

iShares U.S. Energy ETF
$65.80+0.66 (+1.01%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $1.7B
- 1Y return
- +42.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.07%
- Holdings
- 40
- Volume · 30D
- 1M sh
- NAV per share
- $65.85
- 52W range
The ETF.net IYE Grade
Score 64 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 65Category 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.CScore 51Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 86Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 44Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 81Category rank
Our read on IYE
BOne of the original ways to own the whole US energy patch in a single ticker, trading since 2000. Roughly 40 energy names, priced below the category median but above the sector's cheapest index funds.
The fund aims to follow an index made up of U.S. companies from the energy sector.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 2000, making it one of the elder statesmen of sector ETFs, with a record stretching across multiple oil and gas cycles.
- At 0.38% a year it undercuts the typical broad energy fund, where the category median sits at 0.45%.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so buying or selling usually means meeting a crowd rather than hunting for one.
- Simple mandate, plainly stated: an index of US energy companies, held as stocks, with cash paid out quarterly.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- XLE, FENY and VDE fish in the same pond for roughly 0.08% to 0.09%, so this one carries a noticeably higher annual fee for similar exposure.
- About 40 stocks in a single sector, and energy benchmarks lean hard on their biggest names, so a handful of companies can steer the ride.
- US-listed companies only by design, so energy majors domiciled overseas sit outside the index.ishares.com
IYE Holdings
- Stocks
- 40
- 71%
- XOM
Sectors
- Energy98.4%
- Technology1.5%
- Industrials0.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
IYE 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 | IYE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +39.2% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | +13.9% |
| 1 year | +42.7% |
| 3 years | +14.7% |
| 5 years | +23.2% |
| 10 years | +9.3% |
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 | IYE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +39.2% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% | |
| 2024 | +6.1% | |
| 2023 | −2.2% | |
| 2022 | +60.3% | |
| 2021 | +53.4% | |
| 2020 | −33.5% |
IYE in the news
IYE Dividends
- 2.07%
- $1.35
- $0.39 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.36 |
IYE Risk
- 19.8%
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.
- 0.62
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.
- −25.6%
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.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IYE Cost
- The middle half of Energy (Broad) funds
- Median 0.46%
7 of the 24 Energy (Broad) funds charge less.