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Fund. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Fund and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Segment Reporting: The Chief Financial Officer acts as the Fund’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for assessing performance and allocating resources with respect to the Fund. The CODM has concluded that the Fund operates as a single operating segment since the Fund has a single investment strategy as disclosed in its prospectus, against which the CODM assesses performance. The financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Fund’s financial statements.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of the Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for the Fund. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s NAV.

 

 

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Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement as of the measurement date.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges that the Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

 

   

Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the entire fair value measurement for the asset or liability (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

 

 

 

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As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
    Securities       Cash      

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

 

 

    Net  
Counterparty     Loaned at Value       Collateral Received (a)                at Fair Value (a)       Amount  

Barclays Bank PLC

    $ 2,542,826     $ (2,542,826      $        $  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      1,347,022       (1,347,022                  

Jefferies LLC

      3,221       (3,221                  

Morgan Stanley

      193,510       (193,510                  
   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
    $    4,086,579       $ (4,086,579      $          —        $     —  
   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock Finance, Inc. BlackRock Finance, Inc.’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees : Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of the Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Core U.S. REIT

    0.08

Distributor : BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

ETF Servicing Fees : The Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment

 

 

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fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SLAgency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional may impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% on all redemptions. Discretionary liquidity fees may be imposed or terminated at any time at the discretion of the board of directors of the money market fund, or its delegate, if it is determined that such fee would be, or would not be, respectively, in the best interest of the money market fund. Additionally, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will impose a mandatory liquidity fee if the money market fund’s total net redemptions on a single day exceed 5% of the money market fund’s net assets, unless the amount of the fee is less than 0.01% of the value of the shares redeemed. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will determine the size of the mandatory liquidity fee by making a good faith estimate of certain costs the money market fund would incur if it were to sell a pro rata amount of each security in the portfolio to satisfy the amount of net redemptions on that day. There is no limit to the size of a mandatory liquidity fee. If BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional cannot estimate the costs of selling a pro rata amount of each portfolio security in good faith and supported by data, it is required to apply a default liquidity fee of 1% on the value of shares redeemed on that day.

Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across the iShares ETF Complex in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 84% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statement of Operations. For the six months ended October 31, 2025, the Fund paid BTC $831 for securities lending agent services.

Trustees and Officers : Certain trustees and/or officers of the Trust are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, transactions executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales         Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Core U.S. REIT

     $  34,458,236         $  66,493,069        $  (5,354,880)  

The Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statement of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF    Purchases        Sales

Core U.S. REIT

   $  211,574,976        $ 189,930,409

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF  

In-kind 

Purchases 

      

In-kind

Sales

Core U.S. REIT

  $  210,260,722         $ 19,959,267

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

 

 

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Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of October 31, 2025, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements. Management’s analysis is based on the tax laws and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of these financial statements, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, which may impact the Fund’s NAV.

As of April 30, 2025, the Fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards of $32,683,125 available to offset future realized capital gains.

As of October 31, 2025, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Core U.S. REIT

  $  3,236,491,675      $ 300,435,229      $ (403,595,483   $(103,160,254)

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation, tariffs or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

The Fund may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to mandatory and discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests. The Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Fund manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

Geographic/Asset Class  Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invest.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     
    Six Months Ended
10/31/25
    Year Ended
04/30/25
 
Share Class   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold

    3,700,000     $ 211,930,482       11,000,000     $ 634,727,230  

Shares redeemed

    (350,000     (20,121,606     (4,700,000     (269,264,418
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    3,350,000     $  191,808,876       6,300,000     $   365,462,812  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Authorized Participants purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

To the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely settlement of orders for the Fund using a clearing facility outside of the continuous net settlement process, the Fund, at its sole discretion, may permit an Authorized Participant to post cash as collateral in anticipation of the delivery of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, as further described in the applicable Authorized Participant Agreement. The collateral process is subject to a Control Agreement among the Authorized Participant, the Fund’s custodian, and the Fund. In the event that the Authorized Participant fails to deliver all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, the Fund may exercise control over such collateral pursuant to the terms of the Control Agreement in order to purchase the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com . Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com .

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants

Not applicable.

Proxy Results

Not applicable.

Remuneration Paid to Trustees, Officers, and Others

Because BFA has agreed in the Investment Advisory Agreements to cover all operating expenses of the Funds, subject to certain exclusions as provided for therein, BFA pays the compensation to each Independent Trustee for services to the Funds from BFA’s investment advisory fees.

Availability of Portfolio Holdings Information

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets, when available, at iShares.com .

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal and compliance services; including the ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings held on May 9, 2025 and May 23, 2025, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel. Prior to and in preparation for the meetings, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to matters relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. Following discussion, the 15(c) Committee subsequently requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 10-11, 2025, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates if any; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

The Board Members did not identify any particular information or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various matters and factors considered. The material factors, considerations and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of other fund(s) in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds. In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other relevant factors and information considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about ongoing enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares product line and BFA’s business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund, including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding the investment performance of iShares funds, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the May 9, 2025 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program and other compliance programs and services, as well as BlackRock’s continued investments in its ETF business.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, and related costs of the services provided as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability (as discussed above), including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business, including enhancements to or the provision of additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders and, with respect to New Funds, set management fees at levels that anticipate scale over time. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”).

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive character and scope of services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts in its consideration of relevant qualitative and quantitative comparative information provided. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund.

The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities, as applicable (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds (including cash sweep vehicles) for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, The Board further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including actual and potential reductions in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. The Board also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that are provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board also considered other indirect and intangible benefits to BlackRock as a result of its advisory relationships with the Fund, including without limitation, BlackRock’s potential benefits to its profile and standing in the investment community as a result of providing investment advisory services to the iShares funds.

The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
 

 

 

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2025 Semi-Annual Financial

Statements and Additional

Information (Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

 iShares Core Dividend ETF | DIVB | Cboe BZX Exchange

 iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | DGRO | NYSE Arca

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Table of Contents

 

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Schedules of Investments

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   24

Statements of Operations

   25

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   26

Financial Highlights

   28

Notes to Financial Statements

   32

Additional Information

   39

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

   40

Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

   47

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%            

General Dynamics Corp.

    6,963     $ 2,401,538  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    1,139       366,781  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    5,368       1,551,889  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    13,731       6,754,004  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    4,975       2,902,664  

RTX Corp.

    58,436       10,430,826  
   

 

 

 
       24,407,702  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    2,602       400,682  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    7,481       911,934  

FedEx Corp.

    14,431       3,662,876  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    63,148       6,088,730  
   

 

 

 
      11,064,222  
Automobile Components — 0.1%            

Autoliv, Inc.

    4,640       541,952  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    9,421       404,726  

Gentex Corp.

    11,291       264,774  
   

 

 

 
      1,211,452  
Automobiles — 0.4%            

Ford Motor Co.

    282,749       3,712,494  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    1,405       146,612  
   

 

 

 
      3,859,106  
Banks — 11.1%            

Bank of America Corp.

    411,841       22,012,901  

Bank OZK

    4,363       196,291  

BOK Financial Corp.

    1,026       107,299  

Cadence Bank

    353       13,322  

Cathay General Bancorp

    3,330       151,349  

Citigroup, Inc.

    90,159       9,126,796  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    34,169       1,738,177  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    12,559       336,581  

Comerica, Inc.

    7,990       611,235  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    5,501       289,518  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    2,420       297,999  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    5,212       529,539  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    34,395       1,431,520  

First Bancorp

    12,062       235,088  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    2,570       79,387  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    7,324       179,658  

First Horizon Corp.

    39,912       852,520  

FNB Corp.

    12,096       190,149  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    1,416       24,596  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    3,459       141,300  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    3,646       208,223  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    8,449       225,673  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    56,451       871,603  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,296       86,028  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    127,829       39,770,158  

KeyCorp

    44,139       776,405  

M&T Bank Corp.

    10,603       1,949,574  

Old National Bancorp

    1,141       23,311  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    17,176       3,135,479  

Popular, Inc.

    3,417       380,893  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    4,189       275,720  

Regions Financial Corp.

    54,901       1,328,604  

SouthState Bank Corp.

    2,612       231,554  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    9,330       416,491  

Truist Financial Corp.

    91,309       4,075,121  

U.S. Bancorp

    64,582       3,014,688  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

United Bankshares, Inc.

    6,797     $ 243,265  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    3,526       102,959  

Valley National Bancorp

    1,447       15,729  

Webster Financial Corp.

    8,114       462,823  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    282,866       24,600,856  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    414       32,023  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    5,661       294,995  
   

 

 

 
       121,067,400  
Beverages — 2.5%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    2,673       72,492  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    17,844       485,892  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    163,753       11,282,582  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    12,275       1,612,689  

Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.

    78,553       2,133,499  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    20,441       893,681  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    75,390       11,013,725  
   

 

 

 
      27,494,560  
Biotechnology — 2.0%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    57,175       12,466,437  

Amgen, Inc.

    16,875       5,036,006  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    39,762       4,763,090  
   

 

 

 
      22,265,533  
Broadline Retail — 0.3%            

eBay, Inc.

    32,793       2,666,399  

Macy’s, Inc.

    13,212       257,502  
   

 

 

 
      2,923,901  
Building Products — 0.3%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    6,671       440,219  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    3,938       1,280,047  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    5,939       301,701  

Griffon Corp.

    2,985       220,920  

Masco Corp.

    11,007       712,813  

Owens Corning

    5,166       657,684  
   

 

 

 
      3,613,384  
Capital Markets — 5.0%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    6,652       3,011,826  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    4,260       633,505  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    42,487       4,585,622  

BlackRock, Inc. (a)

    4,558       4,935,448  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A

    23,392       3,430,203  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A

    29,847       470,687  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    10,053       536,026  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    14,382       3,818,277  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    1,161       79,319  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,989       585,880  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B, NVS

    7,580       367,478  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    24,441       552,611  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    19,255       15,199,319  

Invesco Ltd.

    17,660       418,542  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    7,189       313,153  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    5,240       276,829  

Lazard, Inc.

    4,861       237,217  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    1,345       85,179  

Morgan Stanley

    64,054       10,504,856  

Northern Trust Corp.

    12,681       1,631,664  

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A

    2,027       123,404  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    4,556       539,567  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    15,771       1,617,001  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

TPG, Inc., Class A

    4,669     $ 256,982  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,767       172,301  
   

 

 

 
       54,382,896  
Chemicals — 0.6%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    5,167       1,253,463  

Albemarle Corp.

    2,233       219,348  

Avient Corp.

    2,293       73,537  

Cabot Corp.

    2,927       197,514  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    1,584       60,889  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    22,783       1,860,232  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    8,247       490,861  

FMC Corp.

    6,603       100,167  

HB Fuller Co.

    1,560       89,497  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (b)

    5,760       362,707  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    15,032       412,628  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    11,121       1,087,078  

RPM International, Inc.

    2,606       284,784  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    1,845       98,744  

Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. (b)

    6,198       279,344  

Westlake Corp.

    889       61,172  
   

 

 

 
      6,931,965  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    2,885       124,055  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    2,229       247,776  
   

 

 

 
      371,831  
Communications Equipment — 5.3%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    791,789       57,887,694  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.3%            

CRH PLC

    26,122       3,111,130  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.3%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    9,981       388,960  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    10,752       636,411  

SLM Corp.

    12,225       328,241  

Synchrony Financial

    25,404       1,889,549  
   

 

 

 
      3,243,161  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.0%        

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    22,757       402,572  

Dollar General Corp.

    6,036       595,512  

Kroger Co. (The)

    58,186       3,702,375  

Sysco Corp.

    34,240       2,543,347  

Target Corp.

    36,657       3,398,837  
   

 

 

 
      10,642,643  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%            

Amcor PLC

    153,015       1,208,819  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    3,668       641,497  

Ball Corp.

    29,514       1,387,158  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    14,180       226,738  

International Paper Co.

    20,930       808,735  

Packaging Corp. of America

    2,244       439,285  

Sealed Air Corp.

    3,371       112,962  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    17,643       651,380  

Sonoco Products Co.

    4,381       177,737  
   

 

 

 
      5,654,311  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    4,940       628,911  

LKQ Corp.

    16,401       524,176  

Pool Corp.

    1,499       400,323  
   

 

 

 
      1,553,410  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

ADT, Inc.

    26,954     $ 238,273  

H&R Block, Inc.

    11,744       584,147  

Service Corp. International

    7,605       635,093  
   

 

 

 
      1,457,513  
Diversified REITs — 0.1%            

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    10,087       180,759  

WP Carey, Inc.

    10,616       700,656  
   

 

 

 
      881,415  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.5%        

AT&T Inc.

    451,970       11,186,257  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    399,824       15,889,006  
   

 

 

 
       27,075,263  
Electric Utilities — 1.7%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    2,245       151,156  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    6,250       417,625  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    10,079       1,212,101  

Duke Energy Corp.

    23,829       2,961,945  

Edison International

    23,962       1,327,016  

Entergy Corp.

    5,790       556,361  

Evergy, Inc.

    8,130       624,465  

Eversource Energy

    6,688       493,641  

Exelon Corp.

    31,484       1,452,042  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    19,123       876,407  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,077       138,955  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    546       45,247  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    47,503       3,866,744  

OGE Energy Corp.

    7,282       321,427  

Otter Tail Corp.

    1,117       86,255  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    2,975       263,347  

PPL Corp.

    19,720       720,174  

Southern Co. (The)

    32,006       3,009,844  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    833       67,615  
   

 

 

 
      18,592,367  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%            

Emerson Electric Co.

    15,158       2,115,602  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    2,989       1,101,028  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    24,717       786,742  
   

 

 

 
      4,003,372  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.9%  

Avnet, Inc.

    26,984       1,307,375  

Corning, Inc.

    53,327       4,750,369  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    19,240       3,010,868  

TE Connectivity PLC

    48,408       11,957,260  
   

 

 

 
      21,025,872  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%            

Archrock, Inc.

    1,632       41,241  

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    39,739       1,923,765  

Halliburton Co.

    77,984       2,093,091  

NOV, Inc.

    30,641       447,359  

SLB Ltd.

    123,958       4,469,925  

Weatherford International PLC

    3,109       229,102  
   

 

 

 
      9,204,483  
Entertainment — 0.0%            

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    4,689       149,860  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.5%            

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    3,426       122,377  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    4,476       221,114  

Essent Group Ltd.

    6,083       368,447  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    209,474       13,096,315  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Financial Services (continued)            

Global Payments, Inc.

    15,128     $ 1,176,353  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    26,157       717,225  

Radian Group, Inc.

    16,601       563,438  

TFS Financial Corp.

    4,823       64,146  
   

 

 

 
       16,329,415  
Food Products — 1.7%            

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    4,236       371,921  

Campbell’s Co. (The)

    12,858       387,412  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    47,050       808,789  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    18,077       215,659  

General Mills, Inc.

    70,535       3,287,636  

Hershey Co. (The)

    7,161       1,214,720  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    16,775       362,172  

Ingredion, Inc.

    3,683       425,055  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    5,205       538,978  

Kellanova

    8,484       704,681  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    96,470       2,385,703  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    9,157       565,262  

Marzetti Co. (The)

    492       77,141  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    8,946       573,975  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    99,248       5,702,790  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    13,173       677,224  
   

 

 

 
      18,299,118  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%            

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    5,860       112,395  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    3,447       272,003  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    2,475       109,642  

UGI Corp.

    9,126       305,082  
   

 

 

 
      799,122  
Ground Transportation — 1.0%            

CSX Corp.

    99,672       3,590,186  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    5,438       1,541,020  

Ryder System, Inc.

    2,614       442,367  

Union Pacific Corp.

    22,859       5,037,438  
   

 

 

 
      10,611,011  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%            

Baxter International, Inc.

    13,419       247,849  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    8,800       1,572,648  

Medtronic PLC

    59,316       5,379,961  
   

 

 

 
      7,200,458  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8%            

Cigna Group (The)

    20,119       4,917,285  

CVS Health Corp.

    64,913       5,072,951  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    13,035       4,134,702  

Humana, Inc.

    4,129       1,148,646  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    1,781       313,367  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    43,684       14,920,707  
   

 

 

 
      30,507,658  
Health Care REITs — 0.1%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    9,643       561,415  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    47,109       845,607  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    402       29,953  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    10,185       181,497  
   

 

 

 
      1,618,472  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.1%            

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    41,669       667,537  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    1,504       130,713  
   

 

 

 
      798,250  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%            

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    5,044     $ 908,677  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    20,343       1,207,357  

McDonald’s Corp.

    24,976       7,453,588  

Starbucks Corp.

    40,830       3,301,922  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    2,792       414,137  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    5,048       370,675  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    7,834       1,082,737  
   

 

 

 
      14,739,093  
Household Durables — 0.5%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    16,597       2,474,281  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    606       150,427  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    15,714       1,944,922  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    834       98,454  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    2,859       193,154  

Whirlpool Corp.

    3,775       270,403  
   

 

 

 
      5,131,641  
Household Products — 2.3%            

Clorox Co. (The)

    7,676       863,243  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    45,702       3,521,339  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    22,355       2,676,117  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    121,591       18,283,639  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    2,840       69,409  
   

 

 

 
       25,413,747  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp. (The)

    36,905       511,872  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    1,992       59,740  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    5,718       182,576  
   

 

 

 
      754,188  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%            

3M Co.

    21,657       3,605,890  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    27,975       5,632,207  
   

 

 

 
      9,238,097  
Industrial REITs — 0.4%            

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    15,240       196,444  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,708       204,978  

Prologis, Inc.

    30,041       3,727,788  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    4,164       159,356  
   

 

 

 
      4,288,566  
Insurance — 2.3%            

Aflac, Inc.

    39,754       4,261,231  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    7,061       1,352,323  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    2,472       325,513  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

    2,383       205,677  

Assurant, Inc.

    2,626       555,977  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    5,240       490,778  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    4,266       659,481  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    11,692       467,914  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    9,625       531,685  

First American Financial Corp.

    4,760       297,548  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    897       153,279  

Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    17,993       2,234,371  

Kemper Corp.

    1,991       89,575  

Mercury General Corp.

    523       40,428  

MetLife, Inc.

    69,275       5,529,530  

Old Republic International Corp.

    21,449       846,378  

Primerica, Inc.

    2,573       668,645  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    21,897       1,840,224  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    30,622       3,184,688  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E  O F  I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,858     $ 339,011  

Unum Group

    15,077       1,106,953  
   

 

 

 
      25,181,209  
IT Services — 6.1%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    112,743       28,197,024  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    87,952       6,409,942  

International Business Machines Corp.

    104,922       32,254,072  
   

 

 

 
      66,861,038  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    1,859       143,756  

Brunswick Corp.

    4,297       284,075  

Hasbro, Inc.

    4,888       373,003  
   

 

 

 
      800,834  
Machinery — 2.0%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    23,015       13,285,639  

CNH Industrial NV

    53,658       562,873  

Cummins, Inc.

    2,425       1,061,374  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    11,299       2,756,052  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    1,832       429,512  

Oshkosh Corp.

    1,448       178,524  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    17,799       1,651,035  

Snap-on, Inc.

    2,024       679,153  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    5,911       400,293  

Toro Co. (The)

    4,783       357,434  
   

 

 

 
       21,361,889  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%            

Matson, Inc.

    2,083       210,279  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

Comcast Corp., Class A

    212,685       5,920,087  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    45,722       1,173,227  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    16,557       1,242,106  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    15,102       327,562  
   

 

 

 
      8,662,982  
Metals & Mining — 0.7%            

Commercial Metals Co.

    4,085       242,486  

Newmont Corp.

    29,710       2,405,619  

Nucor Corp.

    14,372       2,156,518  

Reliance, Inc.

    3,598       1,016,183  

Southern Copper Corp.

    2,288       317,574  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    9,640       1,511,552  
   

 

 

 
      7,649,932  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    11,324       239,729  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    22,790       250,006  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    21,308       387,380  
   

 

 

 
      877,115  
Multi-Utilities — 0.7%            

Ameren Corp.

    4,214       429,912  

Avista Corp.

    2,028       77,165  

Black Hills Corp.

    597       37,868  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    11,369       434,750  

CMS Energy Corp.

    5,498       404,378  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    5,538       539,457  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    30,313       1,779,070  

DTE Energy Co.

    6,249       846,989  

NiSource, Inc.

    5,582       235,058  

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

    2,007       119,758  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    14,450       1,164,092  
Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)            

Sempra

    11,822     $ 1,086,915  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    7,129       796,523  
   

 

 

 
      7,951,935  
Office REITs — 0.1%            

BXP, Inc.

    7,000       498,330  

COPT Defense Properties

    4,148       116,849  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    5,288       151,395  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    5,230       220,968  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    391       20,078  

Vornado Realty Trust

    2,943       111,657  
   

 

 

 
      1,119,277  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.2%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    20,216       348,726  

APA Corp.

    32,665       739,862  

California Resources Corp.

    7,107       335,237  

ConocoPhillips

    118,079       10,492,500  

Core Natural Resources, Inc.

    4,461       352,419  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    46,788       1,107,004  

Devon Energy Corp.

    53,458       1,736,850  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    7,591       1,086,955  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    3,469       379,821  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    45,852       4,852,976  

Expand Energy Corp.

    10,626       1,097,772  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    384,119       43,927,849  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    105,145       2,753,748  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    16,356       367,356  

Matador Resources Co.

    4,095       161,589  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    7,254       298,865  

ONEOK, Inc.

    43,012       2,881,804  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    20,867       782,721  

Permian Resources Corp., Class A

    28,700       360,472  

Targa Resources Corp.

    10,785       1,661,321  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    48,765       2,822,031  
   

 

 

 
      78,547,878  
Passenger Airlines — 0.1%            

Southwest Airlines Co.

    42,248       1,280,114  
   

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.1%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    6,086       588,456  

Interparfums, Inc.

    648       57,769  
   

 

 

 
      646,225  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.9%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    140,701       6,482,095  

Johnson & Johnson

    79,465       15,008,554  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    112,070       9,635,779  

Organon & Co.

    13,061       88,162  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    6,147       127,489  

Pfizer, Inc.

    370,828       9,140,910  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    22,855       857,977  

Viatris, Inc.

    78,284       811,022  
   

 

 

 
      42,151,988  
Professional Services — 2.1%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    51,288       13,350,266  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    7,929       691,092  

Genpact Ltd.

    25,806       984,499  

Korn Ferry

    2,006       129,788  

Maximus, Inc.

    2,643       219,686  

Paychex, Inc.

    45,884       5,369,805  

Science Applications International Corp.

    24,059       2,254,569  
   

 

 

 
       22,999,705  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Residential REITs — 0.5%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    6,999     $ 221,168  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    4,524       786,814  

Camden Property Trust

    4,095       407,371  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    5,873       358,547  

Equity Residential

    13,836       822,412  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    2,171       546,593  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,324       52,951  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    20,320       572,008  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    4,577       586,909  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    2,852       361,063  

UDR, Inc.

    12,992       437,700  
   

 

 

 
      5,153,536  
Retail REITs — 0.4%            

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    10,238       267,826  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    1,383       133,031  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    26,018       537,532  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    9,684       214,404  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    6,830       276,342  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    3,836       129,810  

Regency Centers Corp.

    7,422       511,747  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    14,493       2,547,289  

Tanger, Inc.

    3,389       110,346  
   

 

 

 
      4,728,327  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.3%        

Analog Devices, Inc.

    52,953       12,397,886  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    87,780       5,479,227  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    41,195       8,614,698  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    226,431       40,961,368  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    51,254       3,983,461  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    122,969       19,854,575  
   

 

 

 
      91,291,215  
Software — 0.2%            

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    2,673       177,274  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    91,256       2,405,508  
   

 

 

 
      2,582,782  
Specialized REITs — 1.2%            

American Tower Corp.

    15,038       2,691,501  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    24,053       2,170,062  

CubeSmart

    9,203       346,677  

EPR Properties

    4,652       228,041  

Equinix, Inc.

    847       716,570  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    8,521       1,137,894  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    7,042       314,496  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    8,928       919,138  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,306       510,649  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    4,114       164,560  

Public Storage

    5,898       1,642,947  

Rayonier, Inc.

    6,293       138,886  

SBA Communications Corp.

    3,406       652,181  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    30,633       918,684  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    26,928       619,344  
   

 

 

 
       13,171,630  
Specialty Retail — 1.6%            

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    18,515       453,247  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    14,470       1,188,566  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    3,266       723,256  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    9,011       205,901  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    24,881     $ 9,444,579  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    20,269       4,826,657  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    745       119,252  

Tractor Supply Co.

    15,207       822,851  
   

 

 

 
      17,784,309  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 4.0%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    139,857       22,658,233  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    151,871       3,708,690  

HP, Inc.

    324,921       8,990,564  

NetApp, Inc.

    45,747       5,388,082  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    12,797       3,274,496  
   

 

 

 
      44,020,065  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%            

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    2,113       170,984  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    69,962       4,518,846  

Tapestry, Inc.

    12,282       1,348,809  

VF Corp.

    7,673       107,729  
   

 

 

 
      6,146,368  
Tobacco — 1.7%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    173,615       9,788,414  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    64,631       9,328,192  
   

 

 

 
      19,116,606  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%            

Fastenal Co.

    18,716       770,163  

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    5,717       1,420,675  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    648       92,048  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    2,437       206,926  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    2,545       125,748  

Watsco, Inc.

    581       213,814  
   

 

 

 
      2,829,374  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American States Water Co.

    410       29,237  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    4,219       541,846  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    1,836       71,659  
   

 

 

 
      642,742  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%        

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.

    33,847       7,109,562  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $1,006,404,055)

      1,090,684,198  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 0.1%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (a)(c)

    1,357,124       1,357,124  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1%
(Cost: $1,357,124)

      1,357,124  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $1,007,761,179)

      1,092,041,322  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.2%

      1,722,532  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  1,093,763,854  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)  

Non-income producing security.

(c)  

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
04/30/25
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/25
     Shares
Held at
10/31/25
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

   $  2,006,283      $      $ (649,159 ) (a)      $      $      $ 1,357,124        1,357,124      $ 41,745      $  

BlackRock, Inc.

     3,912,119         2,641,381         (2,351,205      262,410        470,743        4,935,448        4,558        47,744         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $  262,410      $ 470,743      $  6,292,572         $  89,489      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

           

Russell 1000 Value E-Mini Index

     31        12/19/25      $ 3,129      $ (4,572
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $ 4,572      $      $      $      $  4,572  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  337,570      $      $      $      $  337,570  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (57,017    $      $      $      $ (57,017
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  2,866,713  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 1,090,684,198        $        $        $ 1,090,684,198  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     1,357,124                            1,357,124  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  1,092,041,322        $     —        $     —        $  1,092,041,322  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (4,572      $        $        $ (4,572
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

                                   
Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%            

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    46,319     $ 9,894,202  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    5,799       3,454,638  

General Dynamics Corp.

    359,937       124,142,271  

HEICO Corp.

    2,550       810,314  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    7,488       1,855,002  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    64,921       20,905,860  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    259,913       75,140,848  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    455,021       223,815,730  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    174,198       101,635,823  

RTX Corp.

    1,882,650       336,053,025  
   

 

 

 
      897,707,713  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    184,553       28,419,317  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    134,518       16,397,744  
   

 

 

 
      44,817,061  
Automobile Components — 0.0%            

Gentex Corp.

    280,243       6,571,698  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 0.0%            

Thor Industries, Inc.

    71,645       7,476,156  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 8.5%            

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    409,500       13,316,940  

BancFirst Corp.

    27,179       2,958,706  

Bank of America Corp.

    11,410,129       609,871,395  

Bank OZK

    269,651       12,131,598  

BOK Financial Corp.

    40,287       4,213,214  

Cadence Bank

    145,900       5,506,266  

Cathay General Bancorp

    152,059       6,911,082  

Citigroup, Inc.

    3,671,450       371,660,883  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    187,820       9,884,967  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    147,326       18,141,724  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    241,931       24,580,190  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,727,689       71,906,416  

First Bancorp

    394,779       7,694,243  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    189,695       5,859,679  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    556,787       9,671,390  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    400,150       10,688,006  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3,421,316       1,064,439,834  

M&T Bank Corp.

    338,474       62,235,214  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    1,046,540       191,045,877  

Popular, Inc.

    120,055       13,382,531  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    245,180       16,137,748  

Regions Financial Corp.

    2,533,046       61,299,713  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    77,511       5,446,698  

SouthState Bank Corp.

    180,061       15,962,408  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    346,478       15,466,778  

U.S. Bancorp

    5,094,274       237,800,710  

UMB Financial Corp.

