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 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 1.93% |
| Expense ratio | 0.2% |
| Average spread | 0.141% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.341% |
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% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | 1.9% | -0.9% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 2.0% | -1.4% | -0.2% | -0.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 8.5% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -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% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | 0.9% | -0.1% | 0.8% | 1.0% | -0.0% | 0.3% | 0.9% | -0.4% | -0.0% | -0.2% | 0.6% | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | -0.0% | 2.6% | 0.4% | -0.2% | -0.2% | -1.0% | -2.7% | -0.1% | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -1.0% | 0.3% | -0.7% | -0.4% | -1.4% | 1.0% | -0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | -0.6% | -0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | 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% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 1.54 | |||
| 2021 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 1.34 | |
| 2020 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.93 | |
| 2019 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 2.73 | |
| 2018 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 2.59 | |
| 2017 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 2.30 | |
| 2016 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 2.10 | |
| 2015 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 2.04 | |
| 2014 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 2.21 | |
| 2013 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 2.45 | |
| 2012 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 2.47 | ||
| 2011 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 3.15 | |
| 0.00 | 2.48 | 2.42 | 2.48 | 2.50 | 2.54 | 2.56 | 2.54 | 2.53 | 2.53 | 2.02 | 2.27 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Notes 0.125% 30-NOV-2022 | 1.18% |
| Top 1 Weights | 1.18% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| GBF | EUSB | FIXD | GCOR | IUSB | JAGG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF | iShares ESG Advanced Total USD Bond Market ETF | First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF | Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF | JPMorgan U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF |
| Issuer | iShares | iShares | First Trust | Goldman Sachs | iShares | JPMorgan |
| Price | $99.2747 | $40.84 | $42.11 | $39.8099 | $43.31 | $44.3 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.2% |  0.12% |  0.56% | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.07% |
| Average Spread | 0.141% | 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 |
| Shares | 3,583,593 | 11,071,140 | 99,851,838 | 4,990,781 | 301,120,755 | 20,779,317 |
| Average Daily Volume | 4,560 | 91,817 | 910,243 | 38,112 | 2,942,192 | 152,102 |
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| Inception Date | 2007-01-05 | 2020-06-23 | 2017-02-14 | 2020-09-08 | 2014-06-10 | 2018-12-12 |
| Index Tracked | Bloomberg U.S. Government / Credit Bond Index | Bloomberg MSCI US Universal Choice ESG Screened Index | No Underlying Index | FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index (USBIG) | Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index | No Underlying Index |
| Category | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market | Total Bond Market |
| Asset Class | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond | Bond |
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| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | Broad |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.919 | $0.791 | $1.25 | $0.673 | $1.01 | $0.96 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.030% | 0.017% | 0.023% | 0.022% |
| Number of Holdings | 2869 | 3152 | 0 | 771 | 13339 | 1703 |
| YTD Return | -17.15% | -16.19% | -19.02% | -17.15% | -16.79% | -16.66% |
| Beta | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Upside Beta | 0.05 | -0.17 | 0.03 | -0.20 | 0.03 | -0.12 |
| Downside Beta | 0.03 | -0.28 | 0.00 | -0.24 | -0.01 | -0.15 |
| Volatility 1Y | 7.25% | 7.04% | 7.53% | 6.35% | 6.92% | 6.76% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -1.45 | 0.00 | -1.49 | 0.00 | -1.47 | -1.55 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | -0.04 | 0.00 | -0.10 | 0.00 | -0.09 | 2.24 |