# IEF (iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF)

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

IEF paid $0.3069 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 3.8% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of Aug 31, 2026, IEF had a duration of 7.0 years against "7 to 10 years". https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond and returned −3.2% over the past year.

## Key facts

- IEF, total return, 1 year: −3.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEF, expense ratio: 0.15%, as of Jun 18, 2026.
- IEF, holdings: 17, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- IEF, below its high: −13.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEF, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- IEF, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3069, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- IEF, net assets: $43.5bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## IEF over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.8% |
| 3 months | −1.5% |
| 6 months | −2.2% |
| Year to date | −2.7% |
| 1 year | −3.2% |
| 3 years | +12.8% |
| 5 years | −7.6% |
| 10 years | +4.7% |
| Since launch | +117.5% |
| Since launch, annualised | +3.3% |

## IEF key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $97.99 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $88.92 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $90.85, 21% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 17
- Top ten weight: 85.6%

## IEF trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 97, Trades like a giant, 94th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: at least $0.05, 0.005%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.55, 0.005%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.18%, against 0.15% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.02%; 95% of days within ±0.05%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $91.10, that’s $91.11 to buy and $91.09 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/ief/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Intermediate-term government | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026 |
| Price | $90.85 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Jul 26, 2002 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $43.5bn | 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 7-10 Year Bond Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −13.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 17 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 85.6% | 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 | +$331m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$45.7m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$4.2bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$952m |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$4.7bn |

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/ief.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has IEF performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEF returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +12.8%.

### What does IEF cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

### How far is IEF below its high?

13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does IEF pay?

IEF pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.3069 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, IEF, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/ief
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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