iShares iBonds Dec 2026 Term Treasury ETF
$22.86−0.01 (−0.02%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $2.0B
- 1Y return
- +3.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.88%
- Holdings
- 14
- Volume · 30D
- 0.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.86
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBTG Grade
Score 82 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 85Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 99Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 56Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 92Category rank
Our read on IBTG
AA bond with a ticker. IBTG holds U.S. Treasuries maturing in 2026, then winds itself down and hands back the proceeds like a maturing note. Seven basis points a year, and one rung in a suite built for laddering.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. Treasury bonds that mature in 2026.
Why people hold it
- Defined end date: it holds Treasuries maturing in 2026 and terminates on or about October or December 15 of its named year, then pays out what is left.ishares.comishares.com
- U.S. Treasury debt only, so no issuer credit calls to second-guess, and the income shows up monthly.
- Costs 0.07% a year, level with the typical defined-maturity Treasury fund and the same rate as sibling rungs IBTH, IBTI, IBTJ and IBTK.
- Billion-dollar asset base, close tracking of its ICE Treasury maturity index, and steady on-screen trading: one of the stronger implementations in the Treasury ladder group.
Worth knowing
- In the final months the portfolio shifts into cash and cash-like instruments, so income varies over time and that stretch earns whatever cash rates happen to be.ishares.com
- Termination is the design, not a surprise: liquidation proceeds land in your account, reinvesting is your call, and a gain or loss versus cost basis is a taxable event.ishares.com
- Not a guarantee. iShares states investors may experience losses, including near or at the termination date, and the share price moves with rates along the way.ishares.com
IBTG Holdings
- Bonds
- 14
- 84%
- TREASURY NOTE 3.50% 09/30/2026
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBTG 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 | IBTG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.5% |
| 1 month | +0.3% |
| 3 months | +1.0% |
| 1 year | +3.6% |
| 3 years | +4.7% |
| 5 years | +1.0% |
| 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 | IBTG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.5% | |
| 2025 | +4.4% | |
| 2024 | +3.9% | |
| 2023 | +4.3% | |
| 2022 | −8.2% | |
| 2021 | −3.0% | |
| 2020 | +4.0% |
IBTG in the news
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IBTG Dividends
- 3.88%
- $0.89
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.07 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.07 |
IBTG Risk
- 1.6%
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.
- −0.12
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.
- −11.8%
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.
- 0.24
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBTG Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.