BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

Shareclass

BlackRock Equity Dividend Instl (MADVX)

Type

Open-end mutual fund

Manager

BlackRock/iShares

Flagged investments:

$2.46 BILLION, 13% of assets

Higher risk:

$924.82 MILLION, 4.86% of assets

Private prison operators:

$0, 0% of assets

For each prison industrial complex category, click to see the breakdown of flagged holdings.

Prison industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring

holdings

$1.44B

invested

7.57%

of portfolio

Border industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border

holdings

$1.81B

invested

9.51%

of portfolio

All flagged holdings

10 holdings

1.
L3Harris Technologies Inc
$461.32M
2.42%
2.
Cardinal Health Inc
$457.49M
2.4%
3.
Microsoft Corp
$427.18M
2.24%
4.
General Motors Co
$261.77M
1.37%
5.
Elevance Health Inc
$195.61M
1.03%

Higher risk
Private prison operator

See all

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund $MADVX is 13% ($2.46 BILLION) invested in companies with prison involvement

Sustainability report card

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BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund MADVX

Environment

Fossil fuels

Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies, and related financial companies

Deforestation

Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Social

Gender equality

Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms

Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex

Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons

Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco

Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Financial performance

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Current fund

MADVX

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

Large Value

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Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.46% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.34% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

3.23% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

3.23% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.46% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

9.4% less invested

Current fund

MADVX

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

Large Value

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.46% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.34% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

3.23% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

3.23% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.46% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

9.4% less invested

Current fund

MADVX

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

Large Value

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.46% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.34% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

3.23% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

3.23% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.46% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

9.4% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 11/30/24

Morningstar suggested benchmark: S&P 500 TR USD

Annualized returns

Flagged investments

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
MADVX - BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

23%

10%

9.85%

Benchmark

34%

11%

16%

13%

Fund compared to benchmark

-11.32%

-1.2%

-5.47%

-3.46%

Same

Find more financial data on MADVX at Morningstar.com

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