
iShares iBonds Dec 2046 Term Treasury ETF
$23.41−0.38 (−1.62%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $49M
- 1Y return
- —
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 7
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $23.79
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBGC Grade
Score 48 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 20Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 67Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 34Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 56Category rank
Our read on IBGC
CMost Treasury ETFs run forever. This one is built around a single date, holding Treasuries that mature in 2046, so you get a bond's defined maturity inside an ETF wrapper for seven basis points.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. Treasury bonds maturing in 2046, providing a defined-maturity Treasury exposure intended for income, stability, bond-ladder construction, and interest-rate-risk management.
Why people hold it
- 0.07% a year undercuts the 0.10% typical of target-maturity bond funds and matches the cheapest rungs of the iShares Treasury ladder, like IBTJ.
- Tracks the ICE 2046 Maturity US Treasury Index: government paper only, no corporate credit to underwrite.
- Pays quarterly, and the fixed 2046 target is designed as a rung for bond-ladder building and rate-risk management.
Worth knowing
- A 2046 maturity is a long rope. Prices move much harder on rate swings than near-dated rungs such as IBTJ (2029).
- A 2026 launch at the far end of the ladder means a small asset base and light trading, which can widen spreads versus busier rungs.
- Treasuries only, so income comes without the credit-spread pickup of corporate ladder funds like IBDU or BSCT.
IBGC Holdings
- Bonds
- 7
- 100%
- TREASURY BOND (OLD) 5.00% 05/15/2046
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBGC 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 | IBGC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −0.4% |
| 3 months | −3.4% |
| 1 year | — |
| 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 | IBGC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.1% |
IBGC in the news
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IBGC Dividends
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.10 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
IBGC Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.08
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBGC Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.