iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF
$51.70−0.59 (−1.14%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $3.5B
- 1Y return
- −13.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.50%
- Holdings
- 49
- Volume · 30D
- 2.8M sh
- NAV per share
- $51.98
- 52W range
The ETF.net IHI 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 69Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 19Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 90Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 86Category rank
Our read on IHI
BMedical devices only: pacemakers, insulin pumps, surgical robots. No pharma, no insurers, no hospitals riding along. iShares has run this narrow slice since 2006, and it costs less than the typical thematic fund.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. equities focused on the medical devices sector, providing targeted exposure to domestic medical-equipment manufacturers and distributors.
Why people hold it
- At 0.37% a year, it undercuts the typical fund in its thematic peer group, which sits closer to 0.56%.
- Tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Select Medical Equipment Index: roughly 50 US device makers and distributors, and nothing else wearing a lab coat.ishares.com
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so entering and exiting rarely means wrestling with the spread.
- Live since 2006 and one of the sturdier builds in its thematic cohort, with no structural quirks flagged.
Worth knowing
- About 50 names means a handful of big device makers carry most of the weight. Single-company news lands harder here than in a broad healthcare fund.
- One narrow slice of one sector, all US-listed. It can travel a long way from the broad market in either direction.
- Distributions arrive quarterly, but the mandate is device-maker stock exposure, not a yield engine.
IHI Holdings
- Stocks
- 49
- 76%
- ABT
Sectors
- Health Care100.0%
Geography
- United States91.17%
- Ireland7.94%
- United Kingdom0.89%
IHI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IHI$8,685
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 | IHI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −15.5% |
| 1 month | −6.7% |
| 3 months | +8.4% |
| 1 year | −13.1% |
| 3 years | +2.9% |
| 5 years | −4.1% |
| 10 years | +8.4% |
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 | IHI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −15.5% | |
| 2025 | +6.9% | |
| 2024 | +8.6% | |
| 2023 | +3.2% | |
| 2022 | −19.8% | |
| 2021 | +21.0% | |
| 2020 | +24.2% |
IHI in the news
IHI Dividends
- 0.50%
- $0.26
- $0.08 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.10 |
IHI Risk
- 17.8%
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.
- −0.06
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.
- −32.4%
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.
- 0.81
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IHI Cost
0.37%
IHI0.37%
- The middle half of Health Care (Broad) funds
- Median 0.50%
6 of the 25 Health Care (Broad) funds charge less.