    69,906       7,471,553  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    273,580       7,988,536  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    157,875       12,211,631  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    72,302       9,400,706  

Zions Bancorp N.A

    354,989       18,498,477  
   

 

 

 
       2,923,785,113  
Beverages — 3.9%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    111,635       3,027,541  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    764,280       20,811,344  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    9,426,857       649,510,447  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)                                

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    337,717     $ 44,369,260  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    4,383,816       640,431,680  
   

 

 

 
      1,358,150,272  
Biotechnology — 5.0%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    4,402,570       959,936,363  

Amgen, Inc.

    1,456,457       434,650,463  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    2,709,717       324,596,999  
   

 

 

 
      1,719,183,825  
Broadline Retail — 0.1%            

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

    690       414,055  

eBay, Inc.

    462,396       37,597,419  
   

 

 

 
      38,011,474  
Building Products — 0.7%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    166,615       10,994,924  

AAON, Inc.

    26,598       2,616,977  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    32,178       4,506,529  

Allegion PLC

    83,742       13,881,911  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    19,625       3,737,189  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    38,572       12,537,829  

Carrier Global Corp.

    867,473       51,605,969  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    4,128       1,033,734  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    152,450       7,744,460  

Griffon Corp.

    33,492       2,478,743  

Lennox International, Inc.

    23,265       11,748,825  

Masco Corp.

    274,287       17,762,826  

Owens Corning

    120,814       15,380,830  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    23,139       4,084,034  

Trane Technologies PLC

    160,753       72,121,833  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    67,340       6,204,034  
   

 

 

 
      238,440,647  
Capital Markets — 5.8%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    97,272       44,041,843  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    411,079       61,131,558  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    1,102,676       119,011,821  

BlackRock, Inc. (a)

    208,774       226,062,575  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    545,808       144,906,566  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    75,421       5,152,763  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    30,314       8,929,292  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    35,407       9,446,588  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    527,752       416,591,596  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    44,070       5,022,217  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    54,160       9,698,973  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    503,811       73,702,511  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    316,050       16,696,921  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    282,443       33,421,480  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    39,301       6,290,518  

Moody’s Corp.

    91,431       43,914,309  

Morgan Stanley

    2,645,277       433,825,428  

Morningstar, Inc.

    14,230       3,021,029  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    74,804       44,025,894  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    350,185       29,937,316  

Northern Trust Corp.

    356,065       45,814,883  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    164,131       26,042,666  

S&P Global, Inc.

    172,166       83,880,997  

SEI Investments Co.

    86,428       6,966,961  

State Street Corp.

    626,359       72,444,682  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    139,013       16,463,310  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    111,236       6,926,666  
   

 

 

 
       1,993,371,363  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals — 1.7%                                

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    441,183     $  107,026,584  

Albemarle Corp.

    184,096       18,083,750  

Avient Corp.

    196,024       6,286,490  

Balchem Corp.

    13,028       1,998,365  

Cabot Corp.

    92,817       6,263,291  

Corteva, Inc.

    504,696       31,008,522  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    441,728       26,291,651  

Ecolab, Inc.

    192,966       49,476,482  

HB Fuller Co.

    68,896       3,952,563  

Linde PLC

    473,095       197,895,638  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    658,557       18,077,390  

NewMarket Corp.

    7,960       6,112,484  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    459,829       44,948,285  

RPM International, Inc.

    163,081       17,821,492  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    154,191       53,186,644  

Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. (b)

    266,262       12,000,428  

Westlake Corp.

    72,770       5,007,304  
   

 

 

 
      605,437,363  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    97,963       4,212,409  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    46,464       3,527,082  

Cintas Corp.

    244,520       44,813,180  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    39,050       6,132,021  

Republic Services, Inc.

    164,445       34,244,027  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    143,419       4,586,540  

Waste Management, Inc.

    440,266       87,951,939  
   

 

 

 
      185,467,198  
Communications Equipment — 1.8%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    7,743,789       566,148,414  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    121,181       49,285,524  
   

 

 

 
      615,433,938  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    7,842       7,572,078  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    13,240       5,946,481  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    12,990       5,370,456  
   

 

 

 
      18,889,015  
Construction Materials — 0.3%            

CRH PLC

    706,673       84,164,754  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    24,255       14,870,741  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    71,791       20,783,494  
   

 

 

 
      119,818,989  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    438,532       158,191,648  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    35,791       5,672,874  

Synchrony Financial

    472,324       35,131,459  
   

 

 

 
      198,995,981  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.4%  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    12,723       6,529,316  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    189,255       172,496,470  

Dollar General Corp.

    378,657       37,358,300  

Kroger Co. (The)

    1,005,707       63,993,136  

Sysco Corp.

    1,009,467       74,983,209  

Target Corp.

    1,802,575       167,134,754  

Walmart, Inc.

    3,152,548       318,974,807  
   

 

 

 
      841,469,992  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%            

AptarGroup, Inc.

    68,003       7,889,028  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    139,605       24,415,519  
Security   Shares     Value  
Containers & Packaging (continued)                                

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    125,649     $ 4,852,564  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    1,516,109       55,974,744  
   

 

 

 
      93,131,855  
Distributors — 0.2%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    324,996       41,375,241  

Pool Corp.

    43,838       11,707,376  
   

 

 

 
      53,082,617  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

H&R Block, Inc.

    306,331       15,236,904  

Service Corp. International

    183,252       15,303,374  
   

 

 

 
      30,540,278  
Electric Utilities — 4.6%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    642,826       42,953,633  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,420,791       170,864,326  

Duke Energy Corp.

    2,194,795       272,813,018  

Edison International

    1,899,955       105,219,508  

Entergy Corp.

    978,696       94,042,899  

IDACORP, Inc.

    118,504       15,289,386  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    66,269       5,491,712  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    5,328,284       433,722,318  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    182,689       31,396,931  

OGE Energy Corp.

    618,560       27,303,238  

Otter Tail Corp.

    87,286       6,740,225  

Southern Co. (The)

    2,858,797       268,841,270  

TXNM Energy, Inc.

    216,571       12,301,233  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    1,455,182       118,117,123  
   

 

 

 
       1,605,096,820  
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%            

AMETEK, Inc.

    123,955       25,052,545  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    371,445       141,728,554  

Emerson Electric Co.

    712,510       99,445,021  

Hubbell, Inc.

    53,322       25,061,340  

nVent Electric PLC

    118,421       13,541,441  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    50,629       7,133,120  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    136,752       50,373,967  
   

 

 

 
      362,335,988  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    579,428       80,737,497  

Avnet, Inc.

    171,125       8,291,006  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    20,404       3,681,902  

CDW Corp.

    155,973       24,857,417  

Cognex Corp.

    91,838       3,801,175  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    24,158       5,877,883  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    72,610       11,362,739  

TE Connectivity PLC

    322,059       79,551,794  
   

 

 

 
      218,161,413  
Entertainment — 0.0%            

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    257,238       8,221,327  
   

 

 

 
Financial Services — 1.7%            

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    407,755       20,143,097  

Essent Group Ltd.

    158,212       9,582,901  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    82,703       12,317,785  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    340,435       187,916,716  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    380,599       10,436,024  

Radian Group, Inc.

    333,178       11,308,061  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    933,963       318,238,553  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    181,362       13,504,214  
   

 

 

 
      583,447,351  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products — 1.8%                                

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    1,180,964     $ 71,483,751  

General Mills, Inc.

    2,124,063       99,002,576  

Hershey Co. (The)

    342,881       58,162,904  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    1,048,238       22,631,458  

Ingredion, Inc.

    122,554       14,143,957  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    328,901       34,057,699  

Kellanova

    623,200       51,762,992  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    267,906       16,537,837  

Marzetti Co. (The)

    35,048       5,495,176  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    513,035       32,916,326  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    3,136,536       180,225,359  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    774,674       39,825,990  
   

 

 

 
      626,246,025  
Gas Utilities — 0.3%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    267,641       45,959,312  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    502,965       9,646,869  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    175,737       13,867,407  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    302,043       13,380,505  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    161,305       12,935,048  
   

 

 

 
      95,789,141  
Ground Transportation — 1.2%            

CSX Corp.

    2,381,115       85,767,763  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    76,984       12,999,518  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    210,624       9,503,355  

Landstar System, Inc.

    33,750       4,334,513  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    105,003       14,744,521  

Ryder System, Inc.

    66,466       11,248,041  

Union Pacific Corp.

    1,200,379       264,527,520  
   

 

 

 
      403,125,231  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  

Abbott Laboratories

    2,475,272       305,993,125  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    497,406       88,891,426  

Medtronic PLC

    3,123,570       283,307,799  

ResMed, Inc.

    100,410       24,789,221  

STERIS PLC

    69,432       16,365,122  

Stryker Corp.

    246,679       87,876,927  
   

 

 

 
      807,223,620  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0%  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    257,857       49,191,380  

Cencora, Inc.

    110,124       37,200,988  

Chemed Corp.

    6,018       2,595,563  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    399,113       126,598,644  

Ensign Group, Inc. (The)

    9,543       1,718,694  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    93,604       43,027,887  

Humana, Inc.

    109,149       30,364,160  

McKesson Corp.

    40,631       32,965,556  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    156,875       27,602,156  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1,994,858       681,363,699  
   

 

 

 
       1,032,628,727  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.4%            

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    19,850       1,969,120  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    37,723       15,031,107  

McDonald’s Corp.

    1,292,486       385,716,597  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    86,182       14,097,651  

Wingstop, Inc.

    8,765       1,898,762  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    431,690       59,663,875  
   

 

 

 
      478,377,112  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    184,982       27,577,116  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)                                

Garmin Ltd.

    193,340     $ 41,363,160  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    104,253       12,496,807  
   

 

 

 
      81,437,083  
Household Products — 3.1%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    244,564       21,445,817  

Clorox Co. (The)

    388,550       43,696,333  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,596,097       122,979,274  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,030,708       123,386,055  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    4,971,121       747,507,465  

WD-40 Co.

    18,144       3,525,016  
   

 

 

 
      1,062,539,960  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

Vistra Corp.

    128,973       24,285,616  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%            

Honeywell International, Inc.

    1,065,051       214,426,718  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.3%            

Aflac, Inc.

    845,926       90,674,808  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    420,278       80,491,643  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    134,485       17,708,985  

Aon PLC, Class A

    137,779       46,938,550  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    175,909       43,887,536  

Assurant, Inc.

    63,092       13,357,838  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    58,575       4,719,974  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    100,873       9,447,765  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    140,573       11,209,291  

Chubb Ltd.

    413,480       114,509,151  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    280,915       43,426,650  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    134,958       5,401,019  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    32,512       9,514,312  

Everest Group Ltd.

    79,895       25,128,575  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    677,684       37,435,264  

First American Financial Corp.

    259,117       16,197,404  

Globe Life, Inc.

    54,254       7,134,944  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    55,188       9,430,525  

Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    359,455       44,637,122  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    2,419       966,318  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    695,350       123,876,602  

MetLife, Inc.

    1,522,075       121,492,027  

Old Republic International Corp.

    526,172       20,762,747  

Primerica, Inc.

    40,878       10,622,966  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    680,806       57,214,936  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    101,277       18,479,001  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    24,533       6,233,590  

RLI Corp.

    56,488       3,330,532  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    92,019       6,932,711  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    287,468       77,219,654  

Unum Group

    318,206       23,362,685  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    113,544       8,100,229  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    83,788       26,234,023  
   

 

 

 
       1,136,079,377  
IT Services — 2.7%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    1,149,404       287,465,941  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    683,106       49,784,765  

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,949,308       599,236,772  
   

 

 

 
      936,487,478  
Leisure Products — 0.0%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    29,118       2,251,695  

Brunswick Corp.

    128,060       8,466,047  
   

 

 

 
      10,717,742  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%                                

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    175,489     $ 25,684,570  

Danaher Corp.

    334,822       72,113,963  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    105,918       60,096,814  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    20,876       5,888,493  
   

 

 

 
       163,783,840  
Machinery — 2.9%            

AGCO Corp.

    51,914       5,355,448  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    81,305       6,711,728  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    535,832       309,314,380  

Cummins, Inc.

    220,198       96,376,261  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    143,252       12,068,981  

Dover Corp.

    127,807       23,191,858  

Enpro, Inc.

    9,976       2,314,532  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    36,094       3,420,628  

Graco, Inc.

    170,911       13,975,393  

IDEX Corp.

    98,791       16,938,705  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    527,036       128,554,621  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    30,757       2,347,682  

ITT, Inc.

    52,762       9,764,663  

Kadant, Inc.

    3,522       974,397  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    57,877       13,569,263  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

    125,264       3,214,274  

Nordson Corp.

    57,236       13,275,890  

Oshkosh Corp.

    73,852       9,105,213  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    603,778       56,006,447  

PACCAR, Inc.

    557,339       54,842,158  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    92,436       71,437,314  

Pentair PLC

    118,724       12,626,297  

Snap-on, Inc.

    106,748       35,819,291  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    508,669       34,447,065  

Timken Co. (The)

    96,869       7,605,185  

Toro Co. (The)

    148,196       11,074,687  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    18,633       5,079,356  

Xylem, Inc.

    218,968       33,031,323  
   

 

 

 
      992,443,040  
Marine Transportation — 0.0%            

Matson, Inc.

    29,171       2,944,812  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.1%            

Comcast Corp., Class A

    11,530,453       320,950,159  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    156,215       8,902,693  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    551,552       41,377,431  
   

 

 

 
      371,230,283  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%            

Nucor Corp.

    282,110       42,330,605  

Reliance, Inc.

    67,339       19,018,554  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    51,936       9,077,893  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    163,327       25,609,674  
   

 

 

 
      96,036,726  
Multi-Utilities — 2.0%            

Ameren Corp.

    619,588       63,210,368  

CMS Energy Corp.

    728,776       53,601,475  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    1,010,915       98,473,230  

DTE Energy Co.

    530,481       71,901,394  

NiSource, Inc.

    1,036,367       43,641,414  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    1,244,707       100,273,596  

Sempra

    1,689,054       155,291,625  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    815,915       91,162,183  
   

 

 

 
      677,555,285  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.1%            

ConocoPhillips

    3,396,459       301,809,347  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                                

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    439,752     $ 62,968,089  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    1,439,925       152,401,662  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    9,141,060       1,045,371,621  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    618,975       23,217,752  

Phillips 66

    1,195,371       162,737,808  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    10,597       9,996,998  
   

 

 

 
      1,758,503,277  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    60,141       5,238,883  
   

 

 

 
Personal Care Products — 0.0%            

Interparfums, Inc.

    34,937       3,114,634  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.5%            

Eli Lilly & Co.

    517,571       446,591,313  

Johnson & Johnson

    5,604,087       1,058,443,912  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    7,476,322       642,814,166  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    532,025       11,034,198  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    686,668       25,777,517  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    467,856       67,413,371  
   

 

 

 
      2,252,074,477  
Professional Services — 0.9%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    666,498       173,489,429  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    210,382       18,336,895  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    131,349       28,949,320  

Exponent, Inc.

    61,016       4,320,543  

Genpact Ltd.

    181,790       6,935,288  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    86,104       13,415,864  

KBR, Inc.

    140,919       6,036,970  

Robert Half, Inc.

    527,130       13,805,535  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    192,792       16,371,897  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    73,566       16,093,298  
   

 

 

 
      297,755,039  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.9%  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    629,014       147,271,048  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    725,472       169,107,523  

Broadcom, Inc.

    2,512,308       928,624,406  

KLA Corp.

    88,226       106,642,295  

Lam Research Corp.

    885,028       139,356,509  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    1,203,588       75,127,963  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    26,278       26,409,390  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    346,363       72,431,430  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,911,661       345,819,475  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    468,033       36,375,525  

Universal Display Corp.

    46,621       6,866,341  
   

 

 

 
      2,054,031,905  
Software — 4.2%            

Intuit, Inc.

    134,280       89,638,614  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,036,806       1,054,678,515  

Oracle Corp.

    1,089,533       286,122,261  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    53,356       23,804,779  
   

 

 

 
       1,454,244,169  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%            

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    96,577       21,386,977  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    4,569       1,816,360  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    1,736,479       659,150,064  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    14,736       4,628,283  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    784,322       186,770,598  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    6,999       2,507,042  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    47,335       7,576,913  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    274,952       43,695,372  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Tractor Supply Co.

    619,755     $ 33,534,943  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    126,986       24,678,459  
   

 

 

 
      985,745,011  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.6%  

Apple Inc.

    4,213,087       1,139,092,332  

HP, Inc.

    2,962,622       81,975,751  

NetApp, Inc.

    262,923       30,967,071  
   

 

 

 
       1,252,035,154  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    40,517       2,010,859  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    114,125       9,234,995  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    1,939,180       125,251,636  
   

 

 

 
      136,497,490  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%  

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    115,978       7,406,355  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    23,870       6,136,738  

Boise Cascade Co.

    28,395       2,001,564  

Fastenal Co.

    1,659,321       68,281,059  

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    222,828       55,372,758  

GATX Corp.

    42,810       6,714,749  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    68,672       3,393,084  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    11,518       604,349  

Watsco, Inc.

    81,140       29,860,331  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    32,595       31,910,505  
   

 

 

 
      211,681,492  
Security   Shares     Value  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

American States Water Co.

    84,158     $ 6,001,307  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    366,203       47,031,451  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    711,025       27,751,306  
   

 

 

 
      80,784,064  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $26,651,319,322)

 

    34,472,108,858  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (a)(c)

    64,260,341       64,260,341  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $64,260,341)

      64,260,341  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $26,715,579,663)

      34,536,369,199  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

      35,090,877  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  34,571,460,076  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)  

Non-income producing security.

(c)  

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/25
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/25
    Shares
Held at
10/31/25
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

  $ 71,530,596     $     $ (7,270,255 ) (a)     $     $     $ 64,260,341       64,260,341     $ 1,333,920     $  

BlackRock, Inc.

     215,320,115        28,110,776        (55,774,584      9,888,421       28,517,847        226,062,575       208,774        2,379,287        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $  9,888,421     $ 28,517,847     $  290,322,916       $  3,713,207     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

           

E-Mini Consumer Staples Select Sector Index

     157        12/19/25      $ 12,136      $ (433,908

E-Mini Health Care Select Sector Index

     84        12/19/25        12,285        390,621  

E-Mini Technology Select Sector Index

     14        12/19/25        4,262        355,321  

Russell 1000 Value E-Mini Index

     606        12/19/25         61,170        160,286  
           

 

 

 
            $ 472,320  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $ 906,228      $      $      $      $ 906,228  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $  433,908      $      $      $      $  433,908  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  8,123,287      $      $      $      $  8,123,287  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 1,064,307      $      $      $      $ 1,064,307  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  87,082,173  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core Dividend Growth ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 34,472,108,858        $        $        $ 34,472,108,858  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     64,260,341                            64,260,341  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  34,536,369,199        $      —        $      —        $  34,536,369,199  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 906,228        $        $        $ 906,228  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

     (433,908                          (433,908
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 472,320        $        $        $ 472,320  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core High Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    132,625     $ 20,422,924  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 1.2%            

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    751,002        137,095,415  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 8.2%            

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    6,765,763       466,161,071  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    3,146,307       459,643,989  
   

 

 

 
      925,805,060  
Biotechnology — 8.2%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    3,159,783       688,959,086  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    1,944,789       232,966,274  
   

 

 

 
      921,925,360  
Capital Markets — 2.0%            

Blackstone, Inc., Class A

    1,004,622       147,317,770  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    55,558       3,795,722  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    135,512       8,581,975  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    595,628       61,069,739  
   

 

 

 
      220,765,206  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    315,305       76,489,840  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    330,633       32,319,376  
   

 

 

 
      108,809,216  
Communications Equipment — 3.6%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    5,557,812       406,331,635  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5%  

Sysco Corp.

    723,953       53,775,229  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

H&R Block, Inc.

    221,033       10,994,181  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.4%  

AT&T Inc.

    15,718,673       389,037,157  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 6.7%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    152,246       10,250,723  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    462,514       30,905,185  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,019,715       122,630,926  

Duke Energy Corp.

    1,577,028       196,024,580  

Evergy, Inc.

    496,573       38,141,772  

IDACORP, Inc.

    82,147       10,598,606  

OGE Energy Corp.

    443,776       19,588,273  

PPL Corp.

    1,235,894       45,134,849  

Southern Co. (The)

    2,051,800       192,951,272  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    1,044,405       84,774,354  
   

 

 

 
      751,000,540  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%            

SLB Ltd.

    2,704,847       97,536,783  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 1.9%            

Hormel Foods Corp.

    753,176       16,261,070  

Ingredion, Inc.

    88,451       10,208,130  

Kellanova

    449,347       37,322,762  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    369,832       23,728,421  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    2,250,594       129,319,131  
   

 

 

 
      216,839,514  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

National Fuel Gas Co.

    130,116       10,267,453  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    215,876       9,563,307  
   

 

 

 
      19,830,760  
Security   Shares      Value  
Ground Transportation — 1.7%             

Union Pacific Corp.

    861,530      $ 189,855,366  
    

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%  

Medtronic PLC

    2,241,811        203,332,258  
    

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    190,716        34,357,487  

Starbucks Corp.

    1,884,104        152,367,491  
    

 

 

 
       186,724,978  
Household Products — 6.6%             

Clorox Co. (The)

    279,379        31,418,962  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,145,992        88,298,684  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    739,759        88,556,550  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    3,567,838        536,495,800  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    123,833        3,026,478  
    

 

 

 
       747,796,474  
Insurance — 0.1%             

Old Republic International Corp.

    378,595        14,939,359  
    

 

 

 
Leisure Products — 0.2%             

Hasbro, Inc.

    265,872        20,288,692  
    

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.2%             

Snap-on, Inc.

    76,365        25,624,276  
    

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 2.3%             

Ameren Corp.

    438,833        44,769,743  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    879,560        33,634,374  

CMS Energy Corp.

    524,746        38,595,068  

DTE Energy Co.

    381,796        51,748,630  

NiSource, Inc.

    743,015        31,288,362  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    585,797        65,451,099  
    

 

 

 
       265,487,276  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 21.3%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    897,894        15,488,672  

Chevron Corp.

    4,820,805        760,337,365  

ConocoPhillips

    2,437,685        216,612,689  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    175,658        19,232,795  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    1,033,445        109,379,819  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    8,787,441        1,004,931,753  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    4,969,090        130,140,467  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    261,138        5,865,159  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    2,445,581        141,525,772  
    

 

 

 
        2,403,514,491  
Personal Care Products — 0.6%             

Kenvue, Inc.

    4,471,888        64,261,031  
    

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 11.0%             

Johnson & Johnson

    4,022,111        759,656,104  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    5,365,841        461,355,009  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    493,477        18,525,127  
    

 

 

 
       1,239,536,240  
Professional Services — 0.6%             

Paychex, Inc.

    591,417        69,213,532  
    

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.2%  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    1,521,817        245,712,573  
    

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 4.2%             

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    1,246,290        473,079,221  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    32,334        5,175,704  
    

 

 

 
       478,254,925  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core High Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 6.8%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    5,964,510     $ 336,279,074  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    2,953,613       426,294,964  
   

 

 

 
      762,574,038  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    83,878       7,122,081  

Watsco, Inc.

    58,543       21,544,409  
   

 

 

 
      28,666,490  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

American States Water Co.

    61,624       4,394,407  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    510,831       19,937,734  
   

 

 

 
      24,332,141  

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $10,608,176,372)

       11,250,283,120  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares      Value  
Short-Term Securities             
Money Market Funds — 0.2%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (a)(b)

    23,027,906      $ 23,027,906  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $23,027,906)

       23,027,906  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.0%
(Cost: $10,631,204,278)

       11,273,311,026  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0%

       5,491,028  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $  11,278,802,054  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)  

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
04/30/25
     Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/25
     Shares
Held at
10/31/25
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

   $  12,578,606      $  10,449,300 (a)     $      $      $      $  23,027,906        23,027,906      $  393,781      $  
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
    

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Long Contracts                                

E-Mini Consumer Staples Select Sector Index

     204          12/19/25        $ 15,769      $ (505,559

E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index

     19          12/19/25        4,534        146,851  

E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index

     75          12/19/25        6,946        67,372  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (291,336
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Core High Dividend ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $ 214,223      $      $      $      $ 214,223  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $  505,559      $      $      $      $  505,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 181,311      $      $      $      $ 181,311  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (499,462    $      $      $      $  (499,462
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  28,325,620  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 11,250,283,120        $        $        $ 11,250,283,120  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     23,027,906                            23,027,906  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  11,273,311,026        $      —        $      —        $  11,273,311,026  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 214,223        $        $        $ 214,223  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

     (505,559                          (505,559
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (291,336      $        $        $ (291,336
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Select Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%            

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    404,864     $ 199,144,504  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 2.7%            

Ford Motor Co.

    41,717,418       547,749,698  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 13.2%            

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    5,432,119       276,331,894  

Comerica, Inc.

    2,989,674       228,710,061  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    5,291,676       220,239,555  

First Horizon Corp.

    9,064,411       193,615,819  

FNB Corp.

    7,840,877       123,258,587  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    15,493,310       239,216,706  

KeyCorp

    18,477,068       325,011,626  

Regions Financial Corp.

    12,084,985       292,456,637  

Truist Financial Corp.

    6,555,942       292,591,692  

U.S. Bancorp

    6,056,034       282,695,667  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    2,801,317       100,259,135  

Valley National Bancorp

    10,239,452       111,302,843  
   

 

 

 
       2,685,690,222  
Beverages — 0.9%            

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    2,536,819       174,786,829  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.9%            

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    1,548,034       185,438,993  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 4.5%            

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    6,554,367       148,194,238  

Invesco Ltd.

    9,906,903       234,793,601  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    2,766,280       120,499,157  

Lazard, Inc.

    2,395,141       116,882,881  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    2,944,901       301,940,699  
   

 

 

 
      922,310,576  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

Chemours Co. (The)

    3,688,728       49,392,068  

FMC Corp.

    2,517,405       38,189,034  

Huntsman Corp.

    3,387,333       28,047,117  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    5,450,454       253,010,075  
   

 

 

 
      368,638,294  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%            

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    2,711,571       160,497,888  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging — 2.6%            

International Paper Co.

    3,947,123       152,516,833  

Packaging Corp. of America

    728,294       142,570,833  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    4,172,920       154,064,206  

Sonoco Products Co.

    2,055,282       83,382,791  
   

 

 

 
      532,534,663  
Distributors — 1.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    1,699,318       216,340,175  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7%            

H&R Block, Inc.

    2,826,423       140,586,280  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.0%  

AT&T Inc.

    9,884,757       244,647,736  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    9,175,046       364,616,328  
   

 

 

 
      609,264,064  
Electric Utilities — 15.6%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    3,170,898       211,879,404  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    2,120,036       254,955,529  

Edison International

    7,129,416       394,827,058  

Entergy Corp.

    2,066,758       198,594,776  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Eversource Energy

    5,010,786     $ 369,846,115  

Exelon Corp.

    5,278,327       243,436,441  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    6,472,226       296,622,118  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,103,144       142,327,639  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    2,785,309       226,724,153  

OGE Energy Corp.

    4,186,757       184,803,454  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    2,349,840       208,007,837  

PPL Corp.

    5,657,622       206,616,355  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    2,825,239       229,324,650  
   

 

 

 
          3,167,965,529  
Financial Services — 0.3%            

Western Union Co. (The)

    6,748,563       62,964,093  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 5.4%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    5,732,615       346,995,186  

Bunge Global SA

    2,922,042       276,425,173  

Campbell’s Co. (The)

    4,197,866       126,481,703  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    9,994,195       171,800,212  

General Mills, Inc.

    4,003,787       186,616,512  
   

 

 

 
      1,108,318,786  
Gas Utilities — 1.7%            

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    1,986,485       88,001,286  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    1,290,267       102,576,226  

UGI Corp.

    4,413,571       147,545,679  
   

 

 

 
      338,123,191  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%  

CVS Health Corp.

    3,959,409       309,427,813  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%            

McDonald’s Corp.

    470,458       140,398,781  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    3,594,272       30,695,083  
   

 

 

 
      171,093,864  
Household Durables — 0.6%            

Newell Brands, Inc.

    8,812,692       29,963,153  

Whirlpool Corp.

    1,300,496       93,154,528  
   

 

 

 
      123,117,681  
Household Products — 0.9%            

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,579,180       189,043,638  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 7.0%            

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    1,138,576       176,012,464  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    3,306,986       182,677,907  

Lincoln National Corp.

    2,231,914       93,740,388  

MetLife, Inc.

    2,056,759       164,170,503  

Old Republic International Corp.

    4,730,741       186,675,040  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    2,538,662       213,349,154  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    2,772,256       288,314,624  

Unum Group

    1,737,031       127,532,816  
   

 

 

 
       1,432,472,896  
IT Services — 1.0%            

International Business Machines Corp.

