GOVTiShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Tracks the investment results of the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index.
By iShares · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.05%
#132 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$41.8B
#87 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
-0.8%
Track Record
14 years
#971 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$9,893-1.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
ICE US Treasury Core Bond Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 21.7% of funddiversified
United States of America
5.2%
United States of America
2.9%
United States of America
2.6%
United States of America
2.1%
United States of America
1.6%
United States of America
1.6%
United States of America
1.5%
United States of America
1.5%
United States of America
1.4%
United States of America
1.4%
Asset allocation
Bonds
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
3.5%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-19.1%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
-0.12Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.17Moderate downside risk
Bond profile
Duration
3.3 years
Avg maturity
9.2 years
Credit ratings
US Government
99.5%
AA
100.0%
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in U.S. Treasury bonds using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index. Aims to keep portfolio turnover low and does not seek to outperform the index.
- Inception date
- February 14, 2012
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18