iShares iBonds Dec 2034 Term Corporate ETF
$24.90−0.28 (−1.13%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $868M
- 1Y return
- −0.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.03%
- Holdings
- 380
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.16
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBDZ Grade
Score 61 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 49Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 94Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 35Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 51Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 77Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 61Category rank
Our read on IBDZ
BA far rung on the iBonds corporate ladder: roughly 400 investment-grade corporate bonds that all mature in 2034, in one ticker with a built-in end date. Ladder discipline, no CUSIP shopping.
The fund seeks to track an index of investment-grade corporate bonds maturing in 2034.
Why people hold it
- Built like a bond, traded like a fund: it tracks the Bloomberg December 2034 Maturity Corporate Index and terminates at the end of its term year instead of rolling on forever.
- 0.10% a year, right at the middle of the target-maturity crowd, and it holds about 400 investment-grade corporates so no single issuer runs the show.
- Pays monthly, which suits people stacking rungs for a known future expense rather than watching a quarterly calendar.
- Tracking has been tight against its stated index, and the fund sits in the upper half of a target-maturity field of well over 100 competitors.
Worth knowing
- A 2034 maturity means far more interest-rate sensitivity than the near rungs of the same ladder, like the 2029 vintage (IBDU). Longer wait, bigger price swings along the way.
- Corporate credit, not government paper. Downgrades and defaults are live risks here in a way they are not for the Treasury version of the same ladder (IBTJ).
- Launched in 2024, so the track record is short, and it is moderately traded rather than a volume monster. Limit orders are your friend.
IBDZ Holdings
- Bonds
- 380
- 8%
- ABBVIE INC 5.05% 03/15/2034
Geography
- United States90.52%
- Canada3.75%
- Ireland1.28%
- Japan1.18%
- France0.66%
- Singapore0.47%
- Spain0.45%
- United Kingdom0.44%
- 1.26%
IBDZ 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 | IBDZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.3% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 1 year | −0.2% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | IBDZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.3% | |
| 2025 | +8.8% | |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
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IBDZ Dividends
- 5.03%
- $1.27
- $0.11 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.11 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.11 |
IBDZ Risk
- 4.4%
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.
- 0.30
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.
- −5.6%
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.
- 0.17
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBDZ Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate funds
- Median 0.10%
10 of the 42 Defined-Maturity Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.