SMLFiShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
Tracks the investment results of the STOXX U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor Index.
By iShares · Launched 2015
Annual Cost
0.15%
#612 of 5,854 · low cost
Fund Size
$4.2B
#488 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+24.7%
Track Record
11 years
#1,271 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,334+23.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Small
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Multifactor
Index tracked
STOXX US Small-Cap Equity Factor Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 15.3% of fund✓ well diversified
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%
Preferred
0.0%
By sector
Technology
19.2%
Industrials
18.9%
Healthcare
14.4%
Financial Services
14.1%
Consumer Cyclical
11.7%
Real Estate
5.7%
Basic Materials
4.2%
Energy
3.9%
Other
7.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.5%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-41.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.70Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.03Good 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 2026-08-03