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iShares Morningstar Growth ETF

ILCGNYSE ArcaiSharesA

$108.94−1.10 (−1.00%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 110.04 to 108.94. Range 108.85 to 111.44. Use the arrow keys to read each point.109.50110.50111.00111.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.04%
Fund size
$3B
1Y total return
+3.2%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.44%
Holdings
328
Avg volume · 30D
70.4K sh
52W range
low $91.26high $121.11
Launched

The ETF.net ILCG Grade

A

Score 78 out of 100

Rank
2 of 35
Six-pillar profile for ILCG. Scores out of 100: Cost 96, Risk 44, Mission 100, Tradability 64, Holdings 49, Durability 64. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Risk (44). Leans toward Mission and Cost.

Score 78 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    A96 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 35
  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 32
  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C44 out of 100
    Rank 21 of 35
  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 35
  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 35
  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 35

Our read on ILCG

ETF.net Research

In short

AGrowth by Morningstar's rulebook. A 2004-vintage iShares fund that screens large and mid caps for above-average earnings, sales, cash-flow and book-value growth, and charges four basis points to do it.

Stated mandate

The fund aims to follow an index of U.S. large- and mid-cap stocks chosen for above-average earnings, sales, cash-flow, and book-value growth.

Why people hold it

  • 0.04% a year. The typical fund in its factor peer group charges roughly eight times that, so almost none of the return leaks out the fee door.
  • Uses Morningstar's growth definition (earnings, sales, cash flow, book value) rather than S&P's or Russell's, and reaches into mid caps, not just the S&P 500.ishares.com
  • Trading since 2004, a multi-billion-dollar fund holding roughly 300 stocks. Long-running plumbing, not a launch-week experiment.
  • Tracking has been tight, and the fund sits in the upper half of its factor cohort overall, with cost doing much of the heavy lifting.

Worth knowing

  • Pure growth means no value ballast, and the ride has been bumpier than most funds in its factor group. The style can sit out of favor for long stretches.
  • Concentration runs high for the cohort: cap-weighted growth screens funnel a big share of the fund into the same handful of mega-cap names.
  • Moderately traded, not a tape leader. Sibling IUSG applies S&P's growth definition at the same 0.04%, so the pick is which index rulebook you prefer.

ILCG Holdings

Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
328
Top-10 weight
50%
Largest holding
NVDA15.4%

Sectors

  • Technology53.5%
  • Consumer Discretionary9.7%
  • Industrials9.7%
  • Communication8.5%
  • Health Care6.6%
  • Financials5.5%
  • Consumer Staples1.8%
  • Real Estate1.6%
  • Materials1.4%
  • Utilities0.9%
  • Energy0.8%

Geography

  • United States99.47%
  • China0.13%
  • Brazil0.11%
  • Mexico0.10%
  • Switzerland0.10%
  • United Kingdom0.09%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 22.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1NVDANVIDIA15.40%2,255,942$462M848
2AAPLApple8.12%706,485$243M723
3AVGOBroadcom Inc4.92%452,317$147M753
4AMZNAmazon.com Inc4.21%525,059$126M738
5LLYEli Lilly3.66%77,327$110M593
6MSFTMicrosoft3.08%176,826$92.3M819
7GOOGLAlphabet Class A3.01%322,446$90.2M707
8AMDAdvanced Micro Devices2.66%157,893$79.7M638
9GOOGAlphabet Class C2.43%262,007$72.9M480
10TSLATesla Inc2.26%169,226$67.7M528
11MUMicron Technology1.77%59,942$53M686
12METAMeta Platforms Class A1.59%77,503$47.7M708
13PLTRPalantir Technologies Class A1.32%214,946$39.6M531
14VVisa Class A1.14%82,247$34M559
15GEGe Aerospace1.01%100,354$30.3M404

Showing 1–15 of 328 holdings

ILCG Performance

Launched Jun 28, 2004

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

ILCG$10,321
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. ILCG $10,321. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for ILCG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodILCG
Year to date+6.1%
1 month−5.9%
3 months−1.4%
1 year+3.2%
3 yearsper year+24.0%
5 yearsper year+9.8%
10 yearsper year+17.3%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for ILCG
YearReturn barILCG
2026 YTD+6.1%
2025+16.7%
2024+32.8%
2023+40.4%
2022−31.8%
2021+24.3%
2020+38.6%

ILCG in the news

ILCG Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
0.44%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.48Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.14 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 40 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 24, 2017 $0.05; Jun 27, 2017 $0.07; Sep 26, 2017 $0.09; Dec 19, 2017 $0.07; Mar 22, 2018 $0.06; Jun 26, 2018 $0.08; Sep 26, 2018 $0.05; Dec 17, 2018 $0.07; Mar 20, 2019 $0.05; Jun 17, 2019 $0.05; Sep 24, 2019 $0.05; Dec 16, 2019 $0.05; Dec 30, 2019 $0.03; Mar 25, 2020 $0.05; Jun 15, 2020 $0.04; Sep 23, 2020 $0.04; Dec 14, 2020 $0.04; Mar 25, 2021 $0.02; Jun 10, 2021 $0.06; Sep 24, 2021 $0.08; Dec 13, 2021 $0.08; Mar 24, 2022 $0.08; Jun 9, 2022 $0.07; Sep 26, 2022 $0.11; Dec 13, 2022 $0.11; Mar 23, 2023 $0.12; Jun 7, 2023 $0.08; Sep 26, 2023 $0.12; Dec 20, 2023 $0.15; Mar 21, 2024 $0.10; Jun 11, 2024 $0.08; Sep 25, 2024 $0.14; Dec 17, 2024 $0.12; Mar 18, 2025 $0.10; Jun 16, 2025 $0.10; Sep 16, 2025 $0.14; Dec 16, 2025 $0.15; Mar 17, 2026 $0.10; Jun 15, 2026 $0.09; Sep 15, 2026 $0.14. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 15, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.14
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.09
Mar 17, 2026Mar 20, 2026$0.10
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.15
Sep 16, 2025Sep 19, 2025$0.14
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.10
Mar 18, 2025Mar 21, 2025$0.10
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.12
Sep 25, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.14
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.08
Mar 21, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.10
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.15

See all 90 payments⁠

$10,000 in ILCG 10 years ago paid $1,434 in dividends.⁠

ILCG Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
17.8%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.06
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−35.4%
Trough Oct 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.23
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

ILCG Cost

Overpaying vs VUG, cheapest in US Growth Index

$211

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • ILCG 0.04%

    $849

  • VUG 0.03% Cheapest

    $638

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • ILCG 0.04%
  • VUG 0.03%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$200$400$600$800$1K051015202530ILCG $849VUG $638

Year by year

YearILCGVUGOverpaying
10$73$55$18
20$288$216$72
30$849$638$211

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