iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF
$146.62−1.01 (−0.69%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $5.5B
- 1Y return
- +18.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.87%
- Holdings
- 403
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $147.69
- 52W range
The ETF.net DSI Grade
Score 67 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 48Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 97Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 47Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 93Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 34Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 94Category rank
Our read on DSI
BOne of the longest-running ESG ETFs in the US. Since 2006 it has tracked MSCI's KLD 400 Social Index: about 400 American companies chosen on ESG ratings, with specified controversial businesses screened out.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. all-cap companies with comparatively favorable environmental, social, and governance ratings, while excluding companies involved in specified controversial activities.
Why people hold it
- A real screen, not a light dusting. The index selects roughly 400 US companies on comparatively favorable ESG ratings and excludes those involved in specified controversial activities.ishares.com
- Launched in 2006, it has run through multiple market cycles and the whole rise and cooling of ESG investing. Very few screened equity funds have that tenure.
- A multi-billion-dollar iShares fund that has stayed close to its stated index rather than drifting from the mandate, and it pays out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- The 0.25% expense ratio matches the group median but sits above cheaper screened rivals such as ESGV (0.09%) and XVV (0.08%).
- About 400 names plus industry exclusions means real sector tilts, so it can move differently from a full US market fund for long stretches.
- ESG ratings are MSCI's assessments, not fixed rules. What makes the cut can change as the index reconstitutes, so holdings turn over on someone else's judgment.
DSI Holdings
- Stocks
- 403
- 45%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology42.6%
- Communication11.2%
- Financials11.0%
- Health Care8.3%
- Industrials8.0%
- Consumer Discr.7.3%
- Cons. Staples4.1%
- Real Estate2.5%
- Materials2.1%
- Energy2.0%
- Utilities0.8%
Geography
- United States96.11%
- Ireland1.68%
- United Kingdom0.84%
- Singapore0.49%
- Switzerland0.47%
- Netherlands0.20%
- Bermuda0.10%
- Australia0.09%
- 0.02%
DSI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DSI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.4% |
| 1 month | +0.9% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 1 year | +18.4% |
| 3 years | +23.1% |
| 5 years | +12.9% |
| 10 years | +15.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DSI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | +18.0% | |
| 2024 | +22.4% | |
| 2023 | +28.5% | |
| 2022 | −21.7% | |
| 2021 | +31.3% | |
| 2020 | +20.9% |
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DSI Dividends
- 0.87%
- $1.28
- $0.33 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.32 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.31 |
DSI Risk
- 14.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −28.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DSI Cost
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
24 of the 48 US ESG & Values Index funds charge less.