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iShares U.S. Financials ETF

IYFNYSE ArcaiSharesB

$132.97+2.03 (+1.55%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B66/ 100

Rank 5 of 18 in Financials (Broad)

B66/100Rank 5 of 18inFinancials (Broad)
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 130.94 to 132.97. Range 131.83 to 133.31. Use the arrow keys to read each point.131.50132.00132.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.37%
Fund size
$3.74B
1Y total return
+8.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.49%
Holdings
146
Avg volume · 30D
372K sh
52W range
low $113.62high $139.09
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net IYF Grade

B

Score 66 out of 100

Category
Financials (Broad)⁠
Rank
5 of 18
Six-pillar profile for IYF. Scores out of 100: Cost 53, Risk 57, Mission 84, Tradability 76, Holdings 55, Durability 76. Strongest: Mission (84). Weakest: Cost (53). Leans toward Mission.

Score 66 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.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 7 of 18

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A84 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 10

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B57 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 18

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 18

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B55 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 18

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 18

Our read on IYF

ETF.net Research

In short

BTrading since May 2000, IYF runs the US financials trade off the Russell 1000's financials slice, so mid-cap banks, insurers and brokers ride along with the megabanks. About 140 names at 0.37%, near the category median fee.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index composed of U.S. equities in the financials sector.

Why people hold it

  • The index is the financials cut of the Russell 1000 and includes large- and mid-cap companies, not just the giants: about 140 holdings spanning banks, insurers and card networks.sec.govishares.com
  • Built-in guardrails: no single issuer above 15%, and all names over 4.5% capped at 22.5% combined, monitored daily between quarterly rebalances.sec.gov
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund with a quarter-century track record, quarterly distributions, and enough daily turnover for ordinary-size orders.
  • Sits in the upper half of the broad US financials group, a crowded shelf of 18 funds.

Worth knowing

  • 0.37% is near the median for broad financials, but the index cheapskates undercut it badly: XLF at 0.08%, FNCL at 0.084%, VFH at 0.09%.
  • Capped is not spread thin. A few mega-cap financials can fill most of that 22.5% bucket, so the top of the book drives most of the movement.sec.gov
  • One sector, one country. Rates, credit losses and regulation hit banks, insurers and card networks at the same time, with no other sector to cushion it.

IYF Holdings

Holdings pillarB55 out of 100Rank 10 of 18 in Financials (Broad)
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
146
Top-10 weight
48%
Largest holding
BRK.B12.4%

Sectors

  • Financials47.9%
  • Banks31.9%
  • Insurance19.4%
  • Software & Services0.5%
  • Commercial & Professional Services0.3%

Geography

  • United States97.00%
  • Switzerland1.98%
  • Brazil0.74%
  • Canada0.28%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 10.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc Class B12.38%853,356$463M374
2JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co11.04%1,224,685$413M487
3WFCWells Fargo3.72%1,669,394$139M377
4BACBank of America3.70%2,766,319$138M433
5GSGoldman Sachs Group3.59%149,814$134M396
6MSMorgan Stanley3.24%657,169$121M425
7CCitigroup3.22%982,448$120M413
8BLKBlackRock2.75%89,531$103M324
9SCHWCharles Schwab2.26%958,393$84.4M399
10SPGIS&P Global2.16%173,334$80.9M375
11PGRProgressive2.12%342,526$79.2M393
12CBChubb2.01%206,333$75.1M298
13CMECme Group Class A1.72%211,877$64.2M366
14BNYBank of New York Mellon Corp1.56%397,614$58.5M387
15MRSHMarsh1.52%282,802$56.7M336

Showing 1–15 of 146 holdings

IYF Performance

Launched May 22, 2000

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

IYF$10,846
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. IYF $10,846. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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 IYF. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodIYF
Year to date+2.7%
1 month+4.2%
3 months−2.5%
1 year+8.5%
3 yearsper year+23.5%
5 yearsper year+9.7%
10 yearsper year+13.1%

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 IYF
YearReturn barIYF
2026 YTD+2.7%
2025+18.2%
2024+31.3%
2023+15.3%
2022−11.3%
2021+31.6%
2020−1.0%

IYF in the news

IYF 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 30, 2026.
1.49%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.95Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.42 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 24, 2017 $0.19; Jun 27, 2017 $0.21; Sep 26, 2017 $0.20; Dec 19, 2017 $0.28; Mar 22, 2018 $0.21; Jun 26, 2018 $0.27; Sep 26, 2018 $0.26; Dec 17, 2018 $0.28; Mar 20, 2019 $0.29; Jun 17, 2019 $0.27; Sep 24, 2019 $0.31; Dec 16, 2019 $0.27; Mar 25, 2020 $0.35; Jun 15, 2020 $0.24; Sep 23, 2020 $0.30; Dec 14, 2020 $0.26; Mar 25, 2021 $0.26; Jun 10, 2021 $0.21; Sep 24, 2021 $0.35; Dec 13, 2021 $0.28; Mar 24, 2022 $0.35; Jun 9, 2022 $0.28; Sep 26, 2022 $0.36; Dec 13, 2022 $0.41; Mar 23, 2023 $0.34; Jun 7, 2023 $0.29; Sep 26, 2023 $0.39; Dec 20, 2023 $0.41; Mar 21, 2024 $0.31; Jun 11, 2024 $0.30; Sep 25, 2024 $0.36; Dec 17, 2024 $0.46; Mar 18, 2025 $0.37; Jun 16, 2025 $0.37; Sep 16, 2025 $0.39; Dec 16, 2025 $0.57; Mar 17, 2026 $0.58; Jun 15, 2026 $0.38; Sep 15, 2026 $0.42. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 15, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.42
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.38
Mar 17, 2026Mar 20, 2026$0.58
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.57
Sep 16, 2025Sep 19, 2025$0.39
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.37
Mar 18, 2025Mar 21, 2025$0.37
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.46
Sep 25, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.36
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.30
Mar 21, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.31
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.41

See all 107 payments⁠

$10,000 in IYF 10 years ago paid $2,912 in dividends.⁠

IYF Risk

Risk pillarB57 out of 100Rank 8 of 18 in Financials (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.8%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 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.
1.15
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 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.
−25.1%
Trough Sep 2022
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.
0.82
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.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

IYF Cost

Compare IYF and XLF

Overpaying vs XLF, cheapest in Financials (Broad)

$5,824

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • IYF 0.37%

    $7,513

  • XLF 0.08% Cheapest

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • IYF 0.37%
  • XLF 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K051015202530IYF $7,513XLF $1,689

Year by year

YearIYFXLFOverpaying
10$670$147$523
20$2,590$575$2,015
30$7,513$1,689$5,824

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