iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF
ISTB NYSE Arca
The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds that are rated either investment grade or high yield with remaining maturities between one and five years.
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- Fund size
- 3.79B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.06% per year
- Dividend yield
- 4.38% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 2.0% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.05 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 46.6647.60
How ISTB has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Nov 11Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, ISTB returned +5.7% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.4 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 ±2% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −1.6% on Sep 28, 2026 — 34 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.05 means ISTB 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 average47.39 −0.2%
- 26-day average47.31 +0.0%
- 50-day average47.27 +0.1%
- 200-day average47.11 +0.4%
The price is above 3 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
Aggregate · Short Term — tracking the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index.
- Assets under management3.79BUSD
- Expense ratio0.06%per year
- Holdings4,300
- Risk score3.5Low
Launched October 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 44 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.07
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Nov 2, 2026
Last 12 months
2.07 USD / shareWhere ISTB shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold ISTB. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF
The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds that are rated either investment grade or high yield with remaining maturities between one and five years.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 4,300 holdings
- Ticker
- ISTB
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46432F8591
- CUSIP
- 46432F859
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Aggregate
- Industry
- Short Term
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Nov 11, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.