iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
$90.19−0.97 (−1.07%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $42.2B
- 1Y return
- −1.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.06%
- Holdings
- 16
- Volume · 30D
- 7.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $91.13
- 52W range
The ETF.net IEF Grade
Score 61 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.DScore 28Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 98Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 79Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 53Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 91Category rank
Our read on IEF
BSince 2002, one clean slice of the Treasury curve: government bonds maturing in seven to ten years, nothing shorter, nothing longer. It is among the most actively traded funds in its category.
The fund seeks to track the ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index, which represents publicly issued U.S. Treasury obligations with remaining maturities from seven through ten years.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is narrow on purpose: Treasuries maturing in seven to ten years. Broad 3-10 year rivals like VGIT blend in shorter paper, so this is intermediate duration undiluted.workplace.vanguard.com
- Running since 2002 and now one of the largest, most heavily traded funds in its corner of the bond market, which tends to show up as tight spreads on screen.
- Tracking has been close: the fund has stayed near its ICE index rather than drifting, and it hands cash back monthly.
- Pure US government paper, so the portfolio carries no corporate credit risk and no currency exposure.
Worth knowing
- At 0.15% a year, this is not the budget door. The cohort median is nearer 0.12%, and VGIT, SPTI and SCHR all charge 0.03%. The premium buys scale and liquidity, not cheapness.
- Seven to ten year bonds react more sharply to rate moves than short-dated Treasuries, so price swings can be real even with government credit behind them.ishares.com
- No corporates, no foreign debt, no shorter maturities. Anyone wanting one all-in-one bond sleeve is only getting a single segment of the curve here.
IEF Holdings
- Bonds
- 16
- 85%
- TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 4.13% 02/15/2036
Geography
- United States100.00%
IEF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IEF$9,824
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 | IEF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.7% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | −2.0% |
| 1 year | −1.8% |
| 3 years | +3.3% |
| 5 years | −2.0% |
| 10 years | +0.3% |
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 | IEF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.7% | |
| 2025 | +8.0% | |
| 2024 | −0.6% | |
| 2023 | +3.6% | |
| 2022 | −15.2% | |
| 2021 | −3.3% | |
| 2020 | +10.0% |
IEF in the news
IEF Dividends
- 4.06%
- $3.70
- $0.33 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.32 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.29 |
IEF Risk
- 6.6%
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.
- −0.21
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.
- −20.7%
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.
- 1.16
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IEF Cost
0.15%
IEF0.15%
- The middle half of Treasuries (3-10 Year) funds
- Median 0.14%
9 of the 18 Treasuries (3-10 Year) funds charge less.