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IXPiShares Global Comm Services ETF

Grow my money24y track recordRanked #644 of 2,992 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of an index composed of global equities in the communication services sector.

By iShares · Launched 2001

Annual Cost

0.40%

#2,016 of 5,854 · average

Fund Size

$519M

#1,557 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+6.3%

Track Record

24 years

#143 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,518+5.2%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

S&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 63.9% of fundconcentrated

META PLATFORMS, INC.
14.8%
ALPHABET INC.
10.5%
ALPHABET INC.
8.4%
AT&T INC.
5.0%
NETFLIX, INC.
4.8%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
4.7%
Tencent Holdings Limited
4.6%
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
4.5%
Deutsche Telekom AG
3.6%
COMCAST CORPORATION
2.9%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.6%
Cash
0.4%

By sector

Communication
99.4%
Real Estate
0.5%
Consumer Cyclical
0.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
15.9%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-43.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.97Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.45Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of an index composed of global equities in the communication services sector.
Strategy
Employs a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the S&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index, which includes large-capitalization companies in the communication services sector across multiple countries. The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index.
Inception date
November 12, 2001
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-03