Exchange-traded fund
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
TickerESMLsocially responsible
Fund manager
BlackRock/iShares
Gender equality score
Gender equality score

39
/ 100 points
Overall score
Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value
Peer rank
Group ranking

D
22.5
percentile

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Group: U.S. Equity Fund

Ranking: 1,915 out of 2,470 funds


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Gender balance in leadership and workforce
Gender balance in leadership and workforce
20/40
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Equal compensation and work life balance
Equal compensation and work life balance
3/30
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Policies promoting gender equality
Policies promoting gender equality
15/20
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Commitment, transparency, and accountability
Commitment, transparency, and accountability
0/10
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Top scoring holdings
Top scoring holdings
The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
  • 1. PagerDuty Inc
    0.07% of assets
    $1M invested
  • 2. Halozyme Therapeutics Inc
    0.15% of assets
    $2.25M invested
  • 3. Lyft Inc Class A
    0.07% of assets
    $977,280 invested
  • 4. Science Applications International Corp
    0.09% of assets
    $1.29M invested
  • 5. ShockWave Medical Inc
    0.17% of assets
    $2.54M invested
  • 6. Sunrun Inc
    0.13% of assets
    $1.92M invested
  • 7. PVH Corp
    0.19% of assets
    $2.71M invested
  • 8. Equitrans Midstream Corp
    0.08% of assets
    $1.1M invested
  • 9. Under Armour Inc A
    0.06% of assets
    $814,806 invested
  • 10. The Chemours Co
    0.14% of assets
    $1.98M invested
Bottom scoring holdings
Bottom scoring holdings
The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
  • 1. Interactive Brokers Group Inc Class A
    0.17% of assets
    $2.47M invested
  • 2. Servisfirst Bancshares Inc
    0.11% of assets
    $1.61M invested
  • 3. QuantumScape Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A
    0.05% of assets
    $730,708 invested
  • 4. United Bankshares Inc
    0.12% of assets
    $1.77M invested
  • 5. Karuna Therapeutics Inc
    0.15% of assets
    $2.24M invested
  • 6. Luminar Technologies Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A
    0.07% of assets
    $1.01M invested
  • 7. Ncino Inc Ordinary Shares
    0.05% of assets
    $699,944 invested
  • 8. SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc Ordinary Shares
    0.06% of assets
    $812,621 invested
  • 9. Select Medical Holdings Corp
    0.05% of assets
    $786,362 invested
  • 10. Trustmark Corp
    0.05% of assets
    $682,756 invested
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Financial performance
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Gender Equality and Returns
Returns chart for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.
Benchmarking tool
Current fund
ESML
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
Family
BlackRock/iShares
Category
Small Blend
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 3-yr returns 
1.16% more  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
14 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
6 / 40 points lower
Lower equal compensation and work life balance score 
4 / 30 points lower
Lower policies promoting gender equality score 
3 / 20 points lower
Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
1 / 10 points lower
Current fund
ESML
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
Family
BlackRock/iShares
Category
Small Blend
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 3-yr returns 
1.16% more  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
14 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
6 / 40 points lower
Lower equal compensation and work life balance score 
4 / 30 points lower
Lower policies promoting gender equality score 
3 / 20 points lower
Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
1 / 10 points lower
Current fund
ESML
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
Family
BlackRock/iShares
Category
Small Blend
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 3-yr returns 
1.16% more  in annualized returns
Lower overall gender equality score 
14 / 100 points lower
Lower gender balance in leadership and workforce score 
6 / 40 points lower
Lower equal compensation and work life balance score 
4 / 30 points lower
Lower policies promoting gender equality score 
3 / 20 points lower
Lower commitment, transparency, and accountability score 
1 / 10 points lower
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Gender-lens analysis
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Overall gender equality score
This fund
ESML - iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
-3.52%
13%
/
/
39  / 100 points
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
-7.72%
12%
9.79%
12%
53  / 100 points
Fund compared to benchmark
 
4.2%
1.16%
/
/
14  / 100 points lower
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