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iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB)

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Price: $47.52; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $5.1B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.06%; Category 0.63%
Yield: 4.28%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.4%-0.3%; Category 1.7%
3Y CAGR: 4.8%-0.3%; Category 5.1%
5Y CAGR: 1.8%-0.4%; Category 2.2%

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iShares Core 1-5 Year USD 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	-0.7%	-0.3%	+0.2%	+0.3%	+1.4%	+4.8%	+1.8%	+2.2%	+1.9%
Short-Term Bond average	-0.6%	-0.2%	0.6%	0.7%	1.7%	5.1%	2.2%	2.4%	3.0%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.4%	-0.4%	-0.3%	-0.3%	-0.4%	-0.2%	-1.0%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.1% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
BISXX	BlackRock Cash Funds Instl SL Agency	1.06%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities99.4%
Real estate0.6%

Asset mix

Bonds98.7%
Cash1.3%
Preferred shares0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government58.9%
AAA4.3%
AA60.9%
A14.1%
BBB12.7%
BB4.5%
B2.8%
Below B0.7%
Other0.1%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Short-Term Bond
Ticker: ISTB
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 18 Oct 2012 (13.9 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.06% (category 0.63%)
Holdings turnover: 39% (category 130%)
Distribution yield: 4.28%
Beta, 3 years: 0.39
Total net assets: $5.1B
Average duration: 4.02 years
Average maturity: 9.79 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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