    632,091       194,311,094  
   

 

 

 
Media — 2.4%            

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    7,629,017       195,760,576  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    538,315       105,364,395  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    2,577,175       193,339,669  
   

 

 

 
      494,464,640  
Metals & Mining — 1.2%            

Newmont Corp.

    3,130,752       253,496,989  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 8.9%            

Black Hills Corp.

    1,464,735       92,908,141  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Select Dividend ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Multi-Utilities (continued)            

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    4,724,013     $ 180,646,257  

CMS Energy Corp.

    2,601,768       191,360,036  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    5,330,560       312,850,566  

DTE Energy Co.

    1,556,926       211,025,750  

NiSource, Inc.

    4,373,597       184,172,170  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    2,280,505       183,717,483  

Sempra

    2,455,887       225,794,251  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    2,042,139       228,168,191  
   

 

 

 
       1,810,642,845  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.9%            

Chevron Corp.

    1,793,416       282,857,571  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2,111,428       241,462,906  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    3,866,514       199,512,122  

ONEOK, Inc.

    2,835,811       189,999,337  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,723,157       292,178,501  
   

 

 

 
      1,206,010,437  
Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%            

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2,418,021       207,901,445  

Pfizer, Inc.

    15,635,832       385,423,259  
   

 

 

 
      593,324,704  
Professional Services — 0.3%            

Robert Half, Inc.

    2,268,783       59,419,427  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    3,271,977       254,298,052  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 1.4%            

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,440,831       282,629,858  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.4%  

HP, Inc.

    7,047,534       195,005,266  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,914,862       489,974,888  
   

 

 

 
      684,980,154  
Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 3.3%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    8,213,881     $ 463,098,611  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,421,219       205,124,538  
   

 

 

 
      668,223,149  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    957,419       81,294,448  

Watsco, Inc.

    269,021       99,002,418  
   

 

 

 
      180,296,866  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $18,237,602,603)

 

    20,327,607,892  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (a)(b)

    49,870,300       49,870,300  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $49,870,300)

      49,870,300  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $18,287,472,903)

      20,377,478,192  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (17,572,878
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  20,359,905,314  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)  

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/25
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/25
    Shares
Held at
10/31/25
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares (a)

  $     $     $ (6,165 ) (b)     $ 6,165     $     $           $ 204,266 (c)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     51,046,182              (1,175,882 ) (b)                   49,870,300       49,870,300       1,055,920        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 6,165     $     $  49,870,300       $  1,260,186     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (b)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (c)  

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Select Dividend ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                            

E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index

     65        12/19/25      $   6,020      $ 90,234  

E-Mini Financials Select Sector Index

     96        12/19/25         15,558        (263,361

E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index

     109        12/19/25        9,832        421,446  
           

 

 

 
            $ 248,319  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $ 511,680      $      $      $      $ 511,680  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

   $      $      $  263,361      $      $      $      $  263,361  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  6,890,561      $      $      $      $  6,890,561  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 333,291      $      $      $      $ 333,291  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  43,919,450  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

   iShares ® Select Dividend ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 20,327,607,892        $        $        $ 20,327,607,892  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     49,870,300                            49,870,300  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  20,377,478,192        $      —        $      —        $  20,377,478,192  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 511,680        $        $        $ 511,680  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

     (263,361                          (263,361
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 248,319        $        $        $ 248,319  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

 

     iShares
Core Dividend
ETF
     iShares
Core Dividend
Growth ETF
    

iShares

Core High
Dividend ETF

   

iShares

Select Dividend ETF

 

ASSETS

         

Investments, at value — unaffiliated (a)

  $ 1,085,748,750      $ 34,246,046,283      $ 11,250,283,120     $ 20,327,607,892  

Investments, at value — affiliated (b)

    6,292,572        290,322,916        23,027,906       49,870,300  

Cash

    17        785        124,503        

Cash pledged:

         

Futures contracts

    173,000        5,965,000        2,190,000       3,979,000  

Receivables:

         

Investments sold

    35,395                      

Securities lending income — affiliated

                        915  

Capital shares sold

    33,275               56,052        

Dividends — unaffiliated

    1,508,933        31,070,853        19,471,672       26,440,219  

Dividends — affiliated

    6,367        198,156        59,042       159,985  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    10,585        201,090        9,200       18,417  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,093,808,894        34,573,805,083        11,295,221,495       20,408,076,728  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Bank overdraft

                        10,699  

Payables:

         

Investments purchased

                  15,634,665       41,534,802  

Investment advisory fees

    45,040        2,345,007        784,776       6,625,913  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    45,040        2,345,007        16,419,441       48,171,414  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Commitments and contingent liabilities                          

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,093,763,854      $ 34,571,460,076      $ 11,278,802,054     $ 20,359,905,314  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,003,469,937      $ 26,239,480,712      $ 11,507,176,720     $ 19,825,699,105  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    90,293,917        8,331,979,364        (228,374,666     534,206,209  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,093,763,854      $ 34,571,460,076      $ 11,278,802,054     $ 20,359,905,314  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

         

Shares outstanding

  $ 21,050,000      $ 507,800,000      $ 94,600,000     $ 146,300,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 51.96      $ 68.08      $ 119.23     $ 139.17  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None        None       None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)    Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $  1,002,347,198      $  26,510,170,838      $  10,608,176,372     $  18,237,602,603  

(b)    Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 5,413,981      $ 205,408,825      $ 23,027,906     $ 49,870,300  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended October 31, 2025

 

     iShares
Core Dividend
ETF
    iShares
Core Dividend
Growth ETF
    iShares
Core High
Dividend ETF
    iShares
Select Dividend ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 13,465,135     $ 370,347,422     $ 192,237,036     $ 421,279,935  

Dividends — affiliated

    89,489       3,713,207       393,781       1,055,920  

Interest — unaffiliated

    1,050       10,800       4,364       7,417  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

                      204,266  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (12,316     (159,825            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    13,543,358       373,911,604       192,635,181       422,547,538  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    235,860       13,204,782       4,550,243       38,283,628  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    235,860       13,204,782       4,550,243       38,283,628  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    13,307,498       360,706,822       188,084,938       384,263,910  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (13,144,240     (65,762,749     17,274,211       (9,031,540

Investments — affiliated

    (8,466     160,128             6,165  

Futures contracts

    337,570       8,123,287       181,311       6,890,561  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated (a)

    51,336,838       1,561,896,264       77,669,111       124,183,176  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated (a)

    270,876       9,728,293              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    38,792,578       1,514,145,223       95,124,633       122,048,362  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    52,136,270       2,418,140,647       268,640,955       1,440,333,358  

Investments — affiliated

    470,743       28,517,847              

Futures contracts

    (57,017     1,064,307       (499,462     333,291  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    52,549,996       2,447,722,801       268,141,493       1,440,666,649  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    91,342,574       3,961,868,024       363,266,126       1,562,715,011  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  104,650,072     $  4,322,574,846     $  551,351,064     $  1,946,978,921  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Core Dividend ETF           iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF  
     Six Months
Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
04/30/25
           Six Months
Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
04/30/25
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 13,307,498     $ 15,510,254       $ 360,706,822     $ 684,406,805  

Net realized gain

    38,792,578       16,673,233         1,514,145,223       1,335,964,157  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    52,549,996       8,652,068         2,447,722,801       644,740,189  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    104,650,072       40,835,555         4,322,574,846       2,665,111,151  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)

         

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (11,898,807 ) (b)       (14,603,091       (348,238,858 ) (b)       (669,265,034
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    264,151,656       378,542,343         544,378,443       1,572,860,704  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total increase in net assets

    356,902,921       404,774,807         4,518,714,431       3,568,706,821  

Beginning of period

    736,860,933       332,086,126         30,052,745,645       26,484,038,824  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  1,093,763,854     $  736,860,933       $  34,571,460,076     $  30,052,745,645  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(b)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares Core High Dividend ETF     iShares Select Dividend ETF  
    

Six Months

Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

   

Six Months

Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
04/30/25
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 188,084,938     $ 384,037,108     $ 384,263,910     $ 735,238,372  

Net realized gain

    95,124,633       815,175,845       122,048,362       722,755,249  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    268,141,493       (128,694,288     1,440,666,649       603,519,893  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    551,351,064       1,070,518,665       1,946,978,921       2,061,513,514  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (176,383,764 ) (b)       (391,600,925     (364,895,511 ) (b)       (723,622,177
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (121,555,297     154,661,189       (224,650,816     (461,536,679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    253,412,003       833,578,929       1,357,432,594       876,354,658  

Beginning of period

    11,025,390,051       10,191,811,122       19,002,472,720       18,126,118,062  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  11,278,802,054     $  11,025,390,051     $  20,359,905,314     $  19,002,472,720  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(b)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core Dividend ETF  
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25
(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

    Year Ended
04/30/24
    Year Ended
04/30/23
    Year Ended
04/30/22
    Year Ended
04/30/21
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 46.49     $ 42.58     $ 37.51     $ 39.14     $ 38.39     $ 25.94  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (a)

    0.72       1.38       1.27       0.96       0.77       0.70  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (b)

    5.38       3.83       5.04       (1.68     0.68       12.43  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    6.10       5.21       6.31       (0.72     1.45       13.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (c)

    (0.63 ) (d)       (1.30     (1.24     (0.91     (0.70     (0.68
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 51.96     $ 46.49     $ 42.58     $ 37.51     $ 39.14     $ 38.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (e)

           

Based on net asset value

    13.17 % (f)       12.25     17.14     (1.75 )%      3.71     51.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (g)

           

Total expenses

    0.05 % (h)       0.05     0.05     0.15     0.25     0.25
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.82 % (h)       2.93     3.21     2.54     1.87     2.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  1,093,764     $  736,861     $  332,086     $  260,699     $  260,263     $  67,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (i)

    26     36     36     65     25     30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(e)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)  

Not annualized.

(g)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)  

Annualized.

(i)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF  
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

   

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

   

Year Ended

04/30/22

   

Year Ended

04/30/21

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 60.16     $ 55.95     $ 50.88     $ 50.58     $ 49.87     $ 36.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (a)

    0.72       1.41       1.33       1.22       1.10       1.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (b)

    7.89       4.19       5.07       0.28       0.68       13.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    8.61       5.60       6.40       1.50       1.78       14.52  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (c)

    (0.69 ) (d)       (1.39     (1.33     (1.20     (1.07     (1.04
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 68.08     $ 60.16     $ 55.95     $ 50.88     $ 50.58     $ 49.87  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (e)

           

Based on net asset value

    14.38 % (f)       9.99     12.77     3.13     3.51     40.52
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (g)

           

Total expenses

    0.08 % (h)       0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.19 % (h)       2.32     2.53     2.47     2.10     2.53
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  34,571,460     $  30,052,746     $  26,484,039     $  23,511,203     $  22,742,798     $  18,403,156  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (i)

    8     25     25     30     22     31
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(e)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)  

Not annualized.

(g)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)  

Annualized.

(i)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core High Dividend ETF  
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

   

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

   

Year Ended

04/30/22

   

Year Ended

04/30/21

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 115.21     $ 107.85     $ 102.75     $ 103.67     $ 95.59     $ 81.85  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (a)

    1.99       4.04       3.95       3.95       3.68       3.56  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (b)

    3.89       7.39       4.84       (0.88     7.80       13.72  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    5.88       11.43       8.79       3.07       11.48       17.28  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (c)

    (1.86 ) (d)       (4.07     (3.69     (3.99     (3.40     (3.54
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 119.23     $ 115.21     $ 107.85     $ 102.75     $ 103.67     $ 95.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (e)

           

Based on net asset value

    5.12 % (f)       10.69     8.82     3.16     12.21     21.70
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (g)

           

Total expenses

    0.08 % (h)       0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08     0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.31 % (h)       3.52     3.87     3.86     3.68     4.13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  11,278,802     $  11,025,390     $  10,191,811     $  11,137,665     $  9,630,902     $  6,839,327  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (i)

    35     82     67     74     74     75
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(e)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)  

Not annualized.

(g)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)  

Annualized.

(i)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Select Dividend ETF  
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

   

Year Ended

04/30/24

   

Year Ended

04/30/23

   

Year Ended

04/30/22

   

Year Ended

04/30/21

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 128.44     $ 119.41     $ 117.61     $ 123.50     $ 118.37     $ 80.66  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (a)

    2.61       4.92       4.60       4.24       3.91       3.51  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (b)

    10.60       8.96       1.67       (5.87     4.97       37.74  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    13.21       13.88       6.27       (1.63     8.88       41.25  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (c)

    (2.48 ) (d)       (4.85     (4.47     (4.26     (3.75     (3.54
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 139.17     $ 128.44     $ 119.41     $ 117.61     $ 123.50     $ 118.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (e)

           

Based on net asset value

    10.35 % (f)       11.61 % (g)       5.58     (1.23 )%      7.63     52.54
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (h)

           

Total expenses

    0.38 % (i)       0.38 % (j)       0.38     0.38     0.38     0.38
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.80 % (i)       3.76     4.04     3.52     3.23     3.78
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  20,359,905     $  19,002,473     $  18,126,118     $  21,422,388     $  21,666,936     $  18,495,567  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (k)

    2     19     17     15     15     55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(e)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)  

Not annualized.

(g)  

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(h)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i)  

Annualized.

(j)  

Includes payment from an affiliate with no financial impact to the expense ratios.

(k)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

   
iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification

Core Dividend

  Diversified

Core Dividend Growth

  Diversified

Core High Dividend

  Non-Diversified

Select Dividend

  Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of October 31, 2025, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Cash: The Funds may maintain cash at their custodian which, at times may exceed United States federally insured limits. The Funds may, at times, have outstanding cash disbursements that exceed deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Segment Reporting: The Chief Financial Officer acts as the Funds’ Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for assessing performance and allocating resources with respect to each Fund. The CODM has concluded that each Fund operates as a single operating segment since each Fund has a single investment strategy as disclosed in its prospectus, against which the CODM assesses performance. The financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within each Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement as of the measurement date.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges that each Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

 

   

Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the entire fair value measurement for the asset or liability (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock Finance, Inc. BlackRock Finance, Inc.’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees : Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Core Dividend

    0.05

Core Dividend Growth

    0.08  

Core High Dividend

    0.08  

For its investment advisory services to the iShares Select Dividend ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees  

First $46 billion

    0.4000

Over $46 billion, up to and including $81 billion

    0.380000  

Over $81 billion, up to and including $111 billion

    0.361000  

Over $111 billion, up to and including $141 billion

    0.342950  

Over $141 billion, up to and including $171 billion

    0.325802  

Over $171 billion

    0.309512  

Distributor : BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

ETF Servicing Fees : Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional may impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% on all redemptions. Discretionary liquidity fees may be imposed or terminated at any time at the discretion of the board of directors of the money market fund, or its delegate, if it is determined that such fee would be, or would not be, respectively, in the best interest of the money market fund. Additionally, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will impose a mandatory liquidity fee if the money market fund’s total net redemptions on a single day exceed 5% of the money market fund’s net assets, unless the amount of the fee is less than 0.01% of the value of the shares redeemed. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will determine the size of the mandatory liquidity fee by making a good faith estimate of certain costs the money market fund would incur if it were to sell a pro rata amount of each security in the portfolio to satisfy the amount of net redemptions on that day. There is no limit to the size of a mandatory liquidity fee. If BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional cannot estimate the costs of selling a pro rata amount of each portfolio security in good faith and supported by data, it is required to apply a default liquidity fee of 1% on the value of shares redeemed on that day.

Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across the iShares ETF Complex in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 84% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended October 31, 2025, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts

Select Dividend

  $ 50,646

Trustees and Officers : Certain trustees and/or officers of the Trust are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Core Dividend

  $ 133,514,313      $  105,513,773      $   (9,767,818

Core Dividend Growth

     1,175,891,865        554,793,921         (18,372,262

Core High Dividend

    703,489,299        628,468,404        34,157,933  

Select Dividend

           9,560,689        142,162  

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases     Sales  

Core Dividend

  $ 244,548,851     $    239,129,246  

Core Dividend Growth

     2,608,553,423       2,549,118,557  

Core High Dividend

    3,947,275,988        3,933,808,272  

Select Dividend

    378,470,480       320,352,797  

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    In-kind
Sales
 

Core Dividend

  $ 484,742,388     $     225,062,232  

Core Dividend Growth

     3,417,815,228       2,905,072,568  

Core High Dividend

    485,348,285        605,838,034  

Select Dividend

    318,501,363       534,181,574  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2025, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements. Management’s analysis is based on the tax laws and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of these financial statements, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, which may impact the Funds’ NAV.

As of April 30, 2025, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Non-Expiring Capital
Loss Carryforwards (a)
 

 

 

Core Dividend

  $ (35,496,754

Core Dividend Growth

    (1,045,626,635

Core High Dividend

    (999,400,456

Select Dividend

    (1,670,716,085

 

 

 

(a)  

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

As of October 31, 2025, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost     Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
    Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Core Dividend

  $ 1,008,476,689     $ 121,438,802     $ (37,878,741   $    83,560,061

Core Dividend Growth

     26,756,726,196        8,536,689,896       (756,574,573   7,780,115,323

Core High Dividend

    10,644,920,582        1,062,458,374        (434,359,266 )     628,099,108

Select Dividend

    18,375,489,067       3,453,646,134       (1,451,408,690   2,002,237,444

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation, tariffs or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.

BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Funds are not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to mandatory and discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause each Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     
    Six Months Ended
10/31/25
    Year Ended
04/30/25
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
 iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 Core Dividend

       

 Shares sold

    9,750,000     $ 490,142,893       9,650,000     $ 450,411,441  

 Shares redeemed

    (4,550,000     (225,991,237     (1,600,000     (71,869,098
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,200,000      $ 264,151,656        8,050,000      $ 378,542,343  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core Dividend Growth

       

 Shares sold

    52,750,000     $ 3,438,918,262       88,300,000     $ 5,391,633,220  

 Shares redeemed

    (44,500,000      (2,894,539,819     (62,100,000      (3,818,772,516
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    8,250,000     $ 544,378,443       26,200,000     $ 1,572,860,704  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core High Dividend

       

 Shares sold

    4,050,000     $ 488,765,309       16,150,000     $ 1,883,315,929  

 Shares redeemed

    (5,150,000     (610,320,606     (14,950,000     (1,728,654,740
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,100,000   $ (121,555,297     1,200,000     $ 154,661,189  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Select Dividend

       

 Shares sold

    2,400,000     $ 325,193,286       26,850,000     $ 3,570,138,163  

 Shares redeemed

    (4,050,000     (549,844,102     (30,700,000     (4,031,674,842
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,650,000   $ (224,650,816     (3,850,000   $ (461,536,679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Authorized Participants purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

To the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely settlement of orders for the Funds using a clearing facility outside of the continuous net settlement process, the Funds, at their sole discretion, may permit an Authorized Participant to post cash as collateral in anticipation of the delivery of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, as further described in the applicable Authorized Participant Agreement. The collateral process is subject to a Control Agreement among the Authorized Participant, each Fund’s custodian, and the Funds. In the event that the Authorized Participant fails to deliver all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, the Funds may exercise control over such collateral pursuant to the terms of the Control Agreement in order to purchase the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com . Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com .

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants

Not applicable.

Proxy Results

Not applicable.

Remuneration Paid to Trustees, Officers, and Others

Because BFA has agreed in the Investment Advisory Agreements to cover all operating expenses of the Funds, subject to certain exclusions as provided for therein, BFA pays the compensation to each Independent Trustee for services to the Funds from BFA’s investment advisory fees.

Availability of Portfolio Holdings Information

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets, when available, at iShares.com .

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Core Dividend ETF, iShares Core High Dividend ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal and compliance services; including the ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings held on May 9, 2025 and May 23, 2025, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel. Prior to and in preparation for the meetings, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to matters relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. Following discussion, the 15(c) Committee subsequently requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 10-11, 2025, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates if any; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

The Board Members did not identify any particular information or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various matters and factors considered. The material factors, considerations and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of other fund(s) in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds. In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other relevant factors and information considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about ongoing enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares product line and BFA’s business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund, including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding the investment performance of iShares funds, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the May 9, 2025 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program and other compliance programs and services, as well as BlackRock’s continued investments in its ETF business.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, and related costs of the services provided as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability (as discussed above), including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business, including enhancements to or the provision of additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders and, with respect to New Funds, set management fees at levels that anticipate scale over time. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”).

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive character and scope of services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts in its consideration of relevant qualitative and quantitative comparative information provided. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund.

The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities, as applicable (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds (including cash sweep vehicles) for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, The Board further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including actual and potential reductions in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. The Board also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that are provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds.

The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board also considered other indirect and intangible benefits to BlackRock as a result of its advisory relationships with the Fund, including without limitation, BlackRock’s potential benefits to its profile and standing in the investment community as a result of providing investment advisory services to the iShares funds.

The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal and compliance services; including the ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings held on May 9, 2025 and May 23, 2025, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel. Prior to and in preparation for the meetings, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to matters relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. Following discussion, the 15(c) Committee subsequently requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 10-11, 2025, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates if any; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

The Board Members did not identify any particular information or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various matters and factors considered. The material factors, considerations and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of other fund(s) in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds. The Board also considered the tradability, liquidity and developed capital markets ecosystem associated with the Fund in relation to comparison funds in the Fund’s Peer Group that do not have similar attributes. In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other relevant factors and information considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about ongoing enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares product line and BFA’s business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund, including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered

 

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detailed presentations regarding the investment performance of iShares funds, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the May 9, 2025 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program and other compliance programs and services, as well as BlackRock’s continued investments in its ETF business.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, and related costs of the services provided as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability (as discussed above), including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business, including enhancements to or the provision of additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders and, with respect to New Funds, set management fees at levels that anticipate scale over time. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”).

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive character and scope of services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts in its consideration of relevant qualitative and quantitative comparative information provided. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund.

The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities, as applicable (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds (including cash sweep vehicles) for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, The Board further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including actual and potential reductions in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. The Board also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that are provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers

 

 

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for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board also considered other indirect and intangible benefits to BlackRock as a result of its advisory relationships with the Fund, including without limitation, BlackRock’s potential benefits to its profile and standing in the investment community as a result of providing investment advisory services to the iShares funds.

The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Select Dividend ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal and compliance services; including the ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings held on May 9, 2025 and May 23, 2025, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel. Prior to and in preparation for the meetings, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to matters relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. Following discussion, the 15(c) Committee subsequently requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 10-11, 2025, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates if any; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

The Board Members did not identify any particular information or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various matters and factors considered. The material factors, considerations and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of other fund(s) in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were within range of the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods. The Board also noted the revised investment advisory fee rate for the Fund adopted by the Board at a meeting held on December 9-11, 2024 to reflect calculation of the rate to the sixth decimal place on the same or lower basis than the prior fee rate.

Based on this review, the other relevant factors and information considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about ongoing enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares product line and BFA’s business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s

 

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compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund, including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding the investment performance of iShares funds, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the May 9, 2025 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program and other compliance programs and services, as well as BlackRock’s continued investments in its ETF business.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, and related costs of the services provided as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability (as discussed above), including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business, including enhancements to or the provision of additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders and, with respect to New Funds, set management fees at levels that anticipate scale over time. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board reviewed all of the breakpoint arrangements and noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”).

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive character and scope of services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts in its consideration of relevant qualitative and quantitative comparative information provided. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund.

The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities, as applicable (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds (including cash sweep vehicles) for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, The Board further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including actual and potential reductions in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the

 

 

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Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. The Board also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that are provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board also considered other indirect and intangible benefits to BlackRock as a result of its advisory relationships with the Fund, including without limitation, BlackRock’s potential benefits to its profile and standing in the investment community as a result of providing investment advisory services to the iShares funds.

The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
 

 

 

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2025 Semi-Annual Financial

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iShares Trust

 iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | IMCV | NASDAQ

 iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | ISCB | NYSE Arca

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Schedules of Investments

     3  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     40  

Statements of Operations

     41  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     42  

Financial Highlights

     44  

Notes to Financial Statements

     48  

Additional Information

     56  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     57  

Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

     60  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%        

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    14,509     $ 4,194,552  

Textron, Inc.

    17,180       1,388,316  
   

 

 

 
    5,582,868  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.2%        

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    19,533       2,381,073  

FedEx Corp.

    32,339       8,208,285  
   

 

 

 
    10,589,358  
Automobile Components — 0.3%        

Aptiv PLC (a)(b)

    30,576       2,479,714  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 2.2%        

Ford Motor Co.

    578,066       7,590,006  

General Motors Co.

    139,918       9,666,935  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    110,581       1,500,584  
   

 

 

 
    18,757,525  
Banks — 5.0%        

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    64,875       3,300,191  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    20,527       2,085,543  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    98,126       4,084,004  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    597       1,089,418  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    224,595       3,467,747  

KeyCorp

    138,945       2,444,043  

M&T Bank Corp.

    23,061       4,240,226  

Regions Financial Corp.

    126,710       3,066,382  

Truist Financial Corp.

    189,532       8,458,813  

U.S. Bancorp

    228,505       10,666,613  
   

 

 

 
     42,902,980  
Beverages — 1.1%        

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    3,476       94,269  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    24,272       660,927  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    22,409       2,944,094  

Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.

    178,613       4,851,129  

Primo Brands Corp., Class A

    30,646       673,293  
   

 

 

 
    9,223,712  
Biotechnology — 1.0%        

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    20,710       3,194,932  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    7,814       418,596  

Incyte Corp. (a)

    23,634       2,209,306  

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

    6,058       2,698,415  
   

 

 

 
    8,521,249  
Broadline Retail — 0.7%        

Coupang, Inc., Class A (a)

    59,537       1,903,398  

eBay, Inc.

    45,160       3,671,959  
   

 

 

 
    5,575,357  
Building Products — 1.4%        

Allegion PLC

    5,356       887,864  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

    16,746       1,945,383  

Carrier Global Corp.

    58,532       3,482,069  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    28,477       3,257,484  

Masco Corp.

    18,237       1,181,028  

Owens Corning

    12,639       1,609,071  
   

 

 

 
    12,362,899  
Capital Markets — 2.8%        

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    6,450       2,920,367  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    50,685       5,470,432  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    31,844       1,697,922  

Northern Trust Corp.

    28,060       3,610,480  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    13,185       2,092,064  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

State Street Corp.

    42,466     $ 4,911,618  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    32,576       3,340,017  
   

 

 

 
    24,042,900  
Chemicals — 2.8%        

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    32,636       7,917,167  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    24,447       2,036,190  

Corteva, Inc.

    37,560       2,307,686  

Dow, Inc.

    68,722       1,639,020  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    35,681       2,913,354  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)

    17,822       1,122,251  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    38,254       1,775,751  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    33,517       3,276,287  

RPM International, Inc.

    9,189       1,004,174  

Westlake Corp.

    3,159       217,371  
   

 

 

 
     24,209,251  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%        

Veralto Corp.

    11,384       1,123,373  
   

 

 

 
Communications Equipment — 0.1%        

F5, Inc. (a)

    2,891       731,567  
   

 

 

 
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%        

AECOM

    6,006       806,906  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.3%        

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    4,531       2,777,956  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 2.6%        

Capital One Financial Corp.

    93,808       20,636,822  

Synchrony Financial

    29,784       2,215,334  
   

 

 

 
    22,852,156  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 2.7%        

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,340       471,308  

Dollar General Corp.

    32,278       3,184,548  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

    29,116       2,885,978  

Kroger Co. (The)

    90,125       5,734,654  

Performance Food Group Co. (a)

    6,735       651,544  

Sysco Corp.

    44,503       3,305,683  

Target Corp.

    66,689       6,183,404  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)

    11,723       851,324  
   

 

 

 
    23,268,443  
Containers & Packaging — 1.5%        

Amcor PLC

    334,293       2,640,915  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    7,382       1,291,038  

Ball Corp.

    18,877       887,219  

International Paper Co.

    76,462       2,954,491  

Packaging Corp. of America

    13,047       2,554,081  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    75,836       2,799,865  
   

 

 

 
    13,127,609  
Distributors — 0.3%        

Genuine Parts Co.

    20,373       2,593,687  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%        

Service Corp. International

    6,360       531,124  
   

 

 

 
Diversified REITs — 0.2%        

WP Carey, Inc.

    31,808       2,099,328  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 6.3%        

Alliant Energy Corp.

    37,336       2,494,792  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    75,607       9,092,498  

Edison International

    56,254       3,115,346  

Entergy Corp.

    65,393       6,283,613  

Evergy, Inc.

    33,610       2,581,584  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)        

Eversource Energy

    51,506     $ 3,801,658  

Exelon Corp.

    148,288       6,839,043  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    75,721       3,470,293  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    16,444       2,826,066  

PG&E Corp.

