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The iShares FactorSelect MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF tracks an index of small-cap US equities. Stocks are selected and weighted to increase exposure to 4 factors (quality, value, momentum and size) while maintaining similar characteristics to the MSCI USA Small Cap Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	BlackRock
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Apr 30, 2015
Assets (mns)	$281
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	30 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-End Investment Company
Custodian
Weighting	Multi-Factor
Index replication
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	480
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$3,152
Large cap (>$10bn)	1.6%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	59.1%
Small cap (<$2bn)	39.3%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	10.6 %
TERADYNE INC	1.6 %
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC	1.2 %
RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM	1.1 %
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC	1.1 %
MASIMO CORPORATION	1.0 %
FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL	1.0 %
CHEMED CORP	0.9 %
ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION	0.9 %
HAEMONETICS CORP/MASS	0.9 %
QUANTA SERVICES INC	0.9 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	94.3 %
	BERMUDA	1.6 %
	BRITAIN	1.4 %
	PUERTO RICO	1.0 %
	ISRAEL	0.8 %
	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.4 %
	CANADA	0.2 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru October 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
15.4%	4.6%	--	--	9.0%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.17	74%
MSCI EAFE	0.86	34%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.50	19%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$41.58
30d moving avg.	$40.57
Annualized volatility	16.4%
Short interest (ETF)	0.2%
Relative strength (RSI)	70

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	68
Turnover	1.0%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.19%
ADV underlying (mns)	$7,242

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the iShares FactorSelect MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with SMLF. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

SMLF

Expense:

30 bp

ALTAR Score™:

6.4%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH SMLF
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs SMLF (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs SMLF (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs SMLF (%)
USVM	USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum Blend Index	35.7	24	6	6.6	+0.2
SLY	SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap	35.6	15	15	6.1	-0.2
IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap	35.6	7	23	6.2	-0.2
FLQS	Franklin LibertyQ U.S. Small Cap Equity	34.4	35	-5	6.3	-0.1
VIOO	Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600	34.2	15	15	6.0	-0.4
GSSC	Goldman Sachs Activebeta U.S. Small Cap Equity	32.6	20	10	5.9	-0.5
DESC	Xtrackers Russell 2000 Comprehensive Factor	32.1	30	0	6.5	+0.1
JPSE	JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Small Cap Equity	31.4	29	1	5.0	-1.3
EWSC	Invesco S&P Small Cap 600 Equal Weight	29.3	40	-10	5.7	-0.6
PSC	Principal U.S. Small Cap Index	28.8	38	-8	6.3	-0.1
EES	WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings	28.7	38	-8	9.3	+2.9
CSF	Compass EMP US Discovery 500 Enhanced Vol.	28.6	35	-5	7.3	+0.9
ROGS	Lattice Global Small Cap Strategy	28.1	39	-9	9.4	+3.0
CSA	Victory CEMP US Small Cap Volatility Wtd	27.5	35	-5	7.2	+0.9
FYX	First Trust Small Cap Core Alphadex	27.3	66	-36	5.7	-0.6
IJT	iShares S&P 600 SmallCap Growth	26.1	25	5	4.6	-1.8
SLYG	SPDR S&P600 Small Cap Growth	26.1	15	15	4.7	-1.6
IWO	iShares Russell 2000 Growth	25.7	24	6	0.9	-5.5
VIOG	Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth	25.6	20	10	4.6	-1.8
FSMD	Fidelity Small-Mid Factor ETF	25.2	29	1	6.6	+0.2

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

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
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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

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares FactorSelect MSCI USA Small-Cap
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	12.1	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.8	x
Less: Expense ratio	30	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	6.4	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.56	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.55

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.