iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Treasury ETF
$21.21−0.09 (−0.40%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $1.4B
- 1Y return
- +0.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.81%
- Holdings
- 36
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $21.28
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBTJ Grade
Score 74 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.CScore 52Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 73Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 88Category rank
Our read on IBTJ
AOne rung of a Treasury ladder in a single ticker. IBTJ holds only US Treasuries maturing in 2029, giving a defined end date instead of a bond fund that rolls its maturities forever.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. Treasury bonds maturing in 2029, offering defined-maturity exposure for income, stability, bond-ladder construction, and interest-rate-risk management.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.07% a year, under the typical fund in its target-maturity group, and it does the job with Treasuries while most top-ranked peers (IBDU, BSCT, VBCB) hold corporate credit.
- Defined maturity does ladder work for you: roughly 30 Treasuries, all maturing in 2029, tracked against the ICE 2029 Maturity US Treasury Index.
- Hugs its index closely and ranks among the strongest implementations in its target-maturity peer group. A multi-billion-dollar iShares fund that has been trading since 2020, paying monthly.
Worth knowing
- It is one maturity year of one issuer: US Treasuries due 2029. No credit spread, no spread of maturities. A building block, not a whole bond sleeve.
- Until 2029 the share price still moves with interest rates. The defined maturity fixes the end date, not the ride getting there.
- Trading is moderate rather than headline-Treasury-ETF busy, which matters most on larger orders.
IBTJ Holdings
- Bonds
- 36
- 39%
- TREASURY NOTE 4.13% 10/31/2029
Geography
- United States100.00%
IBTJ 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 | IBTJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.5% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +0.6% |
| 3 years | +4.3% |
| 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 | IBTJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.5% | |
| 2025 | +6.9% | |
| 2024 | +1.8% | |
| 2023 | +4.5% | |
| 2022 | −12.5% | |
| 2021 | −3.6% | |
| 2020 | +3.5% |
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IBTJ Dividends
- 3.81%
- $0.81
- $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 | $0.06 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.07 |
IBTJ Risk
- 4.1%
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.
- −16.5%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBTJ Cost
- The middle half of Defined-Maturity Treasury funds
- Median 0.07%
No Defined-Maturity Treasury fund charges less.