    321,079       5,124,421  

PPL Corp.

    57,487       2,099,425  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    84,265       6,839,790  
   

 

 

 
     54,568,529  
Electrical Equipment — 0.9%        

Emerson Electric Co.

    39,055       5,450,906  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    6,826       2,514,426  
   

 

 

 
    7,965,332  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.2%  

CDW Corp.

    12,582       2,005,193  

Corning, Inc.

    49,496       4,409,104  

Flex Ltd. (a)

    31,070       1,942,497  

Jabil, Inc.

    6,106       1,348,754  

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

    7,764       1,420,502  

TE Connectivity PLC

    21,621       5,340,603  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,037       1,073,132  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    10,168       810,898  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)

    2,565       690,626  
   

 

 

 
    19,041,309  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%        

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    72,627       3,515,873  

Halliburton Co.

    126,416       3,393,005  

SLB Ltd.

    218,330       7,872,980  
   

 

 

 
    14,781,858  
Entertainment — 1.3%        

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    17,801       3,561,268  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)

    332,511       7,464,872  
   

 

 

 
    11,026,140  
Financial Services — 1.1%        

Block, Inc., Class A (a)

    32,913       2,499,413  

Corpay, Inc. (a)

    3,241       843,794  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    35,580       1,757,652  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    25,051       1,566,189  

Global Payments, Inc.

    35,904       2,791,895  
   

 

 

 
    9,458,943  
Food Products — 2.8%        

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    66,453       4,022,400  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    69,997       1,203,248  

General Mills, Inc.

    80,282       3,741,944  

Hershey Co. (The)

    14,004       2,375,499  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    43,124       931,047  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    15,446       1,599,433  

Kellanova

    39,933       3,316,835  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    127,412       3,150,899  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    18,285       1,173,166  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

    6,439       245,326  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    39,815       2,046,889  
   

 

 

 
    23,806,686  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%        

Atmos Energy Corp.

    12,149       2,086,226  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 1.7%        

CSX Corp.

    273,593       9,854,820  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    5,426       916,234  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    13,090       3,709,444  
   

 

 

 
    14,480,498  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%        

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    5,284     $ 728,558  

Baxter International, Inc.

    75,324       1,391,234  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    42,135       7,529,946  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) (a)

    8,672       606,260  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    39,557       2,964,797  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    32,797       2,424,026  

Solventum Corp. (a)

    20,415       1,409,452  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    29,352       2,951,637  
   

 

 

 
     20,005,910  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%        

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    14,763       2,816,337  

Centene Corp. (a)

    68,673       2,428,964  

Humana, Inc.

    17,706       4,925,632  

Labcorp Holdings, Inc.

    12,303       3,124,470  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,593       549,945  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    16,232       2,856,020  

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)(b)

    8,593       1,774,369  
   

 

 

 
    18,475,737  
Health Care REITs — 0.2%        

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    13,781       802,330  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    58,164       1,044,044  
   

 

 

 
    1,846,374  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.4%        

Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)

    21,207       2,683,534  

Carnival Corp. (a)

    159,278       4,591,985  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    6,956       1,253,123  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    9,611       2,114,420  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    19,927       1,182,667  
   

 

 

 
    11,825,729  
Household Durables — 1.7%        

DR Horton, Inc.

    39,339       5,864,658  

Garmin Ltd.

    6,214       1,329,423  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    31,470       3,895,042  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    1,388       163,853  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    218       1,571,959  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    16,591       1,988,763  
   

 

 

 
    14,813,698  
Household Products — 0.5%        

Clorox Co. (The)

    4,538       510,344  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    31,796       3,806,299  
   

 

 

 
    4,316,643  
Insurance — 7.8%        

Aflac, Inc.

    71,517       7,665,907  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    18,027       3,452,531  

American International Group, Inc.

    45,588       3,599,628  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

    54,878       4,736,520  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    22,808       3,525,889  

Everest Group Ltd.

    6,295       1,979,903  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    37,749       2,085,255  

Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    41,645       5,171,476  

Loews Corp.

    14,707       1,464,229  

Markel Group, Inc. (a)

    700       1,382,171  

MetLife, Inc.

    82,914       6,618,195  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    32,863       2,761,807  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    52,195       5,428,280  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    9,742       1,777,525  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    6,800       1,727,812  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    33,050       8,877,891  

Unum Group

    23,483       1,724,122  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)        

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    17,529     $ 1,250,519  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    7,465       2,337,292  
   

 

 

 
     67,566,952  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%        

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

    47,659       1,577,513  

Reddit, Inc., Class A (a)

    6,265       1,309,072  

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS (a)

    71,833       560,297  
   

 

 

 
    3,446,882  
IT Services — 1.0%        

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    20,482       1,538,198  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    72,410       5,277,241  

CoreWeave, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,594       480,554  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

    6,890       929,323  
   

 

 

 
    8,225,316  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%        

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    25,732       3,766,136  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    22,659       2,799,293  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    16,681       3,610,769  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    1,270       1,798,688  

Revvity, Inc.

    10,900       1,020,131  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    4,285       1,208,670  
   

 

 

 
    14,203,687  
Machinery — 2.6%        

CNH Industrial NV

    130,784       1,371,924  

Cummins, Inc.

    10,761       4,709,875  

Dover Corp.

    7,393       1,341,534  

Fortive Corp.

    25,320       1,274,609  

IDEX Corp.

    4,831       828,323  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    20,171       1,539,652  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    19,116       1,773,200  

PACCAR, Inc.

    75,654       7,444,354  

Pentair PLC

    6,781       721,159  

Snap-on, Inc.

    4,977       1,670,032  
   

 

 

 
    22,674,662  
Media — 0.8%        

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    13,728       3,210,155  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    17,547       1,134,413  

Fox Corp., Class B

    11,221       655,419  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    28,884       2,166,878  
   

 

 

 
    7,166,865  
Metals & Mining — 2.7%        

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    62,954       2,625,182  

Newmont Corp.

    160,964       13,033,255  

Nucor Corp.

    34,191       5,130,359  

Reliance, Inc.

    4,452       1,257,378  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    10,157       1,592,618  
   

 

 

 
    23,638,792  
Multi-Utilities — 4.3%        

Ameren Corp.

    23,466       2,394,001  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    52,411       2,004,197  

CMS Energy Corp.

    26,501       1,949,149  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    52,967       5,159,515  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    58,613       3,439,997  

DTE Energy Co.

    30,324       4,110,115  

NiSource, Inc.

    68,796       2,897,000  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    44,750       3,605,060  

Sempra

    95,595       8,789,004  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    26,197       2,926,991  
   

 

 

 
    37,275,029  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.2%        

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    32,535     $ 6,897,420  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    110,914       2,624,225  

Devon Energy Corp.

    90,077       2,926,602  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    27,869       3,990,562  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    79,872       8,453,652  

EQT Corp.

    47,007       2,518,635  

Expand Energy Corp.

    16,700       1,725,277  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    288,446       7,554,401  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    43,400       8,459,094  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    96,266       3,966,159  

ONEOK, Inc.

    91,173       6,108,591  

Phillips 66

    59,757       8,135,318  

Valero Energy Corp.

    45,528       7,719,728  
   

 

 

 
     71,079,664  
Passenger Airlines — 1.2%        

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    95,896       5,502,513  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    18,236       552,551  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

    48,158       4,528,778  
   

 

 

 
    10,583,842  
Personal Care Products — 0.7%        

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    22,749       2,199,601  

Kenvue, Inc.

    254,665       3,659,536  
   

 

 

 
    5,859,137  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%        

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    51,987       1,951,592  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services — 0.9%        

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    10,318       1,607,648  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    10,194       1,941,651  

Paychex, Inc.

    15,042       1,760,365  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    31,759       2,696,974  
   

 

 

 
    8,006,638  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%        

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    14,728       2,244,989  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 1.3%        

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    18,957       599,041  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    9,843       1,711,895  

Camden Property Trust

    9,525       947,547  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    10,786       658,485  

Equity Residential

    25,746       1,530,342  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    4,199       1,057,182  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    35,094       987,896  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    9,397       1,204,978  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    10,170       1,287,522  

UDR, Inc.

    25,407       855,962  
   

 

 

 
    10,840,850  
Retail REITs — 1.5%        

Kimco Realty Corp.

    99,913       2,064,203  

Realty Income Corp.

    32,521       1,885,568  

Regency Centers Corp.

    14,617       1,007,842  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    47,748       8,392,188  
   

 

 

 
    13,349,801  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.8%        

First Solar, Inc. (a)

    14,898       3,976,872  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    79,358       4,953,526  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    17,887       3,740,530  

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

    32,976       1,651,438  

Teradyne, Inc.

    8,291       1,506,972  
   

 

 

 
    15,829,338  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Software — 0.5%

   

Gen Digital, Inc.

    53,712     $ 1,415,848  

Zoom Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

    35,102       3,061,948  
   

 

 

 
      4,477,796  

Specialized REITs — 2.5%

   

Crown Castle, Inc.

    17,244       1,555,754  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    23,425       3,991,854  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    15,356       2,050,640  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    38,878       1,736,292  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    15,671       1,613,329  

Public Storage

    13,820       3,849,699  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    155,038       4,649,590  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    102,170       2,349,910  
   

 

 

 
       21,797,068  

Specialty Retail — 0.7%

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    28,576       2,347,233  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

    3,747       1,947,990  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    9,241       1,795,896  
   

 

 

 
      6,091,119  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.8%

 

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    45,198       7,322,528  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    193,143       4,716,552  

HP, Inc.

    138,786       3,840,209  

NetApp, Inc.

    14,950       1,760,811  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    29,911       7,653,627  

Western Digital Corp.

    50,545       7,592,364  
   

 

 

 
      32,886,091  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%

   

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

    5,290       902,157  

Tapestry, Inc.

    12,369       1,358,363  
   

 

 

 
      2,260,520  

 

Security   Shares      Value  

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%

 

  

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    19,587      $ 4,867,369  

United Rentals, Inc.

    2,915        2,539,490  
    

 

 

 
         7,406,859  

Water Utilities — 0.2%

    

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    11,195        1,437,774  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $730,943,215)

       862,960,837  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

    

Money Market Funds — 0.7%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.27% (c)(d)(e)

    4,956,287        4,958,766  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (c)(d)

    905,027        905,027  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.7%
(Cost: $5,861,901)

       5,863,793  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.5%
(Cost: $736,805,116)

       868,824,630  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)%

 

     (4,534,657
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 864,289,973  
    

 

 

 

 

(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 the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/25
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/25
    Shares
Held at
10/31/25
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  9,134,200     $     $  (4,175,177 ) (a)     $ (52   $ (205   $ 4,958,766       4,956,287     $ 55,290 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    564,701       340,326 (a)                         905,027       905,027       18,853        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (52   $ (205   $  5,863,793       $  74,143     $     —  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)  

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

 

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October 31, 2025

  

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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                

E-Mini Utilities Select Sector Index

    6          12/19/25        $ 541        $ (1,809

S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Index

    2          12/19/25          652          (7,959
                

 

 

 
                 $ (9,768
                

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

  $      $      $ 9,768      $      $      $      $  9,768  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $  150,593      $      $      $      $  150,593  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ (9,923    $      $      $      $ (9,923
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  1,015,115  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

         

Investments

         

Long-Term Investments

         

Common Stocks

  $ 862,960,837     $      —      $      —      $ 862,960,837  

Short-Term Securities

         

Money Market Funds

    5,863,793                     5,863,793  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $  868,824,630     $      $      $  868,824,630  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

         

Liabilities

         

Equity Contracts

  $ (9,768   $      $      $ (9,768
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 3.0%            

AAR Corp. (a)

    1,704     $ 143,494  

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

    1,728       639,205  

Archer Aviation, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    23,112       259,317  

ATI, Inc. (a)

    6,454       638,752  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    4,231       903,784  

Cadre Holdings, Inc.

    1,142       48,489  

Ducommun, Inc. (a)

    611       56,059  

Eve Holding, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,252       9,819  

Hexcel Corp.

    3,700       264,180  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    1,815       584,466  

Intuitive Machines, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    5,004       59,698  

Karman Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,630       137,311  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)

    7,610       689,466  

Leonardo DRS, Inc.

    3,367       123,098  

Loar Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,076       85,144  

Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,399       185,707  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    1,299       266,100  

Redwire Corp. (a)(b)

    2,220       17,471  

Rocket Lab Corp. (a)

    19,363       1,219,482  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,167       189,577  

StandardAero, Inc. (a)

    5,142       148,552  

V2X, Inc. (a)

    775       44,245  

VSE Corp. (b)

    852           153,939  

Woodward, Inc.

    2,720       712,939  
   

 

 

 
      7,580,294  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    5,453       839,707  

GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)

    5,408       303,984  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A

    2,573       94,764  
   

 

 

 
      1,238,455  
Automobile Components — 1.3%            

Adient PLC (a)

    3,831       88,841  

Autoliv, Inc.

    3,148       367,686  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    9,643       414,263  

Dana, Inc.

    6,081       123,444  

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,202       161,224  

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)

    1,834       40,550  

Garrett Motion, Inc.

    5,432       92,018  

Gentex Corp.

    9,742       228,450  

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

    1,356       49,901  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The) (a)(b)

    11,972       82,487  

LCI Industries

    1,128       116,737  

Lear Corp.

    2,465       257,962  

Mobileye Global, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,342       96,547  

Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)(b)

    2,285       350,085  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    1,496       156,138  

Phinia, Inc.

    1,793       93,075  

QuantumScape Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    19,205       354,140  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    959       35,608  

Visteon Corp.

    1,145       122,698  

XPEL, Inc. (a)

    983       33,520  
   

 

 

 
      3,265,374  
Automobiles — 0.2%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    5,206       140,458  

Lucid Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,728       101,672  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    2,364       246,683  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    1,132       42,688  
   

 

 

 
      531,501  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks — 6.4%            

1st Source Corp.

    857     $ 50,940  

Amalgamated Financial Corp.

    840       22,898  

Amerant Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    1,610       27,000  

Ameris Bancorp

    2,861           204,905  

Associated Banc-Corp

    7,584       187,856  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    6,033       196,193  

Axos Financial, Inc. (a)

    2,287       178,340  

Banc of California, Inc.

    5,664       96,118  

BancFirst Corp.

    971       105,703  

Bancorp, Inc. (The) (a)

    2,086       136,362  

Bank First Corp.

    418       51,046  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,819       118,108  

Bank OZK

    4,672       210,193  

BankUnited, Inc.

    3,261       130,701  

Banner Corp.

    1,456       87,928  

Beacon Financial Corp.

    3,734       90,886  

BOK Financial Corp.

    950       99,351  

Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.

    604       35,551  

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

    1,302       31,925  

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

    1,573       42,062  

Cadence Bank

    8,344       314,903  

Camden National Corp.

    778       29,681  

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

    644       25,052  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    5,413       32,695  

Cathay General Bancorp

    2,988       135,805  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    1,167       33,271  

City Holding Co.

    651       76,740  

Coastal Financial Corp. (a)(b)

    553       58,895  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    13,154       352,527  

Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,213       17,892  

Comerica, Inc.

    5,866       448,749  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    6,042       317,990  

Community Financial System, Inc.

    2,343       129,990  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    740       37,884  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

    2,162       52,018  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    2,791       343,684  

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    1,473       98,868  

CVB Financial Corp.

    5,750       105,628  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    1,869       49,061  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    8,883       155,719  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    1,670       87,458  

Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A

    697       28,235  

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.

    367       34,425  

FB Financial Corp.

    1,825       98,568  

First Bancorp

    1,779       86,353  

First Bancorp

    6,825       133,019  

First Busey Corp.

    4,013       89,731  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    4,411       67,444  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

    693       22,412  

First Financial Bancorp

    4,083       95,583  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    5,569       172,026  

First Financial Corp.

    551       29,379  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    5,635       138,227  

First Horizon Corp.

    22,720       485,299  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

    4,093       127,906  

First Merchants Corp.

    2,517       89,303  

First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

    957       34,194  

Firstsun Capital Bancorp (a)(b)

    502       17,088  

Five Star Bancorp

    770       27,343  

Flagstar Bank NA

    13,833       157,973  

FNB Corp.

    14,934       234,762  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    8,329       144,675  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

German American Bancorp, Inc.

    1,713     $ 66,019  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    5,671           231,660  

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

    399       22,224  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    3,793       216,618  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    1,367       36,089  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    2,630       27,352  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    1,514       33,596  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    1,940       62,662  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    8,502       227,088  

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    766       30,111  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    5,635       59,111  

Horizon Bancorp, Inc.

    1,983       30,935  

Independent Bank Corp.

    2,191       147,432  

Independent Bank Corp.

    924       27,923  

International Bancshares Corp.

    2,491       165,353  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    1,146       65,379  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

    1,639       51,038  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    706       30,958  

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

    976       24,995  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.

    446       29,556  

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.

    890       25,321  

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    640       23,674  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    1,564       55,772  

NB Bancorp, Inc.

    1,605       29,002  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    2,260       91,462  

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.

    629       74,310  

Northeast Bank (b)

    371       32,010  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    6,245       73,129  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    2,556       46,468  

OFG Bancorp

    1,920       74,227  

Old National Bancorp

    15,969       326,247  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

    1,937       34,769  

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

    1,386       48,039  

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.

    806       26,824  

Park National Corp.

    672       102,272  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    1,098       74,730  

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

    1,534       43,872  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    3,464       295,167  

Popular, Inc.

    2,988       333,072  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    4,191       275,852  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    5,600       102,424  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

    702       52,222  

Renasant Corp.

    4,260       143,264  

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

    397       26,162  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    1,593       58,368  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    3,612       109,444  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    2,509       176,307  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    6,277       109,094  

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.

    460       24,122  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    1,302       36,612  

SouthState Bank Corp.

    4,484       397,507  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    2,254       66,335  

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

    1,202       78,154  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    6,451       287,973  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

    1,994       167,177  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    597       37,886  

Towne Bank

    3,189       103,674  

TriCo Bancshares

    1,400       61,922  

Triumph Financial, Inc. (a)

    986       53,698  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    812       30,621  

Trustmark Corp.

    2,618       97,442  

UMB Financial Corp.

    3,313       354,093  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    6,459     $ 231,168  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    5,253       153,388  

Univest Financial Corp.

    1,350       39,636  

Valley National Bancorp

    20,746       225,509  

WaFd, Inc.

    3,475       100,879  

Webster Financial Corp.

    7,513       428,542  

WesBanco, Inc.

    4,185           125,968  

Westamerica BanCorp

    1,108       52,796  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    5,118       395,877  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    2,923       380,048  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    2,505       130,485  

Zions Bancorp N.A.

    6,517       339,601  
   

 

 

 
      16,173,237  
Beverages — 0.5%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A (a)

    383       79,277  

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)

    7,569       455,881  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    2,414       314,737  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    695       16,819  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    7,807       341,322  

National Beverage Corp. (a)

    1,221       41,844  

Vita Coco Co., Inc. (The) (a)(b)

    1,902       78,324  
   

 

 

 
      1,328,204  
Biotechnology — 5.3%            

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,739       130,275  

ADMA Biologics, Inc. (a)

    10,783       166,921  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,682       115,970  

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    11,656       25,760  

Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,936       159,131  

Alkermes PLC (a)

    7,293       223,895  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    11,649       105,190  

AnaptysBio, Inc. (a)(b)

    866       31,678  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (a)(b)

    3,751       29,895  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,726       79,997  

Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,554       87,941  

Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (a)(b)

    6,040       28,569  

Arcellx, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,772       159,923  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    3,126       61,645  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,947       125,209  

Ardelyx, Inc. (a)

    10,165       61,600  

ArriVent Biopharma, Inc. (a)(b)

    468       8,766  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,561       235,731  

ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,425       12,768  

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,467       72,000  

Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,102       356,375  

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,247       106,217  

Bicara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,341       21,791  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    8,805       64,453  

Biohaven Ltd. (a)

    4,127       70,984  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,492       406,659  

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,904       12,395  

CareDx, Inc. (a)

    2,474       37,110  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,201       110,625  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,383       63,698  

CG oncology, Inc. (a)

    2,508       108,521  

Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    4,867       79,332  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a)(b)

    3,988       255,192  

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

    5,430       345,294  

Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,283       24,426  

Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,268       102,043  

Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    888       31,062  

Disc Medicine, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,186       102,257  

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)(b)

    4,769       48,930  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)                               

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,127     $ 115,768  

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

    8,487       549,024  

Exelixis, Inc. (a)

    11,632       449,809  

Geron Corp. (a)

    25,234       31,795  

GRAIL, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,169       107,466  

Gyre Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    686       5,317  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    5,720           372,887  

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,929       125,178  

ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)(b)

    10,201       24,482  

Immunome, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,466       55,699  

Immunovant, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,256       80,358  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,480       56,538  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,886       511,630  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    11,771       23,189  

Janux Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,750       50,243  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,098       11,979  

Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,514       23,043  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International PLC (a)(b)

    1,616       59,808  

Krystal Biotech, Inc., Class A3 (a)

    1,199       236,815  

Kura Oncology, Inc. (a)

    3,083       31,662  

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,188       135,306  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    845       353,971  

MannKind Corp. (a)(b)

    13,538       75,677  

MeiraGTx Holdings PLC (a)(b)

    1,611       14,628  

Metsera, Inc. (a)

    682       42,993  

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a)

    5,250       40,163  

Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,279       93,120  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,806       131,206  

Moderna, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,936       432,822  

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (a)

    1,303       13,160  

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)

    3,877       31,171  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    4,571       654,613  

Novavax, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,238       52,399  

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    3,864       50,000  

Nuvalent, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,847       183,444  

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,335       14,174  

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (a)(b)

    813       161,592  

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,433       191,282  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,270       223,374  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    15,164       83,705  

Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,030       43,054  

Replimune Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,332       22,690  

Revolution Medicines, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,927       407,585  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,191       249,248  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,047       15,257  

Roivant Sciences Ltd. (a)

    17,864       357,101  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,417       106,052  

Savara, Inc. (a)

    3,822       15,861  

Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a)(b)

    3,269       96,828  

Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,963       131,835  

Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,586       63,254  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,621       49,608  

TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    6,677       232,226  

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    3,854       135,507  

Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)(b)

    2,775       91,270  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    4,137       143,140  

uniQure NV (a)

    2,435       164,825  

Vaxcyte, Inc. (a)

    5,303       240,120  

Vera Therapeutics, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,147       61,104  

Veracyte, Inc. (a)

    3,290       118,703  

Vericel Corp. (a)

    2,291       80,322  

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,906       186,820  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)                               

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,140     $ 24,674  

Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,205       75,734  

Xencor, Inc. (a)

    2,695       39,643  

Zymeworks, Inc. (a)

    1,809       34,525  
   

 

 

 
       13,358,704  
Broadline Retail — 0.4%            

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

    182       109,214  

Etsy, Inc. (a)

    4,803       297,786  

Groupon, Inc. (a)

    1,130       22,747  

Kohl’s Corp.

    4,910       79,886  

Macy’s, Inc.

    12,198       237,739  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,849       344,188  

Savers Value Village, Inc. (a)

    1,097       10,103  
   

 

 

 
      1,101,663  
Building Products — 1.7%            

A. O. Smith Corp.

    5,282       348,559  

AAON, Inc.

    3,113       306,288  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    3,191       446,900  

American Woodmark Corp. (a)

    668       42,572  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    894       32,729  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    2,007       382,193  

AZZ, Inc.

    1,312       131,003  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    760       190,319  

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

    5,367       272,644  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

    1,336       83,353  

Griffon Corp.

    1,856       137,363  

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (a)

    9,349       158,653  

Janus International Group, Inc. (a)

    4,947       47,491  

Masterbrand, Inc. (a)

    5,559       70,210  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    1,907       27,098  

Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)

    6,452       276,146  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    1,942       342,763  

Tecnoglass, Inc.

    1,117       66,607  

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

    4,970       240,150  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    2,795       257,503  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.

    6,989       329,252  
   

 

 

 
      4,189,796  
Capital Markets — 2.7%            

Acadian Asset Management, Inc.

    1,273       61,231  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    1,329       316,249  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    3,261       142,375  

BGC Group, Inc., Class A

    16,398       149,878  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    1,273       86,971  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Class A (b)

    7,128       84,324  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

    1,137       52,245  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,732       510,178  

Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B, NVS

    3,760       182,285  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    13,233       299,198  

Freedom Holding Corp. (a)(b)

    837       128,614  

GCM Grosvenor, Inc., Class A

    1,967       22,640  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    1,761       200,684  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A

    2,504       448,416  

Invesco Ltd.

    15,833       375,242  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    5,499       239,537  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    7,394       390,625  

Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc.

    1,867       26,810  

Lazard, Inc.

    4,083       199,250  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    1,715       274,503  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    3,305       209,306  

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A, NVS

    274       19,114  

P10, Inc., Class A

    2,486       25,258  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E  O F  I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)                               

Perella Weinberg Partners, Class A

    2,674     $ 49,950  

Piper Sandler Cos.

    709       226,355  

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

    1,018       164,010  

SEI Investments Co.

    4,431       357,183  

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A

    2,932       178,500  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    4,705       557,213  

StoneX Group, Inc. (a)

    2,010       184,759  

TPG, Inc., Class A

    5,565       306,298  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,137       133,071  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    3,740       130,302  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    289       47,055  

WisdomTree, Inc.

    5,595       66,916  
   

 

 

 
        6,846,545  
Chemicals — 1.7%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    1,150       21,379  

Albemarle Corp.

    5,407       531,130  

Ashland, Inc.

    2,056       100,538  

Avient Corp.

    3,990       127,959  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)

    9,499       270,437  

Balchem Corp.

    1,500       230,085  

Cabot Corp.

    2,348       158,443  

Celanese Corp., Class A

    4,747       182,475  

Chemours Co. (The)

    6,943       92,967  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    5,319       316,587  

Ecovyst, Inc. (a)

    4,904       40,164  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    10,092       269,658  

FMC Corp.

    5,296       80,340  

Hawkins, Inc. (b)

    887       125,821  

HB Fuller Co.

    2,409       138,204  

Huntsman Corp.

    7,104       58,821  

Ingevity Corp. (a)

    1,535       82,460  

Innospec, Inc.

    1,080       79,466  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

    1,076       5,294  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    1,323       75,080  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    14,221       390,366  

NewMarket Corp.

    333       255,711  

Olin Corp.

    5,205       107,744  

Orion SA

    2,351       12,460  

Perimeter Solutions, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,152       144,634  

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,002       69,503  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    636       88,334  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    2,016       107,896  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,951       183,960  

Stepan Co.

    925       40,099  

Tronox Holdings PLC

    5,036       17,626  
   

 

 

 
      4,405,641  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    2,638       113,434  

ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    7,075       64,170  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    1,954       148,328  

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,589       31,896  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    1,913       212,649  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,877       254,816  

CECO Environmental Corp. (a)(b)

    1,346       65,806  

Cimpress PLC (a)

    692       47,893  

CoreCivic, Inc. (a)

    5,062       93,799  

Deluxe Corp.

    1,944       35,206  

Enviri Corp. (a)

    3,325       40,598  

GEO Group, Inc. (The) (a)

    6,133       104,077  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (a)

    3,087       55,165  

HNI Corp.

    2,143       87,692  

Interface, Inc., Class A

    2,441       60,781  
Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)                               

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

    1,137     $ 27,220  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    3,050       47,641  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,717       269,621  

OPENLANE, Inc. (a)

    4,676       123,540  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    1,953       19,296  

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

    4,303       68,676  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    11,577       370,232  

UniFirst Corp.

    669       103,260  

Vestis Corp.

    5,944       31,206  
   

 

 

 
        2,477,002  
Communications Equipment — 1.2%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,368       35,094  

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,377       84,526  

Calix, Inc. (a)

    2,730       186,787  

Ciena Corp. (a)

    6,540       1,242,077  

CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)

    9,543       165,094  

Digi International, Inc. (a)

    1,594       58,468  

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

    6,201       117,943  

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

    5,176       55,383  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,200       644,992  

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

    1,258       43,678  

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

    3,052       84,846  

Ribbon Communications, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,168       14,004  

Viasat, Inc. (a)

    4,756       189,384  

Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)

    9,517       168,451  
   

 

 

 
      3,090,727  
Construction & Engineering — 1.9%            

API Group Corp. (a)

    14,297       526,416  

Arcosa, Inc.

    2,121       216,342  

Argan, Inc.

    603       184,645  

Centuri Holdings, Inc. (a)

    796       16,071  

Construction Partners, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,157       246,653  

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

    1,285       369,810  

Everus Construction Group, Inc. (a)

    2,350       213,591  

Fluor Corp. (a)

    7,310       356,509  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    1,911       196,661  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

    2,875       32,631  

IES Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    391       153,225  

Limbach Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    482       45,539  

MasTec, Inc. (a)

    2,826       576,956  

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

    694       151,084  

Primoris Services Corp.

