iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF
$22.30−0.01 (−0.07%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $2.4B
- 1Y return
- +2.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.77%
- Holdings
- 51
- Volume · 30D
- 0.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.30
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBTH Grade
Score 79 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 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 70Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 78Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 94Category rank
Our read on IBTH
AMost bond ETFs roll on forever. This one is built to end: a basket of U.S. Treasuries clustered around a December 2027 maturity, wrapped in one ticker at a bottom-tier fee. A ladder rung you can buy in a single click.
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. Treasury bonds.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.07% a year against a 0.10% median for target-maturity bond funds. On Treasuries, where the coupon does the work, fee drag is most of what you control.
- A defined end date, which a standard bond fund cannot offer. It holds Treasuries maturing around December 2027, so interest-rate sensitivity winds down as that date approaches.
- U.S. Treasury paper only, so no corporate issuer risk in the basket, unlike the corporate-bond rungs of the same family (IBDU) or Invesco's BulletShares (BSCT).
- Running since 2020, pays monthly, and ranks as one of the stronger builds in the target-maturity bond group.
Worth knowing
- A share is not a bond. The wind-up value follows the market value of the underlying Treasuries, not a fixed face amount you can pencil in.
- Narrow by design: roughly 50 Treasuries in one maturity window, so it moves with a single slice of the yield curve rather than the whole bond market.
- Treasury credit means no corporate spread in the yield, and the fund has a finite life, so it works as a dated tool rather than a permanent core sleeve.
IBTH Holdings
- Bonds
- 51
- 28%
- TREASURY NOTE 1.50% 01/31/2027
Sectors
- Government100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBTH 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 | IBTH |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.8% |
| 1 month | −0.0% |
| 3 months | +0.8% |
| 1 year | +2.9% |
| 3 years | +4.7% |
| 5 years | +0.5% |
| 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 | IBTH |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.8% | |
| 2025 | +5.3% | |
| 2024 | +3.2% | |
| 2023 | +4.4% | |
| 2022 | −9.7% | |
| 2021 | −3.4% | |
| 2020 | +4.2% |
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IBTH Dividends
- 3.77%
- $0.84
- $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 | $0.07 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.07 |
IBTH Risk
- 2.4%
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.
- −0.08
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.
- −13.6%
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.
- 0.40
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBTH Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.