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iShares Core U.S. Growth Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the large cap growth sector of the U.S. stock market, as represented by the Russell 3000 Growth Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	Barclays Global Investors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Jul 28, 2000
Assets (mns)	$8,539
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	4 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	State Street Bank & Trust
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	505
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$452,978
Large cap (>$10bn)	94.4%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	5.6%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.1%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	36.9 %
MICROSOFT CORP	8.7 %
APPLE INC	8.3 %
AMAZON.COM INC	4.7 %
FACEBOOK	3.2 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS A	2.8 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS C	2.8 %
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES	2.2 %
MASTERCARD INC-CLASS A	1.9 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	1.3 %
HOME DEPOT INC	1.2 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	97.7 %
	BRITAIN	1.0 %
	IRELAND	0.8 %
	SWITZERLAND	0.2 %
	BERMUDA	0.1 %
	NETHERLANDS	0.0 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru January 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
2.0%	23.9%	14.0%	15.1%	5.1%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.97	94%
MSCI EAFE	0.86	61%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.57	46%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$72.86
30d moving avg.	$70.70
Annualized volatility	12.2%
Short interest (ETF)	0.1%
Short interest (Underlying)	3.1%
Relative strength (RSI)	69

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	842
Turnover	0.7%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.02%
ADV underlying (mns)	$120,893

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the iShares Core S&P US Growth ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with IUSG. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

IUSG

Expense:

4 bp

ALTAR Score™:

4.7%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH IUSG
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs IUSG (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs IUSG (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs IUSG (%)
IVW	iShares S&P 500 Growth	93.5	18	-14	4.6	-0.1
SPYG	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth	93.4	4	0	4.7	+0.1
VOOG	Vanguard S&P 500 Growth	93.3	10	-6	4.7	0.0
OMOM	Invesco Russell 1000 Momentum Factor ETF	80.4	19	-15	5.8	+1.2
IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth	76.7	19	-15	4.5	-0.1
VONG	Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth	76.6	8	-4	4.7	-0.0
OQAL	Invesco Russell 1000 Quality Factor ETF	73.9	19	-15	6.0	+1.3
MMTM	SPDR S&P1500 Momentum Tilt	73.7	12	-8	5.1	+0.5
VUG	Vanguard Growth ETF	73.3	4	0	4.2	-0.4
SCHG	Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth	70.6	4	0	4.3	-0.3
SPXE	ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Energy	67.8	27	-23	5.5	+0.8
SPXN	ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Financials	67.6	27	-23	5.5	+0.8
PBP	Invesco S&P 500 Buy/Write	67.6	49	-45	5.2	+0.6
IWY	iShares Russell Top 200 Growth	67.4	20	-16	4.6	-0.1
SPYX	SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free	67.2	20	-16	5.6	+0.9
XOUT	GraniteShares XOUT US Large Cap	66.9	60	-56	4.8	+0.1
SFY	SoFi Select 500	66.8	0	4	5.3	+0.6
SPY	S&P 500 SPDR	66.7	9	-5	5.6	+0.9
HSPX	Global X S&P 500 Covered Call	66.6	65	-61	5.1	+0.4
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	66.6	4	0	5.6	+1.0

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020E	2021E
Sales per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2019	2020E	2021E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares Core S&P US Growth ETF
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

UNDERWEIGHT

Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	25.1	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	5.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	4	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	4.7	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.41	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.56

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.