iShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income ETF
$21.89−0.17 (−0.75%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $127M
- 1Y return
- +8.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.68%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.06
- 52W range
The ETF.net IYLD Grade
Score 75 of 100 sits in the A 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 64Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
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 52Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 84Category rank
Our read on IYLD
AOne ticker, one income engine. IYLD is a fund of iShares funds, bundling equity, bond and other income funds into a single monthly-paying package that has run on the same playbook since 2012.
The Fund seeks to track an index of underlying equity, fixed-income, and other income funds designed to provide high current income while offering an opportunity for capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- A single trade buys a whole income lineup: the index it follows is built from underlying equity, fixed-income and other income funds, so the mixing and rebalancing happen inside the wrapper.ishares.com
- 0.50% a year, comfortably below the typical fee in its allocation peer group. Cheap for a multi-asset income build.
- Pays monthly, which lines the cash flow up with how most people actually pay bills.ishares.com
- Hews closely to the Morningstar Multi-Asset High Income Index it targets, one of the tighter index implementations in its peer group. No manager guesswork bolted on top.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded. Expect wider bid-ask spreads than the mega-funds, which matters most on larger orders.
- Income comes first here: capital appreciation is the secondary goal in its own objective, so it is built differently from a growth-tilted allocation fund.
- Broad allocation rivals cost far less (IRTR at 0.08%, AOA at 0.19%), though neither is built around high current income.
IYLD Holdings
- Other
- —
- 5%
- BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY
Sectors
- Financials27.3%
- Real Estate18.9%
- Industrials11.0%
- Consumer Discr.6.3%
- Technology6.0%
- Cons. Staples5.8%
- Health Care5.7%
- Materials5.7%
- Utilities5.4%
- Communication3.9%
- Energy3.9%
Geography
- United States73.13%
- Japan7.48%
- United Kingdom2.63%
- Australia2.19%
- France1.51%
- Switzerland1.38%
- Germany1.28%
- Spain0.84%
- 9.55%
Developed 80% · Emerging 20%
IYLD 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 | IYLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.9% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | +0.6% |
| 1 year | +8.6% |
| 3 years | +10.3% |
| 5 years | +3.2% |
| 10 years | +3.6% |
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 | IYLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.9% | |
| 2025 | +15.4% | |
| 2024 | +2.0% | |
| 2023 | +12.6% | |
| 2022 | −16.8% | |
| 2021 | +3.4% | |
| 2020 | −1.2% |
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IYLD Dividends
- 4.68%
- $1.03
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | $0.07 |
| May 4, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.07 |
IYLD Risk
- 6.4%
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.
- 0.86
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.
- −22.4%
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.
- 0.60
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IYLD Cost
- The middle half of Multi-Asset Income funds
- Median 0.65%
4 of the 15 Multi-Asset Income funds charge less.