iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (GBF)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Government / Credit Bond Index. The GBF ETF contains 2869 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.

Price $99.27 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield1.93%
Expense ratio0.2%
Average spread0.141%
1Y roundtrip cost0.341%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Monthly returns heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022-2.3%-1.2%-3.1%-3.9%0.6%-1.5%2.3%-3.0%-4.0%-2.4%-18.5%
2021-1.3%-2.0%-1.4%0.9%0.3%1.1%1.2%-0.2%-1.1%0.1%0.4%-0.4%-2.3%
20202.5%1.9%-0.9%2.1%0.7%0.9%2.0%-1.4%-0.2%-0.6%1.4%0.2%8.5%
20191.1%-0.2%2.2%-0.0%2.0%1.4%0.1%3.4%-0.7%0.1%-0.1%-0.2%9.2%
2018-1.2%-1.2%0.7%-0.9%0.6%-0.1%0.1%0.6%-0.5%-0.9%0.4%2.0%-0.5%
20170.4%0.9%-0.1%0.8%1.0%-0.0%0.3%0.9%-0.4%-0.0%-0.2%0.6%4.0%
20161.4%0.8%1.1%0.3%-0.0%2.6%0.4%-0.2%-0.2%-1.0%-2.7%-0.1%2.4%
20152.1%-1.0%0.3%-0.7%-0.4%-1.4%1.0%-0.2%0.6%0.4%-0.6%-0.4%-0.4%
20141.2%0.3%0.0%0.7%1.1%-0.0%0.3%1.2%-1.0%0.9%0.8%0.6%6.2%
2013-0.7%0.7%0.2%1.2%-1.9%-2.5%0.2%-0.8%0.9%1.2%0.2%-0.5%-1.9%
20120.7%0.1%-1.1%1.4%1.3%-0.3%1.9%-0.4%0.2%0.3%-0.0%-0.8%3.3%
2011-0.1%0.3%-0.0%1.3%1.4%-0.5%1.8%2.1%0.8%0.7%-0.3%1.4%9.0%
3.8%-0.5%-2.1%3.1%6.7%-0.4%11.6%2.0%-5.6%-1.2%-0.7%2.4%

Historical Dividends

Monthly dividend heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20220.130.130.140.150.160.200.200.210.221.54
20210.130.120.120.110.120.130.130.120.120.110.121.34
20200.230.220.190.180.190.180.170.150.140.130.141.93
20190.250.240.250.250.260.250.250.260.250.240.242.73
20180.210.230.240.230.240.240.240.240.240.250.242.59
20170.200.200.210.210.200.210.210.210.210.210.222.30
20160.180.170.180.190.200.200.190.190.190.200.212.10
20150.170.170.180.200.180.200.190.190.200.180.182.04
20140.210.190.200.210.210.200.200.200.200.190.202.21
20130.220.220.230.220.220.230.230.240.230.210.202.45
20120.270.260.260.260.260.240.230.240.230.232.47
20110.290.270.290.290.290.290.290.290.290.290.293.15
0.002.482.422.482.502.542.562.542.532.532.022.27

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
United States Treasury Notes 0.125% 30-NOV-20221.18%
Top 1 Weights1.18%

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IssueriSharesiSharesFirst TrustGoldman SachsiSharesJPMorgan
Price$99.2747$40.84$42.11$39.8099$43.31$44.3
Expense Ratio0.2%better0.12%worse0.56%better0.14%better0.06%better0.07%
Average Spread0.141%0.049%0.047%0.176%0.023%0.045%
AUM$355,760,000$452,145,000$4,204,760,000$198,682,000$13,041,500,000$920,524,000
Shares3,583,59311,071,14099,851,8384,990,781301,120,75520,779,317
Average Daily Volume4,56091,817910,24338,1122,942,192152,102
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Inception Date2007-01-052020-06-232017-02-142020-09-082014-06-102018-12-12
Index TrackedBloomberg U.S. Government / Credit Bond IndexBloomberg MSCI US Universal Choice ESG Screened IndexNo Underlying IndexFTSE US Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index (USBIG)Bloomberg U.S. Universal IndexNo Underlying Index
CategoryTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond MarketTotal Bond Market
Asset ClassBondBondBondBondBondBond
Asset Class Size
Value or Growth
Region
CountriesU.S.U.S.U.S.BroadU.S.Broad
Annual Dividend Rate$1.919$0.791$1.25$0.673$1.01$0.96
Annual Dividend Yield0.019%0.019%0.030%0.017%0.023%0.022%
Number of Holdings286931520771133391703
YTD Return-17.15%-16.19%-19.02%-17.15%-16.79%-16.66%
Beta0.160.000.060.050.060.00
Upside Beta0.05-0.170.03-0.200.03-0.12
Downside Beta0.03-0.280.00-0.24-0.01-0.15
Volatility 1Y7.25%7.04%7.53%6.35%6.92%6.76%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y-1.450.00-1.490.00-1.47-1.55
Treynor Ratio 3Y-0.040.00-0.100.00-0.092.24

Historic volatility

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Put/Call Ratio (option volume)

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