
iShares iBonds Dec 2055 Term Treasury ETF
$22.33−0.38 (−1.68%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $6M
- 1Y return
- −3.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.91%
- Holdings
- 4
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.73
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBGL Grade
Score 41 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.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 37Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 52Category rank
Our read on IBGL
CMost long-Treasury funds roll their bonds forever. IBGL is built to end: it holds Treasuries maturing in 2055, then terminates and pays out its net assets. A single 30-year rung of a Treasury ladder, wrapped in one ticker.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. Treasury bonds maturing in 2055.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.07% a year, under half the 0.15% median for its long-Treasury peer group and below the 0.15% on iShares' own TLT.
- Has a finish line. iBonds funds terminate on or about December 15 of the year in the name and distribute substantially all net assets to holders, the way a bond matures.ishares.com
- US Treasuries from one maturity year, measured against one ICE index. No credit calls, no manager discretion, and cash goes out monthly.
Worth knowing
- A 2055 maturity sits at the far end of the rate-sensitivity scale. Small moves in long yields translate into outsized price swings in the other direction.
- Launched in 2025 and still a small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider than on the long-Treasury heavyweights like TLT and VGLT.
- Income varies instead of paying a fixed coupon, and in the fund's final months the portfolio shifts into cash-like holdings, pulling its yield toward money market rates.ishares.com
IBGL Holdings
- Bonds
- 4
- 100%
- TREASURY BOND 4.75% 05/15/2055
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBGL 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 | IBGL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −3.2% |
| 1 month | +0.1% |
| 3 months | −4.0% |
| 1 year | −3.5% |
| 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 | IBGL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −3.2% | |
| 2025 | +1.0% |
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IBGL Dividends
- 4.91%
- $1.12
- $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 | $0.10 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| 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 |
IBGL Risk
- 8.6%
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.
- −0.73
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.
- −9.4%
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.
IBGL Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.