
iShares iBonds Oct 2033 Term TIPS ETF
$24.55−0.21 (−0.87%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $58M
- 1Y return
- −1.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.62%
- Holdings
- 2
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.78
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBIJ Grade
Score 60 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.BScore 68Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category 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 29Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 32Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 51Category rank
Our read on IBIJ
BMost target-maturity bond funds bundle corporate or plain Treasury paper. This one holds inflation-linked Treasuries with a 2033 maturity year stamped on the label, so the CPI adjustment comes with an end date instead of a perpetual roll.
The fund seeks to track an index composed of U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities maturing in 2033.
Why people hold it
- Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities maturing in 2033: the inflation adjustment of TIPS inside a dated, term-structured wrapper.
- Charges 0.10%, in line with the median target-maturity bond fund, for what is a narrower and less common corner of that shelf.
- Rules-based and fully indexed to the ICE 2033 Maturity US Inflation-Linked Treasury Index. No manager picking bonds, no drift into other maturity years.
- Sits in the upper half of its target-maturity peer group on our review, with high confidence in the mandate evidence behind it.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded and modest in size, so spreads can be wider than the household-name bond ETFs. Limit orders matter more here.
- Inflation-linked does not mean price-stable: before 2033, TIPS values still move with real yields.
- Cheaper dated Treasury options exist in the same cohort (IBTJ at 0.07%), but they carry no inflation adjustment. Different job, different price.
IBIJ Holdings
- Bonds
- 2
- 100%
- TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 1.13% 01/15/2033
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBIJ 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 | IBIJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.0% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | −1.6% |
| 1 year | −1.0% |
| 3 years | +4.2% |
| 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 | IBIJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.0% | |
| 2025 | +8.6% | |
| 2024 | +0.7% | |
| 2023 | +4.5% |
IBIJ in the news
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IBIJ Dividends
- 5.62%
- $1.39
- $0.74 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.74 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | $0.21 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Apr 5, 2024 | $0.18 |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | $0.16 |
IBIJ Risk
- 5.4%
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.
- 0.17
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.
- −5.2%
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.
- 0.23
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBIJ Cost
- The middle half of TIPS funds
- Median 0.10%
6 of the 41 TIPS funds charge less.