iShares Core U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index. The GOVT ETF contains 138 constituents. It is focused on holdings in the region.

Price $22.23 as of 2022-10-20

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield1.5%
Expense ratio0.05%
Average spread0.045%
1Y roundtrip cost0.095%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Monthly returns heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022-2.6%-0.8%-3.2%-2.9%0.0%-0.8%1.6%-2.6%-3.4%-2.2%-16.9%
2021-0.4%-1.8%-1.5%0.7%0.2%0.9%1.2%-0.1%-1.1%-0.1%0.6%0.4%-1.1%
20202.5%2.5%3.1%0.3%-0.1%0.1%1.1%-1.2%0.3%-1.1%0.5%-0.8%7.2%
20191.0%-0.3%2.0%-0.4%2.4%0.8%-0.0%3.4%-0.8%0.0%-0.3%-0.6%7.2%
2018-1.3%-0.7%0.8%-0.8%0.8%0.3%-0.5%0.7%-0.9%-0.4%0.9%1.5%0.3%
20170.3%0.4%-0.0%0.7%0.6%-0.1%0.2%1.0%-0.9%-0.3%-0.1%0.2%2.2%
20162.2%0.9%-0.0%-0.3%0.1%2.2%0.5%-0.7%-0.0%-1.1%-2.9%-0.0%0.7%
20152.9%-1.7%0.6%-0.6%-0.3%-0.9%1.1%-0.1%0.9%-0.3%-0.4%-0.3%1.0%
20141.2%0.3%-0.4%0.8%0.8%-0.2%-0.1%1.2%-0.7%1.0%0.9%-0.1%4.7%
2013-0.6%0.5%0.2%0.8%-1.7%-1.1%-0.2%-0.5%0.8%0.3%-0.2%-0.8%-2.5%
2012-0.8%1.3%2.0%-0.5%1.0%-0.1%-0.4%-0.1%0.3%-0.6%2.1%
5.2%-0.8%0.7%-0.5%4.8%0.7%5.8%1.0%-6.2%-4.1%-0.7%-1.1%

Historical Dividends

Monthly dividend heatmap

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20220.020.020.030.030.030.030.040.040.040.27
20210.020.020.020.020.020.020.020.020.020.020.020.23
20200.040.040.040.030.030.030.030.030.020.020.260.57
20190.050.040.050.040.050.040.040.040.040.040.040.47
20180.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.040.45
20170.030.030.030.030.030.030.040.040.030.040.040.36
20160.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.27
20150.030.020.030.020.020.030.030.030.030.030.030.28
20140.020.020.020.030.020.030.030.030.020.030.030.27
20130.020.020.020.030.020.010.020.020.020.020.020.21
20120.010.020.020.020.020.020.020.030.17
0.000.290.240.280.320.310.310.330.330.320.270.54

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security % Assets
United States Treasury Notes 2.0% 15-FEB-20252.09%
Top 1 Weights2.09%

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Price$22.23$20.342$92.93$27.78$103.17$44.52
Expense Ratio0.05%worse0.09%worse0.15%worse0.25%worse0.15%worse0.95%
Average Spread0.045%0.295%0.011%0.180%0.087%0.449%
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Shares592,891,74917,320,534125,400,73311,216,03110,430,765298,419
Average Daily Volume17,608,07974,7236,185,47739,383457,2177,517
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Inception Date2012-02-142020-06-092002-07-222007-10-112007-01-052010-01-19
Index TrackedICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond IndexNo Underlying IndexICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond IndexRyan/NASDAQ 1-30 Year Treasury Laddered IndexICE U.S. Treasury 10-20 Year Bond IndexICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
CategoryGovernment BondsGovernment BondsGovernment BondsGovernment BondsGovernment BondsLeveraged Bonds
Asset ClassBondBondBondBondBondBond
Asset Class Size
Value or Growth
Region
CountriesU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.
Annual Dividend Rate$0.334$0.441$1.564$0.478$2.71$0
Annual Dividend Yield0.015%0.022%0.017%0.017%0.026%0.000%
Number of Holdings13839172713
YTD Return-15.75%-13.72%-18.18%-23.07%-29.30%-34.27%
Beta0.09-0.050.250.320.310.46
Upside Beta0.00-0.180.140.030.05-0.01
Downside Beta-0.02-0.240.150.010.04-0.08
Volatility 1Y7.20%6.03%9.53%11.47%15.03%18.63%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y-1.450.00-1.39-1.18-1.23-1.35
Treynor Ratio 3Y-0.060.00-0.03-0.03-0.03-0.03

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