iShares U.S. Consumer Discretionary ETF
$96.47−1.00 (−1.03%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $1.2B
- 1Y return
- −7.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.54%
- Holdings
- 156
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $97.37
- 52W range
The ETF.net IYC Grade
Score 47 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 29Category 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.AScore 70Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 48Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 58Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 69Category rank
Our read on IYC
CMost consumer discretionary ETFs follow the GICS rulebook. IYC follows Russell's, which counts media, streaming and big-box retail as discretionary spending. Same theme, wider cart.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. equities in the consumer discretionary sector, providing diversified exposure to retail, media, and consumer services companies in the United States.
Why people hold it
- Russell's sector map instead of GICS: the roster reaches into media and entertainment plus big-box and grocery retail, aisles that XLY, VCR and FDIS file elsewhere.blackrock.com
- About 160 Russell 1000 names across retail, restaurants, autos, travel and media, spreading the theme across the whole spending economy.blackrock.com
- Listed in 2000 and now a billion-dollar-plus fund, it has traded through every consumer cycle this century and sits in the upper half of its 17-fund peer group.
Worth knowing
- The 0.38% fee runs above the 0.35% cohort median and several times the 0.08%-0.09% charged by XLY, FDIS and VCR.
- Cap-weighted with daily caps applied: the largest one or two holdings still carry a big slice, so the fund tends to move with them.blackrock.com
- Moderately traded rather than a category volume leader, so bid-ask spreads can matter more on large or hurried orders.
IYC Holdings
- Stocks
- 156
- 51%
- AMZN
Sectors
- Consumer Discr.68.2%
- Communication14.0%
- Cons. Staples11.1%
- Technology3.5%
- Industrials3.3%
Geography
- United States96.98%
- Sweden1.41%
- Switzerland1.06%
- Bermuda0.26%
- Canada0.17%
- Finland0.09%
- United Kingdom0.03%
IYC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | IYC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −5.1% |
| 1 month | −4.9% |
| 3 months | −2.0% |
| 1 year | −7.1% |
| 3 years | +14.0% |
| 5 years | +5.0% |
| 10 years | +11.1% |
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 | IYC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −5.1% | |
| 2025 | +7.9% | |
| 2024 | +27.5% | |
| 2023 | +34.0% | |
| 2022 | −31.8% | |
| 2021 | +19.6% | |
| 2020 | +24.6% |
IYC in the news
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IYC Dividends
- 0.54%
- $0.53
- $0.15 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.13 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.16 |
IYC Risk
- 15.6%
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.
- 0.59
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.
- −35.9%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IYC Cost
- The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
8 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.