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iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

SGOVNYSEiSharesA

$100.43+0.03 (+0.03%)

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

A79/ 100

Rank 7 of 78 in Cash & Ultra-Short Income

A79/100Rank 7 of 78inCash & Ultra-Short Income
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 100.40 to 100.43. Range 100.42 to 100.43. Use the arrow keys to read each point.100.41100.41100.42100.42100.4210 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.09%
Fund size
$117B
1Y total return
+3.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.64%
Holdings
23
Avg volume · 30D
21M sh
52W range
low $100.27high $100.74
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net SGOV Grade

A

Score 79 out of 100

Category
Cash & Ultra-Short Income⁠
Rank
7 of 78
Six-pillar profile for SGOV. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 38, Mission 100, Tradability 92, Holdings 47, Durability 91. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Risk (38). Leans toward Mission.

Score 79 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.
    A84 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 78

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 67

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D38 out of 100
    Rank 70 of 75

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A92 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 78

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C47 out of 100
    Rank 52 of 77

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A91 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 78

Our read on SGOV

ETF.net Research

In short

AA cash-parking tool that owns nothing but US Treasury bills maturing in three months or less, pays out monthly, and charges 0.09%. Launched in 2020, it has grown into one of the largest bond ETFs around.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. Treasury bills with remaining maturities of three months or less.

Why people hold it

  • 0.09% a year against a 0.14% median for its T-bill peer group, and it is very actively traded, which tends to keep the round-trip cost of getting in and out thin.
  • One job, done plainly: track an index of Treasury bills with three months or less to run, and hand out the income monthly. Tracking has been close to the index.ishares.com
  • Holdings mature in weeks, so interest-rate sensitivity is minimal and the share price moves very little when yields swing.ishares.com

Worth knowing

  • Cheaper bill funds exist. VBIL lists at 0.06% and CLIP at 0.07%, so the fee advantage here is over the pricier half of the group, not the whole field.
  • Income tracks short-term rates. Bills roll every few weeks, so the monthly payout resets quickly in whichever direction rates go.
  • The flip side of near-zero duration: no price kicker when rates drop, the way longer-dated Treasury funds get.

SGOV Holdings

Holdings pillarC47 out of 100Rank 52 of 77 in Cash & Ultra-Short Income
Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
23
Top-10 weight
63%
Largest holding
Treasury Bill 12/08/20268.5%

Sectors

  • U.S. Treasury Debt99.5%
  • Investment Company0.5%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1No dataTreasury Bill 12/08/20268.53%100,006,823$9.96B18
2No dataTreasury Bill 12/15/20268.19%96,098,679$9.56B18
3No dataTreasury Bill 11/17/20267.63%89,284,031$8.91B15
4No dataTreasury Bill 12/22/20266.87%80,702,401$8.02B12
5No dataTreasury Bill 11/24/20266.80%79,671,121$7.95B17
6No dataTreasury Bill 11/10/20266.00%70,202,517$7.01B16
7No dataTreasury Bill 01/28/20275.21%61,526,882$6.09B32
8No dataTreasury Bill 01/21/20275.07%59,757,807$5.92B18
9No dataTreasury Bill 11/19/20264.43%51,873,943$5.18B24
10No dataTreasury Bill 12/01/20264.38%51,325,425$5.11B15
11No dataTreasury Bill 12/10/20264.36%51,155,181$5.09B20
12No dataTreasury Bill 12/31/20264.27%50,184,007$4.98B34
13No dataTreasury Bill 01/14/20274.21%49,574,021$4.92B18
14No dataTreasury Bill 11/05/20264.19%48,989,463$4.9B19
15No dataTreasury Bill 12/17/20263.89%45,729,336$4.55B22

Showing 1–15 of 23 holdings

SGOV Performance

Launched May 26, 2020

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

Not enough history yet.
SGOV$10,372
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. SGOV $10,372. 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 SGOV. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSGOV
Year to date+3.1%
1 month+0.3%
3 months+0.9%
1 year+3.7%
3 yearsper year+4.5%
5 yearsper year+3.8%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

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 SGOV
YearReturn barSGOV
2026 YTD+3.1%
2025+4.2%
2024+5.3%
2023+5.1%
2022+1.6%
2021+0.1%
20200.0%

History from May 28, 2020

SGOV in the news

SGOV 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.
3.64%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$3.67Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.30 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 45 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Feb 1, 2023 $0.39; Mar 1, 2023 $0.28; Apr 3, 2023 $0.36; May 1, 2023 $0.39; Jun 1, 2023 $0.43; Jul 3, 2023 $0.42; Aug 1, 2023 $0.44; Sep 1, 2023 $0.43; Oct 2, 2023 $0.41; Nov 1, 2023 $0.43; Dec 1, 2023 $0.44; Dec 14, 2023 $0.45; Feb 1, 2024 $0.46; Mar 1, 2024 $0.41; Apr 1, 2024 $0.45; May 1, 2024 $0.43; Jun 3, 2024 $0.44; Jul 1, 2024 $0.44; Aug 1, 2024 $0.45; Sep 3, 2024 $0.44; Oct 1, 2024 $0.43; Nov 1, 2024 $0.42; Dec 2, 2024 $0.38; Dec 18, 2024 $0.37; Feb 3, 2025 $0.36; Mar 3, 2025 $0.31; Apr 1, 2025 $0.35; May 1, 2025 $0.33; Jun 2, 2025 $0.36; Jul 1, 2025 $0.35; Aug 1, 2025 $0.36; Sep 2, 2025 $0.36; Oct 1, 2025 $0.35; Nov 3, 2025 $0.35; Dec 1, 2025 $0.31; Dec 19, 2025 $0.32; Feb 2, 2026 $0.31; Mar 2, 2026 $0.27; Apr 1, 2026 $0.29; May 1, 2026 $0.30; Jun 1, 2026 $0.30; Jul 1, 2026 $0.30; Aug 3, 2026 $0.31; Sep 1, 2026 $0.31; Oct 1, 2026 $0.30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Nov 2, 2026Pays Nov 5, 2026$0.33
Oct 1, 2026Oct 6, 2026$0.30
Sep 1, 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.31
Aug 3, 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.31
Jul 1, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.30
Jun 1, 2026Jun 4, 2026$0.30
May 1, 2026May 6, 2026$0.30
Apr 1, 2026Apr 7, 2026$0.29
Mar 2, 2026Mar 5, 2026$0.27
Feb 2, 2026Feb 5, 2026$0.31
Dec 19, 2025Dec 24, 2025$0.32
Dec 1, 2025Dec 4, 2025$0.31

See all 76 payments⁠

$10,000 in SGOV 5 years ago paid $1,826 in dividends.⁠

SGOV Risk

Risk pillarD38 out of 100Rank 70 of 75 in Cash & Ultra-Short Income
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
0.2%
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.
−0.74
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.
−0.03%
Trough Aug 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.
0.003
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.

SGOV Cost

Compare SGOV and XHLF

Overpaying vs XHLF, tied cheapest in Cash & Ultra-Short Income

$1,260

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

  • SGOV 0.09%

    $1,898

  • XHLF 0.03% Tied cheapest

    $638

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • SGOV 0.09%
  • XHLF 0.03%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$500$1K$1.5K$2K051015202530SGOV $1,898XHLF $638

Year by year

YearSGOVXHLFOverpaying
10$165$55$110
20$646$216$430
30$1,898$638$1,260

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