iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF
GBF NYSE Arca
The iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (GBF) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated government, government-related and investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds.
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- Fund size
- 227M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.20% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.88% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 3.7% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.07 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 101.46104.65
How GBF has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Aug 31Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, GBF returned +2.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.9 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±4% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −3.0% on May 19, 2026 — 81 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.07 means GBF has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average102.25 −0.2%
- 26-day average102.26 −0.2%
- 50-day average102.35 −0.3%
- 200-day average102.32 −0.3%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Agencies · Broad Maturities — tracking the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index.
- Assets under management227MUSD
- Expense ratio0.20%per year
- Holdings2,363
- Risk score2.7Low
Launched January 2007. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 29 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.94
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Aug 3, 2026
Last 12 months
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About iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF
The iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (GBF) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated government, government-related and investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 2,363 holdings
- Ticker
- GBF
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642885960
- CUSIP
- 464288596
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Agencies
- Industry
- Broad Maturities
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Aug 31, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.