iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF
IHE NYSE Arca
The iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the pharmaceuticals sector, with exposure to U.S. companies that manufacture prescription or over-the-counter drugs or vaccines
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- Fund size
- 318M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.44% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.07% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 18.8% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.48 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 74.60107.86
How IHE has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, IHE returned +44.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.5 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 ±19% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.7% on Oct 13, 2026 — 55 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 20% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.48 means IHE 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 average103.70 +3.8%
- 26-day average102.53 +5.0%
- 50-day average101.88 +5.6%
- 200-day average94.49 +13.9%
The price is above 4 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
Health Care · Pharma — tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Pharmaceuticals Index.
- Assets under management318MUSD
- Expense ratio0.44%per year
- Holdings48
- Risk score4.8Medium
Launched May 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 11 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.15
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.15 USD / shareWhere IHE shows up
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About iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF
The iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the pharmaceuticals sector, with exposure to U.S. companies that manufacture prescription or over-the-counter drugs or vaccines
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 48 holdings
- Ticker
- IHE
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642888360
- CUSIP
- 464288836
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Pharma
- Benchmark
- Dow Jones U.S. Select Pharmaceuticals Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.