    2,465       348,847  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (a)

    1,408       532,083  

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

    2,003       134,922  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    929       384,076  

WillScot Holdings Corp., Class A

    8,434       183,440  
   

 

 

 
      4,869,501  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,529       324,637  

Knife River Corp. (a)

    2,353       142,262  

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (b)

    494       57,907  
   

 

 

 
      524,806  
Consumer Finance — 1.0%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    12,727       495,971  

Atlanticus Holdings Corp. (a)(b)

    263       14,494  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    2,115       132,505  

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)(b)

    248       110,940  

Dave, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    452       108,173  

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

    960       39,917  

Enova International, Inc. (a)

    1,121       134,038  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS (a)

    2,165       39,511  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance (continued)                               

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    1,840     $ 291,640  

LendingClub Corp. (a)

    5,237       91,071  

LendingTree, Inc. (a)

    512       32,768  

Navient Corp.

    3,169       38,757  

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    525       67,751  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    5,553       328,682  

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

    1,553       21,292  

PROG Holdings, Inc.

    1,896       54,851  

SLM Corp.

    9,115       244,738  

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,831       182,049  

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

    150       19,121  
   

 

 

 
        2,448,269  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5%        

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    17,407       307,930  

Andersons, Inc. (The)

    1,506       69,743  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (a)

    1,701       100,359  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)

    4,230       57,570  

Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc., Class A (a)

    541       15,169  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

    677       46,781  

Maplebear, Inc. (a)

    8,508       313,605  

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

    305       9,787  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    1,066       122,526  

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

    2,786       104,893  

Weis Markets, Inc.

    649       41,108  
   

 

 

 
      1,189,471  
Containers & Packaging — 0.7%            

AptarGroup, Inc.

    3,035       352,090  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    5,403       525,064  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    12,789       204,496  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,125       64,001  

O-I Glass, Inc. (a)

    6,850       77,337  

Sealed Air Corp.

    6,503       217,916  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    4,082       157,647  

Sonoco Products Co.

    4,469       181,307  

TriMas Corp.

    1,557       55,320  
   

 

 

 
      1,835,178  
Distributors — 0.3%            

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

    711       18,899  

LKQ Corp.

    11,866       379,237  

Pool Corp.

    1,704       455,070  
   

 

 

 
      853,206  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.9%            

ADT, Inc.

    16,053       141,909  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)

    1,701       166,732  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

    2,555       279,083  

Carriage Services, Inc.

    635       28,384  

Coursera, Inc. (a)

    5,273       44,399  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,822       40,496  

Frontdoor, Inc. (a)

    3,315       220,215  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    154       155,868  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

    1,290       242,907  

H&R Block, Inc.

    6,169       306,846  

KinderCare Learning Cos., Inc. (a)

    1,525       8,997  

Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,738       166,574  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    1,314       30,774  

Mister Car Wash, Inc. (a)

    4,668       26,094  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.

    4,295       99,945  

Perdoceo Education Corp.

    2,967       94,232  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    1,038       78,867  

Stride, Inc. (a)

    1,852       126,010  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Consumer Services (continued)                               

Udemy, Inc. (a)

    3,784     $ 21,550  

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (a)

    2,126       63,185  
   

 

 

 
        2,343,067  
Diversified REITs — 0.2%            

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    3,432       54,809  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    2,181       41,679  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    7,954       142,536  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    1,317       21,968  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    9,126       272,685  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    2,085       23,831  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    9,081       69,197  
   

 

 

 
      626,705  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%        

Anterix, Inc. (a)(b)

    493       9,968  

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    10,348       830,427  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,062       85,058  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (a)

    10,089       380,961  

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

    2,321       126,286  

IDT Corp., Class B

    894       45,290  

Iridium Communications, Inc.

    4,498       86,137  

Liberty Global Ltd., Class A (a)

    7,607       83,677  

Liberty Global Ltd., Class C, NVS (a)(b)

    6,616       73,768  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A (a)(b)

    1,555       12,129  

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

    4,991       39,479  

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (a)

    42,116       432,952  

Uniti Group, Inc. (a)

    6,340       36,518  
   

 

 

 
      2,242,650  
Electric Utilities — 1.1%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    2,641       177,818  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (a)(b)

    8,105       94,180  

IDACORP, Inc.

    2,383       307,455  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    1,673       138,641  

OGE Energy Corp.

    9,271       409,222  

Oklo, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,145       550,332  

Otter Tail Corp.

    1,927       148,803  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    5,509       487,657  

Portland General Electric Co.

    5,073       231,735  

TXNM Energy, Inc.

    4,368       248,102  
   

 

 

 
      2,793,945  
Electrical Equipment — 2.5%            

Acuity, Inc.

    1,386       505,959  

American Superconductor Corp. (a)(b)

    2,018       119,526  

Array Technologies, Inc. (a)

    6,222       53,883  

Atkore, Inc.

    1,507       104,360  

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (a)

    9,285       1,227,106  

EnerSys

    1,752       221,032  

Enovix Corp. (a)(b)

    6,875       82,431  

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    11,623       186,317  

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,749       461,887  

NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,349       64,132  

NEXTracker, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    6,650       673,113  

NuScale Power Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    5,968       267,784  

nVent Electric PLC

    7,618       871,118  

Plug Power, Inc. (a)(b)

    47,764       128,485  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    432       165,625  

Power Solutions International, Inc. (a)(b)

    257       22,004  

Preformed Line Products Co. (b)

    122       25,877  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    3,069       432,391  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    6,631       211,065  

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,350       77,249  

Sunrun, Inc. (a)

    9,707       201,517  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E  O F  I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)                               

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,432     $ 41,141  

Vicor Corp. (a)

    1,052       95,448  
   

 

 

 
        6,239,450  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.9%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    1,753       355,386  

Arlo Technologies, Inc. (a)

    4,650       89,931  

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

    2,180       243,179  

Avnet, Inc.

    3,999       193,751  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    1,362       245,773  

Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B, NVS (b)

    478       73,607  

Belden, Inc.

    1,791       218,233  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    1,461       64,021  

Cognex Corp.

    7,431       307,569  

Coherent Corp. (a)

    7,100       936,916  

Crane NXT Co.

    2,495       157,809  

CTS Corp.

    1,339       55,582  

Daktronics, Inc. (a)

    1,793       33,690  

ePlus, Inc.

    1,150       84,134  

Fabrinet (a)

    1,682       741,039  

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

    1,287       128,700  

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)(b)

    1,217       103,591  

Itron, Inc. (a)

    2,094       210,091  

Knowles Corp. (a)

    3,723       87,900  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    1,158       281,753  

Mirion Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

    10,534       309,384  

Napco Security Technologies, Inc.

    1,587       70,066  

Novanta, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,635       207,661  

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

    732       203,833  

PC Connection, Inc.

    546       33,290  

Plexus Corp. (a)

    1,182       165,362  

Powerfleet, Inc. (a)

    5,314       27,101  

Rogers Corp. (a)

    777       68,019  

Sanmina Corp. (a)

    2,294       314,393  

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

    1,158       49,684  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    3,486       545,524  

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

    4,350       292,320  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    4,688       79,602  

Vontier Corp.

    6,870       264,495  
   

 

 

 
      7,243,389  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%            

Archrock, Inc.

    7,880       199,128  

Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc.

    3,366       41,671  

Bristow Group, Inc. (a)

    896       36,467  

Cactus, Inc., Class A

    3,109       137,324  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

    5,905       39,682  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    4,280       112,393  

Innovex International, Inc. (a)

    1,756       35,243  

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

    2,384       87,922  

Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A

    7,291       132,040  

Noble Corp. PLC

    5,796       170,113  

NOV, Inc.

    16,711       243,981  

Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)

    4,585       106,785  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    15,946       99,981  

RPC, Inc.

    4,049       21,055  

Seadrill Ltd. (a)(b)

    2,751       86,821  

Select Water Solutions, Inc., Class A

    3,713       42,922  

Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc., Class A

    1,585       84,369  

TechnipFMC PLC

    19,165       792,473  

Tidewater, Inc. (a)

    2,156       109,072  

Transocean Ltd. (a)

    38,771       148,881  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)                               

Valaris Ltd. (a)

    2,834     $ 159,044  

Weatherford International PLC

    3,384       249,367  
   

 

 

 
        3,136,734  
Entertainment — 0.7%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    19,697       51,015  

Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    483       20,837  

Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., Class C, NVS (a)

    2,160       87,955  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    4,640       125,327  

IMAX Corp. (a)

    2,008       65,240  

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

    905       79,405  

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

    2,155       194,834  

Lionsgate Studios Corp. (a)(b)

    10,550       67,837  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    1,815       80,150  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A (a)

    780       167,224  

Playtika Holding Corp.

    3,472       12,742  

Roku, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,902       626,379  

Sphere Entertainment Co., Class A (a)(b)

    1,105       75,670  

Starz Entertainment Corp. (a)(b)

    579       6,085  

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    6,367       203,489  
   

 

 

 
      1,864,189  
Financial Services — 1.7%            

Burford Capital Ltd.

    9,167       91,212  

Cannae Holdings, Inc.

    2,681       47,936  

Cantaloupe, Inc. (a)

    2,906       30,687  

Compass Diversified Holdings

    3,035       19,363  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    1,487       53,116  

Essent Group Ltd.

    4,569       276,744  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    1,765       133,893  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    2,735       77,865  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    390       61,870  

Flywire Corp. (a)

    4,827       64,296  

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

    5,470       151,574  

Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,981       300,515  

Marqeta, Inc., Class A (a)

    18,615       84,326  

Merchants Bancorp

    1,004       31,315  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    10,471       287,115  

NCR Atleos Corp. (a)

    3,419       126,161  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,409       124,190  

Paymentus Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,834       52,452  

Payoneer Global, Inc. (a)

    9,532       55,190  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A

    1,317       165,692  

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,252       8,714  

Radian Group, Inc.

    6,524       221,425  

Remitly Global, Inc. (a)(b)

    7,214       115,713  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A

    40,765       679,145  

Sezzle, Inc. (a)(b)

    874       57,291  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,034       209,649  

TFS Financial Corp.

    2,574       34,234  

UWM Holdings Corp., Class A

    7,461       42,005  

Velocity Financial, Inc. (a)

    509       9,478  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    4,425       329,485  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    1,521       121,558  

Western Union Co. (The)

    15,095       140,836  

WEX, Inc. (a)

    1,450       211,526  
   

 

 

 
      4,416,571  
Food Products — 1.2%            

Bunge Global SA

    6,439       609,129  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    1,981       173,932  

Campbell’s Co. (The)

    9,207       277,407  

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

    6,770       216,978  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)                               

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    9,273     $ 110,627  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    1,663       58,787  

Freshpet, Inc. (a)

    2,121       104,374  

Ingredion, Inc.

    2,841       327,880  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    692       58,578  

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    395       24,798  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    6,024       371,862  

Marzetti Co. (The)

    946       148,323  

Mission Produce, Inc. (a)

    2,351       27,084  

Post Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,302       239,247  

Seaboard Corp.

    12       40,440  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A (a)

    212       22,861  

Simply Good Foods Co. (The) (a)

    3,965       77,595  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    813       28,691  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

    2,064       37,565  

Utz Brands, Inc., Class A

    3,393       35,728  

Vital Farms, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,571       51,607  
   

 

 

 
      3,043,493  
Gas Utilities — 0.8%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    1,033       131,480  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    9,078       174,116  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    4,202       331,580  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    4,501       199,394  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    1,854       84,413  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    2,648       212,343  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    2,728       216,876  

Spire, Inc.

    2,677       231,293  

UGI Corp.

    9,951       332,662  
   

 

 

 
        1,914,157  
Ground Transportation — 0.9%            

ArcBest Corp.

    1,002       74,469  

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)

    806       109,672  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    2,674       20,857  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,264       27,004  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    7,256       327,391  

Landstar System, Inc.

    1,613       207,158  

Lyft, Inc., Class A (a)

    18,079       369,896  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    2,416       24,764  

RXO, Inc. (a)

    7,564       134,110  

Ryder System, Inc.

    1,872       316,799  

Saia, Inc. (a)

    1,224       358,020  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    2,077       44,385  

U-Haul Holding Co. (a)(b)

    360       19,138  

U-Haul Holding Co., NVS (b)

    4,458       216,168  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

    269       4,352  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    2,475       64,845  
   

 

 

 
      2,319,028  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%            

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,081       96,488  

Artivion, Inc. (a)

    1,967       89,243  

AtriCure, Inc. (a)

    2,249       77,703  

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

    1,950       21,664  

Axogen, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,750       38,885  

Ceribell, Inc. (a)(b)

    857       9,770  

CONMED Corp.

    1,405       61,820  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    8,935       112,670  

Embecta Corp.

    2,498       33,323  

Enovis Corp. (a)

    2,495       77,944  

Envista Holdings Corp. (a)

    7,840       159,544  

Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,098       52,649  

Glaukos Corp. (a)

    2,444       215,243  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)                               

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,337     $ 322,301  

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

    2,074       103,721  

ICU Medical, Inc. (a)

    1,079       129,577  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    1,365       98,389  

Integer Holdings Corp. (a)

    1,593       102,860  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

    3,177       38,156  

iRadimed Corp.

    362       27,805  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,449       271,398  

Kestra Medical Technologies Ltd. (a)

    1,049       28,722  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,117       179,820  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    944       81,760  

LivaNova PLC (a)

    2,519       132,575  

Masimo Corp. (a)

    2,174       305,773  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,722       238,284  

Neogen Corp. (a)

    8,896       54,888  

Novocure Ltd. (a)

    4,692       60,104  

OmniAb, Inc., 12.50 Earnout Shares (a)(c)

    359        

OmniAb, Inc., 15.00 Earnout Shares (a)(c)

    359        

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

    1,993       66,905  

Penumbra, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,718       390,622  

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (a)(b)

    2,471       84,088  

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    817       13,832  

QuidelOrtho Corp. (a)

    3,030       81,780  

RxSight, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,404       12,341  

STAAR Surgical Co. (a)

    1,518       39,271  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)

    3,028       42,392  

Teleflex, Inc.

    2,136       265,868  

TransMedics Group, Inc. (a)

    1,442       189,681  

UFP Technologies, Inc. (a)

    348       67,039  
   

 

 

 
        4,476,898  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%            

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

    4,160       89,440  

AdaptHealth Corp. (a)

    4,158       37,380  

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

    842       98,421  

agilon health, Inc. (a)(b)

    14,061       11,200  

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    5,015       84,553  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

    1,789       35,225  

Ardent Health, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,097       15,972  

Astrana Health, Inc. (a)

    1,887       58,893  

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,345       21,222  

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (a)

    3,206       105,958  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

    10,183       94,396  

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    1,231       31,391  

Chemed Corp.

    674       290,696  

Clover Health Investments Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    18,034       63,660  

Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc.

    5,490       109,361  

CorVel Corp. (a)

    1,347       99,611  

DaVita, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,852       220,425  

Encompass Health Corp. (b)

    4,434       504,811  

Ensign Group, Inc. (The)

    2,660       479,066  

GeneDx Holdings Corp., Class A (a)

    928       127,052  

Guardant Health, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,374       499,890  

HealthEquity, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,936       372,267  

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

    4,875       308,100  

Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    9,415       428,006  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    7,116       34,868  

National HealthCare Corp.

    566       67,603  

NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)

    5,813       56,793  

Nutex Health, Inc. (a)(b)

    164       20,182  

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

    17,135       23,304  

Option Care Health, Inc. (a)

    7,541       196,292  

PACS Group, Inc. (a)

    1,994       24,088  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,849     $ 65,318  

Pennant Group, Inc. (The) (a)

    1,563       38,653  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    3,817       107,334  

Privia Health Group, Inc. (a)

    5,023       122,059  

Progyny, Inc. (a)

    3,352       62,716  

RadNet, Inc. (a)

    3,021       229,566  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    4,997       69,109  

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,379       74,101  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    663       57,197  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    2,584       560,754  
   

 

 

 
        5,996,933  
Health Care REITs — 0.8%            

American Healthcare REIT, Inc.

    7,020       318,146  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    9,273       321,309  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    15,696       278,133  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    2,081       73,002  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    23,534       121,671  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    2,074       154,534  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    13,278       558,074  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    10,038       178,877  

Sila Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,600       61,620  
   

 

 

 
      2,065,366  
Health Care Technology — 0.3%            

Certara, Inc. (a)

    5,535       64,372  

Doximity, Inc., Class A (a)

    6,018       397,188  

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,859       32,410  

HealthStream, Inc.

    1,066       26,224  

Phreesia, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,449       55,445  

Schrodinger, Inc. (a)

    2,535       53,336  

Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)

    8,241       71,120  

Waystar Holding Corp. (a)

    3,697       132,537  
   

 

 

 
      832,632  
Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.5%            

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    10,512       117,629  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    9,134       71,428  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    32,363       518,455  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    9,658       99,381  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    5,397       56,453  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    6,803       46,260  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    2,863       248,823  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    8,484       75,084  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    4,321       53,148  
   

 

 

 
      1,286,661  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%            

Accel Entertainment, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,484       25,312  

Aramark

    12,108       458,651  

Biglari Holdings, Inc., Class B, NVS (a)

    30       10,839  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

    759       25,776  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    4,009       27,381  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,697       210,015  

Brinker International, Inc. (a)

    2,040       221,666  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    9,375       188,438  

Cava Group, Inc. (a)

    4,529       243,343  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)

    2,165       107,817  

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (b)

    1,230       114,341  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    3,205       317,936  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)

    1,045       35,217  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,216       17,863  

Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,297       294,195  

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,795       29,600  

Global Business Travel Group I, Class A (a)(b)

    4,705       36,981  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

    908     $ 18,342  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)

    2,758       114,319  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A (b)

    1,863       255,995  

Krispy Kreme, Inc.

    3,817       13,703  

Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    288       16,396  

Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,602       138,537  

Light & Wonder, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,931       285,784  

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp., Class A (b)

    818       6,855  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,368       90,261  

MGM Resorts International (a)

    9,229       295,605  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.

    601       54,132  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

    20,522       460,103  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    1,420       72,150  

Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    6,570       108,142  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,748       339,906  

Portillo’s, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,353       12,589  

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, Inc. (a)

    970       34,416  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

    2,349       125,225  

Rush Street Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,077       69,146  

Sabre Corp. (a)

    16,623       33,994  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,765       170,340  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)

    4,367       100,354  

Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,478       28,167  

Target Hospitality Corp. (a)(b)

    1,535       11,804  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    3,086       504,808  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    2,988       187,587  

United Parks & Resorts, Inc. (a)

    1,111       53,772  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    1,626       241,185  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    7,136       60,941  

Wingstop, Inc.

    1,288       279,019  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    3,370       247,459  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    3,861       459,420  
   

 

 

 
        7,255,827  
Household Durables — 1.5%            

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc. (a)

    1,372       30,733  

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

    339       179,602  

Century Communities, Inc.

    1,147       68,132  

Champion Homes, Inc. (a)

    2,476       168,938  

Dream Finders Homes, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,190       23,562  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    988       23,880  

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

    1,432       92,708  

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

    999       18,611  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    1,071       265,854  

KB Home

    3,005       187,572  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    1,766       55,982  

Legacy Housing Corp. (a)

    498       11,183  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    6,103       57,002  

LGI Homes, Inc. (a)

    906       36,974  

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

    1,143       143,092  

Meritage Homes Corp.

    3,308       223,489  

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

    2,277       258,758  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    17,253       58,660  

Sonos, Inc. (a)

    4,979       85,490  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    4,646       275,368  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    4,607       621,715  

TopBuild Corp. (a)

    1,307       552,181  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

    3,773       120,170  

Whirlpool Corp.

    2,559       183,301  
   

 

 

 
      3,742,957  
Household Products — 0.2%            

Central Garden & Pet Co. (a)

    418       12,820  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS (a)

    2,344       65,187  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Products (continued)  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    2,914     $ 67,692  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    2,518       61,540  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    1,168       62,932  

WD-40 Co.

    618       120,065  
   

 

 

 
      390,236  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%  

AES Corp. (The)

    32,751       454,256  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    1,590       47,684  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    3,768       120,312  

Hallador Energy Co. (a)

    1,490       32,229  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    2,648       281,668  

Talen Energy Corp. (a)

    1,931       771,975  
   

 

 

 
      1,708,124  
Industrial REITs — 0.9%            

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,534       148,673  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    2,419       422,188  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    5,610       310,121  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    1,322       66,298  

Lineage, Inc.

    2,757       108,626  

LXP Industrial Trust

    13,583       128,903  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    1,725       37,950  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    10,915       451,008  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    8,582       328,433  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    4,644       265,312  
   

 

 

 
        2,267,512  
Insurance — 2.8%            

Abacus Global Management, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,769       8,880  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    3,313       436,256  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    905       36,272  

Assurant, Inc.

    2,356       498,812  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    2,222       179,049  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    3,527       330,339  

Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (The), Class A (a)(b)

    3,250       71,825  

Bowhead Specialty Holdings, Inc. (a)

    701       16,796  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)

    2,733       155,972  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    4,710       188,494  

Donegal Group, Inc., Class A

    913       17,119  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    1,007       38,397  

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

    1,052       31,192  

First American Financial Corp.

    4,562       285,171  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)

    19,035       160,655  

Globe Life, Inc. (b)

    3,632       477,644  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A

    1,132       77,734  

Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., Class B (a)

    1,852       43,837  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    1,607       274,604  

HCI Group, Inc.

    469       95,681  

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,062       25,095  

Hippo Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    849       31,226  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    1,760       78,690  

Kemper Corp.

    2,644       118,954  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    1,020       407,459  

Lemonade, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,474       148,638  

Lincoln National Corp.

    7,799       327,558  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,165       90,055  

Old Republic International Corp.

    10,717       422,893  

Oscar Health, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    8,890       160,020  

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,208       137,724  

Primerica, Inc.

    1,550       402,799  

ProAssurance Corp. (a)

    2,173       52,043  

RLI Corp.

    3,864       227,821  

Root, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    550       44,286  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., Class A

    4,877     $ 267,260  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    647       44,468  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    2,792       210,349  

SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)

    3,476       63,263  

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,393       63,507  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    1,218       83,153  

Tiptree, Inc.

    908       16,081  

Trupanion, Inc. (a)

    1,621       64,824  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    1,267       39,049  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    110       209,502  
   

 

 

 
        7,161,446  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Angi, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,000       26,540  

Cargurus, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,585       125,905  

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

    2,626       28,203  

fuboTV, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    15,288       57,789  

Getty Images Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,240       4,211  

Grindr, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,501       20,804  

IAC, Inc. (a)

    3,158       101,751  

Match Group, Inc.

    11,439       369,937  

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

    2,308       34,135  

Rumble, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,854       33,298  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,030       25,781  

Taboola.com Ltd. (a)

    7,436       26,547  

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

    5,294       85,022  

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.,
Class A (a)(b)

    5,432       83,245  

Vimeo, Inc. (a)

    6,535       50,973  

Webtoon Entertainment, Inc. (a)(b)

    724       12,692  

Yelp, Inc. (a)

    2,861       94,356  

Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)

    1,746       59,189  

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

    13,890       155,846  
   

 

 

 
      1,396,224  
IT Services — 0.6%            

Applied Digital Corp. (a)(b)

    10,689       370,481  

ASGN, Inc. (a)

    1,943       86,969  

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    17,033       117,868  

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,914       118,483  

DXC Technology Co. (a)

    7,702       109,368  

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,555       417,845  

Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    6,324       52,426  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,904       27,123  

Hackett Group, Inc. (The)

    1,148       20,790  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)

    10,705       309,589  
   

 

 

 
      1,630,942  
Leisure Products — 0.6%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

    1,279       98,905  

Brunswick Corp.

    2,898       191,587  

Hasbro, Inc.

    6,080       463,965  

Latham Group, Inc. (a)

    2,299       16,668  

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)

    862       24,024  

Mattel, Inc. (a)

    14,848       272,906  

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    17,059       123,848  

Polaris, Inc.

    2,385       157,648  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    754       31,977  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (a)

    5,729       53,910  

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,721       126,477  
   

 

 

 
      1,561,915  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,716       64,326  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. (a)

    4,747       82,408  

Avantor, Inc. (a)

    31,206       368,855  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

Azenta, Inc. (a)

    1,816     $ 54,843  

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

    1,725       48,076  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

    900       287,595  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    7,301       456,823  

Bruker Corp.

    4,766       185,588  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

    2,098       377,787  

Fortrea Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,887       40,658  

Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,059       619,420  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    239       17,182  

Niagen Bioscience, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,364       17,824  

Repligen Corp. (a)

    2,457       366,240  

Sotera Health Co. (a)

    6,998       116,167  

Tempus AI, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,889       349,427  
   

 

 

 
        3,453,219  
Machinery — 4.7%            

AGCO Corp.

    2,758       284,515  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    474       84,713  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    1,363       77,119  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    3,925       324,009  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    972       45,227  

Atmus Filtration Technologies, Inc.

    731       33,246  

Blue Bird Corp. (a)(b)

    1,451       72,492  

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

    2,078       414,810  

Crane Co.

    2,276       432,440  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    5,564       468,767  

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

    2,488       42,570  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Class A

    2,487       102,066  

Enpro, Inc.

    917       212,753  

Esab Corp.

    2,608       304,667  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    1,115       244,709  

Federal Signal Corp.

    2,821       332,963  

Flowserve Corp.

    6,036       411,957  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    1,831       173,524  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (a)

    11,352       250,652  

Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)

    948       42,632  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)

    1,266       52,881  

Helios Technologies, Inc.

    1,450       80,272  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    3,148       99,477  

Hillman Solutions Corp. (a)

    8,680       80,030  

ITT, Inc.

    3,638       673,285  

JBT Marel Corp.

    2,389       301,253  

Kadant, Inc.

    520       143,863  

Kennametal, Inc.

    3,585       78,691  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    2,591       607,460  

Lindsay Corp.

    497       55,286  

Microvast Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    9,442       51,459  

Middleby Corp. (The) (a)

    2,476       307,593  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    5,105       540,466  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

    7,244       185,881  

Nordson Corp.

    2,405       557,840  

Oshkosh Corp.

    2,774       342,006  

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

    1,072       53,343  

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

    1,431       613,226  

REV Group, Inc.

    2,135       109,461  

SPX Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,282       510,917  

Standex International Corp.

    536       125,011  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    7,053       477,629  

Symbotic, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,985       160,686  

Tennant Co.

    851       68,080  

Terex Corp.

    2,922       134,470  

Timken Co. (The)

    2,954       231,919  

Toro Co. (The)

    4,590       343,011  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    3,536     $ 96,780  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    1,262       344,021  

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.

    1,410       79,087  
   

 

 

 
      11,861,215  
Marine Transportation — 0.2%            

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    2,012       34,284  

Kirby Corp. (a)(b)

    2,525       261,287  

Matson, Inc.

    1,368       138,100  
   

 

 

 
      433,671  
Media — 0.9%            

Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    10,863       24,225  

Cable One, Inc.

    197       29,264  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,346       72,217  

EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    6,168       461,798  

Ibotta, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    692       22,324  

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (a)(b)

    3,174       32,407  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    17,061       437,785  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    2,056       75,805  

Magnite, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,129       109,587  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    7,231       412,095  

Newsmax, Inc., Class B (a)(b)

    1,899       18,990  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    1,277       249,947  

Sinclair, Inc., Class A

    1,631       22,279  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    8,774       190,308  

Stagwell, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,859       23,080  

TechTarget, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,435       7,878  

TEGNA, Inc.

    7,016       138,005  

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,708       13,169  
   

 

 

 
        2,341,163  
Metals & Mining — 1.7%            

Alcoa Corp.

    12,052       443,393  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (a)

    506       87,670  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    2,201       695,296  

Century Aluminum Co. (a)

    2,310       68,422  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)(b)

    21,917       272,428  

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)(b)

    29,085       499,389  

Commercial Metals Co.

    4,896       290,627  

Constellium SE, Class A (a)

    5,966       93,845  

Hecla Mining Co.

    26,274       338,146  

Ivanhoe Electric, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,968       73,477  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    707       64,005  

Materion Corp.

    906       103,855  

MP Materials Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    5,767       363,840  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    3,724       650,918  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    1,234       27,222  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    3,940       31,559  

USA Rare Earth, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,893       36,819  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    2,273       154,200  

Worthington Steel, Inc.

    1,406       44,978  
   

 

 

 
      4,340,089  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    47,907       479,070  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    29,693       628,601  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    5,637       55,186  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    8,136       82,092  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    5,150       83,533  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    7,633       141,058  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc., Class A

    6,002       30,970  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    3,642       46,472  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    5,609       74,263  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    4,322       57,569  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,893     $ 39,475  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,652       21,587  

Ladder Capital Corp., Class A

    5,461       57,723  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    4,350       39,107  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

    5,623       40,654  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    3,828       46,089  

Ready Capital Corp.

