ESMLiShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
Seeks to track the investment results of an optimized index designed to produce investment results comparable to small-cap U.S. companies.
By iShares · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.17%
#834 of 5,562 · low cost
Fund Size
$2.4B
#656 of 5,562 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+37.6%
Track Record
8 years
#1,729 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,572+35.7%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Small
Strategy
Index tracking
Focus
ESG
Index tracked
MSCI USA Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 9.7% of fund✓ well diversified
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
5.2%
SUNOCOCORP LLC
0.7%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP.
0.5%
SANDISK CORPORATION
0.5%
CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.
0.5%
ASSURANT, INC.
0.5%
TECHNIPFMC PLC
0.4%
Coherent Corp.
0.4%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares
0.4%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC.
0.4%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
By sector
Technology
20.8%
Industrials
17.8%
Financial Services
13.8%
Healthcare
12.8%
Consumer Cyclical
10.7%
Real Estate
6.5%
Energy
4.8%
Basic Materials
4.0%
Other
8.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.1%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-42.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.71Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.05Good downside protection
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track the investment results of an optimized index designed to produce investment results comparable to small-cap U.S. companies.
- Strategy
- Tracks the MSCI USA Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index, which is designed to produce results comparable to the MSCI USA Small Cap Index while reflecting a higher allocation to companies with favorable ESG profiles. The Index Provider excludes companies involved in tobacco, controversial weapons, and certain fossil fuels, and uses a quantitative process to optimize weights for securities to maximize ESG exposure. The Fund invests at least 90% of its assets in the Underlying Index components and may use representative sampling indexing strategy.
- Inception date
- April 10, 2018
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-06-19