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About iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
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Inception date
Jan 5, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
IGSBs mostly vanilla portfolio of short-term, investment-grade corporate debt is hugely popular with investors. The fund holds longer-dated bonds than our benchmark and most competitors, increasing both yield and interest rate risk. Still, it does a great job of representing this expanded short-term bond space. IGSB typically favors higher-quality bonds, usually resulting in a fund with lower credit risk than our benchmark. Its huge asset base ranks it among the top fixed income ETFs by AUM. The funds popularity extends to the trading floorinvestors large and small can access IGSB efficiently. Prior to August 1, 2018, IGSB tracked the Bloomberg Barclays US 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.80%
Cash0.12%
Government0.07%
Stock breakdown by region
North America79.39%
Europe12.68%
Asia5.65%
Oceania1.47%
Latin America0.45%
Middle East0.36%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
IGSB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 99.80% stocks, and Government, with 0.07% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
IGSB top holdings are T-Mobile USA, Inc. 3.875% 15-APR-2030 and Bank of America Corporation 3.419% 20-DEC-2028, occupying 0.19% and 0.16% of the portfolio correspondingly.
IGSB last dividends amounted to 0.19 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.19 USD in dividends, which shows a 0.29% decrease.
IGSB assets under management is 21.18 B USD. It's risen 2.51% over the last month.
IGSB fund flows account for 266.89 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, IGSB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.24%. The last dividend (Jun 5, 2025) amounted to 0.19 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
IGSB shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Jan 5, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
IGSB expense ratio is 0.04% meaning you'd have to pay 0.04% of your investment to help manage the fund.
IGSB follows the ICE BofA US Corporate (1-5 Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
IGSB invests in bonds.
IGSB price has risen by 0.35% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 2.01% increase. See more dynamics on IGSB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.86% over the last month, showed a 1.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.59% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.86% over the last month, showed a 1.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.59% in a year.
IGSB trades at a premium (0.01%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.