    7,709       22,587  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    5,636       29,927  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    24,885       272,989  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    16,056       291,898  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,529       21,876  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    4,575       44,469  
   

 

 

 
        2,607,195  
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%            

Avista Corp.

    3,678       139,948  

Black Hills Corp.

    3,329       211,159  

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

    2,648       158,006  

Unitil Corp.

    724       35,295  
   

 

 

 
      544,408  
Office REITs — 0.8%            

Brandywine Realty Trust

    7,957       27,293  

BXP, Inc.

    6,665       474,481  

COPT Defense Properties

    5,238       147,554  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    7,238       187,681  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    7,115       92,068  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    1,917       41,446  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A (b)

    6,229       46,032  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    4,786       137,023  

JBG SMITH Properties

    2,863       55,800  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    4,976       210,236  

Paramount Group, Inc. (a)

    8,711       56,970  

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    5,626       45,346  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    3,285       168,685  

Vornado Realty Trust

    7,510       284,929  
   

 

 

 
      1,975,544  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    14,543       250,867  

Antero Resources Corp. (a)(b)

    12,209       377,380  

APA Corp.

    16,669       377,553  

BKV Corp. (a)(b)

    748       17,645  

California Resources Corp.

    2,919       137,689  

Calumet, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,007       58,817  

Centrus Energy Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    745       273,758  

Chord Energy Corp.

    2,782       252,383  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    3,630       104,653  

CNX Resources Corp. (a)

    6,522       219,531  

Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)

    3,213       60,244  

Core Natural Resources, Inc.

    2,350       185,650  

Crescent Energy Co., Class A

    8,537       71,967  

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

    1,390       49,470  

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

    2,803       105,841  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    1,767       50,978  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    4,520       494,895  

Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A

    1,050       27,205  

Granite Ridge Resources, Inc.

    3,216       16,980  

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

    698       129,835  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    7,077       365,173  

HighPeak Energy, Inc. (b)

    586       3,897  

International Seaways, Inc.

    1,725       88,372  

Kinetik Holdings, Inc., Class A

    1,027       39,550  

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)(b)

    19,664       30,872  
Security   Shares      Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    8,210      $ 184,397  

Matador Resources Co.

    5,131        202,469  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    6,197        175,375  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    6,069        7,829  

NextDecade Corp. (a)(b)

    7,438        44,107  

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.

    3,769        83,408  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    11,996        449,970  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,470        98,751  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    3,903        133,366  

Peabody Energy Corp.

    5,072        139,074  

Permian Resources Corp., Class A

    29,289        367,870  

Range Resources Corp.

    11,089        394,214  

REX American Resources Corp. (a)

    1,328        42,536  

SM Energy Co.

    4,871        101,755  

Talos Energy, Inc. (a)

    5,145        50,472  

Uranium Energy Corp. (a)(b)

    19,572        296,124  

Venture Global, Inc., Class A (b)

    4,515        38,694  

Viper Energy, Inc., Class A

    7,691        288,874  

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

    1,297        28,210  

World Kinect Corp.

    2,500        64,625  
    

 

 

 
         6,983,325  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%             

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    2,947        256,713  

Sylvamo Corp.

    1,570        63,742  
    

 

 

 
       320,455  
Passenger Airlines — 0.5%             

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,058        211,070  

Allegiant Travel Co. (a)

    597        37,121  

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)

    29,969        393,493  

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,816        14,730  

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

    13,538        56,860  

Joby Aviation, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    21,832        378,567  

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

    1,795        180,362  

Wheels Up Experience, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,307        5,900  
    

 

 

 
       1,278,103  
Personal Care Products — 0.3%             

BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)

    5,942        179,032  

Coty, Inc., Class A (a)

    15,793        62,698  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    2,038        39,517  

elf Beauty, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,318        283,120  

Herbalife Ltd. (a)(b)

    4,575        36,600  

Interparfums, Inc.

    826        73,638  

Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,538        6,800  
    

 

 

 
       681,405  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%             

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,668        61,328  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,534        39,117  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    822        74,473  

Arvinas, Inc. (a)

    2,649        26,861  

Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

    4,009        75,730  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,814        244,872  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    1,287        46,332  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,488        329,733  

CorMedix, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,902        32,299  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    4,279        186,136  

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,571        65,278  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)

    21,988        487,034  

Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,540        36,067  

Evolus, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,149        13,883  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,937        55,340  

Harrow, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,221        46,117  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

    2,515      $ 45,773  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

    2,758        379,611  

LENZ Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    581        17,267  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    846        161,848  

Liquidia Corp. (a)(b)

    3,040        74,054  

Nuvation Bio, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    10,000        52,200  

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,872        80,128  

Organon & Co.

    11,538        77,882  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)

    2,008        42,931  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    5,962        123,652  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    2,169        131,441  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,258        124,484  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,354        93,169  

Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,587        53,484  

Viatris, Inc.

    55,535        575,343  

WaVe Life Sciences Ltd. (a)

    5,171        46,746  

Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    7,118        69,045  
    

 

 

 
        3,969,658  
Professional Services — 2.2%             

Alight, Inc., Class A

    18,905        54,446  

Amentum Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,115        137,037  

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

    1,146        46,379  

CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,017        571,808  

CBIZ, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,380        130,900  

Clarivate PLC (a)(b)

    15,394        52,340  

Concentrix Corp.

    1,894        76,347  

CRA International, Inc.

    275        52,385  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    1,185        92,750  

Dayforce, Inc. (a)(b)

    7,209        495,547  

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

    7,463        291,803  

Exponent, Inc.

    2,306        163,288  

First Advantage Corp. (a)(b)

    3,577        45,177  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)

    1,478        243,885  

Genpact Ltd.

    6,941        264,799  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    876        51,132  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

    779        128,099  

ICF International, Inc.

    797        63,983  

Innodata, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,400        104,454  

Insperity, Inc.

    1,616        71,298  

KBR, Inc.

    6,070        260,039  

Kforce, Inc.

    787        19,911  

Korn Ferry

    2,261        146,287  

Legalzoom.com, Inc. (a)

    5,236        52,203  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    2,079        63,742  

Maximus, Inc.

    2,588        215,115  

Parsons Corp. (a)(b)

    2,472        205,522  

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

    2,050        289,603  

Planet Labs PBC, Class A (a)(b)

    10,044        135,092  

Robert Half, Inc.

    4,674        122,412  

Science Applications International Corp.

    2,168        203,163  

TriNet Group, Inc.

    1,191        71,460  

UL Solutions, Inc., Class A

    2,770        215,700  

Upwork, Inc. (a)

    5,393        85,964  

Verra Mobility Corp., Class A (a)

    7,338        170,315  

Willdan Group, Inc. (a)

    637        60,203  
    

 

 

 
       5,454,588  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%  

Compass, Inc., Class A (a)

    20,457        157,723  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)

    7,919        124,328  

eXp World Holdings, Inc.

    3,842        39,342  

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

    750        19,508  

Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,459        115,670  
Security   Shares      Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

    2,187      $ 667,232  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    4,717        35,661  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    1,069        31,225  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

    6,764        120,602  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    28,526        221,647  

St. Joe Co. (The)

    1,895        107,598  
    

 

 

 
        1,640,536  
Residential REITs — 0.2%             

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

    6,089        32,394  

Centerspace

    723        42,838  

Elme Communities

    4,018        66,096  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    10,285        163,840  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    960        29,443  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    3,604        52,402  

Veris Residential, Inc.

    3,705        53,204  
    

 

 

 
       440,217  
Retail REITs — 1.2%             

Acadia Realty Trust

    6,075        115,850  

Agree Realty Corp.

    4,995        364,685  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    99        21,872  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    14,206        371,629  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    676        19,989  

Curbline Properties Corp.

    4,831        111,403  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    3,971        381,970  

Getty Realty Corp.

    2,451        67,231  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    3,410        93,434  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    10,143        224,566  

Macerich Co. (The)

    11,698        200,621  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    4,145        77,180  

NNN REIT, Inc.

    8,710        352,407  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    5,537        187,372  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    554        16,404  

SITE Centers Corp.

    2,378        17,431  

Tanger, Inc.

    5,199        169,279  

Urban Edge Properties

    5,802        111,572  

Whitestone REIT

    2,175        27,275  
    

 

 

 
       2,932,170  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.9%  

ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,303        95,482  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (a)

    5,700        170,544  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

    1,089        30,557  

Ambarella, Inc. (a)

    1,891        161,170  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    5,307        171,310  

Astera Labs, Inc. (a)

    6,048        1,129,041  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,431        113,850  

CEVA, Inc. (a)

    1,064        28,951  

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)

    2,455        325,656  

Cohu, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,000        47,580  

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. (a)

    6,714        1,259,681  

Diodes, Inc. (a)

    2,027        108,161  

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

    6,122        186,782  

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

    3,571        196,227  

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)

    1,537        34,859  

Impinj, Inc. (a)

    1,235        249,668  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    2,196        87,686  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

    6,376        465,193  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,924        433,132  

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

    3,835        58,100  

MKS, Inc.

    2,431        349,359  

Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)

    2,268        306,089  

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

    1,434        41,772  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Penguin Solutions, Inc. (a)

    2,367     $ 52,713  

Photronics, Inc. (a)

    2,851       68,139  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    2,497       104,599  

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

    3,911       371,232  

Rambus, Inc. (a)

    4,976       511,732  

Rigetti Computing, Inc. (a)(b)

    13,447       595,299  

Semtech Corp. (a)(b)

    4,008       271,983  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    1,496       196,096  

SiTime Corp. (a)

    990       286,744  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    7,264       564,558  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,650       92,989  

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

    1,830       129,820  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,939       53,148  

Universal Display Corp.

    2,192       322,838  

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

    2,447       70,351  
   

 

 

 
       9,743,091  
Software — 5.8%        

A10 Networks, Inc.

    3,331       59,425  

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    4,868       231,863  

Adeia, Inc.

    4,981       84,876  

Agilysys, Inc. (a)

    1,173       147,165  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,302       113,304  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,925       59,348  

Amplitude, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,852       38,713  

Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,068       271,731  

Appian Corp., Class A (a)

    1,410       42,201  

Asana, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,225       59,361  

Aurora Innovation, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    50,117       262,613  

AvePoint, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,087       71,574  

BILL Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,868       192,085  

Blackbaud, Inc. (a)

    1,762       112,839  

BlackLine, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,334       133,622  

Blend Labs, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    8,880       29,393  

Box, Inc., Class A (a)

    6,602       211,858  

Braze, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,212       92,056  

C3.ai, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    5,502       96,725  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    23,405       204,092  

Cipher Mining, Inc. (a)(b)

    12,060       224,919  

Cleanspark, Inc. (a)

    12,641       225,010  

Clear Secure, Inc., Class A

    3,893       118,620  

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    12,306       226,553  

Commvault Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,028       282,338  

Confluent, Inc., Class A (a)

    12,998       303,763  

Core Scientific, Inc. (a)(b)

    12,821       276,164  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    2,817       186,823  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)

    8,613       249,777  

D-Wave Quantum, Inc. (a)(b)

    15,303       567,129  

Elastic NV (a)

    4,070       363,125  

Five9, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,144       76,336  

Freshworks, Inc., Class A (a)

    9,161       101,687  

Gitlab, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    6,051       294,986  

Hut 8 Corp. (a)

    4,339       219,814  

Informatica, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,784       193,588  

Intapp, Inc. (a)

    2,570       98,637  

InterDigital, Inc.

    1,104       399,604  

Jamf Holding Corp. (a)

    2,341       30,082  

JFrog Ltd. (a)

    4,464       211,951  

Klaviyo, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,120       133,120  

Life360, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,420       337,588  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,944       80,489  

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

    2,801       509,978  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    16,791       306,772  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

N-able, Inc. (a)

    3,368     $ 26,371  

nCino, Inc. (a)

    4,730       126,196  

NCR Voyix Corp. (a)

    6,755       77,075  

NextNav, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,887       38,541  

OneSpan, Inc.

    1,565       17,841  

Onestream, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,704       69,969  

Pagaya Technologies Ltd., Class A (a)(b)

    1,862       50,069  

PagerDuty, Inc. (a)

    3,939       63,260  

PAR Technology Corp. (a)(b)

    1,879       66,404  

Pegasystems, Inc. (b)

    4,223       268,794  

Porch Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    3,655       55,008  

Procore Technologies, Inc. (a)

    5,437       401,359  

Progress Software Corp. (a)

    1,866       79,566  

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,035       46,907  

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,781       171,755  

Qualys, Inc. (a)

    1,616        199,188  

Rapid7, Inc. (a)

    2,723       50,403  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,384       101,926  

Riot Platforms, Inc. (a)

    15,064       297,966  

Rubrik, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,423       408,189  

SailPoint, Inc. (a)

    2,739       59,382  

Samsara, Inc., Class A (a)

    12,332       495,376  

SEMrush Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,042       14,825  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A (a)

    14,439       257,736  

ServiceTitan, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    508       47,935  

SoundHound AI, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    16,727       294,730  

Sprinklr, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,261       40,615  

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,151       22,091  

SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)

    1,742       143,262  

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,569       161,612  

Teradata Corp. (a)

    3,956       82,483  

Terawulf, Inc. (a)(b)

    13,265       205,608  

UiPath, Inc., Class A (a)

    19,761       313,409  

Unity Software, Inc. (a)(b)

    14,826       561,905  

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

    5,101       179,708  

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,713       55,020  

Vertex, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,074       70,395  

Weave Communications, Inc. (a)

    2,705       20,044  

Workiva, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,402       204,194  

Yext, Inc. (a)

    4,958       41,994  

Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A (a)

    8,745       157,323  
   

 

 

 
      14,580,131  
Specialized REITs — 0.8%        

CubeSmart

    10,518       396,213  

EPR Properties

    3,485       170,835  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    4,608       108,933  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,015       476,139  

Millrose Properties, Inc., Class A (b)

    5,585       179,893  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    3,304       96,113  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    6,624       117,178  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    3,391       135,640  

Rayonier, Inc.

    6,557       144,713  

Safehold, Inc.

    2,092       30,188  

Smartstop Self Storage REIT, Inc.

    1,478       50,769  
   

 

 

 
      1,906,614  
Specialty Retail — 2.8%        

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (a)

    2,145       155,620  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    3,043       145,729  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    2,635       124,188  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    7,306       122,083  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

    836       196,126  

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

    1,284       256,633  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E  O F  I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    9,424     $ 230,699  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,321       250,528  

Buckle, Inc. (The)

    1,493       81,816  

Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A

    2,816       37,059  

CarMax, Inc. (a)

    7,073       296,429  

Chewy, Inc., Class A (a)

    10,136       341,786  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    3,010       666,564  

Five Below, Inc. (a)

    2,501       393,332  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,846       302,778  

GameStop Corp., Class A (a)(b)

    18,796       418,963  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    10,947       250,139  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    584       232,163  

Guess?, Inc.

    1,307       22,193  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    1,202       377,524  

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

    887       317,723  

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,495       89,996  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    919       147,104  

Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. (a)

    3,482       11,073  

RealReal, Inc. (The) (a)(b)

    3,961       48,364  

Revolve Group, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,824       40,347  

RH (a)

    706       121,778  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

    4,296       64,913  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    1,724       170,417  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    637       40,469  

Torrid Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,127       1,409  

Upbound Group, Inc.

    2,430       47,093  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

    2,712       175,222  

Valvoline, Inc. (a)(b)

    5,865       193,604  

Victoria’s Secret & Co. (a)

    3,191       112,483  

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    4,128       80,868  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,570       473,041  

Winmark Corp.

    137       55,234  
   

 

 

 
      7,093,490  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%  

CompoSecure, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,187       43,434  

Corsair Gaming, Inc. (a)

    2,467       20,106  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)

    1,589       93,989  

IonQ, Inc. (a)(b)

    13,590       847,744  

Quantum Computing, Inc. (a)(b)

    6,043       100,979  

Sandisk Corp. (a)

    5,379        1,072,196  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    6,172       20,491  
   

 

 

 
      2,198,939  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%  

Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)

    5,502       114,167  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,533       48,136  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,207       59,903  

Crocs, Inc. (a)

    2,492       203,571  

Figs, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    3,673       27,401  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)

    1,596       42,853  

Hanesbrands, Inc. (a)

    15,441       102,065  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    2,557       206,912  

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

    3,996       81,039  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    627       23,105  

PVH Corp. (b)

    2,196       172,013  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    1,778       568,355  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    3,014       102,205  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    8,319       38,351  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS (a)

    6,437       28,580  

VF Corp.

    15,235       213,899  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    3,784       85,897  
   

 

 

 
      2,118,452  
Security   Shares      Value  
Tobacco — 0.0%  

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

    707      $ 63,559  

Universal Corp.

    1,080        54,735  
    

 

 

 
       118,294  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.8%  

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    4,394        280,601  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    1,786        459,163  

Boise Cascade Co.

    1,754        123,639  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,785        406,221  

Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,953        17,393  

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    507        13,861  

DNOW, Inc. (a)

    4,481        65,871  

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

    580        69,397  

FTAI Aviation Ltd.

    4,693        811,420  

GATX Corp.

    1,612        252,842  

Global Industrial Co.

    359        10,203  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    1,430        203,132  

McGrath RentCorp

    1,128        121,192  

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

    3,811        53,163  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    1,814        154,027  

QXO, Inc. (a)(b)

    27,243        481,384  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    2,901        143,338  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    363        19,047  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)

    2,054        266,548  

Transcat, Inc. (a)

    433        31,457  

WESCO International, Inc.

    2,215        574,859  

Willis Lease Finance Corp. (b)

    144        18,487  

Xometry, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,832        89,200  
    

 

 

 
       4,666,445  
Water Utilities — 0.3%             

American States Water Co.

    1,761        125,577  

California Water Service Group

    2,718        120,625  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    11,600        452,748  

H2O America

    1,455        67,294  

Middlesex Water Co.

    817        46,953  
    

 

 

 
       813,197  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%  

Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc.

    570        27,998  

Gogo, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,938        26,736  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    2,066        25,453  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    4,218        163,743  
    

 

 

 
       243,930  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.7%
(Cost: $210,666,122)

 

     252,004,169  
    

 

 

 

Rights

    
Biotechnology — 0.0%             

Inhibrx, Inc., CVR (a)(c)

    1,489        1,742  
    

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $ —)

 

     1,742  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%
(Cost: $210,666,122)

 

     252,005,911  
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
             

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 11.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 4.27% (d)(e)(f)

    27,582,125     $ 27,595,916  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (d)(e)

    600,869       600,869  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 11.2%
(Cost: $ 28,182,701)

 

    28,196,785  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 110.9%
(Cost: $ 238,848,823)

 

    280,202,696  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (10.9)%

 

    (27,453,084
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  252,749,612  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Non-income producing security.

(b)  

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)  

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e)  

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)  

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

04/30/25

    

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sales
    

Net
Realized
Gain

(Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Value at

10/31/25

    

Shares

Held at

10/31/25

     Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  23,095,740      $  4,497,928 (a)     $      $ (13   $ 2,261      $ 27,595,916        27,582,125      $ 117,159 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

           600,869 (a)                           600,869        600,869        13,981        
         

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (13   $ 2,261      $  28,196,785         $  131,140     $  
         

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)  

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

          

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

    6        12/19/25      $ 747      $ 7,116  
          

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

  $      $      $ 7,116      $      $      $      $  7,116  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  156,537      $      $      $      $  156,537  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (4,164    $      $      $      $ (4,164
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  753,760  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

          

Investments

          

Long-Term Investments

          

Common Stocks

  $ 252,004,169      $      $      $ 252,004,169  

Rights

                  1,742        1,742  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    28,196,785                      28,196,785  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $   280,200,954      $      $ 1,742      $   280,202,696  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

          

Assets

          

Equity Contracts

  $ 7,116      $       —      $       —      $ 7,116  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%        

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)

    1,449     $ 1,061,001  

Boeing Co. (The) (a)

    14,810       2,977,106  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    741       441,436  

General Dynamics Corp.

    4,755       1,640,000  

General Electric Co.

    20,788       6,422,453  

HEICO Corp.

    828       263,114  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    1,515       375,311  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    7,633       1,572,016  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    3,674       1,062,153  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    3,914       1,925,218  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    2,704       1,577,649  

RTX Corp.

    26,244       4,684,554  

Textron, Inc.

    3,521       284,532  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    1,051       1,375,244  
   

 

 

 
     25,661,787  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%        

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    2,600       316,940  

FedEx Corp.

    4,324       1,097,518  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    14,280       1,376,877  
   

 

 

 
    2,791,335  
Automobile Components — 0.0%        

Aptiv PLC (a)

    4,080       330,888  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 2.3%        

Ford Motor Co.

    76,963       1,010,524  

General Motors Co.

    18,649       1,288,460  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    14,874       201,840  

Tesla, Inc. (a)

    55,075       25,145,042  
   

 

 

 
    27,645,866  
Banks — 3.4%        

Bank of America Corp.

    133,572       7,139,423  

Citigroup, Inc.

    36,060       3,650,354  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    8,764       445,825  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    2,691       273,406  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    13,201       549,426  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    201       366,789  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    30,076       464,373  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    53,913       16,773,413  

KeyCorp.

    18,388       323,445  

M&T Bank Corp.

    3,065       563,561  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    7,754       1,415,493  

Regions Financial Corp.

    16,747       405,277  

Truist Financial Corp.

    25,256       1,127,175  

U.S. Bancorp

    30,612       1,428,968  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    63,143       5,491,547  
   

 

 

 
    40,418,475  
Beverages — 1.0%        

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    934       25,330  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    5,734       156,137  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    76,781       5,290,211  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    2,999       394,009  

Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.

    23,720       644,235  

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

    13,479       900,801  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    26,847       3,922,078  

Primo Brands Corp., Class A

    4,010       88,100  
   

 

 

 
    11,420,901  
Biotechnology — 1.8%        

AbbVie, Inc.

    34,669       7,559,229  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,460       1,121,858  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Amgen, Inc.

    10,573     $ 3,155,300  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    2,813       433,961  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    3,685       197,405  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    24,435       2,927,069  

Incyte Corp. (a)

    3,187       297,921  

Insmed, Inc. (a)

    4,093       776,033  

Natera, Inc. (a)

    2,563       509,858  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    2,041       1,330,324  

Summit Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,183       41,280  

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

    806       359,017  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,056       2,151,682  
   

 

 

 
      20,860,937  
Broadline Retail — 4.3%            

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    191,226       46,701,214  

Coupang, Inc., Class A (a)

    23,931       765,074  

eBay, Inc.

    9,104       740,246  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

    921       2,143,406  
   

 

 

 
       50,349,940  
Building Products — 0.5%            

Allegion PLC

    1,716       284,461  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

    2,225       258,478  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    842       273,692  

Carrier Global Corp.

    15,586       927,211  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    12,933       1,479,406  

Lennox International, Inc.

    641       323,705  

Masco Corp.

    4,119       266,747  

Owens Corning

    1,667       212,226  

Trane Technologies PLC

    4,377       1,963,741  
   

 

 

 
      5,989,667  
Capital Markets — 3.3%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,857       840,794  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    3,964       589,486  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    13,302       1,435,685  

BlackRock, Inc. (c)

    2,727       2,952,823  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A

    14,476       2,122,761  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc., Class A

    11,253       177,460  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    4,299       229,223  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    33,485       3,165,002  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    7,066       1,875,952  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,099       1,409,154  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    754       201,167  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    6,016       4,748,850  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    8,462       595,386  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    11,205       1,639,179  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    13,016       1,540,183  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,587       598,791  

Moody’s Corp.

    3,059       1,469,238  

Morgan Stanley

    24,193       3,967,652  

Morningstar, Inc.

    505       107,212  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    1,462       860,460  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    7,648       653,828  

Northern Trust Corp.

    3,768       484,829  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    3,398       539,161  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A (a)

    14,375       2,109,962  

S&P Global, Inc.

    6,010       2,928,132  

State Street Corp.

    5,678       656,717  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    4,341       445,083  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    2,254       237,549  
   

 

 

 
      38,581,719  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    4,351       1,055,509  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)        

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    3,228     $ 268,860  

Corteva, Inc.

    13,454       826,614  

Dow, Inc.

    14,017       334,305  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    8,270       675,245  

Ecolab, Inc.

    4,980       1,276,872  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)

    4,979       313,528  

Linde PLC

    9,222       3,857,563  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    5,048       234,328  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    4,434       433,424  

RPM International, Inc.

    2,512       274,511  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    4,544       1,567,407  

Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. (a)

    3,112       140,258  

Westlake Corp.

    692       47,617  
   

 

 

 
      11,306,041  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%        

Cintas Corp.

    6,800       1,246,236  

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

    995       209,458  

Copart, Inc. (a)

    16,409       705,751  

Republic Services, Inc.

    4,006       834,209  

Rollins, Inc.

    5,745       330,970  

Veralto Corp.

    4,710       464,783  

Waste Management, Inc.

    7,203       1,438,943  
   

 

 

 
    5,230,350  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%        

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

    20,148       3,177,138  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    77,766       5,685,472  

F5, Inc. (a)

    1,123       284,175  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    3,274       1,331,569  
   

 

 

 
    10,478,354  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%        

AECOM

    2,498       335,606  

Comfort Systems U.S.A., Inc.

    694       670,113  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    881       595,362  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    2,867       1,287,656  
   

 

 

 
    2,888,737  
Construction Materials — 0.3%        

Amrize Ltd. (a)(b)

    9,674       501,500  

CRH PLC

    13,185       1,570,334  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    1,184       725,910  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    2,622       759,069  
   

 

 

 
    3,556,813  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%        

American Express Co.

    10,697       3,858,729  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    12,519       2,754,055  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (a)

    22,689       673,409  

Synchrony Financial

    7,429       552,569  
   

 

 

 
    7,838,762  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.8%        

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,265       199,909  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    711       364,878  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    8,717       7,945,110  

Dollar General Corp.

    4,281       422,363  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

    3,872       383,793  

Kroger Co. (The)

    11,989       762,860  

Performance Food Group Co. (a)

    3,036       293,703  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

    1,940       153,182  

Sysco Corp.

    9,363       695,484  

Target Corp.

    8,912       826,320  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (continued)  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)

    4,460     $ 323,885  

Walmart, Inc.

    84,454       8,545,056  
   

 

 

 
      20,916,543  
Containers & Packaging — 0.2%  

Amcor PLC

    44,338       350,270  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    1,560       272,828  

Ball Corp.

    5,223       245,481  

International Paper Co.

    10,342       399,615  

Packaging Corp. of America

    1,732       339,056  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    10,079       372,117  
   

 

 

 
    1,979,367  
Distributors — 0.0%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    2,731       347,684  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Duolingo, Inc., Class A (a)

    759       205,416  

Service Corp. International

    2,859       238,755  
   

 

 

 
    444,171  
Diversified REITs — 0.0%  

WP Carey, Inc.

    4,258       281,028  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

AT&T Inc.

    140,600       3,479,850  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    82,671       3,285,346  
   

 

 

 
    6,765,196  
Electric Utilities — 1.5%  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    5,000       334,100  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    10,158       1,221,601  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    6,128       2,310,256  

Duke Energy Corp.

    15,239       1,894,208  

Edison International

    7,611       421,497  

Entergy Corp.

    8,692       835,214  

Evergy, Inc.

    4,463       342,803  

Eversource Energy

    6,859       506,263  

Exelon Corp.

    19,714       909,210  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    10,134       464,441  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    40,337       3,283,432  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    3,779       649,459  

PG&E Corp.

    43,317       691,339  

PPL Corp.

    13,774       503,026  

Southern Co. (The)

    21,570       2,028,443  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    11,310       918,033  
   

 

 

 
    17,313,325  
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%  

AMETEK, Inc.

    4,532       915,962  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    7,673       2,927,710  

Emerson Electric Co.

    11,061       1,543,784  

GE Vernova, Inc.

    5,351       3,131,084  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,064       500,080  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    2,207       812,971  

Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A

    7,375       1,422,342  
   

 

 

 
    11,253,933  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    23,915       3,332,316  

CDW Corp.

    2,620       417,549  

Corning, Inc.

    14,845       1,322,393  

Flex Ltd. (a)

    7,147       446,830  

Jabil, Inc.

    1,947       430,073  

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

    3,355       613,831  

TE Connectivity PLC

    5,789       1,429,941  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

    915       482,040  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    4,657     $ 371,396  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)

    1,018       274,097  
   

 

 

 
      9,120,466  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%        

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    19,454       941,768  

Halliburton Co.

    17,100       458,964  

SLB Ltd.

