# TLT (iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF)

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

TLT paid $0.3116 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 4.2% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TLT returned −7.9% against −7.8% for BBLB, which tracks the same ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. Fees aside, TLT finished 0.04 points ahead of BBLB. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

TLT tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries and returned −7.9% over the past year.

## Key facts

- TLT, total return, 1 year: −7.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TLT, expense ratio: 0.15%, as of Jun 18, 2026.
- TLT, holdings: 47, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- TLT, below its high: −42.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TLT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TLT, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3116, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- TLT, net assets: $47.4bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## TLT over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (BBLB) | Gap to BBLB |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +3.4% | +3.4% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | −1.1% | −1.1% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −3.3% | −3.3% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | −3.8% | −3.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1 year | −7.9% | −7.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 3 years | +9.1% | +9.3% | −0.2 pts |
| 5 years | −34.4% | not available | not available |
| 10 years | −17.3% | not available | not available |
| Since launch | +126.5% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +3.4% | – | – |

## TLT key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $91.09 on Oct 29, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $77.11 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $80.99, 28% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 0.99, against BBLB (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 0.99 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 47
- Top ten weight: 39.9%

## TLT trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 100, Trades like a giant, 99th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: at least $0.06, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.61, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.20%, against 0.15% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.01%; 95% of days within ±0.09%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $81.63, that’s $81.64 to buy and $81.62 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/tlt/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Long-term government | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026 |
| Price | $80.99 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Jul 26, 2002 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $47.4bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index, measured by BBLB, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 485BPOS, Jun 18, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| TLT, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −7.9% | ETFIQ |
| BBLB, the same days | −7.8% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.1 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −42.6% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 47 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 39.9% | 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 | −$521m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$485m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$5.6bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.9bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.7bn |

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

## Questions

### How has TLT performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TLT returned −7.9% with distributions reinvested, against −7.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. Over three years the number is +9.1%.

### What does TLT cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

### How far is TLT below its high?

42.6% below its high of Aug 4, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does TLT pay?

TLT pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.3116 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

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