iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF
Prices on SharpeShare since Oct 21, 2021
52-week range
Low $60.51High $77.55
Has MSML beaten the S&P 500?
Over the last year (to Oct 20, 2026), MSML returned +13.2%; the S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.8%.
Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2026. Returns include dividends and other distributions, reinvested.
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Returns by period
| Period | MSML | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -1.0% | +1.0% |
| 3 months | -2.6% | +3.9% |
| Year to date | +11.5% | +13.7% |
| 1 year | +13.2% | +15.8% |
| 3 years (annualized) | +19.0% | +23.7% |
Volatility (1-year, annualized): 15.6%
How has MSML done each year?
MSML didn't return more than the S&P 500 in any of the 4 full calendar years SharpeShare can compare.
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2021*: MSML -1.8%, S&P 500 (SPY) +5.1%
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2022: MSML -19.0%, S&P 500 (SPY) -18.2%
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2023: MSML +19.5%, S&P 500 (SPY) +26.2%
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2024: MSML +10.9%, S&P 500 (SPY) +24.9%
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2025: MSML +12.5%, S&P 500 (SPY) +17.7%
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2026*: MSML +11.5%, S&P 500 (SPY) +13.7%
* Part of a year: the returns SharpeShare measures start or end inside it.
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Each cell is that month's return, dividends included: green up, red down, uncolored when it rounds to 0.0%.
How rough does it get?
Counting dividends, MSML's largest decline since Oct 2021 was 29.9%, from Nov 8, 2021 to Sep 26, 2022. It was back at that high on Oct 14, 2024, 25 months after the low. During the S&P 500's declines of 10% or more in that time, MSML returned -24.2% (Jan 3 – Oct 12, 2022, when the S&P 500 fell 24.5%) and -22.3% (Feb 19 – Apr 8, 2025, when the S&P 500 fell 18.8%).
In the last year, MSML moved less than 1% up or down on 73% of trading days. Its biggest one-day fall was 2.3% (Nov 13, 2025); its biggest rise 3.1% (Feb 6, 2026).
Highest closing price since Oct 2021: $77.55 on Aug 14, 2026. The latest close, $71.81 on Oct 20, 2026, is 7.4% below it.
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