Which returned more over the last year, IBDV or USTB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBDV returned +0.1% and USTB +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, IBDV or USTB?

IBDV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IBDV vs USTB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IBDV's duration was 3.4 years on Jul 31, 2026 and USTB's 1.9 on Jun 30, 2026; IBDV charges 0.10% to USTB's 0.34%.

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Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF, and $2.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for VictoryShares Short-Term Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.1%

IBDV total return, 1 year

+2.7%

USTB total return, 1 year

0.10%

IBDV expense ratio

0.34%

USTB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IBDV costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

IBDV vs USTB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IBDV	USTB
Return
Measure	IBDV	USTB
Total return, 1 year	+0.1%	+2.7%
Benchmark
Measure	IBDV	USTB
What it tracks	Bloomberg December 2030 Maturity Corporate Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	IBDV	USTB
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.34%
Net assets, IBDV as of Oct 28, 2026 and USTB as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.4bn	$2.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IBDV	USTB
Holdings in common	3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jul 2, 2020 to Oct 23, 2026 · 329 weekly returns

IBDV USTB

Return

Total return edge USTB +4.8% +23.3%

Annualized edge USTB +0.7% +3.4%

Price return edge USTB −16.5% −2.6%

Risk

Volatility edge USTB 5.9% 1.6%

Max drawdown edge USTB −21.4% −4.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge USTB −0.37 0.12

Sortino edge USTB −0.50 0.18

Calmar edge USTB 0.03 0.69

Reading

USTB returned more: +23.3% to +4.8%. USTB swung less: 1.6% to 5.9%. USTB fell less at its worst: −4.9% to −21.4%.

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Risk and return: IBDV vs USTB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IBDV	USTB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+4.8%	+23.3%	USTB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+0.7%	+3.4%	USTB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−16.5%	−2.6%	USTB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.9%	1.6%	USTB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.4%	1.1%	USTB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−21.4%	−4.9%	USTB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.37	0.12	USTB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.50	0.18	USTB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.03	0.69	USTB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 329 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IBDV and USTB hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IBDV USTB

Cigna Group/The, due Sep 15, 2030 0.20% 0.18%

Oracle Corp, due Sep 26, 2030 0.46% 0.17%

Welltower OP LLC, due Jul 1, 2030 0.20% 0.13%

Mattel Inc, due Nov 17, 2030 0.12% 0.18%

Fiserv Inc, due Mar 15, 2030 0.15% 0.12%

Block Financial LLC, due Aug 15, 2030 0.12% 0.11%

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd, due Nov 15, 2030 0.10% 0.18%

Keysight Technologies Inc, due Jul 30, 2030 0.14% 0.09%

Valero Energy Corp, due Feb 15, 2030 0.12% 0.09%

Sysco Corp, due Sep 23, 2030 0.12% 0.09%

Toyota Motor Credit Corp, due May 15, 2030 0.12% 0.09%

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc, due Mar 15, 2030 0.14% 0.09%

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Only in IBDV

T-Mobile USA Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 1.16%

Boeing Co/The, due May 1, 2030 0.74%

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, due Jun 15, 2030 0.66%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2030 0.62%

British Telecommunications Ltd, due Dec 15, 2030 0.56%

Pacific Gas and Electric Co, due Jul 1, 2030 0.52%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2030 0.51%

AT&T Inc, due Feb 15, 2030 0.50%

Only in USTB

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Nov 15, 2027 1.75%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Aug 31, 2030 1.57%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Dec 31, 2028 1.38%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Jan 31, 2031 1.25%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Aug 15, 2029 1.00%

ANTERO RESOURCES CORP 0.98%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Aug 31, 2027 0.75%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Dec 15, 2026 0.68%

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Side by side

IBDV iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF USTB VictoryShares Short-Term Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares VictoryShares

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +0.1% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.2% (IUSB) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +1.3 pts vs IUSB not measured

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.34%

Holdings 735 1034

Net assets, IBDV as of Oct 28, 2026 and USTB as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.4bn $2.2bn

IBDV and USTB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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IBDV and USTB are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. IBDV follows Bloomberg December 2030 Maturity Corporate Index and USTB follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 3% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IBDV returned +0.1% and USTB +2.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IBDV

IBDV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

USTB

USTB is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IBDV or USTB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IBDV returned +0.1% and USTB +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, IBDV or USTB?: IBDV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

IBDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBDV ↗

USTB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

USTB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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