iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF
$73.68+0.23 (+0.31%)
- 0.35%
- $844M
- −1.1%
- 1.49%
- 0.1M sh
- $73.69
- low $73.33high $77.72
The ETF.net ISHG Grade
B
Score 59 out of 100
- 4 of 6
Score 59 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.C49 out of 100Rank 2 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A85 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B55 out of 100Rank 3 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C50 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C52 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C52 out of 100Rank 5 of 6
Our read on ISHG
BForeign government bonds with the rate risk dialed down. ISHG holds developed-market sovereigns maturing in one to three years, in local currency, so the dollar's direction does more of the talking than the yield curve does.
The fund seeks to track an index of non-U.S. developed-market government bonds with remaining maturities between one and three years.
Why people hold it
- The whole point is the short end: only non-US developed government bonds with one to three years left to run, which keeps interest-rate sensitivity modest.ishares.com
- Index rules do real work: investment-grade sovereigns only, US excluded, and each country capped at 21% of the index, so no single government runs away with it.research.ftserussell.com
- Running since 2009 under the iShares roof, spreading a couple hundred sovereign bonds across Japan, Europe and other developed issuers.
- Tracking has been tight: the fund has hugged its FTSE benchmark closely rather than drifting from it.
Worth knowing
- The bonds are local-currency and unhedged, so exchange-rate moves flow straight through. At these maturities, the yen and euro can matter more than the coupons.research.ftserussell.comishares.com
- 0.35% a year sits right at the median for international treasury funds, matching IGOV and BWX, so cost is not the tiebreaker here.
- It is a mid-size, moderately traded fund, not a headline name, and it pays out only once or twice a year rather than monthly.
ISHG Holdings
- Bonds
- 197
- 15%
- Portugal (Republic Of) 2.13% 10/17/2028
Sectors
- Treasuries100.0%
Geography
- France9.72%
- Japan8.88%
- Germany8.20%
- Italy7.90%
- United Kingdom6.47%
- Spain5.72%
- Korea (the Republic of)4.70%
- Australia4.62%
- 43.77%
Developed 90% · Emerging 10%
ISHG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ISHG$9,893
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 | ISHG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.4% |
| 1 month | −3.0% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | −1.1% |
| 3 years | +4.4% |
| 5 years | −0.7% |
| 10 years | −0.2% |
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 | ISHG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.4% | |
| 2025 | +13.3% | |
| 2024 | −4.1% | |
| 2023 | +3.8% | |
| 2022 | −11.0% | |
| 2021 | −7.1% | |
| 2020 | +7.5% |
ISHG in the news
ISHG Dividends
- 1.49%
- $1.09
- $1.09 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
ISHG Risk
- 7.7%
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.
- 0.03
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.
- −20.8%
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.
- 0.87
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ISHG Cost
0.35%
ISHG0.35%
- The middle half of International Sovereign funds
- Median 0.35%
1 of the 6 International Sovereign funds charge less.
Other funds in International Sovereign
- BEBNDSPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +3.6%
- BIGOViShares International Treasury Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return −5.0%
- BBWXSPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return −4.8%
- CWIPSPDR FTSE International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +4.8%
- DGGOViShares Global Government Bond USD Hedged Active ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return +2.7%