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iShares Large Cap Deep Quarterly Laddered ETF

IVVBCboeD

$35.92+0.01 (+0.03%)

As of Oct 13, 2026, 3:59 PM

D33/ 100

Rank 15 of 18 in S&P 500 Laddered Buffer

D33/100Rank 15 of 18inS&P 500 Laddered Buffer
Intraday session: up, 62 prints from 35.91 to 35.92. Range 35.84 to 35.92. Use the arrow keys to read each point.35.8635.8810 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.53%
Fund size
$141M
1Y total return
+12.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.13%
Holdings
7
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$35.90
52W range
low $31.67high $36.92
Launched

The ETF.net IVVB Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

D

Score 33 out of 100

Category
S&P 500 Laddered Buffer⁠
Rank
15 of 18
Six-pillar profile for IVVB. Scores out of 100: Cost 26, Risk 19, Mission not scored, Tradability 55, Holdings 36, Durability 58. Strongest: Durability (58). Weakest: Risk (19). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 33 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.
    D26 out of 100
    Rank 13 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    F19 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B55 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D36 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B58 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 18

Our read on IVVB

ETF.net Research

DBlackRock's fix for the buffer-timing problem: four overlapping quarterly option layers instead of one annual reset, cushioning roughly 5% to 20% of losses on its S&P 500 core fund in exchange for a ceiling on the upside.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track the share-price return of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF up to an approximate upside limit while seeking downside protection. It uses staggered, overlapping roughly three-month options to ladder protection against underlying losses of approximately 5% to 20%.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Staggered, overlapping roughly three-month option layers roll on a ladder, so the outcome you get isn't decided by the day you happened to buy in.ishares.com
  2. 02A 0.53% expense ratio undercuts the typical deep-buffer fund (peer median 0.74%) and named rivals like BALT at 0.69% and MAYW at 0.74%.
  3. 03The buffer is deep, not shallow: it targets underlying losses of about 5% to 20%, the range an ordinary correction tends to occupy.
  4. 04Reference asset is iShares' own S&P 500 core fund, and the strategy sits in the upper half of its deep-buffer peer group.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The first slice of the drop is yours. Protection kicks in around 5% down, so shallow dips pass straight through.
  2. 02Upside stops at an approximate limit, and the fund tracks share-price return, so S&P 500 dividends don't flow through to you.
  3. 03It trades lighter than the heavyweight buffer funds and pays out at most a couple of times a year. Limit orders matter here.

IVVB Holdings

As of Oct 12, 2026
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
7
Top-10 weight
101%
Largest holding
IVV99.7%

Sectors

  • Technology40.4%
  • Financials11.2%
  • Communication9.9%
  • Health Care9.3%
  • Consumer Discretionary8.7%
  • Industrials7.5%
  • Consumer Staples4.3%
  • Energy3.4%
  • Utilities1.9%
  • Real Estate1.7%
  • Materials1.6%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001IVVIshares Core S&P Etf Trust99.74%179,500$140M57
002—USD Cash0.50%708,230$708K263
003—JAN27 Ivv Us P @ 727.560.30%603$416K1
004—DEC26 Ivv Us P @ 732.20.16%602$232K1
005—Cash Collateral USD Gscft0.05%70,000$70K9
006—NOV26 Ivv Us P @ 712.80.03%602$43K1
007—Etd USD Balance With R93538<0.01%5,220$5K9

Showing 1–7 of 7 holdings

IVVB Performance

Launched Jun 28, 2023

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.Not enough history yet.
IVVB$11,231
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$12,044
Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. IVVB $11,231. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,547$10,896$12,245Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 12, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for IVVB. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodIVVB
Year to date+8.5%
1 month+1.5%
3 months+3.0%
1 year+12.3%
3 yearsper year+14.2%
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for IVVB
YearReturn barIVVB
2026 YTD+8.5%
2025+9.6%
2024+18.7%
2023+2.6%

History from Jun 30, 2023

IVVB in the news

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IVVB Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 12, 2026.
1.13%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.40Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.40 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Annual

Distribution history

2024–2026

One bar per payment. 2 payments from 2024 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2024 $0.27; Dec 23, 2025 $0.40. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 23, 2025Dec 29, 2025$0.40
Dec 30, 2024Jan 3, 2025$0.27

IVVB Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
8.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Sep 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.07
vs 3-month T-bills · to Sep 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−13.1%
39 months · trough Apr 2025
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.65
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

IVVB Cost

Expense ratio0.53%
  • The middle half of S&P 500 Laddered Buffer funds
  • Median 0.25%

12 of the 18 S&P 500 Laddered Buffer funds charge less.

IVVB costs $53.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Laddered Buffer fund costs $25.00.

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