iShares Agency Bond ETF
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.
The ETF.net AGZ Grade
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Too few comparable funds to grade fairly
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
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.
The fund aims to track an index consisting of U.S. agency bonds that are issued by government-sponsored entities.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.15% a year, well under the roughly 0.40% median for the bond funds we cover. Cheap is the whole pitch here.
- Clean, single-purpose mandate: it tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Agency Bond Index, so you get agency debt rather than a blended bond mix.ishares.com
- Live since 2008 and paying monthly, with an overall profile in the top quartile of the bond funds we grade.
Worth knowing
- Trades lightly next to the giant bond ETFs, so spreads can be wider and size can take patience to move.
- Around 100 bonds from a short list of government-sponsored issuers. That is a slice of the bond market, not the whole thing.
- Cheapest in its peer group, but not the top-ranked: BGRN (0.20%) and EMLC (0.30%) grade higher on our full scorecard.
AGZ Holdings
- Bonds
- 117
- 34%
- Fnma Benchmark Note 6.63% 11/15/2030
Sectors
- Owned No Guarantee49.8%
- Government Sponsored48.1%
- Government Guaranteed1.8%
- Treasuries0.3%
Geography
- United States99.62%
- Israel0.38%
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$9,966
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | −1.1% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −1.4% |
| 1 year | −0.3% |
| 3 years | +3.9% |
| 5 years | +0.9% |
| 10 years | +1.7% |
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 | −1.1% | |
| 2025 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | +3.1% | |
| 2023 | +5.2% | |
| 2022 | −7.8% | |
| 2021 | −1.1% | |
| 2020 | +5.8% |
AGZ in the news
AGZ Dividends
- 3.71%
- $3.94
- $0.33 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
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.
- −0.23
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.
AGZ Cost
0.15%