iShares iBonds Dec 2044 Term Treasury ETF
$22.90−0.38 (−1.64%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $76M
- 1Y return
- −2.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.84%
- Holdings
- 8
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $23.27
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBGA Grade
Score 46 of 100 sits in the C 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.BScore 67Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.FScore 21Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 37Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 74Category rank
Our read on IBGA
CThe far end of the iBonds Treasury ladder: every bond in the index matures in 2044, wrapped in a term fund that charges 0.07%. One maturity date, government paper, traded like a stock.
The ETF is designed to follow an index made up of U.S. Treasury bonds whose maturity year is 2044.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.07% a year against a 0.10% median for target-maturity bond funds, the same fee iShares puts on nearer Treasury rungs like IBTJ.
- One maturity year, one job: the index holds only U.S. Treasuries maturing in 2044, so the portfolio has a defined end point instead of a perpetual fund's rolling duration.ishares.com
- Acts as the 2044 rung of the iBonds Treasury ladder, letting you stack maturity years within one issuer's structure.
- Distributions arrive monthly rather than quarterly, a steadier cadence for income that gets spent.
Worth knowing
- Bonds this long move hard when rates move. A 2044 maturity means years of price sensitivity before the term date arrives.
- Thinly traded next to the ladder's crowded short rungs, so spreads deserve a look before you place an order.
- Launched in 2024, so the live record is short compared with long-running term-bond lineups.
IBGA Holdings
- Bonds
- 8
- 100%
- TREASURY BOND 4.63% 11/15/2044
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBGA 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 | IBGA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.8% |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | −3.1% |
| 1 year | −2.4% |
| 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 | IBGA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.8% | |
| 2025 | +6.1% | |
| 2024 | −2.5% |
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IBGA Dividends
- 4.84%
- $1.13
- $0.10 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.09 |
IBGA Risk
- 8.8%
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.
- −0.29
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.
- −11.7%
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.
IBGA Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.