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iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF SMLF · AMEX

$83.67 +0.28% (+$0.23)

Summary

iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 941. The ten largest make up 7.0% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.15%
Fund size
$4.10B
Positions
941
Dividend yield
1.01%
Running since
2015

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.15% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 7.0% of the fund.
  • A large fund with $4.10B under management.
  • Easy to buy and sell: about $14.7M changes hands a day.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%.
  • It has been running since 2015.

What to watch

  • 92% of the fund is in one country (United States).

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-1.6%
3 months
-3.5%
This year
+11%
1 year
+14%
3 years
+68%
5 years
+50%
10 years
+164%
Avg. market cap
$19.2B
P/E
21.3x
Forward P/E
16.8x
P/S
2.6x
P/B
4.2x
P/FCF
13.5x
EV/EBITDA
14.0x
Dividend yield
0.91%
ROIC
12.6%
ROE
36.5%
Gross margin
47.8%
Operating margin
15.9%
Net margin
12.3%
Payout ratio
19.4%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.2x
Beta
1.10

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 22% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Widely spread
  1. 1
    EM
    EMCOR EME 0.9%
  2. 2 BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.9%
  3. 3
    NV
    nVent Electric NVT 0.8%
  4. 4
    JB
    Jabil JBL 0.7%
  5. 5
    P
    Pandora Media, Inc. P 0.7%
  6. 6
    FL
    Flex FLEX 0.7%
  7. 7
    WS
    Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM 0.7%
  8. 8
    RS
    Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS 0.6%
  9. 9
    ML
    Mueller Industries MLI 0.6%
  10. 10
    TP
    Tapestry, Inc. TPR 0.5%

Positions in the fund: 941. The ten largest make up 7.0% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.

Largest sector: Industrials (19%). Largest country: United States (92%). Largest size group: Mid cap (52%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$15.00
Over 20 years
$748

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $15.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $748.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+10%
Deepest drop
-27%
Yearly volatility
17%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 10%. Deepest drop in these years: 27% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
1.01%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.21

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.85 per share, which is 1.01% of today's price. The last payment was $0.21 on Sep 15, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Very easy
Traded a day
$14.7M
Shares a day
176K

On an average day about $14.7M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
21.3
Average Bulios Score
65 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 21.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 59% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 22% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

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