iShares Core Dividend ETF
$66.87+0.23 (+0.35%)
- 0.05%
- $2.0B
- +34.6%
- 2.23%
- 0.2M sh
- $66.16
- low $50.58high $69.82
The ETF.net DIVB Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 4 of 53
Score 78 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A95 out of 100Rank 2 of 53Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A87 out of 100Rank 17 of 50Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B69 out of 100Rank 11 of 53Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 19 of 53Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B60 out of 100Rank 23 of 53Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A70 out of 100Rank 16 of 53
Our read on DIVB
AMost dividend funds only count the check that hits your account. DIVB's index also counts buybacks, treating a shrinking share count as cash returned to owners, and it charges five basis points to do it.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. companies selected for a history of dividend payments and/or share buybacks, providing equity exposure oriented toward income and long-term growth.
Why people hold it
- Five basis points a year, one of the lowest fees in the dividend-screen aisle, where the typical fund charges many times more.
- The Morningstar US Dividend and Buyback Index counts repurchases alongside payouts, so a company buying back stock qualifies even with a modest yield. Roughly 400 US names.
- Sits in the top tier of a large dividend-screen peer group and stays tight to its stated mandate: US dividend payers and buyback machines, nothing exotic.
- A billion-dollar-plus member of the iShares Core lineup, running since 2017 and distributing quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Buybacks return value through share count, not cash in your pocket, so the income profile can sit lighter than pure high-yield screens like SPYD.
- Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight like SCHD or VIG, so limit orders earn their keep, especially in size.
- All-equity, all-US. Dividends and buybacks soften nothing when the American stock market sells off.
DIVB Holdings
- Stocks
- 384
- 32%
- ACN
Geography
- United States93.40%
- Ireland6.03%
- United Kingdom0.22%
- Bermuda0.16%
- Switzerland0.11%
- Puerto Rico0.05%
- Sweden0.03%
DIVB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
DIVB$13,459
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 | DIVB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +27.6% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | +5.5% |
| 1 year | +34.6% |
| 3 years | +24.9% |
| 5 years | +13.8% |
| 10 years | — |
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 | DIVB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +27.6% | |
| 2025 | +15.1% | |
| 2024 | +18.6% | |
| 2023 | +13.3% | |
| 2022 | −10.5% | |
| 2021 | +31.3% | |
| 2020 | +10.8% |
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DIVB Dividends
- 2.23%
- $1.48
- $0.42 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DIVB Risk
- 13.4%
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.
- 1.31
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.
- −21.1%
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.
- 0.88
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DIVB Cost
0.05%
DIVB0.05%
- The middle half of US Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.38%
1 of the 52 US Dividend Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Dividend Index
- ASCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +29.7%
- AVIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +14.7%
- ASPYDState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +12.9%
- ADLNWisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +18.9%
- ADTDWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend FundExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +18.5%