ESML: iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
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ESML at a glance
ESML returned +22.30% over the past year and +6.20% a year over five years. Its worst drop in that year was -9.04%, smaller than 64% of ETFs on Redstone, and its Sharpe ratio of 1.06 beats 84% of ETFs on Redstone. It yields 0.93%.
Current Drawdown
-3.77%
Rolling Volatility
22.20%
Dividends
ESML dividends
Yield
0.93%
Paid, past year
$0.50
Pays
Quarterly
Growth a year
+1.1%
Per share, by year
Yearly return over 5 years
ESML paid $0.50 a share over the past year, every quarter. Its yearly rate rose from $0.48 in 2022 to $0.50 in 2025, 1.1% a year. With dividends reinvested it returned +6.20% a year over five years, against +4.89% on price alone.
›All 20 payments since Dec 13, 2021
- Sep 15, 2026$0.1511
- Jun 15, 2026$0.1084
- Mar 17, 2026$0.1128
- Dec 16, 2025$0.1323
- Sep 16, 2025$0.143
- Jun 16, 2025$0.1189
- Mar 18, 2025$0.1025
- Dec 17, 2024$0.1791
- Sep 25, 2024$0.1382
- Jun 11, 2024$0.0883
- Mar 21, 2024$0.1079
- Dec 20, 2023$0.1388
- Sep 26, 2023$0.132
- Jun 7, 2023$0.115
- Mar 23, 2023$0.113
- Dec 13, 2022$0.1422
- Sep 26, 2022$0.1517
- Jun 9, 2022$0.0955
- Mar 24, 2022$0.0913
- Dec 13, 2021$0.0929
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About ESML
The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF seeks to track the investment results of an optimized index designed to produce investment results comparable to a capitalization weighted index of small-capitalization U.S. companies, while reflecting a higher allocation to those companies with favorable environmental, social and governance profiles (as determined by the index provider). The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI USA Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index, which has been developed by MSCI Inc..
From its prospectus, filed Dec 30, 2025- Category
- Small Cap Blend
- Expense ratio
- 0.17%
- Fund size
- $2.8B
- Inception
- Apr 2018
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