iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
$72.05−0.41 (−0.57%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $1.4B
- 1Y return
- +9.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.60%
- Holdings
- 53
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $71.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net IYK Grade
Score 54 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.CScore 46Category 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.BScore 66Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 68Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 36Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 72Category rank
Our read on IYK
BA 2000-vintage sector fund covering the staples aisle: about 50 U.S. food, drink and household-goods makers, held in a capped index built so no single giant runs the whole show.
The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. equities in the consumer staples sector, providing diversified exposure to U.S. food, beverage, and household-goods producers.
Why people hold it
- Running since 2000, it is one of the original U.S. sector ETFs, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that pays quarterly.
- The index it tracks (Russell 1000 Consumer Staples RIC 22.5/45 Capped) applies weight caps, so one mega-cap staple cannot swamp the portfolio.ishares.com
- About 50 holdings of U.S. food, beverage and household-goods producers: groceries, detergent, toothpaste, the stuff carts fill with in any weather.
- Fees come in under the typical fund in this group, and it sits in the upper half of the consumer staples field overall.
Worth knowing
- Price is the trade-off: 0.38% a year, while XLP, VDC and FSTA walk the same aisle for under a tenth of a percent.
- Concentrated by design. One sector, roughly 50 names, and nothing from tech, energy or financials to offset a bad stretch for staples.
- U.S. shelves only. The Nestle and Unilever side of the world sits in its sibling fund KXI, not here.
IYK Holdings
- Stocks
- 53
- 67%
- KO
Sectors
- Cons. Staples82.6%
- Health Care13.4%
- Materials2.6%
- Consumer Discr.1.3%
- Industrials0.0%
Geography
- United States99.82%
- Netherlands0.18%
IYK 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 | IYK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.1% |
| 1 month | −3.2% |
| 3 months | +2.5% |
| 1 year | +9.9% |
| 3 years | +7.1% |
| 5 years | +6.1% |
| 10 years | +9.1% |
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 | IYK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.1% | |
| 2025 | +4.8% | |
| 2024 | +5.3% | |
| 2023 | −2.8% | |
| 2022 | +3.6% | |
| 2021 | +17.3% | |
| 2020 | +32.6% |
IYK in the news
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IYK Dividends
- 2.60%
- $1.89
- $0.44 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.70 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.45 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.29 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.53 |
IYK Risk
- 12.7%
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.
- 0.26
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.
- −15.0%
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.
IYK Cost
- The middle half of Consumer Staples (Broad) funds
- Median 0.38%
5 of the 12 Consumer Staples (Broad) funds charge less.