IWCiShares Micro-Cap ETF
Tracks the investment results of the Russell Microcap Index.
By iShares · Launched 2005
Annual Cost
0.60%
#3,228 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$1.5B
#894 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+45.0%
Track Record
20 years
#235 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$14,412+44.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Micro
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Russell Microcap Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 30.6% of fund✓ well diversified
BlackRock Funds III
20.8%
Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
1.7%
Applied Digital Corp.
1.2%
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
1.2%
Cogent Biosciences, Inc.
1.1%
Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.0%
Terawulf, Inc.
0.9%
Energy Fuels, Inc.
0.9%
Cipher Digital, Inc.
0.9%
Celcuity, Inc.
0.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Healthcare
25.8%
Financial Services
22.6%
Technology
14.3%
Industrials
12.3%
Consumer Cyclical
8.0%
Basic Materials
4.1%
Real Estate
4.0%
Communication
3.0%
Other
5.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
24.1%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-47.2%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.71Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.05Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the Russell Microcap Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in micro-capitalization U.S. equities, seeking to track the Russell Microcap Index. The Fund uses a representative sampling indexing strategy and may concentrate investments in financials and healthcare sectors.
- Inception date
- August 12, 2005
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03