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IYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF

Grow my money26y track recordRanked #291 of 3,051 in this goal

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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,943+39.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Russell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

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+ years
Volatility (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