ESML — iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-27
ESML — iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ESML Fund Overview
ESML — iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF is a US ETF managed by iSHARES TRUST, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: iSHARES TRUST
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity
- Assets under management: $2.41B
- 1-year return: 35.7%
- Ticker: ESML
- SEC CIK: 0001100663
- SEC series ID: S000061604
- Share class ID: C000199548
ESML Holdings
Top 10 holdings of iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares | 5.59% |
| Sandisk Corporation | 3.60% |
| Technipfmc PLC | 0.56% |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 0.45% |
| US Foods Holding Corp. | 0.45% |
| Assurant, Inc. | 0.45% |
| Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. | 0.45% |
| Ovintiv Inc. | 0.43% |
| Nvent Electric Public Limited Company | 0.43% |
| Xpo, Inc. | 0.41% |
ESML Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 5.9% |
| Other | 0.2% |
ESML Performance
Total returns for ESML (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 16.0% |
| 1 year | 35.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.3% |
ESML Risk Information
Risk metrics for ESML, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.4%
ESML Costs and Fees
ESML costs about $17 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.17%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.17%
- Portfolio turnover: 35%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.75 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ESML Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF had net inflows of $22.12M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $5.18M |
| 2026-04 | −$12.77M |
| 2026-03 | −$84.10M |
| 2026-02 | $42.23M |
| 2026-01 | $82.76M |
| 2025-12 | $30.60M |
ESML Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ESML Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-19
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-20
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-28
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-12
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.