iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF
$57.19+0.02 (+0.03%)
- 0.37%
- $1.4B
- +16.5%
- 0.95%
- 0.6M sh
- $56.75
- low $40.85high $58.30
The ETF.net IHF Grade
B
Score 55 out of 100
- 12 of 25
Score 55 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B69 out of 100Rank 7 of 25Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F24 out of 100Rank 20 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A80 out of 100Rank 5 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F12 out of 100Rank 25 of 25Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A77 out of 100Rank 6 of 25
Our read on IHF
BHealthcare without the drug labs. IHF tracks a US health care providers index, the insurers, hospitals and care networks that deliver and pay for care rather than invent the medicine, and it has been doing that job since 2006.
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index made up of U.S. equities in the healthcare providers sector. Its stated strategy is to track the Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index before fund fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Owns the delivery-and-payment side of healthcare, not the drug pipeline. That is a genuinely different slice than a whole-sector fund, run off one index since 2006.
- Costs 0.37% a year, under the 0.50% median for health care sector ETFs.
- A multi-billion-dollar iShares fund with moderate volume: a real market on both sides of the trade.
- Lands in the upper half of the broad health care ETFs we grade, a solid showing for such a targeted mandate.
Worth knowing
- About 60 stocks inside one corner of one sector. A narrow lineup like this can swing harder than a diversified healthcare fund.
- Broad healthcare rivals are far cheaper (VHT at 0.09%, XLV and FHLC at 0.08%). The focused mandate is what the extra fee buys.
- Distributions land quarterly. This is a growth-oriented equity slice, so income is a byproduct rather than the design.
IHF Holdings
- Stocks
- 63
- 73%
- UNH
Sectors
- Managed Health Care42.9%
- Health Care Services36.2%
- Health Care Facilities13.9%
- Health Care Technology7.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
IHF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IHF$11,647
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | IHF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.0% |
| 1 month | +1.2% |
| 3 months | +0.6% |
| 1 year | +16.5% |
| 3 years | +5.6% |
| 5 years | +3.2% |
| 10 years | +10.2% |
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 | IHF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.0% | |
| 2025 | +0.9% | |
| 2024 | −7.9% | |
| 2023 | −1.1% | |
| 2022 | −7.1% | |
| 2021 | +24.5% | |
| 2020 | +17.7% |
IHF in the news
IHF Dividends
- 0.95%
- $0.54
- $0.13 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
IHF Risk
- 22.4%
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.
- 0.11
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.
- −29.8%
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.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IHF Cost
0.37%
IHF0.37%
- The middle half of Health Care (Broad) funds
- Median 0.50%
6 of the 25 Health Care (Broad) funds charge less.
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- BIHIiShares U.S. Medical Devices ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return −9.8%
- CPINKSimplify Health Care ETFExpense ratio 0.51%1 year return +20.0%
- CFMEDFidelity Disruptive Medicine ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +21.9%
- CPTHInvesco Dorsey Wright Healthcare Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.74%1 year return +34.6%