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Is ISCG a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG) is a US small-cap ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores ISCG 4.2 out of 10 — highest on Growth (7.1), lowest on Quality (0.9). It trades at 24.7 times earnings, against its own median of 23.7. Its ten largest holdings are 7% of the fund.

What stands out in ISCG's data

U.S. small-cap growth stocks, selected by Morningstar's methodology.

Priced at a premium to nearly every peer — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Priced at 24.7 times trailing earnings, it lands among the most expensive small-cap growth funds — more than the 16.6x category median — while its EBITDA margin of 17.8% lags the typical peer.

A growth-focused small-cap position, built for portfolios that accept higher valuations for faster earnings potential.

Why did ISCG move this week? It fell 0.5% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Sitime and Onto Innovation drove it

ISCG fell 0.5% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Sitime (−13.7%), Onto Innovation (−10.1%) and Twist Bioscience (−15.3%); Okta (+9.8%) pushed the other way.

How is ISCG rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG) 4.2 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG) 4.2 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 4.2 / 10
  • Growth: 7.1 / 10
  • Value: 5.0 / 10
  • Risk: 2.3 / 10
  • Quality: 0.9 / 10
  • Return: 4.2 / 10

Is ISCG expensive right now? It trades at 24.7 times earnings, against its own median of 23.7

As of October 9, 2026, ISCG is more expensive than 63% of its own 68 monthly readings since 2021 — 43 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside ISCG? 26% Tech

What's inside ISCG: Size (Large 2%, Mid 69%, Small 29%); Geography (International 3%, US 97%); Tech 25.6%; AI 1.1%; Semiconductors 5.3%; Memory 1.3%.

What are ISCG's top holdings? The ten largest are 7% of the fund

Okta, Atlassian, Guardant Health, Roku, Nutanix, Rubrik, Dynatrace, Semtech, Nordson and Unity Software are ISCG's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 60% of US Small Cap ETFs.

Half of ISCG's weight sits in its 172 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 437 equally weighted holdings.

What is ISCG's expense ratio? 0.06% a year

As of October 9, 2026, ISCG charges 0.06% a year, yields 0.67% and holds $960M in assets across 921 positions.

iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG) — cost, income and size
MeasureISCG
Expense ratio0.06%
Dividend yield0.67%
Assets under management$960M
Holdings921

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/iscg

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