iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
$84.64+0.65 (+0.77%)
- 0.37%
- $2.4B
- −14.7%
- 1.50%
- 2.2M sh
- $84.78
- low $83.69high $115.26
The ETF.net ITB Grade
D
Score 35 out of 100
- 14 of 15
Score 35 of 100 falls in the D 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.D29 out of 100Rank 10 of 15Mission
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.F5 out of 100Rank 15 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B56 out of 100Rank 5 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C46 out of 100Rank 10 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A81 out of 100Rank 2 of 15
Our read on ITB
DLaunched in 2006, right at the top of the housing boom, ITB is the long-running pure play on American homebuilding: roughly 40 US stocks tracking one home construction index, with no global detours.
Seeks to track an index of U.S. equities focused on the home construction sector.
Why people hold it
- Undiluted exposure by design: about 40 US names tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index, rather than a broad consumer basket where builders are a rounding error.ishares.com
- Trading since 2006, so this fund has a live track record through multiple full housing cycles instead of a back-test.
- A billion-dollar-plus fund that trades actively, which is why it has long been the default vehicle when investors want a housing position in one ticker.
Worth knowing
- Costs 0.37% a year, a touch above the typical fund in its consumer discretionary peer group, and broad sector options like XLY and FDIS run 0.08%.
- Roughly 40 stocks in one cyclical industry: the ride is bumpier than a diversified sector fund, and mortgage-rate news hits this basket hard in both directions.ishares.com
- US-only, and built for share-price exposure to homebuilding, not income. Distributions arrive quarterly.
ITB Holdings
- Stocks
- 47
- 68%
- DHI
Geography
- United States100.00%
ITB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ITB$8,528
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 | ITB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −11.7% |
| 1 month | −5.4% |
| 3 months | −13.4% |
| 1 year | −14.7% |
| 3 years | +4.9% |
| 5 years | +5.6% |
| 10 years | +12.8% |
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 | ITB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −11.7% | |
| 2025 | −5.3% | |
| 2024 | +2.1% | |
| 2023 | +68.9% | |
| 2022 | −26.2% | |
| 2021 | +49.3% | |
| 2020 | +26.4% |
ITB in the news
ITB Dividends
- 1.50%
- $1.26
- $0.75 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ITB Risk
- 30.8%
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.
- 0.15
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.
- −40.5%
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.
- 1.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ITB Cost
0.37%
ITB0.37%
- The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
8 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.
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