iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF
Name
As of 12/27/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.
Exp Ratio
Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
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Vitals
YTD Return
-43.9%
1 yr return
-43.9%
3 Yr Avg Return
N/A
5 Yr Avg Return
N/A
Net Assets
$4.94 M
Holdings in Top 10
78.2%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
$9.1
$8.66
$16.84
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 0.47%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover N/A
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
N/A
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Exchange Traded Fund
Name
As of 12/27/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.
Exp Ratio
Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
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ILIT - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return -43.9%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
- Net Income Ratio N/A
- Dividend Yield 10.8%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency SemiAnnual
Fund Details
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Legal NameiShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF
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Fund Family NameBlackRock-advised Funds
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Inception DateJun 23, 2023
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Shares OutstandingN/A
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Share ClassN/A
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
Fund Description
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the STOXX Global Lithium Miners and Producers Index (the “Underlying Index”), which has been developed by STOXX Ltd. (the “Index Provider” or “STOXX”). The Underlying Index is composed of U.S. and non-U.S. equity securities selected from the STOXX Global Lithium Universe Index (the “Parent Index”). The Parent Index is composed of large-, mid- and small-capitalization stocks from developed and emerging markets. The Underlying Index captures the performance of equity securities of companies involved in lithium ore mining and/or lithium compounds manufacturing.
To construct the Underlying Index, the Index Provider begins with common equity securities from the Parent Index and selects stocks that have a free-float market capitalization of $100 million or greater, 3-month Average Daily Traded Volume (“ADTV”) equal to or exceeding $1 million and have FactSet’s Revere Business and Industry Classification System (“RBICS”) Focus Level 1
classification of Non-Energy Materials. The following RBICS sectors are defined for the selection process: Africa Lithium Ore Mining, Australia including Oceania Lithium Ore Mining, Diversified Lithium Ore Mining, Europe Lithium Ore Mining, Latin America Lithium Ore Mining, North America Lithium Ore Mining, Pan-Americas Lithium Ore Mining, Pan-Asia/Pacific Lithium Ore Mining and Rest of Asia/Pacific Lithium Ore Mining (the “Lithium Ore Mining RBICS Focus Level 6” or “Lithium Ore Mining RBICS”sectors).
From the remaining securities, the Index Provider selects Tier 1 securities according to the following steps: (i) companies categorized as one of the Lithium Ore Mining RBICS sectors (ii) companies categorized as Lithium Compounds Manufacturing under RBICS Focus Level 6 (or “Lithium Compounds Manufacturing” sub-category) and (iii) companies that derive at least 50% combined revenues from the Lithium Ore Mining RBICS sectors and Lithium Compounds Manufacturing sub-category.
Following the Tier 1 selection, the Index Provider ranks and selects, as Tier 2 eligible securities, companies with at least 25% but less than 50% combined revenues derived from the Lithium Ore Mining RBICs sectors and Lithium Compounds Manufacturing sub-category from highest to lowest revenue exposure. All Tier 1 constituents are selected for the Underlying Index. However, if there are fewer than 50 Tier 1 constituents, the shortfall is filled with Tier 2 constituents, and the Underlying Index is capped at 50 constituents. The Index Provider’s methodology does not require a minimum number of Tier 1 securities.
The Index Provider applies tier group weight limits. For Tier 1, the Index Provider applies at least a 25% weighting to the categories within steps (i) and (ii) above, as well as a maximum weight of 25% to Tier 2 securities. In addition, the Index Provider applies at least a 90% weighting to High Exposure Companies, which it defines as a combination of (i) Tier 1 constituents and (ii) companies that are in the top twenty percent in terms of market share. Market share is defined by STOXX as the percentile ranking of all companies in the Parent Index with combined revenue from the Lithium Ore Mining RBICS sectors and Lithium Compounds Manufacturing sub-category greater than or equal to 1 million USD. The component securities in the Underlying Index are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization with individual securities capped at 8% and securities with weights greater than 4.5% will not in aggregate exceed 45% of the Underlying Index weight at rebalance. As of March 31, 2024, the Underlying Index had 44 securities and a significant portion of the index was represented by securities of companies in the basic materials and materials industries or sectors. The Underlying Index includes large-, mid- and small-capitalization companies and is likely to change over time. As of March 31, 2024, the Underlying Index was composed of securities of companies in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. The Underlying Index will be reviewed and reconstituted on an annual basis in September and rebalanced quarterly.
BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment
companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.
BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable underlying index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.
The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its Underlying Index (i.e., depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index) and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of
money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. Cash and cash equivalent investments associated with a derivative position will be treated as part of that position for the purposes of calculating the percentage of investments included in the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.
The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received).
The Underlying Index and Parent Index are sponsored by STOXX, which are independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
ILIT - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | ILIT Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | -43.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 Yr | -43.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
3 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | ILIT Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | ILIT Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | -43.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 Yr | -43.9% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
3 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | ILIT Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ILIT - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
ILIT | Category Low | Category High | ILIT % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 4.94 M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Number of Holdings | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 3.56 M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Weighting of Top 10 | 78.20% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Top 10 Holdings
- BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares 23.01%
- Mineral Resources Ltd 7.80%
- Pilbara Minerals Ltd 7.77%
- POSCO Future M Co Ltd 7.26%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 7.25%
- Albemarle Corp 7.12%
- Lithium Americas Argentina Corp 4.57%
- Sigma Lithium Corp 4.54%
- Arcadium Lithium PLC 4.49%
- CosmoAMT Co Ltd 4.38%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | ILIT % Rank | |
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Stocks | 99.66% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cash | 23.01% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Other | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bonds | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Stock Sector Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | ILIT % Rank | |
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Utilities | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Technology | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Real Estate | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Industrials | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Healthcare | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Financial Services | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Energy | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Communication Services | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Defense | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Cyclical | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Basic Materials | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | ILIT % Rank | |
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Non US | 66.09% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
US | 33.57% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ILIT - Expenses
Operational Fees
ILIT Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 0.47% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Management Fee | 0.47% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12b-1 Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Administrative Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sales Fees
ILIT Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Trading Fees
ILIT Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Max Redemption Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Related Fees
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
ILIT Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ILIT - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
ILIT | Category Low | Category High | ILIT % Rank | |
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Dividend Yield | 10.83% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
ILIT | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | SemiAnnual |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
ILIT | Category Low | Category High | ILIT % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
ILIT | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency |
Distributions History
Date | Amount | Type |
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Dec 17, 2024 | $0.496 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 11, 2024 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 20, 2023 | $0.118 | OrdinaryDividend |