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SMLFiShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF

Grow my money11y track recordRanked #205 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the STOXX U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor Index.

By iShares · Launched 2015

Annual Cost

0.15%

#645 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$4.3B

#497 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+16.1%

Track Record

11 years

#1,282 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,253+12.5%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

STOXX US Small-Cap Equity Factor Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 15.3% of funddiversified

BlackRock Funds III
7.8%
EMCOR Group, Inc.
1.3%
BlackRock Funds III
1.0%
Jabil, Inc.
0.9%
nVent Electric plc
0.8%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
0.8%
Mueller Industries, Inc.
0.7%
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.
0.7%
Flex Ltd.
0.7%
Tapestry, Inc.
0.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%

By sector

Technology
18.6%
Industrials
17.3%
Healthcare
15.4%
Financial Services
14.7%
Consumer Cyclical
11.5%
Real Estate
5.6%
Energy
4.6%
Basic Materials
4.4%
Other
7.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-41.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.75Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.11Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the STOXX U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. small-capitalization stocks with favorable exposure to momentum, quality, value, and low volatility factors. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the STOXX U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor Index, which is composed of small-cap equity securities selected and weighted to maximize factor exposure.
Inception date
April 28, 2015
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-09-18