iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
iShares' software-sector fund, mapping the Digital Trust software and platform leaders.
Fund summary
Strategy
iShares' expanded software ETF — the broad Digital Trust software lens (Palo Alto, Palantir, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, ServiceNow).
Stated focus
Digital Trust mapped companies, as held by the IGV issuer file.
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iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) is a passively managed fund issued by iShares, the ETF franchise of BlackRock. It tracks the S&P North American Expanded Technology Software Index, a benchmark of North American software companies plus select interactive media and services firms. IGV is the broad Digital Trust software lens: its mapped positions include Palo Alto Networks, Palantir, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, and ServiceNow — the application, platform, and security-software names that institutions depend on. In the PXS map, IGV captures the software-infrastructure layer of the Digital Trust universe, complementing CIBR's dedicated security tilt with the broader applications and operating systems beneath it. Coverage is limited to direct, issuer-reported positions in already-mapped companies, not the complete portfolio, and this is a research map rather than a recommendation. IGV is most useful for seeing where a broad North American software index concentrates across the mapped Digital Trust companies, separating the platform and application names from the pure-play security names. Its largest mapped positions are Palo Alto Networks (9.62%), Palantir (9.50%), CrowdStrike (8.70%), and Oracle (6.74%), concentrating the fund in the mapped Digital Trust software and platform leaders.
Top 10 holdings
As of Oct 26, 2026. Top holdings by weight among U.S.-listed issuers (stockanalysis.com); non-U.S.-listed positions may be omitted. Portfolio weights are not ownership percentages of the companies.
| # | Company | Ticker | Portfolio weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies Inc. Mapped | PLTR | 9.10% |
| 2 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Mapped | PANW | 8.90% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation Mapped | MSFT | 8.36% |
| 4 | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Mapped | CRWD | 8.30% |
| 5 | Oracle Corporation Mapped | ORCL | 6.12% |
| 6 | ServiceNow, Inc. Mapped | NOW | 5.03% |
| 7 | Salesforce, Inc. | CRM | 4.23% |
| 8 | Fortinet, Inc. Mapped | FTNT | 3.70% |
| 9 | Adobe Inc. | ADBE | 3.49% |
| 10 | Intuit Inc. | INTU | 3.13% |
Known positions in mapped companies
| Company | Relationship | Portfolio weight | As of | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROSOFT CORP | Reported holding | 8.36% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Zscaler, Inc. | Reported holding | 0.89% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Workday, Inc. | Reported holding | 1.41% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Synopsys Inc. | Reported holding | 2.74% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | Reported holding | 5.03% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| PTC Inc | Reported holding | 0.70% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Reported holding | 8.90% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Palantir Technologies | Reported holding | 9.10% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Oracle Corporation | Reported holding | 6.12% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Reported holding | 3.70% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Datadog, Inc. | Reported holding | 3.01% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| CRWD | Reported holding | 8.30% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | Reported holding | 2.90% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Autodesk Inc. | Reported holding | 1.77% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
| Atlassian Corporation | Reported holding | 1.21% | Oct 26, 2026 | Source |
Derived exposure
Counts cover distinct mapped companies only. They are not an allocation and do not describe the full portfolio.
Universes
Layers
- Grid, Power & Thermal Infrastructure1 mapped company
- Zero Trust Security4 mapped companies
- Enterprise Workflow Intelligence3 mapped companies
- Sim-to-Real, Digital Twins & Validation4 mapped companies
- Defense Software & Mission Systems1 mapped company
- Sovereign Cloud & Compute1 mapped company
- Observability & Trust Infrastructure1 mapped company
Timeline
- Jul 10, 2001
iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF begins operations
Source
Start here
- Top mapped weights: PANW 9.62%, PLTR 9.5%, CRWD 8.7%, ORCL 6.74%.
Open questions
- How does this fund's active/passive weighting compare to peers in the same universe layer?