iShares Core 30/70 Conservative Allocation ETF
$40.67−0.41 (−0.99%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $816M
- 1Y return
- +5.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.40%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $41.02
- 52W range
The ETF.net AOK Grade
Score 83 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 92Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 57Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 72Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 74Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 88Category rank
Our read on AOK
AOne ticker, one cautious mix: roughly 30% stocks, 70% bonds, assembled from other iShares funds. Running since 2008 and priced at a fraction of what the typical allocation fund charges.
The fund seeks diversified exposure through equity and fixed-income ETFs to represent a conservative target-risk allocation, with greater emphasis on income and capital preservation.
Why people hold it
- 0.20% a year against a 0.78% median for allocation funds. Fee drag bites hardest in a bond-heavy portfolio, and this one keeps it small.
- The conservative split is maintained by the S&P Target Risk Conservative Index, so rebalancing happens inside the fund rather than on your brokerage screen.ishares.com
- Pays monthly, and the mandate leans on income and capital preservation rather than reaching for growth.
- Launched in 2008 under the iShares Core banner, it has outlasted a lot of allocation products and stands in the upper half of a crowded peer group.
Worth knowing
- With about 70% in bonds, interest rate moves drive most of the ride. Stock exposure sits near a third by design, so equity swings are muted in both directions.
- It is a fund of funds: you hold a short lineup of other iShares ETFs, and the index sets the mix. No dialing the stock/bond split yourself.
- Cheap for the category, not the floor. Some allocation ETFs, such as IRTR at 0.08%, undercut it.
AOK Holdings
- Other
- —
- 9%
- BLK Liquidity Temp Cash Inst #21
Sectors
- Technology30.0%
- Financials16.7%
- Industrials11.2%
- Consumer Discr.8.8%
- Health Care8.5%
- Communication7.3%
- Cons. Staples4.6%
- Materials4.2%
- Energy4.1%
- Utilities2.4%
- Real Estate2.2%
Geography
- United States75.77%
- Japan3.21%
- China2.68%
- United Kingdom1.89%
- Canada1.70%
- France1.58%
- Germany1.50%
- Taiwan (Province of China)0.99%
- 10.69%
Developed 67% · Emerging 33%
AOK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | AOK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.4% |
| 1 month | −0.3% |
| 3 months | +0.0% |
| 1 year | +5.9% |
| 3 years | +9.8% |
| 5 years | +3.5% |
| 10 years | +4.9% |
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 | AOK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.4% | |
| 2025 | +11.3% | |
| 2024 | +6.6% | |
| 2023 | +10.9% | |
| 2022 | −14.2% | |
| 2021 | +4.9% | |
| 2020 | +9.3% |
AOK in the news
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AOK Dividends
- 3.40%
- $1.40
- $0.08 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.08 |
| May 4, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.10 |
AOK Risk
- 6.6%
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.
- 0.68
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.
- −18.9%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AOK Cost
- The middle half of Conservative Allocation funds
- Median 0.63%
No Conservative Allocation fund charges less.