Summary
iShares Russell 2500 ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 2,479. The ten largest make up 3.2% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.23%
- Fund size
- $4.18B
- Positions
- 2,479
- Dividend yield
- 1.17%
- Running since
- 2017
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.23% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 3.2% of the fund.
- A large fund with $4.18B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $27.6M changes hands a day.
What to watch
- 98% 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
- -1.4%
- 3 months
- -8.0%
- This year
- +14%
- 1 year
- +16%
- 3 years
- +64%
- 5 years
- +22%
- Avg. market cap
- $18.9B
- P/E
- 18.9x
- Forward P/E
- 16.8x
- P/S
- 1.8x
- P/B
- 3.0x
- P/FCF
- 14.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.7x
- Dividend yield
- 1.08%
- ROIC
- 8.0%
- ROE
- 19.2%
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Operating margin
- -370.8%
- Net margin
- -60.2%
- Payout ratio
- 20.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.4x
- Beta
- 1.10
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 13% 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 BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.3%
- 2 USUS Foods Holding Corp. USFD 0.3%
- 3 THTenet Healthcare THC 0.3%
- 4 ATAllegheny Technologies ATI 0.3%
- 5 RGRoyal Gold, Inc. RGLD 0.3%
- 6 VTViatris VTRS 0.3%
- 7 PKPackaging Corporation of America PKG 0.3%
- 8 NINiSource Inc. NI 0.3%
- 9 RSReliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS 0.3%
- 10 RORoku, Inc. ROKU 0.3%
Positions in the fund: 2,479. The ten largest make up 3.2% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 18%
- Real estate 6.8%
- Energy 5.0%
- Utilities 2.9%
- Other 67%
By country
- United States 98%
- United Kingdom 0.6%
- Brazil 0.3%
- Australia 0.1%
- Other countries 0.5%
By company size
- Large cap 42%
- Mid cap 57%
- Small cap 0.8%
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. Counted from the companies that make up 87% of the fund.
Largest sector: Industrials (18%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Mid cap (57%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $23.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,139
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $23.00 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 $1,139.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 5 years
- +4.0%
- Deepest drop
- -29%
- Yearly volatility
- 17%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 4.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.17%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.28
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.99 per share, which is 1.17% of today's price. The last payment was $0.28 on Sep 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $27.6M
- Shares a day
- 324K
On an average day about $27.6M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 18.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 17%
- Fairly valued 23%
- Overvalued 60%
On average the companies inside trade for 18.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 60% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 13% 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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