iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
IYK NYSE Arca
The iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the consumer staples sector, with exposure to U.S. companies that produce a wide range consumer goods, including food, automobiles, and household goods
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- Fund size
- 481M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.44% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.42% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 14.5% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.13 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 64.1878.80
How IYK 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, IYK returned +23.8% 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 ±14% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.7% on Apr 21, 2026 — 53 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 36% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.13 means IYK 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 average76.65 +1.8%
- 26-day average75.50 +3.3%
- 50-day average74.65 +4.5%
- 200-day average72.32 +7.9%
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
Consumer Non-Durables · InvestableMkt US Cies — tracking the Russell 1000 Consumer Staples RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index.
- Assets under management481MUSD
- Expense ratio0.44%per year
- Holdings110
- Risk score4.6Medium
Launched June 2000. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 24 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.89
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 15, 2026
Last 12 months
1.89 USD / shareWhere IYK shows up
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About iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
The iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the consumer staples sector, with exposure to U.S. companies that produce a wide range consumer goods, including food, automobiles, and household goods
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 110 holdings
- Ticker
- IYK
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642878122
- CUSIP
- 464287812
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Consumer Non-Durables
- Industry
- InvestableMkt US Cies
- Benchmark
- Russell 1000 Consumer Staples RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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