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iShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income ETF
$21.66+0.06 (+0.25%)
- 0.50%
- $124M
- +8.3%
- 4.79%
- 0M sh
- $21.65
- low $20.96high $22.55
The ETF.net IYLD Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 1 of 15
Score 78 of 100 falls in the A 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.A71 out of 100Rank 4 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 11Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A73 out of 100Rank 3 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B56 out of 100Rank 5 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A88 out of 100Rank 1 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A85 out of 100Rank 1 of 15
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
- 19,347
- 4%
- STRC
Sectors
- Financials28.2%
- Real Estate20.9%
- Industrials9.7%
- Consumer Staples6.1%
- Utilities5.9%
- Health Care5.8%
- Consumer Discretionary5.3%
- Materials5.1%
- Technology4.8%
- Energy4.6%
- Communication3.7%
Geography
- United States72.86%
- Japan7.64%
- United Kingdom2.70%
- Australia2.21%
- France1.48%
- Switzerland1.44%
- Germany1.28%
- Spain0.84%
- 9.54%
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.
IYLD$10,831
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | +4.2% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | −1.2% |
| 1 year | +8.3% |
| 3 years | +10.2% |
| 5 years | +3.1% |
| 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 | +4.2% | |
| 2025 | +15.4% | |
| 2024 | +2.0% | |
| 2023 | +12.6% | |
| 2022 | −16.8% | |
| 2021 | +3.4% | |
| 2020 | −1.2% |
IYLD in the news
IYLD Dividends
- 4.79%
- $1.04
- $0.08 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
IYLD Risk
- 6.5%
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.
- 0.82
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
0.50%
IYLD0.50%
- The middle half of Multi-Asset Income funds
- Median 0.65%
3 of the 15 Multi-Asset Income funds charge less.
Other funds in Multi-Asset Income
- AINCMFranklin Income Focus ETFExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +9.9%
- BINKMState Street Income Allocation ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +6.4%
- BFTBIFirst Trust Balanced Income ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return +9.0%
- BMDIVMulti-Asset Diversified Income Index FundExpense ratio 0.83%1 year return +9.9%
- BALTYGlobal X Alternative Income ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +8.5%