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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF (XIT : TSX)

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(05-17-2024)
$50.02
Change
$0.07 (0.14%)
Open $50.04
Day Range $49.56 - $50.11
Volume 6,692

As at April 30, 2024

As at April 30, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 19, 2001): 7.04%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -5.40% -6.21% 23.53% -0.33% 24.20% 21.77% 3.54% 12.16% 16.71% 19.30% 19.14% 19.79% 17.10% 18.83%
Benchmark -1.82% 4.10% 16.91% 4.68% 8.73% 5.66% 7.59% 13.51% 8.86% 8.98% 8.12% 8.95% 7.25% 7.22%
Category Average -3.74% 20.47% 20.47% 6.33% 21.51% 11.00% 2.93% 10.99% 9.65% 10.68% 10.35% 12.02% 10.29% 11.57%
Category Rank 167 / 190 178 / 189 67 / 189 158 / 189 76 / 171 14 / 155 65 / 137 47 / 130 20 / 123 7 / 111 6 / 89 20 / 86 17 / 79 12 / 68
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 9.01% 2.78% 1.15% 0.55% -7.79% -4.31% 19.36% 3.84% 6.27% -0.52% -0.33% -5.40%
Benchmark -4.95% 3.36% 2.58% -1.37% -3.33% -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14% -1.82%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

34.00% (January 2004)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-30.78% (September 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 36.30% 13.88% 3.78% 17.48% 11.55% 60.66% 54.33% 17.45% -35.86% 55.54%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 17.30% 16.21% -0.43% 20.39% 1.55% 22.37% 29.99% 15.34% -25.24% 26.53%
Quartile Ranking 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1
Category Rank 5/ 68 57/ 79 41/ 86 44/ 86 13/ 106 1/ 117 26/ 127 61/ 132 110/ 149 16/ 161

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

60.66% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-35.86% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 100.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 97.65
Financial Services 2.04
Other 0.31

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Shopify Inc Cl A 25.50
Constellation Software Inc 24.64
CGI Inc Cl A 18.74
Open Text Corp 8.60
Descartes Systems Group Inc 7.07
Celestica Inc 4.62
Kinaxis Inc 2.71
Lightspeed Commerce Inc 1.62
BlackBerry Ltd 1.32
Enghouse Systems Ltd 0.84

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF

Median

Other - Sector Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 27.74% 27.12% 21.74%
Beta 1.36% 1.20% 1.10%
Alpha -0.04% 0.07% 0.11%
Rsquared 0.43% 0.47% 0.42%
Sharpe 0.16% 0.63% 0.84%
Sortino 0.24% 1.05% 1.36%
Treynor 0.03% 0.14% 0.17%
Tax Efficiency 99.90% 99.85% 99.82%
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 25.11% 27.74% 27.12% 21.74%
Beta 1.03% 1.36% 1.20% 1.10%
Alpha 0.15% -0.04% 0.07% 0.11%
Rsquared 0.28% 0.43% 0.47% 0.42%
Sharpe 0.79% 0.16% 0.63% 0.84%
Sortino 1.98% 0.24% 1.05% 1.36%
Treynor 0.19% 0.03% 0.14% 0.17%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.90% 99.85% 99.82%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date March 19, 2001
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status -
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) $643
52 Week High $57.00
52 Week Low $40.33
Annual Dividend -
Annual Yield -
Index S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

The iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance of the S&P®/TSX® Capped Information Technology Index through investments in the constituent issuers of such index, net of expenses.

Investment Strategy

The Index is comprised of securities of Canadian information technology sector issuers listed on the TSX, selected by S&P using its industrial classifications and guidelines for evaluating issuer capitalization, liquidity and fundamentals.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 03-19-2001
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 12-09-2002

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Advisor BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fees

MER 0.60%
Management Fee 0.55%

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