iShares U.S. Transportation ETF
$80.14−0.01 (−0.01%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.37%
- Fund size
- $2.1B
- 1Y return
- +13.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.94%
- Holdings
- 44
- Volume · 30D
- 0.7M sh
- NAV per share
- $79.84
- 52W range
The ETF.net IYT Grade
Score 56 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 56Category 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 47Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 73Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 35Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 88Category rank
Our read on IYT
BTrucks, rails, airlines and parcel carriers in one ticker. Since 2003, IYT has been the broad bet on how America moves goods, while most rivals in the group cover a single lane.
The fund seeks to track the investment results of an index made up of U.S. transportation-sector equities. It uses representative sampling and generally invests at least 80% of assets in the index's component securities.
Why people hold it
- 0.38% a year, comfortably under the median fee in its transportation peer group.
- Trading since 2003 and an actively traded name, which tends to mean tighter spreads than thinly used sector funds.
- Covers the whole US freight chain, where cohort peers specialize: JETS in airlines, BOAT in shipping.
- Sits among the strongest options in its small transportation cohort on our review.
Worth knowing
- About 40 stocks in one sector, so a handful of big carriers can steer the ride. Its index caps how heavy any single name gets.
- Runs representative sampling, meaning it can hold a subset of the index rather than every component, with at least 80% of assets in index names.
- XTN tracks similar ground for a touch less at 0.35%; income here arrives quarterly.
IYT Holdings
- Stocks
- 44
- 72%
- UNP
Sectors
- Industrials83.8%
- Technology16.3%
Geography
- United States100.00%
IYT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IYT$11,305
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 | IYT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.4% |
| 1 month | −7.7% |
| 3 months | −5.0% |
| 1 year | +13.1% |
| 3 years | +12.4% |
| 5 years | +6.8% |
| 10 years | +9.6% |
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 | IYT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.4% | |
| 2025 | +11.5% | |
| 2024 | +4.1% | |
| 2023 | +24.6% | |
| 2022 | −21.7% | |
| 2021 | +26.4% | |
| 2020 | +14.2% |
IYT in the news
IYT Dividends
- 0.94%
- $0.76
- $0.19 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.18 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.21 |
IYT Risk
- 18.7%
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.
- 0.46
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.
- −29.1%
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.
- 1.21
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IYT Cost
0.37%
IYT0.37%
- The middle half of Transportation funds
- Median 0.48%
3 of the 8 Transportation funds charge less.