iSharesShort GovernmentAGZ · NYSE Arca

iShares Agency Bond ETF (AGZ)

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Price: $107.41; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $632.7M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.52%
Yield: 3.70%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 0.9%-1.0%; Category 1.9%
3Y CAGR: 4.0%-0.2%; Category 4.2%
5Y CAGR: 0.9%-1.1%; Category 2.0%

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iShares Agency Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.8%	-0.6%	0.0%	-0.2%	+0.9%	+4.0%	+0.9%	+1.7%	+2.3%
Short Government average	-0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	1.9%	4.2%	2.0%	1.9%	2.7%
Difference	-0.4%	-0.7%	-0.4%	-0.9%	-1.0%	-0.2%	-1.1%	-0.1%	-0.4%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government97.8%
AA100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.2%
Cash0.8%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Short Government
Ticker: AGZ
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 5 Nov 2008 (17.8 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.52%)
Holdings turnover: 45% (category 192%)
Distribution yield: 3.70%
Beta, 3 years: 0.46
Total net assets: $632.7M
Average duration: 4.13 years
Average maturity: 9.91 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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