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About iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF
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Inception date
Oct 18, 2012
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
ISTB covers a broad spectrum of short-dated, USD-denominated fixed-income instruments that includes US Treasurys, government-related issues (US and non-US), MBS, CMBS, ABS, Eurodollar bonds and investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds. The fund uses a sampling indexing methodology thus, it may not hold all of the securities in the index. The market-value-weighted Index excludes municipal securities, coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds, structured notes, and private placements (excluding Rule 144A Bonds). The index undergoes monthly rebalance. Prior to September 3, 2014 the fund tracked the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit 1-5 Year Index.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government57.77%
Corporate35.05%
Securitized6.65%
Cash0.46%
Municipal0.06%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
North America86.02%
Europe6.88%
Asia4.31%
Middle East1.20%
Latin America0.67%
Oceania0.55%
Africa0.37%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
ISTB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Government, with 57.77% stocks, and Corporate, with 35.05% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
ISTB top holdings are United States Treasury Notes 4.0% 28-FEB-2030 and United States Treasury Notes 4.0% 31-MAY-2030, occupying 1.07% and 0.95% of the portfolio correspondingly.
ISTB last dividends amounted to 0.17 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.16 USD in dividends, which shows a 3.93% increase.
ISTB assets under management is 4.43 B USD. It's fallen 0.37% over the last month.
ISTB fund flows account for 287.14 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, ISTB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.99%. The last dividend (Jun 5, 2025) amounted to 0.17 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
ISTB shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Oct 18, 2012, and its management style is Passive.
ISTB expense ratio is 0.06% meaning you'd have to pay 0.06% of your investment to help manage the fund.
ISTB follows the Bloomberg US Universal (1-5 Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
ISTB invests in bonds.
ISTB price has risen by 0.29% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.77% increase. See more dynamics on ISTB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.65% over the last month, showed a 1.32% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.13% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.65% over the last month, showed a 1.32% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.13% in a year.
ISTB trades at a premium (0.01%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.