iShares Agency Bond ETF
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The ETF.net AGZ Grade
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Grades compare a fund with genuinely similar funds. This fund's comparison group currently has too few members for a fair comparison, so no letter is published.
Our read on AGZ
In short
A one-job bond fund: debt issued by U.S. government-sponsored entities, tracked by index, at 0.15%. Narrow by design, and running since 2008.
Stated mandate
The fund aims to track an index consisting of U.S. agency bonds that are issued by government-sponsored entities.
Why people hold it
Worth knowing
AGZ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
AGZ$10,085
Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | AGZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.3% |
| 1 month | +1.3% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | +0.9% |
| 3 years | +4.4% |
| 5 years | +1.2% |
| 10 years | +1.8% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AGZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.3% | |
| 2025 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | +3.1% | |
| 2023 | +5.2% | |
| 2022 | −7.8% | |
| 2021 | −1.1% | |
| 2020 | +5.8% |
AGZ in the news
AGZ Dividends
- 3.66%
- $3.94
- $0.33 per share
- Monthly
AGZ Risk
- 2.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.05
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −10.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.45
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
AGZ Cost
Cheapest in Other Bond
$3,137
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
AGZ 0.15%
$3,137
Cost over time
Year by year
| Year | AGZ |
|---|---|
| 10 | $274 |
| 20 | $1,071 |
| 30 | $3,137 |
