IYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF
Tracks the investment results of the Russell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index.
By iShares · Launched 2000
Annual Cost
0.37%
#1,868 of 6,035 · low cost
Fund Size
$1.2B
#1,060 of 6,035 · large
Return (1Y)
+36.0%
Track Record
26 years
#78 of 6,035 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,943+39.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
Communication servicesIndex tracked
Russell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 73.6% of fundconcentrated
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
19.1%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
13.4%
AT&T INC.
12.8%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
4.3%
CIENA CORPORATION
4.2%
T-MOBILE US, INC.
4.1%
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
4.0%
COMCAST CORPORATION
4.0%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC.
3.9%
IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
3.7%
Asset allocation
Stocks
100.0%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Technology
52.2%
Communication
44.9%
Industrials
2.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
20.7%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-39.7%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.19Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.74Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the Russell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap U.S. equities in the telecommunications sector, using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the Russell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index. The Fund aims to keep portfolio turnover low and does not seek to outperform the index.
- Inception date
- May 22, 2000
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18