iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
$133.78+1.02 (+0.77%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $753M
- 1Y return
- +49.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.65%
- Holdings
- 47
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $135.64
- 52W range
The ETF.net IEO Grade
Score 59 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 55Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 65Category 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 69Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 50Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 74Category rank
Our read on IEO
BOne of the original ways to own U.S. upstream energy: since 2006 this iShares fund has tracked a single index of about 50 American oil and gas exploration and production stocks. Pure upstream, pure U.S.
The Fund seeks to track an index of U.S. equities in the oil and gas exploration and production sector. It uses a sampling-based indexing approach and normally invests at least 80% of net assets in components of the Underlying Index.
Why people hold it
- Tight mandate: at least 80% of net assets sit in components of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Exploration & Production Index. Upstream U.S. energy, not a mixed energy basket.ishares.com
- About 50 holdings: concentrated enough to move with drilling economics, broad enough that one blown-up producer is not the whole story.
- Trading since 2006, so its index record spans multiple oil cycles, with the iShares platform running the plumbing.
- Producer dividends are passed along on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- The 0.37% fee sits right at the middle of the E&P shelf: XOP and OIH charge 0.35%, PBOG 0.13%.
- One country, one sector, about 50 stocks. Crude and gas price swings pass straight through to the portfolio.
- Moderately traded rather than the busiest ticker in the category, which can matter on larger orders.
IEO Holdings
- Stocks
- 47
- 71%
- COP
Sectors
- Energy99.2%
- Materials0.8%
Geography
- United States100.00%
IEO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IEO$14,977
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 | IEO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +50.6% |
| 1 month | −2.8% |
| 3 months | +21.5% |
| 1 year | +49.8% |
| 3 years | +14.4% |
| 5 years | +23.5% |
| 10 years | +11.0% |
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 | IEO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +50.6% | |
| 2025 | +2.2% | |
| 2024 | −1.4% | |
| 2023 | +3.6% | |
| 2022 | +57.9% | |
| 2021 | +75.6% | |
| 2020 | −32.7% |
IEO in the news
IEO Dividends
- 1.65%
- $2.19
- $0.49 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.49 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.51 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.55 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.64 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.64 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.53 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.53 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.53 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.73 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.59 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.97 |
IEO Risk
- 22.5%
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.
- 0.52
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.
- −31.4%
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.
- −0.11
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IEO Cost
0.37%
IEO0.37%
- The middle half of Oil & Gas Producers funds
- Median 0.39%
3 of the 10 Oil & Gas Producers funds charge less.