iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF
$24.44+0.01 (+0.02%)
- 0.12%
- $1.3B
- +1.2%
- 4.62%
- 0.2M sh
- $24.41
- low $24.30high $25.39
The ETF.net SUSB Grade
B
Score 69 out of 100
- 5 of 24
Score 69 of 100 falls in the B 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.A70 out of 100Rank 8 of 24Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 15Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C41 out of 100Rank 18 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C43 out of 100Rank 13 of 24Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 9 of 24Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A71 out of 100Rank 8 of 24
Our read on SUSB
BShort-dated corporate bonds with an ESG filter. SUSB tracks a Bloomberg MSCI index of 1-5 year investment-grade US corporate debt screened for environmental, social and governance characteristics, at 0.12% a year.
The fund seeks to track an index of short-term, investment-grade U.S.-dollar corporate bonds whose issuers have positive aggregate environmental, social, and governance characteristics.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.12%, under the typical investment-grade corporate bond fund, and the portfolio behind it is one of the stronger builds in that group.
- Maturities stop at five years, so prices move less when rates shift than long-dated corporate debt does. Income is paid monthly.
- The ESG call is not a manager's hunch. It follows the Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate 1-5 Year ESG Focus Index, spread across roughly 1,700 bonds.
- Running since 2017 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, so this is a screened bond strategy with real operating history and real scale behind it.
Worth knowing
- The screen costs extra. IGSB, the unscreened iShares 1-5 year investment-grade corporate fund, charges 0.04%.
- ESG here means MSCI's definition, applied at the index level. If your own standards differ, the holdings list is the place to check.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads can run wider than at the category giants like VCIT and USIG.
SUSB Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,563
- 4%
- Cheniere Energy Inc 4.63% 10/15/2028
Sectors
- Banking35.4%
- Capital Goods9.2%
- Energy7.1%
- Health Care7.1%
- Consumer Discretionary7.0%
- Consumer Non-Cyclical6.4%
- Electric5.5%
- Communications4.7%
- Insurance3.9%
- Finance Companies2.8%
- Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges2.6%
- Reits2.5%
- Transportation2.4%
- Natural Gas1.8%
- Basic Industry1.8%
Geography
- United States76.82%
- United Kingdom6.29%
- Canada6.19%
- Japan3.66%
- Ireland2.19%
- Netherlands1.78%
- Spain0.85%
- Australia0.76%
- 1.45%
SUSB Performance
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SUSB$10,124
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 | SUSB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.1% |
| 1 month | −0.1% |
| 3 months | −0.5% |
| 1 year | +1.2% |
| 3 years | +5.3% |
| 5 years | +2.2% |
| 10 years | — |
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 | SUSB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.1% | |
| 2025 | +6.8% | |
| 2024 | +4.8% | |
| 2023 | +6.0% | |
| 2022 | −5.7% | |
| 2021 | −0.8% | |
| 2020 | +5.0% |
SUSB in the news
SUSB Dividends
- 4.62%
- $1.13
- $0.10 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SUSB Risk
- 2.5%
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.
- 0.23
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.
- −9.1%
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.
- 0.40
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SUSB Cost
0.12%
SUSB0.12%
- The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds
- Median 0.15%
6 of the 23 Investment Grade Corporate (0-5 Year) funds charge less.
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- BDFSDDimensional - Short Duration Fixed Income ETFExpense ratio 0.17%1 year return +1.0%
- BZTREF/M 3-Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond EtfExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +1.2%
- BQSIGWisdomTree U.S. Short-Term Corporate Bond FundExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +0.9%