ISTBiShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF
Tracks the investment results of the Bloomberg U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index.
By iShares · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.06%
#169 of 5,861 · low cost
Fund Size
$5.0B
#445 of 5,861 · large
Dividend YieldGoal
4.24%
Track Record
13 years
#1,022 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,223+2.2%
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
Bloomberg US Universal 1-5 Year Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 9.1% of fund✓ well diversified
BlackRock Funds III
1.1%
United States Treasury
1.0%
United States Treasury
1.0%
United States Treasury
1.0%
United States Treasury
0.9%
United States Treasury
0.9%
United States Treasury
0.9%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS
0.8%
United States Treasury
0.8%
United States Treasury
0.8%
Asset allocation
Bonds
99.1%
Cash
0.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
1.8%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-9.4%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.52Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.77Moderate downside risk
Bond profile
Duration
4.0 years
Avg maturity
9.8 years
Credit ratings
US Government
58.9%
AAA
4.3%
AA
60.9%
A
14.0%
BBB
12.6%
BB
4.5%
B
2.8%
Below B
0.8%
Other
0.1%
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the Bloomberg U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds rated investment-grade or high yield with maturities between one and five years. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the Bloomberg U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index, which includes U.S. Treasury bonds and corporate bonds.
- Inception date
- October 18, 2012
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-04