    28,995       1,045,560  
   

 

 

 
    2,446,292  
Entertainment — 1.6%        

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    4,469       894,068  

Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One,
Class A (a)

    485       44,125  

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

    4,216       420,967  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    2,800       418,684  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    8,342       9,333,530  

ROBLOX Corp., Class A (a)

    12,115       1,377,718  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

    3,333       854,481  

TKO Group Holdings, Inc., Class A

    1,332       250,949  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    35,306       3,976,162  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)

    44,404       996,870  
   

 

 

 
    18,567,554  
Financial Services — 3.7%        

Affirm Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,309       381,611  

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    8,851       1,100,268  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

    36,103       17,240,627  

Block, Inc., Class A (a)

    10,957       832,075  

Corpay, Inc. (a)

    1,324       344,703  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    5,820       287,508  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    10,413       651,021  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

    10,585       705,914  

Global Payments, Inc.

    4,893       380,480  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    1,461       217,601  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    16,168       8,924,574  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

    18,882       1,307,956  

Toast, Inc., Class A (a)

    9,952       359,665  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    33,341       11,360,612  
   

 

 

 
    44,094,615  
Food Products — 0.4%        

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    8,856       536,054  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    9,274       159,420  

General Mills, Inc.

    10,684       497,981  

Hershey Co. (The)

    2,928       496,677  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    5,735       123,819  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    2,044       211,656  

Kellanova

    5,321       441,962  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    17,101       422,908  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    4,934       316,565  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    25,496       1,465,000  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

    807       30,747  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    5,257       270,262  
   

 

 

 
    4,973,051  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%        

Atmos Energy Corp.

    3,090       530,615  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.9%        

CSX Corp.

    36,684       1,321,358  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    1,610       271,864  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    4,447       1,260,191  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    3,478       488,381  

Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)

    39,486       3,810,399  
Security   Shares     Value  
Ground Transportation (continued)  

Union Pacific Corp.

    11,658     $ 2,569,073  

XPO, Inc. (a)

    2,349       337,951  
   

 

 

 
       10,059,217  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.9%            

Abbott Laboratories

    34,092       4,214,453  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    1,443       198,961  

Baxter International, Inc.

    9,990       184,515  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    5,648       1,009,354  

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

    28,978       2,918,664  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) (a)

    3,828       267,616  

Dexcom, Inc. (a)

    7,727       449,866  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

    11,515       949,412  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    8,876       665,256  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    4,351       321,582  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    1,587       999,032  

Insulet Corp. (a)

    1,359       425,381  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

    7,015       3,747,974  

Medtronic PLC

    25,181       2,283,917  

ResMed, Inc.

    2,897       715,211  

Solventum Corp. (a)

    2,691       185,787  

STERIS PLC

    1,854       436,988  

Stryker Corp.

    7,082       2,522,892  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    3,870       389,167  
   

 

 

 
      22,886,028  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.6%            

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    4,676       892,041  

Cencora, Inc.

    3,613       1,220,508  

Centene Corp. (a)

    9,156       323,848  

Cigna Group (The)

    5,055       1,235,493  

CVS Health Corp.

    24,803       1,938,354  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    4,407       1,397,900  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    3,348       1,539,009  

Humana, Inc.

    2,376       660,979  

Labcorp Holdings, Inc.

    1,654       420,050  

McKesson Corp.

    2,464       1,999,142  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)(b)

    1,046       160,101  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    2,170       381,811  

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

    1,715       354,130  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    17,799       6,079,426  
   

 

 

 
      18,602,792  
Health Care REITs — 0.3%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    2,887       168,081  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    13,771       247,189  

Ventas, Inc.

    8,474       625,297  

Welltower, Inc.

    13,115       2,374,340  
   

 

 

 
      3,414,907  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,925       851,760  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%            

Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)

    8,190       1,036,363  

Booking Holdings, Inc.

    635       3,224,365  

Carnival Corp. (a)

    21,099       608,284  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    26,280       832,813  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    2,330       419,750  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    615       245,053  

DoorDash, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,161       1,821,544  

DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    9,607       293,878  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    2,391       526,020  

Flutter Entertainment PLC (a)(b)

    3,238       753,126  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    4,325       1,111,352  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)        

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    6,178     $ 366,664  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    4,450       1,159,581  

McDonald’s Corp.

    14,050       4,192,941  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

    4,953       1,420,669  

Starbucks Corp.

    22,314       1,804,533  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    5,472       756,285  
   

 

 

 
    20,573,221  
Household Durables — 0.3%        

DR Horton, Inc.

    5,243       781,627  

Garmin Ltd.

    3,160       676,050  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    4,182       517,606  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    160       18,888  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    53       382,174  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    3,974       476,363  

Somnigroup International, Inc.

    3,645       289,194  
   

 

 

 
    3,141,902  
Household Products — 0.8%        

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    4,863       426,436  

Clorox Co. (The)

    2,441       274,515  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    15,959       1,229,641  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    6,556       784,819  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    46,055       6,925,290  
   

 

 

 
    9,640,701  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%        

Vistra Corp.

    6,637       1,249,747  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%        

3M Co.

    10,500       1,748,250  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    12,449       2,506,357  
   

 

 

 
    4,254,607  
Industrial REITs — 0.2%        

Prologis, Inc.

    18,168       2,254,467  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.7%        

Aflac, Inc.

    9,529       1,021,414  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    5,173       990,733  

American International Group, Inc.

    10,515       830,264  

Aon PLC, Class A

    4,243       1,445,505  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

    7,354       634,724  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    5,011       1,250,194  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    5,483       437,214  

Chubb Ltd.

    7,276       2,015,015  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    3,018       466,553  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    494       144,564  

Everest Group Ltd.

    840       264,197  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    4,976       274,874  

Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    5,602       695,656  

Loews Corp.

    3,468       345,274  

Markel Group, Inc. (a)

    233       460,066  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    9,654       1,719,860  

MetLife, Inc.

    11,163       891,031  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    4,376       367,759  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    11,461       2,360,966  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    6,900       717,600  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,286       234,644  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    899       228,427  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    4,405       1,183,271  

Unum Group

    3,194       234,504  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    5,610       400,217  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    1,854       580,487  
   

 

 

 
     20,195,013  
Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services — 7.2%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    107,668     $ 30,275,165  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    92,825       26,159,942  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    42,612       27,627,490  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

    11,571       383,000  

Reddit, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,308       482,257  

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS (a)

    21,006       163,847  
   

 

 

 
     85,091,701  
IT Services — 1.3%        

Accenture PLC, Class A

    12,236       3,060,224  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,735       205,399  

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,979       1,514,481  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    9,629       701,762  

CoreWeave, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,075       143,738  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

    1,498       372,013  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,772       369,036  

International Business Machines Corp.

    18,302       5,626,218  

MongoDB, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,559       560,959  

Okta, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,276       299,852  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    6,410       1,761,981  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

    2,855       385,082  

VeriSign, Inc.

    1,555       372,889  
   

 

 

 
    15,373,634  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%        

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    5,631       824,153  

Danaher Corp.

    12,803       2,757,510  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    3,101       383,098  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,303       714,967  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    408       577,846  

Revvity, Inc.

    2,384       223,119  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    7,402       4,199,821  

Waters Corp. (a)

    1,158       404,837  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    1,417       399,693  
   

 

 

 
    10,485,044  
Machinery — 1.5%        

Caterpillar, Inc.

    9,222       5,323,492  

CNH Industrial NV

    17,629       184,928  

Cummins, Inc.

    2,686       1,175,609  

Deere & Co.

    4,899       2,261,525  

Dover Corp.

    2,737       496,656  

Fortive Corp.

    6,607       332,596  

Graco, Inc.

    3,282       268,369  

IDEX Corp.

    1,405       240,901  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    5,763       1,405,711  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    8,000       610,640  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    7,708       714,994  

PACCAR, Inc.

    10,064       990,298  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    2,411       1,863,293  

Pentair PLC

    3,263       347,020  

Snap-on, Inc.

    988       331,523  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    3,338       682,421  

Xylem, Inc.

    4,781       721,214  
   

 

 

 
    17,951,190  
Media — 0.3%        

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,831       428,161  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    73,072       2,033,959  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    4,226       273,211  

Fox Corp., Class B

    2,665       155,663  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A (a)

    329       17,598  

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

    2,045       110,062  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    7,394       195,941  

News Corp., Class B

    1,988       60,574  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    3,815     $ 286,201  

Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A (a)

    8,828       443,872  
   

 

 

 
      4,005,242  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%        

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    27,342       1,140,161  

Newmont Corp.

    21,515       1,742,070  

Nucor Corp.

    4,589       688,579  

Reliance, Inc.

    1,025       289,491  

Southern Copper Corp.

    1,797       249,424  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    2,763       433,238  
   

 

 

 
    4,542,963  
Multi-Utilities — 0.6%        

Ameren Corp.

    5,281       538,768  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    12,842       491,078  

CMS Energy Corp.

    5,841       429,605  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    7,064       688,104  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    16,644       976,836  

DTE Energy Co.

    4,027       545,820  

NiSource, Inc.

    9,084       382,527  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    9,796       789,166  

Sempra

    12,857       1,182,073  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    6,012       671,721  
   

 

 

 
    6,695,698  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%        

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    4,368       926,016  

Chevron Corp.

    37,259       5,876,489  

ConocoPhillips

    24,463       2,173,782  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    14,967       354,119  

Devon Energy Corp.

    11,948       388,190  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    3,756       537,822  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    10,748       1,137,568  

EQT Corp.

    12,139       650,408  

Expand Energy Corp.

    4,444       459,110  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    83,608       9,561,411  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    38,364       1,004,753  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    5,788       1,128,139  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    12,785       526,742  

ONEOK, Inc.

    12,125       812,375  

Phillips 66

    7,934       1,080,135  

Targa Resources Corp.

    4,265       656,981  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    378       356,598  

Valero Energy Corp.

    6,072       1,029,568  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    23,922       1,384,366  
   

 

 

 
    30,044,572  
Passenger Airlines — 0.1%        

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    12,752       731,710  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    8,990       272,397  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,437       605,335  
   

 

 

 
    1,609,442  
Personal Care Products — 0.1%        

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    4,534       438,393  

Kenvue, Inc.

    33,828       486,108  
   

 

 

 
    924,501  
Pharmaceuticals — 2.8%        

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    40,006       1,843,076  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    15,682       13,531,371  

Johnson & Johnson

    47,264       8,926,752  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    47,709       4,102,020  

Pfizer, Inc.

    111,118       2,739,059  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    6,860     $ 257,524  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    8,791       1,266,695  
   

 

 

 
        32,666,497  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    7,962       2,072,508  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    2,385       207,877  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    2,324       512,210  

Equifax, Inc.

    2,399       506,429  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    2,390       372,386  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    2,357       448,938  

Paychex, Inc.

    6,320       739,629  

Paycom Software, Inc.

    1,007       188,400  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    4,281       363,542  

TransUnion

    3,762       305,399  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    2,739       599,184  
   

 

 

 
      6,316,502  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,808       885,313  

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

    7,773       534,860  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,065       76,180  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C, NVS (a)

    3,283       246,159  
   

 

 

 
      1,742,512  
Residential REITs — 0.2%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    6,169       194,941  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    2,673       464,888  

Camden Property Trust

    2,166       215,474  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    3,733       227,900  

Equity Residential

    6,675       396,762  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    1,199       301,872  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    11,127       313,225  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    2,332       299,032  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    2,317       293,332  

UDR, Inc.

    5,819       196,042  
   

 

 

 
      2,903,468  
Retail REITs — 0.2%            

Kimco Realty Corp.

    13,572       280,398  

Realty Income Corp.

    17,141       993,835  

Regency Centers Corp.

    3,281       226,225  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    6,336       1,113,615  
   

 

 

 
      2,614,073  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 14.3%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

    31,764       8,135,396  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    9,741       2,280,660  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    15,719       3,664,099  

Broadcom, Inc.

    90,559       33,473,323  

Entegris, Inc.

    2,915       266,926  

First Solar, Inc. (a)

    1,985       529,876  

Intel Corp. (a)

    85,631       3,424,384  

KLA Corp.

    2,595       3,136,680  

Lam Research Corp.

    24,928       3,925,163  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    16,878       1,582,144  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    10,563       659,342  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    21,975       4,917,346  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    894       898,470  

NVIDIA Corp.

    461,412       93,431,316  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    4,792       1,002,103  

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

    8,348       418,068  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    21,156       3,827,120  

 

 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Teradyne, Inc.

    3,147     $ 571,999  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    17,809       2,875,441  
   

 

 

 
    169,019,856  
Software — 11.1%            

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    8,318       2,830,699  

AppLovin Corp., Class A (a)

    4,175       2,660,853  

Atlassian Corp., Class A (a)

    3,160       535,367  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    4,158       1,252,972  

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B

    2,601       132,209  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    5,341       1,808,943  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    802       101,838  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,721       2,563,550  

Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,831       949,345  

Docusign, Inc. (a)

    3,954       289,196  

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

    5,803       293,458  

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

    462       766,703  

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

    12,836       1,109,415  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    11,142       293,703  

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

    1,654       386,441  

HubSpot, Inc. (a)

    991       487,493  

Intuit, Inc.

    5,361       3,578,735  

Microsoft Corp.

    145,921        75,559,353  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,017       357,411  

Oracle Corp.

    31,985       8,399,581  

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

    42,836       8,587,333  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

    13,047       2,873,471  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    2,339       464,385  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    2,084       929,777  

Salesforce, Inc.

    18,163       4,729,827  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

    4,081       3,751,582  

Strategy, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    5,175       1,394,714  

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

    3,620       1,642,828  

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

    836       398,153  

Workday, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,218       1,011,982  

Zoom Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,703       410,243  

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

    1,906       631,153  
   

 

 

 
    131,182,713  
Specialized REITs — 0.7%            

American Tower Corp.

    9,127       1,633,551  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    8,060       727,173  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,240       1,063,358  

Equinix, Inc.

    1,913       1,618,417  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    3,994       533,359  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    5,305       236,921  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    5,813       598,448  

Public Storage

    3,101       863,815  

SBA Communications Corp.

    2,103       402,683  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    20,887       626,401  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    13,513       310,799  
   

 

 

 
    8,614,925  
Specialty Retail — 1.7%            

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

    327       1,201,539  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,808       312,789  

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

    1,236       338,157  

Carvana Co., Class A (a)

    2,697       826,738  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    19,519       7,409,217  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    10,980       2,614,667  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    16,547       1,562,699  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    6,352       1,009,460  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    21,853       3,062,480  

Tractor Supply Co.

    9,936       537,637  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)(b)

    880     $ 457,494  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    2,427       471,663  
   

 

 

 
    19,804,540  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 7.2%        

Apple Inc.

    291,294       78,757,159  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    6,031       977,082  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    25,904       632,575  

HP, Inc.

    18,697       517,346  

NetApp, Inc.

    3,774       444,502  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a)

    6,091       601,182  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    3,994       1,021,985  

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

    10,299       535,136  

Western Digital Corp.

    6,804       1,022,029  
   

 

 

 
    84,508,996  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%            

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

    2,988       243,522  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

    2,074       353,700  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    22,106       1,427,827  

Tapestry, Inc.

    4,037       443,343  
   

 

 

 
    2,468,392  
Tobacco — 0.5%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    32,938       1,857,045  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    30,489       4,400,477  
   

 

 

 
    6,257,522  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%            

Fastenal Co.

    22,290       917,233  

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    3,926       975,611  

United Rentals, Inc.

    1,259       1,096,816  

Watsco, Inc.

    678       249,511  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    887       868,373  
   

 

 

 
    4,107,544  
Water Utilities — 0.0%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    3,802       488,291  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.

    8,231       1,728,922  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.5%
(Cost: $726,103,233)

 

    1,172,657,514  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 4.27% (c)(d)(e)

    3,181,231       3,182,821  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (c)(d)

    4,787,912       4,787,912  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.7%
(Cost: $7,969,657)

      7,970,733  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $734,072,890)

 

    1,180,628,247  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%

 

    (2,329,201
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  1,178,299,046  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

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Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/25
    

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sales
   

Net

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/25
     Shares
Held at
10/31/25
     Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from

Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  7,199,567      $     $  (4,017,441 ) (a)     $ 963      $ (268   $ 3,182,821        3,181,231      $ 23,859 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,903,827         2,884,085 (a)                          4,787,912        4,787,912        38,549        

BlackRock, Inc.

    2,533,415        130,898       (163,765     33,101        419,174       2,952,823        2,727        28,410        
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
         $ 34,064      $ 418,906     $  10,923,556         $  90,818     $  
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)  

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

          

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

    16        12/19/25      $ 5,499      $ 58,318  
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

  $      $      $ 58,318      $      $      $      $  58,318  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $  454,888      $      $      $      $  454,888  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ 28,229      $      $      $      $ 28,229  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  4,024,450  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

          

Investments

          

Long-Term Investments

          

Common Stocks

  $ 1,172,657,514      $      $      $ 1,172,657,514  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    7,970,733                      7,970,733  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 1,180,628,247      $      $      $ 1,180,628,247  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

          

Assets

          

Equity Contracts

  $ 58,318      $      $      $ 58,318  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 2.8%        

Boeing Co. (The) (a)

    30,663     $ 6,163,876  

General Dynamics Corp.

    9,871       3,404,508  

General Electric Co.

    10,244       3,164,884  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    4,002       1,156,978  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    8,073       3,970,947  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    5,608       3,271,988  

RTX Corp.

    54,374       9,705,759  

Textron, Inc.

    4,655       376,171  
   

 

 

 
     31,215,111  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%        

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    5,448       664,111  

FedEx Corp.

    8,938       2,268,643  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    29,678       2,861,553  
   

 

 

 
    5,794,307  
Automobile Components — 0.1%        

Aptiv PLC (a)

    8,435       684,079  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 0.5%        

Ford Motor Co.

    159,748       2,097,491  

General Motors Co.

    38,544       2,663,005  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    30,606       415,324  
   

 

 

 
    5,175,820  
Banks — 7.4%        

Bank of America Corp.

    276,376       14,772,297  

Citigroup, Inc.

    74,642       7,556,010  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    17,891       910,115  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    5,694       578,510  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    26,988       1,123,241  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    163       297,446  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    62,226       960,769  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    111,570       34,711,658  

KeyCorp

    38,422       675,843  

M&T Bank Corp.

    6,337       1,165,184  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    15,996       2,920,070  

Regions Financial Corp.

    34,925       845,185  

Truist Financial Corp.

    52,202       2,329,775  

U.S. Bancorp

    63,211       2,950,690  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    130,799       11,375,589  
   

 

 

 
    83,172,382  
Beverages — 1.9%        

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    1,088       29,507  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    6,624       180,371  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    158,701       10,934,499  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    6,184       812,454  

Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.

    49,524       1,345,072  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    55,563       8,117,199  

Primo Brands Corp., Class A

    8,253       181,318  
   

 

 

 
    21,600,420  
Biotechnology — 3.1%        

AbbVie, Inc.

    71,710       15,635,648  

Amgen, Inc.

    21,821       6,512,041  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    5,765       889,367  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    2,175       116,515  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    50,610       6,062,572  

Incyte Corp. (a)

    6,625       619,305  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    4,198       2,736,256  

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

    1,691       753,222  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,796       1,189,894  
   

 

 

 
    34,514,820  
Security   Shares     Value  
Broadline Retail — 4.4%            

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    197,867     $ 48,323,079  

Coupang, Inc., Class A (a)

    16,705       534,059  

eBay, Inc.

    12,489       1,015,480  
   

 

 

 
     49,872,618  
Building Products — 0.4%        

Allegion PLC

    1,478       245,008  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

    4,628       537,635  

Carrier Global Corp.

    16,106       958,146  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    7,863       899,449  

Masco Corp.

    4,940       319,914  

Owens Corning

    3,506       446,349  

Trane Technologies PLC

    2,559       1,148,095  
   

 

 

 
    4,554,596  
Capital Markets — 3.9%        

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,799       814,533  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    13,975       1,508,322  

BlackRock, Inc. (c)

    5,643       6,110,297  

Blackstone, Inc., Class A

    9,814       1,439,125  

Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)

    8,695       463,617  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    31,267       2,955,357  

CME Group, Inc., Class A

    14,617       3,880,667  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    12,465       9,839,497  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    10,222       1,495,376  

KKR & Co., Inc., Class A

    13,859       1,639,936  

Morgan Stanley

    50,144       8,223,616  

Northern Trust Corp.

    7,703       991,145  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    3,647       578,670  

S&P Global, Inc.

    3,677       1,791,471  

State Street Corp.

    11,681       1,351,024  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    8,939       916,516  
   

 

 

 
    43,999,169  
Chemicals — 1.2%        

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    9,005       2,184,523  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    6,751       562,291  

Corteva, Inc.

    10,366       636,887  

Dow, Inc.

    18,853       449,644  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    9,950       812,417  

Ecolab, Inc.

    2,617       670,999  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)

    4,910       309,183  

Linde PLC

    12,419       5,194,868  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    10,617       492,841  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    9,224       901,646  

RPM International, Inc.

    2,467       269,594  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    3,844       1,325,949  

Westlake Corp.

    814       56,011  
   

 

 

 
    13,866,853  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%        

Republic Services, Inc.

    2,679       557,875  

Veralto Corp.

    3,130       308,868  

Waste Management, Inc.

    6,000       1,198,620  
   

 

 

 
    2,065,363  
Communications Equipment — 1.1%        

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    160,840       11,759,012  

F5, Inc. (a)

    790       199,910  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    2,113       859,378  
   

 

 

 
    12,818,300  
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%        

AECOM

    1,646       221,140  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction Materials — 0.4%            

CRH PLC

    27,347     $  3,257,028  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    1,260       772,506  
   

 

 

 
      4,029,534  
Consumer Finance — 0.9%            

American Express Co.

    9,412       3,395,191  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    25,933       5,705,001  

Synchrony Financial

    8,296       617,056  
   

 

 

 
      9,717,248  
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.9%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,454       128,330  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    5,772       5,260,889  

Dollar General Corp.

    8,912       879,258  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

    8,001       793,059  

Kroger Co. (The)

    24,981       1,589,541  

Performance Food Group Co. (a)

    1,863       180,227  

Sysco Corp.

    12,314       914,684  

Target Corp.

    18,472       1,712,724  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)

    3,231       234,635  

Walmart, Inc.

    91,398       9,247,650  
   

 

 

 
      20,940,997  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%            

Amcor PLC

    92,797       733,096  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    2,056       359,574  

Ball Corp.

    5,187       243,789  

International Paper Co.

    21,153       817,352  

Packaging Corp. of America

    3,636       711,783  

Smurfit WestRock PLC

    20,987       774,840  
   

 

 

 
      3,640,434  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    5,659       720,447  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Service Corp. International

    1,707       142,552  
   

 

 

 
Diversified REITs — 0.1%            

WP Carey, Inc.

    8,896       587,136  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2%  

AT&T Inc.

    290,649       7,193,563  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    171,424       6,812,390  
   

 

 

 
      14,005,953  
Electric Utilities — 2.9%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    10,426       696,665  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    20,896       2,512,953  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    6,123       2,308,371  

Duke Energy Corp.

    31,588       3,926,389  

Edison International

    15,603       864,094  

Entergy Corp.

    18,035       1,732,983  

Evergy, Inc.

    9,369       719,633  

Eversource Energy

    14,267       1,053,047  

Exelon Corp.

    41,046       1,893,042  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    20,987       961,834  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    83,503       6,797,144  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    4,537       779,729  

PG&E Corp.

    89,334       1,425,771  

PPL Corp.

    16,083       587,351  

Southern Co. (The)

    44,698       4,203,400  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    23,271       1,888,907  
   

 

 

 
      32,351,313  
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%            

Eaton Corp. PLC

    8,063       3,076,518  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)            

Emerson Electric Co.

    10,850     $  1,514,335  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    1,901       700,252  
   

 

 

 
      5,291,105  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%  

CDW Corp.

    3,499       557,636  

Corning, Inc.

    13,724       1,222,534  

Flex Ltd. (a)

    8,669       541,986  

Jabil, Inc.

    1,650       364,468  

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,190       400,682  

TE Connectivity PLC

    5,973       1,475,391  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

    551       290,278  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    2,748       219,153  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a)

    692       186,321  
   

 

 

 
      5,258,449  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%            

Baker Hughes Co., Class A

    20,034       969,846  

Halliburton Co.

    35,017       939,856  

SLB Ltd.

    60,109       2,167,531  
   

 

 

 
      4,077,233  
Entertainment — 1.0%            

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    4,922       984,695  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    73,053       8,227,229  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)

    91,929       2,063,806  
   

 

 

 
      11,275,730  
Financial Services — 3.8%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    10,493       1,304,385  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

    74,714       35,678,923  

Block, Inc., Class A (a)

    9,135       693,712  

Corpay, Inc. (a)

    902       234,836  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    11,535       569,829  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    6,918       432,513  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

    11,240       749,596  

Global Payments, Inc.

    9,934       772,468  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

    38,827       2,689,546  
   

 

 

 
      43,125,808  
Food Products — 0.8%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    18,395       1,113,449  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    19,171       329,550  

General Mills, Inc.

    22,180       1,033,810  

Hershey Co. (The)

    3,903       662,066  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    11,641       251,329  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

    4,317       447,025  

Kellanova

    11,085       920,720  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    35,354       874,304  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    5,005       321,121  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    52,696       3,027,912  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

    1,665       63,437  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    11,116       571,474  
   

 

 

 
      9,616,197  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    3,401       584,020  
   

 

 

 
Ground Transportation — 0.8%            

CSX Corp.

    75,705       2,726,894  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    1,455       245,691  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    3,633       1,029,520  

Union Pacific Corp.

    24,054       5,300,780  
   

 

 

 
      9,302,885  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%            

Abbott Laboratories

    32,752       4,048,802  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)            

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    1,442     $ 198,823  

Baxter International, Inc.

    20,931       386,596  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    11,699       2,090,728  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) (a)

    2,293       160,304  

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.

    10,957       821,227  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    9,155       676,646  

Medtronic PLC

    52,086       4,724,200  

Solventum Corp. (a)

    5,560       383,863  

Stryker Corp.

    5,901       2,102,172  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    8,114       815,944  
   

 

 

 
      16,409,305  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8%            

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    4,048       772,237  

Centene Corp. (a)

    19,184       678,538  

Cigna Group (The)

    10,485       2,562,639  

CVS Health Corp.

    51,360       4,013,784  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    9,137       2,898,256  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    6,947       3,193,397  

Humana, Inc.

    4,874       1,355,898  

Labcorp Holdings, Inc.

    3,403       864,226  

McKesson Corp.

    1,884       1,528,565  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    978       149,693  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    4,512       793,886  

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

    2,349       485,045  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    36,808       12,572,140  
   

 

 

 
      31,868,304  
Health Care REITs — 0.0%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    3,720       216,579  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    16,034       287,810  
   

 

 

 
      504,389  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%            

Airbnb, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,888       745,068  

Carnival Corp. (a)

    43,785       1,262,322  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    1,955       352,193  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    2,671       587,620  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    5,408       320,965  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    6,023       1,569,473  

McDonald’s Corp.

    19,642       5,861,762  

Starbucks Corp.

    31,458       2,544,008  
   

 

 

 
      13,243,411  
Household Durables — 0.4%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    10,837       1,615,580  

Garmin Ltd.

    1,705       364,768  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    8,642       1,069,620  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    362       42,734  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    62       447,071  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    4,629       554,878  
   

 

 

 
      4,094,651  
Household Products — 1.5%            

Clorox Co. (The)

    1,260       141,700  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    16,295       1,255,530  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    8,780       1,051,054  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    95,239       14,321,088  
   

 

 

 
      16,769,372  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%            

3M Co.

    21,657       3,605,891  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    25,783       5,190,891  
   

 

 

 
      8,796,782  
Security   Shares     Value  
Industrial REITs — 0.4%            

Prologis, Inc.

    37,535     $ 4,657,718  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 2.5%            

Aflac, Inc.

    19,803       2,122,684  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    4,972       952,237  

American International Group, Inc.

    12,544       990,474  

Aon PLC, Class A

    3,900       1,328,652  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

    15,092       1,302,590  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    2,764       689,590  

Chubb Ltd.

    15,057       4,169,886  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    6,294       972,989  

Everest Group Ltd.

    1,742       547,894  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

    10,553       582,948  

Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    11,455       1,422,482  

Loews Corp.

    4,091       407,300  

Markel Group, Inc. (a)

    195       385,033  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    11,533       2,054,604  

MetLife, Inc.

