---
ticker: "ESML"
name: "iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/ESML"
grade: "B"
score: 68
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US ESG & Values Index"
category_rank: "12 of 48"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# ESML: iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Grade **B**, Score 68 of 100. Rank 12 of 48 in US ESG & Values Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 62 | 18 of 48 |
| Mission | 94 | 21 of 43 |
| Risk | 30 | 44 of 48 |
| Tradability | 63 | 14 of 48 |
| Holdings | 84 | 2 of 48 |
| Durability | 80 | 5 of 48 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 909 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | MRNA | Moderna | 1.24% |
| 2 | AIZ | Assurant Inc | 0.62% |
| 3 | USFD | Us Foods Holding | 0.55% |
| 4 | OVV | Ovintiv | 0.46% |
| 5 | DT | Dynatrace Inc | 0.39% |
| 6 | OGS | One Gas | 0.38% |
| 7 | RVTY | Revvity | 0.37% |
| 8 | NTNX | Nutanix Class A | 0.37% |
| 9 | GH | Guardant Health | 0.36% |
| 10 | RGLD | Royal Gold | 0.36% |
| 11 | EQH | Equitable Holdings | 0.36% |
| 12 | TRMB | Trimble Inc | 0.35% |
| 13 | MTSI | Macom Technology Solutions | 0.35% |
| 14 | SNX | Td Synnex | 0.32% |
| 15 | UNM | Unum | 0.32% |
| 16 | TXNM | Txnm Energy Inc | 0.32% |
| 17 | WWD | Woodward | 0.32% |
| 18 | SWX | Southwest Gas Holdings | 0.31% |
| 19 | JLL | Jones Lang Lasalle | 0.31% |
| 20 | ITT | Itt Inc | 0.31% |
| 21 | ZWS | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp | 0.30% |
| 22 | DINO | Hf Sinclair | 0.30% |
| 23 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies Inc | 0.30% |
| 24 | IVZ | Invesco Ltd | 0.30% |
| 25 | EWBC | East West Bancorp | 0.30% |
| 26 | RGA | Reinsurance Group of America | 0.30% |
| 27 | FDS | Factset Research Systems | 0.30% |
| 28 | WCC | Wesco International | 0.30% |
| 29 | UBSI | United Bankshares | 0.29% |
| 30 | VTRS | Viatris | 0.29% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/ESML. Please cite the page URL.