# GOVT (iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · Intermediate-term government · data as of Oct 28, 2026

GOVT returned −1.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.05% a year and holds $42.8bn in net assets on Oct 27, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of Jul 31, 2026, GOVT held 98.8% of net assets in treasury bonds. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond and returned −1.5% over the past year.

## Key facts

- GOVT, total return, 1 year: −1.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- GOVT, expense ratio: 0.05%, as of Feb 23, 2026.
- GOVT, holdings: 229, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- GOVT, below its high: −8.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- GOVT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- GOVT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.0706, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- GOVT, net assets: $42.8bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## GOVT over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.4% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 6 months | −1.0% |
| Year to date | −1.1% |
| 1 year | −1.5% |
| 3 years | +12.5% |
| 5 years | −3.7% |
| 10 years | +8.2% |
| Since launch | +18.1% |
| Since launch, annualised | +1.1% |

## GOVT key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $23.37 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $21.79 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $22.15, 23% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 229
- Top ten weight: 21.0%

## GOVT trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 88, Trades like a giant, 64th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.05%.
- $1,000: about $0.25, 0.025%, one way.
- $10,000: about $2.50, 0.025%, one way.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.13%, against 0.05% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.04%; 95% of days within ±0.07%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $22.21, that’s $22.22 to buy and $22.20 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/govt/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Intermediate-term government | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.05% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 23, 2026 |
| Price | $22.15 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Feb 24, 2012 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $42.8bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Its own holdings, as of Oct 27, 2026; no other fund tracks the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −8.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 229 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 21.0% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$86.0m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$739m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$337m |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$10.7bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$11.9bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/govt.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has GOVT performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOVT returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +12.5%.

### What does GOVT cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year.

### How far is GOVT below its high?

8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, GOVT, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/govt
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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