    22,824       1,821,812  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    8,997       756,108  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    7,310       1,505,860  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    14,409       1,498,536  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    2,699       492,460  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    1,884       478,706  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    9,105       2,445,785  

Unum Group

    6,439       472,751  

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    4,869       347,354  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    2,060       644,986  
   

 

 

 
      28,393,721  
Interactive Media & Services — 9.7%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    236,265       66,435,355  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    149,566       42,150,690  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

    13,368       442,481  

Reddit, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,745       364,618  

Snap, Inc., Class A, NVS (a)

    19,474       151,897  
   

 

 

 
      109,545,041  
IT Services — 1.6%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    17,438       4,361,244  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    5,653       424,540  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    20,100       1,464,888  

CoreWeave, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,000       133,710  

International Business Machines Corp.

    37,835       11,630,857  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,847       249,124  
   

 

 

 
      18,264,363  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    7,147       1,046,035  

Danaher Corp.

    26,524       5,712,739  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    6,320       780,773  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    4,589       993,335  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    357       505,615  

Revvity, Inc.

    2,977       278,617  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    15,340       8,703,763  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    1,183       333,689  
   

 

 

 
      18,354,566  
Machinery — 2.1%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    13,799       7,965,611  

CNH Industrial NV

    36,149       379,203  

Cummins, Inc.

    2,976       1,302,536  

Deere & Co.

    10,133       4,677,697  

Dover Corp.

    2,035       369,271  

Fortive Corp.

    6,931       348,906  

IDEX Corp.

    1,336       229,070  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    11,978     $   2,921,674  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    5,660       432,028  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    5,348       496,080  

PACCAR, Inc.

    20,951       2,061,578  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    3,165       2,446,007  

Pentair PLC

    1,868       198,662  

Snap-on, Inc.

    1,396       468,428  
   

 

 

 
      24,296,751  
Media — 0.5%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,786       885,318  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    151,288       4,211,101  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    4,721       305,213  

Fox Corp., Class B

    2,997       175,055  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    7,995       599,785  
   

 

 

 
      6,176,472  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    17,411       726,039  

Newmont Corp.

    44,607       3,611,829  

Nucor Corp.

    9,411       1,412,120  

Reliance, Inc.

    1,226       346,259  

Southern Copper Corp.

    3,704       514,115  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    2,862       448,762  
   

 

 

 
      7,059,124  
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%            

Ameren Corp.

    6,537       666,905  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    14,641       559,872  

CMS Energy Corp.

    7,365       541,696  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    14,601       1,422,284  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    16,202       950,895  

DTE Energy Co.

    8,363       1,133,521  

NiSource, Inc.

    18,994       799,837  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    12,372       996,688  

Sempra

    26,419       2,428,963  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    7,284       813,841  
   

 

 

 
      10,314,502  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.2%            

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    8,970       1,901,640  

Chevron Corp.

    77,024       12,148,225  

ConocoPhillips

    50,679       4,503,336  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    30,803       728,799  

Devon Energy Corp.

    24,880       808,351  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    7,692       1,101,418  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    22,074       2,336,312  

EQT Corp.

    12,896       690,968  

Expand Energy Corp.

    4,686       484,111  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    172,984       19,782,450  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    80,059       2,096,745  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    11,964       2,331,903  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    26,535       1,093,242  

ONEOK, Inc.

    25,224       1,690,008  

Phillips 66

    16,478       2,243,315  

Valero Energy Corp.

    12,617       2,139,339  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    49,415       2,859,646  
   

 

 

 
      58,939,808  
Passenger Airlines — 0.3%            

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    26,381       1,513,742  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    5,070       153,621  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

    13,243       1,245,371  
   

 

 

 
      2,912,734  
Security   Shares     Value  
Personal Care Products — 0.1%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    6,349     $ 613,885  

Kenvue, Inc.

    70,116        1,007,567  
   

 

 

 
      1,621,452  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.4%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    82,705       3,810,219  

Johnson & Johnson

    97,775       18,466,764  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    98,862       8,500,155  

Pfizer, Inc.

    230,077       5,671,398  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    14,422       541,402  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    8,773       1,264,102  
   

 

 

 
      38,254,040  
Professional Services — 0.3%            

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    6,564       1,708,609  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    2,864       446,240  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    2,839       540,744  

Paychex, Inc.

    4,160       486,845  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    8,780       745,598  
   

 

 

 
      3,928,036  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%            

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,075       621,152  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 0.3%            

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    5,039       159,232  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    2,754       478,976  

Camden Property Trust

    2,659       264,517  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    3,083       188,217  

Equity Residential

    7,218       429,038  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    1,150       289,536  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    9,508       267,650  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    2,571       329,679  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    2,796       353,974  

UDR, Inc.

    6,880       231,787  
   

 

 

 
      2,992,606  
Retail REITs — 0.3%            

Kimco Realty Corp.

    27,784       574,017  

Realty Income Corp.

    9,101       527,676  

Regency Centers Corp.

    4,061       280,006  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    13,155       2,312,123  
   

 

 

 
      3,693,822  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.3%  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    20,160       4,720,061  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    22,133       5,159,202  

First Solar, Inc. (a)

    4,149       1,107,534  

Intel Corp. (a)

    177,068       7,080,949  

Lam Research Corp.

    22,522       3,546,314  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    22,070       1,377,609  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    45,418       10,163,186  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    4,978       1,040,999  

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

    9,263       463,891  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    43,794       7,922,335  

Teradyne, Inc.

    2,276       413,686  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    36,891       5,956,421  
   

 

 

 
      48,952,187  
Software — 1.4%            

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    6,500       2,212,015  

Gen Digital, Inc.

    14,976       394,767  

Oracle Corp.

    19,469       5,112,754  

Salesforce, Inc.

    16,546       4,308,744  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Strategy, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    10,740     $   2,894,538  

Zoom Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

    9,760       851,365  
   

 

 

 
      15,774,183  
Specialized REITs — 0.9%            

American Tower Corp.

    18,954       3,392,387  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    4,798       432,875  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,477       1,103,746  

Equinix, Inc.

    998       844,318  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    4,283       571,952  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

    10,825       483,444  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    4,398       452,774  

Public Storage

    3,825       1,065,492  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    42,720       1,281,173  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    28,194       648,462  
   

 

 

 
      10,276,623  
Specialty Retail — 2.4%            

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    7,990       656,299  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    40,370       15,324,048  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    22,745       5,416,267  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    12,890       1,217,331  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    23,628       3,311,228  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

    1,049       545,354  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    2,585       502,369  
   

 

 

 
      26,972,896  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.0%  

Apple Inc.

    302,498       81,786,384  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    12,537       2,031,119  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    53,261       1,300,634  

HP, Inc.

    38,245       1,058,239  

NetApp, Inc.

    4,135       487,020  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    8,262       2,114,081  

Western Digital Corp.

    13,985       2,100,687  
   

 

 

 
      90,878,164  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%            

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

    1,438       245,236  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    45,851       2,961,516  

Tapestry, Inc.

    3,469       380,966  
   

 

 

 
      3,587,718  
Security   Shares     Value  
Tobacco — 0.8%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    68,244     $ 3,847,597  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    34,959       5,045,632  
   

 

 

 
      8,893,229  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%            

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

    5,415       1,345,628  

United Rentals, Inc.

    813       708,269  
   

 

 

 
      2,053,897  
Water Utilities — 0.0%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    3,119       400,573  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.

    17,066       3,584,713  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $852,075,431)

 

    1,127,308,324  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 4.27% (c)(d)(e)

    83,713       83,755  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.05% (c)(d)

    1,929,427       1,929,427  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $2,013,107)

 

    2,013,182  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.0%
(Cost: $854,088,538)

 

    1,129,321,506  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.0)%

 

    (127,943
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  1,129,193,563  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2025 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
04/30/25
     Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/25
     Shares
Held at
10/31/25
     Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from
Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  1,594,808      $     $ (1,511,351 ) (a)     $ 893      $ (595   $ 83,755        83,713      $ 16,995 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,189,375        740,052 (a)                          1,929,427        1,929,427        35,263        

BlackRock, Inc.

    5,576,986        658,727       (1,102,374     107,586        869,372       6,110,297        5,643        60,493        
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
         $ 108,479      $ 868,777     $  8,123,479         $  112,751     $  
        

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)  

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of collateral investment fees, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

          

E-Mini Russell 1000 Value Index

    16        12/19/25      $ 1,615      $ 9,652  

E-Mini S&P Communication Services Select Sector Index

    1        12/19/25        151        (5,440
          

 

 

 
           $ 4,212  
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a)

  $      $      $ 9,652      $      $      $      $  9,652  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (a)

  $      $      $ 5,440      $      $      $      $ 5,440  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended October 31, 2025, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $  340,428      $      $      $      $  340,428  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                   

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ (26,536    $      $      $      $ (26,536
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2025

  

iShares ® Morningstar Value ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $  2,062,578  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

$                             $                             $                             $                            

 

 
    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

         

Investments

         

Long-Term Investments

         

Common Stocks

  $ 1,127,308,324     $      $      $ 1,127,308,324  

Short-Term Securities

         

Money Market Funds

    2,013,182                     2,013,182  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 1,129,321,506     $      $      $ 1,129,321,506  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments (a)

         

Assets

         

Equity Contracts

  $ 9,652     $      $      $ 9,652  

Liabilities

         

Equity Contracts

    (5,440                   (5,440
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 4,212     $      $      $ 4,212  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

October 31, 2025

 

    

iShares
Morningstar
Mid-Cap

Value ETF

     iShares
Morningstar
Small-Cap ETF
    

iShares
Morningstar

U.S. Equity

ETF

     iShares
Morningstar
Value ETF
 

ASSETS

          

Investments, at value — unaffiliated (a)(b)

  $  862,960,837      $  252,005,911      $  1,169,704,691      $  1,121,198,027  

Investments, at value — affiliated (c)

    5,863,793        28,196,785        10,923,556        8,123,479  

Cash

    5               1         

Cash pledged:

          

Futures contracts

    65,000        52,000        345,000        173,000  

Receivables:

          

Investments sold

                         290,427  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    1,911        11,405        1,941        211  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    399,645        84,183        520,538        904,619  

Dividends — affiliated

    2,857        2,491        7,220        5,900  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,045        3,558        14,800        10,374  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    869,295,093        280,356,333        1,181,517,747        1,130,706,037  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

          

Bank overdraft

           7,504               579  

Collateral on securities loaned

    4,961,422        27,590,637        3,189,448        85,166  

Payables:

          

Investments purchased

                         1,388,968  

Investment advisory fees

    43,698        8,580        29,253        37,761  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    5,005,120        27,606,721        3,218,701        1,512,474  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

          

NET ASSETS

  $ 864,289,973      $ 252,749,612      $ 1,178,299,046      $ 1,129,193,563  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

          

Paid-in capital

  $ 751,717,758      $ 245,670,977      $ 805,379,264      $ 840,611,625  

Accumulated earnings

    112,572,215        7,078,635        372,919,782        288,581,938  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 864,289,973      $ 252,749,612      $ 1,178,299,046      $ 1,129,193,563  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

          

Shares outstanding

  $ 10,850,000      $ 3,950,000      $ 12,450,000      $ 12,300,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 79.66      $ 63.99      $ 94.64      $ 91.80  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None        None        None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 730,943,215      $ 210,666,122      $ 724,466,792      $ 847,779,220  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 4,816,125      $ 27,354,419      $ 3,159,858      $ 87,289  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 5,861,901      $ 28,182,701      $ 9,606,098      $ 6,309,318  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended October 31, 2025

 

     iShares
Morningstar
Mid-Cap
Value ETF
    iShares
Morningstar
Small-Cap ETF
    iShares
Morningstar
U.S. Equity
ETF
    iShares
Morningstar
Value ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 9,433,250     $ 1,854,400     $ 6,505,958     $ 10,361,265  

Dividends — affiliated

    18,853       13,981       66,959       95,756  

Interest — unaffiliated

    766       782       225       386  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    55,290       117,159       23,859       16,995  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (4,952     (1,294     (1,440     (1,516
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    9,503,207       1,985,028       6,595,561       10,472,886  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    228,859       48,259       161,843       213,250  

Interest expense

    9       39              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    228,868       48,298       161,843       213,250  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    9,274,339       1,936,730       6,433,718       10,259,636  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (4,255,229     (1,739,756     (3,769,395     (18,023,992

Investments — affiliated

    (52     (13     2,571       (3,648

Futures contracts

    150,593       156,537       454,888       340,428  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated (a)

    9,360,453       1,748,642       9,079,353       53,600,342  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated (a)

                31,493       112,127  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,255,765       165,410       5,798,910       36,025,257  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    70,695,662       43,345,130       210,939,644       122,397,427  

Investments — affiliated

    (205     2,261       418,906       868,777  

Futures contracts

    (9,923     (4,164     28,229       (26,536
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    70,685,534       43,343,227       211,386,779       123,239,668  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    75,941,299       43,508,637       217,185,689       159,264,925  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  85,215,638     $  45,445,367     $  223,619,407     $  169,524,561  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value 
ETF
    iShares Morningstar Small-Cap
ETF
 
    

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
04/30/25
   

Six Months
Ended

10/31/25
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
04/30/25
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 9,274,339     $ 15,073,584     $ 1,936,730     $ 3,183,599  

Net realized gain

    5,255,765       35,484,121       165,410       5,622,904  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    70,685,534       (17,451,928     43,343,227       (2,429,398
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    85,215,638       33,105,777       45,445,367       6,377,105  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (8,433,289 ) (b)       (15,757,832     (1,668,783 ) (b)       (3,073,951
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    144,101,736       27,828,236       (5,809,765     1,712,963  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    220,884,085       45,176,181       37,966,819       5,016,117  

Beginning of period

    643,405,888       598,229,707       214,782,793       209,766,676  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  864,289,973     $  643,405,888     $  252,749,612     $  214,782,793  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(b)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

    iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF     iShares Morningstar Value ETF  
    

Six Months

Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

   

Six Months

Ended

10/31/25

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

04/30/25

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 6,433,718     $ 13,293,355     $ 10,259,636     $ 19,780,627  

Net realized gain

    5,798,910       100,620,801       36,025,257       64,638,775  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    211,386,779       7,849,204       123,239,668       (3,362,319
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    223,619,407       121,763,360       169,524,561       81,057,083  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (6,082,188 ) (b)       (13,415,529     (9,920,150 ) (b)       (19,972,638
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    22,940,721       (28,336,126     (24,731,481     37,008,330  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    240,477,940       80,011,705       134,872,930       98,092,775  

Beginning of period

    937,821,106       857,809,401       994,320,633       896,227,858  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  1,178,299,046     $  937,821,106     $  1,129,193,563     $  994,320,633  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(b)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF  
   

Six Months Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
 
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/25
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 71.49     $ 69.56     $ 62.19     $ 65.46     $ 64.01     $ 40.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (b)

    0.95       1.76       1.62       1.53       1.24       1.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    8.08       2.03       7.26       (3.29     1.50       23.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    9.03       3.79       8.88       (1.76     2.74       25.06  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (d)

    (0.86 ) (e)       (1.86     (1.51     (1.51     (1.29     (1.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 79.66     $ 71.49     $ 69.56     $ 62.19     $ 65.46     $ 64.01  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (f)

           

Based on net asset value

    12.68 % (g)       5.39     14.49     (2.60 )%      4.28     63.45
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (h)

           

Total expenses

    0.06 % (i)       0.06     0.06     0.06     0.06     0.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.43 % (i)       2.38     2.50     2.44     1.88     2.32
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 864,290     $ 643,406     $ 598,230     $ 516,215     $ 497,491     $ 457,694  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (j)

    17     31     43     37     42     95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Per share amounts reflect a three-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(b)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(f)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g)  

Not annualized.

(h)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i)

Annualized.

(j)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF  
   


Six Months
Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/25
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 53.03     $ 52.44     $ 46.57     $ 48.77     $ 58.27     $ 35.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (b)

    0.49       0.81       0.77       0.79       0.72       0.56  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    10.89       0.56       5.86       (2.20     (9.50     22.71  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    11.38       1.37       6.63       (1.41     (8.78     23.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (d)

    (0.42 ) (e)       (0.78     (0.76     (0.79     (0.72     (0.60
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 63.99     $ 53.03     $ 52.44     $ 46.57     $ 48.77     $ 58.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (f)

           

Based on net asset value

    21.49 % (g)       2.51     14.32     (2.85 )%      (15.22 )%      65.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (h)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 % (i)       0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.61 % (i)       1.41     1.54     1.67     1.28     1.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 252,750     $ 214,783     $ 209,767     $ 200,259     $ 199,971     $ 241,801  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (j)

    14     25     28     28     41     175
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(b)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(f)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g)  

Not annualized.

(h)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i)

Annualized.

(j)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF  
   


Six Months
Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/25
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 76.87     $ 69.46     $ 57.11     $ 57.06     $ 59.02     $ 40.80  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (b)

    0.52       1.00       0.94       0.90       0.79       0.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    17.75       7.41       12.35       0.04       (1.95     18.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    18.27       8.41       13.29       0.94       (1.16     18.87  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (d)

    (0.50 ) (e)       (1.00     (0.94     (0.89     (0.80     (0.65
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 94.64     $ 76.87     $ 69.46     $ 57.11     $ 57.06     $ 59.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (f)

           

Based on net asset value

    23.82 % (g)       12.08     23.44     1.77     (2.08 )%      46.58
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (h)

           

Total expenses

    0.03 % (i)       0.03     0.03     0.03     0.03     0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.19 % (i)       1.27     1.48     1.65     1.27     1.32
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 1,178,299     $ 937,821     $ 857,809     $ 748,145     $ 790,314     $ 891,187  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (j)

    2     4     5     4     6     131
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(b)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)  

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(f)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g)  

Not annualized.

(h)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

( i)

Annualized.

(j)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Morningstar Value ETF  
   

Six Months Ended
10/31/25
(unaudited)
 
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/25
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/24
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/23
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
04/30/21
 
(a)  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 78.91     $ 73.76     $ 64.93     $ 64.89     $ 63.68     $ 48.12  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (b)

    0.83       1.62       1.61       1.54       1.38       1.55  

Net realized and unrealized gain (c)

    12.86       5.18       8.81       0.00 (d)       1.20       15.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    13.69       6.80       10.42       1.54       2.58       17.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income (e)

    (0.80 ) (f)       (1.65     (1.59     (1.50     (1.37     (1.57
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 91.80     $ 78.91     $ 73.76     $ 64.93     $ 64.89     $ 63.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (g)

           

Based on net asset value

    17.44 % (h)       9.20     16.27     2.53     4.02     36.36
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets (i)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 % (j)       0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.92 % (j)       2.02     2.34     2.43     2.08     2.88
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 1,129,194     $ 994,321     $ 896,228     $ 782,374     $ 788,443     $ 687,758  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate (k)

    12     22     22     27     21     112
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on April 16, 2021.

(b)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)  

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d)  

Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(e)  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(f)

A portion of the distributions from net investment income may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year-end.

(g)  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(h)  

Not annualized.

(i)  

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(j)  

Annualized.

(k)  

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, if any.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

   
iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

   Diversified

Morningstar Small-Cap

   Diversified

Morningstar U.S. Equity

   Diversified

Morningstar Value

   Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of October 31, 2025, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Cash: The Funds may maintain cash at their custodian which, at times may exceed United States federally insured limits. The Funds may, at times, have outstanding cash disbursements that exceed deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Segment Reporting: The Chief Financial Officer acts as the Funds’ Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for assessing performance and allocating resources with respect to each Fund. The CODM has concluded that each Fund operates as a single operating segment since each Fund has a single investment strategy as disclosed in its prospectus, against which the CODM assesses performance. The financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within each Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement as of the measurement date.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments at the measurement date. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges that each Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

 

   

Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the entire fair value measurement for the asset or liability (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 
iShares ETF and Counterparty   Securities
Loaned at Value
     Cash
Collateral Received (a)
     Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value (a)
     Net
Amount
 

 

 

 Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

          

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 2,449,220      $ (2,449,220)      $      $  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    1,901,273        (1,901,273)                

HSBC Bank PLC

    4,209        (4,209)                

National Financial Services LLC

    450,126        (450,126)                

UBS AG

    6,093        (5,972)               121 (b)  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    5,204        (5,204)                
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 4,816,125      $ (4,816,004)      $      $ 121  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 Morningstar Small-Cap

          

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 555,965      $ (555,965)      $      $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    61,198        (61,198)                

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    131,510        (131,510)                

BNP Paribas SA

    1,672,890        (1,672,890)                

BofA Securities, Inc.

    1,796,762        (1,796,762)                

Citadel Clearing LLC

    11,071        (11,071)                

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    2,673,051        (2,593,870)               79,181  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    4,877,834        (4,877,834)                

HSBC Bank PLC

    117,610        (117,610)                

ING Financial Markets LLC

    13,741        (13,741)                

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    4,468,557        (4,468,557)                

Jefferies LLC

    347,142        (347,142)                

Morgan Stanley

    4,298,921        (4,298,921)                

National Financial Services LLC

    1,540,058        (1,540,058)                

Natixis SA

    190,188        (190,188)                

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    35,773        (35,773)                

Pershing LLC

    2,977        (2,977)                

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    34,721        (33,903)               818 (b)  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    262,833        (262,833)                

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    100,360        (98,459)               1,901 (b)  

UBS AG

    846,012        (807,004)               39,008  

Virtu Americas LLC

    498,702        (498,702)                

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    1,610,248        (1,610,248)                

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    1,206,295        (1,206,295)                
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 27,354,419      $ (27,233,511)      $      $ 120,908  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 Morningstar U.S. Equity

          

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 7,831      $ (7,831)      $      $  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    1,717,725        (1,717,725)                

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    59,552        (59,181)               371 (b)  

HSBC Bank PLC

    297,483        (297,483)                

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    497,520        (497,520)                

Morgan Stanley

    516,599        (515,204)               1,395 (b)  

 

 

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 iShares ETF and Counterparty  

Securities

Loaned at Value

    

Cash

Collateral Received (a)

    

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value (a)

    

Net

Amount

 

 

 

 Morningstar U.S. Equity (continued)

          

SG Americas Securities LLC

  $ 38,879      $ (38,879)      $      $  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    1,004        (980)               24 (b)  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    23,265        (23,265)                
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 3,159,858      $ (3,158,068)      $      $ 1,790  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 Morningstar Value

          

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

  $ 63,033      $ (61,766)      $      $ 1,267 (b)  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    24,256        (23,400)               856 (b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 87,289      $ (85,166)      $      $ 2,123  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b)  

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of October 31, 2025. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock Finance, Inc. BlackRock Finance, Inc.’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees : Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    0.06

Morningstar Small-Cap

    0.04  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    0.03  

Morningstar Value

    0.04  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

 

 

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ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional may impose a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% on all redemptions. Discretionary liquidity fees may be imposed or terminated at any time at the discretion of the board of directors of the money market fund, or its delegate, if it is determined that such fee would be, or would not be, respectively, in the best interest of the money market fund. Additionally, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will impose a mandatory liquidity fee if the money market fund’s total net redemptions on a single day exceed 5% of the money market fund’s net assets, unless the amount of the fee is less than 0.01% of the value of the shares redeemed. BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional will determine the size of the mandatory liquidity fee by making a good faith estimate of certain costs the money market fund would incur if it were to sell a pro rata amount of each security in the portfolio to satisfy the amount of net redemptions on that day. There is no limit to the size of a mandatory liquidity fee. If BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional cannot estimate the costs of selling a pro rata amount of each portfolio security in good faith and supported by data, it is required to apply a default liquidity fee of 1% on the value of shares redeemed on that day.

Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across the iShares ETF Complex in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 84% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended October 31, 2025, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Amounts

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $ 14,806

Morningstar Small-Cap

  32,497

Morningstar U.S. Equity

  7,147

Morningstar Value

  4,494

Trustees and Officers : Certain trustees and/or officers of the Trust are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales     

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

 

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  63,218,339       $  77,978,483      $  (3,714,911)  

Morningstar Small-Cap

    17,938,902        14,396,043        592,531  

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    6,069,927        6,505,141        (3,531,130

Morningstar Value

    45,424,332        63,340,745        (12,619,527

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

 

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7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases        Sales

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    $ 132,767,345        $ 130,351,603

Morningstar Small-Cap

    32,390,833        32,096,777

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    21,046,364        23,133,995

Morningstar Value

    127,413,146        126,176,773

For the six months ended October 31, 2025, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF  

In-kind

Purchases

      

In-kind

Sales

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

    $ 168,401,827        $ 26,119,991

Morningstar Small-Cap

           5,698,195

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    43,584,080        20,751,876

Morningstar Value

    96,783,891        121,701,568

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2025, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements. Management’s analysis is based on the tax laws and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of these financial statements, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, which may impact the Funds’ NAV.

As of April 30, 2025, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF  

Non-Expiring Capital

Loss Carryforwards (a)

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $   (24,558,579)

Morningstar Small-Cap

  (33,851,271)

Morningstar U.S. Equity

  (79,790,332)

Morningstar Value

  (23,259,843)

(a) Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

As of October 31, 2025, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost       

Gross Unrealized

Appreciation

      

Gross Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

  $  738,463,724        $  166,452,555        $  (36,101,417)      $ 130,351,138

Morningstar Small-Cap

    240,144,503          70,542,219          (30,476,910    40,065,309

Morningstar U.S. Equity

    735,073,641          486,286,450          (40,673,526    445,612,924

Morningstar Value

    855,650,927          307,187,138          (33,512,347    273,674,791

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation, tariffs or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.

BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. The Funds are not actively managed, and BFA generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to mandatory and discretionary liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause each Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore each Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by each Fund, and each Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
10/31/25
    Year Ended
04/30/25
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Morningstar Mid-Cap Value

       

Shares sold

    2,200,000     $ 170,152,362       1,650,000     $ 118,585,540  

Shares redeemed

    (350,000     (26,050,626     (1,250,000     (90,757,304
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,850,000     $ 144,101,736       400,000     $ 27,828,236  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morningstar Small-Cap

       

Shares sold

        $       200,000     $ 10,521,406  

Shares redeemed

    (100,000     (5,809,765     (150,000     (8,808,443
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (100,000   $ (5,809,765     50,000     $ 1,712,963  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morningstar U.S. Equity

       

Shares sold

    500,000     $ 43,776,509       2,750,000     $ 212,119,848  

Shares redeemed

    (250,000     (20,835,788     (2,900,000     (240,455,974
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    250,000     $ 22,940,721       (150,000   $ (28,336,126
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morningstar Value

       

Shares sold

    1,200,000     $ 97,479,404       2,100,000     $ 167,239,190  

Shares redeemed

    (1,500,000     (122,210,885     (1,650,000     (130,230,860
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (300,000   $ (24,731,481     450,000     $ 37,008,330  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Authorized Participants purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

To the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely settlement of orders for the Funds using a clearing facility outside of the continuous net settlement process, the Funds, at their sole discretion, may permit an Authorized Participant to post cash as collateral in anticipation of the delivery of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, as further described in the applicable Authorized Participant Agreement. The collateral process is subject to a Control Agreement among the Authorized Participant, each Fund’s custodian, and the Funds. In the event that the Authorized Participant fails to deliver all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, the Funds may exercise control over such collateral pursuant to the terms of the Control Agreement in order to purchase the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com . Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com .

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants

Not applicable.

Proxy Results

Not applicable.

Remuneration Paid to Trustees, Officers, and Others

Because BFA has agreed in the Investment Advisory Agreements to cover all operating expenses of the Funds, subject to certain exclusions as provided for therein, BFA pays the compensation to each Independent Trustee for services to the Funds from BFA’s investment advisory fees.

Availability of Portfolio Holdings Information

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets, when available, at iShares.com .

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar U.S. Equity ETF, iShares Morningstar Value ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal and compliance services; including the ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings held on May 9, 2025 and May 23, 2025, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel. Prior to and in preparation for the meetings, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to matters relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement. Following discussion, the 15(c) Committee subsequently requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 10-11, 2025, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates if any; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

The Board Members did not identify any particular information or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various matters and factors considered. The material factors, considerations and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of other fund(s) in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds. In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other relevant factors and information considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about ongoing enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares product line and BFA’s business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund, including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding the investment performance of iShares funds, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the May 9, 2025 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program and other compliance programs and services, as well as BlackRock’s continued investments in its ETF business.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, and related costs of the services provided as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability (as discussed above), including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business, including enhancements to or the provision of additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders and, with respect to New Funds, set management fees at levels that anticipate scale over time. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”).

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive character and scope of services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts in its consideration of relevant qualitative and quantitative comparative information provided. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund.

The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities, as applicable (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds (including cash sweep vehicles) for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, The Board further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including actual and potential reductions in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. The Board also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that are provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board also considered other indirect and intangible benefits to BlackRock as a result of its advisory relationships with the Fund, including without limitation, BlackRock’s potential benefits to its profile and standing in the investment community as a result of providing investment advisory services to the iShares funds.

The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in these Financial Statements

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

CVR      Contingent Value Rights
NVS      Non-Voting Shares
REIT      Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

 

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